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The only thing she could think of was the heat that had sparked between them, how Kaien’s arms had gradually encircled around her as she drew from his neck. Every beat of his heart had blood surging into her throat, his powerful essence blissfully sweet.
Lapping at the strong flow from his vein, Blair couldn’t resist the impulse to continue drawing on the potent liquid, even as her own instincts told her to back off.
Kaien was strong, but Blair knew that he was also in recoil. That meant that his body was functioning more along the lines of a mortal, and that every injury or ounce of lost blood would take longer to heal or replenish.
When the Raeth wobbled slightly against her frame, Blair suddenly realized she’d taken too much. Immediately, her fangs retracted in her mouth, aghast that she’d nearly succumbed to the bloodlust that defined her kind when they lost control. Her tongue ran across the twin puncture wounds before she pulled back to meet his gaze, her hands clutching his shoulders.
“Are you okay?”
She couldn’t conceal the concern in her voice, even when she met eyes that looked almost black. Pupils dilated, the Raeth blinked slowly before his lips parted and he became riveted with her lips.
His mouth crashed against hers in a tangle of need and desire. Blair didn’t resist, her hand diving into his hair as she crushed her body into his, savoring every second. Kaien’s lips were locked on hers, his hands caressing her back in undeniable ownership.
Deepening the kiss, Blair groaned into the contact. Everything about the man was a walking temptation, and his kiss, so possessive and adamant, had broken through every icy wall she’d erected against the sinful lure he posed.
Blair’s fingernails dug into the hard muscle of his back as she met him kiss for demanding kiss. Somehow, her back ended up pressed against the wall. Never before had she bared herself so fully to another, even one she knew so well.
Apprehension swiftly iced through her veins.
This was Kaien, her best friend’s brother.
Blair’s eyes shot open, suddenly realizing what was happening. Backed against a wall, she couldn’t retreat from the man who’d locked her into submission and was still demanding it. Without giving it a second thought, her knee rose forcefully and nailed him squarely between his legs.
His shocked sputter instantly drew him away from her, his hand bracing against the wall as she slipped out from under him. The pained look on his face sent guilt crashing into her, but she refused to back down.
“If you do that again, Kaien, I’ll geld you.” She leveled a spiteful scowl at him when he ominously raised his eyes to glare at her. “I don’t care if it’s the bond talking, Raeth. If your lips come near mine again, you can kiss your assets goodbye.”
“Damnit, vampire.” His hoarse voice was barely more than a guttural growl.
Blair said nothing. She watched as the Raeth took a steadying moment before he pushed off the wall. When he turned his face away, she didn’t miss the brief wince while he gathered his thoughts. Silent, he peered out the window by the door and shook his head brusquely.
“It’ll be light soon,” he sighed. “There’s a queen bed in the back. It’s not the Four Seasons, but it’s better than the couch. I’ll nail some heavier blankets to wall over the bedroom windows and dampen the sunlight.”
“Might as well get it out of your system,” Blair commented offhandedly, smirking darkly when confusion colored his features. “Because that’s the only thing you’ll be nailing, Raeth.”
Kaien gave her an incredulous look. “Takes two to tango, kitten.”
“Kitten?”
“Would you prefer feral housecat?”
Before she could respond, he’d already disappeared into the bedroom at the back of the cabin, leaving her to cross her arms grumpily. Furious hammering noises started only moments later.
Her fingers skimmed on the surface of her lips, sensitive and swollen from their passionate encounter only minutes earlier. Heart still pumping on the delirious high, Blair rolled her shoulders languidly.
Kaien’s response shouldn’t have evoked such strong emotion from her. Her blood donors, as she liked to call them, had often wrapped their arms around her in an intimate embrace, occasionally succumbing to the primitive call of desire afterward.
Blair had never acted on their misplaced feelings. She usually maintained nothing but a casual cordiality with them, strong arming them if they attempted anything untoward.
But with Kaien …she’dstoked the flame. To her own discredit, she’d craved it as much as he had. And the way he’d looked at her just before he claimed her mouth? Decadent.
Her hand dropped away from her mouth seconds before the Raeth reentered the room. “You should be safe now. I don’t think any sunlight will come through.”
“How long will you be in recoil?”
“A couple of days at least.”
They studied each other. It was odd, the connection that spanned between them. In a hidden part of her mind, all she wanted to do was snuggle up with him, to have the big male draw her into the protective comfort of his chest as she nodded off.
