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She'd joked to herself that h - to abjectly apologize Had she been not far off the mark?

Or maybe he still wanted to throw her down and drink her

"Wait, Daniela!"

When he traced in front of her, she halted with her palm raised to her lips "Cos with ice"

"I don't want to hurt you"

"No? You were going to bite ave a curt nod

"So what's different now?"

"I've replenished the blood I've lost And I'm not surrounded by the scent of yours"

"Sounds like you're trying to make your loss of control my fault"

"No, it was solely mine"

"If not to bite me, then what do you want?"

He didn't seeth, he said, "Just to talk to you"

"Is that why you and your hench for me?" Predictably, he'd need to see his Bride

He ran his palm over the back of his neck "We weren't"

"You're not looking for" Then who?"

"We seek Ivo the Cruel"

A Horde baddie "Good luck with that," she said between gritted teeth, turning to leave

He followed her "You know of hi for Teaers and er quite so clueless since you grilled ain he didn't deny it "Did you tell all the Forbearers about what I said when I was delirious?"

"I've told no one," he said, his handso into a scowl "What in the hell are you doing out here alone?"

"I' for someone myself"

"Who?" When she didn't answer, he said, "You should be where it's safe There could beto spare hi over what to say to her

Finally he decided on: "You gave h promptly nosedived Of course, he'd only called for help with Ivo "You have a lot of nerve bringing that up"

"Why would you do that?"

"For - fun" To get your hopes up and then have them dashed Like mine continue to be