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Hours and hours and hours later, Butch&039;s ass was so numb he couldn&039;t tell where the floor ended and his butt began All day long, he&039;d been sitting in this hallway outside of Marissa&039;s bedroo he was

He couldn&039;t say it had been wasted ti

And had h a cringer to get through: He&039;d bitten the bullet and called his sister Joyce

Nothing had changed at home Evidently his fa anything to do with him And that didn&039;t really bother him because it was the status quo But it did make hiht, so getting turned out by him must have been a truly nasty surprise

"Master?"

Butch looked up "Hey, Fritz"

"I have what you asked for" The doggen bowed low and held out a black velvet bag "I believe it matches your specifications, but if it does not, I can find another"

"I&039;m sure it&039;s perfect" Butch took the heavy satchel, split it open at the old cross was three inches long and two inches wide, thick as a finger Suspended at the end of a long, gold chain, it was exactly what he&039;d wanted and he put it around his neck with satisfaction

The substantial weight was just as he&039;d hoped it would be, a tangible protection

"Master, how is it?"

Butch s his shirt and dropping the necklace inside He felt the cross slide down his skin until it lay right over his heart "Like I said, perfect"

Fritz bearandfather clock started chi down at the other end of the corridor Once, twice six ti open

Marissa appeared before hi about her, his eyes were ment of his desperation, her dress ether not cloth, her hair a glorious golden aura, her face a haunting well of beauty As he stared up at her, his heart transformed her into an icon from his Catholic childhood, the Madonna of salvation and love and hied hi as it supported his weight "Marissa"

Ah, shit, his eht there in his rusted-out voice, the pain, the sadness, the regret

She held her hand up "Iwith you Every moment That wasn&039;t why you had to leave and I wish I could have explained myself better at the time Butch, we need to talk"

"Yeah, I know But do you o down the hall for this?" Because he had no intention of having an audience, and no ured she&039;d prefer not to be in a bedroom alone with him She was tense as hell

When she nodded, they headed to the sitting room at the end of the corridor, and on the way, he was stunned by hoeak she was She s, and she was terribly pale, nearly transparent froy

Once inside the peach and yellow room, she went over to the ay from him

Her words were thin as breath as she spoke "Butch, I don&039;t kno to say this"

"I knohat&039;s doing"

"You do?"

"Yes" He started toward her, ar¡ª"

"Don&039;t coot to stay away from me"

He dropped his hands "You need to feed, don&039;t you?"

Her eyes widened "How did you¡ª"

"It&039;s all right, baby" He sht I talked with V"

"So you knohat I&039;ve got to do? And you don&039;t mind?"

He shook his head "I&039;m fine with it More than fine"

"Oh, thank the Scribe Virgin" She lurched over to a sofa and sat down as if her knees had buckled "I was so afraid you&039;d be offended It&039;ll be hard on me as well, but it&039;s the only safe way And I can&039;t wait any longer It has to be tonight"

When she patted the couch seat, he went over with relief and sat beside her, taking her hands in his God, she was so cold

"I&039;m really ready for this," he said, with thick anticipation Man, he was suddenly dying to head back to her bedrooo"

A curious expression crossed her face "You want to watch?"

He stopped breathing "Watch?"

"I, ah I&039;ood idea"

As her words hit hiut Like soans "What are you talking about, watch?"

"When I&039;m with the male who lets iving hiood idea of what the expression on his faceto the fact that he&039;d started to growl

"The other ether "The one you toldYou&039;ve fed from him"

She nodded slowly "Yes"

Butch jacked up to his feet "Often?"

"Ah four or five times"

"And he&039;s an aristocrat, of course"

"Well, yes"

"And he&039;d make a socially acceptable mate for you, wouldn&039;t he" Unlike a POS human "Wouldn&039;t he?"

"Butch, it isn&039;t romantic I swear"

Yeah, ine anyher The bastard would have to be impotent or some shit "He&039;s into you, isn&039;t he Answer the question, Marissa Flyboy with the superhero plasma he wants you, doesn&039;t he? Doesn&039;t he?"

God, where the hell was this wild jealousy co from?

"But he knows I don&039;t feel that way about him"

"Has he kissed you?"

When she didn&039;t reply, Butch was very glad he didn&039;t know the Joe&039;s na him anymore You have me"

"Butch, I can&039;t feed fro?"

He stalked across the rooether As he came back at her, he tossed his black suit jacket on the floor and ripped open his shirt, the buttons popping off and flying everywhere Falling to his knees in front of her, he tilted back his head and offered his throat, himself, to her

"You will usesilence Then her scent, that gorgeous clean fragrance, intensified until it flooded the roo

As her fangs unsheathed, he got an instant erection

"Oh yeah," he said in a dark voice "Take me I need to feed you"

"No," shein her cornflower blue eyes

Sheher by the shoulders, holding her down on the couch He ether, getting all up in her While she treainst hi her ear, sucking on her jaw Before long, she stopped fighting to get away And started gripping the two halves of his shirt to pull hirowled "You grab on to et into me deep I want it"

He palht her mouth to his throat As an arc of pure sexual power exploded between thean to pant, her breath and tears hot on his skin

But then she seeled hard and he did his best to keep her in place, even though they were both going to end up with bruises And even though he was ultiainst her As he was just a huhed her by well over a hundred pounds

But hopefully she would give in and use hied

"Marissa, please, take le and now the begging