Ward, J.R. - Black Dagger Brotherhood 01 - Dark Lover by Ward J.R

Author:Ward, J.R. [Ward, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2005-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-six

Beth put the wineglass back down, wishing she had more control over herself.

“You don’t like that, do you?” Wrath said in a low voice.

“What?”

“Me drinking from another female.”

She laughed darkly, despising herself. Him. The whole situation. “You want to rub my nose in it?”

“No.” He paused. “The idea you will someday score another male’s skin with your teeth and take his blood inside of you makes me want to stab something.”

Beth stared at him.

So why don’t you stay with me? she thought.

Wrath shook his head. “But I can’t let myself think like that.”

“Why not?”

“Because you cannot be mine. No matter what I said before.”

Fritz came in, cleared, and then served dessert. Whole strawberries on a gold-rimmed plate. Some chocolate sauce on the side to dip them in. A little cookie.

Normally, Beth would have polished the lot of it off in high gear, but she was too shaken to eat.

“You don’t like strawberries?” Wrath asked as he put one into his mouth. His bright white teeth bit through the red flesh.

She shrugged, forcing herself to look away from him. “I do.”

“Here.” He picked a berry off his plate and leaned toward her. “Let me feed you.”

His long fingers held the stem firmly, his arm poised in the air.

She wanted to take what he offered. “I can feed myself.”

“Yes, you can,” he said softly. “But that’s not the point.”

“Did you have sex with her?” she asked.

His eyebrows flickered. “Last night?”

She nodded. “When you feed, do you make love to her?”

“No. And let me answer your next question. I’m not sleeping with anyone but you right now.”

Right now, she thought.

Beth looked down at her hands, feeling stupidly hurt.

“Let me feed you,” he murmured. “Please.”

Oh, grow up, she told herself. They were adults. They were tremendous in bed together, and that was more than she’d ever had from a man before. Was she really going to walk away just because she was going to lose him?

Besides, even if he promised her a rosy future, a man like him wasn’t going to stick around. He was a fighter who ran with a pack of guys just like himself. Home-and-hearth stuff would be boring as hell to him.

She had him now. She wanted him now.

Beth tilted forward in her chair, opened her mouth, and put her lips around the strawberry, taking it whole. Wrath’s nostrils flared as he watched her bite down. When some of the sweet juice escaped and dripped onto her chin, he hissed.

“I want to lick that off,” he muttered under his breath. He reached forward and took hold of her jaw. Lifted his napkin.

She put her hand on his. “Use your mouth.”

A low sound, from deep inside his chest, cut through the room.

Wrath leaned toward her, tilting his head. She caught a flash of his fangs as his lips opened and his tongue came out. He stroked the juice from her skin and then pulled away.

He stared at her. She looked back at him. The candles flickered.

“Come with me,” he said, holding out his hand.

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