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"Fine I’ll be waiting Eagerly" Valdez plopped down on the Oriental rug in the hallway "And keep in mind that locks won’t keep me out I live to destroy--anyone who hurts my lady"

"Ooh, see me tremble" Trina shook her hands in the air

I sent Valdez a reed that Trina was an idiot and that I’d hurry, then slammed the door There was a chair in the corner of the roo view of the ocean No telling howdown vaht dampened my appetite Then I saw Trina’s open closet door Size-zero jeans hung there Zero I’d never even bothered to drea

"Sit in the chair Handotto to do a littlethis into fun and games" Trina touched ed to get a ued" She slid her hand down to my shoulder "Come on, Glory At least take me at the neck It’s so ood-quality B positive Then I shook my head "I don’t want to be intimate with you, Trina I save that for thee of you this way I meant it when I said I don’t normally drink froainst ainst my arm "Don’t tell me that in the hundreds of years you’ve been alive you’ve never experi an earful with his supersonic hearing "I’" I pulled her wrist to my lips and hit the vein The instant the rich blood filledI heard Trinathe sensation She even tried to reach for h on the taste and heat of theinto my body It was so warm, made me feel so alive It’s the only time I really felt that way And I’d missed it Denied myself the pleasure And this ti here Because this experienceThe energy was exhilarating, beyond anything I’d ever felt before during feeding This ! Only the realization that Trina’s hand had crept onto my bra snapped me out of it

I released her and reared back, plucking away that hand and ju to my feet My whole body quivered Oh, God I leaned over toLike I’d run twenty s ached What a great feeling

I struggled to catch lanced up and saw the ocean One of Ian’s surfers caught a wave and rode it in My adrenaline rush had to be si

"Glory" Trina stood behind et Ian?" She rubbed my shoulders, even leaned on me for a moment, her breath hot as she kissed the back of ain"

"II’htened and stepped away from her "Thank you For the donation For a mortal, you seem awfully at ease with our wacko world"

"I’ve always been into the paranors like va, but her face was pale and she suddenly sat down on the foot of the bed "I’ to become one of you If I please the masterYou’ll tell him, won’t you? That I served you well?" She put out a shaky hand

"Sure, you were fantastic Best feeding ever" Oh, great Now I had a serious case of the guilts Had I taken too much? I stepped closer to her, touched her cheek to see if she was too cold, which would be a bad sign She grabbed ain, Glory"

Thank God, she arm and I carefully extricated myself, relieved when she stood I put up a hand when it looked like she was going to hugAnd Valdez, of course Stay behind me And, for God’s sake, don’t touch me in front of either of theled "Neither would Ian Men What do they know about pleasure? Next time, maybe?"

I shook my head but that didn’t seem to faze her I headed for the door When I opened it, Valdez gave ns of debauchery I just strutted past hi And, would you believe, lighter soht ination, but I was so going to find a scale e got back to the hotel

Ray and Ian were drinking froot back to the living room They jumped up when they saw us

"You okay, Glory? You lookjazzed"