Page 40 of Blood Bound (Blood Mafia 3)

A trickle of soothing energy spirals down the bond and warms my stomach. I try not to react to it, but it’s such an unexpected feeling that I gasp.

Grayson nudges me with his elbow. “Still getting used to the bond?”

“Yeah.” I glance through the window and try to shield my heart from softening to the bastard of a vampire.

He’s too charming. He knows the power he holds over me. I have to be more careful or else he’ll slip past my defenses like he did earlier this morning and just now, hitting me when I least expect it and making me feel all the things I shouldn’t for him.

I turn to face Grayson. “Can we finish our bond? When we get back, I mean.”

Evelyn glances at her brother, who studiously ignores her and pretends he didn’t hear my question.

The darkening of his eyes says otherwise.

“Are you proposing to me?” Grayson asks.

I smack his chest.

He nods. “If that’s what you want, sure.”

“It is,” I say, linking my fingers with his.

Colt presses his lips together and shoots me a questioning look. I smile at him and wink, letting him know I want to complete ours as well.

A smug smile cuts across his face and I hear Mateo grumble something aboutbullshit.

“This is your captain speaking, we’re beginning our descent.”

Everyone shuts up as the jet careens toward the ground.

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We taketwo vehicles to a small warehouse. A metal garage door rolls open and Colt navigates our SUV inside, jerking the wheel to the right and parking next to six other cars. Evelyn’s driving the other SUV and she parks next to us.

I unbuckle and reach for the door handle, but stop when Colt grabs my arm. Mateo and Grayson get out, as do the two vampires who are sitting in the third row, leaving us alone.

“What’s up?” I ask, checking him out.

He changed out of his Blood Mafia suit and is sporting black fatigues and a tight black T-shirt.

“Come here.” He quirks his finger.

With heat filling his gaze and searing my skin, there’s no choice but to follow his request.

Pushing onto the console, I meet him halfway, smiling when his lips crash into mine. His hands find my back and his fingers bite into my skin. If there weren’t a ton of vampires, a mission, and a cramped car, we’d already have our clothes off. As it stands, I kiss him deeply then pull back, still wearing a ridiculous grin.

“Satisfied?”

He growls. “Hardly.”

I run a hand up his leg and tease his hardened length. “We can play later, I promise.”

His green eyes flash with desire and he groans. “I shouldn’t have kissed you.”

When he reaches down to adjust himself and winces, I can’t help but chuckle.

“You asked for it, fang banger.”

“You know when you call me names it just turns me on more, right?”

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