Vampire Sheikh by Bruhns Nina

Author:Bruhns, Nina [Bruhns, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 0373618522
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Seth felt Josslyn’s consternation and rejection of the idea as swiftly and strongly as he’d felt his own when presented with the order.

Unfortunately, things really had changed, now that he’d slept with her.

By the gods! How had he let this debacle happen? One second he was roaring at her, doing his best to scare her so badly she’d never want him in a million years, and the next he was plunging into her, unable to think of anything but making her his—all his, completely his, in every way.

Utter disaster. Now that he’d taken her body as well as her blood, the Great Council would see it as a foregone conclusion that he’d agree to take her as his consort. After all, why would he refuse? He’d never before refused to take a woman to wife whom they’d recommended. Especially after tasting her blood and being with her carnally. The choice of consort had never mattered one way or another to him. Women didn’t understand him. They weren’t interested in understanding him. They were only interested in having mind-blowing sex with a vampire and in the wealth and prestige that being the consort of the high priest of Khepesh and demigod of Set-Sutekh could bring them. There had been a few exceptions over the years, but not many. And those few, Haru-Re had taken a special delight in seeing captured for his perverted amusements.

Part of Seth didn’t want another consort. Ever. But another part of him longed for a soul mate with a dull, aching pain in his heart that only the love of a wife who truly understood him could banish. But that was just a dream.

And his wishes were secondary. The only thing that mattered was what was best for Khepesh.

He’d always trusted the neutral objectivity of the council to help him decide which woman to choose, unless he felt strongly enough about one to simply do it without consulting them. In every one of those cases, they’d invariably agreed with his choice.

This time he’d felt strongly enough about Josslyn Haliday to reject her without consulting them. But this afternoon they’d gone against his express wishes and summoned her to the council chambers. They weren’t convinced by his arguments. Still, he was pretty sure he could have swung them over to his opinion in the end.

But that was before they’d shared their bodies.

That had changed everything.

He feared he’d sealed both their fates when he’d given in to his fleeting lust.

Except it wasn’t so fleeting; already he wanted her again with a need that ate at his insides like a phantom crocodile.

He reached out for her at exactly the same instant she turned away from him.

“Where are my clothes?” she asked, still searching for them on the disheveled bed. She got on all fours and peered over the side at the ground.

He groaned silently. Her sexy bottom was to him, lifted as though she were displaying it for his pleasure. Tempting him to further seal their fates.

He moved quickly, quietly, and was behind her before he could think about what he was doing.

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