First Drop of Crimson: Night Huntress 4.6 World 1 by Jeaniene Frost

Author:Jeaniene Frost
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-07-10T22:48:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Spade stood over Denise. Her beautiful face was so peaceful in sleep, absent the worry, strain, and guilt that normally shadowed it. He loathed waking her, knowing she?d been running on sheer willpower for the past several days. She hadn?t even stirred when he?d carried her from the car up to this room, placing her in bed. But he couldn?t wait any longer.

“Denise.” He couldn?t resist touching her face and then drifting his hand down her neck. Her skin was like molten satin, the feel of it as addicting as her blood. “Denise, wake up.”

Her eyes opened, an entrancing mixture of brown and green fixing on him. She blinked and then smiled sleepily.

“Hey. Are we here?”

“For four hours now,” he replied, his mouth twitching as she glanced around, surprise stamped on her features when she realized she was in a bedroom instead of the car she?d fallen asleep in.

“Wow. I must have really passed out.” Denise shook her head, sitting up and running a hand through her thick dark hair to push it out of her face. Her stomach woke up next, judging from the howl it let out that had her flushing faintly.

Spade moved aside, revealing the table beside him that had several covered dishes on it.

“Hamburger with lettuce, tomato, pickle, and ketchup, extra fries, plus chicken soup, crackers, and chocolate cake.”

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Her eyes widened and then she laughed. “You remembered exactly what I like. God, Spade, I think I love you.”

It was said in jest, but the tightness in his chest at hearing those words struck him like a blow. He already knew he cared for Denise far more than he?d cared for anyone in a very long time, but at that moment, he realized how serious it had become. I’m in love with you. I neverthought that would happen to me again—and especially with a human.

She had to let him change her into a vampire. He couldn?t bear losing her to her fragile human mortality, where death could pounce even under the most benign of circumstances. As a human, she could choke on a bite of that hamburger and be lost to him forever, for pity?s sake. There was no way he could tolerate her remaining human, and if she cared for him as he believed she did, she?d want to change over so they could be together for centuries at least. Not mere decades.

Denise cleared her throat, looking away, her honeyed jasmine scent turning tarter with discomfort over her previous quip. Far more discomfort than she should feel, unless she also knew there was more between them than friendly affection, necessity, or lust.

“I need to talk to you,” she said, pretending to study the painting on the opposite wall.

“It?s important, and I don?t want anyone to overhear it.”

Anticipation surged in him. Was she about to admit that she cared for him? Had she realized their worlds were equally dangerous and there was no more cruelty in his versus hers?

Bloody

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