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my neck with one finger, raising goosebumps. I shivered.
"You've done this before?" he asked.
    "Yes."
I was nervous, then. I didn't know why - I could stop him in his
state if he lost control, though I somehow knew he wouldn't. So what
was there to be afraid of? "Do it."
    He
gripped my shoulder to hold me still. His lips touched my neck, cool
and wet as he moistened the area. It sent a little thrill of
anticipation through me, and I stiffened. Oh,
no.
    "I
won't hurt you," he whispered, misinterpreting my tension. I
heard his fangs snap out, and then he sank them into my neck.
    It
wasn't the sting that frightened me, or the prospect of him
attempting to drink me dry. It was the touch of his lips. They moved
against my skin as he drank, his tongue and teeth firm against the
punctures. I found myself leaning into him. Do
not become attracted to a client ,
I chanted in my head.
    He
sucked on my neck with the rhythm of the pulsing alarm, probably
without realizing. When he wrapped his arm around my waist and held
me tight against him, I knew I was in trouble. He was nothing like
the other vampires we had dealt with, so arrogant, so disdainful of
being protected by humans. For some reason, he trusted me.
    My
hand found its way into his hair, gripped and pulled him closer. He
groaned. Bad,
this is bad .
I tried to stamp my feelings down, force myself to pull my hand away,
but it was so hard with him sucking on my neck. His tongue moved
against me now, lapping at my blood but also dancing across the
sensitive skin.
    I'd
gotten so good at ignoring my own feelings that I hardly recognized
them sometimes, but it was so much easier to stay in denial when no
touching was involved. It felt like a floodgate opening. No
wonder I want protect him so badly. My body
pressed into his with a will of its own. I was moving with the same
rhythm, the rise and fall of the low hum of the incessant alarm. I
could feel it all around me, like the whole building throbbed with
it, with us, with the beating of my heart like a drumbeat in my ears.
He was so firm against my back, his grip growing stronger with every
pulse. My head spun, and it took a moment before I remembered that
blood loss was a concern. "You have to stop."
    He
pulled his mouth away with a shudder and rested his chin on top of my
head, still holding me trapped against him. "You taste so good,"
he whispered, "It's like-"
    "Shhh."
I was breathing heavily myself. I wrapped my arms around his, holding
it in place around me. "Shhh. Alek. Don't say anything." This
is a problem .
I had never become aroused when being fed on before, but my panties
had become wet very quickly. It was intense. I wanted his mouth on me
again.
    He
felt it, too. “I think I’m getting the hang of the new
name,” he said, voice low. He flipped my braid behind me,
tilted my head to expose the other side of my neck. Stop
this .
His mouth met my skin. He didn't sink his teeth in this time. His
fingertips played along my jaw as his lips left a wet trail,
wandering up towards my earlobe. He nipped it between his front teeth
before drawing it between his lips.
    I
clung to his arm like I was drowning, and I was. He drew my head
around, kissed my eyelid, my cheekbone. My lips parted, waiting-
    The
final alarm went off. It sounded only in my head. The pulsing hum
stopped, the air conditioner stopped. The silence was audible.
    The
alarm in my head was an urgent wail, like an ambulance. It wouldn't
stop until I started the incantations and got out.
    This
was not supposed to happen. There were more levels of escalation
before evacuating was even a thought. Something had gone wrong.
    I
sprung into action as if programmed. I jumped to my feet as soon as
the wailing started and threw my jacket back on. I strapped on my
weapons as Alek stood behind me, asking questions I couldn't hear.
    "Grab
my belt and don't let go. Whatever happens." We had to stay in
contact for this to work, and I needed my arms free. He did as I
said. I pocketed