Total pages in book: 18
Estimated words: 16094 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 80(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 54(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 16094 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 80(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 54(@300wpm)
The light at the edge of the forest makes me stop and I strain my ears as I listen for a moment. I don’t hear anyone following me and I close my eyes, trying to feel him again. His need for me hits me right in the chest and I’m running again, even faster than before.
The feel of him is stronger as I get closer until I end up at Bishop’s. I slow down as the sun shines overhead and I see a wooden house nearby. It’s a small cabin, and I know Grim is inside. Grabbing the handle, I almost rip the old door off when I yank it open. Sitting in the middle of the bare room is my mate inside a cage. For a second I wonder what it’s made of if it can keep him locked inside.
His head rises and he smiles at me. “Did the sun come up, treasure?” I nod as I step in and the light comes pouring in.
He stands up and grabs the bars then pulls them open easily. I want to laugh at how easy it is for him to step out and walk to me. When the sun hits his eyes, I see small flecks of gold there that I didn’t notice before. I’ve never seen anything more breathtakingly beautiful.
“Why have you been sitting in a cage you could have gotten out of?”
He pulls me into him and lifts me easily so that I’m eye level. “I was waiting for you.”
I wrap my arms around his neck. “You knew I'd come?” I bury my face in his neck and breathe him in. Everything inside of me relaxes and all the pain is gone.
“You shouldn’t have, but I can’t let you go.” He growls as his hold on me tightens. “They’re right, I’ll curse us. You shouldn’t want a life with me.”
I lean back, unable to help my smile. “I notice you didn’t say I should go back.”
“I don’t think I can let you go,” he says, and his words are filled with sorrow.
“I’d never ask you to.” I brush my mouth against his, knowing that his possession is what makes our bond tighter. “What if I hadn’t come?”
“I stopped fighting them for you, treasure. I would have come for you soon enough.”
“You didn’t want to hurt them.”
“I didn’t want to hurt you,” he corrects, knowing hurting them would have caused me pain.
“You saved me,” I tell him as I move my lips to his neck. “But…” The hunger I’ve been unable to fight rises to the surface. “This might sting a little,” I admit right before I sink my teeth into his neck.
Chapter Five
Grim
“Fuck!” I cry out as her teeth sink into me. Not because it’s painful but because it feels like I’m going to cum.
Her tongue is on my skin and I hold her closer as she tastes me. I’m somehow sharing this with her and it’s overpowering. I’ve never had this connection to anything before, even when I’ve been called to a soul. This is somehow more consuming and I don’t want it to end.
I walk her across the room and pin her to the wall as her legs tighten around me. I’m hard and thick as I thrust my hips against her and hear the rattle of the cabin. The wood groans while I hump harder and my body won’t be contained.
“I don’t deserve you,” I say through gritted teeth. “But I will have you.”
I pull away from the wall and lay her down on the rug in front of the fire. Her teeth release me and she licks the wound. Immediately I can hear her thoughts as if I’m the one thinking them. From what I’ve heard of vampire mates, this is normal, but I never thought it would happen to me.
She reaches down to bunch her dress up before she pulls it over her head and tosses it on the floor beside us. Her creamy skin glows in the sunlight as I take off my own shirt. There’s a frenzy to be skin against skin as we pull at each other’s clothes. I can hear her demand for me as I’m naked before her and she’s in only her panties.
In one clean jerk my big hand yanks them off of her and she’s finally bare under me. Hot semen drips from cock onto her alabaster belly and I growl low in my chest. I’m much bigger than she is, and I feel protective of her. She’s so special that I’ll be gentle, but I don’t stop.
“You’ve never had a man,” I say as I rub the creamy tip of my cock through her wet pink folds. “I can smell it.” I take in another deep breath of her. She settles something deep inside me, a restlessness that persisted until I met her. This is what I’ve been longing for.