Page 93 of Destined to Fight

I havenae drank from another in over a century. Gods, I miss it. Especially in moments like this.

It shouldn’t have shocked her to know Kade had done things like this with other women, but a pang of jealousy hit her, nonetheless.

Dinnae be jealous, they’re all dead now. They outlawed drinking from humans in the early 1900s, and I hadnae done it for decades before that.

She felt the sadness in his thoughts as he remembered something. It was guarded, so she couldn’t see his entire thought, but she felt most of it.

What happened? As she asked, she realized the awkwardness of their situation. Kade was still on top of her, inside of her.

He didn’t seem to mind, even when he heard her concern.

I fell in love with a human once. She was kind and beautiful, perfect in every way. Her name was Ivy, and she was from a small town outside of London. I won her over with my charm and my riches, but she saw past all of that and loved me for the man I was. No one had ever seen that deep into my soul before. She didnae ken I was a vampire, and I worked hard to keep that from her.

We courted for about a year. Her parents even liked me. Everything seemed to fit, but my mum and da warned that it would never work. I could turn her, but we all kent Ivy would never want this life. She would grow old while I stayed the same age. Eventually, she’d grow suspicious, and I’d have to tell her. She probably would have left when she found out the truth about me.

What happened then?

She never had the chance to leave. Another vampire, a young one, cornered her on the street one night. I’d never drank from her, but he did. He drained her dry and left her for dead.

By the time I found her, it was too late. My blood wouldnae heal her, and she couldnae even be turned. I tracked him down and killed him, but it did nothing for my grief.

I didnae drink blood for decades after that. I was so afraid I’d kill an innocent human. I tried hunting animals, but their blood doesnae give us what we need, so I starved myself until donating blood became a thing.

How did you survive like that for so long?

A vampire’s body is an amazing thing. We are immortal, and starvation willnae kill us. That doesnae make it fun, though. My father brought me freshly killed corpses from time to time when he found them on the streets, but the nutritional value begins to diminish immediately when a human is killed. I was ready to die. Then the first successful blood bank started in 1932, and my father took me to Russia so I could be closer to it. He slowly fed me bags of blood until I recovered fully, and he helped me get back on my feet.

This was really getting weird. Kelly loved that Kade was opening up to her, but right after sex?

He smirked. Ye have a lot to learn about sex in the Arcane world. It’s almost like breathing to us.

Yeah, that’ll take some getting used to.

He smiled and kissed her, deeply but gently. He grew hard again inside of her.

Again? Already?

As I said, ye have a lot to learn about sex in the Arcane world.

Kelly groaned in ecstasy as he pushed deep inside her again.

Kade brought his wrist to his mouth and pierced it with his fangs.

Take this, ye need it.

He pressed his wrist to her mouth, and she drew from it with hunger. His cock jerked inside her as she drank, and her own desire grew with every swallow.

Kelly’s body recharged, leaving her ready for round two after only a few pulls at his vein.

She distantly acknowledged that she could get used to this kind of sex life as Kade sank his fangs into her neck again.

26

The next two weeks passed by quickly. The impending hearing with the Council loomed over all of them, and everyone did their best to help Kelly prepare.

Kelly and Kade quickly discovered that the newfound powers would fade after four days, so they continued to exchange blood every few days to maintain them.

Kade left the house on a few occasions to test their connection at a distance, and there didn’t seem to be a limit to their telepathy, at least within a few miles.

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