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“I’ve seen such provincial perfored “Tanks of sea snakes, where a vampire may enter the water to feel their bodies twine around your limbs, slither across your bare skin Quite affectionate creatures, but venomous We had far better entertainments in the mother country”

“I find that hard to believe I’ve been to England, and they are far less iave hi the barb “Go to Sydney, Lord Charles You won’t regret it But for noe shall aze shifted to Mary, still helplessly manacled to her

My lady, she’s tre her

She will not be harmed, Dev No more than she deserves Do not worry for her

On that less than coht, Danny rose in a rustle of taffeta “Go stand with Chiyoko and Aapti,” she ordered As Mary co behind Ian’s chair Letting a white-gloved hand trail along the chair back, she brushed his shoulder, giving him an amused look and Charles a speculative one as she made her way to the women

Mary waited between the two servants, her head bowed, lips pressed together Dev wasn’t sure, but he thought her perilously close to tears He didn’t like this, though he held his tongue, waiting to see what his capricious sheila had in mind But it was an effort

“Easy, dear ht” Danny stopped beside her She was about three inches taller, but the stature difference had nothing to do hich of theht “The first task shall be easy Kiss ine I am who you love best here I will discern who it is”

Mary sed as Lord Charles’s and Ian’s attention sharpened like the end of a spear, pointed toward the four women

Dev was as riveted as either male vampire as Mary lifted her face and aardly pressed her lips to his lady’sin tense fists just short of Danny’s body, the maid obviously uncertain if touch would be welcome

Aapti and Chiyoko had taken a knee on either side of her, naked and patient, but their eyes were locked upon the display as well

Dev noted Chiyoko’s nipples hardened further in the clamps, obviously stimulated by the ions Aapti, while equally attentive, was entirely still, waiting, which suggested she was the aze slid briefly to Dev while the others were distracted,information for her Master, before it went back to Danny

Danny chuckled against the girl’s ripped the back of her head, tu out the pins so her asped, but Danny forced her harder against her lips, tunneling her fingers in the girl’s hair, the other ar onto a buttock, bunching up the fabric of the black uniform Mary made a noise of part pleasure and fearful disco the generous bare bottom beneath Dev’s eyes narrowed It was bruised and ers traced over the Mary’sat her so a trickle of blood ran from the corner

He wasn’t sure which way to look His lady was surrounded by enemies, but he wasn’t sure if she wasn’t one of them at the moment Then he noted that, as she kissed Mary in such a hard, brutish way, Mary’s initial resistance was rasping at a fold of the taffeta skirt,noises as Danny alternated between petting thethem He tried not to notice, but Mary had a fine, fat arse

Finally, Danny pulled back She held the girl away from her as she strained for a moment, too carried away from the passion to recall herself When she did, she flushed and tried to gaze down

“No need to be all prih that’s your appeal, isn’t it? You’re so innocent You cain, didn’t you?”

The maid nodded, a quick jerk of her head Danny ood eye, Ian Or ift?”

“Yes One I a them, the innocent ones who craved Mastery”

“She did at that” Danny glanced at him “Well, let’s see if we can erode soet on your knees between the on the floor

The ly untied the sash of her apron Danny took it froled with the zipper in the back of the unifor her lips and Ruskin taking another generous sip of his wine