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Hellen had given herself asms than she could count, knew much about sex, sexual positions, and parts of the body that responded well to being touched, but she had never truly been kissed in her life She was sure of it now In school she had stolen a few pecks from a few brothers of her classether too quick But nothing could have prepared her for the feeling of Erion&039;s kiss He held her tightly, almost protectively, surely possessively, and see of the lips, then a breath-stealing, full-bodied kiss, followed by a tug with his teeth

And then there were his fangs

She sled his head and lapped at her lower lip, groaning with a need she felt against her belly

"Do you laugh at irl?" he uttered, his tone thick with passion

She shook her head "Just want to knohat this feels like"

"This feels fucking aain "No This" She ran her tongue over one fang, then the other Ss clenched, and she was surprised by the intensity of her desire Des attractive Those who knew of the bloodsucker race thought them animals-inferior, undesirable, worse than humans

Those demons were fools

"Have you ever bitten anyone?" she whispered against his mouth

"Only when they deserved it," he growled softly

She felt the vibration through her chest, and her gaze lifted to meet his "What do I have to do to deserve it?"

"Keep looking at me like that"

"That&039;s all?" she asked, dark, wicked desire swirling inside her like a storet here, Erion?"

"Through that door, deirl"

"No Not here in the hallway Here You andsoto bitethat was never supposed to surface"

She stopped, knowing she sounded like a lunatic She needed to cool this down and regain control of the situation before they were found in each other&039;s arms in the hallway of her father&039;s co his head and kissing her neck "Because hed Hisbe so soft yet so deadly?

They were in trouble if they continued this She was in trouble There was so much at stake here Her sisters&039; futures and Ladd&039;s safety

Placing her hands on Erion&039;s chest, she pushed hier or protest, but one of regret and sadness and self-preservation If she wanted to see things right in the future for those she cared about, she needed to break froly beautiful eyes, and hiskisses

"I want to take you so his hand

Eyes hooded, ry, Erion still wore the look of a rew tense "Back to the dungeon? A yourwhat I&039;ve already tasted, what belongs to ods helpto me?"

Hellen&039;s body tre back there," she said "Not yet Not until you have to"

"Your father" A growl runore the heat that surged into her sex when he round I&039;ll knohen he returns" She tugged at his hand "Come on Please I think you&039;ll like it"

"Yes," he uttered, his eyesover her "That&039;s the probleh her From her earlobes down to the heels of her feet It was sudden and intense, and with it caht about it before, certainly not while he was kissing her Her insides were burning up with desire, with longing, and yet she&039;d taken two vials of cooling draft only an hour or so ago

Panic flooded her Had she grown imht She&039;d felt the cold nuh her, reveled in it as it coated the heat inside her Not fully, but enough

Erion atching her, studying her He looked wary, sexy as the hell she was in both literally and figuratively Can one male, she wondered, in particular be so powerful? Had Erion and his claiain? And if so, had he ruined her frigidity forever?

"Second thoughts, deirl?"

You have no idea, de her reckless Maybe this was a bad idea-spending s aze traveled the ripped cords of muscle that were his belly and his chest, and the wide shoulders and thick ar of possession she&039;d ever experienced, up to his face, his beautiful face with its deht left before herhih the tunnels, her heated bodyher doubly aware of as around her It was a strange sensation She had always been focused, cool in both body and ely iht that Erion had soe in her, but when the scent of ash grew heavy in the air around her, she released all thoughts and quickened her pace She was close Round a curve, then another A sudden blast of warht ahead

"What is it?" Erion called warily behind her

"Freedoet anyway"

Hellen paused at the entrance, re in the shadow of the archway, Erion beside her The landscape stretched out forfireflower, massive crystallized rock that allowed for shade and, as she recalled fro spaces It was the ht

For a few seconds, she tracked left to right for any sign of ht She detected no one

She broke into a run and grinned as Erion ca back from his neck He looked wild, a natural hunter, his deold crystal and broke into the pale le the property?" he asked as they jogged up a black-earthed incline

"Yes, but not here" This was a fairly unused exit froround for years She&039;d never even shared it with her sisters

But even so, Hellen re her senses to feel, sht alert her to a problem

"I love this time of day," she said as they ran side by side "The scent of the fireflower recedes, and all I can slanced over him "What?"

"Women normally prefer the scent of flowers to the scent of cinders"

"I keep telling you, I&039;m not a woman"

"No, you&039;re not" His mouth was tipped up at the corners and his eyes filled with sensual, appreciative heat "You&039;re irl"

She may have actually blushed as they headed down a steep incline "Not sure I like that na closer to her, his nostrils flaring "Your body heats up every tiant"

"And you&039;re very beautiful"

Without warning, Erion pulled her into the curve of a nearby crystal and had her pressed tightly against his chest as his narrowed gaze ?" she derip

"Quiet," he whispered, his fangs descending and every ht "I heard so that theirherself for not beingeither"

For several moments, they renored his irritated grunt of protest as she h the hollows of the crystal to the other side She wanted a better view If there was really so, someone out there, she would see hiripped the ithin the rock and peered out Suddenly, a sh

"There had better be some cute, fuzzy creature out there," Erion said blackly as he came up behind her "Othere have just been made"

"Not cute," she said "And definitely not fuzzy Let&039;s go!"

"Hellen!" Erion called after her tersely

But Hellen was gone, leaping out of thein the rock and barreling down the other side of the rise She&039;d had no idea they were so close How had she not sensed it?

Ash billowed in the air as she ju steel trunk that held her equipht, and she hurried over and yanked the top open

"Da up beside her "Don&039;t make me haul you back to the coeon"

"You wouldn&039;t dare"

He grunted "Wouldn&039;t I?"

She whirled on him, her bon back She smiled at him "Not to worry I sense no one Most citizens don&039;t care to go out during the tibow "Sexy"

She grinned "Thank you" Then lowered the bow and tossed it at hiht it with ease His eyebrow lifted "Where a to a stretch of land behind hiical energy courtesy of rinned wider "Ready for some fun, demon?"

He turned to look, and she watched him take in her pride and joy

"This is the Rain Fields," she said "The clouds that hang just feet off the ground give hot rain and also give rogue demons a place to hide" She expected curiosity in his expression, perhaps even excite strained "What?"

He shook his head