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-One Week Later-
Life had been wonderful for Caius with Arlette living under the same roof as him. It wasn't just about the nights they spent in each other's arms—which was every other night—or the fact that she was his steady supply of Blood to keep his slow but steady pace of Advancements.
No, it wasn't really any of that even though they were all great.
It was just her being there. The feeling of companionship. It felt nice.
And they didn't spend all their time rutting in the sheets. Really, they didn't do it as much as either of them would have liked because they tried to be as inconspicuous as they could be. Well, at least that's what Arlette wanted.
She was still amazed that she and Caius hadn't been overheard when they went at it on that first day she arrived at the Estate. A lot of that day was a haze of pleasure but she knew she hadn't remembered to be as quiet as she could have been.
