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“Why?” My voice comes out strained. Her refusal flutters before me; fragile and ephemeral, like a newly-emerged butterfly with a fleeting lifespan.
She knows I could crush it in an instant.
But I won’t.
“You said you would learn to control it.”
“Are you testing me, Finley?” I kiss her neck tenderly; reverently, smiling as I engrave my kisses into her warm, soft skin.
“Perhaps.”
“Or are youtrainingme?” Feeling indulgent, I tease her a little. One of my hands curves around her pert breast. I gently roll her taut nipple between my thumb and forefinger.
She gasps. “I wouldn’t dare presume to… I just want to know if you’re truly a man of your word. If I recall correctly, you said something about learning to control yourself… or else you would keep away.”
“I keep my word when it suits me, but I’m also known to change my mind from time to time. It doesn’t help that you’ve gone and made my task a thousand times harder.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, you’re the one that invited me into your bed, aren’t you?”
“What does that have to do with…”
I kiss the hollow of her neck and gently withdraw. “My sweet Finley, when it comes to you, it’s all linked.”
“What’s linked?”
“Everything.Arousal. Sex. Feeding. Blood. The Universe.” I roll onto my side and put one hand behind my head, feeling both relaxed and thirsty.
For now, it’ll have to do.
She frowns. She’s flushed and radiant with the afterglow of sex. She looks utterly gorgeous. “Maybe I shouldn’t be so strict on you, then.”
“I promised you I would learn self-control, and so I won’t drink from you until I become absolutely desperate.” Last time, I lasted three days. Perhaps this time, I can extend it to four. “And then, if I absolutely have to, I’ll ask nicely, I promise.”
“And you want to take me up into the mountains when you’re like this?” She lets out a tiny puff of exasperation. “Maybe you can try this instead. Take from me, but only a little. Enough to quell your temptation. Nothing more, nothing less.Controlyourself.”
It isn’t three days yet, but she makes perfect sense. If I can have just a drop of her before I become ravenous, I’ll be able to hold out for longer.
It’s like taking a potent and addictive drug. Regular, steady dosing prevents the madness.
I’ll stop at a taste.
Justa taste.
“Very well,” I murmur. “Is there any particular place you prefer me to bite?”
The way in which her eyes widen is oh-so adorable. “How considerate of you, Corvan.” She raises her left hand, offering me her slender upturned wrist. “You may take from here. Justenough.”
I take her wrist and kiss her skin just above the part where her artery sits close to the surface; that little hollow where I can feel her rapid pulse fluttering against my lips.
Slowly, tenderly, I break her skin with my fangs. Sweet, heady nectar stains my lips. I kiss her again, lapping up her precious essence.
A tendril of warmth courses through me, infused with light.
It’s magic.
Hermagic.
