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Sitting up, I moved closer to him and draped a leg over his lap. I wrapped my arms around him, and without further delay, thoughts of Mia disappeared as his testosterone kicked in. He kissed me eagerly—sloppily, even—pushing me against the back of the couch, and I relaxed into what had to be the first enjoyable physical activity I'd had in weeks. We kissed like that for a long time, and I didn't stop him when he pulled off my shirt. "I'm not having sex," I warned between kisses. I had no intention of losing my virginity on a couch in a lounge. He paused, thinking about this, and finally decided not to push it. "Okay.” But he pushed me onto the couch, lying over me, still kissing with that same fierceness. His lips traveled down to my neck, and when the sharp points of his fangs brushed against my skin, I couldn't help an excited gasp. He raised himself up, looking into my face with open surprise. For a moment, I could barely breathe, recalling that rush of pleasure that a vampire bite could fill me with, wondering what it'd be like to feel that while making out. Then the old taboos kicked in. Even if we didn't have sex, giving blood while we did this was still wrong, still dirty. "Don't," I warned. "You want to." His voice held excited wonder. "I can tell.” "No, I don't.” His eyes lit up. "You do. How—hey, have you done it before?” "No," I scoffed. "Of course not.” Those gorgeous blue eyes watched me, and I could see the wheels spinning behind them. Jesse might flirt a lot and have a big mouth, but he wasn't stupid. "You act like you have. You got excited when I was by your neck.” "You're a good kisser," I countered, though it wasn't entirely true. He drooled a little more than I would have preferred. "Don't you think everyone would know if I was giving blood?”
The realization seized him. "Unless you weren't doing it before you left. You did it while you were gone, didn't you? You fed Lissa.” "Of course not," I repeated. But he was on to something, and he knew it. "It was the only way. You didn't have feeders. Oh, man.” "She found some," I lied. It was the same line we'd fed Natalie, the one she'd spread around and that no one—except Christian—had ever questioned. "Plenty of humans are into it.” "Sure," he said with a smile. He leaned his mouth back to my neck. "I'm not a blood whore," I snapped, pulling away from him. "But you want to. You like it. All you dhamp girls do." His teeth were on my skin again. Sharp. Wonderful. I had a feeling hostility would only make things worse, so I defused the situation with teasing. "Stop it," I said gently, running a fingertip over his lips. "I told you, I'm not like that. But if you want something to do with your mouth, I can give you some ideas.” That peaked his interest. "Yeah? Like wha—?” And that was when the door opened. We sprang apart. I was ready to handle a fellow student or even possibly the matron. What I was not ready for was Dimitri. He burst in the door like he'd expected to find us, and in that horrible moment, with him raging like a storm, I knew why Mason had called him a god. In the blink of an eye, he crossed the room and jerked Jesse up by his shirt, nearly holding the Moroi off the ground. "What's your name?" barked Dimitri. "J-Jesse, sir. Jesse Zeklos, sir.” "Mr. Zeklos, do you have permission to be in this part of the dorm?”
- Page 42 and 43: "Huh? Nothing. Just thinking." I si
- Page 44 and 45: She nodded. "Rose?” We both looke
- Page 46 and 47: Five OR RATHER, THEY HAD BEEN Strig
- Page 48 and 49: "Sure," he said. "Why else go? For
- Page 50 and 51: dark side. But the feelings humming
- Page 52 and 53: "Hey," I said, suddenly wanting to
- Page 54 and 55: She laughed. "Mia would claw my eye
- Page 56 and 57: I'd been climbing out of my dorm wi
- Page 58 and 59: Six AS MUCH AS LISSA AND Christian'
- Page 60 and 61: "Yeah…you too," I said. "I heard
- Page 62 and 63: although those guys usually went on
- Page 64 and 65: "Nothing to me. But Ms. Kirova will
- Page 66 and 67: "I'm sick of it too. We missed you
- Page 68 and 69: She wandered off, still eyeing us.
- Page 70 and 71: Mason had noticed my startled react
- Page 72 and 73: Three weeks after my return to the
- Page 74 and 75: Something about that bothered me; I
- Page 76 and 77: stared upward, glazed, over with a
- Page 78 and 79: I spun around, taking my anger over
- Page 80 and 81: "And it was just there," she explai
- Page 82 and 83: "Wolves, like many other species, d
- Page 84 and 85: Ms. Meissner changed from red to de
- Page 86 and 87: Nine I SNAPPED INTO HER MIND, once
- Page 88 and 89: "You're right," she admitted softly
- Page 90 and 91: space between them. "And I sure as
- Page 94 and 95: "No, sir.” "Do you know the rules
- Page 96 and 97: "Is that your subtle way of calling
- Page 98 and 99: He studied me hard, like he was sti
- Page 100 and 101: More snickers ensued. Straightening
- Page 102 and 103: We had been out in the woods near c
- Page 104 and 105: "Is it dead?" asked Lissa. I peered
- Page 106 and 107: He looked away angrily. "You made i
- Page 108 and 109: Eleven "YOU NEED SOMETHING TO WEAR?
- Page 110 and 111: "Go ahead," he said. "Try to hit me
- Page 112 and 113: His lips twitched, and for a moment
- Page 114 and 115: and dedicated our lives to serving
- Page 116 and 117: "Kind of late for that." Lissa's ey
- Page 118 and 119: She glanced back up at me. "It's go
- Page 120 and 121: Dimitri stood beside me and crossed
- Page 122 and 123: Twelve SLEEP CAME RELUCTANTLY THAT
- Page 124 and 125: I heard a sniffle, and a few moment
- Page 126 and 127: "Tell her we'll be at the clinic,"
- Page 128 and 129: "We should go," I said abruptly. "W
- Page 130 and 131: "I know. Ignore them.” "I hate it
- Page 132 and 133: Lissa stared at him, her eyes wide
- Page 134 and 135: Jesse's nervous look turned to one
- Page 136 and 137: A feeling of heartache and sympathy
- Page 138 and 139: Thirteen THE AFTERMATH OF JESSE AND
- Page 140 and 141: "Sure," said Lissa, smiling at her.
The realization seized him. "Unless you weren't doing it before you left. You did it while you<br />
were gone, didn't you? You fed Lissa.”<br />
"Of course not," I repeated.<br />
But he was on to something, and he knew it. "It was the only way. You didn't have feeders. Oh,<br />
man.”<br />
"She found some," I lied. It was the same line we'd fed Natalie, the one she'd spread around and<br />
that no one—except Christian—had ever questioned. "Plenty of humans are into it.”<br />
"Sure," he said with a smile. He leaned his mouth back to my neck.<br />
"I'm not a blood whore," I snapped, pulling away from him.<br />
"But you want to. You like it. All you dhamp girls do." His teeth were on my skin again. Sharp.<br />
Wonderful.<br />
I had a feeling hostility would only make things worse, so I defused the situation with teasing.<br />
"Stop it," I said gently, running a fingertip over his lips. "I told you, I'm not like that. But if you<br />
want something to do with your mouth, I can give you some ideas.”<br />
That peaked his interest. "Yeah? Like wha—?”<br />
And that was when the door opened.<br />
We sprang apart. I was ready to handle a fellow student or even possibly the matron. What I<br />
was not ready for was Dimitri.<br />
He burst in the door like he'd expected to find us, and in that horrible moment, with him raging<br />
like a storm, I knew why Mason had called him a god. In the blink of an eye, he crossed the<br />
room and jerked Jesse up by his shirt, nearly holding the Moroi off the ground.<br />
"What's your name?" barked Dimitri.<br />
"J-Jesse, sir. Jesse Zeklos, sir.”<br />
"Mr. Zeklos, do you have permission to be in this part of the dorm?”
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