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Tasting Red (The Lost Girls, #1) Tasting Red by Holly Roberds
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“My, what a big dick you have.” The joke slips out before I can catch it. Echoing the first time we met.

“All the better to fuck you with, my dear,” he assures me, barely restrained mirth sparkling in his eyes.”
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“Commitment. Runs ‘em away every time. Am I right?”
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“My”
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“waiting”
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“She’s a Level Five mage.”
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“My, what big powers you have.”
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“Maybe, maybe we accidentally–” “Mated,” I finish for him. His throat bobs up and down as he swallows. I’ve never seen him so vulnerable. “I tried to stop it.” “I think you were too late,” I say quietly. “I think so too,”
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“is, I take care of my lost girls.” For once, I wonder if Rap isn’t a lost girl herself.”
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“Wait, is that who I think it is?” Goldie asks in an awed tone. She knows her mage celebrities, so I've no doubt Goldie is well aware who is standing before us. I lick my suddenly parched lips and croak out their names. “Hansel and Gretel.”
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“Do you have any idea how obsessed I am with your piercings? How convenient they aren’t silver, so I don’t scald myself on them.”
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“Is that how he reads me so well? He can smell my desire?”
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“I suppress a smile as I trail behind her. Little Red just let the Big Bad wolf into her house. Now all I have to do is keep from eating her up . . . again.”
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“Fae creatures are born into certain races like fairies, elves, and ogres. Each type of fae has their own brand of unique magic talents specific to their race. While mages are closer to humans, they possess an innate magic talent and can learn and grow their index of spells and abilities.”
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“I’m not sure what happened at Gigi’s house, but the heavy stone sitting in my stomach tells me I may not have this for much longer. Something is coming, and I’m not sure exactly what it is, or how to stop it.”
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“So fucking good, I could eat you all day, little Red.” He slides his middle finger all the way in his mouth before sucking it off with a loud noise of appreciation.”
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“I resist the urge to chime in that magic students levitate teacups while reciting facts about boring-ass wars.”
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“anyone”
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“wanting”
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“She could never be too much. If she is the storm, I am the immovable rock who will be there from start to finish.”
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“And what big . . . ” her eyes sweep over my shoulders down to my abdomen, “muscles you have, grandma.” I see heat behind her gaze, as pheromones thicken in the air. My mouth waters. I take another step forward, so she sidesteps. We are caught in some kind of dance, and I want to see where it ends. “All the better to hug you with, my dear,” I practically purr.”
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“Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”
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“This time, this isn't a fight where one or both of us lashes out or tries to gain dominance. This is about acceptance of the scariest fucking thing ever. And we are holding onto each other for dear life as if we're afraid one of us is going to fall too hard and splinter into a million pieces.”
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“In his gaze, I see a scared little boy, one who is dying to love and be loved. He's been starving, and he's learned to live with the hunger like I have. But maybe we don't need to be skin and bones. Together we can be more.”
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“I want to know what his scars are from, all of his secrets, and I want to make him feel as safe as he makes me feel. I realize how hopeless I've become. If I know what's best for both of us, I'd send him away, but I crave him. I crave him on every level and I don't think I can let him go even if I tried.”
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“It's as if this girl was made for me. Whether she's throwing a punch at me, diving into her work, vibrating with anxiety, or deep throating me, it's undeniable this girl is larger than life. It's why she feels too much, because she is too much. She's everything. The world can't contain all her ferocity, her intensity, and desire.”
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“That's right, Red. This is who I am. You should be more careful because the Big Bad Wolf will eat you alive. If only your grandmother had warned you about wolves like me.”
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“ornery.”
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“As long as I love me, all of me, no matter how emotional, or needy, or neurotic, I can be larger than life.”
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“But what I’ve learned is sometimes the harder path, the lonelier path, gets us where we need to be.”
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“I’m the Big Bad Wolf, baby,”
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