“Simone—”
“We’ll call the office, and if it’s a woman,Iwill feed on her, and then you can feed on me. Will that be enough to supply you?”
“Yes, but I won’t ask you to do that.”
“You didn’t ask me.”
“Simone—”
“I’ll call now.” She pulled away from him and hurried over to the phone.
She dialed the number for the office and requested more towels. When she hung up, neither of them spoke as they dressed and waited for the knock on the door; it came five minutes later.
“If it’s a woman, I’ll take control of her mind if you prefer,” Killean said. “So you don’t have to do it.”
“Yeah, okay,” Simone muttered. She was nervous enough about the idea of having to feed on someone other than Killean; she couldn’t deal with the mind manipulation thing too.
Killean opened the door to reveal a pretty woman in her twenties on the other side. Her eyes widened on him, and the scent of her desire filled the air.
“Come in,” he said, and she stepped into the room.
Simone’s eyes narrowed on the woman as her eyes followed Killean’s every move like a tracker pursuing their prey. Her fangs lengthened, and her hands fisted when the woman glanced dismissively at her before focusing on Killean again.
“I brought your towels,” the woman said and handed them out to him with a flirtatious smile.
Bloodlust thrummed through Killean’s veins when he took the towels from her and set them on the bed. His gaze fell on the pulse in her throat before darting away. No matter how badly the demon part of his DNA clamored to get at this woman, he would keep it leashed. He turned his attention to Simone as he wrangled his Savage nature into submission. Seeing her helped calm him, but not enough that he was confident he could resist the call of the woman’s blood for long.
They had to do this fast.
Turning back to the woman, she jumped when he grasped her chin between his fingers. “You will not move, and you have nothing to fear.”
The woman’s gaze became increasingly glassy while he spoke until she stood slack-jawed and unmoving before him. Killean released her and stepped away while Simone approached. “You don’t have to do this,” he said to her.
“I know I don’t, but I’m going to.”
Apprehension stole through Simone as she gazed at the expressionless woman. She’d fed on Killean, but she had no idea how to go about doing this.He needs you.
Settling her hands on the woman’s shoulders, she stepped closer. The blood pulsing through the woman’s neck caused Simone’s mouth to water, but she couldn’t bring herself to lean forward and settle her mouth against the woman’s throat.
Killean grasped the woman’s wrist and lifted it before her. “It may be easier for you to feed on her wrist. You don’t have to get as up close and personal.”
Simone’s gaze fastened on the pale wrist; yes, it was a better option. She didn’t touch the woman’s hand but instead gripped Killean’s wrist as she brought the vein to her mouth. Her eyes met and held his before she bit deep.
The fresh blood filling her mouth was far different than Killean’s. It was sweeter but nowhere near as potent, and she felt no emotional response from the woman who did no more than give a tiny flinch when Simone’s fangs pierced her flesh. Simone’s eyes drifted closed as the blood filled her system.
Killean tore his eyes away from Simone. It was a woman she fed on and he still disliked having anyone, other thanhim, sustaining her. His teeth ground together as he waited for her to finish.
“That’s enough,” he said after a minute, and Simone released her bite on the woman.
Stepping away, Simone used the back of her hand to wipe the woman’s blood from her mouth and watched as Killean gave the woman a set of new memories before practically shoving her out the door. His eyes burned like hot coals when he leaned against the door and stared at her.
“Come here,” he said in a hoarse voice.
Simone went eagerly into his arms.
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Killean navigatedthe car he stole from a young woman at the hotel down the bumpy dirt road. He’d chosen the vehicle because it was an older Ford without the GPS of the newer cars. Even with instructing the woman not to report it stolen for a couple of days, he didn’t want to be inside anything that could be tracked by outside sources.
