“Damn,” Angelique said, bowing her head. “Don’t…don’t worry. I won’t hurt you. I promise. Just…just give me a moment.” Angelique closed her eyes, taking a few deep breaths as she calmed the beast inside. She raised her chin, and when she opened her eyes again, they had returned to her natural shade. “See. You have nothing to worry about. I can control that part of me. Like you forgot what I am, I forgot what you are. It won’t happen again. I promise.”

“Why should I believe you?” Bennett said, folding her arms across her naked, heaving breasts.

“Because if I ever harmed a hair on your head, Max would have mine on a platter.”

The faintest veil of amusement crossed Bennett’s face, and it was all Angelique needed to see. She pushed Bennett to the feather mattress and quickly straddled her. “Now…where were we?”

Bennett sucked in a quick breath as the woman’s hair brushed against her naked chest, and when Angelique sucked a nipple into her mouth, it was all Bennett could do not to die. She groaned as want oozed from her core, and an awareness she didn’t know she possessed took over, freeing her to luxuriate in the sensations Angelique’s suckling was creating. Bennett grasped at the bed covering, gripping it in her fists while Angelique tortured her with nips and licks, and when their lips met again, the kiss was wet and devouring.

The raw and searing pang in Bennett’s center had taken over her very existence, and a need, primitive and basic, swept away sensibilities, doubts, and innocence. She grabbed Angelique’s wrist, forcing the woman’s hand downward as she broke out of the kiss. Her breathing was quick and shallow, and she fought for each lungful as she gasped, “Touch me…touch me down there.”

A perfect row of teeth filled Angelique’s smile as she drew up Bennett’s skirt. “Oh, how I love a woman who knows what she wants.”

***

Bennett reached for her glass, drinking the few drops that remained before she looked over at Ruby. When she saw Ruby’s mouth hanging open, Bennett laughed. “What did you expect me to do, give you all the gory details?”

“Um...yeah, and a cigarette if you have one because…well…wow.”

“Yes, it was quite a night, and before you ask, it didn’t stop with just that one time. I visited Angelique’s room every evening after that until she left with Simeon and his flock. She was more than happy to be my instructor, and as you can imagine, I was more than happy to be her student.”

“I bet,” Ruby said, sitting up. “So, is she still around?”

“Oh yes. She’s still with Simeon, although for the life of me, I can’t understand why.”

“Do you ever see her?”