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His hands were gripping her buttocks now, fingers seeking that tight opening, the scoundrel She rocked up, takingback from his throat now to clasp his shoulder and ride hinificent mount he was When her breasts quivered with the doard ih his attention slid over her fangs, ith his blood and the silver ht, she was sure

“Coasped out, and then they leaped together, his body spewing inside hers with liquid heat, while she threw her head back and cried out, working her cunt on hi her, his cock fair splitting her in two, such that the pain was a euphoria all its own

As they slowed at last, she are of the night creatures, the far-off call of a dingo, a few bird noises And the twinge of guilt, though she tried to dispel it by sliding her fingers into his unruly red hair, licking along his neck to get the last of the unclotted blood

She’d done twodeal Fine So why hadn’t she warned him? She’d warned others of her staff, what to expect, why she was doing it It was always to increase staff efficiency, her security Someone whose mind couldn’t hide from hers could hardly orchestrate a betrayal with her enemies

She’d never done the second er to invade a es through his eyes She’d certainly never done it as a stop-gapto the temptation of the third mark

“What” He gripped her hard about the waist, letting her legs down, but then he lost his balance, stu her to catch him He pushed her away, however “Don’t move Told you, you can’t walk out here What did you do? This is like that last bite The first night It felt different”

“I gave you the first mark then It’s only a locator It lets me knohere you are” That you’re alive She did it autoht in his head, and his eyes widened He straightened, but his focus was inside, even as he swayed on his feet She could see thehts There were vampires that could be inside a human mind without any detection at all, from the very first moment they second-h to make that sea sense of being watched inside his own head was i else, even if it took a leap of credibility to co the events of the past couple days, she suspected the leap wasn’t much more than a stride for him

“It’s called the second mark,” she said quietly “It helped restore what you lost with the blood But it alsoit allows hts, speak to you in your head, over reasonable distances I can feel what you feel, when you’re afraid

or angry”

He stared at her “I feel like I have mozzies in my brain And like I’m seasick Is that permanent?”

“No It’s a good analogy It’s a lot like acquiring sea legs You get used to it”

“You didn’t think you needed to ask ave me nowhere to hide from you?”

“No,” she said evenly, despite the twist in her lower abdoh, and God help her if the feeling didn’t ain He saw it, his expression darkening as his attention rose to her face again

“Christ, it doesn’t even bother you”

“It’s not the third mark, Dev,” she pointed out irritably “That’s a much more permanent bond, and truthfully, that would have restored your strength even faster, because you could have taken in my blood”

“A good night’s rest and a heavy breakfast would have restored th as well”

“It just” She shrugged “I wanted to be inside you Wanted to hear your thoughts”

“Well, as long as it’s about what you want” He put both his hands to his head as he s Dannystabbed her foot

“Jesus Christ You are a bloody piece of work I told you not toa bit, and scooped her up in his arht his shoulders as he righted hi hi still a blink or two before he jerked into ain

“Here” He worked his way over to the billabong “You wanted a swio ahead while I sit here and decide if I should find a pointed stick and harpoon you with it Now I knohat drove Ahab”

“What does that nant look