Page 25 of Marked for Redemption

“Master–”

Colton hissed, turning his head toward me. His fangs were showing and his eyes seemed almost black. They were so dark.

“You’re hungry.”

“Go outside and send the blonde in here.” He ordered.

Forgetting the dynamic, I stepped closer with my arms folded. “No. How dare you ask me to do something like that?”

“Renee…”

“No!” I raised my voice without thinking.

Colton sped past me as he moved.

“I’m right here,” I said, not able to physically stop him from leaving. “Instead of using me, you’d rather drink from some strange woman? I’m still your wife, Colton.”

“I’m not married, Renee.” He walked out of the tent as I spoke.

“Then maybe I should be someone else's slave. At least they’d acknowledge that I’m right here.” I was still angry and considered the suggestion I had been given before. Maybe, leaving wasn’t the worst plan.

Colton whooshed back into the tent like a windstorm. Pulling me into his arms, he sank his teeth into my neck without another word. I gasped as the feel-good endorphins raced through me. Colton moaned against my neck and I caressed the back of his head as he sucked, pulling blood from my vein. His soft lips felt good. The heady scent of primal heat invaded my nostrils and made me hold on to him tightly. My body pulsed, throbbing in need. I was close to the edge, simmering with a buzz that made me clench my vaginal muscles tight until I shook from the climax washing over me.

I whined, and Colton slipped his fingers into my mouth to hush me. I sucked them to distract myself from being loud. When he pulled his mouth away, I swayed on my feet. Leaning into him, I closed my eyes while trying to gather strength.

Colton leaned down and licked the side of my neck. “Mine. I don’t share.”

“But you expect me to. Not fair.”

“Renee…”

“No, Colton. I can handle it. How would it look that you fed from someone else? What will that communicate to the others? I’ll tell you what it’ll say. That I don’t satisfy you and the job is open for others to have. Please?”

He considered it for a minute. “Rest. As soon as they get here, we’ll need to leave.”

“The drive was a day and a half.”

“When we were scouting, it was. If they drive straight there and come back immediately, they’ll be here just before dark.” He helped me sit down on the stack of blankets.

I nodded.

“You’ll need to keep your vitamins and nutrients up if you want me to feed from you.” He exited the tent without another word.

I didn’t argue. Instead, I ate what would be my breakfast and then took a long nap.

* * *

The next night, the others returned with just one male driving each truck. As the men were loading up, I talked to Colton about the revolt and what the human said to me.

“Why are you just bringing this up?” He asked me. “You were thinking about leaving, weren’t you?”

I sighed. “I thought about it, yes. Only because, as we have talked about, I don’t want to be a burden.”

He sucked his teeth. “Leave if you want to. I won’t be there to stop whatever happens to you when you do. If you think what happened yesterday was a way to trap me, it’s not.” He left me alone to finish packing up my things and weigh his words.

Things weren’t ever going to change. I’d be the woman who hurt him and he’d be the male that hated me. What was I sticking around here for? The abuse? I packed my things and started planning what to do next.

COLTON

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