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mattress...this mattress. She gasped at the need pulsing unwanted through her lower belly and feminine core. Her pink shorts were soaked with her body’s response to his bite. She would have groaned in horror at the way her body was preparing her for his carnal possession, but she couldn’t spare the precious air it would take. His low voice came from the closet. She wanted to roll over to look at him, but she didn’t even have the strength to open her eyes.
“Get here as fast as you can, then. I don’t want to hear excuses, Grant. She hasn’t got much time.” His rumbled growl ended with a curse as he came back into the room. “Are you joking? How do you plan to do that?” There was a pause, then Wilhelm’s quick hiss. “No! Think of something else because that won’t work. I don’t want that priest anywhere near her. Do it, now!” He tossed the cell phone on the nightstand.
Alexa felt him watching her with those dark eyes. She wondered what he was waiting for. This was as weak as she was ever likely to be. The touch of his hand on her forehead was a surprise and a pleasure. He swore as he pulled the blankets off her sweating body.
“What is going on with you?” he demanded roughly as he felt her bare arms and legs. “This isn’t right.” She struggled to open one eye and peek up at him. His face was very close to hers as he knelt at the side of the bed. Shadows made his handsome face seem haggard. Was it possible that he was worried for her? Did he blame himself for draining her life with his hunger? She hoped so! Guilt might force the rake to keep his word to her. It might save her cousin’s life. It might make him take her hard and fast, just the way she was craving him.
“Will...” Alexa’s lips felt numb, forcing her to shorten his name as Jaxson did. “Will...?”
“Save your strength. I have help coming. Are you hot?” At her slight nod he was up and moving to the bathroom. A second later he was washing her face with a cool cloth. It was heaven.
“Keep your word, Will.” She felt his hand still with the cloth on her forehead. He was studying her face; she could feel his gaze upon her. What was he thinking? She wished she felt strong enough to look up at him, but she couldn’t. Why did she care what he was thinking of her? What else could he possibly do to her at this point? “Your word...”
***
“I always keep my word,” he grated as he ran the cloth down her arm. “Don’t worry. Don’t think at all, just rest for now.”
Wilhelm carefully ran the cool cloth down to her hand. She was a mess of contradictions, his wife. She might be dying for all she knew and here she was trying to make sure he would uphold his blood pact. He hated being maneuvered by anyone, but this small woman had easily tricked him into a pact he didn’t know if he could uphold without breaking his word to his people.
A firm rap on the door had him donning a pair of sweatpants before hurrying to answer. The quarrelsome voices raised in argument made him almost slam the door in the three males’ faces. Jaxson hissed at Grant and Levi Pierce with his back to the door.
“Enough! The last thing she needs is bickering between you two. Let the Elder decide who goes in to examine the Mistress.” Jaxson turned and rolled his eyes at Wilhelm.
“I don’t recall asking for your help, Priest.” Wilhelm gently shut the door behind him to keep the voices from disturbing Alexa. He didn’t like the little toad, who had been thrust upon him for his marriage. He would have been more than satisfied to have one of his men bind them in the Vampire tradition, but that was not what the High Priest of her Coven had in mind. Now, here he was being hounded by the man.
“Mistress Alexa is still the Keeper and an important member of our Coven. This...physician is hardly qualified to examine a Witch. I must see what I can do for the Keeper.” The arrogant confidence of the little man grated on Wilhelm’s nerves as he
“Get here as fast as you can, then. I don’t want to hear excuses, Grant. She hasn’t got much time.” His rumbled growl ended with a curse as he came back into the room. “Are you joking? How do you plan to do that?” There was a pause, then Wilhelm’s quick hiss. “No! Think of something else because that won’t work. I don’t want that priest anywhere near her. Do it, now!” He tossed the cell phone on the nightstand.
Alexa felt him watching her with those dark eyes. She wondered what he was waiting for. This was as weak as she was ever likely to be. The touch of his hand on her forehead was a surprise and a pleasure. He swore as he pulled the blankets off her sweating body.
“What is going on with you?” he demanded roughly as he felt her bare arms and legs. “This isn’t right.” She struggled to open one eye and peek up at him. His face was very close to hers as he knelt at the side of the bed. Shadows made his handsome face seem haggard. Was it possible that he was worried for her? Did he blame himself for draining her life with his hunger? She hoped so! Guilt might force the rake to keep his word to her. It might save her cousin’s life. It might make him take her hard and fast, just the way she was craving him.
“Will...” Alexa’s lips felt numb, forcing her to shorten his name as Jaxson did. “Will...?”
“Save your strength. I have help coming. Are you hot?” At her slight nod he was up and moving to the bathroom. A second later he was washing her face with a cool cloth. It was heaven.
“Keep your word, Will.” She felt his hand still with the cloth on her forehead. He was studying her face; she could feel his gaze upon her. What was he thinking? She wished she felt strong enough to look up at him, but she couldn’t. Why did she care what he was thinking of her? What else could he possibly do to her at this point? “Your word...”
***
“I always keep my word,” he grated as he ran the cloth down her arm. “Don’t worry. Don’t think at all, just rest for now.”
Wilhelm carefully ran the cool cloth down to her hand. She was a mess of contradictions, his wife. She might be dying for all she knew and here she was trying to make sure he would uphold his blood pact. He hated being maneuvered by anyone, but this small woman had easily tricked him into a pact he didn’t know if he could uphold without breaking his word to his people.
A firm rap on the door had him donning a pair of sweatpants before hurrying to answer. The quarrelsome voices raised in argument made him almost slam the door in the three males’ faces. Jaxson hissed at Grant and Levi Pierce with his back to the door.
“Enough! The last thing she needs is bickering between you two. Let the Elder decide who goes in to examine the Mistress.” Jaxson turned and rolled his eyes at Wilhelm.
“I don’t recall asking for your help, Priest.” Wilhelm gently shut the door behind him to keep the voices from disturbing Alexa. He didn’t like the little toad, who had been thrust upon him for his marriage. He would have been more than satisfied to have one of his men bind them in the Vampire tradition, but that was not what the High Priest of her Coven had in mind. Now, here he was being hounded by the man.
“Mistress Alexa is still the Keeper and an important member of our Coven. This...physician is hardly qualified to examine a Witch. I must see what I can do for the Keeper.” The arrogant confidence of the little man grated on Wilhelm’s nerves as he
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