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Authors: Laurell K. Hamilton
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an unfriendly look. “Are you trying to be mean?”
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I took a deep breath, let it out slow, and tried to be honest, but not mean. “I am on a plane, which means I am not at my best. Let me try this: you’ve told me before that you want to be consumed by romance, by love. You want to burn with it. Since I spent years fighting against anyone who wanted to love me like that, I don’t quite get why that is your goal, but you say it is, so it is.”
“What am I supposed to say now, Anita? That I threw away someone who wanted to consume me with her love? I guess I did.”
I shook my head and tried one more time. “No, I don’t mean that. I mean Perdy’s idea of love and your idea of love aren’t the same. You want to be consumed, not smothered. A fire needs air to burn bright. She took your air away, and the fire died.”
He studied my face. “That was actually smart.”
“Gee, Jason, thanks, you sound surprised.”
He smiled. “I don’t mean that. I mean, that makes sense, that makes me feel less stupid about not wanting Perdy to love me. I do this big thing about wanting someone to be obsessed with me. I get it and I don’t want it. I thought I was being fickle.”
“Obsession isn’t love, Jason. It’s possession.”
“I want to belong to someone, Anita.”
“But you want closer to what Nathaniel has, than a traditional marriage.”
“You mean I want to belong but not be monogamous.”
I shrugged. “Technically, Nathaniel is monogamous. He doesn’t have sex with anyone but me.”
Jason grinned, blue eyes shining. “He so has sexual contact with other people.”
“He’s a stripper. Sexualized contact with other people is part of the job description.”
“I didn’t say sexualized . I said sexual . At our jobs we cut it pretty fine, but actual sex is illegal.”
I closed my eyes, but that made the purr of the engines seem louder. I opened my eyes wide and tried to think of what I’d been saying. “What do you mean then?”
He gave me another of those looks that said I was being either naïve or obtuse. Since I wasn’t being either on purpose, I didn’t know what he meant.
“Don’t give me that look, Jason. I honestly don’t know what you mean.”
It was his turn to frown. “You don’t, do you?”
“No, I don’t.” I couldn’t help but sound grumpy.
“What do you consider sexual contact, Anita?”
“I don’t know, sex.”
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“Anita, I’ve seen Asher feed on Nathaniel. Hell, I’ve had him feed on me. You’d have to be a hell of a lot more homophobic than either Nathaniel or me not to understand that when Asher feeds, it’s sexual.”
One of Asher’s abilities was to make his bite orgasmic. It wasn’t just mind tricks either. It was like a special ability. When he’d been a bad little vampire he’d used that ability to get money, land, protection from his victims. People had begged him for one more night, even when they knew it would kill them.
“I know what Asher can do, better than you do, Jason.”
“Oh, geez, I’m an idiot. How could I forget that?” He hugged me. “I’m sorry, Anita, I’m so sorry.”
Asher and I had had sex and blood alone for the first and only time. He’d nearly killed me with pleasure, because I asked him to. Begged him to. We weren’t allowed to be alone anymore, because I’d admitted to Jean-Claude that I still craved what we’d done. Of all of Jean-Claude’s vampires, Asher was the one I feared the most. Because he was the one who made me want him to do deadly things to me.
Jason hugged me and said, “I’m scared and that’s making me stupid. I’m sorry.”
The pilot’s voice came over the speakers. It made me jump and make that girl eep . Jason kissed my
file://L:\Azures L_Disc Shared Dowloads\EBooks\Anita Blake Series 1-17\(Book16] - Bl... 10/18/2009
BloodNoir
Page 48 of 287
I took a deep breath, let it out slow, and tried to be honest, but not mean. “I am on a plane, which means I am not at my best. Let me try this: you’ve told me before that you want to be consumed by romance, by love. You want to burn with it. Since I spent years fighting against anyone who wanted to love me like that, I don’t quite get why that is your goal, but you say it is, so it is.”
“What am I supposed to say now, Anita? That I threw away someone who wanted to consume me with her love? I guess I did.”
I shook my head and tried one more time. “No, I don’t mean that. I mean Perdy’s idea of love and your idea of love aren’t the same. You want to be consumed, not smothered. A fire needs air to burn bright. She took your air away, and the fire died.”
He studied my face. “That was actually smart.”
“Gee, Jason, thanks, you sound surprised.”
He smiled. “I don’t mean that. I mean, that makes sense, that makes me feel less stupid about not wanting Perdy to love me. I do this big thing about wanting someone to be obsessed with me. I get it and I don’t want it. I thought I was being fickle.”
“Obsession isn’t love, Jason. It’s possession.”
“I want to belong to someone, Anita.”
“But you want closer to what Nathaniel has, than a traditional marriage.”
“You mean I want to belong but not be monogamous.”
I shrugged. “Technically, Nathaniel is monogamous. He doesn’t have sex with anyone but me.”
Jason grinned, blue eyes shining. “He so has sexual contact with other people.”
“He’s a stripper. Sexualized contact with other people is part of the job description.”
“I didn’t say sexualized . I said sexual . At our jobs we cut it pretty fine, but actual sex is illegal.”
I closed my eyes, but that made the purr of the engines seem louder. I opened my eyes wide and tried to think of what I’d been saying. “What do you mean then?”
He gave me another of those looks that said I was being either naïve or obtuse. Since I wasn’t being either on purpose, I didn’t know what he meant.
“Don’t give me that look, Jason. I honestly don’t know what you mean.”
It was his turn to frown. “You don’t, do you?”
“No, I don’t.” I couldn’t help but sound grumpy.
“What do you consider sexual contact, Anita?”
“I don’t know, sex.”
file://L:\Azures L_Disc Shared Dowloads\EBooks\Anita Blake Series 1-17\(Book16] - Bl... 10/18/2009
BloodNoir
Page 49 of 287
“Anita, I’ve seen Asher feed on Nathaniel. Hell, I’ve had him feed on me. You’d have to be a hell of a lot more homophobic than either Nathaniel or me not to understand that when Asher feeds, it’s sexual.”
One of Asher’s abilities was to make his bite orgasmic. It wasn’t just mind tricks either. It was like a special ability. When he’d been a bad little vampire he’d used that ability to get money, land, protection from his victims. People had begged him for one more night, even when they knew it would kill them.
“I know what Asher can do, better than you do, Jason.”
“Oh, geez, I’m an idiot. How could I forget that?” He hugged me. “I’m sorry, Anita, I’m so sorry.”
Asher and I had had sex and blood alone for the first and only time. He’d nearly killed me with pleasure, because I asked him to. Begged him to. We weren’t allowed to be alone anymore, because I’d admitted to Jean-Claude that I still craved what we’d done. Of all of Jean-Claude’s vampires, Asher was the one I feared the most. Because he was the one who made me want him to do deadly things to me.
Jason hugged me and said, “I’m scared and that’s making me stupid. I’m sorry.”
The pilot’s voice came over the speakers. It made me jump and make that girl eep . Jason kissed my
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