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"Don’t," she said, surprising herself I want him closer? "Ineed your warmth" Truth In part She craved the connection to another living creatureto hiaze locked with hers, and it was both torturous and rapturous Without the panic, her desire for hi force she couldn’t deny
Don’t do this
Must "Is the wo with your lover?" she asked
He blinked down at her "Woman? Oh You mean Winter No"
I amrelieved?
Maybe His condition was a hard sell for any female, true, but Keeley wasn’t any female She could have hie to reach up and trace her fingertips along the ridges of his chest bo to sicken
She paused htly "Don’t," he croaked, but he remained in place, as if he wanted her to do it--needed her to "I mean it Don’t"
"You’ll thank me" Truly, his demon would be no match for her Who would? In a class by myself
She reached the rest of the way and flattened her palm just over his heart Skin-to-skin He flinched but didn’t pull away Hissed, but also moaned As if the sudden connection between them was equal parts pain and bliss Hell and heaven
"Keeley" A rasp of de h to burn, soft as silk yet hard as steel, and nothing had ever felt this good A si I’ve ever wanted or needed or hoped would be possible She traced her fingertips along his collarbone, up his neckto his lips They parted and she took advantage, pressing in to feel the moist heat inside his mouth
He sucked, hard, and she ical haze had been woven He reared back, horror radiating froers had once cast at her
"Torin?" Give me more
"Keeley" He shook his head, rubbed his chest, as if he could still feel her "You shouldn’t have touched h the infection, which you probably won’t, you’ll be immune to it but still able to spread it The very reason I’ll have to kill you, despite your recovery"
CHAPTER SIX
MY FAULT
The words echoed in Torin’sfists to the chest Keeley sat on the ground, watching his every aze drilling holes in his back Since "the Incident," she hadn’t atteone still, quiet
Soon she would sicken Just like all the others And he would curse his very existence