17/02/2026 20:13

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I knew in that moment that wolves and dogs collect scents the way people collect rocks or houseplants-just because they like them, and they think they're pretty. He peeled off boots and the leather pants with the practiced ease of someone who wears a lot of them. He was back to his usual smiling neutrality, back to making as few demands on me as possible, but I'd seen that first look. I took two steps closer to him.

Now another man had jerked my hair tight and painful, exposed my neck, and when I orgasmed, he would plunge his fangs into my neck. I went to the desk and hopped up on it. I've got enough to do to run my own life, so I sort of demanded he change, become more independent. I'd used the power I'd learned from her only twice, and both times my eyes had filled with stars.