Masquerade by Amanda Ashley - Masquerade

Author:Amanda Ashley - Masquerade [Ashley, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rebecca J. Vickery
Published: 2013-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Jason had promised himself he would make love to her only once, and then let her go, only to find it was a promise he could not keep.

Selfish monster that he was, he had been helpless to keep from sampling her sweetness again and yet again, and each time he possessed her only increased his appetite for more.

Holding Leanne in his arms, he wished he could keep the sun from rising in the morning, wished that her face, her beautiful green eyes filled with love, could be the last thing he saw before he surrendered to the dark sleep, that her smile would be the first thing he saw upon rising.

He had made love to her as tenderly as ever a man had loved a woman. Each moment he spent in her arms brought him the most exquisite pleasure he had ever known, and the most excruciating pain.

The lust to possess her wholly, as only a vampire could possess a woman, pulsed through him. Only the love he had for her made it possible to keep his accursed blood lust at bay, to touch the living warmth of her skin, to kiss and caress her, and not bury his fangs in her throat and satisfy the awful hunger that plagued him.

Still buried deep within the warmth of her body, he held her close, listening as her breathing returned to normal. She whispered that she loved him and then, her eyelids fluttering down, she fell asleep in his arms.

So young, he thought. So trusting.

His fangs lengthened as he gazed at the pulse throbbing in the hollow of her throat. The scent of her blood filled his nostrils, teasing him, tempting him beyond endurance.

One bite. One taste. Just one. Slowly, he lowered his head to her neck, his tongue stroking her skin, tasting the salt of her perspiration.

A growl rumbled in his throat. His whole body shook as he fought the need to sink his fangs into her flesh, to swallow a single drop of her blood. Just one small drop. She need never know that a monster had sipped her sweetness.

Hating himself for his lack of self-control, he bit into the tender skin just below her ear. Her blood was as warm and sweet as he had so often imagined and he hovered over her, a dark phantom torn by a driving need to take more. The darkness inside him urged him to stop fighting what he was and seize what he wanted, what he needed. She was his for the taking; she could be his for all eternity...

She moaned softly as he brushed a kiss over the curve of her neck, and then she whispered his name.

Filled with self-loathing for what he had almost done, for what he wanted so desperately, he drew back, surprised to find that he was weeping.

"Sleep, beloved," he whispered brokenly. "Dream your young girl's dreams. You're safe from the monster tonight."

* * *

She dreamed of darkness, a vast all-encompassing darkness that shut out the light for all time.

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