‘I hate to ask,’ he said to Julia over his shoulder, ‘but I could probably use a little extra strength right now.’ ‘Where are the guards?’ Claudia said. ‘Isn’t it their job to protect us?’ Julia stretched her arm over Lucas’s shoulder to offer him her wrist, saying, ‘Take it.’ He groaned. ‘I really wish I had you alone right now, because in other circumstances–’ ‘Just hurry up and bite her!’ Claudia interrupted. His lips touched Julia’s skin like the softest kiss, but his teeth had her knees buckling, and not with pain. If she hadn’t been watching Marcus rolling to his feet at the edge of the
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