Page 95 of Benjamin and the Thief

His eyes flashed with surprise. “Do you have any idea what that would mean?”

She leaned closer.

“I know about the blood-bond. Brandon explained it to me.”

“You want that? A blood-bond with me?”

She stared at him, and for a moment, doubt came over her. Had she misread him? Had she assumed that just because she was a vampire now and he’d said he loved her, he would want to be with her forever?

“You don’t? You just want sex…”

She eased back, ready to withdraw, but he gripped her like a vise.

“There’s no backing out now, baby. I wasn’t going to spring this on you so soon, but since you brought it up…” He drew her even closer, his eyes pinning her. “I’ve wanted a blood-bond with you from the moment I first saw you.”

Relief flooded her, and she exhaled sharply.

He stared at her, shaking his head lightly. “You thought I would turn you down? Oh baby, didn’t you hear me just now when I told you I love you? Besides, I can’t imagine having anything better than you feeding from me every single day and night.”

She furrowed her forehead. “What does feeding have to do with a blood-bond?”

“Looks like Brandon left out the best part.” He smiled and loosened the grip on her hips, only to bring one hand to her nape. “Because you’re a pure-blooded vampire and I’m half human, once we’re blood-bonded, you will only be able to drink my blood. Any other human blood will make you sick. Had you remained human, I would have been the one who could only drink your blood, nobody else’s.”

For a few seconds, she was speechless, trying to wrap her head around this revelation. He’d said that he’d wanted a blood-bond with her from the moment they’d met. She understood now what that would have meant for him. He would have put his life into her hands.

“You don’t want a blood-bond anymore,” he suddenly said in a sober voice. “I get it. You’d be dependent on my blood for your survival.”

He dropped his head, avoiding her gaze. But she put her hand under his chin and forced him to look at her.

“You were prepared to bond with me when I was human, knowing you would be dependent on me. Why would you think that I wouldn’t want the same? Oh, Benjamin.”

She shook her head and sighed. “When you made me drink that bottled blood so I wouldn’t attack my brother, I felt nothing. But when I drank your blood, I felt alive. I can’t imagine anything better than drinking from you every day.”

Benjamin cupped her face, smiling. “You’re making me the happiest man alive.”

“Now, would you be a good man and let me ride you? Because it’s been far too long since we made love.”

“Yes, far too long,” he replied with a smirk. “And just so you know, I do like a woman who holds the reins in her hands.”

Slowly, she began to lift herself on her knees, so only the tip of his cock was still inside her. Just as slowly, she sank down on him. He slid his hands to her breasts, cupping both of them, before guiding them to his face. As she continued impaling herself on his erection, he began licking her nipples while kneading the sensitive flesh. She loved the way he buried his face in her cleavage and how his hot breath caressed her skin.

Arousal spread in her entire body. Had she always been so sensitive to touch, or was this another perk of being a vampire? Heightened arousal? Stronger sensations? She felt it all. It brought back the memory of Benjamin’s clandestine bite when they’d had sex the first time. She could feel it even now, could feel what it had done to her, how much it had excited her, and how hard she’d climaxed.

“I’m so close,” she whispered.

Benjamin lifted his face from her breasts and locked eyes with her.

“Then bond with me now,” he replied.

Her fangs elongated by themselves, and her gaze drifted to the pulsing carotid artery in Benjamin’s neck. Like a beacon, it drew her to the spot when she felt that he’d placed his hand on her nape again, pulling her to the crook of his neck.

“Bite me, baby,” he demanded. “Take my blood.”

She licked over the soft skin, then drove her fangs into his neck. Delicious blood filled her mouth, and she swallowed it. Her taste buds exploded when another sensation reached her. Benjamin’s fangs lodged in her shoulder, and she felt him sucking on it, taking her blood into his body.

Everything around her seemed to disappear, and all she felt was pleasure and ecstasy. Her orgasm rolled over her like a never-ending wave, while she felt Benjamin’s cock spasm inside her as he too climaxed.

Catalina, baby, I love you forever and always.