Bound to Me by Jocelynn Drake Read Free Book Online

the castle and have been carefully feeding off the humans that she keeps there, but there aren’t enough to support us all for such a length of time. I was sent out to fetch her more strong and healthy humans.”
    “We should not keep you then,” Valerio said, drawing her gaze back to him. “We need to find a place to stay during the daylight hours and begin our hunt of the warlock.”
    Eva reached up and cupped his cheek, rubbing her thumb along his chin. Her long thumbnail tugged at his full lower lip, parting them slightly before she leaned in for a slow kiss. “I’m sure that my mistress would welcome you both into her castle considering your mission,” she murmured, her lips brushing against his, begging for another kiss.
    “I have no doubt that she would be pleased to have me back in her grasp, but we’re not going.” I spit out. Eva finally looked at me again, though her body remained pressed against Valerio. I knew then that I had to kill her. My only dilemma was deciding how.
    “Mira?” she repeated before her eyes went wide. “You’re the Fire Starter, child of our mistress! She will be pleased to hear of your return.”
    “I’m sure she would be.” I bent down and picked up Valerio’s bag once again before throwing it at him. He moved just quickly enough, releasing Eva and catching the bag so that she wasn’t hit with the heavy item. “We have to go.”
    Valerio stepped away from Eva with a blank expression, bowing his head to her slightly as he returned to my side. “She is right.”
    “You’re not coming back to the castle with me?”
    A bitter laugh escaped me before I could bite it back. “Nothing could drag me back to her. But then, you’re not going back either.” She managed to look at me with confusion for just a brief moment before she exploded in flames. Her screams bounced off the faces of the buildings that surrounded us as she raced around the empty street. Flames jumped and crackled off of her body, consuming her in a matter of seconds, leaving her a blackened lump in the middle of the street. By morning, she would be unrecognizable ash, but I garnered no pleasure from the fact that I had killed one of Sadira’s children and stopped them from acquiring more sustenance. I could only see her lips on Valerio.
    “We need to go,” Valerio said, laying a hand on my shoulder.
    I violently shrugged it off and marched down the street, leaving him to catch up. After a couple blocks, I chose a large house that was dimly lit. A quick scan revealed that only a handful of people were in the residence, with most of them likely being servants. It would serve as a place to store our things while we were either sleeping or hunting down this warlock.
    As soon as the butler opened the door, I seized his mind, wiping away all thought as he led us into the marble entryway. Valerio was right behind me, dipping easily into the minds of the other residents with a practiced ease. Within a few minutes, everyone within the house believed that we were old friends of the owners of the house and would be staying for a few nights while we visited. We had done this on more than one occasion when we were sent to a specific location to deal with a problem that had been brought to the coven’s attention. Taking over a house and using mind control over a handful of humans was easier than trying to scout out a secure, abandoned location. At least this way, we were still afforded all the comforts that we were accustomed to, as well as had easily accessible meals close at hand should we stay in.
    “Have a bath brought up to my room,” I commanded the butler as my feet hit the wide staircase.
    “Yes, mistress,” the butler replied crisply before his footsteps echoed across the hall.
    “Mira,” Valerio started, following me up the stairs.
    “Keep your distance, Valerio,” I warned. I threw open one bedroom door after another until I came to a large, elegant room that I was willing to guess belonged to the