Page 26 of Blood Moon
“It’s something that hasn’t left my mind since the bond dissolved between all of us.” His thick brows pulled together, “How in the hell did I get you pregnant, yet no other asshole could?”
“Well, Zac did,” I answered, remembering the impossibly bad situation that’d happened when the demon literally took over his body and got me pregnant.
Zane’s face fell, “Do you honestly think back to being pregnant by him as a legitimate pregnancy?”
“I don’t know what to think about it. God, one minute everyone is dead, our baby was gone, a demon was possessing Zac, I’m pretty much being raped by him, then pregnant…” I trailed off overwhelmed by the insane turn of events that happened when it was all said and done, and I was pregnant by Zac.
“That wasn’t a pregnancy, Elle,” he said. “Those were demons, and I’m shocked they didn’t grow faster than lightning to kill you, enter this world, and start doing that demon’s bidding.”
“True,” I answered. “All of it is surreal.” I forced a smile, looking at his handsome face and seeing our beautiful daughter’s eyes—the lovely trait she’d inherited from him. “Aria looks so much like you,” I said, hoping to bring down the rage I was sensing in Zane.
His features lightened. “She’s got her mother’s looks,” he smirked, “trust me, the only person more beautiful than our daughter is you.”
I felt my stomach drop at his shift of emotions. God, I wished I could read his mind to really know how everything was being processed in it.
“I’ll definitely take that compliment since I feel like you hate my ass these days.” I smiled at his warm expression.
To my total shock, he turned in the lounge chair and shifted up to bring his hand along my face. “Elle,” he said, his dark eyes holding my soul hostage, “Like I said, from the moment you walked into the room and I saw you, I felt more than I should before the bond to bring us together took place.”
“Then why are you such a dick lately?”
His thumb traced my bottom lip, eyes dropping as they stare at my lips. “Alpha’s don’t share their true mates,” he answered. “In my world—without that bond—you are mine alone. I don’t share,” he said. “With that bond gone, it’s taken everything I am not to try and kill those vampires for even looking at you.” His face grew troubled. “With that battle, I can’t just switch gears and accept everything. I’m a natural enemy to the vampires, and my mate is fucking them, how do you expect me to get past that shit?”
I leaned up, turned, and dropped my legs in between where his were already in front of his lounge chair. “You focus on you and me,” I said, hoping that was the right answer.
“How do you even feel about me now that you’re back to the state of being the one for her immortal vampires?”
I ran my hand down his large bicep, “Truth?” I smiled, knowing that I was definitely attracted to Zane in more ways than just the supernatural.
“Truth,” he smiled sexily at me.
“You’re the best dad ever, and it kills me that Aria isn’t with you. If I could dream up the perfect dad for my child, you’d be him. I watch how you do the silliest things for her, the laugh that only you can bring out in her. You’re the best man when she’s around.”
He sighed. “You only envision me as your daughter’s dad?”
I brought my hands to his perfect god-like face and ran my hands along the velvety texture of the soft shadow his hair created after a day of not shaving. “That’s all you’ve given me,” I said. “I do think you are the sexiest guy I’ve ever met.”
He chuckled. “I’m sorry.” He brought his hand up to cover mine. He turned his lips to kiss the inside of my palm, “How the hell you’ve lived with me being an asshole to everyone and everything because I can’t have you to myself, I’ll never know.”
“You are a pain in the ass.” I smiled.
“This whole situation is a pain in my ass.” His voice was sultrier and more lowered. “God, the things I want to do with you, especially after picking up on those fuckers tonight wanting to fuck my girl…” his eyes grew darker. “I would have killed them if they said one word about what they really wanted to do with you. I’ve somehow accepted the Banner’s with you, but those dicks ignited something in me that I haven’t felt in a while toward you.”
“Like what?”
My voice cracked, feeling the intense emotions bleeding off Zane.
“Claiming you, owning you, pleasuring you, and having you need me more than you need or desire anything else.”
My lips were suddenly dry, and Zane was impressively firing up every nerve in my body right now. I felt my sex starting to throb and licked my dry lips when Zane’s eyes seemed to sparkle with a fiery passion I had never seen before.
“I want you,” I said, my mind mentally responding to the alpha that was calling to me.
“Careful,” he arched a brow at me, “You answer my deepest desire right now, and you might not be walking tomorrow.”
“I’m not afraid of that,” I pressed.
“Fuck me.” Zane sighed, and then I was in his arms with him marching us back into the house with a determination that made my insides scream with gratitude.
