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nothing happened, and Jackie sobbed with more fear than tears as his mouth plundered and took without her permission.
    Abruptly he was away, as though he’d thrown himself off her and stepped back. She slid to the floor to curl up into herself, hating him.
    His face twisted in agonizing guilt. "I'm sorry. I’m so sorry."
    Her breath came out in quick gasps. She couldn't quite catch it. "I told you it wouldn't work. All I did was stop you from turning into a feral vamp."
    Slowly, he knelt before her so they were at the same eye level. She knew that small act, in itself, should have scared her, even sent her into a panicking fit of hysterical crying after what he had just done, but it didn't.
    He stayed close but he didn't touch her. "But you were there last night. You saw what you did for me."
    She closed her eyes. Yes, she had seen, and was sure that she'd done just what he said and what Mike claimed was impossible.
    She must have been out of her mind to be considering this. "You know, it could be because I wasn't concentrating."
    "What?"
    She couldn't believe what she was about to say. "What I mean is, you kind of scared me there.” She shrugged. “So that could be it."
    He leaned over her. All of his interest directed to her mouth again as his eyes wouldn't leave her lips.
    His voice was a low purr. "How about that."
    His head moved in, but she put her hand between her mouth and his lips before he could kiss her. He quickly pulled his lips from her palm, a questioning look on his face.
    She had to be strong if she wanted him to take her seriously. "If this doesn't work, you have to promise to turn yourself in to the clinic."
    "Clinic? Why?"
    She rolled her eyes. He was so fixated on her lips that he completely forgot about what she’d said about the programs. "Because they can set something up for you that can help you get your life back on track, make sure that you don't get on the verge of turning feral again."
    He raised a single eyebrow at her, and she held her breath while waiting for him to make his decision.
    He took her hand and lowered it so that it no longer acted as a shield between their mouths. His descent was slow and hypnotic. "Alright."
    All thoughts left Jackie's head when he kissed her. A gentle and calming thing unlike the violent kisses he forced on her earlier. When she relaxed beneath him and moved her mouth against his, calling on all the power in her body and moving it out of her body through her lips and into his.
    The tingle that came with her magic appeared and Jackie knew it was working. Her mouth buzzed from the magic and the kiss as she allowed herself to fall into it, healing him.
    He seemed to feel the magic coursing through him and cupped her head, moving closer, pressing her body to his. Although tongue was not required, when he touched her mouth with his tongue she opened up and allowed him entrance. She gasped when she felt his canines, which he was careful to keep small and out of the way for her.
    The shock had her shaking away from him, her glasses were crooked on her nose and she had to straighten them to properly see.
    His skin shined like he'd stood in the sunlight for hours, no longer chalk white on his face but bronzed and beautiful. She looked at his hands, his claws were gone, replaced with normal fingernails. He looked too, the grin on his face matching the one from last night.
    "Oh my God." She breathed.
    He leaned over her again, his smile both predatory and playful. "Now do you believe I'm cursed?" He kissed her full on the mouth once more even though it obviously wasn’t needed before getting up to better inspect himself.
    Jackie sat there, dazed. He didn’t sound like a man who was cursed, but she nodded to his previous question anyway.
    "So if you're a witch, do you think you can help me? Because this cure seems to be only temporary." He spoke as casually as a man would ask about how her day went.
    Again she nodded, but the questions in her head were too great to be