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"Show h that Con had willingly lost the fight; Bran was going tohis molars so hard they hurt, Con cranked his head to the side, leaving his jugular exposed For a longCon’s pulse ticked off the seconds, and the longer Bran kept Con in the suban to sweat

"You’ve rowled

"No," Bran said, with a sadistic laugh "I don’t think I have" He dropped his mouth to Con’s throat, and Con’s heart leaped up there to join the party "Don’t The virus is in my blood"

Bran’s hot breath whispered across Con’s skin "How convenient"

Very Being fed on in a show of do Con’s jugular made him tense because, like Con, Bran had never been cautious with his own life, and Con wouldn’t put it past the crazy bastard to bite despite the viral infection swi in Con’s veins

Finally, Bran leaped fluidly to his feet "You have until the epide season starts Whichever co curtain solidified, leaving Con alone in the courtyard

Alone with the knowledge that his days of freedom were numbered, and with the words "Be careful what you wish for" running through his head

Five

"Let the bodies hit the floor" "Bodies," by Drowning Pool, blared fros as she walked with Wraith to the ER After Con had taken off--without so much as a "Thanks for the meal"--Wraith had made her stop by the cafeteria for a quick snack to replenish her blood sugar or so about passing out again

Now, Wraith was stone silent, though a cocky s her earbuds fro the paramedic?" So much for the stone silence She’d love to make his body hit the floor "Not that it’s any of your business, but no" Not recently, anyway

"But you want to" When she opened her mouth to deny it, he cut her off "You can’t lie to an incubus about sex You should know that"

"Whatever," she muttered, and stuck the earbuds back in place Wraith’s boots sounded like h the blaring sound of the music, and with each step, her nerves twitched No doubt the effect was calculated, because she knew he could ain, he yanked on the headset’s cord "He wants you, too"

"Well, gee, aren’t you just s the battle was lost, she turned off the tiny MP3 player "Hello, he’s a guy And a va" And to her succubus pheromones, which had a tendency to attract the attention of all nonincubi males, even if only sublied "Just et as much information about her as he could Her new brothers all responded differently to her existence--Eidolon accepted it like she’d been around for years, Shade made extra efforts to build a relationship, and Wraith… he kept her at ar he would until he learned to trust her She got that; she was the saically related didn’t make them family Definitely didn’t make them likable

Worse, family had the potential to hurt a person er ever could "You don’t like me, do you?" she asked

"I don’t know you"

She stopped in the rinned "You’re a straight shooter I do like that"