The Bite of Winter by Lauren Smith

Author:Lauren Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: vampires;paranormal romance;ménage;m/f/m;Ireland;Christmas;Holidays;seasonal
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Connor O’Shea lay on his back in bed, glowering at the ceiling. One palm rested on his stomach, the other behind his head, providing a cushion. He was mad enough to punch something, but he wasn’t that sort of man. He never let his temper manifest in anything but his words.

His father had used his fists, and Connor swore he’d never be like that. When a woman got his ire up, he tended to seduce, and then fuck her into blissful submission. Zoey wasn’t like other women. It wasn’t just her body that held him fascinated. It was the way her emotions flitted across her face, so full of expression, of meaning. After nearly two centuries mortals had become faceless, nameless, a means to an end for him. A way to survive. But not so with Zoey. He’d tasted her blood and what he’d seen through the connection, one he hadn’t meant to allow, would have knocked him flat if he hadn’t been on the bed.

A vampire could connect to their prey while feeding, but as a vampire grew more disciplined they could shut out the connection. He had been too lost in his game of capture and claiming of Zoey that he hadn’t been prepared to block out her memories.

They’d rushed through him in wild, brilliant flashes, like summer lightning striking in the distance. Warmth of a noon day sun upon his skin, the sound of wind chimes tinkling in a faint breeze, the excitement of blowing out birthday candles, a room heavy with the scent of sugar and melting wax.

A hundred days of light and laughter had embedded themselves into his soul. She’d given him a gift of her life and she’d never known it. A mortal life with mortal blessings. One he could take into the darkness of his own heart. His chest squeezed and he huffed, suddenly short of breath. What a strange sensation. He hadn’t ever done that before…except once, long ago with Lara. That had been a time when his body had seemed to revert back to its most human state, almost human at any rate. Did that mean…?

No, Lara was my true mate. And Lara is gone. This is fascination, nothing more. An echo of what I lost.

He didn’t know what to do about Zoey. She was fiery, passionate, yet she seemed too sweet. He preferred his women wicked, wanton, willing to try anything in bed or out. He doubted Zoey would ever be so bold…

Yet her eyes had darkened with such fire when he’d brought her to climax. Her sheath had been tight, wet and so hot it scorched his fingers. She wasn’t a virgin, no, but she was damned close. The right man, or former man, could tempt her to release the wanton woman he’d seen in those eyes.

He’d known right away she hadn’t been with a man in quite some time. The look of shock on her face when she’d come—like she’d never felt such a violent outburst of pleasure before—nearly undid him.

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