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"I told you that"

"You said youyou say is bullshit!" And she'd bought his every line-believing herself halfway in love with hiht be a succubus, but at least I'm not a liar"

MacRieve was bristling "What the hell are you talking about?"

"You told me I was part of the clan, that I was one of you You told me you'd protect ain You toldHallto cut off my head"

"I would have kept those promises-if you had no' transformed"

"That's why promises are made, ahole! To be kept no matter the situation"

"No' to your kind," he said si a new truth to her

"No, you usually kill my kind Just like you kill all Pravus creatures you co with each word "Oh, and vampires too! Exactly how is this different fro my dad of?"

"You dare compare me to him?"

"Yeah, I just did After the way you've treateds his way!" She was one decibel shy of screeching

"I ith evil creatures Those that like to murder, rape, and torment-"

"I'm a succubus, and I'm not evil!"

"Mayhap no' yet You're still playing at being human" He cast a cruel s to choke it down?"

"I don't have a choice-because I refuse to feed off another The idea is horrifying to me"

She thought she saw a flash of surprise on his face before he disguised it "You'll co et that your eyes were rolling back in your head thiswhen you drank me down"

She shuddered "That's all in the past Now that I knohat I'ainst, I'll prevail"

"You canna change what you are As young as you are, you'll start strewing soon, e time bomb"

"I won't I'll figure out a way to control it"

"You get hungry enough, there will no' be control You'll get so aroused, reason will leave your brain Your claill flare, and you'll want to sink them into whatever luckless bastard happens to be close by This is your life now; best accept the realities"

A life without soccer or friends or a dad

MacRieve see her, "There'll be no Olympics for you Doubt you'd pass a piss test Since you canna piss"

Her lips parted

"Aye, that's right Like the vampires, you've no bodily functions Just another exa you are No wonder your father abandoned you"

MacRieve was enjoying this, tearing her down little by little Like he was getting revenge against her-when she'd never done anything to hih "Good to know, Head Case" How apropos of Ronan "Now, asout pain toit Find so with you is to trust all yourMacRieve as she ressive fanboy

"You doona seek to curry favor with me? Your life is in my hands, and yet you are defiant?"

Get used to it, dickwad

But MacRieve was not to be ignored "Look ather arms over her head "I said to look at me"

The weight of his body was crushing, his erection like a steel beaainst her Despite her hatred of hi

Why couldn't she turn off this arousal? Was it a succubus thing? Or a MacRieve thing? After all, the traits that had attracted her before reolden eyes, his firue

A flash s o hard Don't think about that!

"When you get hungry enough, you'll co to me"

She refused to look away "Never You disgust me" His treatment of her did

He inhaled deeply "Nay, disgust is no' what you're feeling I can scent how much you want me inside you"

Her cheeks fla to fill her "What's the difference between that scent and strew?"

He seemed surprised by her question "A et her somewhere alone to tup Streould make a male rip off a succubus's clothes to rut her on the spot Would no' "

Would he do that if she strewed? "Like I said, I'll eat regular food Then there'll be no need for any strew We don't ever have to touch again"

With an angry shove, he thrust his erection over her again "You think you'll be able to keep your hands off me?"

She couldn't deny her physical reaction to hioing on "Say I do get turned on by you-even though I despise you What's the difference bethat you're doing to me, and what you think I'll do to you?"

He scowled "What are you talking about?"

"If you ainst my will, then who's the succubus? Your looks are your strew Explain to me the difference"

A troubled expression flashed over his face before his hatred blazed through once more "I would never use my looks to rape others"

She shoved at hie him "You don't have to fear that from me, MacRieve I'd rather starve to death I'd look forward to it, before I ever fed from you"

He released her and rose, gave her a withering look "I'll re with ain"

Chapter Twenty-Eight

"Pass the ball, Ben!" Chloe yelled

She was playing a pickup soccer game with him, Ronan, Madadh, and six others It'd been four days since she'd seen MacRieve's beast, but she still found it freaky that all the Lykae around her had a si inside them

Ronan was guarding her, and she was tooling hith and speed As the self-proclai drills with him Alas, moves like hers took time to perfect

She'd decided to put herself out there as clan AD because she needed soo crazy-and because she needed Ronan's help to escape