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Then I was attached to it, licking it away.

Asher hissed out a breath and the salty, delicious smell ratcheted up another notch. I wrapped my mouth around the tip and another jut of release coated my tongue. My eyelids lowered and I hummed. He tasted so good.

Asher whimpered, yanking my eyes up to his slack features.

“Holy,ffffuck.” He almost seemed in pain.

I pulled up so fast he jerked. I hovered my hand over my mouth.

“I’m th-orry,” I croaked. Fortunately, my palm hovering over my mouth covered how I couldn’t stop licking my lips.

“I brought the blood bags,” Tobias announced, entering with his arms hugging a sleek container with bags in it. He slowed and scanned my position over Asher’s drained cock. Ren watched us with utter shock. He’d watched all of that. My eyes dropped to the bulge in his pants.

I ripped my eyes away before I went mad and attacked him too. Clearing my throat, I tugged the front of Asher’s pants over his cock.

“Th-orry,” I repeated and fell back on my ass.

“Oh,Älskade, you never have to apologize,” he croaked, his arm flopping over his face. Asher remained laying on the floor, taking a few breaths every other few seconds. Practically panting by vampire standards.

I gingerly touched my fangs. A slice opened on the tip of my finger.

“How do I makethem go away?” My face warmed. I pressed my palm to my cheek.

Ren knelt beside me and cupped the back of my neck, guiding my face up to look at him.

“Stop clenching your jaw like that. It’s like turning your head. Think it and do it.” I glared at him. Very helpful. Still, I focused on my teeth so much that my face ended up scrunching.

“It-thnot working,” I cried. “And I can’t th-top li-th-ping.”

The corner of Ren’s lips quirked. I glared up at him and he quickly smoothed his expression.

“It’s fucking adorable,” Asher remarked unhelpfully from his sprawl on the floor. He folded his arms under his head, watching me hungrily. I took a breath. That sweet scent emanated from all of them. Focusing on Asher, my gaze dropped to his growing bulge.

“You’re going to be the end of me,” Asher hissed and his cock throbbed under his pants. I licked my lips, cutting my tongue on a fang while I was at it. The sting was enough to distract me from his blood.

“Close your eyes and think about how it’d feel for them to go back into your gums,” Tobias offered.

I closed my eyes, imagining and imagining. If I took a breath, maybe it would help ground me, like when I was human. I sniffed again and the delicious scent filled my nose, flaring the burn to life. I lunged at Ren. Tobias pressed his finger against my forehead, stopping me an inch from Ren’s throat. He slowly pushed me back. The moment was enough to force me to hold my breath.

“I don’t mind,” Ren glared at Tobias.

I curled my legs up and hugged them.

Tobias crouched and pulled one of those bags out. Blood sloshed inside the clear bag. Using his teeth, he ripped the edge off the bag and held it out to me. My hand trembled and I pinched the spot next to the hole. It was so weird the way it swished in the bag. Licking my lips, I brought it to them.

It was just like drinking prune juice.

Before I gave it more thought, I fit the ripped edge against my mouth and gulped it down. The taste hit me. I recoiled and spat it out. My eyes widened. Blood spattered all three of them. They looked shell shocked as they gawked at me. Except for Asher, he wouldn’t stop chortling.

My mouth flopped opened and closed. I looked back down at the bag. What was wrong with me? Why did it taste so gross?

My mind was a mess. I clenched my eyes shut.

“Love?”

Gray eyes hovered so close. The color of the one that hurt me. I flinched, ending up against the wall, feet from him. My hands flattened against the wall, and I slid down it until I was on my butt again.

Tobias’s eyebrows were furrowed, his hand still outstretched.