Page 83 of Blood Bonds

My eyes widened before I mused, “So, you weren’t kidding when you told me you own the city?”

“Not many places to hide in my kingdom,” he replied as he continued to carry me closer to the bed, one that was huge, just like the one that had been in the vault. This one was made of from carved wood painted glossy black. It had an old-fashioned gothic look, with the huge, arched headboard taking up most of the back wall it was sitting against. It was also padded in black velvet and buttoned like a Chesterfield.

The rest of the room was very much the same style as the living space, with the only difference being the bed and the lighter gray rug it sat on. The side tables matched the rest of the furniture, with gold square wall lights above. A matching sideboard was positioned against the right side, next to a window, and the only difference in this room was that it held the dagger upon it.

“So does that make you… a king?” I asked, moving my eyes from the dagger and getting back to my utter shock at finding myself in the presence of Vampire royalty.

“It does,” he replied, grinning and obviously enjoying my reaction to this.

“Wow… okay, so I am really out of my depth then,” I said before I could stop myself, making him frown when lowering me to the bed.

But as I started to shift further up, he had other ideas, grabbing my ankle and pulling me back down. An action that made me fall to my back and go sliding under him as he crawled over me. My breath quickly departed in a soft whoosh of air as it left my body.

“No…you are right where you need to be,”he told me and holy hell, how I wish that was the truth.

“Damn straight,” Tal added, reaching for my wrists and pulling them up above my head. Then once he had them pinned, Victor lowered himself further, running his nose up my neck and breathing me in deep. A rumbling sound vibrated from his chest, causing me to hold my breath captive. In the end, my guilt ate me up and I turned my face to the side, trying to escape his intense gaze. Something he wouldn’t stand for because he gripped the lower half of my face and was quick to bring my gaze back to his.

“You don’t think so?” he asked, his tone demanding.

“But you’re a king,” I admitted, thinking this was the safest thing to say. Something that was enough to get his gaze to soften.

“Then let us treat you like our queen and claim you,”he whispered in my ear, making me gasp.

I started to shake my head, but his mouth opened at my neck and his fangs emerged to hold me still in warning. The slight sting was enough to get me to stop.

“Enough, Nessa, you are ours and it is time to make that final,” Tal said, transferring both my wrists into one palm big enough to shackle them both. Then with his free hand, he started to unzip my hoodie, the sound of the metal teeth opening was loud enough to startle me.

“But…”

“No.No more waiting,”Victor stated, pulling back enough to allow for his brother to rid me of my first layer of clothing.

My body arched as he lifted my waist up so the material could snake from under my back. This was so Tal could then pull it from my arms, freeing them to do so. But this wasn’t all he wanted to free me of. My T-shirt was next. This time Victor pulled me up to sitting so he could lift it up over my head. Andlike last night, the feeling of the both of them working together to get me naked was making me lightheaded.

However, unlike last night, it was only when Victor was standing at the edge of the bed, his palms flat to my sides leaning over me did he ask,

“Do you want this, Vanessa?”

The use of my full name made me realize how serious this was. He was giving me a choice and it was heartbreaking to know that he was doing more in this moment than I was about to do for them. Because I couldn’t help myself when I nodded, telling him yes.

I would no doubt hate myself tomorrow for not being strong enough to deny myself the pleasure I knew they would give me. The single most amazing night of my life and then to walk away forever.

It was the most painful moment I’d ever experienced, and I knew who this made me. What type of person I would be. It was someone who didn’t deserve them. I knew that. But I also knew that I was going to taste perfection and then walk away at the end. Walk away from them both because it was what was best for them… to give them a chance at something real.

Because this was only real for one of us and would only ever remain that way for me… they wouldn’t remember this moment we shared.

They would never know.

“I want your words, Love,” Victor pushed for an answer.

I absorbed the endearment like I was drinking down lifesaving nectar.

“Yes, Victor, I want you…I want both of you,”I added, looking to Tal who muttered,

“Thank fuck for that.”

I couldn’t help but laugh, one that was swallowed whole the second Victor sealed my reply with a kiss. Making me arch upto him. Then when I felt him yanking open the button on my jeans, I wasn’t surprised that he pulled hard enough that the zip slipped down.

“Then let’s get our girl naked,” Victor said after pulling back from my lips, winking at me before going back to standing.

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