Point Of A Virus: A Short Story

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"I know the deal but you have to think what is the point of a virus in your human world. They are made to take control or to destroy everything around them. I am just doing what I was made for and that is to use my powers for my own needs. You happen to fit those needs so I am giving you the use of my powers." But when her lips meet his she went speechless for a few second her lips tasting of the sweetest forbidden fruits. But before he could pull from her lips she deepen it with her tongue sucking the sweetest from his mouth as she loved the tasted of his

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