The strongest erection Lucian had ever experienced awoke him. He looked down at the source of his raging hard-on while gritting his teeth. Kara had turned over and spread herself over his chest sometime later in the day. Her palm was resting on the side of his face while her head was snuggled under his chin.
Her breasts were mashed against his chest and her leg was wrapped around his waist, rubbing on his cock. He realized that in addition to her sprawling over him, he had also encircled her in his arms and was holding her against him. Idiot!
He forced himself to hold back from rubbing his hands all over her till she woke up needing him just as much as he did. He would have done it if he could have persuaded himself that she wasn't innocent. However, the hunters kept their females sequestered in order to prevent them from becoming pregnant before they were ready.
Before his conscience ultimately defeated his dick, the seconds on the wall clock gave way to minutes. He moved her a bit to break free, easing his way out from beneath her. He felt his heart tighten as she sat down and murmured. He swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up quickly in an effort to get away from her. She cried out while curling her palm into the cushion that held his head.
He took a step back, ran his hand over his face, and winced when he saw that his fangs had also grown longer in order to fit inside of her. He turned and made lumbering steps inside the restroom. He would recover control with a cold shower and some blood. He was on edge due to having a lady in his bed once again and the unresolved argument with Joseph.
He pulled down his trousers and walked into the freezing water after turning on the shower. He sensed that he and Cold Showers would get much better acquainted while Kara was here. He struggled to take control of himself and placed his head on the tile while leaning his forearm on the wall.
More and more pictures of Kara stroking him, kissing him, and sucking him off entered his head the more he attempted to block them out. His body had been permanently scarred by the sensation of her breasts against him. Recalling how her breath had warmed his flesh, he felt his palm around his shaft and gave it a long stroke.
It had been years, even millennia, since he had abruptly stopped moving. He still had erections, but he no longer felt the need to relieve them by touching a lady or himself. His urge for sex had long since given way to his insatiable need for death, and he hadn't missed it.
Before now. He noticed that he was getting more arousal than he had in a long time when he thought about Kara. His hips pushed as he pretended to be being held by the muscles of her sheath. As he found relief, he threw his head back and was smacked in the face by the cold water.
He looked at his still-hard dick in his palm as his muscles twitched and his head tipped back down. Even though he had just arrived, he was still hungry. Now, he wanted her to hold him instead of him. His inner voice urged him to find Kara, wake her, and take possession of her. She was unsure of how to interpret anything, but she wouldn't reject him.
He managed to stay in the shower by pure willpower. He jerked off once more after another thirty minutes had gone before turning off the water and getting out of the shower. As he marched over to get a towel from the rack and dry himself off, he still felt as stiff as a wild, caged animal, but at least he trusted himself not to climb back into bed with her and take her.
He approached the mirror and wasn't at all startled to see that his eyes were now more crimson than brown. That devil part of him was still there and wanted to be like him. However, none of them could have her.
She was a hunter, but she had been shielded from the real harshness of the world her brother lived in since she was a little child. protected from the environment he called home. She deserved more than someone who had murdered a few more hunters and vampires than he wanted to remember. Though he wasn't proud of any of the deaths he had caused, he was happy that his life had resulted in the protection of countless innocent people.
He pulled his trousers up off the floor, turned away from the mirror, and ran a hand over the stubble that lined his jaw. He hurriedly put them on and left the room. When he discovered Kara still in bed, his heart spat forth pain. What would it be like for the rest of his life to wake up to her like this?
Before he could consider the fact that the notion had even crossed his mind, much alone how desperately he felt the need to discover the solution, there was a light tap on the door. Before it woke Kara up, he hastened to open it. Declan was standing on the other side, seeming much more at ease than Lucian felt at the moment. Declan had just had a shower, and Lucian knew it had been a hot one since Declan's hair was still moist.
The question "What is it?" As he snuck into the hallway and silently shut the door behind him, Lucian ordered.
"Aren't we irritable? Have you had enough beauty sleep?
"I slept well. What brought you here?
Declan grinned and his eyes sparkled with joy. Declan was the only one who could push him the farthest without being caught. After spending so many centuries together, he had earned that right, yet he was getting on Lucian's nerves.
Declan looked towards the door, and all the amusement left his face. We were interested to see what would happen to the hunter.
Lucian combed his unruly hair with his hand. Although he would have preferred not to leave her, he had no choice since she could be afraid to awaken alone. "I'll speak with Marta about Kara and then I'll meet you and the others in the dining room."
Declan evaluated Lucian, and a strange sparkle appeared in his eyes. Kara: "Kara, is it?"
Lucian chewed out, "It is her name.
"You seem to like this girl."
She will get treatment while I'm here. She has experienced a lot.
"We've been dating for a while. This is the most I've ever seen you with a lady.
You are speaking without knowledge.
Declan backed off while raising his hands. "My error, then. I'll be with you shortly.
Declan turned and walked down the corridor, and Lucian saw the glee in his eyes.
***
Nathan strolled over the stronghold's grounds. He follows his footprints from the entrance gate to Kara's window. At the rose trellis next to her window, he glared. He believed she had descended it last night despite the fact that surveillance footage showed no sign of her. If she hadn't, someone most likely would have at least seen her leave the home.
She had somehow gotten one of the vehicles out of the garage, entered the gate code, and fled the stronghold before he had gone night hunting. Only then did he realize that one of the other hunting teams had stolen the white Ford automobile she had taken, which was gone from its spot when he departed.
The automobile was found close to the club, and they brought it back. He was still there when Kara departed the fortress, although he was unaware of it. She must have pulled into a parking spot and waited for them to go before following them.
He had taught her how to operate a car and took her driving about the fortress throughout the years. He had only truly seen her grin or laugh on those trips across the hundreds of acres of woodland and gravel roads that crisscrossed the property.
There was no clear reason why most women should be taught how to drive, but five years ago, when Kara begged him to teach her, he couldn't say no. He did not see a need to refuse her that as he had already deprived her of so many other things.
He was now cursing himself in the behind for it. He didn't believe she requested him to educate her with the intention of fleeing, but because of his teachings, she was now in danger and would even perish.
He was unaware of how she had learned the gate code and remained hidden from view. He was intrigued about the answers to those questions, which she alone could provide. Others may have been able to breach their defenses if Kara had been successful.
No, that's not true, he understood. Whatever her teachers thought of her, Kara had always been quite brilliant. She had always been more curious and eager to learn than the majority of the stronghold's more obedient ladies.
She had been a good fit for Logan in his eyes because of her energy, even if he sensed she didn't want the relationship, but she had kept quiet about it. Logan was one of his closest buddies since they had gone through all of their training and grown up together. Logan would be capable of protecting her. Nathan wasn't concerned that he would want to crush her spirit since he loved her and knew her well enough. However, he'd be damned if Kara got married to someone who would attempt to destroy her.
He may, however, put her in a cage by himself after this. if he ever did locate her.
He felt a heavy weight around his heart at the thought of her out there, totally unprepared for the world and all its horrors. He had failed to prepare her for what was beyond their twenty-foot-high walls and expansive, remote land, but he had also never anticipated that she would be outside.