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The fierce confidence in his voice unlocks every one of my tense muscles. Relief floods through me, and I lean in to press my mouth to his. The sweet, chaste kiss immediately deepens, and heated desire has me rolling Jesse onto his back as I climb over him to straddle his hips.
I’d stripped out of my clothes before we got into bed, so I’m wearing only one of Jesse’s shirts and my underwear. His hands skim up my thighs and over my hips as we kiss, moving slowly upward until his palms cover my breasts. I rub myself against the ridge of his cock, my underwear and his thin athletic shorts doing little to impede the sensations the act invokes.
A growl vibrates in Jesse’s chest, and his hands shoot down between us. I shift my weight so he can push the waistband of his shorts down, freeing his erection. I push the cotton of my underwear aside, too needy to take the time to pull them off.
Jesse lines his cock up with my entrance, and I sink down to the hilt. Rolling my hips, I ride him slowly, at first. His hands find my hips and his ab muscles contract beneath me as he sits up, pumping me up and down at a speed I could never achieve on my own.
I pant his name over and over as sweet tension builds inside me at a breakneck pace. My cries grow louder, and I don’t give a shit if every vampire in the manor can hear me. I need this.
Jesse’s lips find my throat, pressing an open-mouthed kiss to the tender skin before I feel the sting of his teeth. Arching my back, I push closer to him as I continue to ride his cock. His teeth sink deeper, and the pain disappears as my orgasm explodes through me. I shout my release as my inner walls clench down, and I feel more than hear Jesse’s own grunt of satisfaction against my throat as he comes inside me.
His teeth release me, and he licks the wound with the flat of his tongue before pulling back to meet my gaze with wide eyes.
“I taste it now,” he says, his voice a bit breathless.
“The magic?” I ask, my eyes widening.
He nods. “It’s strong, Eden.”
His pupils are dilated, and a wisp of a smile curves his lips. He looks high, like my blood is his very own brand of heroine. Then he blinks, and he looks normal again.
Shaking his head, he says, “I’m sorry. That was…incredible. It was like I could feel your magic pulsing through my veins for a moment. And in that moment, I felt…alive.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“And that’s never happened to you before?”
“Never,” he says with a slight shake of his head.
He presses his lips to mine, then falls backward, holding me tightly to him. I rest against his chest, my mind running on overdrive as I try to work out what this all means.
For me. For Jesse.
For us, as mates.
I’m a witch, in love with a vampire who has a powerful coven of my own kind trying to wipe his family from existence. My powers are still partially bound, and my blood gave Jesse a shot of magic that made him temporarily euphoric. What will happen when I’m fully unbound?
Jesse presses his lips to my forehead, and my thoughts drift away as my exhaustion suddenly catches up to me. His hand slides under my shirt to caress my back, and the world dims as I start to doze off.
“We’ll figure this out, Eden,” he whispers. “Rest now.”
Before I can respond, sleep wraps me in its gentle arms and everything goes dark.
44
THE SHARP BITE
I fly upright, tendrils of sleep clinging to me as I try to figure out what woke me. Blinking rapidly, I make out Jesse’s dark shape across the room, his movements quick and choppy as he jerks on a shirt. I open my mouth to ask what is happening, but my words die in my throat as a muffled scream reaches my ears.
Jesse hurries toward me as I throw my legs over the edge of the bed, asking, “What…?”
“Stay here,” he says firmly, pressing a quick, hard kiss to my lips.
“Jesse––”
“Stay. Here,” he reiterates firmly, then is gone, the bedroom door swinging open and closed the only movement my eyes can detect.
