Page 14 of Promised in Blood

Axl flops down on the other side of her. “He’s our sire, princess. Why would we be mad?”

I grab her hand and trace my fingertips over her wrist in a circle. “Yeah, it completes our little unit perfectly.”

Right on cue, the other member of our unit walks into the room. “You okay, sweet girl?”

She bites down on her juicy bottom lip. “Yeah.”

Damn, now I want to bite her. It’s been too long already. “Well, I’m not,” I say with a dramatic sigh.

She blinks at me. “Why not?”

I can see Malachi and Axl grinning at me in my peripheral vision. They know where this is headed. The same place ninety-nine percent of all interactions on a bed with Ophelia end. I trail my fingertips over her cheek and down her neck, making her shiver. “Because I haven’t tasted my little cupcake in…” I check my watch. “About twenty-four hours now, I reckon.”

She rolls her eyes, and my cock twitches. Love my feisty little elementai. “I know you did not just do that, Ophelia Hart.” I leap on top of her and pin her hands to her sides while dragging my lips across all the exposed skin of her neck and chest.

She giggles, squirming beneath me, and a few seconds later, Malachi and Axl are lying beside us.

“Clothes need to go.” Axl grabs the hem of her T-shirt. I release her arms and allow him to pull the offending item over her head while Malachi takes care of her panties. Not two seconds later, our girl is naked and I have her thighs spread open, my mouth tantalizingly close to her dripping center. The fact that some of Alexandros’s cum will also be seeping out of her only makes me more ravenous.

I lick the length of her wet slit, groaning when I taste him on her too. “Fuck me, Cupcake. I hope you hydrated after the professor fucked you because I’m about to drink your cunt dry.”

She pants out my name, but her sexy little sounds are cut off by Axl and Malachi. They take turns claiming her mouth while I lick and suck on her deliciously sensitive skin. Whimpers roll in her throat, her blood races through her veins, and my cock leaks with the need to be inside her.

If you make her come now, she is likely to set the room on fire or sink the entire house into a black hole.Alexandros’s voice fills my head.Which is why her lessons are imperative.

A quick glance at the dejected looks on Axl’s and Malachi’s faces lets me know they heard him too. Ophelia, however, arches her back and presses her sweet pussy into my mouth, telling me she didn’t. There’s no way she wouldn’t have some kind of smart-ass comeback for that.

I flick the tip of my tongue over her clit, and her needy whine has me feral with the need to sink my fangs into her.

Do not, Xavier!Alexandros’s warning rings loud and unmistakable. How the fuck am I supposed to stop now and leave my little cupcake all sad and horny?

I got this, buddy,Malachi tells me. “Didn’t you tell me you set the professor’s office on fire when he made you come, sweet girl?” he asks, running his fingertips over her abdomen.

A wave of embarrassment washes over her, and I push myself up onto my forearms and stare at her pretty face. Her cheeks are pinker than her hair. Axl goes on nuzzling her neck. “Y-yes.” She presses her lips together.

Axl laughs darkly. “Naughty princess.”

“I guess we should stop until you can control your power, huh?” I ask, arching one eyebrow.

Her eyes blow wide at the realization of what that means. “I can…” She presses her lips together. “I can try to control it.”

Malachi presses a kiss on her temple. “But what if you can’t?”

Her eyes fill with tears. “Was this his idea? To get me to agree to his ridiculous lessons?”

“No.” I shake my head. “And believe me, I am as butthurt about not making you come as you are. But heisright.”

Axl hums his agreement and finally lifts his head from her neck. “If you truly are an elementai and are as powerful as Alexandros says you are, then learning to control your power is the most important thing there is. We can’t risk bringing unnecessary attention to you.”

A tear rolls down her cheek, and she swats it away. “This feels like I’m being punished for something I have no control over.”

Axl trails his fingertips over her jawline. “We would never cause you unnecessary harm, Ophelia. You know this.”

I nod my agreement. “And your lack of fear, while admirable, is gonna get us all in a fuckload of trouble. Do you understand what you are? How every bloodborne vampire on this earth would try to take you from us if they discovered you?”

Now she’s hurting, and I feel her pain as acutely as my own. “I’m sorry. I’ve been so selfish. I didn’t think of how it would affect you. If they hurt you…” She chokes on a sob.

She truly has no idea how high the stakes are for us. “Losing you would be the worst kind of pain imaginable, Cupcake. That’s all we’re worried about.”

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