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"You can’t stop me" No one can And there’s the rub A kiss would lead to a fuck and it would be her last because I can’t control myself I drain a woman of life in bed It’s odd to stare into eyes that never ive a ain, with a shiued This one likes dancing on a high wire

She wets her lips, tastes the dried blood and scrubs it aith the back of her hand It doesn’t work, just sle kiss Then walk away Discipline begins You think I have nothing to teach you You think no one does I thought that once, too Maybe you’re right Maybe you’re wrong Maybe you’re a coward Try the kiss"

Dark eyes e is clear She’ll stare at ain

"You want to measure your power by the power of those hom you play It turns you on" I sneer

"Am I supposed to be turned on by mediocrity?"

"You’re supposed to be turned on by a human Get your bloody kicks somewhere else" Twin drops of crimson appear in the corners of her eyes I pivot and turn away

"Right Go on then," she flings at my back "Sure, you’ll never fail--if you never try Hell of a life, that When you’re ready to put on your big-boy pants, you knohere to findfor you," I say coolly She wants to temptthe sin of yet another woman’s death on , powerful, dangerous man It’s not about me It’s about her She needs to pull her head out of her ass

She laughs and walks off, confident, sexy, sure-footed on the slippery ice, like she expects me to turn and look I know, because I turn and look, unwillingly appreciating the fluid, aggressive grace of her spine, the lean s, the curve of her ass

Then I lope across the frost-covered grass to find Mac, in a foultih pumped by a human heart, my blood runs Unseelie prince, twisted and unquenchable

I slam a fist to my chest directly above that chahlander it will reent whisper

I hurry to join her We will face whatever our next battle is together

MAC