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2024-10-29 19:42:56JULIAN
"You're not okay," I seethed at the other end of my bedroom door.
Lilith had locked me out. It had been fifteen hours, forty minutes, and twenty-six seconds since I was foolish enough to give in to my carnal desires by biting her. Every second that passed had my unbeating heart twisting in agony. The scent of death hung in the air, suffocating me.
It hung around her.
But the taste of her blood lingered at the very tip of my tongue. She wasn't like the half-blood. Lilith may have been a full-blooded werewolf but her blood tasted as sweet as her scent that sang to me. It was thick yet velvety, flowing down my throat like something completely forbidden and sinful.
"I'm fine," she called, voice cutting through my thoughts.
My lips peeled back into a snarl because she was lying to me. I could hear the pained whimpers and that smell. She honestly ex
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