overwhelmed her. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath and then raised her gaze to meet Kade’s. “I went to a siphon room. I’m sorry but I just had to do this. And it worked…I feel…”
“I can see you feel good again. But I don’t understand why you ran. You have a bad habit of doing that, you know? No more running, Syd. Jesus. Come here,” Kade ordered. He embraced his fiancée, a comforting hand massaged the nape of her neck. “We’re going to figure this out. But you have to trust me.”
“This is my fault. I did this.” Within his arms, she relaxed. Confused, she held no answers. “Something’s wrong with me. I can’t ask you to give up the way you’ve lived for over two hundred years just for me. It’s not fair to you.”
“This isn’t about fair, love. This is about us. You’re the only woman in the world for me.”
“But those women…”
“Shh.” He kissed her hair. “They’re nothing. There’s never been anyone but you.”
“I love you so much. I want this to work. Please.” Sydney wasn’t sure what she was even asking. With her life in a blur, she couldn’t remember the last time they’d made love, that she’d felt like a woman, desired.
She glided her palms up his chest as he backed her against the wrought iron railing. She wiped the back of her hand across her cheeks. Crying had never been her style, but her emotions spun wild.
“This will work. There is nothing that can ever come between us. Not this,” his fangs descended, his lips pressed to her neck, “not this.” Dragging his thumb across her lips, he teased them open. He ran his fingers over Sydney’s teeth, and her own incisors dropped in response. “Your blood will be the only blood I ever want. Your lips…you, love.”
As his mouth descended on hers, Sydney’s heart raced. Allowing him to take control, she surrendered to his will. The taste of her mate spiked her arousal, and she was reminded how Kade could erase all worries from her mind. Coming alive with fire, she desperately kissed him in return. When he tore his lips from hers, she protested with a whimper.
“Turn around,” Kade demanded, placing her palms onto the cool metal. He wrapped his arm around her waist. “These people…the vampires, the donors, they know nothing of our lives. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.”
“Kade,” she breathed. Her bottom brushed against his rock hard erection.
“Nothing else matters. But you,” he growled. He gathered up her skirt until he found the front of her thigh.
“Please, I…I missed you so much.” Her line of vision drifted to the floor where onlookers had stopped to watch from below.
“From the moment we met, I knew you were mine. Nothing about your transition has changed that.” Kade concealed his hand underneath the fabric, working his fingers into her panties. Cupping between her legs, he whispered in her ear. “Your pussy yearns for me, doesn’t it, Sydney? Your master has been gone too long.”
“I…I…” At a loss for words, she resisted the urge to run. The heat between her legs intensified, confirming what she’d always known. She belonged to him…her heart, her mind, her body. Despite her independence and bravado, the comfort of being cared for, loved, superseded any notion that she could survive as an island.
“I know what it’s like to be so consumed with someone that you can’t breathe without them. I may not have been the one starving this past month, but I’ve struggled to survive without you.” He bit down on her earlobe as he slid a finger into her slick folds. Teasing her clitoris, he refused to give her a chance to retreat. “Goddess, I fucking missed you.”
“Kade …they can see us,” she breathed.
“That’s exactly the point, love. I want them to see us. To see the pleasure I bring you.” He plunged deep inside her pussy, withdrew and added two more. “Fuck, yes. You’re so wet for me.”
“I can’t do this here…oh shit,” she