Total pages in book: 51
Estimated words: 47359 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 237(@200wpm)___ 189(@250wpm)___ 158(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47359 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 237(@200wpm)___ 189(@250wpm)___ 158(@300wpm)
After retrieving all her books off the various shelves and placing them on the ottoman table, he sat in the chair beside her. “You should be more careful.”
“I’m trying to be,” she said saluting him with her glass of wine, certain he’d understand the double meaning.
He responded with a slight nod and a faint smile, then said, “This isn’t the kitchen.”
She scrunched her brow, then recalled he had given her directions to the kitchen before leaving her in the living room. “I was hungrier for information rather than food.”
“Well, you do have a chapter to write. Perhaps now would be a good time to talk about... sexual appetites of vampires.”
Her curiosity was definitely aroused as was she. Damn, she hadn’t been attracted or aroused by a man in ages and now that she finally was, he had to be a vampire. She was treading on dangerous ground here. He wouldn’t be generalizing when it came to a vampire’s sexual appetite, he’d be speaking from experience. She would know the intimate details of his sex life. She took a sip of wine, settled back in the chair with a knot in her stomach and said, “Tell me how the sexual appetites of vampires differ from that of human males.”
Michael smiled, a compelling and all too sly smile. “I will try to explain it, though it would be much better demonstrated.”
“What makes you think I’ll have sex with you?” Lara demanded.
“You already want to have sex with me. I can feel your ache; it grows stronger by the minute, and your scent is so robust, so irresistible...your skin hot, your nipples hard and I want to—”
“Stop it,” she shouted, fearing she would lose control any minute and demand he make love to her. “I will not be caught up in your spell and bent to your will.”
“Isn’t that exactly what human males do, persuade and seduce women? And to be fair, women do the same to men. And isn’t it our sexual appetites that drive us to seduce whether male or vampire?”
“Then what you’re saying is that vampires really aren’t all that different than those of human males. Both are ravenous.”
“Not entirely true, since with a human male it would depend on his age and health whether he was ravenous for sex or not. Not so with a vampire, due to his longevity and vitality, his sexual appetite rarely wanes. However, I think the biggest difference is that not all sexual encounters of humans are satisfying.”
“Are you saying that every sexual encounter you have is satisfying? There hasn’t been one that has displeased or disappointed?” she asked as if she hadn’t quite understood him.
“Yes, that is exactly what I’m saying.”
“And your partner?”
“I would never leave a woman I have sex with feeling anything but fully satiated.” His brow knitted and he stared at her.
Lara turned away not wanting him to read her thoughts again and discover how disappointing sex had been for her through the years.
He leaned forward in his chair. “Lara, look at me.”
“I don’t want you listening in on my thoughts. They are private. Mine alone.”
“Your thoughts are easily heard when you speak them so clearly.”
“You mean clear enough for a vampire,” she said, keeping her head turned away.
“Granted, my senses go deeper than the common male, but—”
She whipped her head back around. “No buts, stay out of my thoughts.”
“Then stop sending them to me,” he said with a bit of annoyance as he leaned back in his chair.
Was she sending him them? How was that even possible? And how did she stop it?
“Why did you agree to participate in this book?” he asked. “You present fact, not fiction on your blog and this editor who hired you is obviously looking for sensationalism.”
His question had mirrored her own when she had taken on the assignment. “My intentions were to find out what I could, piece it together, discard the ridiculous and write what possibly could be, though make it clear that it was nothing but fantasy.”
“And now?”
“That’s a good question. What now? Why did you admit to me that you’re a vampire? It wasn’t necessary. And now that I know...” Her stomach churned waiting for an answer.
“You wonder if I will let you tell the world?”
“It has crossed my mind.”
“It would be a hard sell.”
Lara had to laugh. “You’re right it would be, but it doesn’t answer my question—why did you tell me?”
“That answer is best left for a later time.”
“I would prefer to know now.”
“Not just yet,” Michael said and from the firm tone of his voice, Lara knew even persistence would get her nowhere. “Your lips constantly tempt me to kiss you.”
“Kiss not bite?” she asked, trying to make light of his remark that stirred her in places she didn’t want to think about.
“I would love to bite you.”