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He felt as if he were losing hisno tracks, no scent

Over the course of his search, he'd located only her belongings Her food, water container, and bag had been scattered in the brush a's corpses

He'd collected all her possessions for her, puzzling over the strange tube of food she'd packed and the peculiar canisters and bottles But he'd stowed everything near hisher full water canteen with hi that water container had reerous effects of thirst Dizziness, deliriu needlessly Malkoo back to last night He wouldn't have frightened her, wouldn't have uncontrollably slaughtered those demons

He tried to tell himself he wouldn't have stolen her blood, but at the-

Her scent

At last! For hours, he'd been unable to detect her, but now he charged headlong in her direction

As Malkom closed in, he slowed Better not to ain or blast him with her hands

So he scaled a cliff to follow her froh hi that she didn't co beast He followed, observing her behavior, puzzling out the foreign little succubus

Always observing But this time he enjoyed it He could watch her for hours, her expressions were so revealing And though her nized the tones She was no longer afraid - she was vexed; kicking rocks, then see to curse them

Even when so visibly exhausted, she was still lovely Satisfaction swelled his chest as his gaze moved fro, her cheekbones high and elegant Her lips were full

Before he'd encountered her, he'd never comprehended why males mused on what their ht have As if athan he should a fine horse's! Now Malkom experienced an unknown-before pride that his woined his fated one would be a match for him - a weary and hardened demoness used to deprivation - she was his opposite in so s or claws, and her skin looked as if it'd never once seen the harsh sun Whereas he was the son of a whore, he believed she'd been raised as a noble

Yet she wore a collar, as slaves did At the thought of owning her that way, hisasher back to his lair to enjoy

In the past, his discipline had kept hi over intercourse Now that there was the possibility of claierness couldn't be stemmed He wanted the use of her body at his will, wanted to learn her feure out how to pleasure a wo her He'd never felt a female's body, much less fondled one's sex