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Smoky swept me into his arms "Then I will stand by you and keep watch I will never leave you alone again--not until Hyto is dead I will not let hiain, if I have to fly with you to the farthest heights of the Dragon Reaches I will not let you down again"

His forehead touched ain, and I reached up and kissed his lips Gently at first, then as he held me, I wrapped ry for his touch I needed theers on me, to wipe away the ht Trillian, tooand Morio If he can possibly join us I need you all I need you to reaffirm that I’ can break those bonds"

S uncertain "You are still hurt, Ca worse inside And youthe three of you can heal what’s in my heart Bruises on the body will fade The memory is what haunts me"

He shook his head "Not yet Trust me, you aren’t ready yet I know--don’t ask ht, and sleep by your side, and guard you We will be there when you fall asleep, and there when you wake" And then he carried me to the car and slid ear, I took one last look at Georgio’s house, and thought that if such a fragile e, how could I do any different?

When I entered the barrow, the first thing I did was make a run for the bedroom where Morio was, in a bed that Shade and Roz had specially set up for him I raced over the side and juave out a cry "Camille! Babe! They toldme up and down "You’re not okay I can see it in your aura But you will be Trust me, you will be We’ll see to it"

He leaned up, and I covered his face with kisses, not caring that it ?" The last thing I wanted to talk about right noas Hyto, and I prayed that somebody had already covered what had happened with hi ed th after a moment

"By now, you’ve heard how crazy Smoky hen you were kidnapped" A statement "What you may not know is that Vanzir went down to the Triple Threat to beg for their help"

"Vanzir? Went to Aeval?" I vaguely re about it but had for the otten I blinked

"Yes, and they’re the ones who eh the astral realm He has no clue they were the ones who did it, but I can tell He’s wearing Fae energy in his aura now, and I’m not quite sure what the hell went on with hion Reaches"

"A lot went on I wasn’t aware of" I paused "Do you knowwhat happened tolook, then nodded "I do Cary about Vanzir, not in the least I understand the gray areas in life and you know I’m not the possessive type I will be at your back forever, in whatever you need I can share you and be contentbut only when you want to be touched"

I nodded Soht Morio understood me better than just about anybody We had a connection that broke through shoulds and shouldn’tsPerhaps it was brought about by ourdeep inside us

Leaning h "I wanted Sht I want to wipe the memory of Hyto off my body, but Smoky won’t I think he’s afraid it’s too soon, that you’d hurtcan hurt ood ently He leaned me back on the bed beside his I can doto help?"

Shuddering, I nodded, and slid out of my skirt and panties, then unfastened th of my body, but motioned me back into bed

"Lie back in my arms If you need me to stop, then just say the word" With one hand he stroked down the side of ertips His darkened nails--sharp and black--became the bow on the violin as he deftly stroked ently with his teeth before lightly sucking

I caught hI still hurt--was this a bad idea? But then his fingers slid down htly I barely felt theer from deep in my body He reached nite, as he whispered in uide you, take you down That’s right, breathe deep and surrender to the feel of htly over ht of the collar on my neck Maybe this was a mistake--?

"Spread your legs, ht ht in s, and he slid two fingers insideer

But there he was--Hyto’s face, s itself into ht to shove hiht to take control of my body back from my attacker

"Camille, breathe deeponce, twicetell ht between heaven and hell, o, but what if he feelscollar? What if he usesyou can do about the collar right now And if he is? Then let’s give hi--to knohat he will never, ever have What he took froive to you is strength"

Morio’s voice was smooth, satin on skin, and it pulled er I inhaled deeply on his coan to stroke ed little pants asheat, but then she was there, with me, the Moon Mother

This is who you are, Camille--you are a priestess of the Hunt, a witch, a sexually charged being You cannot hide from yourself in fear that others may see it and desire you You have to be who you are Don’t be afraid of your passion Hyto will feel you through the collar, or he won’t Either way, it doesn’t take away fro, and it doesn’t let the evil into you