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"Helo," Cruen supplied readily

"Is that his name?"

"He isn’t exactly like you" No He wasn’t Cruen hesitated Perhapsyes, perhaps that would satisfy Giving up Pureblood va he stood for But et you the water beast’s DNA In fact, Ihi at once, the young male’s eyes widened "Yes, that would do well He is part va to do a secret?"

"I’m not sure" Cruen waited for their faces to fall froht amount of flesh paid to me, I can make sure that after you’re done with hi to anyone ever again"

• • •

The desire to feel nothing had been viciously stolen by the overpowering desire to feel everything

With her

His hands spread wide on the glass, Syn stood at the doors leading to the terrace and stared out at the New York City skyline It was ungodly late and snoas falling on the terrace floor in heavy flakes What had he done? Stealing her away fro he could take care of her and the balas? Didn’t he get it that existing was the only thing available to hi Juliet, to have another chance at life and happiness

He swiped at the condensation building on the glass All he deserved was the chance toJuliet And that toll was the complete and total destruction of Cruen

"I’lass He hadn’t heard Petra co it

"Syn" She paused Then, "Look atat her seemed to be the bloody problem Why couldn’t he just stand here and admire the snow and the view?

"Please," she said, her tone softly i a heavy breath, he turned, leaned back against the cold glass, and then, when he got a good look at her, wished he hadn’t Bollocks! Did she have to glow in the goddaht of the snowflakes behind hi blue and beautiful and haunting? Did her skin have to scream for his touch, his oing to be real honest here And I hope you will be too"

Honest? Did she really want that from him? Did she even knohat that aze ainst ripe white skin and breasts that insisted on overflowing their confines every chance they got His hands twitched at his sides They wanted to be on her, inside her Along with his cock, which was filling with blood this very second

Fuck What was happening to him? And how could he stop it? Curb it? Destroy it?

Or was that impossible now? Was it truly his destiny to hat he could never have?

Never have unless he gave up the very thing that kept hiry at you"

His eyes snapped up, and this ti Becausewell"--she shook her head--"because I care About you I haven’t stopped, you know And no , how insanely attracted we are to each other, it can’t end well Right? I mean, your need to kill my father is kind of a deal breaker for ood father or even a decent male And maybe he should be contained in that vampire jail situation" Her eyes implored him "But I can’t sit by and watch or accept his death by your hand You’ve got to understand that"

"I do" It hy he’d allowed his emotions to be stripped in the first place

She chewed her lip "But you don’t care?"

Gods, she just didn’t get this, get hihtly "Petra He ht in front of lass "He destroyed a being It’s what he does Hurts and kills and destroys to get what he wants Now, that doesn’t take away froaze rateful to him for that But it doesn’t cancel out what he is--what he continues to do"

She just stared at hihtly "I know"

He looked at her, hard "He killed ain "What would you have me do?"

It took her a moment to answer "Start a new one?"

"I don’t know if I can"

Her eyes widened Tears filled thehtened and he called after her

"But I do knoant you! Only you!"