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above her, eyes wide and mouth hanging open.  The demon was flung away from her person, blood gushing from his neck.  Alex looked up to see Tavi, blood dripping from the claws of his right hand as it held a chunk of bloody flesh.  He looked down at her.
    “You stupid little girl,” he spat, before turning his attention to the other demons.
    They stoo d ready for a fight, and Tavi answered their looks with a growl.  Faster than Alexandra’s eyes could follow, he was before one of the men.  His hand wrapped around the throat of his victim, crushing his windpipe. The last demon turned to run, but Tavi was already beside him.  Placing one hand on his shoulder, the other was sent through his turned back.  Blood poured from his shredded torso as Tavi released him to fall to the ground.  
    Tavi stood a small distance from Alexandra, panting slightly, his clothes and hands bloodstained.  He turned to look at her, his eyes narrowing angrily.
    “I… I’m sorry,” Alex said, visibly shaking.
    Tavi snorted, appearing before her and yanking her off the ground.  She was bloody with numerous wounds on her delicate frame, which was barely hidden by the remnants of her pajamas. 
    Tavi tossed her over his shoulder.  Bloody and exhausted, Alex felt utterly helpless.  She was a prisoner to this demon, even if he did just save her life. 

Chapter Ten
     
    Tavi tossed Alex onto the bed in the center of his tent.  Pain wracked every limb of her body.   Alex stilled on the bed as the demon towered over her.  His hands worked to untie the blood spattered silk shirt that covered his absurdly toned torso.  Alex watched as the garment slid off his shoulders and fell noiselessly to the ground.  Her eyes instinctively roamed his hard curves.  She felt her cheeks growing hot and she looked away from him, running a hand through her dirtied hair. 
    Tavi ’s nose twitched as it caught the tangy sweet smell of the girl’s faint, but unmistakable arousal.  He turned away from her and made his way to the other side of his tent where a small table held a pitcher filled with water and washed the blood from his hands. 
    He returned to the bed, his eyes locked on the battered girl.  His face betrayed no emotion, but he was utterly perplexed.  This human was a paradox to him.  Terrified and running from him one moment, and aroused by him the next. 
    Without a word, Tavi be nt down and grabbed at Alexandra’s bloody feet.  She immediately pulled away, attempting to scoot further back on the bed.  A sharp growl made her freeze.
    “ Continue to fight me and you will find yourself in much more pain little girl,” he said.
    “ I’m not fighting you,” she argued, “I don’t know what you want from me.”  
    He reached for her ankle again, this time taking it more gently in his grasp.  He brought his lips to her thigh, above a large gash that was steadily oozing blood.  His tongue darted and began to sweep across her wound.  Pain shot up her leg as the sandpaper appendage drug across the raw flesh. 
    “What are you doing?” she snapped, recoiling once again.
    “Be still girl, ” Tavi commanded, giving a small tug on her leg.
    He continued to drag the thick pink muscle across her wounds, ignoring the girls small squeals of pain.
    “But why are you lick…,” Alexandra began but promptly stopped when she saw the torn skin close over and heal right before her eyes. 
    “ Did you honestly think that you would get away?” Tavi asked as he worked on her wounds.
    “What would you do if someone was holding you against your will?” she said, avoiding the half-naked demon’s gaze.
    The girl had a point; he too would try to escape if he was in her position.  Tavi said nothing more, his hands moving further up her leg to treat the remaining wounds. Alex jerked away as Tavi’s hand moved further up her leg.  The pointed tips of his claws just barely pinched into her skin at the unexpected movement. 
    “G irl,” Tavi