Page 113 of Witch Unexpected
The change of subject threw me for a moment. “This again?”
“You’re not a fool, Cora, so don’t act like one. They’re a threat to you. I’m sure of it. They’re original vampires, and if anyone will know their true history, it’s the Dominus.”
Jasper was annoying and arrogant, but he wouldn’t mess about when it came to keeping me safe.
“Fine.” I pulled my cell phone from my pocket and dialed Fee. It went straight to voicemail, which meant she was in the Underealm. “Hey, Fee, it's Cor. This is my new number. Call me when you get this. I need to pick your brain.” I hung up.
“That’s it?” Jasper looked disgusted.
“What more do you want me to do? She’s in the Underealm.”
He clenched his jaw. “She’s never here when you need her, is she?”
His animosity toward my best friend grated. “You don’t get to talk about her like that.”
“Because you’re blind,” he said. “You still don’t see how you were taken for granted, do you? How she used you as a shield.”
“Iwantedto protect her.”
“Yes, and she counted on that. She even let you bind to me, knowing exactly what I was.”
I wasn’t going to do this right now. “My relationships are none of your concern.” I rounded on him. “You don’t matter.”
I hurled the words like daggers hoping they’d find their mark and shut him the fuck up, but his smirk told me I’d missed.
“You forget that we’re connected, Cora, and that trinket can’t hide your lies.”
Urgh. I stalked off, long strides, faster, just wanting to get away from him and his mocking laughter.
Good, be a wanker. I could deal with that. Be an arrogant pest, a pain in my behind. Be all those things. Please.
The cabin came into view, and my pace slowed. I didn’t want Jasper with me, not here. I came to a halt and turned to find him right behind me. Credit to me for not squealing.
Instead, I squared my shoulders and glared at him. “If there’s nothing else, then you can go.”
He looked over at the cabin, then down at me. His emerald eyes tracked across my face, and before I knew it, his hand was hugging my throat. My pulse skipped and then fluttered wildly as his thumb swept over my bottom lip.
His touch teased the hungry fire inside me, making my breath quicken and my body lean into his touch even as my mind screamed for me to back away, to push him away.
He dipped his head, so his mouth was inches from mine, his breath warm and minty where it kissed my lips. “You have fun with your wolves, Cora, but not too much fun.Thatkind of fun is reserved for me.”
My lips burned for the hungry invasion of his kisses, my thighs begged for the cruel bite of his fingers, and my clit ached for the latch of his mouth and the thick invasion of his cock.
His smile was cruel and knowing, because yes, my body was at his mercy, and he knew it. It was my mind that rebelled, that fought and denied, but that too was changing, and it scared the fuck out of me.
I closed my eyes to block out the sight of his cruelly handsome face. The pressure of his hand vanished, and when I opened my eyes, he was gone.
I should have felt relieved, but there was no relief where Jasper was concerned. Not without allowing him to take me and give my body what it craved.
If he kept pushing, I’d buckle, and the seal would be broken. Leif said the mating would make Jasper’s influence less, but what if it didn’t? What if the problem wasn’t him, but me? I needed to change the terms of the agreement—amulet off in exchange for himnevertouching me.
But not yet.
I’d see how I felt after the ceremony.
Then I’d know for sure.
Yeah, who was I kidding? That was a total bullshit excuse. But we’d stick with it, for now.
