“Not as much as it should be.”
She was back to full strength, trying to yank her freed arm from my gripand the restrained one from its chain. I was having so much fun, I almost wanted Sean to make her wait longer.
“That would suck if this dude woke up right now.”Seansaid, finally bringing the drugged human within Vixen’s reach. I let her unchained arm go. She grasped the man and bit into him, drinking so fervently his neck nearly snapped in half.“I’ll get the next one.” Sean disappeared as her drinking slowed.
Her head lifted and the corpse dropped. She’d gonesilent. I cautiously loosened my hold to see if it was safe yet. She didn’t move.
Satisfied, I let go and came around to examine the body.I crouched and pushed the corpseonits back. I recognized this guy. I had seen him around town a few times. I’d never liked him.
“Is she done?”Sean was approaching with another humandrapedoverhis shoulder.
“Yeah.”I tossed the bodyaside, making room for another to take its place.
A quiet sound of pleasure came from behind us. I turned to see Vixen licking her lips, eyes fixated on the new human. I dove forward as the remaining chains snapped. Nails caught myfaceas I managed to pin her against the tree. I pressed harder while they sliced through my shirt, carving a gash into my side.
“I don’t know if I can hold her much longer.” I gripped the hand that kept cutting me and forced it down.This would be easy if I wasn’t worried about hurting her, but it was getting hard to keep her controlled without taking that risk. Sean held up the unconscious guy and she lunged, nearly breaking free. More snarls tore from her throat while she fought against me. As if that weren’t distracting enough, she let out a blood-curdling scream. “Can you bring him closer? This shit’s starting to hurt.”
“Don’t you like pain?”
“I do. That’s the problem.” My arousal was growing with each violent touch of her body against mine.
Sean tossed the guy inour direction. She stopped clawing my skin to latch onto the man.Her teeth sank into his neck, drinking just as fervently as before. I lowered her to the ground while she drained the man’s blood, then dropped my hands to set her free.
She pounced without breaking her hold on the sacrificial neck. I stared at the angel wings tattooed on her lower back while she took the life from this man.The irony was perfect.
She paused torun a hand through her hair, moving it from her face before sipping the last few drops of blood. After the final one she stood and kicked the body aside.
I couldn’t help but laugh. This was great to watch. “I guess she’s done,” I said, drawing her attention. But she only glanced at me before gazing around the small clearing.“You should probably bring the last one before she tries to drain one of us instead.”
Sean chuckled and disappeared in the direction of the last victim. Vixen’s eyes once again fell on me.She wasn’t fully back yet. She wouldn’t be until she woke up the second time.
“I got the last one.”Sean was carrying this one bridal style.
“Did you go looking for her or was it a coincidence?”I grinned as he held up one of the girls who’dinsulted Vixen outside the bar a few nights ago.
“Coincidence. She was on a registry. You wanna do it?”
“Sure.”I took the girl and held her out to Vixen, whose lips turned up in a menacing smile.
She snatched the girl from my arms. I watched, mesmerized as she threw the human against a tree and tore into her neck so viciously it almost killed her on the spot. She was sucked dry within a minute.
Vixen let the limp body fall to the ground, then dropped with a hand on either side. She lowered her face to the girl’s neck—I assumed to finish drinking—but instead ripped her throat out and spat it aside. She stood and tossed the body like arag doll. It tumbled through the grass before coming to a stop.
“That was fucking brutal. I was not expecting that.” Sean looked at the mangled body in a mixture of surprise and admiration. “I think she’s gonna be a fun vamp.”
“I think she’s gonna be a fucking handful. Even more than she is now.”
A loud snap interrupted us. We turned to see Vixen leaning against the tree with a chain in her hands. She was playing with it, crushing some parts and bending others out of shape. Her vibrant blue eyes were locked onme. She watched my every move, licking her lips while a quiet, feminine growl escaped. It sounded more like a purr than anything. If it were anyone else I’d be on my guard, but with her I was only turned on.
“I’ve never changed anyone before, but I don’t think this isnormal,”Sean said.
“Probably not, but it’s the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen.”
“Seriously?” He shot me an incredulous look. “The other stuff you’re into I get, but not this one. This is past me.”
“Look at this.” I moved my arm, watching as her eyes followed. “You can’t tell me that’s not sexy.”
“I’m not into it.” Sean took a step forward, then stopped when her eyes shot to him.“I’m not going over there.”
