Truth in Legends [Part Three of the Thicker than Blood Series] (6 page)

Matt helped me out and into my house when we got there. 

“Thank you for helping me with this,” I held up my foot as we stood just inside the door.

“Well, it was my sword that caused it,” Matt smiled.

I couldn't help the evil grin that curled my lips.  “You sure it wasn't Thor's hammer?”

He laughed.  “I'm sure I would have remembered that.”

I found myself staring at Matt's plump lips as he spoke and something Alex had said came to mind.  “Hey... I have a question.”

“Yeah?”

“Alex said that archangels could bite people but they don't because they would never be with a human.”  I felt a slow heat build at the apex of my thighs in remembering the pleasure of being bitten. 

“Kenna...” Matt said as if he knew what I was getting at.

“Have you ever?”

He stared at my neck for a moment.  “We aren't supposed to.”

“But have you?”

“No.”

“Well, you're not supposed to
lay
with a mortal either though, right?”

He nodded, continuing to stare at my neck.

“But you've done that.  Aren't you curious?”

He didn't respond.

“I would let you, you know.”  I had to be crazy.  All of those vampire movies seemed ridiculous when the characters offered their necks to the blood-suckers... and here, I was eagerly offering mine.

“What, right now?”

I smiled.  “Yes.”

Matt searched my eyes.  “I don't...”

“I want you to taste how you make me feel.”

The huge blond angel stared down at me, his eyes searching my own – he was breathing heavily.  Before I could utter another word, Matt's lips were sealed with mine; his muscular arms wrapped tightly around me.  Slowly, he drew a breath from my lungs and moved his lips on a little trail to my jaw... and then my neck.

“Are you sure?” he growled softly between delicate kisses.

I nodded, holding his head to my neck.  I knew what was coming, but I still didn't expect it.  When his teeth finally pierced my flesh, the earth stopped its rotation.  My knees gave way and I would have fallen if Matt wasn't holding me against him.  My every cell cried out in ecstasy as he pulled my blood into his mouth.  As he slowly released his lips from my neck, the world came back into focus and I found the ground beneath my feet.  Matt breathed heavily against my skin.

“I never imagined...” he whispered hoarsely, pressing his growing hardness into my hip.  His towering presents made me feel safe... and full of desire.  “Now I wish that I didn't make you promise to not sleep with Alex so I could take you right now.”

I giggled, looking up into his eyes.  What I saw there caused me to gasp in panic.  Matt's crystal-blue eyes were black.

Matt realized something was wrong himself and he staggered backwards.  “What... what's happening...  I need to go,” he muttered, batting his eyes several times as if attempting to fight the blackness that was there, but nothing changed.

“Matt?”  The next time I blinked, he was gone.  I leaned up against the wall and closed my eyes tightly with dread.  What had I done?

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