Her Devoted Vampire by Siobhan Muir

Author:Siobhan Muir [Muir, Siobhan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2012-02-22T01:35:37+00:00

Chapter Six

Bloody hell, please don’t cry!

Fredrick’s heart bled with her tears, and before he thought about it, he’d gathered her into his arms. He tried to tell himself it was just to comfort his Avatar, but deep down he knew it was more. He’d watched her for months, slowly falling in love with the red-headed woman who watered her plants with such loving attention and read romance novels while she sipped coffee. He’d dreamed of holding her, and the first taste of reality when she’d stroked his chest had been better than any dream.

Every time he touched her, the electricity of their connection vibrated through his body, reminding him of his duty and his desire to offer her pleasure and comfort. Goddess above, he could take her right now, but he had no wish to drive her away with his lust. He had to sternly remind his body it had to stay calm. That was almost more difficult than watching her cry.

When she relaxed into his embrace, his heart danced a hopeful jig. She smelled like the sour scent of rotting vegetation, and she shook against his chest. Her fear screamed at him from the tension of her shoulders, but he didn’t know if it stemmed from him or her legacy. He was one of the monsters she’d been taught to fear since childhood. Bram Stoker had painted a dismal picture of the men and women unfortunate enough to receive the genetic code allowing them to live after death.

“I’ve got you. I’m here, Bridget. I’ll always be here from now on.”

Her breath hitched, and more tears soaked the front of his shirt. “You’ve said that before.”

“I have?”

“Yeah, in my dream. At least, I think it was a dream.”

“You’ve dreamed about me?” Giddy delight uncurled within him.

She nodded, rubbing her cheek against his chest, and he suddenly wished he’d left his shirt off.

“What was I doing in this dream?”

“You came to rescue me.”

“Did I now?” Pride swelled his chest, but he resisted the urge to push it out. “Perhaps now you can believe I’d do that in your waking life as well as in your dreams.”

It was the wrong thing to say. He felt her withdraw from him as soon as the words left his mouth, and he mentally smacked his forehead. Her scent changed from rotting vegetation to the smell of the land drying after flood waters recede. She finally pushed herself back from him and rubbed her face with her hands.

Fredrick missed her soft body against his immediately.

“Bridget.”

She held up one hand to forestall him.

“I need to think about this. Is there any way I can go outside and walk in the fresh air? I think better when I’m walking.”

He glanced at the window. The clouds had cleared, and the nearly full moon blazed white against an inky black curtain of stars. It provided enough light to see the contours of the land around the house and the shimmer of the river through the bare trees. The idea of

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