I grasped his wrist, guiding his hand away from my face. Leaning forward, I gave in to the desire to lick the blood from his mouth. Drawing his bottom lip into my mouth, I ran my tongue over the surface until the sweet taste of apple covered my tongue. I raised his hand to my mouth and sucked his thumb as deep as I could, consuming his blood and taking it as part of me. His eyes were still half-shut as I drew back on his thumb slowly, releasing it finally as he leaned forward. The standard custom was for him to pierce my thumb the same way he had, but he mimicked my actions. His eyes held mine
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