Kept: An Erotic Anthology by Holly Roberts, Leia Shaw, Cari Silverwood, Sorcha Black, Angela Castle, C. L. Scholey Read Free Book Online

a good judge.
    “Then, why does it matter,” I asked wondering what difference it made if I secreted a chemical smell as long as men didn’t want to jump my bones.
    He stared at me for so long I didn’t think he was going to answer. I was starting to read the closed off look he used when he planned to say something I wouldn’t like. “You will release them only for me.”
    “I don’t understand.”
    His un-vampire like sigh was loud in the quiet room. “Your chemical pheromones will take away your desire for anyone but me”
    It took two seconds before I was scrambling off his lap. “You have got to be fucking kidding me. What the hell did you do?”
    He stood with that effortless sinewy grace of his causing me to catch my breath. Without thought my nipples began to tighten and my thighs clenched. No. Hell no, his sex scent scrambling my brains pissed me off even more.
    Talon had almost the same pitying look Vic had when he left me in this room. For some reason, he thought softening his voice would make this right, “I did nothing but get near you. Once I did, it was out of both of our hands.”
    I backed away. “No, this isn’t right. I can’t accept what you’re telling me.”
    “Come sit down on the couch and I will explain.”
    God, now his eyes were haunted and I wanted to cry. He picked up the discarded sheet and placed it over my shoulders. I sat down in a chair while he put his jeans back on. “Explain,” I said, after he sat across from me.
    His eyes were so incredibly intense I wanted to look away, but I couldn’t. “Each vampire has one mate. Once we find that person, our chemical signature changes and there is nothing we can do to stop it. I knew who you were the minute I scented your neck even with the alcohol leaking from your pores. My biological makeup started changing instantly and so did yours.”
    “No fucking way.”
    “Kelly.”
    Shit, he used my name. I didn’t want him using my name even though I knew I was being ridiculous.
    He continued after giving me a few moments to adjust. Like, anyone could ever adjust to what he was telling me. “There is much you need to know. Your people cannot win this war without the help of the vampires. Many of my people don’t want to help, but there are some, like me, that think your world is worth saving. Unfortunately, we cannot interfere with the natural progression, at least not in a blatant manner. Even with the information I was planning to give you, it might not have made a difference to the outcome. You’ve changed that. You have the ability to make a difference in your world and save the people you love.”
    This was bad. Really bad, I could feel it. “How?”
    “Become vampire.”

 
Chapter 10
    Thankfully, I was sitting down. Too many things swirled around my head at once and of all the things I could question at this moment—the end of the human world or how the hell do you become a vampire, my mind went to sex.
    “So I won’t ever desire another man again?”
    I could see by his eyes that he didn’t mind giving me the answer, “Only me.”
    “And what about you? Will the same rules apply?” I lived and fought in a male dominated society. Yes, they’d come a long way but only because war forced it on them. “Will you desire other women?”
    His expression didn’t change. “No. Never again.”
    “My friend said a vampire’s smell enticed her. So you’ll just go around and entice women but you won’t fuck them?”
    “I will no longer release the questing scent. It’s only there to search out a mate. I’ve found mine.”
    “Shit.”
    Just the hint of a grin played on his lips but his eyes darkened. “I was hoping for a little more than that.”
    “You don’t even know me.” I had to find a way to scramble out of this deal.
    “I’ve known you forever.”
    “But, we don’t love each other.”
    “Don’t we?”
    God, he frustrated me. He made it sound so simple but I wasn’t ready for this. In desperation, I