Page 5 of Tamed By Her Vampire Protector

Gross.I guess sex and feeding went together when you were fucking a vampire.

“Yeah, the vamps here are the good guys.They saved Amanda and me from the evil witch’s coven that tried to kill us, and they try to save as many humans as they can find from the other vampires,” Rose said.

I thought about the cold, dingy concrete cell where the girls and I lived.“They don’t seem like they’re good guys.You do realize they force us to give blood every week and keep us locked in a jail cell when we aren’t working.”

Amanda frowned.“Is it really that bad?I’m going to ask Alex to give you better rooms and let the girls have some free time.”

The door opened and a mousy looking woman with tea-colored hair peeked around the door before slipping in and closing the door behind her.She carried a tray of glass bottles with her.

“That’s Lizzy.She’s our resident witch who helps us locate and take down the big bad vampires.”

Lizzy blushed.“Rose is exaggerating.I only dabble.”

“You do more than dabble.You saved my life!”

Lizzy gave me a curious glance.“Aren’t you one of the girls we saved from the human settlement last time?

“Yeah.Meghan’s my best friend from the before times.I thought I was never going to see her again,” Amanda added.

“I take it you’re the witch who brews those gross tasting calming potions?”I didn’t know if the potions really tasted bad, they could taste like fruit punch for all I knew, since I never took them.Still, I couldn’t believe that a witch would collaborate with a bunch of vampires.In my understanding of the world, all the covens hated the vampires with a vengeance.Any witch I knew would rather kill themselves than work with a bloodsucker.

I bit into my croissant, the flaky crumbs and powdered sugar landing half on my chin and half on my plate.I brushed the bits stuck to my face as gracefully as I could manage.

Lizzy frowned.“You don’t like the flavor?I tried to make the potion taste like caramel.Maybe I need to make some tweaks.”

Amanda gave me an exasperated look.Busted.She knew I was lying even without being told.Even though we hadn’t known each other for a long time before we were split up, she knew me like she was my blood sister.“I’m sure the potions are fine, Lizzy.Meghan’s always had a sensitive palate.”

Lizzy didn’t seem convinced.“Are you sure?I can alter the formula to make it easier to take.”

“There’s no need.You’re busy enough as it is.”Amanda rushed to take the tray from her and set it on her coffee table.“Thank you for putting together the anti-nausea potions for me.It’s been a great help with the morning sickness.”She uncapped one of the vials and gulped it down like it was a shot of tequila.She grimaced and stuck her tongue out.“Blech.If you could only make this taste like caramel or cotton candy.”

Lizzy shrugged as she sat down on the love seat.“Sorry.The best I can do is add more peppermint to mask the flavor.”

Amanda sat down next to her.“Actually, we were talking about giving the girls some more freedom, maybe let them go to the rooftop garden or the library.We’re protected by our status as mates to high-ranking vampires, but the girls aren’t.While forbidden from biting any humans, the newly turned grunt vampires aren’t exactly known for their self-control around juicy walking sources of fresh blood.Is there an invisibility spell or something that could let them roam around without being seen by the vampire grunts?”

Lizzy scoffed.“Witchcraft isn’t like what you see in the movies.It’s not like there’s an invisibility cloak you can throw over yourselves and disappear.”

I slumped.“Well, that’s a letdown.I thought witches could just say hocus-pocus and we would go poof.”

“Not exactly.Let me think.”Lizzy paused.“There is a potion to cloak your scent and the sound of your heartbeat.The potion doesn’t last very long, and it won’t make you invisible, so you’ll still want to avoid the vamps if possible, but it can keep them from being able to tell that you’re alive.”

I sat up straight.“That’s perfect.We only need a way to get from our room to the garden or library without being detected.”

Amanda nodded.“It’s risky, but it might work.There are so many newcomers to the clan that the lower ranking vampires won’t know who’s alive and who’s undead.”

“I need to go look up the recipe and gather the ingredients.It shouldn’t take more than a day.From what I remember, it’s an easy potion with common ingredients.”

“Great.We’ll meet up tomorrow in the library, and you can try the potion on Meghan,” Amanda said with a grin at me.

“Why me?”I didn’t relish being a test guinea pig for some unknown witch.What if she turned me into a frog or gave me purple warts?

“Well, the vampires aren’t going to pay attention to me or Lizzy or Rose, so it has to be you.”

“Right.”That made sense.“Hurrah for me.”At least I had the promise of freedom to look forward to.

Chapter 3

Meghan

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