Page 17 of First Bite
“I feel that. I’m feeling more attached to you than I do my cousins right now, and that is seriously saying something.”
“Speaking of them,” I eyed his smile, “do you think they might have felt what happened with us while we were together since you guys are mentally connected?”
“I stopped feeling their emotions once I completely opened myself up to you. I’m not sure if they felt it or not.”
“They’re going to be so pissed at us,” I laughed, rubbing my forehead.
“Don’t worry about them. I’ll handle it all when they get back.”
My stomach growled, forcing a laugh from Braden.
“Let me go put something together for dinner. I need to call and check in with the guys anyway,” he said with a kiss to my forehead. “And don’t think for a second I’m letting your sweet ass go to sleep without another round tonight,” he finished with a wink.
I slid off his bed, making sure he’d hold onto that promise by giving him full access to my bare body. “I’m looking forward to it. Might want to make a lot of food if round two is going to be anything like round one was.”
When I stepped out of the hot shower, I paused in disbelief at my reflection in the mirror.
“Impossible!” I ran my hands over my flawless appearance. My chocolate eyes were shimmering like my vampires’ eyes did. “What the hell?”
My appearance was nothing less than perfection…supermodel airbrushed quality. Hell, I even looked a little bit older, and holy shit, I looked really fucking sexy! What the hell happened between Braden and me?
I pulled on Braden’s oversized shirt, purposefully leaving my bra and underwear off because my body was craving Braden now as much as it was craving food. An image of the rest of the guys hit me as soon as I thought of Braden and me having sex again.
Cole’s emerald eyes were the first to come into my vision. The mystery behind this vampire, I may never know. I felt my heart twinge with pain, knowing he was resentful toward me right now. With his recent change of mood about me, I wasn’t sure if Cole and I would ever fill this gap that I was starting to experience suddenly at the thought of him.
The bastard was all business, and I couldn’t imagine if he’d ever let his emotions take over, or what he and I would actually be like together when we were alone. Come to think of it, out of all four of my vampires, he was the hardest to read and the most detached—especially now.Shit!I hated this empty feeling that washed over me from nowhere.
I walked into the kitchen and was blown away to see all four cousins standing there. Then my eyes caught sight of two females I’d never seen before.
Who the hell?
A sandy-blonde haired chick with golden-tan skin giggled. “Later, you can feed on me,” she said, flirting with Logan.
“Fuckthat!” I said in a voice I didn’t recognize. I didn’t let any of their halted talking and stares faze me. “He’s mine.” I glared at her. “They’re all mine. They feed on my blood and my blood alone.”
The girl brought the tip of her bright pink, artificial nail to her lips. “You may think that, but—”
“Shut the hell up, Madison. I’m not fucking feeding on you. In fact, you can fill a blood bag for me instead of pissing off my girl,” Logan said to her before he approached me. “Elle?” he questioned as he came closer. “You’re glowing, baby. What the hell happened between you and Braden?” He looked back at Braden then massaged my cheekbones with his hands. He looked back at the girl he’d just shut down. “And don’t worry about Madison, she’s been giving us blood through bags. We haven’t fed on anyone, and we won’t.”
I shoved Logan’s hands off me and glared into his blue irises. I looked past him and toward my other vampires and the brunette who stood by Cole but hadn’t said a word since I entered the room. “You’d better fucking not.”
“You guys have a feisty little Life Blood on your hands, don’t you?” the brunette finally spoke up. “Cole,” she smiled seductively at him, “you said you didn’t want it from your Life Blood, so do you want my blood now or after you tame the human?”
“I’ll fucking kill you right now,” Braden spoke up before I could react. “Whose idea was it to bring them here?” He glared at Cole, “You? Because you’re acting like a little bitch about all of this? Well, let me enlighten you. Elle and I fucked, and I drank our girl’s blood. It was the most intense experience I’ve ever had in my life.” He looked at the bitches who were glaring at me now, “As for you two, I think you’re going to be a bit annoyed tonight because I’m going to have Elle screaming so loud it’ll break the goddamn glass in this house.”
“Take it easy, Braden. Why the fuck did you drink from her?” Cole asked with an angry expression.
“Because I asked him to,” I answered. I folded my arms at all the assholes who were staring at Braden and me as if we’d lost our minds. “Thank God for it too because when we connected, something happened. My blood needed a release.” I looked at Braden’s smile, “It was fucking hot, amazing, and none of you showing up here like this is going to take that from me.” I turned to leave. “Fuck all of you,” I said looking over my shoulder. “I’ll eat somewhere else.” I looked at Logan’s hand as it caught my elbow, “Get your damn hand off me. I don’t want to hear another word about you all not trusting yourselves with me. Now, I have to deal with more vampire bitches again. Thanks a fucking lot.”
“Ellie,” he looked at me with concern. “What the hell is wrong with you? Please don’t take any of this the wrong way. We’re not taking their necks, baby.”
“Good,” I said. “And all that’s wrong with me is that you are all mine now, but your dumb asses don’t seem to get that. Cole may hate it, and I really don’t care. But I don’t want to see you—anyof you—with another female vampire who thinks they might get the chance to fuck you. I want them out of this house.”
I had no idea what demon took possession over me from the minute I saw Logan and that chick vampire together, but I let it ride. Oddly enough, Braden stepped right in when I needed him to. Something was changing in me, and I didn’t know if it was good or bad. All I knew was that they were all mine, and I didn’t want to see another female hanging all over them as if they had a chance.
It felt like the bond had intensified by a mile on my side, and I needed to figure out how to tone it down before I turned into a lunatic.
I needed to get a grip and find out all I could about what was happening to me, especially since my newly-discovered alter ego seemed to be a jealous dominatrix who demanded people be removed from her presence. So much for being a polite houseguest.
That need for Cole slammed right into my chest and heart again suddenly. It was all about Cole right now.Fuck.Wanting the one vampire who was fighting all of this was the last thing I wanted to deal with right now, but I felt a desperate need to bond with him. We needed it. Period. If only the asshole could sense it too, then I could move past this. Hell, God only knew what would happen to all of us once I established a solid connection with all of them.
