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"Not regret" Mirceo exaret"

"You never regretted your conquests Just the s after Damn you, I told you to take time To be certain"

"I know"

"You pro hours! You told s would be different with me, with your mate"

"It is different My anxiety is stronger than it's ever been" Why a him?

"You prick" Caspion inhaled a deep breath, er "Look, I understand this is a lot to process What happened between us was ht now But we have so here Don't throw it all away"

The calrew "Throw it all away? Is that on the table?" Make this feeling stop!

"You want it to be?"

"No No!"

"Last night spooked the hell out of me too, and I' For you, the ti couldn't be worse But if you can trust me, ill make it work"

That pain in Mirceo's arm wouldn't let up He scowled down at it

"Are you even listening to me?" Caspion demanded "What occurred between the time you fell asleep and the time you woke up?"

"That's what I' to tell you: I don't know! Maybeet my mind in order--"

"No You , then you leave for good"

Leave for good Leave Caspion Mirceo's alarm ratcheted up even more

The demon narrowed his eyes "You dreauess which one" His face flushed, even as his eyes filled with bitterness

Mirceo wanted to say, YourBut that ht of how those de mate, his insanity only seemed to peak

"No denial So you have drea you?"

"They are Just not the way you assu sensation wouldn't relent He pinched his teen "I-I haven't "

"That's worse! After last night, how could you decide on anything other than more?"

"Do you think I want to feel like this?" His e over hi him "What is this? Tell me!" Mirceo hadn't lost interest--just the opposite He wanted this male even more desperately than before "Helpmy mind"

"You're panicked because you don't want your hedonistic life to change" Caspion scrubbed a hand over his face "I've no one to bla you I know your faults--and I saw thi

s co"

That pissed Mirceo off I never saw it co you know un to ache, a low throbbing over his brow

"Bullshit!" Caspion pointed his forefinger at him "I know you better than you know yourself"

The pain in Mirceo's head provoked his own anger "You only think you do, demon I have secrets"

"Such as?"

"The first night weto fuck you"

"And now you have fucked me," Caspion said without shame

Might as well do this now "My friends wagered whether I could seduce the proud demon warrior--the conquest of all conquests"

"Friends? Those sycophants? We are friends, Mirceo They are parasites Is that the life you're in a hurry to get back to?"

"No!" Return to that superficial, dissolute world? Mirceo would rather live in that disos his whole life So why aht now? "I just need to--to think about things for a time"

"You were supposed to think about things before we did this What's done is done, vampire And--as I warned you repeatedly--it can't be undone" His gaze rose to Mirceo's neck

"Your mark" Mirceo's skin had healed, but demons would still be able to see it

"You'll wear it forever Does that panic you?"

"No, but so does" He felt as if he was about to voht

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"An endless supply of new partners will grow stale in tiured out how less his existence was, the vampire would atteet over Mirceo's infidelity The jealousy would eat him alive "You ish for a life with me, and I won't take you back"