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“Your vamp child wasn’t able to confirm my innocence. So what now, you kill me?” My heart thundered in my chest.

“Silly girl, you are mine.”

Panic squeezed my lungs tight. Red from the sconces reflected off his teeth.

They still wouldn’t let me go.

“You know what? I did it,” I spat, the desperation unbearable. I wanted it to end. “I was sent by Calliope to get info on you guys. Like how you have your people over in her Coven.”

Jax snarled.

My heart jumped painfully. The twins stared at me, expressionless. They should have lunged at me. Torn my throat out, something.

Defeat took out my legs and I dropped to the ground, clutching my chest. God, it hurt to breathe.

“Cat.” Asher scooped me off the ground and curled me in his lap. The bed dipped under our weight. His palm rubbed down my back. “Your asthma is acting up again.”

Jax moved into my peripheral and I cringed against Asher, holding him tighter.

“Don’t touch me.” I shot toward Jax.

I squeezed my eyes shut and my head rested on Asher’s chest. A door slammed.

“There, my bitch of a twin is gone,” he cooed.

I choked on a laugh and it made it harder to get my lungs to work properly.

“You’re panting, Catalina.” His nose grazed my cheek. “Let me feed you my blood and my cock, Pet.”

My stomach tightened at his low tone. I closed my eyes tight. Being enveloped in his arms soothed my panic and I hated it. He’d conditioned me for this. Every caress to calm me had ended up here. I squeezed my eyes shut. If I didn’t see his lying face, then I could accept the comfort.

He inhaled so deeply that his chest expanded. Was he sniffing me? Vampires didn’t need to breathe much at all.

“You smell divine.” His cock swelled under my ass. My eyes widened and heat flushed over my cheeks. “I’ve fucked you like mad, and you still pinken whenever you hear naughty words.” His chuckle spiked to my clit. I wiggled my hips on instinct to soothe the ache.

I stiffened.

“Drink from me,” he murmured in my ear. I turned my head away and he sighed. Frustration. I could work with that. Maybe I could piss him off enough to drain me. “Catalina.”

My body trembled at his purred order. I swallowed hard. I would give in to him. Tension leaked from my limbs. He must have taken it as an acquiesce because he lifted his wrist to his lips and sank his fangs in. Upon removing them, blood painted his mouth. A droplet of blood trickled down and upon touching his sleeve, bloomed.

Vampire blood was a deeper red than human blood. I’d only had the slightest bit each time I’d drank it. Asher told me about the side effects, and other than that it healed a shattered ankle, and turned me on, it also caused a bond. Which was why vampires never shared their blood. If humanity found out about aging slower, healing, and the aphrodisiac qualities of their blood, it would create chaos.

I turned my head away, teeth clenched. I’d had Jax’s and Ren’s blood. I couldn’t add another even if what they gave me had already run its course?—

Asher forced his wrist to my lips and his blood slipped onto my tongue. Electricity traveled over my nerve endings. And the sweet taste exploded on my tongue. Each time I attempted to think of a descriptor, it faded from my grasp. I fought to turn my chin away but his other hand gripped my jaw, keeping me in place. I gasped and swallowed another mouthful.

And then another.

A shiver crested up my spine and I took hold of his wrist with both my hands. So, so good. His cock throbbed under my ass and I arched my spine, grinding my hips downward.

I couldn’t control the lust riding me. My grip tightened on his wrist. I swallowed the ambrosia again, humming against his silky forearm.

Asher hissed, his hips jolting up, thrusting his dick into my ass.

I opened my legs and tipped forward, keeping hold of his arm in front of my chest. The stiff cock rubbed exactly where he would enter me. Oh, yes. I groaned against his wrist and tugged another mouthful of blood into my mouth.

The liquid coated my throat and warmed my belly. Pressure in my ribcage tapered off and I breathed without my airways constricted. Blood leaked from the corner of my mouth and tickled as it trailed down my chin.