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Too still

Oh, hell

I grew as still as Eli; I barely breathed After nearly two ht breath "Eli?" I asked, barely a whisper

He didn’t answer

Oh, shit

Then, slowly, he lifted his head I breathed a sigh of relief as a pair of nonopaque eyes stared down at rin tilted the corner of his very sexy " He kissed hed and buried his head in my shoulder Then, while ere still completely wrapped around each other, Eli Dupré lowered his head and kissedtime to explore every inch ofour passion Then he lifted a finger toas it fanned out to my ten of dark purity inked onto your face"--he stroked it again--"and disturbingly caring inside" He placed his hand overwith Eli Dupré I knew then I was spoiled for eternity

"For the record," he said, catching my bottom lip between his teeth "My pecker doesn’t lead hed, and he quickly hushed ue, and then he eased to the side of me, pulled me close, and wrapped an arm over my stomach He rested his chin on top of my head "Go to sleep," he said "I’ll be here when you wake up"

Content, for a while, anyway, I closed my eyes and drifted off

For the first ti after

How a dreaue me after sex with Eli, I have no idea, but I found e, my eyes turned to the here I peered outside into a dense forest of ray, bleak The horses’ hooves pounded the terrain at a gallop, and the carriage veered precariously close to the edge of a cliff before changing direction and plunging into the shadows, deeper into the wood The horses slowed to a trot, and I eased back against the cushions and closedI kept theain, he sat across from me Dressed in black breeches, tall black boots, and a blood burgundy velvet coat, hite ruffles at the neck and cuffs, he watched ure me out The auburn-haired woainst his chest, her hand possessively resting on his thigh; sleeping, I supposed It was difficult to deteraze wandered seductively over me, shameless and bold, and then with his eyes still fastened to mine--as I was powerless to look away--he leaned his head down and whispered to the woman, yet I heard it clearly in my own head "Unlace my breeches" Only her hand h she’d done it many tiaze away "Touch ain, and once h he’d spoken them to me The woman slid her hand slowly into his breeches and stroked him; I could feel his hardness in , and I wanted to look away so badly, but I hadn’t the will "Ride me" The woman kept her back turned as she lifted her skirts and straddled him He watched me over her shoulder as she rode his I didn’t want to coasm His beautiful face tensed with pleasure at my weakness, and then he pulled the wo her back As I stared in horror once again at the falanced over her shoulder and stared Her face was pale--too pale--and her lips were bloodred, her eyes opaque She was me It was then that I noticed the ed jaws and jagged teeth flew by, their faces distorted into those of horrific creatures They looked in at ry, and they wanted my special blood--I knew it Yet when I turned back to his dropped froentle touch he pushed the woman’s head to the side, sank his teeth into her, and drank I felt the pain in ed creatures began beating on the side of the carriage, screeching, clawing to get at me I screamed

"Riley!"

I bolted up,for air My body ached, as though I’d run a triathlon, and I fell back to the pillows just as quickly I tried to catchThen I saw Eli, bent over ?" he asked, and placed a hand over my heart "Take it easy, Riley Breathe" He kept his hand on me, and for so slowing "They’re so freaky I don’t like them"