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stole one last fleeting look at the beauty. “Not tonight.”
    Damn, he cursed to himself as he watched her climb into the car. Every muscle in his body tensed, as he fought back the urge to run over and snatch her out of the car, take her somewhere and allow her to take her frustrations out on him.
    The moon was almost at its peak. He felt the rage swell inside of him, knew it wouldn’t be long before he would have to leave. The muscles in his jaw flexed, as he inhaled another deep breath. Tonight, he thought, he would have to do something before the urge became too dangerous. This night he needed Caitlin more than Dorian.

Chapter 4
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Thirty minutes later, Adriel felt relieved as the last person left the club. The bartender chatted briefly with him before he left for the evening. Adriel streamed a series of curses to himself as he walked toward his car. It was already too late. He had not chosen anyone tonight. The insatiable need had grown inside of him and the continual wave of rage began. His thoughts drifted back to sweet Caitlin.
    If only….
    Adriel knew what had to be done tonight. He couldn’t tolerate the thought any longer. The need inside of him was greater tonight than any other. The type of intensity from the new moon was uncontrollable, stronger than any other month of the year. Tonight was not only a new moon but a wolf moon. It was the night he feared most, when his own curse was unleashed against vampires and mankind. The most deadly night for anyone around him. The night he should be chained and bound like an animal until the dawn of light broke and freed him from his curse.
    The curse was as much a part of Adriel as his gift. Adriel’s people were born to a curse which transformed them into hideous wolf-like creatures of the night. These creatures were designed for one purpose; to kill vampires.
    In the old days, Adriel’s ancestors were generally quiet and mostly stayed to themselves. However, one night a stranger came upon them and that stranger just happened to be a vampire with a thirst for blood. He ravaged most of the clan, and those who got away consulted with the eldest of their pack. Something magical happened that night under a New Moon. The men transformed not only into wolves, but something much more terrifying. The large wolf-like beasts with thick leathery black skin and prickly hair stood nearly seven feet tall on their hind feet. Their teeth were as sharp as finely honed swords, true killing machine.
    It was that night Adriel’s ancestors destroyed the vampire and saved many lives other than their own.   But the curse stayed with them as a reminder vampires still exist.
    Adriel’s thoughts drifted back to Caitlin as he drove the dark road home. He clearly envisioned her lips, parting slowly to welcome his, those soft warm pink lips as they kissed him. What would she taste like? What would her love feel like?
    A dull pain grew inside of his loins as his thoughts wondered further. Those lovely long legs wrapped around his waist. His hardness as it entered her, so gently and so sweetly until she moaned to him. She would cry out to him in a heat of passion. Her voice would sing for more of him. Her fingernails would dig into his hard muscular back and bring him to an ecstasy that he so desperately desired. Adriel’s fingers tightened around the steering wheel. His foot pressed harder on the accelerated, pushing the car over the posted speed limit.
    Adriel envisioned her slender frame as it straddled him. She would ride him hard, like the stallion - the animal he was, until she exhausted her desires. If there was any way he could control his own animalistic desires, he would let her do anything to him she most wanted. He would lay his life down before her. She could take from him anything and he would gladly give it without any remorse. No thought, just to see a glimmer of happiness and joy in those beautiful eyes. There was just one crushing pain which he