Page 87 of Desired for Her Blood

Zuben scoops water into his hands and brings it up to her lips, and I support her head so it’s easier for her to drink.

“Thank you,” she says after downing the water, and then she pulls Zuben forward and kisses him.

Breaking the kiss, the robot backs away from her quickly, but she doesn’t seem to care—and I sure as fuck don’t, because she turns and kisses me, wrapping her legs around my body.

Entwined together, we sink below the surface as the passion contained in our kiss sweeps away my worry, and all I can think about is getting my cock inside of her as quickly as I can, and she rubs against me, clearly having the same goal.

But she breaks the kiss, and I see panic in her eyes.She still can’t stay under water.

Holding her in one arm, I scissor kick my legs and we shoot above the pool’s surface.

She gasps for air, and I cup her face in my hand as the water around us settles.

“I’m sorry,” I tell her. “I got carried away.”

“Fucking right you did,” Axe pulls her out of my arms and into his. “It wasn’t enough to drain her blood and burn her? Now you try todrownher?”

She touches Axe’s face. “Ryker didn’t try to drown me.” She turns toward me. “AndI’mthe one who got carried away. I totally forgot we were under water.”

“So did I, little dove,” I say softly. “So did I.”

She kisses Axe, and then he loosens his hold on her. She treads water as Zuben returns and the four of us form a circle in the water.

“So, I guess I’m still not a vampire?”

“That is correct,” Zuben replies, as Axe and I shake our heads. “But I am most interested to know whether or not you are experiencing any new changes.”

“How do you feel?” I add, rolling my eyes at Zuben’s wordiness.

“I feel…” she closes her eyes and inhales “…energized, on fire. And by fire I don’t mean the burns. They’re all gone.” She examines her arms, as if to be certain.

She moves toward me in the water and slides her hand over my chest. “But I feel…I feelmore.” She shakes her head. “I can’t explain it.”

“You don’t need to,” Zuben says, ruining the mood. “A vampire’s sense of touch is heightened, along withallof our senses. If the skin on Ryker’s skin feels different to you now, it may be an indication that you are one stage closer to becoming a vampire.”

Zuben sounds so fucking proud of himself, and the way he talks about her like a lab experiment pisses me off, even though I know his feelings for her run way deeper than he’ll admit.

Ember rubs up against me, and sighs when her belly grazes my cock.

“We already know you cannot stay under water long enough to swim to the well,” Zuben says, ignoring, or not noticing that she’s now actively humping my rod with her body. “So there is no point in repeating that experiment. But we should complete the speed and strength tests for comparison.”

My cock in her hand, she turns toward Zuben. “Do we need to? I already know that I’m stronger.” She squeezes my cock.

Pain sears through me. “Ow! Fuck!”

“Sorry.” Loosening her grip, she smiles at me sheepishly.

“That’s okay, little dove. It’ll heal.”

“Good thing,” she says into my ear. “Because I plan to put that thing to good use.”

“Oh you do, do you?” My cock jumps in delight, bouncing off my belly.

“First things first.” Zuben tips his head toward shore. He swims to the edge, jumping out quickly and then removes his wet pants, laying them out carefully and shaking his head as if scolding himself for getting them wet.

Axe strokes backward toward shore, his eyes on Ember and me.

“Shall we?” I ask her.