Vampire Court: Black Knight by Ingrid Seymour

Author:Ingrid Seymour [Seymour, Ingrid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PenDreams
Published: 2019-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

The pleasure was like a drug.

Addictive. Exhilarating. Forbidden.

In the end, however, all that was left was unsurmountable guilt.

My nights turned torturous. Wild emotions and sensations haunted my dreams, dreams of want and lust in which I got lost.

In them, I ripped into Talyssa’s throat like an animal, a beast going for the kill, straight for the jugular. The most amazing nectar flooded my mouth. My body spasmed with pleasure and Talyssa’s scent switched to another I recognized all too well: Bianca’s.

She was under me, naked. My mouth was at her throat, though not hurting her. Instead, I gave her pleasure. She moaned. I deepened my kiss, thrust harder. My hands explored her body. She was exquisite, everything I’d ever wanted in a woman and more.

Now, I woke up panting, my body and my bed soaked in sweat. Want burned in me. The sheets were balled in my fists, and I had to clench my teeth and buckle down not to growl in disappointment. She wasn’t really here. The dream had left me ragged, the edges of me raw.

Rook Datcu slept across the room. I managed to contain myself and not wake him. He already hated me, no need to give him more reasons.

I left the bed and dressed in the dark. My skin was hot. I needed to leave, get away from the fire burning in the fireplace. Datcu stoked it every night, even though we had no real need for it. He seemed to enjoy the warmth.

Flinging my cloak over my back, I exited the room, eased the door behind me, and began walking through the palace grounds, headed for the woods. The night was more beautiful than ever. I hated it. It meant Talyssa’s blood still mixed with my own, igniting the vampiric senses Maximus had forced upon me.

More than a week had passed since I’d fed from Talyssa, but her Trove blood was much stronger than whatever they’d fed me the first time. My renewed strength showed no signs of diminishing.

An image of her ravaged throat flashed before my eyes. I blinked and forced myself to stare at the crystalline icicles hanging from the trees. They reflected the moonlight, sparkling like jewels, an effect my merely human eyes had never captured before.

Such wicked and costly beauty.

Still, the bloody image didn’t leave my mind.

Talyssa stood, wobbling in front of me. She was pale, void of all color. Her head lay limp to one side. Maximus was holding her gently in his arms while Dragoslav hauled me away, a tight chokehold around my neck.

The Black King fed Talyssa his blood. Just the right amount. Her wound healed. She regained some color but continued to lay limp, feeble.

“She will recover soon,” Maximus had said. “Worry not. She’s strong.”

In that moment, I had wished she would die, hoping never to see the reproach in her clear, blue eyes.

My mouth went dry, and I pushed all the memories away. They made me crave blood, made me hate myself even more than I already did.

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