Page 78 of Deadly Cravings

As she lifted, she dragged her tongue across my throat and my cock twitched, forcing my hips to grind up again. “I know you must be hungry, but please be gentle,” she murmured, pressing her neck to my mouth.What the fuck was this girl?Her hand shook against my chest.

I struck, sinking my fangs deeps into her skin, sucking the savory blood into my throat—the searing, blistering hunger abated. Lessening the burn.

Her arms lifted around my shoulders, but she couldn’t get them around properly since she was small. Blood spread on my tongue and the taste seeped into me. She was divine. The best thing I’d ever tasted.Wagashi, mochi, dorayaki. . . every savory dessert I could have conjured from my childhood. Food I had not tasted in so long, the taste that had faded since my vampire birth centuries ago.

I tightened my hold when she tried to move, but she just readjusted her position, spreading her legs so she straddled me more comfortably. My dick thickened painfully and I groaned, grinding up between her splayed, straining thighs.

She gasped and moaned, meeting my grinding thrusts. Her fingers speared into my hair and I tensed. I hated having my hair touched, but the feel of them melting into my scalp was gentle, and I clasped her tighter.

My biceps flexed around her waist as we ground against each other, savoring the increasing pleasure. My balls drew tight, needy and aching to release.

If I wasn’t shackled... If I had her splayed before me, I would litter her skin with bites. She tasted succulent and I wanted more. I pressed my fangs into her harder, opening the entrances in her neck so more blood could freely flow into my mouth.

A moan ripped from my chest and I balled her hair in my hand, arching her back. She cried out and I blanked.Blood. I wanted it. I wanted her.

Her little fingers flexing on my arm shoved at me. This taste deserved to be savored, so she would not die today. I’d already taken more than was safe, her shoves were weak and she swayed. I groaned as I laved my tongue across the large punctures I’d created and licked the taste from my lips.

She trembled and buried her head in the crook of my neck. My cock twitched at the feel of her breath on my flesh. Wetness spread on my skin and she sniffled, holding me tighter.

What the fuck was wrong with this human? Why was she grabbing onto me like this?

“I’m scared, Ren.” The warbling tone punched my stomach and I ground my teeth at the uncomfortable pressure crawling up my ribcage. Her sleep-filled words were ended by a soft snore as she cuddled closer, her face resting on my shoulder.

What the fuck?

THIRTY-TWO

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“You were supposedto keep an eye on her,” Asher sneered, getting in my face.

“What are you going on about?” I bunched the front of Asher’s shirt, shoving him away from me. His eyes flared red and settled soon after.

“Catalina is gone. There’s no sign of her and her car is gone.” His words sucker punched me in the throat. The human left? My brain lagged on processing the information, but my body had stiffened to a painful extent. The sluggish muscle in my chest thumped.

“She was sleeping . . .” I trailed off. I didn’t think she would leave. I knew it, I shouldn’t have trusted the fucking human. Look what it got me.

“You lost her?” Tobias gritted out between his clenched teeth. The accusation was thrown at me. I fished my phone out of my pocket. “What are you doing?” Tobias narrowed his eyes at me.

“Calling V so he can put a freeze on her passport,” I said grimly.

“She didn’t flee,” Asher spat, shoving my shoulder. I returned it with a punch to the stomach.

“Watch it,” I growled.

“She was taken,” Asher continued, almost desperate.

I pitied my brother. The girl had wrapped him around her feeble fingers and he did not know it. He claimed I was a pussy for Imogen, doing as she bid without complaint, but look at him now. At the very least, I’d followed the orders of someone of our own ilk.

I was ashamed to admit, she had started to sink her traitorous little claws into me as well and if it had been a moment longer, she may have succeeded.

Asher crossed his arms. “She was taken,” he insisted again, seeing the doubt on my face. The surety in his tone gave me pause.

“I don’t believe she would leave either,” Tobias’s gaze became unfocused as he fell into his own thoughts.

I was supposed to keep track of her. If she had been taken and she hadn’t run away like I initially thought, I’d put the weak girl in harm’s way.

No, she’d left without informing us and that was enough to cause doubt.