Real Vampires: When Glory Met Jerry by Gerry Bartlett

Author:Gerry Bartlett [Bartlett, Gerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragon Lady Publishing
Published: 2018-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“No, of course not. We have to move. I thought you’d read it in my mind.” I pulled the sheet over my naked body. He still looked dangerous, but at least he wasn’t aiming that anger at me now.

“What happened?” He ran a hand through his wet hair.

I told him, watching him pace the floor. Perhaps it was foolish of me not to be worried. Instead I just watched the play of candlelight on his hard body.

“Damn them! Of course this is all Marin’s doing. She wants you, and Jean-Claude will do anything to please her. I don’t like the idea of hiding from her, Fergus has to know that.” He strode from the room.

I grabbed a dressing gown from the trunk, slipping it on as I followed him. I realized he’d gone into his room. I stopped at the threshold. I’d never been allowed inside. What did I expect to see? It was a plain room with a cot and large trunk to hold his things. There was a table with papers strewn over it. His leather belt and sporran—he’d told me that was what the pouch he carried was called--lay on top, along with a pair of knives. While I watched he plucked a plaid from the trunk and quickly wound it around his waist, securing it with the belt.

“We must move this very night. If whoever came during the day had managed to get to you, it would have been…” I couldn’t say it.

“I know, Gloriana. ’Tis why Fergus is usually here, on guard. Of course if they are determined to end me, they could bring an army, and Fergus would be no match for them.” Jeremiah sat on his cot and gestured for me to come to him. “I understand it’s been hard for you to stay inside this past week, without any chance to see the sun. I don’t usually keep a mistress for long for just that reason. Mortals don’t adjust well to my hours.”

He pulled me into his lap. “I should have tired of you by now. For some reason I don’t want to send you on your way just yet. And now it wouldn’t be safe to do so.” He brushed my hair back from my face and kissed my forehead, then my lips. What started out as a gentle gesture quickly turned eager.

I held onto his shoulders and kissed him almost frantically. The idea that he could have been killed on this very bed terrified me. When had I come to care so much for him? I think it had started when he’d sought me out in that alley the first night. He’d seen my desperation but had spared my pride. And he always sensed my needs before I had to speak of them. Mind reader.

He pressed me down to the cot, his hand inside my gown and sliding over my breast. Oh, but he knew how to make me want him. Want. Was it only lust between us? And his thirst for my blood? My thoughts and feelings were in a whirl.

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