Animal Instinct by Kate Davidson

Author:Kate Davidson [Davidson, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: female protagonist, vampire fiction, vampire romance, horses, Paranormal romance, vampires
Published: 2017-10-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

LIAM HAD HAD MORE than his fair share of relationships. Immortality was known for its loneliness and he was not ashamed that his partners numbered in the hundreds. Sex had never meant more than a few pleasant hours to him but love had been an entirely different matter. About a hundred years ago when he was amusing himself with the stock market in New York City he’d had the great misfortune to fall in love with a fledgling vampire. Fledglings were notorious for their erratic behavior. The change from human to vampire was not an easy thing and was especially traumatic if the fledgling in question hadn’t known vampires existed. Learning and adjusting to a new life was difficult enough without having to deal with the fact that monsters existed after all.

Ruth had been a good Catholic girl before a reckless vampire had fallen headfirst into Fascination with her. She’d been doomed from the start with a sire more concerned with satisfying his constant hunger for her than teaching her how to live in their world.

Liam should have known better than to get involved. Putting even a toe between a vampire and their Fascination was the easiest way to incite violence in their community. But there had been something about those wide blue eyes, helpless and desperate to learn what she’d become. He fell very, very hard for her. It was the first time he could ever remember being in love and he would never admit just how humiliating an experience it had been. At eighteen, Ruth had been too young for the change. Her senses were overstimulated; she had no control. Before they’d known each other a week she had slammed into a Fascinated state with him and he’d been pulled dangerously close to the brink. He had begun to feel himself orient entirely around her, thoughts tugging insistently to Ruth with every passing moment.

Eventually he’d been forced to seek aid from the head of New York in order to separate. For Ruth’s sake he’d been willing to break his heart and get them both the help they needed. Any longer and they would have become a codependent nightmare of a couple.

That was why he was leery of his feelings for Jacquelyn. Too many times already he’d thought he might be approaching the line between wanting to be with her and needing to consume her. He wasn’t certain exactly where falling in love with her fell on that line. Whatever it meant for his control, his heart was already compromised. But Jacquelyn was very unlike Ruth and he knew that she wouldn’t find a declaration of love flattering. It was far more likely she’d go into shock. She was more practical than most of the women he spent his time with and more independent. She’d fought hard for the home and security she had. It was one of the ways they were most alike.

Despite the tricky situation, Liam had a plan. He would gradually ease into Jacquelyn’s life and get her used to the idea of his loving her.

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