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It was the tightest hold he’d ever experienced He always dealt omen with experience He was too afraid to be any woht up to believe that if you bedded a virgin you stole from her future husband No, back then you married the woman you deflowered and that rule stuck with him even to this day

He had to stop when he cah she was his That wasn’t what stopped hih her maidenhood there would be pain and blood

Madison’s blood

He didn’t knoould react once her blood hit the air Why hadn’t he thought about this before? All he thought about since the day on the side of the road was burying himself to the hilt in her body Of course he would start to think clearly once he was inside of her, he thought dryly

"Ephrai?" her voice was pained

"I can’t do this," he said, pulling back from her

"Ephrai? Is ithis heart "No, baby, you didn’t do anything" He pulled out of her body It was thehe’d ever done in his life He turned his back on her and sat on the edge of the bed

His hands clenched into fists in his lap He dropped his head and tried to calm down His body shook with need for her

"Ephrai hiainst his back

He shook his head in agony "Baby, please stop you’re killingme"

She pulled back "You don’t want me to touch you?" her voice broke

"I want you to touch ot so"

"Condoms?"

He chuckled harshly "No, I don’t need them Disease can’t live in my body"

"Then what?"

"Blood, baby, you’re going to bleed when I take away your virginity and I’m afraid of ive into bloodlust"

"Have you ever slept with a wo?" she asked curiously

He cringed "I don’t want to talk about other wo ti to me then and they mean less now" He heard her breath catch

"You’re the only one I’ve ever cared about Believe inity just noithout a second thought I can’t hurt you" He dropped his face into his hands

"Answer the question Have you slept with a wohed, "Yes" It used to be one of his favorite ti blood mixed with a woman’s juices

"Did you ever have a problem with bloodlust then?"

"No, I was always in control"

"So, you never bit any of theh his hair in frustration "I never said that"

Madison moved away fros up, hugging them "If you bit them then ould it be a problem if I bled a little bit?"

His hands dropped back into his lap "I bit theet what I wanted and give the in return?" She was confused

"A bite during sex asm more intense It also makes a woman’s blood rush faster so I can feed faster without the woht snack"

"But you never killed any of theuessed

"No"

"So, then we should be safe"

He laughed without humor "No, ould not be safe Do you remember the day we met?"

"Yes, at the car"