He briefly pulled back, looking in my eyes as if assuring himself I was okay.
He shifted to whisper in my ear, “If I wouldn’t have stopped, I would have taken you in front of them, and I don’t think you’re ready for that yet.”
A blush crept up my neck because Thorne was normally the more quiet one when it came to lewd thoughts or actions, but his words definitely did something to me.
Kissing them in front of Bastian already had me pulsing with a need I didn’t think I’d have again so soon.
I wanted them to watch, I wanted them to join. I wanted all of them.
Bastian’s hand curled around my waist, and he tugged me back through the entryway and away from Thorne and Nox. Thorne chuckled under his breath at his little show of jealousy.
“I’ll bring you something to eat. You should get some more rest; you had us worried,” Thorne chided as he headed past Nox to get down the stairs.
“Maybe you should have a little morecontrolover your emotions, Bas,” Nox retorted, eyeing Bastian’s possessive hand around my waist, making it obnoxiously clear that his words held a double meaning.
Bastian snorted. “Fuck you, Nox.”
“You’re going to have to get used to sharing, brother, cause she’sour little monster, not only yours.” With that, Nox winked at me and turned to saunter out of the room.
28
Serina
BastianandIhadpretty much stayed cooped up in the bedroom together for the last couple of days.
Nox had busied himself with the car, as apparently it had broken down again, or he was getting antsy since I hadn’t been giving them as much attention as I have been Bastian, but I couldn’t help it. He wasn’t here for an entire week, and I had wanted some alone time with him.
But another part of me knew I was stalling. I didn’t want to give them up… not yet.
I didn’t know what the outcome would be when I finally went after my target. Even if they were at my side, he had more Vampires under his belt, and I refused to put anyone else’s life at risk for the sake of my revenge.
I had always known dying was a big possibility, and before I met the guys, I had accepted that outcome.
I was certain that Sam would be okay; her strength was undeniable. While my death would undoubtedly cause her pain, she would mourn and ultimately endure. I hoped she would find some semblance of peace in the fact that my quest for vengeance would be fulfilled.
I made a mental note to message her; I wanted to spend the little time I had left with the ones I loved before I went after Victor. The Vampire responsible for my father’s murder.
Any other friends, like Brielle, or hunter family I had growing up I had distanced myself from when Dad died. Because I knew what I was doing would put them in danger, and I knew they would argue and say the same thing Dad used to say:
“In our line of work, death is always a risk with the job.”
And it was, but most of our cases always went after a handful of bad guys at a time, or we would take down the big bad guys slowly, one by one, to make it safer to better our odds.
But no, I was going after Victor head-on, and I was going to do it on my birthday.
The same day I lost my dad, the same day I became hell-bent on revenge, because what a beautiful full circle moment it would be when I killed Victor, even if I might die in the process.
Three days… I had three days.
I glanced over at Bastian lying in bed next to me, his breathing even with sleep, the smell of breakfast wafting through the bedroom from Thorne cooking downstairs, and I imagined Nox sprawled out working on the car in the garage, and it made me not want to die.
It made me want to know what it would be like in this life to live and to be with them.
But I had never planned on getting a happily ever after when all this was over.
So, I sat up on the bed and shoved my racing thoughts to the back of my mind, and then I felt Bastian’s lips on my shoulder from behind me. He kissed my neck, then my cheek, and I turned my head to meet his lips with mine.
“Where are you going, love?” he asked, pecking my shoulder again, and I didn’t ignore the fact that he was using the termlovemore often now, but that was another thing I didn’t want to think about—didn’t want to acknowledge.
