Briar: A Reverse Harem Romance (Midnight's Crown Book 1) by Ripley Proserpina

Author:Ripley Proserpina [Proserpina, Ripley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Valen

“I want to know everything,” Valen whispered as soon as the door shut. He lowered his voice, assuring no passing humans would hear them. Comments he’d let slide earlier needed to be explained. Marcus’s tension and the lingering scent of their maker when they’d exited the elevator had him preparing for bad news.

“The paramedics didn’t believe her when she said she would burn in the sun.” Sylvain frowned, and his fists clenched. Tonight, Valen would have to stick close to make sure his brother didn’t hunt those humans down. “They caused the worst burn.”

“Asher arrived before you did,” Marcus added.

“Why?” Valen asked, but he shouldn’t have bothered. Anything Asher did was thought out and planned. If he’d appeared, it was because he wanted his sons to know he was watching. “Never mind. He knows about Briar?”

“He was the one who entered her apartment,” Marcus explained. “It was a warning to us.”

Sylvain stalked down the hallway, his form vibrating with anger.

“He wants us back.” Sylvain dragged his hands down his face. “He’s insane. I’ll rip him apart for this. I—”

“How would he know, right from the start, that all of us felt something for Briar?” Valen wondered.

“He’s our maker. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that her scent appeals to him in some way.” Marcus’s voice was so quiet, even Valen, with his vampiric hearing could barely make him out.

“If it did, he’d have drained her,” Sylvain countered.

“True,” Marcus allowed. “We can’t leave her here alone. One of us will need to be here at all times.”

“What if we just left?” Sylvain said, and Valen’s stomach dropped. It was an option, but everything inside him rebelled at the idea. Leaving meant not exploring this nascent connection between them and Briar.

“I’m not ready to leave.”

At least he and Marcus were in agreement, and for some reason, he thought Hudson would be, too.

“I don’t want to leave,” Sylvain said. “No matter how much I might bullshit. I like her, and goddamn, she smells amazing.”

“Don’t bite her,” Valen said without thinking, and Sylvain rounded on him.

“I would never.”

“Well, I almost did yesterday.” Valen remembered the scent of her fresh blood when the waitress nicked her with the knife. “I’m not saying you would, but I am saying, the temptation was so great, I nearly sunk my teeth into her in a restaurant.”

“I almost bit her last night,” Marcus stated, and Sylvain growled. “Not my finest hour, I know. I stopped myself, but it was one of the hardest things I ever did. Just imagining what it would be like…” He trailed off, like he was picturing the event in his mind, and it was Valen’s turn to growl.

“Enough.”

Marcus rubbed his neck. “Sorry.”

“I’m going to find Asher,” Sylvain said, quietly. “And I’m going to tear off his head.”

Unlike popular myth, vampires could be killed, but it was hard. The only real surefire way to do it was with sunlight or massive body damage. Run a vamp over with a Mack truck, and

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