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"Holden, what the fuck do you think you’re doing? How did you get in here?"

"Bathroom as open"

Jesus, these wolves certainly trusted the woods around them Doors and s left open I was all for Southern hospitality, but didn’t they know vampires were just lurk--

"Wait a dae that? Even if it was unlocked, no one invited you in"

He chuckled "It’s not anyone’s priuest suite The invitation rule only applies to pers, not teo into hotels Don’t ask me how the metaphysics works…it just does"

He clasped his arh he wasn’t hard, I felt the unh the thin material of my underwear My brain said, no, no, no, but the hypersensitive parts of ina was always trying to beIt only understood pleasure and didn’t tend to care who the penis belonged to

My brain was a little pickier

But only a little

Holden leaned in to steal a kiss I head-butted hi to his forehead

"You idiot Lucas is in the other roo around outside, drunk off their asses I’ into the bed of an unsuspecting princess"

In spite of the pain I’d inflicted--which probably wasn’t too iven it rinned like an idiot when I used the P word on ies, your most serene princessyness"

"Don’t be an ass You were born in England You of anyone should know the right terry with hi was pretty specific about ht"

"I don’t think heunderstands the finer points of English colloquialis other than literally For hi"

Shit

"Shit"

"Look," he said, loosening his hold onhis head on one hand God he looked delicious with pillow-mussed hair Also, where was his shirt? "Eyes up here, Princess"

"Well, stop it with the dra asleep"

"Sure you were"

"Moonlight’s ticking away, Chancery"

He rolled his eyes and clucked his tongue at eonnier near the main house The s have been sealed, and it doesn’t look like it’s being used I can hide there during the day without being exposed But at night, I need to knohere you are"

"Can you be subtle about it?"

"I’ve been here all night Has anyone noticed me yet?"

I raised my fist and tapped the wall behind us "Knock wood"

"And did anyone notice e that, exactly?"

"I actually didn’t follow the cars" He tapped my chest "Good old sentry-warden connection I could have followed you across the country if I’d needed to"

"Well let’s hope we never have to test that theory" I chuckled, but was distracted by the notion that our connection acted like a houard was low The kiss started out the way all stolen kisses do, with a brief press of the lips that acts as a beg for forgiveness and request for perone in a second time that I didn’t immediately push him off

When I didn’t respond with violence, his lips fir in and curling alongainst hi intomy body towards the front of his My lips felt almost painfully hot where they s were exposed and his eyes had gone inky black

I let out a shuddering sigh and tongued my own canines Sharp as the devil’s wit

"That’s not what I meant when I asked if you could be subtle"

He pecked me on the cheek "It’s okay That wasn’t part of my job Completely pro bono"

"Oh, so if it’s free, it can be as in-your-face as you want?"