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Benedict bared his fangs at the ht back, s while I did

And he laughed The sound filling my chest with a breath of life I didn’t know I needed

“Don’t,” he growled, reaching up to cup my face “Ever sell your soul for me I’m not worth—”

“You’re worth everything,” I cut hi I know it’s kind of your trigger”

He leaned his forehead against iveyou into—”

“So infinitely more powerful and less breakable than before?” I cut hiuilt for a er “I’m in awe of you, Benedict,” I said “You saved me, even after what I’d said to you”

“I will always save you,” he said

An ache ripped through my chest “I have to kill her”

“Not if I do it first,” he growled, and I could see the rage fill his eyes

“But first,” I said, unable to fully spiral down that hole right now Not as pulsing in my chest “I’m…”

“Hungry,” he finished for me

I nodded, suddenly embarrassed “I don’t really kno this works” Sure, I’d tasted him before, but this was different “Do I have to feed from someone else now?”

A lol rumbled from his chest “Fuck, no” His words were final, lethal, and then he dropped to his knees beforekisses over my stomach, my hips Then he looked up at me with such need in his eyes that my knees nearly buckled

“Take whatever you want, whatever you need,his head so his neck was exposed

Instinct roared inside me, and I didn’t think, I pounced