Page 45 of Forsworn By The Vampire
"I have this." Leeloo pulled something from the back of her jeans. The dagger. "I was trying to spell it to give it enough power to kill the djinn. That's what I was doing the night he found me in the graveyard. The night Jamal saved me."
She held it out to her aunt, and she approached her slowly, keeping a wary eye on me. I managed not to growl at her. "Where did you get this?" she asked her once she had the dagger in her hand.
"I took it from Lizzy's store. From the back room."
"And does it work?"
"Not quite. I managed to injure him, but that's all." She paused. "I'll hand it over peacefully, if you revoke your previous decision, and let me live. Let us live," she corrected. "And let me remain a member of the coven."
"There still needs to be consequences."
"I know," Angel told her. "And I'm good with that." Her pulse was erratic and her heart was pounding hard, but she held her ground.
She made me proud. More proud than I was of myself at this moment and my behavior up until now.
Judy studied her for a long time. "Your magic will be bound, and you're no longer a member of this coven."
Angel made a sound of distress, her hand fisting in my shirt.
"For now," Judy told her. "For now."
Angel bowed her head, sorrow and regret flowing from her to me as though we shared the same brain network. She sniffed, then lifted her head. "Thank you."
A soft breeze blew through the clearing, taking the tension from the air as Judy handed the dagger over to the warlock, the bird back on his shoulder. He studied it closely, turning it this way and that, then looked back at his vampire mate and gave her a nod.
The ceremony to bind Angel's magic got underway. I stood by and watched, staying within easy touching distance of my witch, despite the fact I could feel the spell crawling over my skin and raising the hair on my neck, my eyes locked on her the entire time. She took it with all of the strength and elegance I would expect from her, and despite what she did in the past, my admiration for her grew.
When it was done, and the crowd began to disperse, I held her in my arms and let her soak my shirt with her tears. By the time she pulled herself together, we were the only ones left besides Kenya and Alex, who were waiting inside the Jeep. Mike had gone with the coven. They were meeting the warlock and his mate at Lizzy's store to see what they could do to cut the tie between him and the djinn. They'd have to use the room at the back of the store, as it was under a protection spell and he wouldn't get wind of what they were doing until it was too late.
"Come home with me," I told her.
She looked up at me with watery hazel-green eyes. "Why would you want me to after what I did? To you? To everyone?"
"Because we're stuck together now and we gotta work some shit out." I softened my blunt words with a smile. "And because I need you, Leeloo. Despite it all."
"Okay."
"We'll stop at your place and grab some stuff."
A sliver of hope lit up her face. "Okay."
We made it back to my place about an hour before the sun, and I wasted no time getting both of us naked and in the shower to wash the swamp air off of us. I meant to be quick, but as soon as I had her alone with nothing between us, I couldn't keep my hands off of her. They slid along her soapy skin with no resistance, learning every fucking inch of her.
"I need to fuck you," I told her. "And then I need to feed and fuck you again."
She leaned back against me with her eyes closed against the spray of the shower as I wrapped my arms around her and squeezed, then slid one hand between her legs as the other found her breast. I slipped two fingers between her silky folds and down to her entrance and pushed them inside, her moans the best thing I've ever heard in my life. Pumping them in and out a few times, I pulled them out and slid my hand around her hip to cup one plump cheek before sliding my hand down and cupping her from behind, plunging my thumb into her ass. "This is mine, too," I told her. "And I'm gonna claim it, but not tonight."
Angel pushed back against my hand, telling me without words that she was perfectly okay with that, and my cock swelled to majorly uncomfortable levels. Sliding my hands up her torso and down both arms, I turned us so the shower spray was against my back and placed her hands on the tiles. "Brace yourself, Leeloo."
Without having to be told, she lifted one leg and set one foot on the side of the tub, and I wasted no time at all sliding inside of her. Our moans mingled as we became one, and I stilled, needing a moment. Grabbing her hips, I pulled out and thrust back in, quickly picking up the pace. Her body squeezed my cock, and her cries echoed off the walls as I penetrated her, over and over and faster and faster, until I could feel my orgasm tightening my balls and sliding up my shaft.
Baring my fangs with a low growl, I struck, sinking my fangs into the meat between her neck and shoulder.
Angel cried out, her body jerking hard and then settling into a shudder as she came. I was right behind her, the sweet spice of her blood running down my throat and her warm body spasming around me too much. It was all too much, and I hung onto her with one arm while I braced our fall to the tub with the other, my fangs and cock still inside of her.
Sitting on my heels, I held her tight against me as I licked the wound I made and hugged her close. We still had so much to talk about. So much to learn about each other. But for now, my soul was at peace.
"Thank you for saving me," she told me, her voice just above a whisper.
"I think it's you who did the saving," I countered. And as my heart stirred within my chest and something heavy and forever settled over me, I knew that's exactly what she'd done.
My Angel was going to set me free.
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