“You mean fucking you?” Bren asked with a sultry smile.
“Yeah, that’s exactly what I meant.”
Logan hissed out a laugh, “You dogs have no idea, do you?”
“We only fuck who we want to fuck. So if I’m not down with screwing you, I won’t,” Nakia said. “No offense, Elle, but if you’re worried about us jumping your bones while you drink from us, shit’s not going to happen. We’re sexual creatures, but we aren’t controlled by it like vamps are.”
Logan folded his arms and grinned. “Hey, Ellie, how comfortable are you with taking the first step?” He arched an eyebrow at me, “you think you can trust this arrogant ass enough to feed on him? Maybe start this whole bonding process?”
“Will I be able to control myself? He’s right, all we do is get horny as fuck when we feed.”
“That’s not going to happen unless you allow it, doll face.” Cole had the same damn smug smile on his face now. “If you’re up for giving it a shot, I think Nakia would be the perfect place to start.” He pinched his lips together in confidence, “He obviously isn’t planning on putting his dick anywhere near you, so I think it’s pretty safe.”
Something was behind my vampires and all of their amused expressions. “Remember, you control yourself, they don’t control you. If you don’t want to fuck and think you’re getting a little too turned on, just shut that shit down. I’m sure their blood tastes like shit anyway, and that’ll be the first turn off.”
I rubbed my forehead, totally confused and forgetting why I needed to drink from the wolves again. “Why am I doing this again?” I looked at Shane.
“First, it begins the sealing of the bond.”
“Second?” I asked.
“Second is,” Shane’s eyes fell some, “You need their blood. You can’t drink from the vampires until we destroy that witch. You almost killed them, and there is no more life-blood left to heal them with and bring them back from desiccating. Also, I believe that through the nourishment from the wolves, you’ll find a way inside yourself to draw out your life-blood. It still runs in your veins, my friend.”
“Then how are they not getting it?”
“Because the vampire in you as it concealed—locked away—so to speak. The blood from the wolves will give you more power—mental power. That’s what you’ll need to get control of your blood and feed the vampires.”
Great. Shit. My vampires would starve to death if I didn’t do this. I sniffed and chewed on my bottom lip. I had to start somewhere, and I guess this Nakia that was as sexy as fuck with his damn biceps bulging out of his sleeves would be the start. Hopefully, the asshole was ready for me to jump his bones if this worked out anything like it did with my vampires.
“Another room,” I said. “I don’t need a fucking audience if I somehow lose control of my hormones.” I looked at Nakia, “Since you’re confident about how this all goes down, I’m pretty sure if I start trying to rip through your clothes so I can fuck you, you’ll be able to control that, right?”
Logan eyed Nakia with a sparkle of mischievousness. “Baby, you’ve got nothing to be ashamed of. Give her your damn neck, wolf boy.”
Nakia shrugged, and I watched him saunter over to me, “If you don’t trust yourself drinking from me, we can go somewhere else. It’s not going to hurt my feelings if you want to get all sexual about it.”
I’m sure it won’t, I thought. Damn it! This guy was six-foot-five, and every last bit of his tight ass was sexy as hell. His smooth, dark skin, icy blue eyes, full lips, and veins popping around his muscles had me restraining myself from drooling like some dumb girl.
“Let’s give it a shot. Here and now,” I said, more confidence fueling me than I thought I’d have.
Nakia approached me, and his eyes locked onto mine. “How do you want me?” he teased.
“On your knees.” I held my supreme control.
He narrowed his eyes at me as he knelt in front of me. My guys huddled over to an area of the room, maybe to watch, maybe to stay the hell out of the way in case shit got real.
I bent, and placed my knees on his firm thighs, forcing him to sit back on his ankles. I smelled his blood and heard his strong heartbeat, pounding the blood out and into his veins. His mouth dropped open as I traced his face, feeling the perfection between my fingertips. Damn, he was beautiful. His breath was icy cold, and it somehow matched the minty fragrance I was feeling coming off his blood.
Now, I was more focused on whether or not I wanted to drink minty fresh blood, and how I would do this. I heard a laugh come from the corner—Zane—when Nakia let out a gruff exhale. My hands slipped to run over the sides of his neck, and then I brought my lips to his left side. My eyes zeroed in and found Zane’s penetrating gaze. Shit—he was the wolf I really wanted right now. His folded upper arms and his manly fucking stance had me wondering how hard he’d fuck me while I drank from him and he was at my mercy.
Stop! Concentrate, Elle.
I closed my eyes and licked along the exposed vein from Nakia’s neck. He let out another breath, and I forced myself to ignore his responses to this. I felt the power of my internal vampire surge to the surface of who I was right now. I needed this blood.
A tingling sensation in my gums alerted me to my fangs descending, and after one last lick, suck, and caress of the vein I needed, I sank my teeth into Nakia’s neck.
The blood was minty and sour, but it was like refreshing water, filling up a dehydrated body on a hot day. I moaned in the deep satisfaction of this unique curbing of thirst that was coming at me. I heard a whimper come from Nakia, then I felt two strong hands on my lower back, drawing me into his firm chest. I buried my fangs in deeper, and I doused the flames starting to build from drinking from the wolf before they could even get started.
When my horniness that came along with feeding subsided in its intensity, I gripped the shifter tighter, him forcing my pussy down hard against his massive erection. My eyes flicked open in appreciation of the size of the man I would one day let fuck me hard and deep—but today wasn’t that day. I teased my clit a little, rubbing it against his hard on that seemed to reach up to the center of his tight abs, letting that sensation please my desire to be fucked right now.