Total pages in book: 49
Estimated words: 44804 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 224(@200wpm)___ 179(@250wpm)___ 149(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 44804 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 224(@200wpm)___ 179(@250wpm)___ 149(@300wpm)
Caleb grunts and drops to the floor while I let out a bark of a laugh. I feel myself smile. Her eyes catch mine as I laugh and she stands confidently over Caleb’s balled-up form.
Fuck, why does that turn me on like it does?
“You have such a beautiful smile,” she tells me. Her kind words stoke the fire in me. I want nothing more than to pull her onto the ground and devour her body.
“Not now, jackass.” Caleb’s words resonate inside my head and snap me out of it. I walk forward to reward my little mate with a kiss.
“You’re a natural,” I say. She leans into my touch and then looks to Caleb for a kiss from him. The small act makes me chuckle.
“Okay, how do I hit the groin? You didn’t show me.”
Oh, fuck that.
“Vince, get up here,” I yell out to the now pale fucker who only stops laughing once I call his name.
“Nah, I’m good, man.” I look at Caleb and open my mouth, but he beats me to the punch.
“I got the last hit. You can take this one.” He walks to our little mate and kisses her cheek. “Hit him hard, baby. If you can get a knee to his groin, you’ll get him on the ground for sure.”
Lizzie’s hesitant to ask something but before I can tell her to say whatever’s on her mind she asks, “Are you two letting me get these hits in?”
I shake my head adamantly, as does Caleb. “Not at all. I wasn’t ready for that. You’re much faster than I expected.” His fingers brush the hair back away from her face while he leans forward and whispers to her, “You’re as fast as a wolf. I didn’t expect that.” A blush creeps up her chest and into her cheeks.
“My turn,” Veronica calls out from below. “You three obviously need a break before you start giving the two of us a different kind of show. Come, pup, I want to see what kind of damage you can do.”
I take Lizzie’s small hand in mine. “It will be good for you to watch.” My eyes find Vince’s. “And I’ll enjoy watching Vince’s mate beat the shit out of him.” Caleb laughs on the other side of Lizzie before he pulls her hand to his mouth for another kiss.
She loves it when we kiss her. It keeps her smiling, keeps her happy. I imagine it keeps her thoughts from going elsewhere.
“Can we do it again after them?” Lizzie asks as we climb down.
“Of course. Especially now that we know you have some natural ability. Let’s just take a moment, all right?”
“I’m happy she took that as well as she did.” I speak to Caleb in my head.
“Yeah, that’s our mate, though. She’s such a wild spitfire.”
“Sometimes, but other times she’s so shy.”
“Well, she did just meet us, Dom. She’s gotta have some time to open up.” He has a good point. “And I think she’s doing wonderfully.” I nod at his silent words.
He drops her hand to wrap his arm around her waist, pulling her into him and slightly away from me. Her hand squeezes mine and it gives me enough satisfaction to not be jealous of his possessive move.
“You did great, baby. Next time we’ll be ready for you, though.” She blushes as he whispers into her ear. Settling down on the ground next to Lizzie, I look up to see Veronica and Vince circling each other. “This should be a good show.” I pull Lizzie closer to me and Caleb grins as he sits on her other side, knowing exactly what I’m doing. He can deal with me pulling cheap shots too.
He leans back resting on his forearms and concentrates on the two sparring. “Vampires are faster than us. Much faster, but we have far more strength than they do,” I say. Lizzie nods, acknowledging my words.
I watch her pale blue eyes widen as Veronica lands a blow to Vince’s chest before dropping to the ground to avoid Vince’s attempt to grab her. She slides easily between his wide-legged stance and stands behind him, landing a kick to his back before he’s even registered what’s happened. He lands on all fours but quickly recovers, leaping and spinning in midair to snatch her wrist as she strikes. She’s completely unaffected by his hold and lands a punch to his throat, right on his Adam’s apple. The blow makes him loosen his grip on her enough for her to jump back to the other side of the ring as his hands fly to his throat. Vince growls his frustration and the two circle each other again.
The first round goes to Veronica. By a long shot.
“Holy shit, it’s like a blur,” Lizzie breathes out the words, clearly in awe.
“Yeah,” I answer, equally impressed although I expected this. Still, it’s something else to watch a vampire move and fight. The unease from earlier returns.