Shattered: Paranormal Vampire Romance (Immortal Love Series Book 4)

by Anna Santos

  Eric turned me around again. I floated to the other side of the bathtub, and he reached for me, his body covering mine and his lips connecting with mine. I liked how our bodies floated around and entangled in the water even if the foam was dripped from the sides of the bathtub. Still, the steps inside the bathtub made it possible for us to grind our bodies and enjoy the foreplay.

  “There’s so much foam.” I giggled as I pushed it away from my face.

  He grabbed me and sat me on the edge of the bathtub. Looking around, he stepped out and returned with a towel that he spread behind me. Without saying a word, he laid me back and covered my body with his. His finger covered my lip and prevented me from speaking. Though I was laid on the floor next to the jacuzzi, I didn’t feel uncomfortable. I closed my eyes when he trailed kisses down my body. I moaned when his finger pushed my thong aside, and his hot breathing caressed me before his lips brushed against my folds. My fingers dug into the marble, but my body surrendered to his intent.

  My breasts bounced with the swaying of my body as his tongue slipped into my folds and lapped the sensitive skin. My head turned, and my knees folded as my legs spread to let him accommodate between them. His fingers helped his tongue, and I felt as if the world was turning around faster than ever before. He didn’t lose his calm and hurt me with his fingers. He kept rubbing his thumb and index where his tongue licked and pressed until I couldn’t hold onto my moans anymore. Gasping, my hips swayed out of control and the heat coiled in my lower stomach ready to explode. It didn’t hurt. Why was it so good? I didn’t want it ever to stop.

  Before the release, he moved away from my pussy and spread kisses up my stomach.

  “Not yet.”

  His words made me grumble. “When then?”

  “When you ask me to make love to you.”

  “Penetration?”

  “Yes,” he answered before swallowing my left nipple.

  “Teaser.”

  He chuckled but kept sucking my breast, and his hand cupped my sex. “Tell me what you want me to do?” His fingers pressed against my entrance. “You are wet, and I’ll be gentle.”

  I pressed my lips together. “What if it hurts?”

  “I stop. I promise.”

  After breathing deeply, I squeezed my eyes shut and nodded. “Okay.”

  “Then I’ll start over,” he breathed against my ear. “You got tense. Just relax, I’ll continue to kiss you until you relax.”

  My eyes snapped open, and I released the air in my lungs. “What?”

  He smiled and pressed his lips against my mouth. “We have all the time in the world, darling.”

  “Doesn’t it hurt you? I-I mean the erection.”

  “It will hurt me a lot more if I hurt you.”

  My hand pressed against his cheek. “I’ll relax then.”

  With a smile still displaying in the corner of his lips, he dipped his head and scattered kisses down my neck and breasts. My body relaxed with his touches He kissed me from the top of my head to my feet. Then he turned me around and did the same to my back, buttocks, and calves. I giggled and moaned. I had no idea my pussy could pulsate so badly and that my nipples could be so hard that they hurt. How could something so good feel like torture?

  When he pressed his chest and erected member against my lower back, I shivered with need. The fact that my hair was still in an updo gave him better access to the nape of my neck and shoulders. His lips tortured me with unspeakable pleasure. I had no idea I could feel so ready to have him inside me. It was the only thing that I was thinking about.

  His weight shifted, and he was no longer laid against my back. He had rolled to my side and commanded me to turn around.

  Laying on my back, I tilted my head to the left and looked at him. “Eric.”

  “Yes.” His finger trailed a path from the neckline to the belly button.

  “Did you know that your name is my favorite word in the whole world?”

  His smile widened. “I didn’t know that.”

  “What's your favorite word in the world?”

  “I have more than one favorite word.”

  I pouted. “Why?”

  “I love the sound of your name, but I also love to say Beth. So, I have two favorite words: Elizabeth and Beth.”

  I giggled. “I love you.”

  “I love you more.”

  My face became serious. “Then love me. I’m ready.”

  “I know. I just have too much fun teasing you.”

  Pouting my lips and squeezing my eyes, I turned to his side. “Are you really going to let your mate suffer for lack of touching?”

  “Of course not. I’m planning to stay up all night to make my mate happy.”

  I raised my hand to touch him and leaned closer to kiss him. “Your mate has no objection regarding that.”

  His lips touched mine first, and he rolled on top of me and continued to kiss me until he accommodated himself between my thighs, spread my legs with his hand, and pushed his length inside me. I tilted my head back with closed eyes, enjoying the moment he entered me. I was wet, but the intrusion still made me stiff for a few seconds until I realized he wasn’t moving, and I had fully adapted to his size. After a moment, instead of withdrawing, he thrust forward and pressed his groin tightly against me. The pressure made me gasp with need. My legs wrapped around him and prevented him from moving back. Spreading wider, I pushed forward and moaned when he did the same.

  His begging voice brushed my eyes. “I’m going to come like that.”

  “I’m already coming,” I gasped. “Don't stop!”

  “We … Just enjoy, then.”

  He moaned and thrust repeatedly, slowly and then faster. My head span, my skin tingled, and my insides boiled. My body took control, and I kept meeting his thrusts until I couldn’t take it anymore. My orgasm exploded once, twice, and I lost my breath as my body became weightless and satisfied.

  With a long whimper, Eric stopped and crumbled in my arms. His head lay on my shoulder, his mouth pressed against my neck, and his body grounded against mine with his hands searching for mine as we entwined our fingers and raised them above our heads.

  It took Eric a moment to recover his breathing. We didn’t talk, and there was no need for words. Our bodies together felt perfect. He didn’t even move from inside me. Once he opened his eyes, and his lips feathered my neck, I knew that it wasn’t over.

  “I want you on top of me,” he whispered, spreading kisses. “Then I want you from behind. After, I’ll let you sleep. Promise.”

  I giggled. “Sleeping is for the weak.”

  He raised his head to look at me. “Okay, my goddess. I’ll do as you please.”

  “On top of you, now,” I mumbled.

  He kissed me softly before reaching for my body and took me to bed.

  Chapter THIRTY-TWO

  Eric

  I woke up with the light entering the bedroom. My head felt heavy and my body sore. It took me a moment to register where I was and what had happened the previous night. A smile spread on my face and made me open my eyes. Did it really happen? That had been a wild ride. I can’t even begin to explain the level of happiness that I attained. My heart wanted to explode inside my chest. My little seductress had drained me and made me go completely wild about what we were doing.

  I was so engrossed in my thoughts that it took me a bit longer to register that her side of the bed was empty. Once I searched for her warmth and didn’t find her body to hug, I sat up and looked around with my heart racing. “Beth!”

  “Here.”

  Her voice came from the sitting room. Getting up, I just had time to wrap the damp towel around my torso and stride to the location of her voice.

  “What are you doing up so early?”

  She looked from the computer to me with a pondering expression. “It’s not early. It’s past midday.”

  I looked at the balcony and ran my fingers through my hair. “Sorry for oversleeping.”

  “It’s o
kay. I made you overwork last night.”

  I chuckled. “You didn’t…” I didn’t finish my sentence since I looked at her seated in front of the laptop. “What’s so important that you can’t find time to give me a good morning kiss?”

  “Oh!”

  Beth got up, and I admired her body wrapped in a tight T-shirt and shorts. Her breasts were perky against the fabric, and her legs were fully exposed to my eyes. I felt hard just by looking at her. She was stunning.

  Wrapping her arms around my neck, she smiled. “Good morning. Did you sleep okay?”

  I rested my hands on her lower back. “Really well, but I’ve missed you in bed.”

  “I can feel that,” she mumbled and pressed harder against my erection. “But you must be starving, and I have to show you something.”

  “I’m not. At least not for food.”

  She giggled. “It will be really hard to concentrate and show you what I found if you keep teasing me like that.”

  I lost my smile. “What did you find and where?” I frowned. “What were you looking at on the computer?”

  “Oh!” Grabbing my hand, she took me to the table, and we sat on the chairs. “I woke up a couple of hours ago. I couldn’t sleep so I took a shower, drank some blood, and roamed around the room. Then I decided to check on my bank accounts now that I have all the information.”

  “Did you realize you don’t have the money you need for the academy?” I looked at the screen.

  “Oh, nothing like that. I made wise investment decisions, and I have plenty of money in my bank accounts. Bu the thing is that I also have an account with my sister. Every month, there’s money being transferred there to pay the bills and the staff we have in the houses we own.”

  I nodded. “What’s the problem then?”

  “I noticed that this bank account has been touched.” Beth pointed at the sheet on the screen. “See, these are not just withdrawals of money to pay the rent, electricity, and house expenses, there’s also money being removed with a credit card. I dug a little deeper and turned out that a new credit card has been requested and there're also withdrawals of cash … How do you say when someone goes to the bank and asks for money? That’s what is happening.”

  “I understand.” My eyes focused on the bank statement. “May I?” I turned the laptop to me and scrolled down. “It’s been a few months since this is happening.”

  “Since I was rescued.”

  “Do you think someone is pretending to be you?”

  She shook her head. “Alaric and Marie left in a hurry. I think that it may be Marie who is using this money. Besides me, she’s the only one who knows about this account and can move money around.”

  Leaning back, I thought about what her words meant. “We finally have a lead.”

  “That’s what I thought,” she chimed from her seat. “We can track them with this, can’t we?”

  I smiled at her and rubbed her back. “We can.”

  There was a cold sensation in the pit of my stomach. As much as I wanted to find Alaric and make him pay, I knew that things would become complicated.

  “I’ve checked where the money was taken. She’s in France. They are in France. She’s been buying baby stuff, so I must assume that she didn’t lose her child.”

  I rubbed the back of her neck. “We need to think carefully about this. It may be a trap.”

  “I doubt that she knows that I’m alive. That’s why she’s confident enough to use our money.”

  Closing the laptop, I turned my chair to hers and brought her to my arms.

  She frowned. “What’s wrong?”

  I put her hair behind her ear. She showered, and her hair fell loose about her shoulders. “Nothing is wrong. I just missed you.”

  “Don’t you want to catch your brother? This is the first solid lead we have in months.”

  “I know, baby. I’ll send all this to Shane. However, I just want to forget about revenge for a bit while we enjoy ourselves. We came here to relax and be together. We’ve made love, and I want to know how you are feeling.”

  She swallowed and looked at my torso with a scrunched nose. “My body is sore but I’m feeling relaxed and happy. You don’t need to worry about me.”

  “What do you feel about morning sex, then?”

  She squirmed in my lap and bit her lower lip. “Afternoon sex, you mean. And I have nothing against it as long as you drink your blood before we play.”

  My erection jolted under the towel, and I clenched my jaw to contain my impatience at the thought of being inside her again. I trailed my eyes down her body and leaned her head back to kiss me. Once our lips touched, I cupped her breast and rejoiced with her moan against my lips. Having the woman I love reacted like this to my touch made me harder. As our kiss became more passionate and breathless, I moved my hand to her sex and felt it pulsate against my palm. She felt so hot that my balls hurt, and my body tensed with need.

  Taking her in my arms, I headed to our bed and laid her down to slowly remove her clothes and make love to her again. Alaric and her crazy sister had no place in our moment of bliss. Revenge could wait a bit longer as we created new memories to treasure.

  Chapter THIRTY-THREE

  One month from now

  Beth

  The green light was on when I stepped inside the waiting room of Dr. Kent’s office. I was slightly delayed for our appointment, but she wouldn’t mind. No one else was there. I was her last patient that day ever since we swapped the schedule, so I could help Eric and Dulce with the restoration of our dancing academy. I was rather excited about the last couple of weeks. It was with ease that I entered the office only to freeze with the scent that reached my nostrils. Blood.

  My heart drummed inside my ribcage, and I could barely hear my thoughts with the panic that took over me. The office was dark, and I thought about running when I heard a sob and realized that Dr. Kent wasn’t dead.

  Breathing deep, I straightened my shoulders and walked inside. He was seated in the doctor’s chair, his back to me. Focusing my vision in the room, I saw the therapist’s body against the wall. Dr. Kent was holding her shoulder with tears in her eyes. Her hair, always perfectly combed, was all over the place and her eyes were puffy.

  I walked to the chaise lounge and sat. My hands were shaking, and I pressed my fingers against the leather to still my fears.

  The chair swirled around, and Alaric smirked at me with crazy eyes. He looked pale and smaller than I remembered.

  “Beth, how kind of you to join us. Dr. Kent doesn’t want to talk to me anymore. Can you believe this?”

  I clenched my jaw and crossed my legs. Fixing my hair behind my ears, I smiled. “Alaric.”

  He leaned over the table. The knife in his right hand still had blood. “Are you happy to see me, darling?”

  “What took you so long to find me?”

  His head tilted to the right and he lost his smile. “Were you waiting for me?”

  “My beloved sister tried to kill me. Do you know that?”

  “I do. That bitch turned on me and locked me up.”

  “Yes, she didn’t want us together. She was jealous.”

  He got up. “I’ll take care of her next.”

  I frowned. “She’s not with you?”

  He ignored my question. “I saw you with my brother.”

  “Eric?”

  He walked to me. “What other brother do I got that is still alive?”

  I faked my best smile. “Are you jealous?”

  “I’m going to rip his heart out of his chest for looking at you the way he does.”

  “How does he look at me?”

  He yelled close to my face. “You are mine! Only mine! I’m not going to let him steal you from me.”

  I raised my hand to touch his arm since the knife was dangerously close. “You are here now. No one is going to steal me from you. I’ve been waiting. I knew you would find me.”

  “I saw you kissing him.”

  My voice becam
e sober. “I did everything I had to do to survive so I could see you again. Let’s not forget that you were the one who abandoned me behind.”

  “I didn’t leave you behind, that bitch…”

  Getting up, I grabbed his arm. “You found me. You’ve come for me, didn’t you? Then we can leave.”

  He looked at me, and I stopped myself from gulping. If I did everything right, he would let Dr. Kent live, and I had a chance of being found in time.

  “Are you in love with Eric? Are you mates?”

  My lips stretched into a fake smile. “Of course not. I only love you. Let’s go before someone finds out you are here.”

  Alaric pulled his arm from my grip and looked at the therapist. “I need to kill her first.”

  “No. We don’t have time.”

  He smirked. “Better, you need to kill her yourself.”

  I lost my breath and looked at Dr. Kent, holding her sobs with a painful expression. Tears ran down her cheeks. She was a hybrid. Alaric shouldn’t know that. Her wound would heal, and she could call for help and tell Eric what was going on.

  I looked at Alaric. “I’m not hungry. Just leave her be.”

  He grinned with cold eyes. “There are other ways to kill someone.”

  Before he did anything else or doubted me, I sped to Dr. Kent, grabbed her head, and snapped it while looking deeply into her eyes. I stopped in front of Alaric moments later.

  “Where are we going?” I asked.

  He nodded in approval. “Good girl.” He stroke my cheek. Then he grabbed my purse and threw it on the floor. “You won’t need this where we are going. Come.” He grabbed my arm and dragged me out of there.

  Alaric could be crazy, but he wasn’t stupid. I hoped I could take my cell phone with me. Eric could track me like that, but that ship had sailed. My only hope was Dr. Kent once she came back to life.

  To Be Continued in the next book in the series: Sacrifice. Special price if you pre-order it now:

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