Total pages in book: 115
Estimated words: 108211 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 541(@200wpm)___ 433(@250wpm)___ 361(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 108211 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 541(@200wpm)___ 433(@250wpm)___ 361(@300wpm)
Andi didn’t know but she could hear Cade getting more and more upset out in the bedroom. Reluctantly, she pulled the towel back around herself. She wished she had a robe like the one Flow-da had been wearing. Maybe she could do some shopping around town tomorrow? She would ask how much the ticket for the Moon shuttle cost and then see if she had enough to buy at least one other outfit.
Just as she was planning this, there was a loud thump! and the bathroom door rattled on its hinges.
“Oh my God!” Andi gasped, reaching for the knob. Cade was actually trying to break in to get to her! If he broke the door, Goodie Tight-azz was going to throw them out in the cold for sure!
“Stop that—stop it!” she exclaimed, as she opened the door. “What are you doing out here, Cade?”
The huge Kindred was breathing hard. He was crouched by the bed, looking like he was about to make another run at the door, which already had a huge crack running down the middle of it.
“Oh, no,” Andi moaned, studying the door. “Look what you did! We’re going to get into so much trouble. We’ll be lucky if she doesn’t throw us out!”
Cade clearly didn’t understand anything she was saying. He was staring at her with a look of pure, primal hunger in his golden eyes.
Andi couldn’t help blushing when she saw that look—no man had ever looked at her like that—with such blatant lust.
But he’s not a man right now—he’s a Manimal—he’s running purely on instinct, she reminded herself.
“Look—” she began, but before she could finish, Cade rose to his full height to tower over her. He took two strides towards her and gripped her by her upper arms. Looking into her eyes, he growled—a wordless noise of pure hunger. Then he ducked his head and pressed his face to the side of her neck, inhaling deeply, as though he couldn’t get enough of her scent.
“Hey—” Andi tried to protest, but then he was licking her. She could feel his hot, wet tongue dragging over the vulnerable side of her neck, which had always been an extremely sensitive area of hers—an erogenous zone, to be honest.
“Ohhhhh,” she moaned and felt herself go weak in the knees—she couldn’t help it! She’d never had a man handle her like this—with such hunger, such passion. Sex had always been tentative between Andi and her ex—Herbert never seemed to know exactly how to touch her to turn her on. But even with an animal mind, Cade seemed to have an instinct for doing exactly what she wanted. He—
And then she felt the sharp points of his fangs against the side of her throat.
Oh dear God—oh no!
Andi’s mind went into overload. Was he going to rip her throat out? But no—he was a Kindred. Even in his Manimal state of mind, he wouldn’t hurt a woman—would he?
No, he won’t, she told herself firmly, trying to calm down. Think, Andi—he’s part Blood Kindred. They only bite their mates to give pleasure or to heal. It’s all right—he’s just trying to Claim you as his own.
But actually, that wasn’t all right. If Cade bit her and injected his essence—which was the pale blue liquid that Blood Kindred made with their fangs—his next step would probably be to want to breed her.
And I can’t let him do that, Andi told herself.
There was only one way she could think of to distract him.
Since the moment he’d grabbed her, she’d been clutching the too-small, scratchy towel tightly to her chest, trying to keep it in place and keep herself at least minimally covered. Now she saw that she had no choice—loosening her grip on the towel, she let it fall to the ground.
“Cade?” she whispered. Trying not to move too much, since the sharp points of his fangs were still pressing against her throat, she reached for one of his big hands and brought it to her bare breast.
That got the big Hybrid’s attention.
With a low noise of surprise, he pulled back and looked down to where his hand was. He cupped her bare breast firmly but gently and then—to Andi’s surprise—he circled her nipple, which was tight with fear, gently with his thumb.
“Ohhh…” she moaned softly as sparks of pleasure shot through her. “Yes, that’s right, Cade,” she said coaxingly. “I…I’ll let you play with my breasts but no biting, all right?”
She looked up into his golden eyes, trying to see if he understood. She could see the sharp, curving points of his fangs protruding from under his upper lip. Carefully, she put up one finger and tapped it lightly against one of them.
“No…biting,” she said clearly and shook her head for emphasis.
She still wasn’t sure if he understood, but he was holding her other breast now as well and gently thumbing both nipples.