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Incubus Dreams :: Гамильтон Лорел
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“How did you keep me from draining Damian and Nathaniel?”
“I fed theardeur at the club, as we discussed, and I shared with Damian. It is only when he is drained that your triumvirate would begin to pull upon our bad kitty.”
“One feeding through you took care of it, for this long?”
He sighed, and he sounded tired, because he was still shielding too hard for me to feel it. “Non, non, ma petite. We have done your six-hour feedings for you.”
“Who’s we?”
“Richard and Damian, and myself. Nathaniel had fed you last, and I was not a hundred-percent certain that I could control the feeding, so I did not use him.”
“Richard got a taste of theardeur from the other side?”
“He did.”
“What’d he think of it?”
“He has new respect for our ability to not go mad.”
I wanted to ask who Richard had fed on, but it was none of my business. I wasn’t monogamous, and neither was he. I was still leaning against the wall, but my eyes were open. “Damian fed theardeur not as the eatee, but as the eater?”
“It was not hard to raise it in him.”
“Is this permanent? I mean do Richard and Damian need to feed now, too?”
“Non, ma petite. Desperate measures, but not permanent ones.”
“How can you be sure?” I asked.
“Because I can feel it growing in me again, not just my need, but yours. I parceled it out, shared it among those I could, but it is time again, ma petite. ”
I turned around and stared blindly out into the kitchen. “Are you saying you borrowed myardeur for the last few hours?”
He seemed to think about that. “That will do for an explanation. Oui. ”
“So I could hunt bad guys and not lose control in the middle of it all.”
“Yes.”
I didn’t know what to say, so I said what I could, “Thank you.”
“You are most welcome, ma petite, but dawn is near, and when I sleep, theardeur will return home. I would prefer to give it back to you before then, so I might feel how tempestuous that return will be.”
“You’re worried.”
“Oui.”
“You asked me how I felt, why?”
“Theardeur comes with a price, as all the hungers do, but they have their rewards, as well. I do not speak of the pleasure, but of the strengths that they give us. In effect, by stealing away yourardeur, I weakened you tonight. If I hadn’t feared contacting you mind-to-mind, I would have asked your permission first, or warned you.”
“I didn’t feel weak.
“How did you keep me from draining Damian and Nathaniel?”
“I fed theardeur at the club, as we discussed, and I shared with Damian. It is only when he is drained that your triumvirate would begin to pull upon our bad kitty.”
“One feeding through you took care of it, for this long?”
He sighed, and he sounded tired, because he was still shielding too hard for me to feel it. “Non, non, ma petite. We have done your six-hour feedings for you.”
“Who’s we?”
“Richard and Damian, and myself. Nathaniel had fed you last, and I was not a hundred-percent certain that I could control the feeding, so I did not use him.”
“Richard got a taste of theardeur from the other side?”
“He did.”
“What’d he think of it?”
“He has new respect for our ability to not go mad.”
I wanted to ask who Richard had fed on, but it was none of my business. I wasn’t monogamous, and neither was he. I was still leaning against the wall, but my eyes were open. “Damian fed theardeur not as the eatee, but as the eater?”
“It was not hard to raise it in him.”
“Is this permanent? I mean do Richard and Damian need to feed now, too?”
“Non, ma petite. Desperate measures, but not permanent ones.”
“How can you be sure?” I asked.
“Because I can feel it growing in me again, not just my need, but yours. I parceled it out, shared it among those I could, but it is time again, ma petite. ”
I turned around and stared blindly out into the kitchen. “Are you saying you borrowed myardeur for the last few hours?”
He seemed to think about that. “That will do for an explanation. Oui. ”
“So I could hunt bad guys and not lose control in the middle of it all.”
“Yes.”
I didn’t know what to say, so I said what I could, “Thank you.”
“You are most welcome, ma petite, but dawn is near, and when I sleep, theardeur will return home. I would prefer to give it back to you before then, so I might feel how tempestuous that return will be.”
“You’re worried.”
“Oui.”
“You asked me how I felt, why?”
“Theardeur comes with a price, as all the hungers do, but they have their rewards, as well. I do not speak of the pleasure, but of the strengths that they give us. In effect, by stealing away yourardeur, I weakened you tonight. If I hadn’t feared contacting you mind-to-mind, I would have asked your permission first, or warned you.”
“I didn’t feel weak.