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“Because I respect you too much to ask.”
“Isn’t that what you do with your other lovers? Feed and then fuck them—”
“You aren’t one of them. You’re so much more. I would never ask you to do something you so vehemently oppose. And you don’t need to offer now just because I’m hungry. I will feed, and that’s it.”
My heart still pounded in my chest. Like an army of hooves against the earth. “I don’t want you to.”
He came closer, our exchange so charged that anyone who saw us together would know there was something between us. His chin was dipped to meet my look, and the intensity in his eyes became so much more. “Are you sure, baby? Because the others will have to leave anyway.”
“I could ask for volunteers.”
“That’s a bold move.”
“You and your brothers are very…attractive. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are women here who would be interested, especially after you let us retreat at the end of the war. And more so now that you’ve offered to make us your kind after what we’ve done to you. Some disagree, I know this, but others have been touched. Feeding you is the least we can do.”
He continued to stare at me. “If that’s what you want.”
“Is it not what you want?”
His eyes flicked back and forth between mine. “I want your blood with the same intensity that I want your body. It’s something I think about every time we’re together. When your body is folded under mine and you’re shedding tears of pleasure, I want to sink my teeth into your flesh and have you. Yes, it’s what I want. But I only want it if you want it too. Only if you want me to own you. So make sure it’s what you really want…because I’m going to want it all the time.”
* * *
The flames were doused, and the rest of the forest was spared from the inferno. My accommodations were destroyed. My father’s possessions were torched to ash. I was forced to retreat to my previous home, the tree house high in the canopy. I didn’t have the same privacy I had with the throne room, so the Ethereal knew I’d taken one of the vampires with me.
Cobra took a quick look around, checking every door and closet to ensure we were alone before he put down his sword. “Will the guards at the base be enough? Someone could come with an ax and chop it down.”
“Not these trees. When they’re in their prime, they’re practically stone. It would take months to chop it down with a hundred men.” I shed my armor and felt pounds lighter. Last time I was here, I’d mourned the loss of Cobra, the passionate affair that made me realize I deserved more than Toman. Cobra was the best thing that had ever happened to me…in a lot of ways.
“You’re sad.” Cobra came to me, most of his armor gone and on the couch.
“How do you know?”
“I’ve become well acquainted with your heart.” His hand slid into my hair and cupped my face, taking me with the kind of ownership that turned me on. He grabbed me when he felt like it. Tugged me when he felt like it. “Tell me.”
My fingers slid over his wrist. “Last time I was here, I’d just left you.”
A subtle smile moved on to his lips.
“I missed you…”
“I missed you too, baby.” His thumb moved underneath my chin and forced my stare up to his. “Your letter made me smile, listening to you demand more and refuse to settle for less. To wait for a man worthy of your heart.”
I found myself in the same position I’d been in before, much sooner than I anticipated. He was wrong for me in every way, but I yearned for him the way I yearned for the sun. The way I yearned for flowers in spring. Heat in summer.
“A man like me.”
My heart quickened. If I felt it, so did he. Felt it flutter like the wings of a hummingbird.
His arm tugged me into his body as his lips caught mine. He gave me a squeeze as he kissed me, a kiss that quickly morphed into something deeper. Breaths and tongues were exchanged as we moved closer to the bed, articles of clothing falling along the way. The beginning of our night had been full of passionate fucking, and now the early morning would be filled with lovemaking.
He got me onto the bed and moved over me, his heavy body carved with bulging muscles. He kissed me as he grabbed my knee and propped it back, pinning my thigh against my hip. With his lips directly above mine, he spoke. “Last chance, baby.” His throbbing dick was right against my clit, and the flesh of my thigh was exposed.
My heart continued to race, both in fear and excitement. “Yes…”
He didn’t give me a chance to change my mind. He was already at my exposed thigh, his fangs now visible as he brought his face to my flesh and bit me.
I inhaled a deep breath when I felt my skin break against his teeth. It hurt like a knife that cut the surface. Blood dripped down my thigh to the sheets. The pain was quickly overridden by the most exquisite pleasure. Instead of a cry, I gave a moan. My fingers dug into his hair as he fed on me. I was suddenly flooded with arousal as if I hadn’t been turned on in the first place. I wanted this man every time I saw him. Every time I saw that charming smile, those intense eyes, those broad shoulders. But now it was so much more. “Cobra…”
