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Authors: Amanda J. Greene
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them away.
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Dimitri was floored. He could not believe that she was allowing him to hold her. He would have understood if she kneed him in the groin and sprinted down the alley, but instead she rubbed her soft cheek against his hard chest. He closed his eyes and savored the moment. It could be the last time he ever held her.
“Vampire.” Her voice would have been inaudible to anyone other than him.
“Yes.”
“It would figure,” she said, turning her head so she could look up at him. “I shouldn’t be shocked. This all fits with the kind of week I’ve been having. Plus, I’ve never had the best luck with men.” She must still be in shock. No sane person would react this way.
“Are you going to kill me now that I know?”
“Never!” he declared, pulling her closer, curving her against his body. “I wanted you to know. I just did not want you to find out like this.”
“You were going to tell me?”
“Yes.”
She closed her eyes, trying to bring her thoughts under control.
She already had a large enough serving of weird on her plate at the moment; she did not need to ask him why he planned on telling her.
“I am glad you did not go bolting down the alley.”
“I’m still considering it,” she said with a half smile.
Vampire or no, he had saved her life. He had guarded her and used his own body as a shield. He could have thrown her out in front; he could have let her die, but he had protected her. He had been willing to sacrifice himself to save her.
She searched his abnormal eyes and found concern, fear, and one other emotion that sent a jolt racing through her body.
He was nothing she imagined a vampire would be like. He was polite, thoughtful, respectful, honorable, and caring. He had been the one to break their kiss in the garage when it became dangerously 45
intense. He had not taken advantage of her, not that she would have protested had he decided to take her.
Take her .
Her body blossomed with the thought. She was astonished, knowing that he was a vampire made her want him even more. She wanted to feel his fangs scrape her skin and for the first time, the thought of having her blood sucked seemed erotic. She had to be crazy, but there was no denying that she still wanted to be with him. That she still want him to be her first.
“This is all insane,” she sighed and pinched her brow. Her stress headache was back. “I need some time to think and some Tylenol.”
“Would you like me to take you over to Silvie’s? Her apartment is not far.”
“No. Take me home.”
“You want to come back with me?”
She heard the shock and relief in his voice.
“My mind is a mess, but despite all my conflicting emotions, I know I can trust you. Dimitri, you used your body to protect me from the bullets and you saved me from my would-be attackers the other night. You have been a gentleman, even though I threw myself at you, and now you offered to take me to a friend’s. I feel safe with you and finding out you are a vampire is weird and straight terrifying, but in my heart I know you wouldn’t hurt me.” She shook her head and gave a light, short laugh. “I think the shock and the stress are making me ramble. The point I am trying to make is, as long as you continue to behave the way you have been, you will still have a roommate.”
“I am who I am. Nothing is going to change that.” 46
Chapter Five
His hand cradled her neck as he brought her down with him onto the bed. He rested his head against the black silk pillows. Kerstyn leaned over him, pressing herself against the hard length of his body.
He felt so good, so right, beneath her.
Her tongue teasingly caressed his bare chest, drawing hot circles of torturous pleasure down his torso. She nipped each of his hipbones. His muscles clenched and he closed his eyes, desperately trying to shut out the demands of his body. Her fingers followed her lips, her nails lightly scratching down his sides. She sat back on her knees once
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Dimitri was floored. He could not believe that she was allowing him to hold her. He would have understood if she kneed him in the groin and sprinted down the alley, but instead she rubbed her soft cheek against his hard chest. He closed his eyes and savored the moment. It could be the last time he ever held her.
“Vampire.” Her voice would have been inaudible to anyone other than him.
“Yes.”
“It would figure,” she said, turning her head so she could look up at him. “I shouldn’t be shocked. This all fits with the kind of week I’ve been having. Plus, I’ve never had the best luck with men.” She must still be in shock. No sane person would react this way.
“Are you going to kill me now that I know?”
“Never!” he declared, pulling her closer, curving her against his body. “I wanted you to know. I just did not want you to find out like this.”
“You were going to tell me?”
“Yes.”
She closed her eyes, trying to bring her thoughts under control.
She already had a large enough serving of weird on her plate at the moment; she did not need to ask him why he planned on telling her.
“I am glad you did not go bolting down the alley.”
“I’m still considering it,” she said with a half smile.
Vampire or no, he had saved her life. He had guarded her and used his own body as a shield. He could have thrown her out in front; he could have let her die, but he had protected her. He had been willing to sacrifice himself to save her.
She searched his abnormal eyes and found concern, fear, and one other emotion that sent a jolt racing through her body.
He was nothing she imagined a vampire would be like. He was polite, thoughtful, respectful, honorable, and caring. He had been the one to break their kiss in the garage when it became dangerously 45
intense. He had not taken advantage of her, not that she would have protested had he decided to take her.
Take her .
Her body blossomed with the thought. She was astonished, knowing that he was a vampire made her want him even more. She wanted to feel his fangs scrape her skin and for the first time, the thought of having her blood sucked seemed erotic. She had to be crazy, but there was no denying that she still wanted to be with him. That she still want him to be her first.
“This is all insane,” she sighed and pinched her brow. Her stress headache was back. “I need some time to think and some Tylenol.”
“Would you like me to take you over to Silvie’s? Her apartment is not far.”
“No. Take me home.”
“You want to come back with me?”
She heard the shock and relief in his voice.
“My mind is a mess, but despite all my conflicting emotions, I know I can trust you. Dimitri, you used your body to protect me from the bullets and you saved me from my would-be attackers the other night. You have been a gentleman, even though I threw myself at you, and now you offered to take me to a friend’s. I feel safe with you and finding out you are a vampire is weird and straight terrifying, but in my heart I know you wouldn’t hurt me.” She shook her head and gave a light, short laugh. “I think the shock and the stress are making me ramble. The point I am trying to make is, as long as you continue to behave the way you have been, you will still have a roommate.”
“I am who I am. Nothing is going to change that.” 46
Chapter Five
His hand cradled her neck as he brought her down with him onto the bed. He rested his head against the black silk pillows. Kerstyn leaned over him, pressing herself against the hard length of his body.
He felt so good, so right, beneath her.
Her tongue teasingly caressed his bare chest, drawing hot circles of torturous pleasure down his torso. She nipped each of his hipbones. His muscles clenched and he closed his eyes, desperately trying to shut out the demands of his body. Her fingers followed her lips, her nails lightly scratching down his sides. She sat back on her knees once
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