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She’ll never think about needing anyone else.

CHAPTER36

REMY

Dropped the ball?

I laugh at the devil.

I’ve dropped everything.

Now, I’m breaking.

Memories leak through the cracks melted open by his venom.

The man I used to be glowers at the monster I’ve become. I was a general, groomed to kill creatures like myself.

I’ve forgotten all of that.

I’ve forgotten all the human rules that used to bind me.

“Iris.” Irisirisirisirisiris.I chant her name and try to take cover in her soul.

Her body is the dream.

All soft, warm curves and a never-ending flow of fruit-drenched blood—she’s enough to slake lifetimes of unrelenting thirst.

I don’t want to remember.“I want to stay here. With you.”

“You’re. Here. I’m—here!” she stutters in breathy gasps.

The grip of her soul keeps me grounded.

Her pulse.

Her flavor.

Her sweet pussy and the glow of her soul.

Animal, the voice of my old conscience whispers.

Yes.

That’s what I am.

That’s what I have to be.

Anything to stay with her.

CHAPTER37

IRIS

In a trance,Remy drives into me. His obscene pace slaps against my skin.

I cling to anything I can as my toes curl—Vhex, the sheets,my last thread of sanity.

I bounce between their overwhelming souls and my blissed-out body. Too much of either is dangerous for my heart.

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