“Ooh, yummy. Can I watch too?” Vanessa wiggled her eyebrows, making her brother hiss. She loved messing with him.
“Sorry. This is just meant for those in theMoon Goddess bond.”
“Ugh. It figures.” She winked at me playfully, before concern and guilt clouded her grey eyes, making them glisten. “How is she doing otherwise? Is Natasha okay after the attack? I didn’tleave any permanent damage on her, did I? I couldn’t live with myself if?—”
“She’s perfectly fine. You didnothingwrong, Vane,” I adamantly assured.
“You only usedthe callto protect her and get us there,” D added, hugging her to his side and placing a kiss on her temple. “And I’m eternally thankful you did, little sis, because you not only saved her life. You also saved your own, and I couldn’t do this without you.”
“None of us can,” I added truthfully. We all loved her like a sister.
A few tears rolled down her cheek, but she quickly wiped them away, nodding. “Thank you for feeding me your blood so I could heal,” she whispered, embarrassment and shame weighing her words.
“I’d do it again in a second,” I vowed. Seeing Vanessa so severely injured had been traumatizing for both D and me, making me want to kill those assholes that much more… Thankfully, my magic-imbued blood had supercharged her venom, instantly erasing it all.
Vane pressed into my chest, squeezing the life out of me. She was a shameless hugger, and I fully welcomed it.
“And let’s be honest. That’s the only way you were ever getting your mouth on my body.”
My mouth twitched when she smacked my arm, she and Natasha had that reaction in common, giving me a deadly stare that I knew oh so well.
“Such an idiot.” Rolling her eyes, she whirled around, heading for the kitchen.
“How is Natasha doing after seeing Vanessa all vamped out?” D asked, lowering his voice to an unnaturally low whisper so his sister couldn’t hear us.
“That was the last fucking thing we needed,” I admitted, cursing our luck. “She was starting to get used to the idea of you guys being ‘normal’ and?—”
“And then my sister had to vamp out to get them off Natasha and rip the Wolf Shifters’ necks open with her fangs to save herself. Perfect.”
“Fun times.”
We snorted.
“Certainlynotideal, but I think she’s okay,” I assured him, placing a hand on his shoulder. “There might still be some shock and trauma there, given what she’s been fed about you guys all her life, but she consciously understands what happened yesterday. I explained Vane risked her life to save her and made sure she was fully aware of that.”
Not convinced the progress made for Natasha to accept him as one of her mates hadn’t been destroyed, D offered me a somber nod, just as a double beeping sound came from his room on the other side. We instantly knew what it was, and tension gripped our entire bodies.
The Viscountess.
Making sure Natasha was still immersed in the hot shower, I closed the door before D, and I headed to his room.
This was going to be everything but fun.
16
NATASHA
Wrapping myself in a towel after the best shower of my entire life, I quickly realized my mistake. This wasn’t my room. There were no clothes for me here.
My body still tingled from the effect the handheld thingy left on me as I headed into his closet. When Dante mentioned it, I thought it was one of his sarcastic jokes, I never imagined something like that would rouse pleasure out of me. Of course, I couldn’t compare it to the way he made me feel. At first, I hadn’t purposedly used it that way, but the second the water propelling out of it hit my tender nipples, it stirred all kinds of things.
Feeling the memory incite my body all over again, I silently admonished myself. What the hell was happening to me? My body felt like it was burning with need, and Dante was the only one who could satiate it. Every inch of me ached for him, for histouch, for his kiss, for him to be inside me, and it was driving me crazy.
Was this normal after mating for the first time?
My wolf rustled within, sending more need and longing for him through me until it pooled between my legs, and I had to hold myself to the wall, my body slightly trembling.
“Get a hold of yourself, woman!”I scolded. Yeah, she was a wolf, but still.
