Page 100 of Bloodhunter

“I didn’t want to leave you there,” he whispered. “I wantyou now, Trinity. Can you feel it?”

And it was as though his words were torpedoes filled withsex, because they pierced my eardrums, exploded in my brain, and left megasping and doubled over, my fingers pressed to the two tiny puncture wounds onmy thigh.

It took everything I had to straighten and pull Silverlightfrom her bed. She attached with a force that knocked the awful desire from mybody, and she shook with the eagerness to taste the vampire who watched us.

“Your strength is impressive,” he said, smiling.

“Angus was telling the truth,” I said. “You did something tomy mind.”

He took a step closer, despite Silverlight. “Are you inpain?”

I frowned. “No. Why?”

“You don’t want to hurt me.” And he was so very, very proudof that fact.

I could feel myself paling. “What iswrongwith me?”I wasn’t asking him, and he didn’t bother to answer.

I would have hurt him if he’d threatened me, but I didn’tstand there with the overwhelming need to rip his heart out the way I hadbefore.

Before the sex.

Silverlight wanted to hurt him. I didn’t.

“What do you need, Trinity?” There was pity in his voice.

That made me mad. “I need the demon. You’re going to tell mewhere he is.”

“Of course.”

I stared. “What?”

“He’s just returned to his nest a few minutes ago. He istired and weak despite his…night. We must stop him now.”

“His night.” I cleared my throat and continued a littlelouder. “What happened?”

“We need to hurry,” was all he’d say. “Daylight arrives intwo hours and I can’t help you when the sun comes.”

“Gray told me I can kill the demon with Silverlight and apriest. But…”

“But you don’t want to kill the priest.”

“No,” I said, honestly. “I really don’t.”

“You slaughter vampires.”

“Not the same thing.”

“Someday it will be,” he said, his voice flat.

“Maybe, but not tonight. Tonight I have to sacrifice a manin order to save God knows how many humans. That’s…” I swallowed, then blew outa quiet breath. “That’s fucked up, Amias.”

“There will be a lot of fucked-up things before this nightis over,” he predicted. “Your priest will be the least of them.”

I shuddered, and tried not to think too hard about hiswords.

“I don’t need you to lead us there.” Honestly, I was worriedthat Angus would jump the master, and I did not want to deal with that. “Tellme where he’s hiding.”

He didn’t change expressions, but I had a strong feeling heknew exactly why I wanted to go without him.