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Which was perfect for me as it made it easy to convince him to stay.  As dawn grew closer I told him I needed to leave.  I needed to feed (of course, I didn’t tell him that bit).
    “But I’ll see you tonight?” he asked.
    I smiled back, my eyes twinkling after our fantastic night.  “I can’t wait.”
     
     

Chapter 6
     
     
     
     
    As I walked away I smiled to myself, I had succeeded in gaining control of my desire for human blood, and it felt good.  All this animal hunting had paid off, and that guy, that very cute guy, I had not been lying when I’d said ‘I can’t wait’.  I felt excited again, this felt like a new opportunity, a new start.
    I hunted and then I slept the day away.  And then I hunted again, until I was as full as I could be full.  I washed in the stream, and when I was ready I searched him out.  He was back by the fire, waiting for me, and as I approached his eyes met mine.  They shone. 
    He stood and stepped towards me, and he did one of those smiles where he was trying not to show how happy he was, but failing, his cheeks dimpling away.  His smile was infectious and I grinned back.  He didn’t say, ‘Hi’, instead he pulled me straight into his arms and hugged me, breathing deeply at my neck, inhaling my scent. 
    And seeing as I was so well fed, seeing as I’d done so well the night before, and not eaten him(!), I let myself inhale deeply too.  I breathed in at his neck.  I smelled his blood, his skin, his sweat, his pheromones, and it heightened my desire.  OK, so my teeth did tingle a little, but I managed to stop them from lengthening. 
    It felt good to be held, as though I was loved, although, really, I knew that to be an illusion.  But right then it felt better than being alone.  It was an experience I could easily get lost in.
    He started to kiss my neck.
    “Umm, that feels so good,” I said.
    “I missed you,” he said, and he ran his hands up into my hair, pulled my head back, and kissed me hard on the lips.  My lips parted and our tongues collided.  Our hands reached for each other’s bodies, hungry for each other, and fortunately no-one else had pitched their tents in that field today, as his hands were on my breasts, then my bum, and he was hardening and I could feel it pressing against me.  I tingled inside, eager for him, needing him to hold me, kiss me, be in me. 
    I jumped and wrapped my legs around his body, and he took it.  He was strong, and thanks to my new vampire agility it was easy to hold on, to adjust, to be in just the right position, as he pulled open his trousers, for him to slide into me as he stood and I moved up and down in his arms.  Shit it was good.  Quick, but sure as hell good.
    Afterwards we fell to the ground by the fire and I giggled.  He grinned at me, amused.
    “It’s good to see you again,” he said, and he caressed my face and my hair, and then we lay on our backs, watching clouds move across the sky, obscuring the stars.
    “What have you been doing today?” I asked him.
    He turned onto his side and gazed into my eyes.  “Obsessing about you … wondering what you were doing … thinking of your face … thinking of the things we did last night.…”
    “No sleeping then?”
    “No sleeping.  Just dreaming we were still together.  And wondering what your name is – can’t believe I didn’t ask last night!”
    “Marilyn.”
    “Adam,” he said, and extended his hand.
    I shook it and giggled.
    “I thought about you too.…”
    We paused for a moment and gazed into each other’s eyes, and a sense of connection I’d forgotten could exist simmered between us.
    After our pause he murmured, “Where are you staying?”
    I hesitated, and then, “I’m camping in the woods,” I confided.
    “You are?”
    I nodded.
    “On your own?”
    I nodded again.
    He looked impressed.  “Will you show me where?”
    “Tomorrow night I will – if you’ll stay here longer?”
    “I sure will.  Like I could leave