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Bruiser reached den bed Could feel his heat Was warmer than huh Beast body, soothing Purrrrrr Purrrrrr
Bruiser put hand out for Beast to breathe in scent Heated scent All Bruiser No scent of Bethany Was pleased Bruiser had not mated with Bethany Priestess would be hard to kill
Bruiser fingers touched head Set Purred Tilted head so Bruiser could get to tender spots "You are truly beautiful In both of your forms I wonder if you know that? If you kno you make my heart break every ti body and Beast rolled over, to lay on back, exposing tuood belly rub Long tio now, beautiful lady Or ladies I’m not sure of the proper term anymore But I’ll be back"
He patted tu teeth Bruiser stopped like rabbit in field Beast let go and raised up Put front legs on Bruiser shoulders Put face to Bruiser’s, breathing in scent Breathing in breath Leaned in and rubbed head and jaw over Bruiser Scentht ball to sleep
Bruiser chuffed out breath stinking of fear and desire "Bloody hell" Bruiser left Del den
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At dusk I woke to find a bowl of hot oatar, on the bedside table A headset and clean clothes were there as well, jeans, belt, undies, and T-shirt folded neatly, a pair of sandals on the floor below theet was still on s I touched it, feeling it blister on my skin I touchedI wasn’t coht to Beast She panted back at h me Careful not to touch the sliver of ancient wood, I reet into a pillowcase and tying it to rinus was dead The Devil and Batildis were dead, for good this time The arcenciel was free
It was over Or this part was Now the battle would start, the battle to find and take possession of the iron spike I didn’t trust anyone butmurder with no remorse, I probably shouldn’t trust me either
I wasn’t far frons of repair and cleanup In Leo’s office, I closed the doors to the hidden room and the elevator, and h vaate, a pathway I only half reo
I stepped into the early night and the outer brick wall closed behindin off the Gulf, bringing e of the stor, ozone in the air I keyed my mic on and walked around the block "This is Yellowrock I’es, as expected,security and that we had lots of company "Vamp HQ is calm and quiet, er They are here and wish to speak with Ms Yellowrock when you see her, ma’am"
"Uh-huh We’ll talk later" I tapped the headset to open Eli’s channel "I’ht of the cameras Your brother has Soul and her human law enforcement officers in the security room"
"Copy that," Eli said "Good to hear you’re alive"