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"You serious?"

"As a heart attack" He settled half on top ofin a way I wanted to arch into I resisted, still not convinced this was a good idea "Look into hts very open now

I did see more there I saw the Ray who had woken up lost and confused, the ot that suddenly not knoho or what you were shook your world until you weren’t sure if you could even live there anyel by his side after he got over the initial shock, soh this new life that he had to live in the dark It wasn’t a ratitude that made him want to hold me and comfort me No, he just wanted to be there for me, like I’d been there for hi, but he’d love a chance to be h to let him try?

"Thanks, Ray Yeah, I trust you" I pulled hisspecial I let him know that it meant a lot to me that he wanted to help ht that ere here together tonight And if I was a Siren, then there was one surefire way a Siren knew to celebrate life

Ray pulled back and grinned "You don’t have to tell irl" He drew my sweater up and off to toss it across the roohed when he saw my bra and I hit hiot dressed this evening" I tried to cover what even Goodould have rejected

"Then we’d better get it off fast" He quickly unhooked the back and ripped it off me, then turned and ai half out of it like a sad flag of surrender "You will let it stay there, won’t you?"

"Absolutely" I reached for hi as he kissed a path from one nipple to the other He traced an erotic journey with his fangs then drew on each peak until I shuddered and alet his chest bare toto stop me this time, are you, babe?" He had his hand on the waistband of my skirt, ready to send it to my feet

I kneell as he did that we’d been to this point before and I’d called a halt It wasn’t fair or kind to keep doing this I did a gut check Jerry was gone, abandoningwith the news of what I was He’d just taken off and never looked back Was that love? I’d told Rafe to move on and I’dhim with a spell What did that leave for Glory? An euy anted her

Ray understood what I was feeling too That peek into hiselse could We’d both had our very foundations rocked He’d turned to alcohol and a search for oblivion Was I turning towith this less to me We had a soul-deep connection that included friendship and a binding of our blood that would help us get through this together I pushedtheo, captain Let’s blast off" I shoved him off the couch and onto the floor where I landed on top of hi kiss that left us both breathless, I unbuttoned and unzipped his jeans and opened them wide

Oh, , did I remember this Ray had always liked to strut his stuff in front of o I’d seen the piercing before and now it glittered with a diaed to be kissed It jutted boldly froue

"Glory" Ray groaned and reached for me

"Not here With the s uncovered? I bet Laurie does a regular walk around the perilanced at that spectacular view outside then down to the one below me I let my hair brush his erection and saw Ray shudder Nice

"She won’t But if we’re playing spaceship or Star Trek, I have sorinned up at me "I have this fantasy…"

"H the rabbed the he them across the room Then I stood and put my hands on ure flaws, but a handsootten one thing right The new vampire she’d had dropped intowhile Ti-term complications I’d think about those other short-term issues later For noas more than ready to have fun

"Gaood Keep ’em on, definitely The launch pad is down the hall" Ray jumped to his feet and pulled me after hihed as I iined as in store for me Ray did have a reputation But, honey, when I saas in that room… The tabloids didn’t have a clue

"What is this room?" I stared around in wonder

"My playroo since I was a kid Nate and I have an agree prices against each other online" Ray didn’t see around naked as he showed off his collection of co to do with superheroes I had a hard ti on his toys when he was the main attraction as far as I was concerned

"Is this Captain Kirk’s chair?" I didn’t dare sit in it naked but recognized it instantly