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gentle dance her tongue playing with his. She had her legs wrapped around his waist, pressing into him. Her fists shoved down the back of his sweater, touching his back with her hot little hands. He kissed her one last time, not wanting to, but knowing they were moving in a dangerous direction with Colum upstairs, who was probably hearing everything.
    “Baby , we have to stop, not tonight. Give them twenty-four hours to get used to it, tomorrow,” he said in between kisses. He knew the blinded feeling, nothing but I want you, come to me kept breaking through his reserve. “After tomorrow we will always be together, nothing will separate us. Nothing.” He looked down, into her eyes and saw a tear start sliding down her cheek. He licked it off. “Don’t cry, after tomorrow.” He kissed her one more time and then putting her down he walked out and away from the house and her.
    Sally stood alone in the hallway for what seemed a long time and then she ran up the stairs and to her parents’ room. Knocking once, she opened the door and ran to their large bed. Colum was up and fast. “I’ll kill him. What did he do to you?”
    Katherine was l ying on her side and had a bit more difficulty getting up. She put a restraining hand on Colum as he pulled himself out of bed.
    “Honey , I don’t think that’s it, let her talk.”
    Sally sobbed out her story. She didn’t see the look on Colum’s face. It was probably a good thing , too.
    Katherine wrapped her arms around Sally. “Honey , it’s good you two have this night away from each other, believe me, when it happens it will be intense. He is protecting you because if he has this restraint now, then he can control that urge when you two make love.” They both turned to the growl that came from Colum.
    “He ’d better resist the urge or he will be dead within minutes. I think I am going downstairs, maybe out.” He kissed Sally’s wet tear stained face first and then Katherine’s. “I’ll be back soon.”
    Sally stayed on the end of her mother’s bed. She looked up at her mother shyly , at first. Even at age eighteen, she still felt shy talking about sex with her mother. “Let me tell you what it’s like to have a vampire love you, in every way.” Her mother said as she pulled her daughter to her.
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    Colum left the house at a sprint, following Odin’s scent. He was trying to mask himself but doing a poor job. As he ran through the woods, crashing in the underbrush, he picked up sounds and other scents. A herd of deer was nearby and had taken off in a panic. He flew over the stream that ran into his property. Soon he was flying through the cemetery and took a flying leap over a Roscoe LeRoy Carver’s grave, then down in the gully and over another stream. He landed lightly on his feet just before the clearing. The moon bathed the space in an ethereal light. He stood perfectly still and then he heard the sound he had been waiting for; a deer in its last moments of life; the sound of resignation, death but victory.
    Colum walked into the clearing very carefully. He knew this was a dangerous time to confront a young vampire who was in that red haze. He knew Odin had left on purpose to take care of the urge he was afraid would come over him when he touched Sally. Colum walked silently. Seeing Odin kneeling over a buck, he knew he would have to tread lightly.
    Odin could feel the wave of the urge leave him. He had drained the buck, which now lay lifeless in front of him. He wanted to find another, though. He was starting to stretch when he sensed another near. He let out a growl of warning. Turning ever so slightly, he picked up the scent of Colum.
    “Don’t star t, I walked away from her to feed. You can see I have control. I’ll always have control around her.”
    Colum carefully approached Odin from his left so he could see him clearly. “I’m not saying anything . I just came to talk and to welcome you to the family.”
    Odin straightened and