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finish.
    Following my direction, she quickly adjusted her position to make sure I was hitting her G-spot with every stroke. Her back arched as her legs began to shake. I looked off to the side at her curling toes and couldn’t ignore the bite of her nails on my skin.
    Hang in there, baby. Wait just a little longer.
    “F-faster,” she breathed, her nails raking at my back.
    I hugged her to my chest, keeping the same pace as before. “Your neck,” I panted, brushing a hand against her cheek. “Show me your neck.”
    She swallowed and glanced up at the ceiling, her eyes closed off from the rest of the world. I bucked into her and with every moan, her neck called to me. Holding her hips, I easily transitioned us so her body pulled me deeper. I gasped. She didn’t breathe. Didn’t speak. Her heart kept beating—calling to me…
    A faint light sparked just outside my peripheral vision. I was so close. So. Fucking. Close.
    Come on, baby.
    Just when thought she was about to push her orgasm back, I spoke. “Come, Kassy. Come, now.”
    Her body shook. Tightened. And as the seconds slipped by, she released. Her face twisted with frustration, then bliss. As the endorphins took her as high as she could go, I bit down, breaking the skin. She whimpered, rocking her hips as I reached the peak of my orgasm. And as I took my very first sip of blood for the evening, I came.

Chapter Three
     
     
     
    Once my vision finally cleared, Kassy was still there, leaning in to my vampire’s kiss. I inhaled, monitoring her scent as it went from sweet to heady to spicy, then to the more offensive iron I was used to smelling after drinking my fill.
    She murmured as I came up for air, and it took every ounce of strength I had not to kiss her again. She was still conscious…barely. If I drained her any further, she’d be out until morning, and my plans for the evening would be thrown to the side. Not that I’d mind, but I wasn’t entirely sure I had the balls to ask for permission to turn her a second or third time.
    Lifting her away from me, I sat her down on the couch before getting rid of the condom. After I returned, I wrapped the robe around her shoulders and tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear.
    “Kassy, baby? Are you still here?”
    I’d been exceptionally careful tonight to keep her out of subspace, but even my bite could’ve sent her there. In order for this to work, I needed her permission—her invitation—to take my kiss a little further. If she wasn’t aware of her surroundings, I wouldn’t be able to ask. Some vampires were known to have turned humans without asking, but I wanted this to be her choice.
    She’ll say yes. She has to. Please, baby, please say yes.
    “Yes.” The word came out in a thin whisper, and at first I’d forgotten what I’d asked. As if she’d caught on, she clarified, “I’m awake.”
    I breathed around my relief and leaned over her, caressing her face. Her cheeks were coloured. Still alive. Still human. I winced at the reminder. Her skin was already pale enough, I had to wonder how pale she would become if she accepted my offer.
    Any paler than this and she’ll be like snow.
    Licking my lips, I knelt down in front of her, and as I caressed the new bite on her neck, she gave me her full attention. She furrowed her brow, likely confused as to why I—her Dom—was kneeling in front of her as though submitting to her. And in some way, I probably was.
    A submissive gives herself to a Dom out of trust and a desire to obey and love. In that respect, we were the same. I was loyal to her—wanted to be with her, to protect her…always.
    I’ll always be here for you.
    She sat up, placing her hand on mine. “What’s wrong?”
    I looked around the room, inspecting everything. Anything that had nothing to do with her. I was sure of it now. Our roles had reversed. I avoided her gaze, even though, deep down, she was the only one I could see.
    “Alex?” She choked my name, begging me to