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No appetite? Maybe Valkyrie Superhued sex drive? All of them

In the past, her libido had been so dor RedTubeco of a faceless s

So her an to suck Other ti down on hers, his shaft sliding in and out of her until he treated her to the burning heat of his se with lust

Chloe had brought herself to coasms had been so lackluster, so, well, anticlimactic, that she'd wondered what all the hubbub was about There was a reason she hadn't doneher dread of dating was even worth it

Now? She was getting an idea about all the hubbub

She see a new sensibility toward uy on the street, a prominent Adam's apple or a wide jaw or developed chest would draw her eye She'd caught herself checking out asses-and assets

It was like her own sex drive was co online for the first ti

All she knew for certain was that the next chance she had to score with a halfway decent guy, she was taking it to the net

Her awakening wasn't the only change in her She couldn't sleepzero appetite and barely eating, she hadn't lost an ounce of weight In fact, her jeans were tighter

Even stranger? Whenever she did e to choke down aher sex drive

All her life, she'd controlled her training, her heart rate, the shape and condition of her body-now everything was beyond her, and the transfor

Over the last week since she'd returned fro to decide if Fiore looked ier Dad had spoken of How to avoid so if she didn't knohat it was?

In teeks, she was supposed to fly to Madrid for a last training camp with the finalized teaure out as happening to her, she feared she'd have to give up her spot

She felt like she'd go insane if she didn't get to talk to Dad She played offense-not defense-and she was on so of a clock here So she'd searched his office for clues, surprised by how , Chloe had taken to driving the streets of her neighborhood, passing by his frequent haunts She'd cruise through drizzle, hypnotized by the windshield wipers, feeling more lonely than she ever had before

At first she'd attributed that pang in her chest to her transition, just another of her symptoms But really, her loneliness arose fro around a tea to her dad at least every other day This solitude was gut-wrenching-

There Finally a sound It was co from Dad's study

Her eyes widened He'd returned!

Dashing out of bed, she hastened to her chest-o-drawers She dragged on a pair of sweatpants over boy-short panties and a baggy jersey over a cami bra At her doorway, she paused Just in case it wasn't Dad, she snagged her aluminum softball bat Silently, she slipped down the stairs

At the door to his study, she took a deep breath, feeling silly about the bat But she didn't put it down as she entered

A creature stood at the desk, rifling through Dad's belongings It had to be eight feet tall, wearing a cloak Horns jutted up past the h she hadn't lanced up, its face shaded All she could see were two eyes-they were black as night, yet they seelow

A creature from the book The book was real Or this was soht, herin the supernatural It'd take anyone time to say, Hey, scratch what I know, the world really was flat all along

The thingsteps, the claws of its bare feet scrabbling across the hardwood floor

Chloe's stomach clenched The world is flat Shit! She raised the bat "D-don't corated, still stalking toward her It sounded like an ani human speech

She sensed she shouldn't run, feared it would just provoke this creature "I s-said no closer"

When it kept cooddamned stars

She connected with its shoulder As if she'd hit a tree, the bat reverberated in her hands, sending pain up her ar seized the bat, crushing it like a soda can with itsall-out for the front door Get outside, into the neighborhood Evacuate the house, evacuate

Almost to the door, to the outside, to safety

She reached the front door and fu; she heard those claws She gave a cry, cursing her clumsiness

Finally, open! Consider this houseevacuated She took one step The welcoone

She plummeted into an abyss

Chapter Six

Will had taken one look at Munro's pitying expression and lunged for his brother, raining blows

Rage seethed Fucking hate pity!

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Munro bellowed as he blocked hits

"You could no' leave it alone! Had to dig and dig" All his shame laid bare "If I'd wanted you to know, I'd have told you!" His beast was rising to punish, and Will was about to let it out of its cage

"Calht you!"

"But you will!" Whipping his brother's arse was all that was left to his bared, he snatched Munro's neck in a choke hold, pounding his fist up into his face

"Dao for the face?" When Munro thrashed against hiet free, they tripped on refuse Boots, food containers, bottles

"Why do you always bluidy pry?"

"I needed to know the truth!" Munro wrenched free, throwing a fist like a sledgeha with Will's nose

Bone shattered; blood spurted They faced off

In a thick voice, Will said, "The truth?" Try this on for size: I aood and fucked up His Instinct, quiet before his capture, was now silent His beast had been uncontrollable during sex; now it constantly prowled inside hier to everyone around

Will ht have been able to tolerate "normal" torture In fact, over the centuries, he had done so bravely

But those sick experiht him full circle Always back to Ruelle That bitch had hovered over hi his goddamned insides

Oh, aye, Nix, she showedheart

With a roar, he barreled into Munro, sending the, and over the banister They plu atop the coffee table, de it Wood exploded frohting

"Did they test weapons on you?" Punch

Counter Their sirens at unined to take out , one undetected just before his capture "Good bluidy times!"