Total pages in book: 108
Estimated words: 100953 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 505(@200wpm)___ 404(@250wpm)___ 337(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 100953 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 505(@200wpm)___ 404(@250wpm)___ 337(@300wpm)
“You tired of eye fucking me across the room and ready for the real thing, princess?”
Her jaw tightens and her eyes narrow, but I notice she doesn’t push me away. “All I have to do is scream and you’ll be ripped apart.” Her eyes flash and I believe what she’s saying is the truth.
“You wouldn’t want to end the fun before it’s even started.” I place a hand on the wall beside her and I can feel the crowd at my back. We’re in a dark corner, and if the two men with her think she’s in the restroom, then we have some time. “How about you ditch Thing One and Two and you let me take you home.”
“Does this work with your usual street trash?” Her lips tighten together and I wonder for a second if she’s jealous.
“I’ve never seen someone that looked like fine silk. I’m not even worthy to touch your skin. So maybe that’s my problem, I should have taken a princess to bed.”
She rolls her eyes, but I catch the edge of her lips fighting a smile. “Stop calling me that.”
“If the glass slipper fits.” I reach out and touch under her chin so she looks up at me. “I’m Valen, tell me who you are.”
“Why should I tell you anything?” She licks her lips and I lean closer, desperate to taste her.
“Because we both know you want to.” I lean forward and brush my cheek against hers before I whisper in her ear. “Because when I’m balls deep I want to know whose name to shout.”
This is all so wrong, but I’ve never felt so right. I’ve been raised to despise her kind and everything about her, and now all I want to do is possess every inch of her body and fuck her into submission. I’ve never been with a vampire before, and I never had a desire to. Would it even be possible? I’m willing to do anything to find out.
Her hand comes to my chest and I lean back to look in her eyes. “You can’t talk to me like that.”
“Tell me you don’t like it and I’ll stop,” I say as she looks down at the floor.
“I don’t like it.”
“Liar,” I retort, and she snaps her eyes up to mine.
“You don’t even know me.” She says it with a challenge, and I don’t budge.
“I know that even from across a crowded room you wanted me to get you alone.”
I wait, but the time between us stretches and she doesn’t deny it.
“If I’m guessing right, we’ve only got a short time before we’re not alone anymore.”
She looks around and then nods as her eyes come back to mine. “Ravana,” she whispers, and I tuck her hair behind her ear. “My name is Ravana.”
“Good girl,” I say before I lean down and place my lips on hers.
Her lips touch mine and it’s like I’ve been electrified. She’s soft and gentle as I run my tongue along the seam of her lips and demand entrance. She opens for me and then I have what I want. She submits as I hold her face with both hands and take the kiss I’ve been fucking desperate for. How could a kiss feel so powerful and consuming?
But before I can take it further, there are hands on my shoulders and I’m being ripped away from what I want most.
“Get your hands off me,” I spit out when I see the twins on either side of me. “Let me go or you’ll be sorry.”
“I fucking knew it,” one of them hisses.
The two of them push me down a small hallway nearby and I don’t even think anyone in the crowd noticed. I can feel Ravana close behind us as they drag me into a room and slam the door closed. For a second, I wonder if they know I’m the slayer in the area, but I was careful to mask my scent when I was on the hunt. There’s no way they could make the connection now, so I try to remain calm.
“Get that over there,” one of them says as they grab something nearby to bind my wrist. I feel them tighter from behind my back and around my wrists until I can’t move.
“What are you doing?” Ravana whispers to them, but her quiet voice in this small room might as well be a shout. “Let him go.”
“No way! We’re going to give this asshole what he deserves,” the twin says right as he knees me in the stomach. “He put his hands on you and if we hadn’t shown up, god knows what he would have done.”
“Stop it! You’re hurting him!” Ravana cries out, and the sound of her fear burns me alive.
Before I can think about it, I’m reacting by kicking out then rushing them with my shoulders. My hands may be tied behind my back, but I’m not helpless. I’m wrestled to the ground, but I don’t give up as the two of them struggle to hold me. They may be vampires, but I’m bigger and I’ve been training my whole life. Just as I’m about to headbutt one of them, Ravana shouts for us to stop.