22/04/2026 06:39

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Requiem's mouth sealed over the kiss of his fangs, and he began to feed. He was still fighting to keep the rhythm even and pretty, but he was beginning to lose that smooth glide, and I knew when he stopped dancing above me, that that would be it. But I am not going to challenge that thing. she-who-made-him popped up.

I was on my knees and only Nathaniel's hands had kept me from hurting myself on the edge of the tub. Nathaniel's hand touched mine, like a child groping in the dark, but the moment his fingers brushed me, the burning began to fade. Nathaniel sighed so heavily that I felt the movement against my body. I shook my head.