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She ignored Willia the door shut behind her She turned the lock, sagging against the door

She'd taken his blood She'd actually drank froainst the door “Savannah! Dammit, Savannah, open this door!»

She walked slowly toward the sink Her fingers gripped the aze into the mirror

She expected to see a reen eyes Her pale skin The nose that she'd always thought was too s

She looked the same as she'd always looked But she could still taste Willia water in her hand She had to wash the taste away She had to!

She sipped the water, swirling it in her mouth, then she spat it into the sink over and over But still the coppery taste re crash, and then the bathroo open slowly, the lock smashed

Willia “What the hell is going on?»

Her gaze fell to his neck, to the marks she had left upon him “I'm sorry I'm so sorry—»

His eyes narrowed He took a step toward her, but he froze when she shrank back against the sink “You don't have anything to be sorry about You didn't do anything wrong»

She shook her head “I bit you I took your blood!” And she'd enjoyed it She'd reveled in the rush of power that his blood had given her And that knowledge shaave it to you freely,” he said

Her lips trembled “I couldn't stop,” she whispered in despair “I didn't want to do it, but I couldn't stop myself I had to drink I had to!” She blinked away the tears that gathered in her eyes, refusing to let them fall

William moved slowly toward her His hands lifted and wrapped around her, pulling her against his body, cradling her “Sweet Savannah I should have told you…»

She stiffened “Told“For a vaer It will push your control until the need for release and the need for blood are bound together»

She pushed back and stared up at William “I didn't mean to hurt you»

«You didn't hurt ave ht possible»

And then she remembered the feel of his h her when William drank froaze watchful “The blood connects us, lets us share our pleasure»

Her brorinkled “Will it be like that when I have to feed froainst her “No You'll only lose control if your physical desire and your blood hunger e And since you won't be with anyone but me…»

His sentence trailed off, but Savannah knehat he meant She'd promised to be with him forever He expected her to be loyal to him, to desire only him

«And you won't be with anyone else, will you, Savannah?” His eyes flashed red

«No Only you,” she told hi anyone else It was only William He alone was the one that she desired, the one that she craved