He didn’t have that little twitch like he needed to, but sometimes, I thought he wasn’t comfortable asking Reyson or me to bite us, so he put it off until he got uncomfortable. But I had a feeling Reyson liked it just as much as I did and had no problem with Balthazar sinking his fangs in us whenever he needed.
“Reyson let me when you were with Bram. The magic in his blood is so fucking potent, I nearly pass out when I feed from him.”
“Balthazar, Reyson and I aren’tallowingyou to bite us, and it’s this enormous chore. It’s extremely erotic, intimate, and anhonorto have our blood sustain you. Take it when you need it. Don’t wait until you get that little twitch. I’m going to get big mad if you don’t bite me every time we fuck. Reyson probably feels the same. You can also sneak in a little bite when we are snuggling. Just don’t do it in the library because I’ve had to kick a few vampires out for doing that. I’m supposed to be responsible and shit as the librarian, and they would definitely bitch about it if they saw.”
Balthazar chuckled.
“Noted, but I don’t feed in public. I’ve bitten a few people to make a point, but I made it hurt.”
“Be honest. Do you need to feed right now?”
“Can I admit something?”
“No judgment here.”
“I pretty muchalwayswant to bite you, but I don’t really need to right now.”
I rolled over and looked at my alarm clock. Damn. Not being on a set schedule while I was in Hell really threw me off. Balthazar had epic lasting time and a refractory period they liked to promise in dick pill advertisements, but I was guessing he could also fuck me silly with a pre-work quicky.
If I hadn’t been super gracious with my snooze button and slept through four people exiting my bed, I could be getting super dicked by a vampire before work.
“We don’t have time for a quickie, butpleasebite me.”
His fangs popped out, and he traced them down my neck. If anyone else tried to rub their teeth on me, I would have blasted them out of my bed with magic. When Balthazar did it, I broke into goosebumps and instantly got wet. I moaned and tangled my hands in his hair to pull him closer. Getting bitshould notbe this sexy.
I felt his fangs sink into my neck. He explained it to me he could control the type of venom that hit my system. It could either be agonizing or erotic. I was pretty much furious about the vampires I took to bed before him that had me thinking all vampire bites were painful. Fucking sadists. That waswaydifferent from getting tied up and spanked. I had safe words for that.
Balthazar removed his fangs and licked the wound closed. Mother fucker. I was now hornier than that time Ravyn paid a greased up shifter to crash our birthday and give me a lap dance, and not even my trusty Hitachi wand was fast enough to get me to home base before I had to go to work.
I grabbed Balthazar and kissed him.
“That should be illegal, and I have plans for you later, but I really do need to get some coffee in me before work.”
“You need sustenance too, my witch,” Reyson said from the door. “I made breakfast to fortify you while you are putting things right in your library.”
How was he so perfect? The man gave Dorian Gray the death he feared so much for coming at me like that, and he’d do it again. And he made me a fucking souffle for breakfast and my coffee just the way I liked it. Ladies, if he doesn’t know how you take your coffee, he’s not even trying. Walk away.
I utterly destroyed Reyson’s souffle because he was an amazing chef, and I was running late. I threw on my clothes and was downstairs to unlock the doors with just a minute to spare. I got a whole standing ovation when the regulars realized it was me unlocking the door.
Camilla, one of my favorites, pulled me into a hug and nuzzled my neck. She was this shifter granny, and they tended to be on the tactile side. She was her pack matriarch and had several alphas in her line. Camilla was constantly in here researching her family history. She’d already gone back many generations, but she was trying to trace it to one of the original wolf packs Selene created.
“We are so grateful to have you back. Dennis was sweet, but he had no idea what he was doing. He nearly shat himself when we showed him the bowl on your desk and how the library works. I think the wee lad briefly fainted when he saw the blood, and all we did was prick our fingers. Should you really be back at work so soon after your abduction? We missed you, but we were having fun messing with the young warlock.”
I snorted and led them inside. What was Dennis’s mother thinking? Most of my regulars were senior citizens and utter savages when it came to burns. They regularly gavemea hard time just for helping them. I liked it and flung it right back at them, but a nervous young warlock out of his element? They would have eaten him alive.
“Please tell me you didn’t make him cry.”
“Pssh. We aren’t cruel. We just enjoyed making him blush. It’s not like you have any shame. That’s impossible with you. Did you know he’s a virgin still?”
“He let that slip when he came back for his phone charger.”
“Oh, my. Is that a Hellhound?”
Bram came around one of the stacks, and he looked magnificent.
“That one is all mine.”
“Lucky girl. He looks like a total beast in the sack.”