Total pages in book: 23
Estimated words: 21635 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 108(@200wpm)___ 87(@250wpm)___ 72(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 21635 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 108(@200wpm)___ 87(@250wpm)___ 72(@300wpm)
“I would have found you.” He says it with so much certainty I believe him.
He pushes open two double doors that lead into an enormous bedroom. He puts his hand on the small of my back and walks me in. This room feels warm and safe, just like Kane. I turn around to smile at him, and that’s when I see his entire face for the first time.
Eight
Kane
“You’re beautiful,” Juliet says as she reaches up and touches my face. I don’t flinch or shy away from her touch. Instead I lean into it.
I close my eyes as her delicate hand caresses me, and it’s unlike anything I’ve felt in a century. It’s hard to recall time before the change, but I don’t think anything in my life could compare to her touch. I’ve been hiding for so long, but since the moment she walked into my home all of my walls have been crumbling. Suddenly I’ve got an eternity in front of me and I want her by my side.
I need to explain to her what I am and the life that she’ll have if she stays with me. But I can already feel our bond connecting, and no matter what I’d say to her it would be painful for her to walk away from me. I could stop now and force her to go, but eventually we would end up this way. Juliet was destined for me, and there is no stopping it.
“I wish I were better for you. That I was somehow whole.” I wish that I were human too, but then again, would I have this connection to her if I were just a man? Can it only be this powerful because I’m a vampire? I can’t imagine feeling so strongly for anything as I do for her, and no matter what form she is in, she will always be the one.
“You’ve hidden your face from me this whole time, but when I look at you all I see is the man I want. How is that possible?”
“Our souls were connected in the stars long before you were born, my love.”
I pull her close to me and carry her to the bed. When I place her down on it I take off my suit jacket and dress shirt. I lean forward and place my lips softly against hers, and I feel her hands on my bare chest. How many times did I try to dream of who my mate would be? I certainly never thought it would be a human, but here she sits, more beautiful than my imagination could conjure.
“I’ve never done this before,” she whispers as I kiss my way down her neck.
“Neither have I,” I say, grabbing the hem of her sweatshirt and pulling it off of her.
She doesn’t have a bra on underneath, and her pink-tipped breasts are bare before me. My teeth ache to taste her, but I push the feeling down and summon all my control.
“Lie back on the bed, my sweet Juliet.”
She does as I ask, and I gently pull her leggings off her. When those are gone I run my fingers along the lace of her panties before I slip them over her hips and toss them on the floor.
I stand back and look at the innocent virgin before me. Her hands twitch to cover her naked body, but I hold my hand out to stop her.
“Let me look at you,” I whisper as I take in every inch. I’ve waited for this moment for so long I don’t want to rush it. Even if I just got into bed with her now and slept, it would be the perfect night. To just feel her against me. It’s a foreign want after trying to keep everyone at bay to suddenly want someone so close.
“I need you,” she calls to me, and I can’t deny her.
I slip off my pants and briefs before I climb onto the bed naked with her. My hands shake as I touch her feet and then slide my palms up her calves and thighs. A trail of heat follows every touch, and it’s as if I’m softly branding her as mine. Or maybe this is how mates feel when they touch? I’ve never met a couple, so I don’t know. But the times of hiding away in this mansion are over. Now I feel an urge to go out and see the world. See all the things I’ve been missing because I was too worried about what I looked like. Juliet’s hands on me make me feel wanted and loved.
“I’ve waited for you for so long,” I whisper as I kiss the inside of her thigh, and she spreads her knees.
The scent of roses is strongest here. I use my fingers to spread her pussy lips then press my nose against her pink flower before I run my tongue between her glistening folds. She tastes sweeter than I had anticipated, and her sugary nectar melts on my tongue. My hands go under her ass and I lift her up as my mouth begins to love every inch of her.