Total pages in book: 144
Estimated words: 137871 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 689(@200wpm)___ 551(@250wpm)___ 460(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 137871 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 689(@200wpm)___ 551(@250wpm)___ 460(@300wpm)
Staring down at her wide, emerald eyes, so trusting and seemingly innocent, she gently pulled at his vein. No matter how docile she appeared, he never underestimated her cunning sense of pride. Lilias would do anything to survive
“Your gown.” It had draped open while she fed, and he reached to cover her exposed flesh.
She caught his wrist in a delicate grip. “Do you not like to look at me, Cerberus?”
She knew he did. But it was not something they spoke of.
Tugging at the laces of the chemise, she pulled the covering lower, exposing the ruby tips of her breast.
“Lilias—”
“Feeding does something to me. I know you feel it, too.”
He swallowed. The sensation of her full mouth suckling from his vein was perhaps the greatest torture he knew, yet he fought the temptation to taste her for fear that he would not be able to stop once he started.
She reached for a small pot of liniment. Dipping her finger into the fruit-scented salve, she traced the pink gloss over her lips, darkening the color. He’d seen her use it before but only on her mouth. He could not look away as she applied a dab to her nipples, leaving the tips glossed in a tempting shade of red.
She slightly arched her back, lifting her chest. “Did you want to taste?”
His gaze jumped to her face. “I…” His words cut off as she gathered her skirts, exposing her lush thighs.
“Have you ever tasted a female, Cerberus?” Her fingers delved between her petals, and his fangs elongated as his breath hitched. “You have my permission.” She eased back, opening her legs. “Go on. Use your tongue.”
Insanity struck as he parted her thighs.
Her fingers swirled invitingly within the glistening pink folds, and the scent of the fruit gloss called to him. The first lap of his tongue had his mind whirling.
“That’s it.” She arched, pressing her soft folds closer to his mouth.
He speared his tongue deeper, drinking in her flavor as his cock hardened to steel. When he reached for the latch of his belt, she stilled him.
“First, you must kiss me here.” She pointed to her nipples. “I’ll show you how.”
Climbing onto his lap, she ran her fingers through his hair. He could hardly breathe through his lust.
“Suckle gently, Cerberus.” She pulled his head to her breast. “Don’t stop until I’m satisfied.”
“Yes, my queen.”
The familiar taste of fruit coated his tongue as he latched on. She moaned and stroked his hair. When the flavor faded, she directed him to her other nipple.
“Very good, walker. Now kiss me here.” She pointed to her mouth, but when he leaned forward, he lost his balance. His vision blurred as one Lilias became four.
“Something is amiss…”
“Shh…” Her fingers fanned through his hair, sending a tingle of pleasure down his spine as she eased him onto the bed. “Lie back.”
He looked up at her, confused. The candlelight blurred, forming a halo behind her copper curls. The recognizable clink of armor had him slowly turning his head to the door.
“Who…” Words became too difficult for his numb mouth to form. His body suddenly weighed a hundred stones.
“Is it working?” a male voice asked.
Lilias rose from the bed. “See for yourself.”
Rage ignited inside of him as the blurry figure of a man stepped beside her. Not a man, an immortal male. It was then he understood his mistake. “You…poisoned me?”
“It’s only temporary. You’ll sleep for a few days, and then you’ll be fine.”
“We need to move,” the armed immortal warned, already leading her toward the door.
“I’ll find you,” Cerberus growled, aggravated by how weak the threat sounded to his own ears as he lay paralyzed by the poison. “You have my blood—”
She pressed a finger over his lips. “By tomorrow, I’ll be bound to my mate, and his blood will be the only thing in my veins. It’s time to let me go, Cerberus.”
Impotent fury still simmered in the deepest part of Cerberus’s hollow heart. Unlike ordinary immortals, ancient Nords could not be called. His kind was born of the sea and sky with salt in their bones and the dragon's fire in their blood. Lilias’s species was of a different order, divined by the cosmos and ruled by the other half of her soul.
Cerberus had no soul.
Glancing dispassionately at the dead mortal on the floor, his lip curled. The corpse had already started to rot. He needed more durable toys.
Fanning out his senses, he scanned the surrounding areas for Adriel. Lilias had paid dearly for her betrayal, but now her daughter owed a debt of her own.
She was out there somewhere. Sooner or later, he would find her.
CHAPTER 15
“It’s a church.” Juniper frowned at the vaulted spires, certain they were in the wrong place.
“An awfully fancy church.”
She glanced at Adriel. “Maybe I did the spell wrong.” If Dane was here, he wasn’t the sort of guy she thought he was. “He didn’t strike me as a big churchgoer.”