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She lurched off the bed as her orgasm took her, and he joined her

Then it was over, and her face telegraphed equal parts sha at the wallpaper as if trying to imprint the pattern on her memory

Dayne untied her and she wrapped herself in the bedspread

"God, what youan effort to keep her crying quiet, but it flowed out of her voice when she spoke

"I’ And that I’ it safe"

He smiled at her when she turned back to him and kissed the dampness from her face

"It’s worse than a vampire’s need for blood," she said

Another odd quirk Most Weres reveled in their sexual power and slept with anything they could get their hands on It was the one reason he’d trusted Jaden When she’d come to his bed when she wasn’t in heat, he’d believed her feeling for hienuine

Now he knehat it had really been about Control

Her face was tense, no doubt waiting for hi cruel

"Are you okay now?" He sat on the bed beside her, for his part unconcerned with his nudity, as he stroked her back through the bedspread

"Yes I’ for you to be sorry about I’m evil rehed a little "It won’t happen again if you can getin thewatched"

"I can get in undetected Will you be okay if I leave you?"

"Yes, go"

The fridge door stood open as Greta debated the benefits of left-over spaghetti versus peanut butter and jelly She finally decided on chicken nuggets from the freezer

Over the past few days she’d slowly coer she was exposed to Dayne’s nature, the more she knew the world was shown a very different Dayne Wickham than the reality Now her unease and fear were back

"Stupid, Greta," she said aloud After the display in the kitchen, she should have known the heat cycle was close It had been too long since she’d let it go that far without the drugs that suppressed it

Dayne returned as she finished the nuggets, carrying her pills and so else

"Mrarr"

"Mink!"

"You are perverse," he said

It was only her paranoia that

He pointed at the cat "I spent fifteen et her to shift, because I was convinced a therian wouldn’t have a pet of the sa Then I realized I didn’t feel anyoff her, just the residue in your apartainst Greta’s hand and purring

"I forgot all about her because of everything," Greta said "She could have starved"

"Not likely She chewed her way through the cat food bag She could have lived off it for a month Here" He handed Greta the prescription bottle

"Thank you" She popped the pill, washing it doith milk, and sank back into the chair

Dayne sat across from her, his eyes serious "I want us to talk" Chapter Six