The Red Lily (Vampire Blood) by Juliette Cross

Author:Juliette Cross [Cross, Juliette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Select Otherworld)
Published: 2017-06-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Sienna pulled the second glove tight as they continued to wait for the duke’s man to return. The duke paced in front of the popping fire. Nikolai stood stone-like near the door, fully dressed and ready to depart, but without the thick winter attire she wore. She still wondered at how vampires could withstand such cold without hat or gloves, but then immortality had its rewards.

Immortality. Her heart clenched. She was beginning to understand her grandmother’s sorrow. To love a vampire was to love someone you could not keep. Was it love? She felt as if she’d been running in the woods and tripped on an unseen root only to fall over a cliff that seemed to have no end. There was no way to stop herself. She glanced at him to find his gaze fixed on her as if he could divine her thoughts. One look, that was all it took for her pulse to trip faster.

The experience of being in bed with him, or actually even out of bed with him, was beyond what she’d imagined. His rough commands weakened her knees and melted her body till all she could do was obey and hang on. Then his tenderness afterward melted her heart, no matter that he couldn’t see how wonderful he truly was.

What a fool she was. She’d thought she could give her body and somehow keep him away from her heart. But the way he made love to her with such fierce intensity, the way he’d looked at her when he drove inside her, it was too much, his power over her too great. With every thrust inside of her, every worshipping kiss on her skin, every quiet murmur in her ears, he pounded on the feeble wall she’d built around that soft organ that pumped lifeblood through her body. The moment she orgasmed and cried out his name, the wall crumbled well and good. And now she faced the heartache of letting him go when their mission was over. But she wouldn’t take it back. Not for the wide world. The door opened. All three of them snapped their attention to Grant as he entered. “It is clear, my lord.”

“Well done,” said the duke. “Time to go, my friends.”

Sienna flipped up the hood of her cloak and followed Grant into the darkened corridor outside the duke’s private parlor.

The Duke of Winter Hill was not at all what she had expected. Well, perhaps his appearance was what she expected in a vampire duke. Shiny brown hair to his shoulders that looked silky to the touch. Sharp, regal lines of cheeks and nose; broad, intelligent brow; and fine, square jaw. He stood evenly in height with Nikolai, but his carriage was different. Whereas Nikolai seemed always on alert, even when he was in a relaxed posture which wasn’t often, the duke had a casual swagger to all of his movements. Not a care in the world. And yet the keen intelligence in his gaze warned that he noticed everything.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.