Page 154 of Wanted

But I can’t stop my tears when the woman starts moaning.

Especially because my sense of smell returns halfway through the feeding and I know exactly what is happening.

She’s orgasming.

When I drain this woman down to her last heartbeat, my mouth opens with a sob, and she falls to the ground.

“Another!” Raphael demands.

Curling into him and burying my face in his shoulder, I cry harder. I want to beg him to stop. To give me mercy.

But I know it will do no good.

All it might do is make him angrier.

And after what I did to myself, he has every right to be angry…

If he did such a thing to himself, I’d be furious.

Someone shoves a body down beside us.

I wait for a neck to be pushed into my face again, but it never comes.

The air moves beside me as Raphael yanks the human up and feeds himself.

I’d open my eyes, but the last thing I want to see ishimdrinking from another woman.

Thankfully, this one doesn’t moan or make a sound before thumping to the floor.

If she did, I don’t think I could ever recover from it.

Wrapping his other arm around me, Raphael stands from the chair without a word.

Too ashamed to look at anyone, I keep my face buried in his shoulder.

But I hear Ambrose ask, “Brother, do you want any—”

“No,” Raphael barks at him. “All I want is some privacy.”

Stomping with every step, Raphael carries me somewhere without another word. And I know the only reason he’s stomping is to show his anger and displeasure over the situation.

He’s a vampire. He doesn’t need to make any sounds when he moves. It’s part of what makes a vampire so dangerous to humans.

From the smell alone, I know when we’re back in our room.

It smells likeus.

Our natural scents mixed with sex and blood.

He must have left the door open because he keeps both arms locked around me when he walks in.

Kicking the door shut behind him, he carries me into the room, and I cling harder to him. Afraid he’s going to drop me and walk off.

And I don’t know why, but right now I can’t bear the thought of being separated from him. I need him in a way I can’t put into words or understand…

If I knew how to do it, I’d crawl my way inside him and stay there.

Forever.

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