VET Vampire Romance 01 - Covet

mouth. “Would you let a monster like me ruin you?”
    She leaned closer again, her eyes locked on his, and his lips parted. “I don’t see a monster anywhere. I only see a man... a man I want to kiss and make love with again... a beautiful man who ruined himself for me.”
    Javier closed his eyes at the first brush of her lips and tried to hold back, tried to keep still so he wouldn’t cut her. Her warm lips swept over his, teasing him into responding, lightening his insides and chasing his fears away. She accepted him with a kiss, with words that moved his heart and tore down the walls of his restraint. He leaned into her, lifting his head, and kissed her, careful to keep his fangs away from her. For all her beautiful words, she would probably curse him if he cut her. The taste of her blood would overwhelm him.
    Lilah’s tongue caressed his lower lip, coming dangerously close to his fangs. He told himself to pull away but he couldn’t. She tamed the desire with a careful sweep of her tongue over their points. He stilled, barely breathing, letting her explore them with her tongue and probe his mouth, afraid that he might hurt her.
    She curled her tongue and caressed the back of one fang, sending a shiver tripping through him. He couldn’t take any more.
    He caught her shoulders and gently pushed her away, his breathing laboured, fingers tight against her soft flesh as he fought for control.
    “Too much?” she said and he nodded, closed his eyes and hung his head forwards. She surprised him by running her hand over his hair, combing the light brown lengths back so gently that it soothed the raging hunger inside him, giving him back control over himself and his need for her. “I’ll be more careful next time.”
    Next time? He groaned at the thought. If she dared do that again, he would bite her. It had taken every ounce of his will to resist her this time. Next time it wouldn’t be enough.
    Lilah rose to her feet, held her hand out to him, and smiled. “We can shower later.”
    Javier frowned. Later? He wasn’t going to argue with her, not when she looked so seductive and tempting standing over him, affording him a glorious view up the short skirt of her black dress. Devil, he hungered to place his hand on the inside of her knee and slide it up past the top of her black socks to the creamy soft skin of her inner thigh. He wanted to sink his teeth into that warm flesh and hear her moan his name as he drank from her vein. He wanted to be a beast with her.
    She looked around the room, her gaze pausing on something, and then back down at him.
    “We should tie you up to make sure it’s clear I initiated things.”
    Javier stared at her, feeling a little lost and as though he had just imagined her saying something so wicked and arousing. She wanted to tie him up. Was she expecting someone to barge in on them or was she just using that as an excuse?
    It made one thing clear to him. Neither of them could muster the fear of the law they should feel. She intoxicated him too much with each glance, smile and soft caress, for him to care that right now her master was probably heading here to the theatre. He had never been one to run from his enemies and he wasn’t going to start now. It didn’t matter where they were. Her master would find her. If he ran with her, he would only be making things worse for her. If he stayed here and waited for Lord Ashville to come, he could spare her punishment. He would take responsibility for his actions.
    But he wouldn’t take it lying down.
    Lilah crossed the room to his king-size four-poster bed and his clothes strewn across the midnight blue covers.
    She wasn’t under her master’s command. His touch didn’t pain her and she wanted him as much as he needed her. Her bond with Lord Ashville was incomplete.
    When Lord Ashville came for him, he would face him.
    Lilah picked up his dark silver-grey silk tie and his belt and turned towards him, a wicked smile on her angelic face.
    And he would fight him for her.

Chapter 5
    Javier rose to his feet, locked the door, and crossed the room to Lilah. She blushed a dark tempting shade of red and held up the tie and belt. The nervous edge to her golden eyes and her scent betrayed her but she didn’t back down. She glanced at the midnight blue silk covers on his bed and Javier obeyed, unable to resist her when she looked so seductive and tempting. He knelt on the bed, crawled into the centre of it, and lay with his head on the