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proficient in the art of mind
control, slipping into fragile human minds and steering them from
the course they were on. However, sometimes that skill was
worthless. Sometimes more direct methods were required when a human
had a natural shield that prevented him from using his abilities.
When that occurred he had to use other means to protect his people.
Violent means.
    Caleb Ryder could kill
with no hint of remorse. He had done so before, and would most
probably do so again. A human life was a small price to pay to keep
his people safe. He took no pleasure from the killing, but he felt
no guilt for it either. Vampires didn’t have emotions. Not for
humans or Weres. They could form deep attachments to their own kind
but the other races meant nothing to them. Weres were despised and
humans were simply food and sexual release.
    If a vampire became
attached to a human then they Sired them into their race. On a very
odd occasion, they would leave them human and choose to take them
under their protection, but that practice was almost non-existent
now. Humans had such short life spans none of his kind were willing
to suffer the pain of losing them when they died after a few short
decades.
    The woman in his arms was
threatening his control. He was seconds away from revealing himself
to her and endangering his race. His thoughts were clouded, too
disjointed to test her mind to see if she was one of the compliant
ones. His fingers tightened fractionally around her nape. One
little burst of strength and her neck would break, snapping like a
twig.
    Caleb realised what he
was doing and slowly released his hold on her, easing back and
taking a deep breath as he fought to get his feral side under
control. He was better than this. He didn’t go around losing
control like a new-born Youngling. What was it about this woman
that affected him so much?
    A few deep breaths and he
was in control again, his feral nature hidden deep within himself.
He was reluctant to destroy the innocent creature before him. She
piqued his interest, and stirred his blood as no other.
    He could slip into her
mind now his control was back, and yet he didn’t. He was afraid to
in case he found she was a natural shield. If he discovered that
then his choices would be taken from him. No, he had to maintain
the cold discipline he was famed for.
    He stared into Rhianna’s
face for a long moment and then he kissed her again
slowly.
    This time his control
held, and he savoured her softness, running his hands slowly down
her body until he cupped her breasts gently. Relief washed through
him, followed swiftly by the deep hunger she spurred in him. Slowly
and methodically, he teased her to arousal, brushing his thumbs
over her taut peaks until she cried out softly and shivered against
him.
    His lips trailed over her
heated flesh, sliding lower as he kissed every inch of her creamy
white skin, licking and nibbling as she moaned softly and clutched
at his shoulders. His natural dominance loved how she clung
helplessly to him. It was a primal thing, so intrinsically male
that it spanned all races, human, vampire and Were. Having a woman
submit to the pleasure a man gave them brought out the predator in
a man, he became the hunter, and the female became the
prey.
    The beautiful redhead
under his hands was indeed his prey, and he intended to mark her
delectable body so all others would know he had claimed her. The
thought surprised him, and he stiffened for a moment, before her
sweet scent captivated him again, and he continued down her
body.
    Rhianna surrendered to
his touch, her hands sliding down to his chest as his fingers
stroked her body relentlessly. His muscles contracted under her
fingers, a low animal sounding growl erupting from his throat
sending a thrill through her body.
    Caleb’s head rose, and
there was something so feral in his expression that her heart
fluttered wildly and she moaned softly, liquid heat scything
through her to gather between her thighs. She