Total pages in book: 153
Estimated words: 144404 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 722(@200wpm)___ 578(@250wpm)___ 481(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 144404 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 722(@200wpm)___ 578(@250wpm)___ 481(@300wpm)
Oh, he was wrong about that. “I was nothing to you. I was an afterthought.”
“You were never an afterthought to me,” he said, passion in his voice. “You were my first thought in the morning and the last when I closed my eyes to rest. You weren’t some sidekick to me. You were my everything. That’s how the bond forms. It’s two souls recognizing each other.”
“The bond was only from your side. I don’t feel it.” I was lying. I had felt it back in the day. From the moment I met him, I fought that invisible rope that bound me to him. I was attracted when I met him and I still felt something, something that whispered this was the right one.
“I don’t think so.” He stepped in again, challenging me to move away.
I held my ground. “It doesn’t matter what you think. I’m not your companion and I don’t have to listen to anything you say.”
“You do if you want an orgasm.” His voice went low. Like sexy-as-hell low. “Tell me you don’t feel it, baby. We’re on the Hell plane, and it amplifies all our base instincts. Tell me you can’t feel the need low in your pussy.”
Fuck him because suddenly I could. Heat had pooled low in my pelvis. It had been so long since I felt the tug of arousal. I’d locked that piece of myself away. When Myrddin had offered me a place in his bed, I’d told him no and took a vow of chastity because I was Profane and if he wasn’t able to have me, no one could.
But it was always Casey. If he couldn’t have me, I didn’t want anyone else.
We were on the Hell plane. I was his captive. When I thought about it, did I really have a choice? I would be violating my oath to the master, but I had to use every trick in the book to get away and take Dean with me.
“You know I do, but I will not listen to your logic.” He already thought the worst of me. I didn’t buy his whole rapid change. This was a tactic. Clever vampire, but I was smarter. I could use this to my advantage.
“You will if you want my tongue on you,” he whispered. “If you want my fangs in you. It’s been twelve long years, Olivia. Do you know how hard I’ll fuck you?”
Every word threatened to light me up, but I resisted. “You’ve had other women.”
“Not a single one. I’ve fed, but I’ve been true to my companion even when she tried to kill me,” he said gravely.
My stupid heart clenched because I almost believed him. “Vampires need sex.”
“And I’ve done without. I told you. I will have no other. It didn’t hurt that there was a Green Man running around most of the time. Rhys didn’t know how to shield when he was younger, and it soothed Sasha and I to be in his presence. It was harder for Sasha. He’s taken a few lovers over the years, but I refused them all, and I assure you Henri paraded them in front of me.”
“I never slept with Myrddin.” The words were out of my mouth before I could think to stop them.
His head shook slowly. “I don’t care, Liv.”
Somehow, I had to tell him this truth, to let him know I’d been faithful in one way. “I didn’t. I…have been purely focused on magic for these years. Any sexual relationship would have been a distraction. I was too important to the cause.”
A soft look hit his face, and I couldn’t help but admit how beautiful he was. “I would take you back no matter what you’ve done. Especially now that I believe you don’t even know what you’ve done. He used your body from time to time, right?”
It was a form of possession that allowed the master to be with us when we needed his strength. He used our bodies to communicate, to work his will. But he always told me what happened.
Didn’t he?
Casey leaned over and shoved a hand in my hair. “It doesn’t matter. Not tonight. I’m going to sleep with you tonight. You can stake me if you want to. I’m done living without you.”
The idea of sleeping with him shocked me in a way having sex with him hadn’t. It was too close, too intimate. “You can’t stay here.”
“I can and I will. I won’t touch you if you don’t want me to, but the minute you give me the okay, I’ll be inside you again. I’ll be home again. Don’t make me wait too long, Olivia. I’ve missed you. Think about it. All the orgasms you want and all you have to do is listen to a couple of questions.”
I’d underestimated him. “This is insane. I’m not doing this with you.”