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et her gaze without flinching. I simply nodded, ladling a

my lips, the rich, warm scent making my own stomach ache with want. I to

food; it was life, pure and potent. I felt strength returning to my weary muscles, cla

le to fake. I saw the rigid line of

t, my love," I said, my voice gen

er, needed no more encouragement. She grabbed the

laimed, her voice filled with pure, childish delight. "

r pale cheeks gaining a hint of

s perfectly fine-better than fine, in fact-the tension finally drained

so tense and on guard, must have felt like it was soaking in a warm spring. He looked at

s. The aroma, the visible change in the children-it was a battle she coul

broken walls. It drifted on the morning bre

ved and greedy, howled in his mind. The scent was purer, more enticing than any prey he had ever encountered. He knew, wit

served a share of that. It was compensation. He began to

l for the first time in memory, crawled into my lap and promp

t was the first time she had so

tic joints moving with more ease than usual. She looked at me, her tone s

I answered softly. It was t

hadow fell acr

the pot. He sniffed the air like a starving animal a

zing with false confidence. "I