Set To Start (Morningstars) by Sam Destiny Read Free Book Online Page B

between them and kissed her deeply. His hands went down her body and he nudged until she jumped up, wrapping her legs around him. Now, this was much more to her liking.
    He walked them over to the bed, placing her down gently before running his nose down her jaw and along her neck. She moved, just enough so he could easily struck her carotid artery. She wanted him to take her blood, to make this feel normal because somewhere in the back of her head a tiny, doubting voice pointed out that his kiss tasted different, that his touch felt unknown to her. As if he had heard her internal monologue, he suddenly pulled back, leaving her breathless and instantly cold. The warm blanket that had been his body was removed far too quickly for her taste.
    “What the hell is wrong?” she asked, going on her elbows so she could look at the vampire warrior sitting at the end of her bed.
    “My brother brought home a human girl,” he finally said, pausing as if this explained all the mysteries of the world.
    “So?” she prompted and he shrugged.
    “It wasn’t uncommon for us to take women home and share them, enjoy them until they were too content to move.” The image hurt. Cia never had been a jealous person before, but now, since there suddenly seemed to be a valley between her and Kaden, she couldn’t help but hate the faceless women. “It was always fun, but since a few years, that’s just not happening anymore. If we had a girl, we’d take here right where we found her and then get out. There was no one holding Jaden’s interest long enough to go anywhere else with her.”
    Cia wanted to press her hands to her ears. She didn’t need to hear about him and other girls. In fact, she didn’t need him to talk at all. She just wanted to be in his arms and see him smile.
    “Kaden…”
    “Now he brought one home and told me to get out. If something happens to her, it’ll be my fault.”
    That made Cia actually look up. “Happens to her? Like biting, you mean?”
    Kaden shook his head, finally a small smile spreading on his lips. “Come over here,” he coaxed, holding out his hand to her. He didn’t need to ask twice and she went to him, moving on his lap. He embraced her, kissing her cheeks and then her forehead before leaning back enough to look at her.
    “You are all pale and sick,” he mumbled, brushing his thumb over her lip. Almost instantly, a flush worked its way over her cheeks. She wanted his lips where his thumb was. “I shouldn’t have said what I said. I wouldn’t be happy to hear about you and other guys no matter how long ago that is,” he admitted and finally some of the pressure on her chest eased.
    “Are you worried about her or about what it could mean for your brother?” she asked, hoping to clarify where the change in him came from.
    “She’s is a human and breakable. Whenever I left she was asleep, but you don’t know Jaden. You haven’t seen him with the vampire women in the last months,” he mumbled, thinking to the months he and she already had been an item. Freezing all over, she moved off his lap.
    “Have you … always shared with him?” she asked and he ground his teeth together, making his jaw strain.
    Getting up, he grabbed her shoulders, making sure she met his eyes.
    “I haven’t slept with any other woman since I met you,” he pointed out, accentuating every spoken word with a gentle squeeze of his fingers. “I’m just tagging along because … I worry he’s going to kill someone.” The break in-between his words made her curious. There was something he wasn’t saying and it made her shake her head. “What?” he instantly asked, alarmed.
    “Nothing,” she lied, swallowing. She had no idea what it was, but suddenly it couldn’t be clearer that Kaden and she didn’t belong together. Even while he was holding her, he was holding back.
    “So, that girl …” She didn’t even know why she returned to that subject.
    “She’s human, I am certain, and yet Jaden is