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I took a deep breath and nodded th continues to impress me I can hardly wait to taste you"

He moved forward My hands curled into claws under the led to sit still as he bent down His breath caressed my throat The invasion of personal space caused rasped my jaith one hand to hold ular Acaused bile to rise in s broke skin Searing pain shot through asp

After a moment, the pull of his ions further south A new sensation of pleasure-pain pulsed throughme closer My body yearned toward his He sucked harder as if trying to shole And Lilith help me, I wanted hiive hi and not long enough He pulled his fangs away, but caue He , but I was too dazed to understand it

His face cah the tears I hadn’t noticed falling Inexplicably, his eyes glowed red in the died from his forehead They disappeared so quickly, I wondered if I was hallucinating His listened red when he smiled "You’re mine now, Sabina Kane"

My head felt like it was full of heliu with need No one had ever told ave him blood; it was more like he’d fucked my vein And now, inexplicably, I yearned for hiht as he watched ic," he said "I can feel your power running throughhis chest His robe gaped, exposing the hard planes of his pecs, which were sprinkled with droplets ofto ease the ache in roin Clovis seemed to notice my discomfort and smiled

"How do you feel, Sabina?" he asked His eyes showedon But I’d be da

"F-fine," I lied "Are we done yet?" I needed to get out of there or I was going to do soret

"We’re finished," he said "However …" He let the word hang in the air, as if he expected ive hi to think unsexy thoughts

"If you need assistance relieving some of the … side effects, I’d be happy to lend a hand" He actually leered at me By this point, I was tired of his dra to pour through me like acid I didn’t knohat he’d done to , but it earing off Plus, ," I said "Could you please take off the cuffs?"

He looked disappointed "If you insist"

He made quick work of the locks "You know, Sabina, ould make an excellent teaain feeling "Team?" I was too distracted by my impatience to leave to pay e, I’ether we could be unstoppable A power to contend with"

"I’erly touched the wounds on , but the pain rehed "Don’t be naive Everyone wants power, Sabina"

I looked him in the eyes "Not e your mind"

"Don’t count on it," I said "Are we done here?"

He nodded and stepped back "We need to discuss your role in the sect"

"Sounds good," I said, backing toward the door "But I really need to get home to ice down my neck Can we talk about it tomorrow?

He paused for ablown off That was too da in his presence another ht will be fine," he said finally "And, Sabina?"

I turned from where I was about to open the door and waited

"We’re not finished," he said He looked at the bed fully A threat lurked in his eyes--or was it a proht, Clovis"

I stuht The cold air was like an antiseptic, cleansing me of the stench of what I’d just done I took a couple of deep breaths, hoping to clear my head Self-recriminations swirled in my brain