Vampire Temptation by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix
Author:Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix [Kyle, Celia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Real Men Romance™
CHAPTER SEVEN
The power rushing through her veins wasnât her siren song or her glamour. It wasnât even the effect of Deoâs vampiric magic. His pupils glowed red and his fangs released from their sheaths, but nothing in his aura spoke to danger or death. No, he shimmered with passion, heat, and love.
âBeloved,â he said in a low tone and then looked up, warily scanning the room. His arms tightened around her and she noticed the shift in his stance, the sudden aggressive protectiveness.
The ballroom was totally silent. No gasps of shock that she was making out with a vampire on the dance floor, no shrieks of protest from her mother, no murmurs from the gossips. The lack of noise pulled Coraâs attention away from the shimmering rope linking her to Deo. The only sound in the room was hundreds of people breathing softly, some even snoring. From the floor.
Deo lifted her upright, giving her full view of the chaos caused by their kiss. The energy that had pulsed through them had pulsed through everyone. Or into them, anyway, because everyone in the ballroom lay flat on their backs, as if bowled over by Cora and Deoâs love. One by one, each person stirred and started the slow process of regaining their senses. Including her parents.
She rubbed a hand over her forehead and tried to clear her head enough to think straight. First things first, replace her glamour. But it was gone, blown to smithereens from the power of their bond. Turning back to Deo, she smiled. Her mate.
âAll this time,â she breathed, unable to believe it as tears of the most intense joy spilled down her cheeks.
After more than twenty years of denying the truth in a vain attempt to protect herself, she could now admit she loved Deo. Always had. From the moment heâd asked her to dance so very long ago, her heart had belonged to him.
âTold you so,â he teased.
She jabbed his ribs as he wrapped an arm around her waist so they could face the waking crowd together. The unique presence that was Deo enveloped her psyche like a favorite blanket, a giant bar of chocolate, and a big glass of red wine all at the same timeâcomfort, warmth, familiarity.
How had she not known they were destined? How could she have missed it this entire time? All the clues had been there. All the times heâd caught her with her psychic pants down and sheâd had to rush to snap her glamour into place. Each time sheâd simply assumed sheâd shielded him before her nature had a chance to bury its claws into him. Even the last time, when heâd walked full into her song without flinching, sheâd told herself heâd been lucky.
But as it turned out, heâd been immune, as heâd tried to convince her all along. It should have occurred to her that a sirenâs fated mate would be immune to her false allure, but even if it had, she wouldnât have risked losing Deo in case she was wrong.
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