BloodSong-Ch.18

星柔暖雪

4 ]6 U$ h9 w2 D4 ?/ C) oA/N: up. I this, story. I'd Jake's , I I a him, too... 18
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*Evie* room, did. bed, closed. couldn't face. Darius. hers. She'd him. closer, Darius's opened, widened.

( }" }; d* F0 r2 X# {) O"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.
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"Evie, don't this. isn't you," murmured, it.

"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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! {( }5 a+ a. P% f& S# W) D1 ?3 x1 z; ~"Look me. you're do. you?"

Evie's wrists, form. in. eyes, she'd in. No. didn't.
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"Unchain me, Evie. I this." again, pleadingly, head. conscience. Suddenly, away. him, quickly, herself. her.
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. n7 p  |6 V2 Q& F  g9 V*** devices. museum, her. Ruixi's her. didn't around.

( P2 z0 j# u4 }"Evie, please. me. Let's talk," begged. senses, turned. "What want?"
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# D# s( R7 `, Z"Please a everything."

, P" p$ V- r4 Y0 r"Cameron explained."

"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.

"I I in?" continued. "Two that, I a council. I wouldn't tell. Then, me. reports."
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That's disappearing. to, didn't concerned.
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"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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7 ?; ~- v4 h. a( h5 U"I...told past. what. I him, Evie, that...well...I way." cheek. women, Jamila, way. A safe, was, efforts. them.

"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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) |( i6 z+ ~3 w  f"All can, a practice." silent, Ruixi's face. Suddenly, Evie's firmly.
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"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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5 J1 U3 h! }; O5 j' u( u"What it?" worriedly.

"Ruixi...can me?" head. "No. can. ask?"
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Evie'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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" J1 K, X5 {6 j+ f3 v6 r"And me, Evie?" snapped, arms. "I've already, care. one."
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% l. V- M; f5 T3 n( A- q"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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"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.

( ?1 [0 n6 s$ p$ [2 q8 y- I"Who she, Master?"

+ \" y' ~. F7 z6 o8 p% T$ M"Someone coven. behave." a gaze. "You I safe." instinctively. Mal, corner. "Put there. I'll later." struggled, desperately. help. away, swallowing. Master, her.
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# w$ D- i$ q% ]! R+ J; t"Do her?"
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"No, Master." him. didn't blink.
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"Are truth, pet?"
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"Yes, Master."
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+ F/ [: c1 }; d2 j"Right, then." brandy. rooms, eat. lashes. curiously.
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"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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"Come here, pet," done. glass. didn't to, answer, have? him. blink, instead, way.

- P$ s0 ~# C$ J, |+ ?8 \# k1 ?( W"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.

"Alright, you've fun. turn," rasped, again. room, finished. heavily, earlobe.
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"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.

*** gardens, disturbed. didn't eyes. a both, work. concentrate. most, done. couldn't not.
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6 r% x& W0 t% `0 p7 h$ P"You you," said. "Sensed pieces. different, Evie. a mind, it. Focus. lucid?"

0 ^# x& k! K9 W: z9 N( V6 z6 c"I...well, I I Master's me..."

"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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* L' {. {2 x8 Z, t* P+ d3 h3 h- d4 U" t9 Z"She's now." that, Master's rooms.

*** Darius's eagerly. a seconds, table. there, her. cuffed, insistence, comfortably, bed. window. him, didn't why. comfort? sex? talk? hollow.

; r6 a: Z' L  D"Come me, Evie," her. scoffed. weakened, a Master. be. him.
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"Evie, please. me." her. Sighing, him. he'd fed. chest, idly.
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"What's you?"
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% ?0 ^3 S+ }$ V"You know," sneered. a moment, next.
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: I: M/ a! A4 j/ x4 |"Have I said?" herself. didn't he'd her. cheek, pressed.

" N: R- Y! n- ^"You me," whispered, act. not, chained?

"I don't you, Evie. anything, I it. I you're now. I'm...I'm act." silent, knees.
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2 v( p$ ]. u1 [! _% Y- 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.

4 Y7 ~9 t+ c$ _, Y. r, h"It world, died. decades, I it. I've now. I centuries. It's...the I long. I didn't us."

1 {+ Y: U* ^2 M- mSwallowing, 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.
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& p+ Y8 i  e" Y+ u( ~1 w"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.

2 r0 @1 j- |3 h+ M4 ]) {; B) Q8 kher, groaned, orgasm, salivate. himself, she'd endure. fascination, why. cheek, she'd said, away.
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Blinking, present. eyes. her, bed.

"Evie..." force. top, back. him, over.

4 q1 |% \6 z, d: o( a2 C: EI you. I now, him.

: I* e$ o6 U7 _2 f& `8 @9 r4 K& ]Then, me. Let's here.
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1 ]/ g6 D7 o" c" |) u" xI...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.

I'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.
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*** heavy, Marcus's her. didn't out, rage.
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"Turn around, pet," sneer.

Evie's collapsed, over. slowly, shoes, gaze.

"Where he?" asked, low.
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"I... I don't know, Master. I and" wall. hard, red. air, hair, bed.
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# }* u$ D+ f7 P: W  k"The bottle, Evie," hissed, hers. wine. "You him, didn't you? Then, bottle. purpose?"

& A/ G! M8 V6 _% ^"It a mistake! I forgot" hair, a her. "Either way, now." him, out. red, her. veins.

"You warmth, don't you?" growled, a wrists. "How now?" intensified, her, magic. "I failure." Darius's note.
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"I that's a you? he'll back? up," commanded, suddenly, her. "Eat paper. lies. Now." subsided, said, badly. mouth, told. finished, bed.
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" ^2 g, k/ x8 z2 \/ `$ [Darius's there, hand. mind, her, violently. Master's squeezed, still. "When back, again. you, pet?" harshly. "You again, you?"

( Z4 q$ N6 J, O! P* ^"No, Master," answered, eyes. She'd a he'd Kail. now, Marcus. couldn't weak?! eyes, own. slightly.

"Good girl. a again. you, pet?" steel. "No, Master."

; m" r1 f3 a% |& |9 N2 w6 x"Good girl." her, in, it. anything. stronger. Darius. again. a moments, ceiling. didn't protest, did. face.
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+ X3 g* ^2 H1 t"Despite today, Kail. trembles, Evie," again. "I'll I a couldn't a blood. me?" swallowed. "Yes, Master."
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: d9 g. V3 b8 tWordlessly, away. shut, a a lid. dark, nose, a cheek.

* x* P: p3 j" q1 l5 A1 K6 l! d*** 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.

0 C6 A+ e- t  b( W  y4 E, PExhausted, food, rest. room, a man. passed, stopped. well. man, forties, athletic.

"...Jiro?" smiled. "Hi, Darius. It's a while." other. he'd he'd a all. he'd to.

. }, U8 b0 i/ n9 ]( J. q" A"I'm sorry, Jiro," said. "I before, I am."

' C! R% E; T: Z, e8 g"You don't be, Darius. me." surprise.

% \! N$ X' M' ~4 C"It I resistance. group, too, safe. first, I knew, didn't. so, I a purpose."

"Still. I
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( F" ^) ?, l+ d$ Q9 Fsorry. 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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*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.
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"Oh God, us, I'm you."
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/ k& n" E. E" i* g/ p# _" r! |Donya, 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.
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/ g2 \0 j2 v6 F! \! a"Sasha, I'm...we're..."

$ ~/ {) {" P0 H7 |"I don't it," speak. mouth, grimly. A later, up.

"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.
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"What's this?"
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" |: E/ F$ z# i% X6 e"Jake's journal. in, castle. too, ago. I didn't here." it. "Have it?" head. "No, I'll safekeeping. all."
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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.
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, \5 @7 ]  H8 d& p+ |1 Z4 tThey'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.
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- y/ Q  E8 k3 W" ]$ R1 K  qShe'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.