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That was especially true of the ainst him And when his hands roamed over her sweat-slick skin, she moaned desperately She was trapped in the feedback loop of sensation that ith the feeding process It was better than a drug as it coursed through her veins, tightening her nipples, shortening her breath and siphoning out her life

I’d assumed that, with so many available donors, he wouldn’t choose to drain her Body disposal was ations that he had every reason to avoid But he ave out and she collapsed, he followed her down

It’s crazy to interrupt a va, when he’s at his most vulnerable and his most deadly But then, I haven’t been sane in centuries The toe of irl

“You want to dance with me,” I told him clearly, as he rounded on me with a snarl

Odds were that no human had treated him that cavalierly before, and he clearly didn’t like it He liked even less that soued hiasping like a fish out of water, the velvet of her dress crushed beneath her

“You know, I think you’re right,” he said, flashingsmile with more than a hint of power behind it

I ignored it and tangled a fist in his shirt so I wouldn’t have to touch hiet away He just followed lint in his eye that promised pain to come

He had no idea

He grinned, and his eyes dropped to my hips as I followed the beat “You look hot”

Unfortunately, I couldn’t say the salued to ht I’m five foot two inches, and the boots added another three inches, but that stilla crucial element of the tall, dark and handso the rest, too