Page 60 of Deadly Cravings
The white-haired vampire didn’t seem to like it. He pulled back and sank his teeth into another spot. My body jerked.
The door slammed open.
“Catalina!” Jax shouted and his entrance caused the vampire holding me to retract his teeth and scramble back, clutching me to his massive chest like I was some toy.
I whimpered in his too tight hold. He was going to pop me. My joints felt close to rupturing.
“I can’t move any closer, or he’s going to squeeze you to death.”
The low words from Jax calmed me enough to not hyperventilate, but there was already tightness in my lungs.
There was a click and light speared my eyes.
“Jax?” I whimpered.
“I’m right here, Catalina. Relax for me, sweetheart.”
I whimpered. I wasn’t sure if I was more shocked at the endearment or the soft tone. I did as he bade and softened against the rabid vampire. My head bounced on his shoulder as he inched to the corner near the bed.
“Bastien, no,” Jax snapped.
Bastien. . .
My back smacked into the mattress and my chest expanded sharply. The simple metal frame the bed rested on creaked as heclimbed over me. His nude body pressed into mine and I grunted from the weight pushing me into the plush bedding.
The door banged again and Tobias came into the room at vampire speed. Jax grabbed hold of him as Bastien curved his body tighter over me, blocking me from sight. His wide chest blocked the ceiling.
“Tobias, don’t. If any of us come after her, he’ll kill her before we get to her.” The image of him in my dream, enjoying me combing through his hair filled my mind. He hadn’t seemed so bad after he’d initially attacked me.
“We can’t allow him to?—”
At that point, Asher stepped in and strode forward. Bastien tensed, lifting off me with a hiss. The predatory look on his face shouted deadly intentions. Bastien swiped one of his large hands out and wrapped his fingers around Asher’s throat, who grabbed at his wrists. Flesh burst and blood leaked from between Bastien’s fingers. Asher hissed, eyes turning red. He didn’t seem to be trying to hurt him back, instead he jerked at the arm to get him to release. It wasn’t working and the effect was Asher’s throat was being torn out as I watched.
Pushing to my ass, I wrapped my arms around Bastien’s waist and squeezed. I lifted my hand to the one he was digging into Asher, managing to grip onto his forearm, and I yanked at it.
Bastien turned his attention to me, tilting his head to the side as he flung Asher away.
Asher slammed into the wall, snarling as he pushed up. Jax pulled him back.
“He’s territorial with her,” Jax shouted in his slightly raspier voice. Bastien swept me into his arms as if confirming the comment.
“Don’t worry, Catalina. We’ll find a way to get him away from you,” Tobias said in a calm tone. I flexed my stiff arms currentlysqueezing into my side. Bastien continued looking down at me—waiting.
“We should end his torment.” Asher’s voice floated to me. The low tone strained. My attention narrowed on him.
“We are not putting him down, Asher,” Jax snapped. For once, I agreed with the rude twin. “The repercussions are too extensive. We can’t afford the loss of his?—”
“I said, ‘end his torment,’ there is no need for drastic measures.” Asher huffed.
“I’m in agreement with Asher for once,” Tobias added. “We should have put him out of his misery when he became blood-mad.”
Bastien pressed down on my sides and a sob wrenched free. He wasn’t helping my soreness.
“Fuck,” Jax hissed. “Fine, but you two will answer to Ren for this.”
The agreement to end the life of the vampire hovering over me didn’t sit well.
I pressed the pads of my fingers into his stomach.