A Vampire’s Mate: A Dark ProtectorsRebels Novella by Rebecca Zanetti

Author:Rebecca Zanetti [Zanetti, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 1001 Dark Nights Press
Published: 2024-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Jasper stared at the female who wasn’t heeding his warnings. At. All.

“Right now?” Leah punctuated her words with both arms in the air.

Good point. “No, but soon.” Unable to help himself, he set two knuckles beneath her chin and lifted her face. His lips took hers. Sweetness and spice—all her. Fire lanced through him, landing hard in his groin. She murmured something into his mouth that coasted down to land in his heart. He deepened the kiss, wrapping an arm around her back to keep the rock wall from scratching her fragile skin.

Power and energy roared through him, drowning out caution. She tasted like everything he’d ever need. Partially lifting her against him, he groaned as her breasts brushed his chest, even with clothing in the way.

She returned his kiss, a soft sound of surrender whispering from her.

With more control than he knew he possessed, he released her mouth and gently placed her on her bare feet. Her three-inch heels were across the room as if she’d kicked them there. “Shoes or not?” He had no idea if she could move in them. “We’ll have to run.”

“No shoes,” she breathed, her chest rising and falling rapidly. “My feet are tough, and I can’t do much in those. I’d break an ankle.”

“I can carry you.” However, that would present a problem if he needed to fight.

She shook her head, one trembling finger touching her swollen bottom lip. “The ground is smooth, and I can run for now. If it gets too rocky, I’ll let you know.”

He’d always loved her practical side. “Okay. For now, follow me.” He turned and headed down the lone tunnel, pausing when it split three ways. Straight ahead would lead them to the convention center, but knowing that’s where he’d try to go, more than one Kurjan would be guarding that exit. He didn’t know about the path to the west, but the left turn went east, and he could pick up weapons at Benny’s before heading back to the convention center.

“Stay behind me,” he whispered, turning left.

She nudged him in the back. “We have to get that address, Jasper. There are kids who need to be rescued.”

He continued moving and looked over his shoulder at her. “Tell me.”

“Trafficked ones. I have proof on a pen recorder, but apparently, I dropped my clutch when they sedated me. We have to get to those kids before it’s too late, even if I don’t have the evidence against the kidnapper any longer.”

The desperation in her eyes made sense to him now. “Tell me your initial plan.” He kept moving silently, making sure she hadn’t started limping.

“To give the recorder and the address to the authorities at the charity auction,” she said.

Seemed like a good plan. “Now?”

“To find the guy who trafficked them and get the address.” Her voice hardened. “No matter what I have to do.”

He was the killer in the family, and she should probably learn that truth sooner rather than later. He sensed a Kurjan up ahead, but the guy had been injured in the fight, and healing cells lightened the air around him.

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