Phantom (Endlessly Book 3) Read Online Free PDF

whispered. Her eyes swam and her lids drooped.
    “Damn it Ash! You should have never done this. You need blood… right fucking now.”
    I stood up and looked around. I had no idea how far we were from humans. If I rushed it, I could get caught. I clenched my jaw as her eyes refocused on me. I had blood and I could give it to her. I unbuckled my belt, stepped away from her, and started taking my jeans off.
    “What are you doing?” s he asked weakly.
    “I don’t have a knife on me. Just, don’t move or lunge at me, okay? You have to lie still.” I shifted into my werewolf form.
    “I don’t…” she whimpered.
    Don’t move and don’t think about it. You can’t let your mouth touch the wound. Do you understand?
    I thought about how her virus transformed huma ns into zombies. I wasn’t human and her virus was a mutated strain. There was no knowing what I would become if I was infected. I hovered over her. Her eyes swam as she tried to focus on my monstrous form.
    I’m not drinking your blood, she told me. She swatted at me.
    This isn’t up for discussion. Open your mouth.
    She looked at me, hurt. Why won’t you let me die? It would be less of a burden for the both of us.
    I growled low and gave her this thought: I will not betray him and I… care about you.
    There was a long moment of silence and pain. It was more than the promise to Verloren t o take care of her. I loved her and couldn’t watch her kill herself.
    I’ll drink only if you tell me why you won’t go find her, she told me.
    Drink first.
    She let her mouth fall open. I raked my claw across my forearm, trying not to cut too deep. I held the wound above her mouth. It hurt like fuck, but she needed it. The blood was too slow. I ran the claw through the wound again, ripping deeper into the flesh.
    Her breaths were quick and shallow. She dug her fingers into the mud. The blood filled her mouth and I tried not to spill any on her face. She pulled her feet up and I heard a soundless moan from her in my mind.
    Then I felt the pull. It was a strange longing tinged with sexual desire. This was a power that all dragons had. Having experienced it before, I knew what to expect, and didn’t let myself give into it. But my ability to keep her out of my mind was slipping. She pulled her hands out of the mud, grabbed hold of my wrist, and tried to pull the wound to her mouth.
    I lost control of my shift and turned back to my human form. I scrambled away from her and back into the trees. I licked my wound, trying to clean away the blood so she wouldn’t smell it. She sat up and her gaze followed me. I clamped my hand over the wound.
    She was pulling me to her with the power of desire. I struggled internally as I yanked on my jeans. The pulling was like the one I felt for the tattooed girl. Ash had drawn me to her like this once before. I didn’t want to control myself any more then than I did now. I wanted to run to her and hold her. I wanted to kiss her. I wanted to give her what her body was craving, but I knew better. It was only a moment of weakness for her and she would hate me for it after… if I survived the vampire’s urge to feed while mating.
    I shook my head , trying to clear my mind of desire. I needed to shut her out. I clasped my cut arm, focusing on the pain, and closed my eyes, leaning against a tree. I was breathing hard. Like any vampire, she wanted sex with feeding. That could’ve been disastrous and it was a close call I would never let happen again. I resisted her attraction.
    “Ashley, please stop,” I moaned.
    “I’m sorry,” she whispered.
    I felt her cut the sensation, but it took a minute for my body to respond. I kept her shut off from my mind as I crept back to her. She rose stiffly, wiping spilt blood from her chin. Already she looked a little better, but real improvement would take time and a lot of feeding.
    “I’m sorry,” she repeated.
    “Don’t beat yourself up. I was expecting it.”
    Ashley shrank back,