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so I hiked up my dress and rubbed my clit. I tasted my fingers afterward, too.”
    Cripes. What an image. He shifted his stance, his zipper going unbearably tight. “You’re making my cock hard. That never happens to me when I’m feeding.”
    She wiggled her butt against his distended fly. “Take some more.”
    “Gladly.” He drank and drank, pulling on her with his mouth, licking the extra drops, absorbing the plasma proteins that gave him strength.
    He bordered on orgasm, too.
    But he stopped before either of them came, and she sagged like a rag doll in his arms. Feeling strangely protective, he kissed the spot he’d bitten.
    She continued to sway. “That was amazing.”
    He held her until she regained her posture. Then he backed away, leaving her standing in front of the mirror alone.
    So soft. So vulnerable.
    While he retracted his fangs, she turned around and met his gaze.
    She asked, “Was that true, what you said?”
    “About never getting aroused during a feeding? Yes, it was true.” He was still reeling from the unexpected eroticism.
    Apparently so was she. “Should we do something about it?”
    “What are you saying, Tessa? That you want to fuck?”
    “I promised myself that I was going to find a man at this hotel.” She looked as if she might start swaying again. “And have an illicit affair.”
    “It doesn’t get much more illicit than this.”
    “Yes, but you should be aware that I’ve never been with anyone.”
    “You’re a virgin?”
    She nodded.
    He should have known, given her background, given her wish. But he hadn’t thought about it before now. “I’ve never slept with any of the women I’ve granted wishes to.” He’d never been with a virgin, either, but he decided not to mention that part. He was already on lust overload. “When I crave sex, Darrin allows me to see Simone.”
    “Who’s Simone?”
    “My maker.”
    Tessa frowned. “The vampire who made you is female?”
    “She’s the one inside the ring. My brother, Nicholas, has sex with her, too. But not at the same time as I do. We don’t engage in ménage a trios.”
    “I don’t engage in anything.”
    “Not even with sex toys? Vibrators or dildos?”
    “I only touch myself with my fingers.”
    He took a step toward her. “Like strumming your clit in front of the mirror?”
    Her breath rushed out. “I can’t believe that I’m going to have sex with you. That I’m actually going to give myself to someone who just drank my blood.”
    He couldn’t believe it, either. He inched closer.
    She moved closer, too. And together they reached for each other. A human and a hybrid.
    Preparing to mate.
    Tessa’s wish had taken on a life of its own. Not only was she about to lose her virginity, it was going to happen in a highly dangerous way. Talk about a cherry-popping experience. Her emotions went haywire.
    He kissed her, long and slow, running his hands up and down her spine. She couldn’t taste her blood on his lips but she knew it was there, and the thought gave her a nervously sensual chill.
    “Let’s go back to the mirror,” he said.
    “Can’t we do it in bed?” The sheets looked warm and inviting, and she needed a sense of romance, even in the midst of Anthony’s wildness.
    “Not yet. I want to feast on you first.”
    “You already did.”
    “I was referring to eating you, Tessa. Down there.”
    He wanted her to watch while he gave her oral sex? Her knees nearly buckled.
    He removed his jacket and loosened his tie. “I haven’t been intimate with a human since I was human.”
    Suddenly he seemed even more dangerous, like an animal on the prowl. She backpedaled. “Maybe we shouldn’t be doing this.”
    “I’m not going to hurt you.”
    “Promise?”
    “Yes.”
    She studied him. His eyes were no longer red. That was a good sign, wasn’t it?
    “Do you trust me?” he asked.
    “I’m trying to.”
    “If I didn’t hurt you while I was feeding, why would I hurt you during foreplay?”
    “I guess