You Have Me by Wendi Zwaduk
Battle Scars Book 1
Turquoise Morning Press
Contemporary, Paranormal
Vampires
Novella
M/F, BDSM, Anal Sex, Spanking, Toys
When
the rest of the world crumbles and fails, you have me.
Kynan Laing gave up his mortal soul to the will
of the Sources, the ancient beings in charge of the universe. With the sensual
grace and speed in his vampire form, he serves in his role as a Protector for
the Supernatural world. But the impending war between the Supers and Hunters is
heating up. The woman he’s charged to protect is all grown up and everything he
wants. Can he keep his heart under wraps while keeping her safe?
Alexa Mercury doesn’t know why she’s supposed to
trust the vampire, but she does. Even when she pushed him away, Kynan watches
over her. She craves him like no other, even if he is a Supernatural creature
of the night. When circumstances beyond her control force them together, Lexa
will have to decide whether to offer her heart to the vampire or risk her very
soul.
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©Wendi Zwaduk, 2014, all rights reserved
He tipped his head, listening to Alexa’s thoughts. Her
boyfriend was coming over. He growled. The jackass she dated deserved a fate
worse than death. He treated Lexa like garbage, but until she called Kynan, he
had no right to step in. Christ, he wanted to free her from the asshole’s grip.
No woman deserved to be hit.
Still, she hadn’t called for him to save her.
Kynan sniffed the air. Her perfume twisted on the
wind. Screw it. He’d waited ten years for the woman he loved. No more standing
by. He assumed invisibility once more and made his way across town to her
apartment. Light glowed in her bedroom window and her voice drifted to where he
hid in the tree.
Each day he spent away from her, he died a tiny death.
Sure, he was one of the undead, but he still craved her. If he didn’t fulfill
the will of the Sources, he’d meet his final death.
Alexa crossed her bedroom once more, a huge dildo in
hand. Kynan bit back a curse. He knew her so well and wished it were him using
the toys on her. She waved the dong at her roommate.
“Have you ever realized you’re in a bad situation, but
you don’t know how to get out?” Lexa plopped on her bed and held the toy in
both hands. “V, I don’t love him.”
Vanessa leaned on the doorframe. “I think he’s dirt.
What about your high school sweetheart? Isn’t he still around? In a band or
something?”
Kynan gripped the branch of the tree. Her high school
sweetheart? He knew who she dated in school and none of them were first love
status.
“I can’t.” Lexa shook her head. “I’m ashamed. He’d see
what I’ve become and...it wouldn’t work.”
“Why?” Vanessa strode into the bedroom. She picked up
the dildo. “You do what you want with this, but this sucker is freaking huge.”
She giggled then sobered when Lexa didn’t laugh with her. “Hey, I’ve got a
kinky side, too. I know how you feel
about the bondage. It’s freeing, even if you’re all tied up. But this jerk
parades you around. He doesn’t respect you. Dump him already. Being alone has
got to be better than being treated like dirt.”
“Or call my name,” Kynan whispered. He knew what she
did with her boyfriend, Dante. Nothing turned him on more than seeing Lexa’s
naked body on display, but the moment the boyfriend walked into the frame,
Kynan’s desire turned to rage. He recognized the man she’d taken up with.
Dante, otherwise known as Brad Bowman, vampire hunter.
“Fuck,” Kynan grunted. Brad, or Dante as she knew him,
didn’t date anyone. The bastard picked his partners based on what they could
give him.
Did Lexa know the truth about the
socialite-slash-hunter? Probably not. She didn’t strike Kynan as the blissfully
ignorant type. Despite his better judgment, he peered into her mind. The more
Brad touched her, the more she visualized…Kynan?
Holy shit.
Kynan gripped the tree branch tighter. He shouldn’t
play the role of a voyeur, but he’d been charged with protecting her. His
heart—his emotional one, not the true one he’d lost years before—ached for her.
He wanted to the be the one holding and caressing her, the one who tied her up
and made her scream his name. He’d bide his time for now. Once Alexa called to
him, he’d step out of the shadows and take what he wanted.
Her.