Blood Mate by Kitty Thomas

Author:Kitty Thomas [Kitty Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Dark Fantasy, Fiction, Literary, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 9781938639135
Amazon: B00I3QKPHQ
Barnesnoble: B00I3QKPHQ
Goodreads: 20530499
Publisher: Burlesque Press
Published: 2014-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Nicole sat in the passenger side of the rental car, still not believing August had decided to return her to her husband so soon. And yet, he wouldn’t stop coming to her. He wouldn’t stop feeding and fucking her. He wouldn’t stop stealing away all the pieces of her emotional distress to keep himself from feeling guilty as he took and took and took some more from her. A little at a time, he was erasing her. Her honor, her pain, her regret—the things that were real—and replacing them with his darkness and his bite.

Though she’d sworn she wouldn’t run again, it was a lie she couldn’t muster any shame for. She no longer needed “just a few days” to get away. She had to escape the future she’d sealed herself into. His insistence that his nature must remain secret hammered through her mind over and over on the drive home as she formulated the plan that would free her from the vampire.

He’d changed so drastically from the broken man who’d kept her locked in his cellar for months. The man she’d almost come to pity. If he was truly free, she would have to remain out of his grasp for a week, two at the most. Once he broke down and fed from someone else, once he got the taste for blood without the pain, he wouldn’t need her anymore. He could be a predator and she could be free. His obsession would fade.

She tried not to think about the vast stretch of eternity, how time would march endlessly without Dominic, how she would lose anyone she got close to. Some day she might seek August out, when the loneliness became too great to bear. If that time ever came, she hoped he’d forgive her for what she must do now. It was her last chance to save herself—however briefly.

“You’re awfully quiet, my dear. Are you sure you can handle this?”

Nicole shot the vampire a disgusted look.

She had to convince her husband to run with her. It was the only way. The two of them together, putting as much space between them and the vampire as possible, the ocean if necessary, half a dozen time zones, whatever it took.

“Yes,” she said through gritted teeth, “I can handle being his wife and your whore. Is that the answer you wanted? Is that the one that excites you?”

His hand slid up the inside of her thigh. “Perhaps.”

Nicole closed her eyes and breathed, trying to will the space between her legs to stop throbbing. But there was no point. She felt wet and hot and itchy. She wanted to crawl out of her skin and into his. It would be better when she was in her husband’s arms. This would fade. It had to. What she had with Dominic was real; with August it was a sick sort of magic that had drawn her into its web.

“Would you like me to go in with you?” he asked as he turned the ignition off.

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