Mating Fever by Crymsyn Hart Page B

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    “Thanks.” I glanced back at Keaton. “Why are we here? I thought we were going someplace else?”
    He smoothed the hair on my head. “Well we were, but Stephania called and told me that you would be safer here. She can keep out Trenton and protect you while I’m gone.”
    “Gone? Where are you going?” It dawned on me what he was going to do. I stood up. “No. You can’t! I won’t let you.”
    “It’s the only way to keep you safe.”
    “And I can’t lose you.”
    “And you won’t. Everything will be okay. Now finish eating. I’ll return soon.”
    He pressed his lips to mine and thrust his tongue into my mouth. I held him to me. “Please don’t leave me.”
    He bit into his wrist and held it to me. “Drink, Madi. I can’t say it will completely turn you, but it will get you there eventually. Drink.”
    I took his wrist and drank in his blood. I took a few swallows and then pulled away. A cool chill zinged through me. I shivered from the blood moving down my throat. It was working into my system. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to think about the consequences, but this way at least I would be close to him. I could feel that I was close to changing. It was odd feeling two energies fighting within me.
    Keaton took me in his arms and hugged me close. It was nice to have him with me. All I wanted to do was keep him near. He kissed me again and then let me go. I saw the panic in his eyes, but he quickly left and I was alone with Stephania. He was gone before I could even put my hands around him again.
    Tears streamed down my face. She wiped the tears from my cheeks and led me away from the table and into the other room. The light hurt my eyes. When it touched my skin, it seared it. I shied away.
    “I can see you’ve consummated your relationship and accepted your fate.”
    “Who knows what’s going on?”
    She sat next to me on the couch after she drew the curtains. “It will be fine. Keaton will reason with Trenton.”
    “I hope so. If not, I don’t know what I would do without him.”
    She chuckled. “It’s amazing to see how far you’ve come in such a short time. Now, you’re on the cusp of turning.”
    “Yeah it’s odd, but it just happened. I love him.”
    Stephania patted my hand. “I know you do and that’s a wonderful thing. Come on. Get some more rest. Later we can go shopping. Keaton said you needed some new clothes and he left me this.” She withdrew a credit card from her pocket.
    Hopefully by the time I got back from shopping, Keaton would be back. Time passed slowly. Stephania finally dragged me out of the house when the sun was not at its apex. When I stepped out into the light, it didn’t hurt as much. We drove through the center of Boston to a little hole in the wall shop that was hidden on a back street. It was an exclusive lingerie store. When I went inside the clerk was fawning over Stephania without a second thought. They embraced. I sensed something about the clerk and I realized that she wasn’t human. She looked human, but she was something else.
    “Stephania, it’s nice to see you again. And you’ve brought a friend,” the saleswoman said.
    “She needs something sexy to entice her mate. Something red, I think.”
    “No. I don’t look good in red.” I eyed the other panty and bra sets that were around the shop. Emerald corsets and others with fancy lace and see through were hanging about. Leather masks and whips.
    The clerk came over and eyed me. She pushed the hair out of my face and then took my hand. “Sapphire. Yes something with blue and black. I can see that. Twilight. A little bit of crimson. I know just the thing.” She raced into the back room. After a couple of moments she emerged with a corset. It was a dark blue cut with silver lace around the top and tied with crimson. She held it up to me and smiled.
    “This is just your size. I finished it the other night. I dreamed about it being worn by a great lady of the night. It will cup your breasts