Free Sweeter Than Wine by Bianca D'Arc

he’d come to know later as magic. Within a few seconds, a young girl lay on the ground where the wolf had been, clutching a broken arm to her chest, one of her legs twisted at an unnatural angle. Her eyes shone with desperate fear and Sebastian was aghast at what he’d almost done. This was no injured animal. Though he’d never seen one before, he realized the poor child was a were wolf.
    After calming her fears, they’d struck an accord that night. Sebastian helped the girl get back to her family in exchange for a bit of her blood to keep him going. She was a long way from home and would have died without help, but he was newly turned and needed to feed. Small amounts of her blood fueled him as he carried her back to her pack.
    There were tense moments as he returned the youngster, but she was quick to tell them how he’d helped her. After some convincing, her parents were grateful enough to let him live. They gave him a place to sleep for the day, since it had taken the rest of the night to carry her home. Thus was born a lasting friendship between Sebastian and the were . It also propelled him to greater power than any vampire of his age. That’s why, only three centuries into his immortal life, he was highly ranked among his kind and could hold his own among some rather powerful—and ancient—friends.
    He wanted to give that strength to Christina and the only way to do it was with Matt’s help. Though the hunger to make love to her grew to nearly unbearable 52
     

     
    proportions, tonight she would feed freely from the were cougar for the last time, and on the morrow she would be able to stand on her own against any man—supernatural or otherwise.
    “Come over here, sweetheart.” Matt’s voice sounded from across the room. She stood between the two men, shifting her weight to one foot, indecision written all over her body.
    Sebastian went to her and placed his hands on her shoulders. Kneading her tense muscles, he pulled her back against his chest.
    “You need this, my dear, and I need to feed off the energies released when you climax. We both do. Let Matt give you this. Just one more night.”
    She surprised him by turning in his arms. “Will you…?” She flushed under his scrutiny and in that moment he could deny her nothing.
    “I’ll be here with you. I promise.” He gave in to his own desires and kissed her, allowing his hands to drop to her waist and slip under the hem of the baggy sweatshirt.
    Her skin was so soft, so warm, as he skimmed a seductive path up her small ribcage, tugging the shirt up and out of the way. He had to break the kiss to pull the sweatshirt over her head, but she went right back to him, kissing him breathless as she pressed her soft, bare breasts against his chest, rubbing all over.
    A warm presence came up behind her and Sebastian opened his eyes to find Matt grinning at him across the top of Christina’s petite head. With a few tugs, the were cougar relieved her of her pants and she was bare between them. She made a delicious whimpering sound against Sebastian’s lips as Matt’s hand settled between her thighs and began to rub.
    It was almost too much for Sebastian. This night was for Christina and Matt. She had to feed from the cougar and fuck him several more times before Sebastian would be satisfied that all the benefits of Matt’s blood and lust had been realized in her transformed system.
    With a suppressed groan, Sebastian stepped back, ducking out of her hold, though he couldn’t free himself of her pleading gaze. Matt turned her in his arms and Sebastian 53

     
    gave a sigh of relief when she could no longer see him. That had been close. Sebastian had almost given in to the desire plaguing him since the moment he first saw her, but it wasn’t yet time. He would have her—repeatedly—but not just yet. No, he had to be absolutely certain she was as strong as she could be before he took her and discovered whether or not she was the woman he’d been