Witchcraft (#2 Witchblood Series) by Emma Mills Read Free Book Online Page B

seconds later I
was clamped to his body, rocking myself, grinding against him as
his sweet blood poured into my mouth and nourished me. It felt like
molten lava pouring down my throat, thick and fiery. All my senses
awoke and I suddenly realised how dulled they had become. His scent
was exhilarating, driving me on to feed further, bite harder and
consume more. I could hear the cleaners chatting in my bedroom
across the hall, the television was still on in the front lounge,
and the students were stirring in the house next door.
    ‘ Jessie, sweet Jessie, you have to
stop, my love. Ohhh…’ Daniel moaned, as I reluctantly withdrew and
looked down at him.
    ‘ Oh God! I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.
I didn’t mean to. I…’
    ‘ Hey, it’s all good. I’m fine. You
stopped just when I asked you to. Many wouldn’t be able
to.’
    ‘ But you look so pale,’ I
said.
    ‘ It’s nothing. I will go to the
club in a few hours and feed. There is nothing to worry about. But
look at you; you are beautiful again.’
    I began to pull away from him, but he
pulled me back into his arms. His lips found mine once more and I
found there were other things to do but feed.
    Soon the majority of our clothing was
strewn across the bedroom floor and I realised it would only take a
couple more items of underwear between us, before we took that
final step. There had been a couple of times when things had got
pretty steamy between us, but my memories of Luke, and a misguided
urge to remain faithful to him had stopped us going any
further.
    An image of Luke flashed across my
eyes, Luke as he had appeared when he thought I was in danger with
Susannah, how he’d said he was sorry, and how he would protect
me. Then , there had been
something in his eyes, something I recognised, love. It was only
once I was safe that he returned to the cold, new Luke I had come
to know, the Luke who wanted nothing to do with me. I did however
know one thing. I couldn’t have sex with Daniel when I was still so
confused about Luke.
    I gently pulled back from Daniel, and
leaned in to kiss him one last time.
    ‘ I’m sorry, I…’
    ‘ Jess it’s okay. There’s plenty
more fun things we can do,’ he said grinning and pulling the duvet
cover back, as he clambered underneath and held it open for
me.
    I looked at my open Book of Shadows,
looked at the book of Wicca which I’d discarded on my desk and
looked at the clock, twelve-thirty. I shrugged and smiled. I had
another twelve hours before Franny would be back.

Chapter Six
    ‘ May I come in?’ Franny asked,
popping her head round my door eleven hours later.
    ‘ Sure, come in.’
    ‘ My dear, I heard about the
accident with your room. I feel responsible, and I know Eva holds
me accountable for leaving you unattended.’
    ‘ No, it’s fine. Look, I’m back now
anyway. They fixed the new window straight away and the cleaners
came in today. I had it back by five,’ I said.
    ‘ Hmm, but maybe it would have been
best if I had been here. I’m a little surprised by your sudden
change of plan regarding diet,’ she said, staring at my restored
glow and glittering dark eyes.
    ‘ That’s none of your business. I
am who I am. I didn’t hurt anybody.’
    ‘ Yet… Well, let’s hope it doesn’t
affect our ceremony tonight. I suppose it had the added bonus of
Daniel not being here to hang around. I believe he has gone to the
club?’
    I nodded, unable to think of a suitable
retort, especially as I was worrying about quite how much blood I’d
taken, and how hungry I’d left Daniel.
    ‘ Right then, let’s get on with it.
We need to prepare and be ready to start the ceremony just before
midnight. Have you learnt your part?’ she asked.
    ‘ Yes, I think so, and I had
another go at channelling energy before. I think I’ve got
it.’
    ‘ Good. First I’m going to run you
a cleansing bath, then while you are in there I will cleanse this
room and set it up.’
    ‘ I did actually have a shower this
morning, not