Page 27 of The Blood Widow

I cleared my throat at the hunger in his eyes. It probably matched my own. No, no, no. This was bad. But fuck did I want him. I wanted everything his gaze promised.

His large form slowly backed me into the bathroom. When he put his hand on the bathroom door to shut us in, I freaked. If he touched me right now, I’d give in. I’d ride his cock as if I was on a wild bull.

So, I did the sensible thing and called my portal. If this didn’t drain me, I’d just pop in and out everywhere.It was way better than letting myself cave to a desire that would only hurt us in the end.

I was surprised when my portal appeared next to me. I appreciated my magic listening to me for once.

“Wait,” Cole said, but I didn’t stop to see what he would say. I just couldn’t.

My feet landed on the floor in the small laundry room in the back of the one room cabin. The portal had appeared on the ceiling, so the drop turned my stomach slightly, but not as much as leaving Cole did. I hated myself for hurting him.

“Too good to just walk to the laundry room, are you?” I snapped around at Ezra’s chastising voice.

He was bent over pulling clothes from the dryer. With his shirt off. Holy muscles. Were these men trying to give me a heart attack? He followed my gaze to his bare chest.

“Yeah, you got some blood on my shirt, so I burned it, but my other one just finished drying.” I just nodded like an idiot. I should burn my clothes as well, but I couldn’t say anything. My tongue refused to work. It had gone on strike.

After he pulled out all his clothes, he stood, so I could see the most fucking lick-able sixpack I had ever seen. I’m dead. Just bury me now.

A soft chuckle from him made me turn away in an attempt to not look like a blushing bride. He moved getting ready to leave, so I focused completely on my task in hopes he wouldn’t change his mind. I needed to be alone. I threw my clothes in the open washer, but the soap slipped out of my fingers and onto the floor right before Ezra stepped on the spot.

“Crap, wait.” I warned Ezra, but it was too late.

The big man was sliding into me and slamming us against the wall the next instant. His weight knocked the air out of me.

“Shit, are you okay? I didn’t mean to hurt you.” His voice was so deep and soothing it gave me goosebumps.

His fresh manly scent washed over me. With that and the feel of his body pressed into mine, I couldn’t control myself. Lifting up on my toes, I pressed my lips to his. He froze, at first, but when I didn’t stop, he groaned and matched my enthusiasm.

He pressed his knee in between my legs as his hands roamed over my body. Everything about his touch and mouth was dominating. He tasted like whiskey on my tongue. My hips thrusted forward to grind on his leg.

My mind was in a drunken haze. When was the last time I went hungry for this long? Not since I lived on the streets. Even then, I would find a criminal to feed on and kill. This was all new to me, and I wasn’t sure I liked the lack of control.

I wanted him more than I wanted air.

“I bet your sweet pussy is begging for my touch.” His words were so true that they gave me the little amount of self-control I had left.

I turned away from his skillful lips.

“Dammit. I can’t. I’m sorry. That’d be too fucked up to Cole,” I said as I slipped under his arm. My breath came out in pants. Ifhe touched me again, I wouldn’t say no. My demon side was too in control right now.

He stepped back. “Good. You do have a heart. Cole is like a brother to me, I’m glad he’s not wrong about you.”

I didn’t stay to ask what he meant, like the coward I was, I teleported back into the shower. I needed a cold one this time.

Chapter

Fifteen

The shower was already on, and the spray of warm water made me shriek in surprise. My clothes were drenched in seconds.

“Really? Ugh, did I leave the water on?”

“No, you didn’t,” said a male voice from behind me.

I whirled around with my elbow lifted to smash into the guy behind me, but warm fingers gripped my arm.

“Hey, none of that. You’re the one that teleported into my shower after all.”

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