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They got into the car in silence Then Venoy

He took theered and junkies slept, past high-class establish a respectable row of clubs where suburbanon the wild side They took in a closed stadiuracious mansions so ornate and covered with ivy that it was as if they’d been frozen in time

Those houses screamed immortal money

Behind theht But the tallest building of all was the Tower, a soaring spear of light that pierced the starlit night sky and s silhouetted against the night, their beauty extraordinary “Have you ever fantasized about plucking off an angel’s feathers?” It was the first time she’d spoken in the past sixty h their city

“Illiuhtly “Do you have anti-angel fantasies?”

“Just anti-Ura his name ing him back to life in a way thatbut unable to stop me” The latter was very important Even in her fantasies, Holly knew she was no el “Then I want to sit there and pluck off each and every one of his feathers” Gray with flecks of aliness they hid “After which I want to stab and stab and stab at hi but a piece of meat”

She exhaled loudly “Go ahead, call me a psycho”

Venoh standards for the psycho call You barely brush the surface” A glance out of lasses

“Take those off!” Moving with that strange speed that lived in her, Holly tore off the sunglasses and threw them behind their seats

Veno wheel despite her unexpected act “Those are expensive,” he said calmly “You can’t afford to replace them, kitty”

“Fuck you”

“Sorry, the line’s too long for you to get to the top”

Her fangs dripped, poison filling her mouth

And it was toowhat little freedo her genesis shoved into her face Venom’s provocation She hissed and dove for his throat, not thinking about the danger of attacking hi at all

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Veno it away from his neck while he controlled the car with his free hand She clawed at him, but he could take a few scratches He could take her bite, too, but it’d affect hi her jaw hard, he pulled the car over to the side of the street

They were in a dark part of town, an area filled with business workers in the day and hoht None of those people would dare coreen of his car

So he released Holly and sucked in a breath as her fangs penetrated his skin Her poison burned for that split second before it was neutralized, but she didn’t let go Her nails dug into the other side of his neck, her fangs i him

But she wasn’t feeding, wasn’t doing anything but holding him in place

He lifted his hand, put it on the back of her head and pushed slightly “Drink,” he ordered in a voice that not many people would dare disobey “Drink”

Holly dug her nails in deeper but refused to do as he’d asked So he squeezed the back of her neck Hard “Or would you prefer that I drink from you, kitty?” he said in his coldest, silkiest tone “I wonder what Uram’s blood—” That did it

She drank