Page 26 of Promised in Blood

He nods, his glare softening at the mention of her name. “Do not let me down.”

“I won’t.” My voice cracks, and I tell myself it’s because my throat is raw, but we both know that’s not why. We both know that I would rather die than let either of them down.

Chapter

Ten

AXL

Fuck me, she makes me hard as granite. I adjust my cock while I watch her walk across the lawn toward me, her hips swaying with every step she takes. Her tiny little skirt swishes over the creamy skin of her thighs, and perhaps it’s because I am all too aware of the tempting delights that lie underneath, but I’m practically drooling by the time she reaches me.

“Are you ready for your first lesson, princess?”

She glances down at my cock straining against my zipper and folds her arms across her chest. “Are you?”

I arch an eyebrow. “Getting to put my hands on you and pin you to the dirt, yeah, pretty much.”

“I’m not gonna make it easy for you though.” Her lips twitch. “You saw what I did to Malachi earlier.”

My hungry gaze roams up and down her body. “I did, and knowing I don’t have to be so gentle with you is going to make this all the better.”

She takes a step closer, fluttering her eyelashes as she stares up at me. Her eyes are so vibrantly blue, like none I’ve ever seen before. I swear I could fall into them and never want to escape. “You won’t hurt me though, will you?” Her voice is timid, and her bottom lip wobbles.

I tuck her hair behind her ear. She’s too fucking cute. “Aw. I won’t hu?—”

She hooks her leg around my ankle, and before I know it, I’m staring up at her from the ground. The element of surprise was on her side, but I still can’t believe she managed to take me down. She dives on top of me like a wildcat. Straddling me, she grabs my wrists and pins them above my head. I could throw her off with ease, but I don’t want to. Not yet.

I grin at her. “That was a cheap shot.”

“Hey, a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. Especially when it comes to wrestling a giant wall of hot vampire muscle.”

I arch an eyebrow. “And what if they’re not hot?”

She giggles. “Then it wouldn’t be as much fun, I guess.”

I roll her over and pin her to the ground the way she just had me. She squirms, but I hold her in place easily. “If any vampire other than us ever comes anywhere near you, princess, you kick him in the nutsack, and then you run. You got me?”

She sinks her teeth into her lower lip, taunting me because she knows how much I want to sink mine into every part of her.

“Ophelia?” I growl in warning.

She nods. “Okay.”

I lick my fangs, aching to bite her and fuck her here on the grass. “What do you do?”

She grins. “Kick him in the nutsack and run.”

“That’s my girl.” I give her a quick kiss on her pouty pink lips before I jump up and brush the grass from my sweats.

She holds out her hand like she wants me to help her. I shake my head. “After that little stunt you just pulled, you’re on your own.”

She gasps in a show of outrage. “So ungentlemanly of you.”

I bare my fangs. “There is nothing gentlemanly about any of the things I’d like to do to you. Now get up. I’m going to teach you some basics.”

I slam Ophelia down,and her back hits the grass with a thud. She’s surprisingly good at fighting, and not all of that comes down to her newfound strength. She’s quick and agile too, but more than that, she’s smart. She anticipates a move before I make it, and not only because of our bond.

She gasps for breath, and her pert tits heave against my chest. The gentle throb in my cock turns to a deep, pulsing ache.

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