any kind of sexual pleasure, and this male did it for me. I’m reasonably attractive, but it can be hard to find a date when your nickname is the Destroyer. Males discover I’ve destroyed worlds and suddenly they aren’t so hot to take care of my physical needs.
“If I decide to kill you, I won’t need better aim. I assure you, I can do it right now.”
“I’m sure you can. You’re obviously a woman of great physical skills.” His fangs were out. White and dangerous, I found those fangs way too sexy for my own good.
I’ve heard a vampire bite can be immensely pleasurable. I stared at those fangs and couldn’t help but wonder how it would feel to have them locked onto my neck, the vampire’s hands moving over my body as he fed his own.
“Who sent you?” I needed to stop thinking about how gorgeous he was and start playing this smart. I didn’t know how much time I would have and how his partners would react to me turning him into a big old pile of ash. Because that’s what I was going to do.
I was. I really meant to.
“I would love to know the answer to that question as well.” His hands came up and found my waist.
I could feel him pressing his will against me. He didn’t want to fight. He wanted to put his hands on me, get his mouth on me. There were much more pleasurable ways for me to question him. He would tell me everything. He would give me everything.
“Stop it.” I wasn’t about to give in to a horny vamp. A weird, horny, sexy-as-hell vamp. Males shouldn’t be so damn pretty. His shirt was open at the neck, giving me a glimpse of smooth, tan skin. Another thing vamps aren’t known for. “I’m in charge here.”
“Absolutely, bella. You can be in charge of everything. Tell me what you wish for me to do.”
I pressed the stake to his chest. “You should take your hands off me.”
“Is that truly what you wish from me, Summer?”
“How did you know my name?” I shook my head as I answered my own question. I’d foolishly introduced myself to Kelsey. “You talked to your friends.”
“I know exactly who you are, Summer Donovan.”
I stilled because no one knew that name. No one who was living and walking the outer planes. My foster mother had known it. Some of the tribe had heard the story, but not even Erna knew my secret name. My father’s name. “Who the hell are you?”
“I am the man who will bring you back to your true parents,” he vowed. “But I am more than that to you. Or rather you are more to me. You are everything I was ever promised. You are mine. Hear that now, companion. You are mine. So if you are going to kill me, do it now. Put me out of my misery.”
His? Yeah, I’d heard that before. I’d been chased across the planes because one man decided I belonged to him. I didn’t belong to anyone. I certainly wasn’t about to give up my hard-fought freedom to become some vampire’s plaything. I raised the stake and watched as the vampire’s eyes flared the minute he realized I was going to do it. I was going to kill him because the last thing I needed was another man who decided he owned me. I didn’t even care in that second that he seemed to know something he shouldn’t. All I could do was remember how small Turi made me feel when he promised to “control” me, when he said I belonged to him and that I would do his will.
No matter what I’ve done, I will do my own will. The only thing more dangerous than my magic is my magic in the hands of someone else.
I started to bring the stake down and he suddenly moved, flipping us so my back was on the ground and he loomed over me. I lost my grip on the stake and I suddenly had no weapon at all. His hands gripped my wrists and he pinned them over my head.
“No, bella. I’m sorry. I’m coming on far too strong. It’s not like that,” he said, all of the arrogance gone from his face. “Whatever he did, I will make it right. I will do anything to make things right for you. I am not him.”
I pushed against the vampire, but I was no match for his strength. “Get