Stolen: A Vampire Blood Courtesans Romance by Marissa Farrar & Michelle Fox

Author:Marissa Farrar & Michelle Fox [Farrar, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-10-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

We lay, curled up on the bed together, still naked. My head rested on his chest, my fingertips tracing the lines of his abdominals. A warm glow filled me, and I wanted to hug myself tight at my happiness that Roman had both taken my virginity and fed from me, all in the same moment.

I was thrilled that he’d given in to me, but I still didn’t understand why he’d been so cautious in the first place. Yes, he’d said it was because of my age, but I didn’t believe that was the full story—after all, he’d known exactly how old I was before he’d bought me.

I lifted my head from his chest and looked at him. His dark eyes met mine, and a smile touched his lips.

“What?” he said, perhaps sensing I had something to say.

I took a breath and then dived in. “Explain to me what all of this is about, Roman. Why did you buy me in the first place? Despite what we just did, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t to use me as a courtesan.”

He paused, glancing away, and then looked back at me. He reached out and laced his fingers with my own.

“I’m trying to find the woman you call Mother.”

I frowned. “You are?”

He nodded. “Yes, and I figured purchasing one of her girls would be the way to do so. I had hoped you’d have known more about where she kept you all than you do.”

“I’m sorry,” I said. “Everything was kept secret.” Then I thought of something. “But why didn’t you just ask one of your men who brought me here where they collected me from?”

“Those weren’t my men who brought you here, remember, they were hers.”

“Oh, of course.” He’d already told me this piece of information, but I hadn’t considered the importance of it before.

He nodded. “I could have taken them captive and tortured them to find the location, but not only would that have made her suspicious when they’d not returned, they also make sure they’re only around in the daylight, which makes things a little… difficult for me. I assume that’s the reason she arranges delivery while we’re still sleeping.”

He’d finally started answering some of my questions, but I still didn’t feel any the wiser. “But why do you want to find Mother?”

His expression grew hard. “She took someone from me, my daughter.”

My heart stopped. I hadn’t been expecting that answer at all. I saw the pain in his eyes, caused by an event that had happened so long ago, but that still felt so fresh.

“I’ve been searching for her for years—the Madam, that is, not my daughter. I’d looked for my daughter for several decades, but eventually I was forced to give up. Assuming she wasn’t turned into a vampire, old age would have claimed her by now.”

I frowned, my mind trying to piece things together. I understood now why he’d struggled so hard to touch me when I’d first come here. Had he been thinking of his daughter in my place? No wonder he’d rejected me so harshly all those times.

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