ETHAN’S MATE (Book One: The Vampire Coalition) Read Online Free PDF

motioned to the
brooding one. “And that’s Liam.” He waved a hand at the lost
looking one.
    Ethan didn’t answer but she could see him getting red
in the face and he was clenching his jaw. How did you smooth over
the fact that they had popped into her bedroom uninvited? “Ethan
and I… we were just… we… we were just talking and getting to know
each other.” Okay…she knew it sounded lame as she stuttered the
words. For God’s sake… they were in bed and she was completely
naked. What the hell was she supposed to say?
    “Oh, that’s good. But I really hoped you were… oof!”
Rory bent over as Liam slammed his elbow into his gut. Liam shot
Rory a sharp glance as Nathan just smirked, a wicked expression on
his face.
    Brianna shot a nervous glance at Ethan. His jaw was
clenching harder as he rumbled. “Get… the… hell… out!”
    Brianna wrapped the sheet around her securely and
slid off of the bed. “It’s very nice to meet you. But this is not a
very good time. Maybe you could just give us a few minutes to get
dressed and we can chit chat.” One tiny woman shooing three men
twice her size toward the door was an amusing sight. Amazingly…
they men went. “Help yourself to anything in the kitchen,” she
called as she slammed the bedroom door behind them.
    Brianna planted her hands on her hips and raised a
brow at Ethan. “I think we need to talk to your brothers about
their manners.”
    “I’m going to kill them all!” He stood and clothed
himself in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt with his magic. He dressed
Brianna in similar attire.
    Brianna wrapped her arms around his waist and rested
her head on his shoulder. “You know you aren’t going to kill them.
They’re your brothers.”
    She felt him shrug. “We try to kill each other all
the time. But this time I’m really going to do it. They know better
than to do something like that with a vampire who’s just found his
mate.”
    She could tell he was calming as she stroked his
back. “Maybe we should just talk and get to know each other.”
    He sighed. “Okay… but then I get to kill them.”
    “No killing today, Ethan.” She shuddered. “I’ve
already seen you in action once today and that’s enough.” She
pulled back to survey his face.
    He looked recovered from his injuries, but
disappointed that he couldn’t kill his brothers and she bit back a
smile.
    “You’re going to be sorry you told them to help
themselves.” The corners of his mouth turned up in a small, knowing
smile.
    “Why? I don’t mind?”
    “You will,” he told her in an ominous voice as he
took her by the hand and led her through the door to meet his
brothers.
    ******
    Ethan stretched as he awoke from his day sleep. He
immediately sought his mate but she wasn’t sleeping beside him.
    It had taken Brianna five days of ingesting his
vampire blood to regain her normal strength and to build up the
added strength she would need for their mating. His was the blood
of an elder and it was powerful, but Brianna had been severely
weakened.
    His brother Liam was a healer for their brethren and
between his magic and Ethan’s blood exchanges with Brianna, she had
regained her strength. He hadn’t touched her sexually since their
first exchange. He had come so damn close to losing control that
day that he didn’t dare.
    She said she felt incredibly strong, but Ethan knew
it wouldn’t last. His mate would start to decline again soon. The
mating needed to happen as soon as possible.
    Ethan knew he was losing control. His desire to
possess his mate was overcoming logic and reason, making it harder
and harder to contain his possessiveness, his jealousy.
    He couldn’t even stand to have his brothers around
her. It nearly made him feral with jealousy and possessiveness.
Brianna belonged to him and he hated any other male touching
her…even his brothers.
    Unfortunately, she actually liked his brothers and
they, in turn, seemed to adore her. Ethan hated it. He