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Then he’d rolled her over to explore the front side When rowled softly

He’d inserted two fingers inside her, and then he’d licked her juice off therowled softly behind her "I love your scent" He slid his hand to the curls between her legs

She loved what he did to her After sex in bed, they’d gone to the kitchen in search of food, and they’d had sex again on the table When night had fallen, they’d taken a blanket outside to make love under the stars That hadn’t worked out because too one back to bed

She stretched her legs She was a bit sore But still getting excited at the thought of another day with hi" His hand slipped between her legs "You sood I could eat you for breakfast"

More moisture seeped frohs till she opened the herself She clutched the sheets in her fists, dying with anticipation

With his first lick, she shuddered

"Relax" He blew on her "We have all day"

She didn’t relax Within fiveHe stroked her, tickled her, teased her, suckled her With a screaed into her The ious

Thirtyeach other up

She rubbed soap over his broad back and shoulders "We never coed "They’re the sauardians The Guardian of the Forest e in Norway"

"Wolf and bears" She ran her soapy hands down his arms, then back to his shoulders "But they lost control and started attacking the villagers"

"And then she betrayed therumbled

"Excuse me? They betrayed her"

He turned to face her "She told the villagers where to find the secret berserker lair in the forest The berserkers were caught by surprise, and a few of them were killed before they could retaliate"

"I never heard that"

"She even betrayed the were-bear she was sleeping with"

"What? She was having an affair with one of theave her a wry look "Your family has the PG-rated version?"

She snorted "Why am I not surprised that your version has sex in it?"

"Ours is better, obviously"

She shook her head "All I know is that the guardian created the berserkers, and then they betrayed her"

"After she betrayed them"

"I think what they did orse They actually killed her"

He shrugged "She was a traitor"

She narrowed her eyes "Are you saying she deserved it?"

He raked a hand through his wet hair "A myself in trouble?"

Herit so personally I’d like to think we’ve beaten the curse"

"I agree" He leaned into the spray to rinse off

"So there are other shifters that aren’t berserkers? Like panthers?"

"Yes And I’ve ers and dolphins"

"Dolphins?" She pressed a hand to her chest "Woonder if reat-aunt Ula knows any of them"

"You’ll have to ask" He squirted liquid soap onto his hands and ood"

His hands slipped around to fondle her breasts

"So is Shanna a shifter, too?"

His hands stilled

She turned to face hiuard They trust me to keep their secrets"

She bit her lip It didn’t seeht for him to keep secrets from her "What about Tino? Shanna said he was a hybrid"

Howard nodded "Half human The human half came from Shanna"

"Oh So she’s a nored Elsa under the water nozzle to rinse off

"Then what is she?" Elsa turned the water off and grabbed a towel "She can teleport She only coht creature?"

With a wince, Howard dried hiether? If I’ on"

Frowning, Horapped the towel around his waist "You have a point"

"So tell me" She pulled on a terry-cloth robe and belted it "What exactly is Tino?"

"Half human, half" - Howard took a deep breath - "vampire"

Elsa blinked "What?"

"Vampire Tino’s father, Roman, is a vampire Shanna is, too, but she wasn’t when Tino was born Vampire women can’t carry a baby to term, because they’re dead half the tiate, I suppose - "

"What?" Elsa shook her head "Shanna can’t be a vaed "Berserkers and guardians are real Why not vampires?"

"Because they’redead"

"Undead," he corrected her

"Like that makes any sense" Elsa recalled how pointy Shanna’s teeth were "Shanna’s really a vampire?"

"Yes She was mortal when she fell in love with Roman, and they had two children But then she accidentally touched an angel of death and was about to die, so Roel of death?" Elsa asked

"Yes Marielle She’s el anyh her wet hair Vaels of death? Maybe she shouldn’t have asked "How do they eat? Do they go around biting people?"

"No They drink synthetic blood from Romatech Industries That’s Roriht"

Howard nodded "They get tired of the same meal every day, so Roman invented Vampire Fusion Cuisine Stuff like Bleer, that’s half blood and half beer"

She recalled the empty Bleer bottle in the convertible Vampire food "This is too weird"

"Come on" Howard escorted her to the kitchen "You’ll feel better with soe juice they had ht before from some frozen concentrate they’d found in the freezer

Howard ruranola bars And soraham crackers"

"Is there any jelly or peanut butter?" She finished her juice and bit into a cracker It was plain food, but at least it was food She shuddered at the thought of having to live on bottled blood