Her Vampire Prince (Midnight Doms) by Ines Johnson

Author:Ines Johnson [Johnson, Ines]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Burning Desires
Published: 2019-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Cari

“Where’d you find him?” asks Mare.

“When I was out skydiving.”

Her intake of breath is sharp. So is the glare she turns on me.

What? It was an honest answer. And I was never one to lie to authority figures like teachers, my dad, or my older siblings. Though it was easy getting away with things when Mare was in charge of me. She was usually up to her arms in soil with her head in the vines. I’m not used to her giving me her full attention as she’s doing now.

“Another adventure junkie?” asks Mare. “What’s he into? Racing? Volcano jumping?”

My head tilts to the side as I regard my sister. Of course I told her about all of my adventures. But she was analyzing grape hybrids as I did so. So, I’m shocked to the core when she can rattle off some of the crazy stunts I’ve pulled.

“No,” I say. “Hadrian’s not into any of that.”

There’s an unsaid question mark at the end of my statement. Because I’m not exactly sure if Hadrian is into adrenaline sports or not. He had given me the idea for plank walking. But had he done it? Is that how he knew?

It hits me then. I really don’t know much about Hadrian, my lover, my boyfriend. The man I’m ready to give my virginity to without a second thought. The man I let do wicked things to me that I had never even known were options in the bedroom.

What I do know is how he makes me feel; safe and secure. It just goes to show that sometimes it pays to take a risk.

However, I’m not feeling the itch to jump out of a plane tonight. Or to walk between high-rises in the morning. Nope. There is a new itch. This itch is lower in my body and more centralized. I want Hadrian to take me back to his bed and –

“It’s that serious?” Mare’s eyebrows are raised so high they form golden arches near her hairline.

She’s staring at me. I have her full attention. Probably for the first time in years.

She gasps, but in an exaggerated way that ends in a grin. “He’s plucked your berry.”

“Mare!”

In the distance, I see Hadrian’s head lift. His gaze finds mine. It’s like he’s in tune with my every move. I feel his bright green eyes roam over me in the darkness. I am heated just by his look.

I have two pairs of eyes on me, his and Mare’s. Luckily, Hadrian is too far away to hear this embarrassing conversation.

“We’re sisters,” says Mare. “We can talk about these things. Especially since you grew up without Maman. I should’ve sat you down earlier and had this talk.”

“We are not having this talk.” I can feel the flush creeping across my cheeks and I turn away from my sister.

Like any parental figure who wants to both embarrass their charge and at the same time educate them, Mare goes on as though she didn’t hear me, or is just ignoring me.

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