21/04/2026 18:15

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I guess it was abrupt. It wasn't just the sex with Byron and Requiem, it was that tonight, for the first time, I'd let Jean-Claude into my head as far as he could go. My breath came back in a sharp hiss of air. In fact, she sat hunched at the table, over the coffee mug, like a hangover victim.

I had to point it elsewhere, or I was going to shoot him. That I did not offer means I am no gentleman, Requiem said, and he came to his knees with more grace than I was going to manage. I closed my eyes so I couldn't see either of them. No other vampire was allowed to choose it, or hold it.