Page 14 of Sweet Inferno

“What do you want?”

“You.”

Her eyes flickered with something and she didn’t physically move but I noticed her body’s reaction to my confession. Her pulse moved quicker and I could smell her arousal.

“Aren’t there some kind of rules about what happens at the club stays at the club? I’m pretty sure if I report you they’d ban you or something.”

I smirked. “They might. Go ahead though. I don’t need the club anymore; I have what I want.” My eyes moved over her body and she tensed, taking a step back.

“That’s not how this works. The want has to be mutual and I do not want you.”

I tried to reach her thoughts but the damn boundary spell was still fully intact. I couldn’t sense anything other than what I could physically see and smell and her gotdamn blood was potent as hell.

Fuck, I need that.

“It works however we want it to work and you’re right, this…” I motioned a finger between us. “Has to be consensual.”

“Exactly, so please leave.”

I stepped closer but kept my hands to myself; that was a whole struggle. “Nah, can’t do that just yet. You want me, so it is mutual.”

“I don’t.” The lie wasn’t convincing so I only smiled in response and she tried again with a little more bass in her voice. “I don’t.”

Still not convincing, but I let her live.

“That’s cool but I need a favor before I go.”

Her brows furrowed. “I don’t know you, why would I grant you a favor?”

“I put out your fire. I’m assuming this is your place.”

Aight, so that was a bit of a stretch. She was handling things perfectly fine without me but I had to use what I could.

“It is and I didn’t ask you to help. I could have done it myself.”

“But you didn’t. That was all me. So do I get my favor as a thank you?”

Her eyes narrowed again. “Depends on what it is.”

“I need to feed.”

Her eyes went wide before she grounded herself. “You have people and places for that.”

And they’re no longer an option thanks to whatever the hell you did to me that night.

“It has to be you,” I let her know, making sure she understood how serious this was.

“What…why?”

“I don’t have an answer for that. We’ll figure it out later. Right now, I need to eat. You gonna let me or not?”

Chapter

Five

Let him?

He wants me to let him put those damn teeth in my neck and drink my blood again.