05/03/2026 19:12

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I had to take the vest off to thread the upper part of the thigh holster through my belt, then the other straps went around my leg. But lying there trapped under the weight of two of those vampires, I had to wonder if part of what was happening was just too damn many of them in one place. A faint taste, as if smell was the more important, but smell and taste were aligned differently than ever before. Once upon a time, I'd have asked her what she meant, but I'd grown up since then, and I knew the answer.

My hand touched Damian's blood-slick skin, and I had to follow through. You're enjoying this, he said, and he made a sound in his throat. I threw the flogger at Jean-Claude the way you'd throw a baseball bat when you want someone to catch it. ster? And if I did share it all, then she'd give me another lecture about how Jean-Claude was ruining my life, or had ulterior motives.