(Brielle’s POV)As I listened to Cole telling me about the story of their great-great grandparents, Selene, the moonlight goddess, and Ambrogio, I thought it was nothing but a fictitious tale to entertain adults and scare children. Although the Order of the Orion had all these stories written in one book, nothing was said about their vampire children living on earth with different ideals. They were all the same; they created, drank their blood to be like them, and enslaved the ones they turned. There was no story about those kinds whom the gods blessed and were given a chance to live among people.There were stories about male vampires making their mortal wives pregnant, but none about them bearing offspring and living like ordinary humans if they wished to. According to Cole, their slow aging stopped them from living among them.“You’ve never bitten anyone in your life?” I asked curiously.He shook his head. “We take our rules seriously, Brielle. We can only take those which were don
(Brielle’s POV)Perhaps my blood was pumping excitedly inside my body because my heart was thumping hard inside my chest. I didn’t give myself much chance to think whether it was right or wrong to offer my blood, but after what he did to me last night, saving and protecting me, I was willing to give even a part of my life and blood.“Bite me, Cole. I’m your willing subject,” I whispered.When I pressed my skin to his lips, he grabbed my wrist, and before I could even wink, he was already in front of me, opening his mouth and baring his fangs, ready to bite me. Cole leaned my head to the side, and willingly, I gave him access to my neck and shoulders.My eyes closed, feeling his warm breath on my neck, and before I could recoil, he buried his fangs in my flesh. I thought of scary images of vampires sucking blood from their victims, but it was only for a few seconds because instead of feeling the pang from his sharp teeth, I was in ecstasy.I was his willing subject, but I never thought
(Cole’s POV)I was healing fast because it was Brielle’s blood, not someone else. The blood of the mate would always be potent whether the partner was a vampire, human, or even a werewolf. When she gave me permission to bite and drink her blood, I knew she had opened her heart and accepted me for who I was. It made our connection stronger, making us powerful, but despite that, Brielle was my own version of kryptonite.Brielle’s kiss was demanding, waiting hungrily for me to kiss her back. My hand slid the back of her neck, pushing her closer to me as I devoured her mouth, sliding my tongue into her parted lips and deepening our kiss as she eagerly welcomed me.Slowly, I lay her back on the mattress and tore her blouse, not minding unbuttoning it or pulling off her clothes. I didn’t want to break our kiss, but as my hand grazed her neck to her mounds, she arched her body toward me and grabbed my hand to touch her beautiful breast, silently begging me to kiss her elsewhere.“Oh, Cole,”
(Cole’s POV)“You’re just thinking it because you’ve seen my life, Brielle,” I said, kissing her forehead and noting in my mind to call my father if it was possible that humans could get hungry with blood when they willingly gave their blood to their masters.But Brielle was not my slave, not even my willing subject.She startled me when she took my wrist, bit me, and laughed hard when my body jolted with her sudden attack. She looked adorable, and I would never get tired of gazing at her charming smile for eternity. I gasped when she licked her lips and kissed my palm before placing it on her cheek.“I don’t want this day to end, Cole,” she muttered and smiled.My eyes narrowed, thinking, what if Brielle tasted my blood?“Are you always this curious?” I asked her, taking my hand away from her cheek and placing my fingers on her hair to brush a few strands from her face.“Yeah. Maybe I was destined to meet you, Cole,” she grinned. “But they said drinking vampire blood would turn you i
(Brielle’s POV)“Fifteen minutes.”Aarush alerted us when he walked to the kitchen but stopped at the island to grab a garlic cheese breadstick from the rectangular white platter Xian had baked. Cole explained to me that this was Xian’s way of releasing stress. Baking. Today she had chosen Ichiro and Aarush’s favorite snack, and she seemed to have succeeded when Aarush moaned as he took a bite. He finished one piece before sitting across from us.“Should we stay here and wait?” Ichiro glanced at us before opening the refrigerator.Before Aarush came, he and Kione were planning what to serve for dinner, part of their drama of making everyone nothing but ordinary. I wanted to remind them that we knew they were vampire hunters and that there was no need to pretend, but I understood their worries. None of us would like others to have a hint that Cole and Lucilla were different.“Should we stay here and wait?” he asked curiously. “We could stay in the family room.”“Too late. They’re at th
(Brielle’s POV)“What do you mean you can’t?” I asked Giles and then glanced at Lucilla, who shrugged as she looked in Giles’ direction. “It’s up to him if he wants to stay here or get inside,” she said, raising both hands and turning her back on us.“I can’t,” he repeated and sighed, waiting for Lucilla to be gone. “I need to talk to you before joining the others inside.”I almost breathed in relief, but I held my breath, not wanting him to think there was something more about what happened last night. Pursing my lips, I glanced at the ajar door and then nodded at him, walking toward the door and closing it.“What do you want to talk about?” I asked, sitting on the step Gen sat on a while ago.“About last night,” He began, leaning on the railing, facing the door as if waiting for anyone to go out. “What exactly happened?”Ah! He was confirming Gen’s report. Raising my eyebrows, I tilted my head and smirked at him.“Didn’t Gen tell you everything?” I asked, looking him in the eye.“W
(Cole’s POV)“You think this is enough?” Kione asked without looking at us.Kione breathed out nervously as she studied the food served at the dinner table, then raised her index finger, counting the plates she had placed on the table. If the dishes she and Ichiro prepared were not enough, only they could know about it. Dessert, maybe?“Don’t worry, Kione. This is like a feast for us already,” Gen chuckled. “We don’t get the chance to eat a full meal while on a hunt.”She turned her head and smiled at Gen as she brought the one Kione thought might be missing, the drinks.“Really? That hard to be a hunter, huh?” Her eyebrows knitted for a second, then she shrugged her shoulders. “How about a massage later?”“I’d love that,” she winked at her. “Giving Brielle a massage later, Cole?” She turned to me, wiggling her eyebrows, her lips curving a naughty smile.Gen guffawed when Brielle’s cheeks turned red but pressed her lips when she saw Aarush leading the others to the dining room. She li
(Brielle’s POV)I could not stop pacing the room when we entered the master’s bedroom. Giles must be kidding me, doing one of his tricks to prove I didn’t belong to them. I nearly had a panic attack when he announced his change of plan of not going back tomorrow to our headquarters.Cole’s three sisters, except for Gen, were sitting on the edge of the Alaskan bed and following my every movement. Gen was lying on her stomach, her chin on her arms as she looked at me.“Is she okay?” I heard Kione whispering to her girlfriend.“I’m not sure, but I didn’t know there’s such a thing as an initiation in the group,” she climbed down the bed and blocked my way. “Why don’t you just think of this as your chance of Giles and Adam seeing you as their equal?”My lips puckered up as I stared at her. “Why are you giving so much away, Gen?”“Me?” She raised her eyebrows, pointing her index fingers at herself.I shook my head because I didn’t know if it was Gen or me who was giving too much information