Total pages in book: 109
Estimated words: 101147 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 506(@200wpm)___ 405(@250wpm)___ 337(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 101147 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 506(@200wpm)___ 405(@250wpm)___ 337(@300wpm)
I feel another surge of irritation. “You have a vampire as well. I don’t see you gushing over me.”
Meg shrugs. “Vampires aren’t as cool as I expected them to be. In romance novels, vampires are all dark and broody and sexy. In real life, you talk an awful lot about stocks. It was a definite disappointment. But Kaja there seems like a real werewolf. I can’t wait to get to know her.” She turns and starts to head out. “Oh, and we have to stay close to the market today. Beck and Ci got called away. There’s some trouble in a Fae encampment on the other side of the plane. Something about fields and starvation and stuff. Cian needs to do his Green Man thing. Beck is worried about him being alone too far from civilization. Can you believe he used that word to describe this place?”
I roll my eyes. “You can stay here all you like. I’m taking Kaja home. I’m not spending our bonding time on a pallet in a marketplace.”
I want to get her in a real bed. I want to see her laid out on sumptuous sheets, with her hair haloing around her pretty face.
“You walking then?” Meg asks with a shit-eating grin.
What the actual hell? I’m going to have a long talk with my cousins. “Damn it. Why did they take both bikes? They fit on one.” We traveled to the marketplace on two of my customized Harley hover bikes. Each one seats two, but no, my cousins took both, leaving me stranded.
“They fought about who would drive. Cian says he’s the obvious choice, and Beck won’t give up control, so they took both. Besides, I think they think you’ll babysit me. As if.”
Meg walks out, and Kaja changes immediately. She ignores the fact that we’re stranded here. She seems to have other things on her mind. Her eyes stare at the door Meg disappeared behind. “She likes me, Dante. She wishes to dine with me and speak with me. I should hunt and get her a good meal for our breakfast.”
Her pretty face is flush with excitement. I can’t help but smile back. “Meg is a nice lady. She’ll be a good friend to you, but you don’t have to worry about hunting. Food is taken care of.”
“What is friend?” Kaja sits back, obviously eager to learn.
Lustful thoughts flee. “Damn, love. What was that place like for you? A friend is someone you can depend on, someone you share your life with and talk to and stuff. It’s different for a girl. Guys hang out and watch sports and bail each other out of jail. It’s more intimate with women. You talk about feelings and stuff. And you apparently buy a lot of shoes.”
She opens her mouth to ask another question.
“Meg would be better to explain the whole shoe thing, sweetheart.” My lustful thoughts are back, and I don’t want to talk fashion with her. She’s lovely and naked and sitting on our bed. She’s completely out from under the influence of the aphrodisiac. All I need to do is convince her that making love is a good idea. I lean over and run my hand across the soft skin of her arm. She shivers slightly. “Why don’t you come back to bed, Kaj?”
Her eyes narrow, wariness clear.
I pat the place next to me. She won’t be beside me for long. She’ll be under me as fast as I can get her there. I feel my fangs lengthen. The silver is obviously out of her system, too. I’m pretty sure the silver was what kept her from changing forms. There’s no good reason not to sink my teeth into her smooth skin. I can see the faint blue vein that runs up the side of her neck. There’s another vein in her thigh that will work as well. I can drink my fill, all the while breathing in the scent of her arousal. My mouth will fill with her blood, and then we’ll be married in the traditional way of a royal vampire.
Gods, I’m suddenly so fucking hungry. For the first time in my life, I know a meal pill won’t do. I want her. I want to take her blood and then fill her with my cock.
“Your eyes are strange,” Kaja whispers.
There’s the faintest hint of fear in her voice. She backs away slightly. My irises are bleeding out, and my entire eye will be a vivid green before too long. I’ve only seen myself this way a few times. I probably look alien and dangerous to Kaja.
I don’t like her backing away. She’s drawing something primal out of me. I’m a good-time lover. I’ve always been this way. I enjoy the sex and have kept many mistresses, but I can easily walk away and find another if they show they don’t want me. It won’t be that way with Kaja.