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"I didn’t tell you this to make you sad The memories are painful But ould be even ot them completely Each year I et And every year I made the same plea ’Please send me my mate I just want soh I have lived thousands upon thousands of years, you fulfill every drea here Your co love is more than I have ever wanted" He reached down and held her face between his two large hands She had never wanted someone more in her whole life She wanted to erase every moment of pain and replace it with one of pure pleasure

She reached up and pulled him down by the collar of his button down shirt She feasted on his roaned Seconds later he took control He forced her mouth open and laid his claim He dipped and teased He traced her lips and doency she felt her knees give way and he si hard

"I have to stop now, or I won’t be able to stop at all," he ad she pulled her shirt over her head and his eyes widened

"Then don’t stop," she whispered She turned to walk to the bed and in an effort to be sexy tripped over her own feet and landed hard

"Beth!" He was by her side in an instant helping her sit up

"Just ignore me I’ll sleep in the bathtub," she mumbled, too embarrassed to look up She licked her lip and tasted copper She had busted her own lip open Perfect

"My walking disaster," he said and using his hand lifted her chin so that she was looking up at him The second the scent of her blood hit hio! Aiden’s suite is down the hall on the left" Breathing hard he scooted away

"Not a snowball’s chance in hell You’re going to bite ain whether you like it or not Don’t think I’ve forgotten the pleasure you gave ain,for the pleasure only he could give her, she also needed to feed him She had noticed how

She flipped over on her back and tried to shio down any further she began cussing as it dawned on her that she had forgotten to take her boots off She tried to pull her jeans down over her boots but they got stuck She tried to pull her jeans back up but they rapped around the rubber soles of her boots In a growing sense of horror she realized how ridiculous she lanced up she watched as Gavriel’s red eyes shifted back to grey He stared at her with a shocked expression on his face Feeling completely humiliated she covered her face with both hands

"Don’t look!" she cried

The sound of ripping fabric had her looking down Gavriel had simply shredded her jeans Two seconds later he looked up, a savage expression on his face He reached forward and her body jerked as he ripped her panties from her body In an effort to save her favorite bra she reached around behind her before his extended claw cut away the fabric between her breasts