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Rage drew his lips back in a snarl of fury, but he forced hiht wared muscles of her neck and shoulder, the skin stripped away, the blood floeakening as the strength of her heart failed Her taste on his tongue was overwhelainst instinct, knowing if he yielded now, he would lose her forever He continued to lick the wound, the clotting factors in his saliva working to stop the bleeding, the euphoric che her into passiveness Shefingers brushed the hair away fro it carefully froently behind one ear Her breath was a bare touch against his ainst her lips

"Kissher war the blood flow, then covered herher begin to suck gently His fingersher to s She cried out, no longer lost, but hungry and wanting He couldn’t help hientle healing to heated passion Cyn responded in kind as his blood warh to feel the ecstasy of his kiss, and her asoing soft beneath his "Raphael," she whispered

Raphael felt her lips curve with pleasure beneath his "Sleep, sweet Cyn"

In the open doorway, Duncan stood as hisbut watch Raphael paused before the final set of stairs "She will live," he said, his voice tight with sie "Twice they have touched what is mine, Duncan I will knohat happened here And then ill hunt"

The va outside howled their approval, and Raphael returned a fearsome smile

Chapter Thirty-seven

Raphael lay Cyn carefully on the bed, then stood and stripped off his suit coat and tie, loosening the collar of his shirt As an afterthought, he stepped out of his boots and socks, padding barefoot to the big bed He sed off her elaborate cowboy boots and tossed them aside The smile was replaced by a snarl of fury as he re--the heavy, leather jacket improbably shredded, unless one was familiar with the thick, sharp claws that could inflict that kind of dahest fabric He puzzled over her dress, finally realizing that the slinky knit was designed to pull over her head like a sweater Instead, he tore the fabric open, rolling it off her shoulders and down her torso, sliding over her hips, revealing every inch of her taut, sleek body, her full, heavy breasts

"Ah, sweet Cyn," he whispered hoarsely when he saw the silky skin of herher, and he slid the dress over her feet quickly, pulling up the co her nakedness He was not an anie of a helpless wohts of desire

Stretching out next to her, he gathered her gently into his ar hiainst the satiny warmth of her hip She murmured softly in her sleep, sounds of content at the bruises and licking the s to the wounds His thick fingers were remarkably delicate as he picked out the s at how they ca the coe filling hiain at the viciousness of the attack

"Who did this to you,an answer There would be tih for answers after she was healed And then there would be revenge

When he’d cleaned her as best he could, he lifted his orist to histhe bloody arm to her mouth, he whispered directly into her ear "Drink, lubimaya"

She protested fretfully, until he sue came out auto an suckling like a newborn babe Every pull of her roin, as if she were sucking his engorged cock rather than his wrist He closed his eyes against the sensation

"Will I becoed voice, her pain-clouded eyes staring up at hi, nor one I would undertake without permission"

"Then, why?" Her words were slurred; she was already half asleep, groggy fro his blood

"It will help you heal"

"M his wrist a final lick before turning her face into his chest and curling into a natural sleep

He gazed down at her, nearly undone by the trust she gave him "Would it be so terrible, sweet Cyn?" he whispered "To spend eternity at one in sleep, and Raphael didn’t know if he wanted to hear her answer anyway

Chapter Thirty-eight

"Raphael" Cyn’s drea hi time With a final, reluctant caress, he pulled away fro her beneath its warood-bye, a quick brush of lips on her forehead that became a sensuous exploration of her skin, her warrily in her sleep, full of desire for hi hiuards had joined his va with them a human doctor as a trusted member of his staff

"I sent for Dr Saephan," Duncan uards will rehting the urge to keep her to himself, to let no one touch her but him But the sun would rise And he could not be there for her then He closed his eyes, feeling the first blush of heat against his skin "Yes Thank you, Duncan"