Authors: J. S. Scott
His heart was open to her and she could feel his nervousness. Her big, bad vampire would give her the world if she would be with him.
"Will I have to become like you?" she asked, curious.
"I can convert you. But you would have to live in the world of night, as I do. I know it's a lot to ask...but I want you to...I want you to stay with me for eternity," he answered in a husky voice as he kissed her softly. "I don't want to live in a world without you in it."
Her heart did a jig in her chest. She would always ache for this man. Maybe she had always known that she had met her mate. She had always been incomplete, different. In her confusion she had fought him, but deep inside she knew he was her sanctuary. With Max...she had found a real home. "I think I'll learn to love the night if you are with me, Max." She stroked his cheek as he started to grin. "You're skin is warm."
"I fed well tonight so that I had some control. Although I am finding that with you I have very little. I'm sorry I had to threaten you with your sister's safety to get your permission to bring you here.” He sighed as he continued, “I was becoming desperate. I would never hurt anyone in your family. I didn't even see your sister." He watched to see how that confession went over.
"I know." She informed him, her lips curling into a smile.
"You do?" He looked perplexed.
"Max, I don't have a sister. Katherine is a Sister. A nun. I sought her out to help me with my psychic control. She is eighty years old and I don't think she's your type." She laughed softly. "I knew you were lying when you said she was a tasty morsel."
"But you still came to me," he asked with surprise showing on his face.
"Yes, Max. I convinced myself I needed to have it out face to face with you. But I think I just really wanted to see you again." She stroked his hair and he looked so happy and content that she could almost swear she could hear him purr like a cat.
He held her close and took a deep breath, inhaling her scent. "I need you, Kelly."
She felt his rock hard erection against her thigh and sighed. "I can feel that you do."
He grinned, a wicked grin that she would always love. "That isn't exactly what I meant, but I need that too."
"But we just---"
"One of the perks of being a vampire, my love. I will always want my mate." He reached for her breast and started caressing it with lazy, slow circles.
Kelly sighed as her body stirred. She knew she could tame him a little. But he would always be wicked. She wasn't sure she would want him any other way. He wouldn't be Max without being a little bit wicked.
She put her arms around him, knowing her life would never be the same. As she kissed him she knew she couldn't be happier.
She would never be lonely again.
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