Aiden's Betrayal by C.T. Nicholson Read Free Book Online Page B

panties.
    After getting her under the covers, Aiden joined her and hoped she didn't wake up angry.
    He wanted to sleep with her so she didn't wake up alone with no clue where she was. She'd awake hysterical if she remembered the events of their night.
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    Elle woke with a splitting headache and no clue whose bed she’d ended up in but it wasn't hers. Trying to move, she was stopped by something heavy holding her in place.
    Aiden. Her skin tingled where their skin touched. She tried again to move and groaned loudly as his leg slipped between hers to graze against her sensitive clit. His touch was like throwing gasoline on a fire.
    Memories of the events from the night before hit her like a tidal wave. They were attacked by a vampire. No, two vampires, which Aiden beheaded. Elle started to panic until his leg moved again. Damn, that felt good.
    When did her life change?
    She strained to remember the last time she ended up in bed with a man. Naked.
    Not a clue.
    Elle lifted the sheet and gasped. A plain white bra and panties were the only clothing covering her most intimate parts. She let her gaze drift over Aiden’s hard stomach before she looked lower.
    Disappointment filled her at the sight of his underwear though they didn't leave much for the imagination. She swallowed. He was so large and very, very hard. Her eyes stayed glued in place until the thick length bounced, causing her to jump and lock eyes with him. When his bitable lips lifted into a satisfied smirk, she knew her cheeks had to be cherry red.
    Sleepy eyes watched her as his finger drew a path from her lip s past her neck, between her breasts, then lower to her belly. He drew enticing circles along her stomach, grazing the top of her panties.
    Elle couldn't believe she could be aroused after the night they’d suffered. A picture of the wound filled her mind. He'd had a lot of blood covering his back. She lifted the covers and explored his stomach. Smooth. Forcing him to flip over, she found nothing there.
    “ How? I saw the blood.” She looked at him, waiting.
    “ It wasn't mine.” His voice wavered.
    He lied. She could see deception in his silver gaze. Her happiness shattered. What else was he lying about?
    Elle jumped out of bed and backed away from him. How could she be so stupid?
    His brows scrunched with confusion. “Elle, what’s wrong?”
    Damn it. Her name leaving his lips caused her body to react and she felt a pull to go back to him. He wasn't human yet her body wanted him. She couldn't be wrong about him. She’d seen the wound and she’d seen him holding the vampire with one hand.
    “ You...” She took a deep breath. “You killed my parents. My sister.”
    “ I didn't kill them, Elle. You're mistaken. I would never do anything to harm you or your loved ones.” He stood slowly and held his arms up in surrender.
    “ You didn't, but your kind did.” Her heart hammered in her chest and her lungs labored. He planned to kill her.
    Memories of that horrid night took over.
    Grounded for being ten minutes past curfew. She had been seventeen, nearly an adult. But to her parents, she was the child they still sat down and lectured every time she screwed up. The end of the lecture always ended with them telling her one day she’d thank them. Yeah, right!
    After sneaking out, she'd been forced to sneak in the back door on her tiptoes. She remembered praying her parents didn't wake up as she crept. Then she saw him.
    Eyes a wild blood red, he looked crazed. His arms, nearly bone, held her mom’s lifeless body.
    Elle backed away, crying out when she tripped over her dad 's limp form.
    The creature grinned at her with his blood-covered mouth, fangs protruding from his lips.
    Swiping away the tears blurring her vision, Elle scooted backward needing to get away.
    Anna.
    If anything happened to her sister—bony hands gripped her throat and held her inches above the ground. He licked her exposed neck.
    Her heart pounded in her ears. She knew she had