His pulse fluttered, and my focus zeroed in on his neck, and all concerns over my arousal began to melt away.
Blood. His decadent blood was right in front of me. I could taste him. Drink from him.Fuckhim. More moisture flooded my underthings.
A sensual smile lifted Nathaniel’s lips, and he inhaled again, his eyes darkening.
Another low moan left me, and the need curling inside me rose as I stared at his mouth. I licked my lips and pulled my lower one into my mouth.
Nathaniel’s gaze heated with blatantwant, and I gave him a teasing smile.
Kole’s fingers dug into my waist more, and a part of my mind buzzed, warning signs going off that I’d promised Kole not to flirt with the lordling, yet I was directly in Nathaniel’s space, giving him all the signs that I wanted him.
“You know, Prim,” Nathaniel said, his voice dropping, “there’s no reason you need to return to the palace right now. You could stay here to read the findings? I’m sure your warrior wouldn’t mind standing watch in the hall while weperusethem together.”
Kole’s fingers turned into talons on my waist, and he pulled me back, hauling me away from the lordling and out of his space. Burning anger filled his aura, clouding around me. “The princess can’t stay,” he said sharply.
Nathaniel gave him a scathing look. “I believe that’s her choice to make, and given how she’s acting towardmeand not you, I believe she may like that very much.”
Nathaniel’s comment pierced through my vampiric lust, breaking the haze of bloodlust that was beginning to consume me.
I lurched away from the two of them and gripped the folder tightly. But the distance didn’t stop the need pounding through me. My core felt swollen and achy. I wanted their cocks. Both of them.
Goddess, what’s wrong with me?
Hands shaking, I tried to cool my ardor, tried to stop the images from flooding my mind of taking both males at once, but my body felt on fire, and Nathaniel was positively grinning at me, as though he knew what I was thinking, that Iwantedhim to bend me over right here.
“Kole’s right,” I said in a rush. I took another step away and ran a shaky hand through my hair. “We should head back. It may sound silly, but I have a curfew, ever since the maze’s attack. Thank you again for helping.”
Jaw tightening, Kole gripped my hand. His grasp was hot and hard, and the aura coming off him was brimming with so many conflicting emotions I didn’t even know how to begin deciphering them.
“I’ll mistphase us out. No need to ring for your servant to escort us,” he said roughly.
Before Nathaniel could respond, Kole’s magic wrapped around me, and we disappeared.
CHAPTER TWELVE
We rematerialized in my chambers, and I was shaking so badly that I nearly dropped the entire folder of parchment.
Before I could say anything, Kole took the folder from me and set it on the table near my bed, and then he was in my space, commanding all of my attention.
“Is there something you’re needing, Princess?” The usual husky and teasing tone he had when we started our game was missing. Instead, his tone was entirely furious.
I ran another shaky hand through my hair and squeezed my eyes tightly shut. My jawachedin the worst way, and I kept picturing both Nathaniel and Kole naked with me as I fucked them and drank their sweet blood.
I covered my face with my hands and backed away from him.Gods, I’m a monster. How can I possibly fathom wanting that with another male when Kole’s my mate?
Before I could finish that thought, Kole was in my space again and pulling my hands from my face. “Prim? Let me pleasure you. I can see that you need it.”
Shame washed through me again that he’d detected my arousal so easily at Nathaniel’s, especially after what I’d promised him.
I opened my mouth but then closed it. I wanted to apologize. Wanted to tell him that if I were normal, I never would have reacted to the lordling like that. But I couldn’t.
It didn’t help that Kole’s aura was rising too, rage fully consuming it. He knew I’d been attracted to the lordling, yet he was trying to hide it. But his energy was too strong, and his eyes were flashing.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered.
His expression didn’t change. His mask had fallen into place. “I’m not going to talk about what just happened,” he finally said, and a muscle jumped in his jaw. “And I sure as fuck am not going to imagine what you might have done with him if I hadn’t been there.”
Agony ripped my heart in two at the burning fury coming from the warrior. He didn’t understand that I was entirely out of control in this new body. That these urges weren’t actuallymineand instead had been forced upon me.
