Blake, Abby - Vampires' Witness [PUP Squad Alpha 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Abby Blake Read Free Book Online

on the road, tracking the movements of the vampires who’d attacked her. Of course, Skye had spent most of that time sleeping, but the awake hours were becoming increasingly frustrating. Each morning Benjamin crawled into the bed with her, held her close, and admonished her to get some sleep, and each evening she woke curled in Samuel’s embrace. Neither man seemed inclined to pursue any type of physical relationship. Anytime she considered throwing herself at one or both of them, memories of the bite she’d taken out of Benjamin rose up to haunt her. She’d never experienced anything quite so erotic in her life—well, her human life, at least. It had made her more cautious about feeding when they said she should, but it hadn’t quelled the need building inside her. Each night things became just that much harder.
    Now that she didn’t require as much sleep, Skye was noticing all the changes becoming a vampire had wrought on her body. Just as they’d told her it would, her eyesight and hearing had improved immensely. She was stronger, faster, and way more coordinated than she’d ever been in her human life. The trouble was that it also made her incredibly more sensitive to touch.
    She had no idea if that was normal for a vampire or not, but she found herself buying increasingly erotic romances on her e-reader and devouring them in mere hours. Thank heavens it was all electronic. If she’d actually had to go into a store and buy the books, she would have been mortified by the thought that they might see. As it was, she was having a hard time hiding the effects the stories were having on her.
    “Not tired?” Benjamin asked as he stepped through the adjoining door between this motel room and the one Alex and Thomas were sharing. As far as she could tell, that was fairly standard practice for the ten members of their PUP squad. She’d almost giggled when she’d heard the acronym, yet it was obvious that not only did they do an important job, but that they were all very good at it.
    “No,” Skye said shyly. That was the weirdest part. Despite the fact that she was wildly attracted to both of these men, the more she got to know them, the quieter she’d become. A part of her wondered if that was why neither man had kissed her since that night. Unless it was because she’d hurt Benjamin by feeding on him. The question was out of her mouth before she’d really decided to ask it.
    He looked surprised. “No, baby girl, you didn’t hurt me.”
    “So why haven’t you…I mean why…um…” It was obvious that he was following precisely what she meant even though her ability to verbalize her thoughts wasn’t exactly working.
    He leaned over and cupped her face in his warm hand. Funny how a few days ago he’d seemed cold to her touch. Would she now feel as cold to another human as he once had to her? He smiled slightly, but seemed to hesitate before speaking.
    “The change can be traumatic and confusing. We just didn’t want to make it worse.”
    “So you do want to kiss me?”
    He smiled, whispered the words “of course,” but then moved away instead of moving closer.
    “So why don’t you?” She could feel her cheeks turning bright red with her embarrassment. It seemed that was something becoming a vampire hadn’t changed.
    “Because I want to kiss you, too,” Samuel said from the doorway.
    “So you’re…um…waiting for me to choose, or something?”
    Benjamin shrugged, but Samuel was more direct. He walked over to the chair where she sat, lifted her to her feet, and pulled her into his embrace. She went happily. It felt right to let him hold her—to let them both hold her—and she didn’t want to be denied that closeness any longer.
    “We didn’t want to overwhelm you.”
    “Uh-huh.” It probably sounded a little sarcastic, and maybe it was, but being kissed by two men she was attracted to seemed the least overwhelming of the things that had happened in the past week.
    Samuel laughed as if he