BloodSong-Ch.18

星柔暖雪

' T. P' |- |6 v( `6 ?A/N: up. I this, story. I'd Jake's , I I a him, too... 18

1 v; j& r6 ^) N7 D7 I*Evie* room, did. bed, closed. couldn't face. Darius. hers. She'd him. closer, Darius's opened, widened.

7 P' R$ e7 P9 ]7 \; w  d& b' s"Evie..." him, face. Then, body. Gods, she'd her. robe, beneath, chest.

"Evie, don't," pants. closer, his. "We together, Darius. I've this. Haven't you?" 'please' herself. wouldn't beg. again. his, him. own, instinctively. a later, grasp. a a a moan, him, them. away, sadly. wouldn't her? her? worthless? didn't matter, mind. wouldn't go. spoke.

2 t. U- O. Q0 c"Evie, don't this. isn't you," murmured, it.
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9 l$ O2 U# }- h# i: ]3 D% e"And I? wasn't wanted?" sadly. "Her a lie. now. together, Darius." staring, head. "No. can't. this." her, soft. "Don't this, Evie. A takes. isn't you." cheek.
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2 y0 J5 n- L& `4 c: z"Look me. you're do. you?"
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. h! L% s# x" [' T" KEvie's wrists, form. in. eyes, she'd in. No. didn't.
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" ^5 {1 W8 s9 X* y( m. y' ~- G% s"Unchain me, Evie. I this." again, pleadingly, head. conscience. Suddenly, away. him, quickly, herself. her.
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*** devices. museum, her. Ruixi's her. didn't around.

& G/ y, l4 ]3 K! T"Evie, please. me. Let's talk," begged. senses, turned. "What want?"
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: d, p. B% P/ {7 |, y* C) }"Please a everything."

"Cameron explained."
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"I know. I side." it. A passed, Ruixi's second, nodded. point? in, museum. around. closely, couldn't sections. a bit, a empty.
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"So? I don't know?" tersely.
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: U3 h  B7 A* Q* X5 p"I I in?" continued. "Two that, I a council. I wouldn't tell. Then, me. reports."

That's disappearing. to, didn't concerned.

: n# L& e. Z& V"I him. me. ashamed, I created, wasn't me. me, mate, I everything. a stake, I lie. wouldn't happen." her, other, a her. altogether. sighed.
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"I...told past. what. I him, Evie, that...well...I way." cheek. women, Jamila, way. A safe, was, efforts. them.

1 Y3 c5 w; B4 w8 K/ X3 x) V"Why suspicious? Wouldn't to?" a smile. "I wouldn't be. exhausting, nature." her. "You that?" life, she'd people's minds. possible, magic.
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; ?0 h: Q' w# o/ o7 Z"All can, a practice." silent, Ruixi's face. Suddenly, Evie's firmly.

"Evie, you're Marcus, don't. you're doing, he'll you." it, said. her, then. her...she hadn't beforehand. her. lying.
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"What it?" worriedly.
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"Ruixi...can me?" head. "No. can. ask?"

: Y. E5 W4 z8 I2 WEvie's deepened. Then, compulsion. again. "I...I things. things, I don't why. Please, Ruixi. it. I he's forget." away, more. "It's dangerous, Evie. up, I you"
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"What of? coven's now"
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"And me, Evie?" snapped, arms. "I've already, care. one."
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"Ruixi,

," whispered, again. "I you. He's mind, I can't him. Please!" a moments, clenching, nodded. "Meet gardens." left. her, a nervousness. magic. wouldn't caught.
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" t& [& G2 y- l  H9 ]4 ~"I I meet, pet," eagerly. him, dhampir, Mal, a woman. gagged, Evie. her. A witch. curiosity. familiar, couldn't she'd before. Evie's forget. thought, him.

! r+ L1 C5 G! `"Who she, Master?"

"Someone coven. behave." a gaze. "You I safe." instinctively. Mal, corner. "Put there. I'll later." struggled, desperately. help. away, swallowing. Master, her.

"Do her?"
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"No, Master." him. didn't blink.

"Are truth, pet?"

$ W5 {3 x0 ^3 C: Q  u"Yes, Master."
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"Right, then." brandy. rooms, eat. lashes. curiously.

- e! D& ~& A6 j2 C* T"You're tonight," said. "Not toy?" slightly, plate. a didn't right. A room. other. didn't reply, again. she'd cut, a she'd given, mind. Darius's. a moments, her, meal.
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% l, [/ d! _6 y6 ?5 n+ p4 O- l"Come here, pet," done. glass. didn't to, answer, have? him. blink, instead, way.

5 e: g# b% }6 s"Thought I'll tonight," said, her. forward, mouth. "Maybe him. you." legs. a flesh, hers. her, Evie's chest, going. her, it. won, thoughts. Master, mouth. wasn't away, neck. her, louder, all. room, well. again, mouth, this. pace. climaxed. again, around, table.
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9 Z1 ]" c$ D3 W) e"Alright, you've fun. turn," rasped, again. room, finished. heavily, earlobe.

8 n; O  ]2 z0 Z! ?& I# r"Vengeful witch," approvingly. hair, a roughly. "Hope it." out, frozen, Master's her. slow, she'd done. didn't Master's mind, bed. Dazed, room. night, dreams, down, he'd her.
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% V' f" {8 c9 D' Y' ]; h*** gardens, disturbed. didn't eyes. a both, work. concentrate. most, done. couldn't not.
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+ @* u8 w% h' \" L/ Z/ T) @"You you," said. "Sensed pieces. different, Evie. a mind, it. Focus. lucid?"
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  `. R6 E) X8 |8 k* H) U"I...well, I I Master's me..."

( D" l4 }; U! [6 U  a' ~  ["Alright. that." again, dream, nothing. anything, mind. a while, wasn't anywhere. sighed. "It a while. it." again, trying. A later, a inside. stopped.
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"Ruixi...doesn't you're doing?" asked, a worried. couldn't hadn't now. a smile.
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- J4 C# X3 ^* i"She's now." that, Master's rooms.
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; E6 {5 J7 b" z9 Q*** Darius's eagerly. a seconds, table. there, her. cuffed, insistence, comfortably, bed. window. him, didn't why. comfort? sex? talk? hollow.
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"Come me, Evie," her. scoffed. weakened, a Master. be. him.
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3 h- d& z% A+ W% i+ ?"Evie, please. me." her. Sighing, him. he'd fed. chest, idly.

"What's you?"
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  X9 L5 A+ \3 U, c* a. \  c"You know," sneered. a moment, next.
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"Have I said?" herself. didn't he'd her. cheek, pressed.

"You me," whispered, act. not, chained?
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"I don't you, Evie. anything, I it. I you're now. I'm...I'm act." silent, knees.

; v6 V( o- ^! q3 g"I'm better. fact, I worse. I've time, a I a started." him, this. her, continued. "Her Soraya. woman, life. then, killed. I I could, late. bond..." sharply, tears. sharp, chest, yesterday.
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"It world, died. decades, I it. I've now. I centuries. It's...the I long. I didn't us."

% E5 T* Q5 }: a/ @Swallowing, continued. "I after. empty, shredded. Then, I vengeful. I killed, not. mad. I humans. I I to. them. this" arm. "It I Soraya. a vengeance. That's I didn't you. I was. then, late. are, consequences. Don't I did." silent, her. couldn't he'd become. didn't that? moment, him. chained.

# G. B$ C9 ]$ J" `) b"Why me?"
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"Because I you. I that." again. "Marcus doesn't anything. fade, now." shifted, look. "Then, him?" him, used. this'd time, he'd them. ago.
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4 A" f- ?5 f5 [0 U3 P1 p6 N' m( ]5 T; E! _her, groaned, orgasm, salivate. himself, she'd endure. fascination, why. cheek, she'd said, away.

) p  c) l0 s# I  {% y* G+ L. k: oBlinking, present. eyes. her, bed.
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"Evie..." force. top, back. him, over.

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: E2 l# P2 I. f0 g/ R' jThen, me. Let's here.

1 Y+ L8 O" @/ N3 t: BI...I can't... her. face, Marcus's compulsions. time. in, neck. there, racing. Then, in. didn't away. there. happened. open, turn. that. felt. all. away, eyes. she'd felt. Marcus. So, wasn't? couldn't it. in. couldn't here. again, silently, thoughts. word. a else. club. dancing, humans, didn't them. Then, rooms. walked, Darius. him? answers. room, around. back. door, again. again. forward. bed, there. pounded. No. couldn't be. bottle. left. No. No. No. angry. angry.
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A it. it, it.

7 ~& I  [) Q# w, p: _+ F) FI'm I this. I couldn't chances. you, I this. I you. it, rage, other. he'd her. Again. damned. note, floor. opened, Marcus's floor, it. didn't him. her.

+ N+ l7 K" [; j. H" `8 g*** heavy, Marcus's her. didn't out, rage.

' X) @7 t4 v9 ^. b# z"Turn around, pet," sneer.

; j& x, z( L! t: }2 {6 ]7 ^Evie's collapsed, over. slowly, shoes, gaze.
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6 @1 x3 B0 ]" x: T"Where he?" asked, low.
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' ]; l) Y* L: q* ]" Y"I... I don't know, Master. I and" wall. hard, red. air, hair, bed.
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"The bottle, Evie," hissed, hers. wine. "You him, didn't you? Then, bottle. purpose?"
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& f6 \! G. o1 e"It a mistake! I forgot" hair, a her. "Either way, now." him, out. red, her. veins.

* S$ q7 r2 `& E0 d/ O+ B"You warmth, don't you?" growled, a wrists. "How now?" intensified, her, magic. "I failure." Darius's note.

"I that's a you? he'll back? up," commanded, suddenly, her. "Eat paper. lies. Now." subsided, said, badly. mouth, told. finished, bed.

Darius's there, hand. mind, her, violently. Master's squeezed, still. "When back, again. you, pet?" harshly. "You again, you?"
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( i2 X7 U- K& T  u+ B2 g"No, Master," answered, eyes. She'd a he'd Kail. now, Marcus. couldn't weak?! eyes, own. slightly.
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"Good girl. a again. you, pet?" steel. "No, Master."

8 z, |  `: C- O1 x, e+ _  A4 q"Good girl." her, in, it. anything. stronger. Darius. again. a moments, ceiling. didn't protest, did. face.
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% m0 [) A5 \; v" b"Despite today, Kail. trembles, Evie," again. "I'll I a couldn't a blood. me?" swallowed. "Yes, Master."
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0 F; ~$ B! V8 x; u* kWordlessly, away. shut, a a lid. dark, nose, a cheek.

*** halls, a little. Ana, he'd bindings. he'd failed, there. He'd back, she'd again. he'd done, she'd himself. was. could. Evie's body, him, stop, mind. her, harshly, out. alive. she'd them, heard. ran. resistance's rise. Quickly, did. Inside, a not. over, him, lived. too, couldn't head. happened. couldn't there. that, it, her. free.
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/ p/ j  V( N. D4 u" v1 R. `Exhausted, food, rest. room, a man. passed, stopped. well. man, forties, athletic.

+ g" d! K9 x) ]( R, C  n"...Jiro?" smiled. "Hi, Darius. It's a while." other. he'd he'd a all. he'd to.

8 n, i3 p" e3 }& V" q4 Y"I'm sorry, Jiro," said. "I before, I am."
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2 Y2 e0 W1 i7 @"You don't be, Darius. me." surprise.

6 p4 j) Z$ u$ E$ m"It I resistance. group, too, safe. first, I knew, didn't. so, I a purpose."
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  I+ {# F2 o; h: U"Still. I
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# e$ u6 i5 ^7 l: d  w  z/ csorry. I it's excuse, I then..." sighed. "I know. I it. you're a bit. I years." didn't him. again, him. a moment, back.

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6 q4 C4 j$ t! L*Sasha* Darius's rooms. invited, circle, technically. insisted. tomorrow. a power. time, anything. window, rose. Sighing, others, a died, a determination. telepathically before, eventually. they'd obvious. gathered. "I don't it, to. Tomorrow, don't alive, I say...I it's a all. war. I disagreements, doesn't?" a moment, thinking, interrupted.

"Oh God, us, I'm you."

% z3 X# L) J& Z+ G( C6 MDonya, Ethan, eyes. room, head. a her. quiet, rising. died, she'd back. she'd a light. a transformation, lifted. way. all, Paul. Family? disagreements? jailers. suffer, didn't weight. silence.

"Sasha, I'm...we're..."

"I don't it," speak. mouth, grimly. A later, up.

1 c7 j7 t% b" x"No. doesn't. somewhere, ourselves, won't gratitude. We'll it's thing." nodded, Elif. perspectives, hating. one, other. in, them. Paul, a time. them, goodbyes. a leather.

7 I  |  j, ?: i2 Q* W+ u"What's this?"

"Jake's journal. in, castle. too, ago. I didn't here." it. "Have it?" head. "No, I'll safekeeping. all."

2 R$ f- V; _/ r# z* K6 H' L+ `Sighing, a her. "You it. Jake...as was, wasn't a monster." left, room. table, reading. wasn't he'd turned, he'd he'd a to. him. kill, him. he'd away. he'd become, he'd himself. He'd who'd didn't again. hadn't he'd he'd in, crazy. a alleyway, him. he'd turned, he'd a him. She'd sloppy. a him. who'd didn't care.

% C* k1 L7 R# |) @# Z! k$ AThey'd a killing, suspicion, humans. a humans. read. who'd him. it. run, up, alone. Later, he'd woman, Violet's enemy, she'd out. woman, Tamara, humans, blood.

She'd war, who'd kill. vengeance, Darius, who'd a humans. Darius's army. to. point. a times, today.
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Tired, now. way, did. if. earlier, couldn't despair.
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