Page 19 of First Bite
I rolled my eyes at the perfection of the guy who drew me in with his incredible sex appeal. Cole’s well-defined body and olive complexion made my eyes betray me, and they roamed over his muscular frame that was impossible to peel my eyes away from.
I stood there entranced by his statuesque perfection.
“Morning, gorgeous,” he smiled at me, and his emerald gemstone eyes sparkled.
What the hell?Maybe he had finally come around.
He walked up to me, my eyes fixated on his shimmering ones while he clasped a sturdy hand around my neck. “You look beautiful.”
“I was just thinking the same thing about you,” I answered him, somewhat confused by his change of demeanor, while the world around me disappeared.
My eyes roamed over his soft lips, and I instinctively licked mine, wishing he would kiss me or throw me up against a wall. My body was screaming for more from him, and that’s when his lips closed and drew up in one corner.
“Are you going to kiss me, or are you just going to stand there staring at me?” he asked.
I reached my hands to slide over both his cheeks and fulfill what we both wanted. His lips came down on mine, tenderly tugging at my bottom lip. I cocked my head to the side, and our tongues met with urgency. Cole’s hand slid over my ass, and I was knocked out of my daze when I felt myself up against a wall.
I could feel the hunger in Cole’s kiss as his tongue possessively probed against mine, and his hands covered each side of my neck after he and I moaned together in satisfaction. He ended the kiss too soon, but he finished with a teasing kiss to my chin.
My heart was racing, woman parts pulsating, and I was worked up and ready for more when he stepped back and took my hand. The sensations immediately died when he winked at me, and I couldn’t figure out what the hell was going on.
Don’t question it, just go with it. Seems like Braden might have gotten through to him.
“I hope you’re not afraid of helicopters,” he half-smiled. “I figure you’re cool with planes already since you didn’t have an issue flying with Val or Zac,” he said in the business-like tone I was used to.
I recovered quickly from his surprise kiss, ourromanticmoment—or whatever the hell that was—killed instantly. “Where are we going?” I tried to hold the same business tone as him.
“We’re getting the hell out of here.” He glanced at Madison and Lacey, “You two can stay here until someone comes for you. If you mention anything about her being with us, I’ll personally hunt you both down and kill you.”
“That’s why you took our blood last night, wasn’t it, you dick!” Madison growled.
“Looks like my secret is out.” He smirked at them, “You understand, right? My cousins and I can’t trust anyone these days even if you are in Roman’s coven.”
“Shit!” Lacey laughed in disbelief. “All four of you Banners are fucking assholes, you know that?”
“Nothing was ever promised to the two of you,” Cole’s eyes narrowed at the two female vampires. “You were both in earshot, so we knew you heard us talking about Elle. That’s the only reason we drank your blood and brought you back here with us. You were a means to an end.”
“Yeah, dickhead, the stories about all of you are fucking true.”
“You haven’t heard half of the stories, I guarantee you,” Cole said in a menacing tone as his face morphed into the scariest version of himself.
“Bastard!” Madison screeched.
“Like I said, if you so much as breathe a word about Elle even amongst yourselves, we’ll hunt you and kill you. Thanks for offering to help by the way.”
“Fuck you,” Lacey spat. “And don’t worry, regardless of how fucked up you are, we’re loyal to Roman and the mission to end Enzo.”
“Good.” He looked at me, “Let’s go.”
“Where are we going?”
Cole’s eyes darted to the female vamps then back to mine, “I’ll tell you once we’re out of here. I don’t want anyone knowing what we have planned right now.”
Without another word, I clung to Cole’s hand and followed him out of the house and away from the female vamps he had pissed off. Now, it was time to get some answers and figure out what the hell was going down that had us rushing out of here by helicopter.
