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I bite my lower lip, nodding.
Sam hugs one arm beneath my hips and the other around my back. Still joined, he stands, lifting me like I weigh nothing more than a grain of salt.
He staggers, and I realize my blood must be having an effect on him. “Are you all right?” I ask, gripping his shoulders more firmly.
His nostrils flare, smelling me. “Better than okay.” He crosses the room and shoves the front door open.
“What are you-“
He silences me with a crushing kiss. “Shh, Jane. We’re going to make love right here, on the porch.” His hands rub down my bare back until they reach the curve of my ass. “And I’m going to make you scream so loud that the beasts of the forest, the moon, and my brothers can hear how good you sound when you belong to me.”
Moments later, he is driving into me. The porch’s wooden railing bites into my skin as I arch to meet his thrusts.
He makes good on his promise, because when I come, the world hears it.
17
Samuel
IthinkI’vediscoveredmy new favorite hobby.
Holding Jane as she sleeps.
She’s nestled into my arms, likely dreaming of distant lands. Her cheeks are rosy and her wavy hair is mussed up, with a faint line of dried up saliva seeping from the corner of her mouth.
Utterly gorgeous.
I’ve always enjoyed being near her warmth, but right now, when her breath is hitting my skin in soft little puffs, I feel completely at ease. Content.
I can feel her running through my veins, causing my body to buzz with a newfound energy. Her blood is binding, forcing me to admit how deeply she’s changed my existence.
Visions flash through my head. Of me, taking Jane to faraway places she’s only ever read about in books. Hawaii. Peru. Even the Alaskan wilderness. I envision her skin sun-kissed from spending her days on the beach and her nights with me. I imagine building a home from the foundation up, laying every brick with her approving smile in mind.
I exhale a long, contented sigh as I hold her close. Tonight, I’ll give her a glimpse of the life we could have together in the years to come. I’ll prove to her that being human is what makes her,her. That she shouldn’t need to change to make our relationship work.
Mental lists formulate in my mind. I will need to purchase candles and a fancy dress from a designer store in town. Matthew will have to run into town to get the supplies, but it’ll be worth it. He’ll be careful not to reveal our location, just a quick trip to the nearest city and back.
I’ll put together a dinner that’d make any queen proud. And before, during, and after, I’ll cherish her body with all the attention it deserves.
Silently, I vow to make this evening an unforgettable one.
I plant a whisper-soft kiss on Jane’s forehead before standing from the bed, taking care to make as little sound as possible. Her phone is on the bedside table, and I snatch it on my way out.
She’s added a lock the screen. My lip curls up.Smart girl.I hold the phone at an angle until I can see the smears from her finger dotting over the pin. 1999.
Once I enter the code, I dial Matt’s number and lift the phone to my ear.
“Hello?”
“Matt, hey.” I whisper, closing the bedroom door behind me. “Look, I’m sorry for being an ass earlier.”Not that my brothers didn’t deserve it. They did.“I hope you’ve forgiven me, because I need a favor.”
Matt sighs. “Of course you do, Sam.”
“You know I’m good for it.”
This is our way. One of us fucks up, and we clean up the mess as a family. Like when Francis got into a bar fight and nearly shoved a human through the pool table, or when Matt’s ex-girlfriend Charlotte became obsessed and tried to blackmail him into admitting he was involved in some sort of organized crime. Now... I’m the one with a problem, and I trust my brothers to be there for me, no matter how deep in shit we have to trudge.
“We understand your dilemma, Samuel.” He pauses, taking a swig of some kind of liquid. Blood, perhaps. “We’d be shit brothers if we didn’t at least bring it up.”
