Adrian (The Dark Shadows Book 4) by Ariel Marie Read Free Book Online Page A
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of him. If it were ever decided to bottle his scent, she would be first in line to buy it in bulk.
“You know what I meant,” she huffed as he squeezed her gently.
She was trying to be serious, but she could tell he was trying to get her to laugh. He couldn’t seriously think that their mating was a good thing. She was not of noble status, and she was sure that his parents would want him to mate with someone at least near his social class.
“From the moment I first saw you, I was instantly attracted to you,” he murmured in her ear. His deep voice had her clamping her legs shut, as her core began to tingle. “I wanted you.”
“You couldn’t have.” She shook her head. Memories washed over her from that night, and it would forever be ingrained in her head. “You were too busy doing Mindy and Babs—”
“And wishing it was you,” he cut her off.
“What?” she exclaimed, looking at him over her shoulder. His ice blue eyes glanced down at her mouth, before making their way back to stare into hers.
“Before I saw you, Vivian made the offer for entertainment for the night, and I accepted it, not knowing I was going to meet you. But once I laid eyes on you, it was you that I wanted. They were substitutes, and bad ones at that,” he said with a grimace, before his eyes suddenly became serious. “From this day forward, you are it for me.”
She was rendered speechless as she stared into his eyes. Could he be serious? Could he really want someone like her?
A turned vampire?
A vampire not of noble birth?
“Today, we’ll move you into the mansion,” he continued, glancing around at her small apartment. “One call, and we’ll have you moved today.”
“What? I can’t just move into your family’s mansion!” Angel exclaimed. She sat up, wrapping the blanket around her naked self, as she stood up to pace the room. “This is all I have. It may not be much, but I finally have my own place. This apartment may be tiny, but every square inch of it is mine. Plus, we barely know each other.”
“Fine,” he sat up, looking around the apartment. “I’ll move in here with you. We’ll need to get a bigger bed, since this one is way too small for me.”
“What?” she screeched, halting her pacing to stare at him in disbelief.
Adrian couldn’t be serious—him, a prince, would be willing to move into her little hole in the wall? He stood from the bed and walked toward her, unashamed of his naked body.
He has no reason to be ashamed either , she thought, as her eyes traveled down to where his cock stood at attention. She couldn’t take her eyes off of him, as they greedily devoured him.
Her gums burned and stretched as her incisors descended again. The moments from their lovemaking marathon surfaced in her mind. She could feel the moisture gather at her center as her eyes locked on his arousal, standing thick and proud away from his body.
“You don’t get it, do you?” he murmured, pulling her flush to him. “You are mine, and I am yours. We have mated. Our souls are joined together—forever. Where you go, I go.”
Chapter 9
Adrian
H e didn’t know who was more nervous right now, him or Angel. He had finally convinced her to move in with him and his family as a trial run. He had refused to pack up her tiny excuse of an apartment, and only agreed to bring a suitcase worth of belongings with her.
Angel was still not convinced that she could be his mate. Adrian knew that her teachings of the vampiric ways were spotted with holes, and he knew the best people to help would be his mother and sister.
“Are you sure that this will be okay?” Angel asked for the third time.
“I’m sure it’s okay,” he assured her. Adrian grabbed her hand, and placed a chaste kiss on her knuckles. “You are my mate, and they will accept you.”
“Are you sure? I’m not a pure vampire,” she asked, her eyebrows drawn together.
He held back from rolling his eyes. It was starting to get on his nerves that
“You know what I meant,” she huffed as he squeezed her gently.
She was trying to be serious, but she could tell he was trying to get her to laugh. He couldn’t seriously think that their mating was a good thing. She was not of noble status, and she was sure that his parents would want him to mate with someone at least near his social class.
“From the moment I first saw you, I was instantly attracted to you,” he murmured in her ear. His deep voice had her clamping her legs shut, as her core began to tingle. “I wanted you.”
“You couldn’t have.” She shook her head. Memories washed over her from that night, and it would forever be ingrained in her head. “You were too busy doing Mindy and Babs—”
“And wishing it was you,” he cut her off.
“What?” she exclaimed, looking at him over her shoulder. His ice blue eyes glanced down at her mouth, before making their way back to stare into hers.
“Before I saw you, Vivian made the offer for entertainment for the night, and I accepted it, not knowing I was going to meet you. But once I laid eyes on you, it was you that I wanted. They were substitutes, and bad ones at that,” he said with a grimace, before his eyes suddenly became serious. “From this day forward, you are it for me.”
She was rendered speechless as she stared into his eyes. Could he be serious? Could he really want someone like her?
A turned vampire?
A vampire not of noble birth?
“Today, we’ll move you into the mansion,” he continued, glancing around at her small apartment. “One call, and we’ll have you moved today.”
“What? I can’t just move into your family’s mansion!” Angel exclaimed. She sat up, wrapping the blanket around her naked self, as she stood up to pace the room. “This is all I have. It may not be much, but I finally have my own place. This apartment may be tiny, but every square inch of it is mine. Plus, we barely know each other.”
“Fine,” he sat up, looking around the apartment. “I’ll move in here with you. We’ll need to get a bigger bed, since this one is way too small for me.”
“What?” she screeched, halting her pacing to stare at him in disbelief.
Adrian couldn’t be serious—him, a prince, would be willing to move into her little hole in the wall? He stood from the bed and walked toward her, unashamed of his naked body.
He has no reason to be ashamed either , she thought, as her eyes traveled down to where his cock stood at attention. She couldn’t take her eyes off of him, as they greedily devoured him.
Her gums burned and stretched as her incisors descended again. The moments from their lovemaking marathon surfaced in her mind. She could feel the moisture gather at her center as her eyes locked on his arousal, standing thick and proud away from his body.
“You don’t get it, do you?” he murmured, pulling her flush to him. “You are mine, and I am yours. We have mated. Our souls are joined together—forever. Where you go, I go.”
Chapter 9
Adrian
H e didn’t know who was more nervous right now, him or Angel. He had finally convinced her to move in with him and his family as a trial run. He had refused to pack up her tiny excuse of an apartment, and only agreed to bring a suitcase worth of belongings with her.
Angel was still not convinced that she could be his mate. Adrian knew that her teachings of the vampiric ways were spotted with holes, and he knew the best people to help would be his mother and sister.
“Are you sure that this will be okay?” Angel asked for the third time.
“I’m sure it’s okay,” he assured her. Adrian grabbed her hand, and placed a chaste kiss on her knuckles. “You are my mate, and they will accept you.”
“Are you sure? I’m not a pure vampire,” she asked, her eyebrows drawn together.
He held back from rolling his eyes. It was starting to get on his nerves that