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I shrugged "Thanks," I said, then took a deep breath and tried to push away the intense sexual feelings just being in the sa up, then turned off the Widow I crossed the room, and the whole tihts and walked to the stairs in the back "You’re right, Eli It’s not like rabbed me just as I reached the staircase "You feel it’s best, or are you afraid of ainst hilared back "Let Me Go I’ in the staircase"

His hand dropped o, then"

I knew I ventured in very dangerous territory by walking those stairs and trapping ain--especially since Gilles had warned u to do The tension between us over the past several days since Tybee had been nearly unbearable, and to settle things before I actually had to stay under the same roof with him and his entire fa full well his eyes were on , hazy shadows crossed the rooh the pictureIt suddenly struckI loved was gone, and nothing would ever be the saain I rounded on Eli "What exactly do you expect froularly read my mind, so I’m sure you already kno badly I want you all of the ti sickness, or a hex You know I’m not scared of you because of what you are You know it"

His eyes and voice gentled "You should be"

"Shoulda, coulda, woulda," I said, sounding like a child "I guess rule following and good-choicearen’t in my nature, either"

Eli moved closer, his eyes locked ontoabout that night Both nights"

"Oh, I get it," I said, and sank into the plush cushion of the seat in the pictureWhether mortal or vampire, both male species are led around by their peckers, it seemed "So it’s the sex you’re obsessed with?"

"It’s sex with you," Eli clarified, and stepped closer to ainst the wall next toup "It’s the way you move, the sound of your voice," he said, his voice dark, seductive "The way you thought about ht, about what you wanted me to do to you, and how you touched yourself The way you smell--not your perfu strand of"You" He shoved his hands into his hair with frustration "I’ve watched you, Riley--even before we ued me, and I found myself at your , inside your room" His eyes searched mine "It’s about you"

"You watched me froht thrilledfaster, and I struggled to breathe nor at the muscles in his chest, the way his abs were cut, and his face; the shadows had grown long, and the rooh surreal light toacross his forehead and luminescent blue eyes, and when he spoke, his lips fascinated me; they were full, perfectly shaped, and the ainst ain His jaw, dusted with just a shade of growth, ers itched to touch hiravy

Without taking his eyes off rasped ain, I ask What do you feel when you touch me?"

My eyes closed as his hand covered ainst his chest "I feela sensual energy that I can’t get enough of, that lingers on my skin, inside ofand falling faster withI looked at him "An obsession I feel you"