The Vampire and the Demon Prince by Mina Carter

Author:Mina Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mina Carter

"No, no, no. You've gotta be kidding me,” Cassia wailed as she studied the palm of her hand and the symbols etched across the skin for all the world to see. Symbols which would tell another vampire she'd bonded with a mate.

She looked up and into her bathroom mirror, haunted brown eyes staring back at her. This wasn't happening, it couldn't be happening. She didn't need or want a mate. Especially not when…

"No!” The blood drained out of her reflection's face. There was only one way a vampire bonded with his or her mate—the combination of sex and blood. The only guy she'd had sex with recently had been the sexy as hell demon at Moonlight & Magic.

"Crap. This is not good.” She couldn't be bonded to a demon. She shouldn't even have given him the bloody time of day, let alone gotten down and dirty with him.

Cass stared at the marks again, hoping they'd have already faded, or better yet, been a figment of her imagination. No such luck. They were still there, clear dark symbols against her pale flesh.

Her brow furrowed. How had she managed to bond to him? She'd made sure there hadn't been a blood exchange. Because, whilst there were a few things she could think of more unpleasant than being addicted to demon blood, they were the sort of things she never intended to try out—like getting her arms and legs ripped off by a were-dragon, or heading on into the dark plains to find a Medusa to irritate.

Somehow, though, even without the blood exchange, she had bonding marks all over her palm. How the hell… Was it even possible to bond with a demon? More importantly, how was she going to keep quiet about the fact she had?

Realizing she was still staring at herself in the mirror Cass dropped her gaze to the offending marks again. Perhaps she could just cut her hand off and have done with it? No, that would hurt like hell.

She'd once had to regrow the tip of a finger after an accident with a Keres demon and an industrial steel press. That had been bad enough. She could only imagine what regrowing the whole damn hand would feel like.

As soon as the idea occurred to her, though, it wouldn't let go. She had to get rid of these marks somehow, but cutting her hand off wasn't the only solution. Padding barefoot back into her bedroom she sat on the bed and pulled the lamp over so she could get a better look at the marks.

Ignoring the small quiver in the region of her heart, she studied her palm. Bonded mates were rare. Every vampire girl dreamed someday—if she was lucky—she would meet Mr. Perfect and wake one evening with these marks on her hand. Cass hadn't been born a vamp, but even she'd bought into the romantic dream of a bond-mate.

Using her fingertips she manipulated the skin of her palm under the light. The mark wasn't on the skin, more under the skin, like something had been inserted there.

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