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What

s
happening
to
me?

she
whispered,
looking
around
the
room.
It
was
empty.
It
had
only
been
a
dream,
but
she
still
throbbed
from
the
very
real
orgasm.

 


Wow.
I
must
be
in
bad
shape,
because
that
was
like
something
straight
out
of
Bram
Stoker
or
Anne
Rice.

Ava
spoke
aloud
and
laughed
in
the
silence,
bunching
her
pillow
under
her.

 

She
fell
asleep
again
in
minutes.

 


Ava,
my
dearest.
Wake
up.
Let
me
in.

 


What?

Ava
sat
up,
seeing
a
shape
floating
outside
her
window.
She
couldn

t
believe
what
she
saw.

How
are
you
doing
that?
Her
bedroom
was
on
the
second
story
of
the
old
fixer
upper
she
owned.

 

Gabriel
laughed
and
tapped
on
the
window.

I'll
tell
you
all
about
it
when
you
let
me
inside.

He
raised
his
eyebrows.

I've
waited
so
long
to
see
you
again,
my
love.

 


No
way.

 


I
won't
hurt
you.
I
swear.
I
know
you're
lonely.
Let
me
keep
you
company.

His
voice
flowed
over
her
in
a
wave
of
seduction.

 


No.

But
she
really
wanted
him
to
come
in.
Ava
had
never
wanted
anything
so
much.
She
saw
his
eyes
glowing,
threatening
to
suck
her
in.

 


I
promise
I'll
leave
before
sunrise.

 

She
could
resist
him
no
longer.
His
face
spun
before
her,
and
her
body
hung
heavy
as
if
he
had
cast
a
spell
on
her.

 

Maybe
he
has.
Ava
needed
him
in
the
room,
wanted
his
mouth
on
her
neck
just
as
she
had
dreamed.

 

Don't
do
it.
A
voice
in
her
head
screamed,
and
she
quashed
it,
his
gorgeous
face
swimming
before
her
until
the
words
forced
themselves
from
her
lips.

 


Come
in.

 

He
grinned,
his
teeth
white
in
the
darkness,
backlit
only
by
a
half
moon.

 


Thank
you
for
the
invitation.

He
floated
into
the
room.

 


It

s
like
in
Stoker's
novel.
Dracula
did
that.
He
needed
an
invitation.

Ava's
voice
sounded
drugged
to
her
own
ears,
and
she
shook
her
head
to
clear
it.

 


Yes.
Stoker
knew
of
what
he
wrote.

Gabriel's
feet
touched
the
ground,
and
he
slinked
to
the
side
of
the
bed.

 


Don't
come
closer.

Ava
spoke
just
above
a
whisper.
She
felt
her
resistance
weakening.
He
was
just
so
damn
beautiful.
Yeah,
a
hot
bloodsucking
killer.

 


You
know
you
want
me
to
lie
with
you.

He
pulled
the
thin,
silky
sheet
back.

 


No,
I
don't.
How
do
I
know
you're
not
going
to
kill
me?
If
what
you
say
is
true
. . .”

 


It
is
true,
but
I
want
only
the
best
for
you
and
me,
Ava.

Gabriel
Dunning's
gaze
seared
her
flesh.

I
promise
I
won't
harm
you.

 

He
put
his
hand
on
her
arm,
moving
in
a
flash,
and
she
hissed
at
him,
her
hackles
rising.

Stay
away
from
me.

 


Oh,
Ava.
You
are and
were
feisty.
I
would
expect
nothing
different
from
you,
love.

He
parted
his
lips
in
a
sharp
toothed
grin
that
turned
Ava's
legs
to
jelly.
The
animal
she
saw
inside
him
aroused
and
frightened
her.

Give
me
a
chance.
If
I
do
something
you
don't
like,
I'll
stop
and
I'll
leave.

 


Liar.

She
slid
away
from
his
hand
that
reached
for
her.

 


I
swear
it
on
the
Dunning
family
name.

 


What
does
that
mean
to
me?
I
know
nothing
of
your
family
other
than
that
they
must
be
bloodsuckers
like
you.

She
shirked
away
from
him.

 


I
don't
know,
but
I
know
you're
lonely
and
bored,
Ava.
I
can
fulfill
your
desires.

 

Ava
laughed,
but
his
words
made
him
seem
more
human
somehow.
He's
anything
but.
That
thought
took
her
into
dangerous
territory.

 


So
give
me
a
chance,
my
love?

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