Free Bitten by Darkness by Marie E. Blossom Page A

inhaling sharply. He tasted blood. Her blood. It ran like fire through his body, burning away
everything he thought he wanted. She was his mate, the one whose soul fit his
perfectly. He fought himself even as he savored her taste. He could not do this. He groaned, swallowing hard as his hips stuttered against her
softness. His dick was so hard it hurt.
    “Oh my
God,” she whispered, licking her lips. He closed his eyes, horrified. Mortified. Terrified. He unclenched
his fingers, letting her hair slide through his palms.
    “I'm so
fucking sorry, Sienna.” He tried to pull away, but she grabbed him.
    “Are you
kidding me?” She yanked him down again. Off-balance, he fell against the car as
she devoured his mouth. His incisors were half-descended and sharp enough that
her rough kiss nicked his lip this
time. His eyes flew open, but it was too late. Sienna moaned as his blood hit
her mouth. He shook violently, feeling the resonance of her soul calling out to
him, and he couldn't help it. He kissed her again, dipping inside and stroking
her tongue with his until his head spun. It wasn't until he felt her tugging at
his shirt that he managed to stop.
    “Sienna,”
he panted, dropping his head to her shoulder. He put his hands on hers,
stilling them. Her pulse beat hard and fast in her wrists and he couldn’t
resist rubbing into it.
    “If you
apologize, I will kick you,” she said, sounding breathless.
    He
chuckled, wondering what the hell he was going to do now. It only took a drop
for the bond to start. “Sienna, listen to me. You have
to stay away from me.”
    She
laughed. “Not a chance.”
    He shook
her slightly. “This is important.”
    She
narrowed her eyes at him. “No. You listen. All my life I've been different. Bigger, stronger, a freak. I never dated. Never
wanted to. This is the first time I've ever felt like this. Do you
understand what I'm saying? I'm not giving you up.”
    He shook
his head. “This isn't a joke. I'm not safe.”
    Her glare
would have incinerated him if it could. “You think I'm kidding? There's
something about you that calls to me.”
    He knew
there was. He wanted to shake her until she understood he wasn't human, but
that would be insane. He couldn't tell her. If she knew , if his enemies found out about her— He ground his teeth. “Sienna, don’t.”
    “Shut up.
Just shut it,” she said and kissed him again, gently this time.
    It broke
his heart. He groaned and let her in. I am so very weak. Already the
beginnings of a mate-bond tickled through his mind. He had to get her home. Had to keep her safe. “ Sienna, let
me take you home.”
    “Not
without your number, Jasper. Give it to me and I’ll get in.” She jerked away
and dug in her pocket until she pulled out the small device. “Here.”
    He eyed
it like it might bite him, but knew she wouldn't relent. And he couldn't let
her go now, anyway. “Fine.” He took it and programmed
in his number. As he handed it back to her, a flicker of light caught his eye.
He frowned, turning his head. The sky was dark, the autumn weather bringing a
few clouds overhead now that the sun’s warmth had gone. Everything looked fine,
except— Shit. There were too many stars in the sky.
    “What?”
She tucked her phone back into her jeans. “Is there something wrong?”
    “Too many
stars,” he muttered, opening the door. He shoved her inside.
    “That's
weird,” she said. She glanced at him as he buckled himself into the driver's
side. “That’s weird, right?”
    He nodded
shortly and started the car. “Yeah. Weird.” He
wondered how many ships there were and how they’d escaped radar detection. If
he could see them with his naked eye, then others could, too. And how did Alucard get his thugs here so fast? They had to have been
in transit even before he’d left Dekcol . Dammit .
    “You’re
not going to take me to my apartment, are you?”
    He smiled
grimly. She knew him well, even after so little time. “No.”
    “Trying
to pry