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“Dude. Not even close. I want to snap my fingers right now and lock us away somewhere I can spend my days feeding on you, like a vampire who needs cum to survive.”

“You sound drunk.”

“I am, baby. I am.”

We lie like this for a while until I can’t possibly stay quiet any longer. “I want… Aster…”

“What, babe? I’m right here. What do you need? I’ll give it to you.”

“Your cock. Need your cock.”

Aster chuckles. “Mmm, babe, you’re so sweet, but I’m good for now. You need to sleep, and frankly so do I.” He kisses my thigh, then moves up to kiss my belly, and finally my mouth.

I force my eyes open and gaze up at him, reaching out to touch his handsome face. “Stay.”

“Wild Horrors couldn’t drag me away.”

Chapter 24

Aster

“Wake up, Sleeping Beauty.”

“No.”

“Come on, Chaser. You’re needed.”

I groan, attempting to pull the pillow over my face, but Otto is jumping on my bladder and Crash is relentless.

“What?”

“Shh,” Crash whispers. “Don’t wake the human. Come with me. You need to see this.”

“One sec,” I grumble, carefully untangling myself from Hudson. “This better be good.”

“I don’t know if good is the word I would use. More like useful.”

“Great.”

Climbing out of bed butt-ass naked, I practically growl at Crash, who covers his eyes but parts his fingers to get a look at me.

“Impressive.”

His comment makes me huff a laugh as I swing into the bathroom for a quick piss, then I pull on my briefs and follow Crash. Otto’s mood shifts from bouncy and happy to alert as we climb the third-floor stairs to the attic.

Crash swings the door open and I’m faced with a group of spirits who all turn to look at me at the same time. It’s… unnerving. They aren’t fully formed, so I can almost see completely through them. Two women wearing Victorian style dresses and the other spirit who screamed the Horror into submission before stand around a glowing mass.

“What’s going on?”

“That blob on the floor is the Horror. For now,” Crash explains. “The spirits realized it’s been drawing some of its energy from them. That’s how it was able to grow so quickly.”

“Oh shit.”

“They’re fighting it off, but as you can see, it’s taking a toll on them.”

“What can I do?”

“I did a little recon for you.” He bounces on his toes. “I visited some of my favorite Chasers and got some tips for you. I figured we could go over them because shit’s about to hit the fan.”

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