Total pages in book: 54
Estimated words: 51404 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 257(@200wpm)___ 206(@250wpm)___ 171(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 51404 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 257(@200wpm)___ 206(@250wpm)___ 171(@300wpm)
Sunny had gasped with mingled embarrassment and pleasure as he fastened his mouth to her thigh and started sucking. She was a little concerned that Greer hadn’t spit out the blood, but then she remembered he was some special kind of Blood Kindred, so she assumed it was all right.
She could still remember the feeling of his hot mouth on her tender inner thigh and the feeling of his rough cheek rubbing against her panties. The pain of the bite was gone almost at once as Greer sucked away the venom, but he seemed to linger between her legs for a long, long time.
Sunny still remembered her mingled embarrassment and pleasure as the big Kindred sucked her thigh. There had been a ring of people standing around, staring curiously as he did it, but somehow that had only made her hotter.
Was she possibly some kind of closet exhibitionist, she wondered? Had it turned her on even more to have strangers staring at them while Greer performed such an intimate act for her? And had the big Kindred enjoyed being between her legs as much as she had enjoyed having him there?
Sunny shifted in her seat. Was it hot in here or was it just her? She put a hand to her cheek—she was definitely blushing. What was wrong with her? She really shouldn’t be having these thoughts about her Protector.
But what if he’s having the same kinds of thoughts about you? whispered the little voice in her head. What if all this time, he’s been wanting you and he just doesn’t show it because he’s so growly and stone-faced and stoic?
Sunny wondered if that little voice might possibly be right—maybe she had missed something that she was just now noticing. All this time she’d been telling herself that Greer was just being protective of her because it was his job. But how many Protectors carried their Wards just so they wouldn’t get their shoes dirty in the mud? How many Protectors were so attentive and kind when it came to the little details like an untied shoelace or reaching something off a high shelf? How many let their Wards fall asleep on them—as Sunny had done with Greer on several occasions when a ceremony they were viewing ran late into the night.
The first time it happened, he had just sat there and looked at her with mild surprise when she leaned her head against his shoulder. The next time he had put his arm around her and gathered her close, so she could rest her head on his broad chest. Several times he had even lifted her like a sleepy child and carried her to bed, tucking her in tenderly and making sure she was warmly covered.
Sunny hadn’t dared to think anything of these sweet gestures from her gruff and growly Protector before, but now she wondered…
The thing was, she had always found Greer extremely attractive. Those pale gray eyes and long black hair and his big, muscular body and warm, spicy scent—if someone had offered to make a man out of her fantasies, Greer would have been it. He was the exact opposite of her ex, Bernard.
Bernard was a Theoretical Physicist at USF, where Sunny taught. He was skinny as a string bean and wore thick glasses and had ears that stuck out from the sides of his head. He also had the annoying habit of making fun of Sunny’s vocation since she was in the “soft sciences.”
Even worse, her ex had often told her she needed to lose weight—which was something Greer had never said to her. In fact, the big Kindred often urged her to have as much as she wanted when they ate together. When Sunny had once admitted she was on a diet to try and get thinner, he had frowned disapprovingly.
“Why in the Seven Hells would you want to lose your curves? They’re fucking gorgeous. You’re an Elite—a female the Goddess has blessed with her own beautiful shape.”
Sunny had taken the compliment to heart and made a real effort to own and love her curves after that. It definitely gave her a boost of self-confidence to know that her Protector found her attractive just the way she was.
Still, she’d never dreamed that anything could be between them. Greer had told her early on that he had vowed never to take a wife—or a mate, as the Kindred said—so Sunny had put the thought of any kind of romantic attachment out of her head.
Now she wondered if she might have been too hasty…
Well, if she was going to find out Greer’s true feelings for her, now was the time she told herself. This was their last mission together and then she might never see him again. So if she wanted to stake a claim in the huge Kindred warrior, there was no time like the present.