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“I wanted it so fking ainst her pale of blood

“No” His breath blew against her flesh “Because if I rong about you, if the witch and that da you hated”

And she had hated the idea of vahts all see toI ever did” His lips thinned “Watching you die and not knowing if you’d ever open your eyes again”

The last thing she’d seen had been him “You left me” The words came out as an accusation and she realized that, yeah, that had bothered her Noon between them, no matter what secrets he’d kept—and she’d known there were secrets even then—she’d expected hiht I was the last person you’d want to see”

He’d been the one she wanted theaze held hers “But then you came to me”

Sex

Blood

So er

“You weren’t afraid of me,” he said

“I was afraid of iven sooner “I didn’t want to become—”

Like Grim

Like Leo

Like so many of the others she’d taken down over the years

Not a monster She hadn’t wanted to be a woman ruled by the bloodlust and lost to hu to turn and start killing innocents” He freed her hand and rose,to happen with you There’s no Born to take over your mind No one to force you There’s just…you”

It had been just her for years Maybe she was tired of that She wrapped the sheet around her body “So what happens now?” Did she go back to Night Watch? Keep hunting? While he—what? Got the hell out of town as fast as he could?

Just…you

She’d be left alone? Again?

Only this ti at a few e at forever

Without him

Shit When had the vampire started tohim She wanted his touch, his mouth, his blood Him Always him

“Pity we didn’t meet before,” she whispered What would life have been like?

She glanced over, saw hiritted, “I wish to hell we had”