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throat? Anticipation spiked, and lust stirred his sluggish body. While he drank, he'd take her, would fist his hands in her thick black locks and pump into her until she begged for mercy--
"...uh, Kaden?"
He blinked, realized he'd been caught up in that crazy fantasy. Shit. He was freaking starving. The vampires hadn't fed him, but he'd had to watch when they brought unwilling humans to the basement to feed. He'd been horrified, yet at the same time, he'd also been overtaken by cravings and fascinated in a way that filled him with disgust.
Andrea was inside the cell now, crouching, the stake at her side. He eyed it warily.
"Sorry. I was just..." Thinking about sinking my shiny new set of fangs into you . Cursing, he shoved his fingers through his hair. "Look, it's not safe for you here. Get your team out."
"The place is empty. I think they knew we were coming."
Adrenaline screamed through him in a stinging, hot rush that couldn't have jacked him up more if he'd shot it directly into his veins.
"It's a trap." He leaped to his feet, startling Andrea to hers. "Get out."
"I can't just...leave you." Her voice broke, and his heart along with it.
She'd faced an awful choice the day her parents died -- stay, fight, and die...or flee, leaving them behind to perish. Her decision had been made when her father ordered her to save her sister -- who had died anyway, leaving Andrea with a lifetime of regret.
She shouldn't have to make a similar choice now, but it was much too late for that.
His eyes latched onto the stake. He should tell her to kill him. He was a monster. An abomination.
But he didn't want to die.
"Andrea, you're a Guardian. You're tougher than this. You need to go."
She opened her mouth, but he didn't get to hear what she would have said, because suddenly, the cell door slammed shut, trapping them both. On the other side was Cedric, grinning like a rabid coyote as he peered between the bars. He must have tripped a lever next to the door, because the clamp around Kaden's neck snapped open with an ominous, metallic clang. He was free...in a manner of speaking.
Cedric's smile widened. "Now," he said, "let's party."
Chapter Three
Disbelief and anger clawed at Andrea. How the hell had she let herself be trapped like this?
"You are so dead," she snarled at the bastard who'd closed the door.
Through the barred slot, the ugly piece of shit smiled at her idle threat, his pallid, fishy lips peeling back off yellowed teeth.
"We've slaughtered most of your colleagues," he said, his harsh words hitting her like a punch to the gut, "but I'm holding onto a few. I'll enjoy turning them, just like I did with your boy here." He walked away, leaving her alone with Kaden...
...who was now loose in the cage with her.
Evil unchained.
Except she couldn't see Kaden as anything but the man whose touch had lit her on fire, who had been a gentle or urgent lover, depending on his mood.
Then again, on the job he was a ruthless fighter, capable of cutting down entire nests of viper ghouls by himself. Oh, yes, she'd stood by and admired the way he used his hands with lethal skill, the way he could gut a demon twice his size and shrug it off like it was nothing. Afterward, the jacked-up burn of the fight had sent him into her arms, a warrior on a mission to claim her as his prize.
She couldn't count the number of times they'd won a battle and then attacked each other, unable to wait for a bedroom. They hadn't needed anything but a wall or a tree to support her back and shield them from prying eyes. Their passion had heated up snowy nights, steamed up rainy days, and drawn lightning during storms.
And now he was looking at Andrea with that same battle-lust in his eyes, the adrenaline high that gripped all Guardians when the victory, the kill, was close.
Heartbreak and fear collided, making her
"...uh, Kaden?"
He blinked, realized he'd been caught up in that crazy fantasy. Shit. He was freaking starving. The vampires hadn't fed him, but he'd had to watch when they brought unwilling humans to the basement to feed. He'd been horrified, yet at the same time, he'd also been overtaken by cravings and fascinated in a way that filled him with disgust.
Andrea was inside the cell now, crouching, the stake at her side. He eyed it warily.
"Sorry. I was just..." Thinking about sinking my shiny new set of fangs into you . Cursing, he shoved his fingers through his hair. "Look, it's not safe for you here. Get your team out."
"The place is empty. I think they knew we were coming."
Adrenaline screamed through him in a stinging, hot rush that couldn't have jacked him up more if he'd shot it directly into his veins.
"It's a trap." He leaped to his feet, startling Andrea to hers. "Get out."
"I can't just...leave you." Her voice broke, and his heart along with it.
She'd faced an awful choice the day her parents died -- stay, fight, and die...or flee, leaving them behind to perish. Her decision had been made when her father ordered her to save her sister -- who had died anyway, leaving Andrea with a lifetime of regret.
She shouldn't have to make a similar choice now, but it was much too late for that.
His eyes latched onto the stake. He should tell her to kill him. He was a monster. An abomination.
But he didn't want to die.
"Andrea, you're a Guardian. You're tougher than this. You need to go."
She opened her mouth, but he didn't get to hear what she would have said, because suddenly, the cell door slammed shut, trapping them both. On the other side was Cedric, grinning like a rabid coyote as he peered between the bars. He must have tripped a lever next to the door, because the clamp around Kaden's neck snapped open with an ominous, metallic clang. He was free...in a manner of speaking.
Cedric's smile widened. "Now," he said, "let's party."
Chapter Three
Disbelief and anger clawed at Andrea. How the hell had she let herself be trapped like this?
"You are so dead," she snarled at the bastard who'd closed the door.
Through the barred slot, the ugly piece of shit smiled at her idle threat, his pallid, fishy lips peeling back off yellowed teeth.
"We've slaughtered most of your colleagues," he said, his harsh words hitting her like a punch to the gut, "but I'm holding onto a few. I'll enjoy turning them, just like I did with your boy here." He walked away, leaving her alone with Kaden...
...who was now loose in the cage with her.
Evil unchained.
Except she couldn't see Kaden as anything but the man whose touch had lit her on fire, who had been a gentle or urgent lover, depending on his mood.
Then again, on the job he was a ruthless fighter, capable of cutting down entire nests of viper ghouls by himself. Oh, yes, she'd stood by and admired the way he used his hands with lethal skill, the way he could gut a demon twice his size and shrug it off like it was nothing. Afterward, the jacked-up burn of the fight had sent him into her arms, a warrior on a mission to claim her as his prize.
She couldn't count the number of times they'd won a battle and then attacked each other, unable to wait for a bedroom. They hadn't needed anything but a wall or a tree to support her back and shield them from prying eyes. Their passion had heated up snowy nights, steamed up rainy days, and drawn lightning during storms.
And now he was looking at Andrea with that same battle-lust in his eyes, the adrenaline high that gripped all Guardians when the victory, the kill, was close.
Heartbreak and fear collided, making her
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