Blood Moon (Moon Books) by M.J. O'Shea Read Free Book Online Page B

Usually if a vampire chooses to shoot venom into someone, the person ends up dead before it would ever get a chance to work. But we can choose. The venom isn’t involuntary. If we don’t need it, like if the person is willing, then we don’t release it and no one is harmed.”
    “But why would anyone be willing?”
    Noah looked embarrassed. “I’m sure you’ve heard that vampire bites can be, um, pleasurable?”
    I chuckled a little bit. “Yeah. So that part is true, obviously.”
    “Very true. And the more the vampire likes the taste of a certain human, the better it is for the human. They can feel the vampire’s blood lust.”
    “And there are places where these ‘willing’ people go to get bitten.”
    Noah looked even more embarrassed. “Yeah. Want to know something weird though? All human blood is definitely not the same. It took me a while to figure out what I liked, but I finally noticed that the taste for blood seems to run where your attractions lie. At least mine does. Maybe it’s the pheromones or something. For example, I can tolerate the taste of female blood, but I don’t really like it. It’s kind of like what I remember diet pop tasting like; pretty bland with a weird aftertaste. But an attractive guy’s blood? That’s like the best meal I ever had mixed with the taste of sex and this wild high that takes hours to subside.”
    A vivid picture of him biting the neck of some hot turned-on guy jumped into my head. I could see Noah’s fingers curling in the guy’s hair and his tongue licking a long line on the exposed neck before biting into it with those shiny fangs. It was sexy as hell but it made a violent curl of jealously unravel in me.
    “What was the best blood you’ve ever tasted?”
    “Do I have to say it, Zack? The more attracted I am to someone, the better his blood tastes to me. Think about it and take a guess.”
    My mouth dropped open. “Really?”
    He could tell from one drop?
    “Tell me you couldn’t feel it just a little, even through that tiny prick.”
    I realized that I had felt it. Way more than a little. I’d assumed it was just me reacting to the attraction I’d always had towards Noah. But that wild sexual thrill when his tongue slicked the drop of blood from my finger had been like nothing I’d ever felt before. I shivered a little, remembering.
    “Yeah I felt it.”
    “And you probably wouldn’t mind feeling it again?”
    I laughed. Mind? If it felt like that every time, I’d drag his mouth to my neck and impale myself on his teeth! “Okay, I get it. Willing snacks.”
    “Very willing.”
    The grin he gave me when he said that was so hot that I pounced. I wanted him. Badly. I wanted him to lick and suck and, yes, I wanted him to bite me all over. I wanted him inside of me most of all. I couldn’t wait to feel that with him. He growled a little like he had the night before, but instead of finding it scary I thought it was the hottest thing I’d ever heard. It made me want to rip his t-shirt in half. I kissed him hard, pulling on him and getting as close as I could. His hands roamed under my shirt, making my already overheated skin feel like it was about to combust. I wanted more of him.
    “Will you feed from me?” I asked, my breath coming in short pants. “I want to know what it feels like.”
    He moaned and licked my neck. It was the best sort of torture. “I want to,” he breathed in deeply and moaned again.
    “But?” I ground my hips into his and pulled his hair.
    “It would be so intense. I’m not sure if I could control myself.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “It’s been a few weeks since I’ve fed and you taste so...good.” He shuddered. “I’m afraid I’d lose control.”
    “You think you might accidentally kill me?”
    “I don’t know. I’ve never tasted anything that amazing before. If I bit you when I was hungry, it would be so hard to stop. I’d like to say I could but I’d never want to take that chance.” He shook his