Page 39 of Blood Ties
“Yeah?”
“What happened back there?” Unsure of what he meant, I stated the obvious.
“You were given a potion to help you be more like a normal vampire.”
He shook his head. “I meant you stumbling into that guy’s room and then later.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean when he couldn’t keep his eyes off of you. Do you know him?” I wasn’t sure if it was the potion, the change he was experiencing, or if this was just a new side of him that I was seeing, but I could have sworn that Grayson was jealous. I couldn’t help but smile. “Why are you smiling?”
“You didn’t like the fact that some strange man was looking at me.”
“Of course I didn’t, just like you wouldn’t like some strange woman looking at me.”
“I hate to break it to you, Mr. Alexander, but women openly gawk at you all the time. You’re a real piece of man candy.”
He rolled his eyes at me. “So you don’t know him? He’s not some guy that you dated before me and you two just recognized each other?”
“Absolutely not. I’ve never seen him before in my life. And you know thatdatingbefore you wasn’t really something I did,” I explained as I crawled into bed next to him.
He sighed with relief. “Good, because I could have sworn I felt some strange tension between you.”
“There’s nothing there,” I lied convincingly that even I believed it.
He buried his face in my neck as his arm found its way around my waist. “I’m sorry, Gaby. I didn’t mean to act like a jealous ass.”
“It’s alright. I know it wasn’t easy for you tonight and I’m sorry too.”
I felt him nod against me. “I just got worried. I don’t want to lose you.”
I adjusted to see his face. “Do you know how silly you sound? You are not going to lose me. You are my forever.”
He nodded before tightening his grasp and burying his face back in the crevice of my neck.
“I love you, Gaby.”
“I love you more, Grayson.”
Sunday felt like Christmas morning. I awoke early even though I had been up late the night before checking on Grayson. I crawled from bed and slowly pulled back the curtains until just a sliver of light was touching Grayson. I grinned to myself.That was a good first step.Even though Damien had explained that the day walking wasn’t tied to Grayson’s blood intolerance I had still wanted to be thorough.
“What the hell, Gaby?” Grayson groaned sleepily covering his eyes with his arm as I pulled the curtains completely open, shining bright rays across his body.
“The sun!”
Grayson looked down at the ray of light on his chest then back at me. “I hate to point this out baby, but last night, I had some of your blood in that potion.” he pointed out before falling back down in bed.
“Yeah, but Grayson that potion was suppose to help you remove your witch essences. The sun is something completely different!” I crawled back into bed trying to bring my face even with his. He didn’t reply as his hand found my hip and pulled me until I was flush with him.
“What are you doing?” I breathed.
Grayson rolled us over so we were side by side. He slipped his hand under the silky material of my nightgown, bunching the fabric up as his hand ascended up my body. My skin burned wherever he touched. “If I’m going to be woken up after a restless night’s sleep then I’m going to make it worth my while,” he whispered. His fingers stroked delicately across my sensitive nipple.
I leaned into him capturing his mouth. With a grunt, he rolled us over shifting me on top. I broke our kiss only long enough to pull the gown from my body then my lips fell back to his. Grayson’s hands roamed over my skin. They slid up my back, my neck, until his hand fisted into my hair. With a sharp pull, he jerked me back away from his mouth. Not releasing his grip, he held me in place while his mouth tormented my breasts with gentle sucking and soft flicking. His teeth scraped across my delicate flesh until I wanted him to bite me, but I knew we needed to wait to see if the concoction worked.
“Don’t bite me,” I managed to utter as I felt the sharp prick of his fangs. He groaned in disappointment, but continued his assault of pleasure. My body was on the verge of melting into a puddle when I felt Grayson reaching between us, freeing himself. Pushing my panties to the side, he lifted my hips before easing me down on him. He maintained his hold on my hair while he tormented my breasts and thrust into me. I could do nothing, but hold on to him and enjoy the ride.
Later that day, Grayson and I sat on our balcony. We figured if for some reason Maria’s potion didn’t work than it would be best for us to be alone somewhere I could quickly feed him my blood and also somewhere easy to clean. Grayson had already fed from a blood bag earlier so now we just waited.
