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"Maybe the guy chickened out when it ca a real semi-live vampire face-to-face"

"Seainst hio boost, Jerry’s bulging jeans were proof I still did it for him You think it’s freaky that we could even think about sex at a time like this? Hey, vamps are sensual creatures All the vamps I’ve ever met have an unusually active libido And Jerry and I are no exception

Now about those bulging jeans… I looked at Valdez, but he’d turned to stare out theat the street, obviously ordered to give us privacy

I leaned against Jerry for a moment "You’re obviously way more than semi- live, Jerry, but it’s close to dawn I’m ready to curl up in my own bed"

Blade ran his hands down ainst him "I could curl up with you" I wrappedHe was still palling around with Mara but I doubted he saw her as any more than his best friend’sAnd I sure couldn’t blame Jerry if Mara had her eye on Scottish vamp husband nuht, but when his arged hiht?"

Valdez turned around " Sure, Blondie"

Jerry gave the dog a look before he followed lanced at the double bed, unmade of course

"Pillow-top mattress"

"Excellent"

"I should change the sheets" I pushed away from the door

"Don’t bother" He pulled me into his arms and laid his cheek on my hair "We’ve slept on far worse" I reached up and traced his firm lips "I remember a cave once With furs on the hard stone floor and neither of us co" We’d been new to each other then Never sated We’d ridden his father’s lands to where Jerry had arranged to give us privacy God knows there was none in Castle Campbell

I unbuttoned his shirt and slid it off his broad shoulders I don’t think I’ll ever tire of exploring his solid strength

"And our first Against the door in your dressing room at the Globe" He pulled my T-shirt up and off, then dropped a kiss on the swell of my breast "Not my finest moment"

I blinked back sudden tears He reet it God, I’d been so wild for him He’d shown me pleasure I’d never dreas… I shivered, re

"They took the cost of that ripped bodice out of my pay, you know" I sertip

"I was in a bit of a hurry In all things" Jerry stared down atvampire for rets You gave me eternity, Jerry In case you haven’t noticed, I’m pretty fond of modern conveniences"

"Such as?" He ran his thumbs up my neck

"Mercedes convertibles" I kissed his srinned, ripping open the Kevlar bra It hit the carpet

"It’s a sexs across his shoulder and up to the vein pulsing in his neck Forget the car I wanted to taste hih to tell me not yet

"What else do you like?" He trotted out an evil grin I recognized

He was a mind reader, he knew daainst the bedroo too fast? He rubbed a leisurely spiral aroundnipples Okay, slow could work too

"Cell phones" Thunk His belt hit the floor

"You can call me in your mind and I will always answer you, Gloriana" My jeans pooled around my ankles and I kicked them away