Read Awakened (A Fairy Tales Novel) Online
Authors: Melanie Walker
"Well when you all but begged, tell me Sleeping Beauty was it at least worth it for the few strokes he got in?" The ability to skip entirely over the abduction was another smooth move Bri appreciated. Ash didn’t need the details that Bri didn’t want to give so they met eye to eye on that as well. As for kind of sleeping with Fangs she was more than willing to divvy out the details.
"Yes."
The laughter that came from the other end of the line made Bri smile. "And the claiming Ash, what do you know about it."
"Whoa Princess this is some serious stuff here, not to be taken lightly. Vamps are extremely territorial of their mates. By claiming you he tells the world that anyone or anything that dares harm you will face war and absolute death and by no means do they not go the extra mile. Did you accept the claim? How did this even happen?"
As Bri told the tale of the none to romantic proposal Ash listened providing a few uh huh's and ok's. "He said I can reject the claiming when this was all over with and not to worry but asked me to feed from him while we searched for the knife."
"Wait he told you that you can reject him?" Ash asked her tone taking a serious edge.
"Yeah, he said that it was my choice because he forced it on me and that I could reject at anytime but he wants me to wait till the fights over. He said Fil can’t touch me as long as his blood is inside of me."
"He's right. Fil would be a fool, and I’m not arguing that that’s already been established, but an even bigger fool to try and harm you while under Fangs protection." She sighed and said nothing for a few long seconds. "This is huge Bri. Are you going to accept him?"
The loaded question, Bri thought and sipped from her coffee, that was by the way, better than Denny's midnight brew and stopped avoiding the one thought she had from the minute he claimed her last night. "He didn’t say I could accept it either Ash. He only talked about my rejecting it. I don’t think he wants me to have a choice. I think..." She sighed and knew that what she was about to say was the right thing. "I think rejections the only option."
"For you maybe." Ashess said and Briar wanted to elaborate on that but Fangs walked back in the room right then.
"So I think we head off for the Chaos demon tonight and head home from there?" She said to Ash but her eyes were asking Fangs if that was the plan.
Ash said nothing as Fangs spoke and Briar hoped she was getting the hint. "Yeah, I have a few things I need to handle with my posse of Vamps and research the demon in Kentucky."
"Did you hear that?" She asked Ash. The responding "Tomorrow then." Sealed the deal and Briar knew there would be a lot more talk about the claiming when she got home.
She asked about Winter and Belle and things were same old Seattle with the Fairy Tale girls. Winter was still on the engagement high and Belle was still sc Bring the hell out of any man in her path and barely registering on cordial level with the rest of the world. Briar couldn’t figure Belle out. She understood the miserable feeling Belle sported, hell she had long ago lost Beast and still suffered the loss. Bri went seven months without Fangs and understood all too well the hell Belle was in. Lately though it seemed as if they were losing Belle. The fights that had once sustained her seemed to give less and less these days. Making a mental note to sit down and see if Belle was willing to open up when she got home she hung up with Ash and turned to see Fangs eyeing her from the other side of the small room.
He didn’t so much as take up space as command it. The room felt small with him in it and she actually cringed because she knew how the room felt. She felt small and detached whenever Fangs was around, he not only commanded space he commanded attention.
"We're all set to go after I feed." He stepped closer to her but kept talking, not an ounce of nervous energy in him, where Briar felt like she was a twisted cable of nerves about to break from the tension. "I would like it if you fed off me again, it would keep you safe but it will also keep you sharp on your feet and less likely to be affected by Delkon."
"Sure." She croaked and stood from the couch to get two glasses from the mini bar by the sink, when Fangs caught her hand.
"What are you doing?"
Just the feel of his fingers on her skin had her gasping at the touch. Stopping herself before she went down that road again she looked into his black gaze, seeing once again, that hint of amethyst.
"Getting glasses, or do we...." She didn’t finish as he nodded.
"Taking from the vein is the most reliable way, for you anyway. For me I need it fresh. The colder the blood the weaker it is. And right now I need strength. I can feed from the wrist again though so it’s less personal."
Barking a laugh Briar ran her fingers through her hair. "I think we passed personal a long time ago Fangs, if not last night." She stepped close and decided to throw caution to the wind. If she was going to be the cocktail
and
the straw then she wanted the personal too. "I think that if I am feeding from your wrist it would be easiest to feed from my neck." It may sound logical but this was all about her getting another hit from her proverbial crack pipe.
She lifted his wrist with one hand and tossed her hair to the side with the other. Bringing his wrist to her mouth Fangs laughed, a sound laced with erotic intent as those purple black peepers locked on her. "Think you’re strong enough to bite me?"
To say she had butterflies at the obvious threat would be a blatant lie but she wasn’t about to back down. She would go with this and let it take her wherever it went. Using a small hint of magic, she forced her eye teeth to grow, lengthen until they were two white pointed fangs intended for his flesh. Smiling so the tiny daggers could be seen she pulled his wrist to her lips, kissed the skin gently and then struck with the lust of a woman and the gentleness of a lover.
*
Fangs was blown away. Never in a million years would have predicted that Briar would have grown fangs just so she could feed….from his vein.
Fangs cursed and palmed the back of her neck, letting his fingers knot in the supple strands of her hair.
He gave as well as he got and as Bri took the first succulent pull off his wrist he struck, just as gentle, his need just as strong.
“
Fuck
.” He snarled and went back to the small punctures in her neck. He had spent so many nights thinking about how she would taste, tortured by the knowledge of it last night. She was a potent cocktail of sex and desire and need. He could feel the suction on his wrist from her mouth, working him in ways he had felt before.
He needed to keep his balance here, his one foot in the game so to speak. If he lost his head over this… whatever it was, then he might as well hand over his balls as well. She played him and damn if he didn’t forget that every time she was near.
As Briar clamped her jaw tighter and moaned he lost all train of thought and let the distance dissolve. He pulled his arm free of her mouth and broke the connection he had with her neck long enough to swipe his tongue across the bite in his wrist. Lick, swipe and he was back at her neck using both arms to pull her close and lift, until she had her legs around his waist.
There was no hiding, he realized as he disengaged the lock his fangs held on her slender neck and sealed the two small holes. She was soft and sweet and beyond anything he had ever had the pleasure of consuming, in all aspects of the word. He held her body, firm and warm and writhing beneath his as he dropped them on the bed. Her life blood still a burn of passionate proportions on his tongue. God he wanted to kiss her.
And she knew every single thing he thought and felt in that moment as if they were one body, one person broken apart, the broken pieces created of secrets between them. But as she moaned when his thigh slipped between her legs to part them he lost his restraint and last night came back with a vengeance.
This was all that mattered, the desire between them would not change the outcome but it would quench the thirst. "Oh God Fangs." She arched against his hand as he roamed it down her body. "I
need
this…
need
you."
He looked at her and felt the need inside of her, one that battled his own and even now, now with her blood in him he knew she had no intentions of keeping him.
The knowledge made him violent. He could feel the pressure, the weight of her in his mind reading all of him. There was nothing in this moment he could hide from her.
This is why
.
He let his thoughts travel to her and broke the wall he was shielded behind. If she would snoop then she would get it all.
This is why I cannot be casual with you Briar. It’s too much, you here with me, it’s too much.
When she gave him nothing in return he slammed the door shut in his mind and blocked her fully from anything he thought or felt.
Throwing caution out the window he had no problem keeping feelings from the mix. Men didn’t need love to fuck, didn’t need an emotion in order to get their dick hard. It was basic primal lust that drove the male species, ask any man any time and if they say different they are lying, most likely to get laid. Fangs was not the exception. He could do this as easily as he could button his jeans and walk out the door when he was done.
What he struggled with was the aftermath. He could do the deed, make her beg and pant and come with absolutely no problem, but with Briar he couldn’t walk away, not immediately anyway.
Knowing she sensed where he was at mentally because he knew she was thinking and feeling the same things as he was. He pulled back and looked at her asking with his eyes if she understood that this was all about the physical and emotions were not welcome.
Her eyes said that it was a waste of time to make rules and do it already.
Good enough.
Re Bring back on his knees he pulled the blood red top over her head and went for the clasp on her bra-
A snarl followed by a low growl came from Fangs as the gentle tap on the door grew more persistent with each second.
“Housekeeping…” Briar said between gasps as she tried to pull him back down over her body.
“It’s night; housekeeping is a daylight sort of thing.” Fangs rolled away from her and she released the frustrated groan as he walked towards the door. Not even halfway there he threw his hands in the air and let out a curse not even bothering to go further. He knew who was there and like bad rash he was not going away without attention. Coming back to the room he grabbed her top from the floor and tossed it at her. “Get dressed.”