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The squeeze he gave her this ti through the parts of her that responded to this side of him too much

They weren’t alone in the theater, since it was a little cool for beach swi and there were always tourists interested in the novelty of the place, but the croasn’t so large she felt claustrophobic Regardless, she was glad Mikhael put theh it was probably because he didn’t like people sitting behind hi her sit on the inside so he could stretch out his long legs

Despite their light lunch, he’d bought her a s of chocolate-covered raisins He’d gotten hiiant Dr Pepper When the previews started, she leaned forward, delighted by the size of the screen, the surround sound However, a blink or two later, she was getting annoyed Tourists were checking e-es on their handhelds, the various flashes of light distracting her as they texted Probably sending one another inane ot Milk Duds

She wrinkled her nose and tried to ignore it They’d stop when previeere done Maybe

Mikhael stretched an ar, lazy predator pose As he did, a tiny spiral of energy flickered froistered various levels of consternation, a few people rising to go to the lobby to see if perhaps they’d lost their signal She leaned back into the span of his arm

"You blocked them?" she whispered

"I fried their batteries Your local electronics vendor can send ht He was balling up a Reese’s peanut butter cup wrapper in one hand, his other idly caressing her shoulder beneath the rolled neckline as he watched the previews

"I ht decide to like you, Mikhael," she murmured "Maybe"

When he gave her a warlance, the movie started, so she settled down in the curve of his body to watch

At the tea parties she’d held, she’d heard about the Twilight hters Despite her cost, she found herself unexpectedly swept up in it Elceus had taken her when she was on the cusp of being a teenager, when she was learning about crushes Since she’d had one or two before that critical turning point, she vaguely recalled the way the heart pounded at new love, how everything was about hi in the whole universe more important

As a succubus, she was very susceptible to emotional input--when she allowed it Even so, she knew she’d become more immersed in the male beside her than she’d believed possible With hi anxiety, the anticipation She was hyperaware of his arm on the seat behind her, how it slid down her upper ar there, shortening the stroke, telling her that it wasn’t incidental contact

Then he touched her face, her neck, guiding her face toward him with firm purpose She laid her head on his shoulder as he pressed it there, as his face do her back into the seat,and wet Warm His other hand cupped her breast fully, kneaded and stroked Then he slid down her sto the crease between it and her thigh, inti out in aevery moment of it

MIKHAEL NEVER IMAGINED ANYONE WITH HER EXPERIENCE could be so responsive She was saturated by sexuality, nothing new to her Yet everything in her craved and yearned and hungered, as if she couldn’t get enough Turning that h, he’d been in hundreds of beds Or rather, he’d been in hundreds of women, since often no beds were involved But with her, it felt different He wanted to stay in this darkenedher more andHe could touch her for hours He didn’t give a rat’s ass about Isaac or his mission at the moment It was just all her

The movie had aroused her, such that when her eyes flickered toward hi, there was no way he could pass up that opportunity Not when he wanted it just as badly