Blood's Fury (Deadly Beauties 1)

"Well, tomorrow we're taking you back home," he bluntly adds, surprising the shit out of me.

"What? Why?"

"Because it’s obvious you aren't safe here. You can't cast a protection spell here because of all the bloodsuckers coming and going at random. It'd be a hassle to unlock the spell for all the new ones who are only here for small spurts at a time. And as bad as I hate to say it, you would be safer in your own house. I'll help cast the spell, only it won't just be against dark, it'll be against everyone. No one will be able to come or go without your direct consent. Understood? That means no strangers, no matter how friendly they seem."

"Understood," I grumble, feeling like the child everyone keeps accusing me of being.

Sighing, I collapse back down to the bed, and I think of how impossible it will be to keep Kane safe once he knows I'm back. I only thought he was relentless before.

Chapter Thirteen

"Call me if you need anything. I'll be here as soon as possible," Frankie says while kissing my forehead.

"Where's Aunt Hilly?" I muse, looking around outside.

"She went on ahead to start calling in some favors - get a few more light ones helping us out."

"Ah. Well, then I guess I'm on my own now," I sigh out, and Frankie smirks as his eyes cut toward the side of my house.

"Um, you might want to lift the spell for one person before he knocks himself out," he whispers, his tone almost too low for even me to hear.

I look over to see Kane pulling himself over the porch railing on his hasty way toward me. His arms are around me and pulling me into the air before I even have a chance to say anything.

Kane can come in.

I feel the magic working, thankfully, before Kane's lips cover mine and we abandon Frankie on the front porch while heading inside.

"Damn I've missed you. Why didn't you call me?" he breathes against my lips while squeezing me almost too tightly.

"Sorry, it's been crazy," I murmur while wrapping my legs around his waist, my lips devouring him with a hunger I didn't realize I had.

He pulls back with a breathless rattle, and his forehead presses against mine as he keeps me strapped to his waist.

"I hope you know, you're never leaving my sight again."

I smile, though it's forced. I wish it was true. I wish I could spend my life in his arms, but I know soon it won't be possible at all. Being with a human is completely forbidden once you're immortal.

"Well, how about we start with tonight and see where that leads?" I chuckle out, though the weight of reality still rests on my shoulders.

"Tonight's a good start," he says with an adorable grin, and then he starts carrying me toward the bedroom.

"How did you know I was here?" I muse before I slip onto the bed, and suddenly I don't really give a damn anymore when he falls between my legs.

"I was on my way to the diner, and I ran into Thad. Needless to say, I knew if he was here, you were here. I didn't give him a chance to object either."

I smile as his lips reclaim mine, and my legs slide up to be fully nested around his waist. His hands feel so incredibly familiar, though he should still be a stranger. His breath is heaven's grace as he fills me full of his life with each kiss.

My shirt starts slipping over my head, and I surrender completely, giving myself to him without pause, though I shouldn't. I can't help it though.

His lips slide down my chest, and my breath catches in my throat when his touch burns through me, awakening the desire I've forced to lie in hiding for far too long.

"I love it when you do that," I murmur as his lips stroll over my neck, nipping at it as he pulls the skin between his teeth.

Something I should loathe actually turns me on when it's him doing it.

"Do you?" he murmurs softly while moving to the other side and repeating the arousing action.

"Mm hmm."