Page 27 of Cinderella and Her Vampires (Dirty Paranormal Fairytale Haremlan 5)

But even I can’t ignore that there are times… very seldom moments… where I allowed myself to wonder what it would be like to fall in love and become close with someone. Especially someone who was as extraordinary as Cindy. She belonged in a class of her own. Far out of my reach.

And as of this moment, she belonged to Silas. Even if only for the night. Or even for the rest of what life remained in her body. Regardless of how long, she was officially off limits.

As her cries of pleasure bled through the air, I excused myself, heading further down the hall. I figured Brock would stick around. He was a stubborn one. I still occasionally found it incredibly difficult to understand what Silas saw in him. Brock had a habit of stirring up trouble when things were better left alone. Much like with Collin.

Silas was too soft on the boy.

Regardless, while Silas was busy with Cindy, I returned to my Satin, who was still waiting for me since I left her wanting and shivering when the woman broke the peacefulness of the night.

“There you are,” she said as I stepped through the door. She stretched on the bed. “I’ve been waiting for you.”

“I’m sorry to have kept you waiting,” I said as I sat on the edge of the bed.

Satin curled herself around me and I wasted no time in taking from her the sweet nectar that flowed from her veins. But she wasn’t as fulfilling as she used to be. Something was missing. Something I hadn’t noticed before. Something different that I couldn’t quite put my finger on.

I growled and pulled away from her.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

“Nothing,” I said. “Just lost the mood.”

“I can make it up to you,” she offered.

I shook my head. “Another day.”

I ignored her soft whimpers and stood up from the bed and left the room. With nothing else to do, I bided my time by walking through the halls until I was summoned again. Though where I went didn’t matter because the sounds of the woman’s pleasure bled through every inch of space the mansion held, furthering the fact I couldn’t have her.

Just when I thought Silas was rubbing things in, I was summoned and had returned to Silas only to be tasked with taking the girl home. The job shouldn’t have been too hard. At least, not that I figured. She was passed out on the floor.

Despite everything, I still believed it wasn’t a good idea for me to be left alone with her. She was too tempting. Too beautiful… too much for my willpower. But I could never say no to Silas.

I kept my concerns to myself and scooped the girl up and tossed her over my shoulder like she was nothing but a bag of potatoes. She smelled so good. It was distracting. Everything about this woman was distracting.

It should be noted that I had never betrayed Silas once in the years I had been of service to him. Not one time. It should also be shown that there had never been a time where I was tempted either.

So, the fact that I was carrying the one woman who made me want to undo everything I had ever done just to be with her… it took everything inside me not to fall into her temptation, especially on the trip to her apartment building.

Once I made sure the woman was resting on her bed, I slipped out the window in her kitchen. There was a fire escape, and I decided to hang out on that for a little while as the city woke. I didn’t dare leave without making sure she had woken up and was fine. Hours later, most of which was spent pacing around the rooftop, the window to the kitchen slammed shut.

Cindy must have woken up.

I snuck back down the fire escape to see what she was doing and to keep tabs on her. Silas would want a full report and that meant I needed to have something to give to him. As I peeked through the window, I spotted Cindy making a pot of coffee. The awful stuff. I couldn’t understand why people drank the pungent liquid. Coffee was hardly what I would classify as a drinkable solution… even during my human years.

I forced back a shudder and ducked out of the view of the window just as Cindy passed by the window again. Minutes later, pipes squeaked as water rushed through a shower. I huffed as I sat on the fire escape. She didn’t have enough time to get into trouble before her shift and figured I could easily make my way back to report to Silas.

But I needed to find information about something else first, and that was what her connection to Collin was. The human had proved to be more trouble than what he was worth, and now he was bringing other humans to our home, causing trouble, and stirring things that were better left alone.

I wished Silas had listened to me.

If Cindy had risked her life to save a man’s life she didn’t know or owe anything to once, she would certainly do so again. And probably continue doing so until she was satisfied that who she was looking for wasn’t in the mansion.

The woman had so much more about her than she showed on the surface, and I wanted to uncover every layer as though it was my personal mission.

Starting with Collin.

Minutes later, Cindy stormed out the front door and headed toward the bar for her shift. I smirked to myself and gave myself permission to go find out what was so important about Collin that strangers would risk their lives for him.

The second I stood in front of him, I could tell something was off. He was as still as death and didn’t look much better either.

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