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"Don’t do that" Pushing back from him then, she took a couple steps away to stand on her oo feet "You say I’ with theyou for a reality thatto co for it" Shefor what happened with Victor Nothing I could have done to ht Willis hurt less Except maybe not love him, not want to be with him, not cherish every brief moment we had But if I had done that, I would never have had those uarding their hearts, is all To keep thes can hurt worse than being tra in the darkness that gave her coulf of belief about her children "But it also feels better than anything else, when you have it"

He said nothing, and she knew there was no help for it, not tonight But everything in the world changed if you worked hard enough at it Even a va and who--soht and the fear that caaze skitter over the dark eyes and unrelenting features

"Thank you again, sir Good night"

"Elisa"

She turned at the door, trying to look anywhere but directly at him "Yes, sir?"

"Did I say you could leave?"

She sed again, met his eyes Briefly "No, sir What can IDo you need so?"

He nodded "I want you to undress in front ofthem tidily on the floor, next to a pair of his boots that had been dropped there haphazardly She straightened the and her body felt hot all over, and when she stood up, he was right up against her back, but she didn’t juht in the back of her throat as he gripped her biceps

"Are you truly good at sewing, Elisa?"

"Yes, sir, very good Sasped as he ripped the front of her blouse, sending the buttons clattering away across the floor His thu down to tease areola and then nipple,her buttocks into the hardness of his cock and feeling an answering spear of wetness between her legs, readying herself for him

Of a sudden, she was ravenous She’d alht, but she hadn’t been She was alive, alive When she would have twisted in his arainst her hot flesh He kept her pinned there as his hands wandered down, opening her trousers and sliding into thei," he mur his fingers with her slickness so that he slid three fingers right into her, alroan as she instinctively rubbed her backside into his cock fueled her desire She wanted him inside, needed him to roar and rut upon her like one of the lions, because she was alive, alive, alive

"You’re eatingback up to caress the breast He’d worked the strap off her shoulder so it was exposed, a wanton dishabille "I like that"

He was rubbing her, slow, slow circles between her legs Her hips orking back against hiht toward mindless Good Lord, who knew a male could touch a woman like this?

"You will continue to eat ht, you will be here You will take off all your clothes so I can see these gorgeous breasts of yours, your delectable ass And I will deter out properly If I’m not here yet, you will lie in my bed and wait fora stroke upon her sex as his hands "And perhaps I will use the second mark to speak in your ht about doing in your own bed You won’t do that unless I’ you, unless I coasers inside your cunt, your body flushed and throat working, crying out"

She let out a guttural moan Vampires weren’t like human males, so distracted by their own lust they couldn’t form coherent sentences His ability to talk in or out of herher to insanity, didn’t seerade as he lifted his head, cupped her face and drew her head back to a straining angle to look at him

"What do you say to me, Elisa? How do you answer me?"