Bearing His Touch by Eve Langlais

Author:Eve Langlais
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

CHAPTER 10

Okay, so maybe she wasn’t quite ready.

Still, the girl admitted to believing in vampires. Why was his shifter side such a shock? The logic didn’t matter; his chagrin at making her faint did. At least he caught her before she hit the floor. And another bonus, she didn’t die of a heart attack. But just in case, he switched back.

The fugue state didn’t last long. She regained consciousness slowly, her eyes blinking, each opening of her eyelids a chance for her to gaze at him quizzically. Better than the blood-curdling scream of before.

He’d heard plenty of laughter after that upstairs. No way would his mother and sisters keep it to themselves. Soon, everyone in the family would know he’d made Becka scream.

Everyone will know I am the bear. The biggest and baddest.

Her lips parted, and she wet them with the tip of her pink tongue. “You’re … I mean you were a bear.”

“Still am inside.”

“And you can change like that anytime?”

He shifted her in his lap, pleased she didn’t try to escape, even though he was quite naked. Then again, she was still addled by his revelation. “I can shift within reason. Too many times in quick succession will drain me.”

“Don’t you need a full moon?”

He shook his head. “Nope. Although the urge to go swap into my furry skin is stronger during that time.”

“I fainted.”

A smile tilted his lips. “You did.”

“I didn’t get a chance to rub your ears.”

“You can give me twice the scratch next time.”

“Next time?” Her brow furrowed. “How is it that you can change into a bear, but you don’t believe in vampires?”

“Because they don’t exist. Don’t you think I’d have noticed if there were vampires running around?”

“They don’t run around. There actually aren’t very many. Something about it being very hard to find the right type of person who can handle the vampire sequence. Or so he said.” She shivered.

His turn to frown. How dare she fear that woman-beating coward? “From now on, when referencing your ex-vampire, use the term ‘fucktard.’”

“That seems rather vulgar.”

“Yes, it does.”

Her lips split into a grin. “Fucktard.” The foul word came out hesitantly the first time. “Fucktard. Fu-ck-tard.” She drew the word out and smiled. He would have killed anything for her in that moment.

“Yes, he’s a fucktard, and a coward. And, most of all, a fraud.”

“A fraud with money.” Her gaze dropped, and she stared at something under his chin. “It’s amazing what throwing around some dollars lets some people get away with.”

“You mean like the fact he thought his money gave him the right to take you? No one, not even the richest prick in the world, has the right to hold another person hostage. But why? Why you? What did he need you for? What makes you so special?” Other than the most obvious thing. She was fucking amazing.

“Apparently, I have a rare blood type.”

“How rare?”

“As in rare enough to kill for. He”—at her inflection, Stavros poked at her ribs. She corrected it to—“Fucktard apparently got wind of my rarity after I gave blood during a drive for it at my work.

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