Page 121 of A Bond Beyond Blood

“Are you his?”he asked again as he reached behind him and tugged his long-sleeved shirt over his head.He’d lost his jacket somewhere between the front door and the back bedroom.

“Answer me.”

Right.Who cares about jackets?

I shook my head.

“Say it, sweet girl.”The nickname sounded more like a threat than a pet name right then, but that heat in his eyes edged out any fear I might have felt at the sound.

“I’m not his.”

“No.”He shoved his jeans and boxer briefs down next, his cock bouncing free, already thick and hard, the dark vein along the bottom pronounced, and the head an angry red, slick with precum.

My tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth, all moisture in my body racing to puddle between my legs.

Vinny smirked.He didn’t have to be a mind-reader to know what I was thinking.The way I wanted this man had always been written on every inch of my face, my body.

“Take off your clothes, Jacqueline.”

I sucked in a breath as my brain finally caught up with the moment and registered his protruding fangs.

“I’m not going to hurt you.”He motioned toward my clothes.“But if you don’t remove those clothes soon, I can’t promise they will remain unharmed.”

Hurrying to oblige him, I rose to my knees, tugging off first my jacket, then my shirt, and tossing them to join his in a pile at the foot of the bed.I unclasped my bra, then motion caught my eye and I paused.The hot pink lace still dangled off one arm as my gaze locked the firm grip Vinny had on his cock, the way he stroked himself angrily.

The hunger in his eyes.

“Don’t stop now, sweet girl,” he growled, sliding his hand to his base and squeezing hard.“You love those jeans.”

My eyes widened and I tossed myself onto my back, yanked the button free, then the zipper down, then lifted my butt to shove the jeans down my legs.I did love them, butgod, why were they so tight?I growled in frustration when the jeans got stuck just above my knees, realizing my shoes were still on—

Vinny grabbed my feet and yanked me down to the edge of the bed.I yelped, but then his hand slipped over my mouth and he looked into my eyes...and I sucked in a shaky breath through my nose, locked in his crimson gaze.

“You trust me?”

I nodded.

“You know I love you?”

Another nod.

His smile was slow.Wicked.

He didn’t even try to hide the sharp edges of his fangs.

“Good.Remember that.”

I yelped as he tossed me onto my stomach, moving my body around like it was his to command—

A shudder tore through me as realization sank in.That wasexactlywhat was happening.Eli had threatened something Vinny held dear—me.

A bigger kid on the playground had tried to take away his toy.

Only it was deeper than that, so much deeper.Vinny loved me.Cherished me.

And Eli had told him, in no uncertain terms, that he’d failed to care for me.

Vinny positioned my legs, keeping the jeans still tight around my thighs, imprisoning my legs.His hands flexed on my ass, my hips, roughly caressed my back, then my breasts, grabbing me painfully as he touched every inch of my skin.

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