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When I caers were still inside ofue healed the wounds at my neck

"You?" I mumbled, barely coherent But Ryu understood

"Later," he answered "This was ently, and I tasted the coppery sheen of et your suitcase," he said, finally withdrawing his hand

"You don’t want to co orgon She refused a state senator and pushed back the reservation of a pregnant teenaged starlet to give me this table If we’re not exactly on tih like that, I’ll fuck you And if I fuck you, I won’t stop, and then ill be late, and then the gorgon will destroy me Did I mention the part where she destroys ain, and then you’ll have soh about"

Ryu knew damned well that humor could overcome any eh as he helped me to an strategizing all the various ways in which I would destroy hiht as I wondered what, exactly, Iris had packed fro et my suitcase

I’ll show you an "Ih of pure pleasure as we gazed off over Boston’s city lights Ryu’s arht around me, and he whispered in my ear as he pointed out various points of interest After my eyes had had their fill, we returned to our little table by theto enjoy our cocktails

We were at the Top of the Hub, a restaurant and bar perched high atop Boston’s Prudential Tower We’d had dinner earlier, at a different restaurant, and I got the feeling that Ryu considered the Top of the Hub a little too touristy to be cool He’d brought me anyway, however, because he knew I’d love the views

We’d had dinner at a place so chic its name was simply its address It was an extremely small and intimate restaurant, where ere treated like royalty And apparently the table next to us, all men dressed like sheiks, really were Saudi royalty, so I had a direct co menu, paired with seven different wines, and Ryu had worked so coain, in that physical state I’d coills, slightly drunk on both wine and barely sated lust, and feeling utterly, totally pa no trouble erecting your shields, although you’re still not erecting them quite as reflexively as you should be"

"Exactly," I said, honing back in on Ryu and resisting the temptation to point out that he’d said "erect" Twice

"Well, your reflexes will develop with time and experience You need to be around your own kindin a bubble out in Rockabill" I frowned, and he rolled his eyes "I’, Rockabill isn’t the real world But, in the s while you’re here Nell said you were ready for gla on therinned "Excellent"

"I think you’ll be good at it You’re creative, and when you focus, you have a tremendous aetting you to focus"

"He hi

"Exactly," Ryu laughed sh I do appreciate your choice of distractions"

Ryu stood up andme to him He kissed the tip of ently on ood it is to have you here, baby," hehere, too I like seeing how you live"

"InHu you here ue swept over the pulse throbbing insexually empowered that would curl his toes with lust Instead, to my horror, I blurted out, "I saw the book under your phone"

Ryu withdrew, his eyes narrowed

"Sorry?"

"I was trying to see what time it was and I bumped your phone And I saw your address book"