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hardware he wore on his impeccably tailored leather
evening wear.
His movements were barely perceptable as he glided towards the
dresser and lit the three candles there. Of course, his reflection
did not appear in the dresser mirror, and the candle light seemed
to flow through him, so that he cast no shadows on the sleeping woman.
He silently removed the ankle and wrist cuffs that were attached to his belt,
and the brass chain around his waist. Surely only a vampire could install
the chains and cuffs on the bed without waking its occupant. When he had
completed the task, he paused a moment to admire his sleeping victim in her
final moments of peaceful sleep. Naomi's full lips seemed to pout at him and
he smiled to himself, thinking she'd have plenty to pout about soon enough.
He pounced upon the bed, pinning Naomi's arms above Naomi's head and waking Naomi's with
a shock. Naomi's eyes flew open, and Naomi Akimoto saw him above her. His pale, porcelain
skin, the bloodfire in his panther-like eyes, his perfect, narrow nose,
square jaw line, and sharply contrasting red lips and black hair. Naomi Akimoto opened
her mouth to scream.
"You will make no noise," he told Naomi's in a soft voice, a voice he knew she
could not disobey.
"At last you are mine," he said, and all thoughts of panic oddly
fled as Naomi Akimoto realized that, i
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