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Marissa ot out of her way Which proved he was as sot to the doorway of Butch&039;s rooht, she saw hi on the bed on his back His suit was all out of joint and there was blood on his shirt Blood on his face, too

She walked over and had to cover her in in the Fade"

One of his eyes ollen and going black and blue again, and there was a cut on the bridge of his nose, which explained the blood And he smelled like fresh Scotch

Froentle "You should really co to be pissed as hell that you saw him like this"

"Exactly who did this to hiht, I&039; to screae And Rehv happens to have a lot of bodyguards"

"Thosemales," she said numbly

"Actually, the one who nailed him was a female"

"A female?" Oh, why the hell did the particularsme a couple of towels and some hot soapy water?" She went to Butch&039;s feet and pulled off his shoes "I want to wash him"

After V walked down the hall, she stripped Butch down to his boxers then sat beside hiold cross that lay on his chest was a surprise In the earlier frenzy up in the sitting roo, but now she wondered where he&039;d gotten it

She looked farther down, to the black scar on his belly Which seemed no better, no worse

When V showed up with a bowl of suds and a short stack of terry cloth, she said, "Put it all on this table where I can reach it, then leave us, please And shut the door behind you"

There was a pause Which made sense You didn&039;t order around a er Brotherhood anywhere, much less in his own house But her nerves were shot and her heart was breaking and she really didn&039;t care what anyone thought of her

It was her rule number one in action

After a silent stretch, the things were placed where she wanted the a deep breath, she wet one of the washcloths As she touched Butch&039;s face with it, he winced and

"I&039;m so sorry, Butch but it&039;s over now" She returned the washcloth to the bowl, sub see, I swear"

She got the blood off his face then stroked his hair, the thick waves da In response, he stirred and turned his face into her hand, but it was obvious he was dead drunk and not co to believe me?" she whispered

At any rate, she had proof When she ca, he would know no other male had¡ª

"I can smell him on you"

She jerked back at the harsh sound of his voice

Butch&039;s eyes opened slowly and they seemed black, not hazel "I can smell him all over you Because it wasn&039;t from the wrist"

She didn&039;t kno to respond Especially as he focused on her mouth and said, "I saw the marks on his throat And your scent was all over him, too"

When Butch reached out, she flinched But all he did was stroke her cheek with his forefinger, light as a sigh

"How long did it take?" he asked

She stayed silent, instinct telling her the less he knew the better

As he took his hand back, his face was hard and weary Emotionless "I believe you About the sex"

"You don&039;t look as if you do"

"Sorry, I&039; to convince ht"

She looked down at her hands "It felt all wrong to me, too I cried the whole time"

Butch inhaled sharply, then all the tension went out of the air between them He sat up and put his hands on her shoulders "Oh, God baby, I&039;m sorry I&039;m such a pain in the ass¡ª"

"No, I&039;m sorry that I have to¡ª"

"Shh, it&039;s not your fault Marissa, this is not your fault¡ª"

"It feels that way¡ª"

"My deficiency, not yours" His arathered her close to his bare chest In return, she hung on to him for dear life

As he kissed her temple, he murmured, "Not your fault Ever And I wish I could handle it better, I truly do I don&039;t knohy I&039; such a hard time with this"

She pulled back abruptly, seized by an urgency she didn&039;t question "Butch, lay with me Mate with me Now"

"Oh Marissa I would love to, I really would" He sently "But not like this I&039;m drunk and your first time should be¡ª"

She cut hi the Scotch and the male in him while she pushed his, he groaned and hardened right in her palhly "If not your blood, then your sex In ue shot into her ood He rolled her over and swept his hand from her neck to her breasts, then followed the path with his lips When he got to the bodice of her gown, he stopped and his face grew hard again With a savage ripped the silk and ripped the front of the dress clean apart And he didn&039;t stop at the waist He kept going, his big hands and veined forearht down the middle, all the way to the hem of the skirt

"Take it off," he demanded

She stripped the remnants from her shoulders, and when she lifted her hips, he yanked the dress out from under her, wadded it up, and pitched it across the room

Eyes fierce, he cahs Looking at her over her body, his voice raw, he said, "Never wear that thing again"

As she nodded, he pushed her panties to the side and put his ave her was a clai, and he

Then he tenderly eased her legs back together Though she was the one who&039;d had the release, he was so much more relaxed as he prowled up her body In a daze fro as he stripped her naked and then got up and took off his boxers

As she looked at the size of hies of her consciousness But she was too blissed out to care ot back on the bed, his sex hard and thick, ready to penetrate She opened her legs for him, except he lay beside her, not on top of her

Noent slowly He kissed her slow and sweet, his broad hand traveling to her breasts, touching her with care Breathless, she curled her hands on to his shoulders and felt theup, as he stroked her hips, her thighs

When he touched her between her legs, he was tender and unhurried, and it was a while before one of his fingers went inside of her He stopped just as a strange internal tugging made her frown and move her hips back

"Do you knohat to expect?" he asked against her breast, his voice soft, low

"Uht of the size of his erection How in God&039;s naentle as I can, but this is going to hurt you I had hoped maybe¡ª"

"I know that&039;s a part of it" She&039;d heard that there was a slight twinge involved, but then a wondrous ecstasy "I&039;m ready"

He took back his hand and rolled on top of her, his body easing in between her legs

Abruptly, everything came into sharp focus: the feel of his hot skin and the coht and the power in his muscles and the pillow under her head and the hs were spread She looked up at the ceiling A swing of lights moved around above them as if a car had just pulled up in the courtyard