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Setting her down and clamping a hand on her mouth, Kaiba stopped the piecing noise that had shocked him into an abrupt awareness of how loud she could get. She closed her mouth, blinking and trying to pull from his grasp. He loosened his hold on her, and she ripped from the feather-light touch. She ripped her hair from the hold it was in and it tumbled down over her shoulders, effectively hiding the mark on her shoulder. Kaiba saw her shirt stained with the blood from the re-opened bite mark.
Reaching out, he cupped her cheek, forcing her to look up at him. Her eyes were tormented, ashamed he almost thought. Staring down at her, he drew her to him, wrapping her in his embrace. 'Damn me. Damn me and this heart I loathe.' He felt her arms wrap around him, the strength in the limbs surprising him. 'Indeed, this woman is a mystery. She is the strongest dhampiri alive, and yet, she is . . . weak with shame?' placing his chin on her head, he heard the very beating of her heart.
His hold on her shoulders loosened, and he forced her to look back up at him; this time he wasn't going to let her pull away. Bringing up one hand, he lifted her chin, holding it between his forefinger and thumb. She closed her eyes, but he could feel the torment that ran through her. The bite he'd placed on her allowed the connection. Tentatively, she opened her eyes, and upon seeing him staring down at her, she shut them tight, clinched.
"Starlyte, look at me." Trying to turn her head away, he forced it to face back up to him with a quick jerk. "Starlyte," His voice was bordering on menacing as he spoke her name again. She sighed and then forced her eyes to stay open. Once so, he quickly became incensed by the feelings, and images, that came to his mind.
Shoving her away from him, he turned and strode down the hallway. He hadn't noticed the man had looked like him. He hadn't noticed anything except that it wasn't he who was in her embrace. Stifling under the scowl he wore, Kaiba turned and found himself at a doorway. He knew this would lead him to Pegasus. He was ready for him.