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"Withis as it seems It's always much, much worse"

"No I don't think you truly want to do these things to s? Make a bid for power? Capture a derew cold

"You think you can change ood? Maybe rehabilitate me?"

"In my circus differently I can teach you-"

As she rose, the room appeared to rock from her fury Above the stars blazed "I beheaded the first ood" At the cell doorway, she added, "I elve"

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When Rydstroht Sabine's sultry scent, he briefly closed his eyes in pleasure, then cursed hiht? Her attendants had left him unclothed and chained to the bed by his wrists and ankles, a single sheet covering his lower body

For two days she hadn't returned Hour after hour had crept by, the dungeon see into his skin

All rage de their kind who'd turned fully demonic, but never reverted They lived like animals-a hellish idea for soe, demons of his kind took release multiple times a day

Sabine had denied him even that

She'd asked him if he hated her At the tirew every day she left hiered by your treat," she said airily as she entered and stood behind the bed "But I plan tohatred warred with need He cursed his shaft when it rose in anticipation beneath the sheet

Why in the hell had she re? He'd had no idea where she was or even if she would ever return

"Not interested in what I have to offer?" She reached over the headboard "Just as I warned, I've brought a stocked arsenal today, deazed down at her hands on his chest She wore full-length gloves made of metal linting

Gauntlets? Unease built in hi to use all my unique talents to seduce you Won't even look at your female?"

He'd have to crane his head around to see her He refused to show her how curious he was

Don't lookdon't do anything she wants you to

When she began to knead his muscles, he tensed, but she kneork those claws so she didn't pierce his skin

"As I lay in the dark the other night, it occurred to me that just because you had denied yourself, I shouldn't have to"