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"Why aers through his hair, she said, "What? Tell me"

"The moon is full this eve"

"Oh" Of course she'd noticed, but she hadn't thought the ramifications could be this dire until she'd seen his expression just now Oh, hell

"I've been debating the best way to get you out of my reach If I run from you, I leave you vulnerable If I stay with you " He trailed off

"You look like the apocalypse has arrived Is it really so dangerous?"

Instead of reassuring her, he nodded "Aye I lose control over th is just too vast If given free leave to take you, I'd rend you in two"

She sed "What exactly do you turn into, MacRieve? Describe it to me"

He answered, "The Lykae call it saorachadh aine My face will change, becoer, taller My strength increases exponentially"

"I've seen the fangs and claws"

"Sharper and longer And flickering overto those not of my kind"

"What would you do to me?"

He looked away "I'd take you in the dirt like an anis, and even after the bite healed, Lykae could still see it forever and know you'd been clai it even then "What does your gut feeling tell you to do withelse - what do you sense?"

She thought for a est what he'd just told her She'd known Lykae bit and scratched each other during sex But she'd never is in her skin,her forever - or that he'd lose control over himself so totally "Honestly, I have no idea But I could ask thewith the idea "What can it tell you?" he finally said

"I usually only get cursory answers Classic oracular"

He hesitated for long moments, the conflict within hierous to escape me - or to re to herself, and pissed that because Boas going to get le by herself, basically running for her life and all that