Gabriel's Mate by Folsom, Tina (fun books to read for adults .TXT) 📗

found herself with her back on the cushions, trapped under his strong body.

His mouth hadn’t released hers for even a second, and now his hips ground against her, the erection behind his robe dragging against her center. With every move, the hard ridge of it rode over her clit. It was more than a mere tease, it was torture. Torture she was only too happy to undergo.

Her heart beat faster the longer he ground against her. Her nipples were hard points rubbing against his chest. Gabriel’s mouth trailed down to her neck and he dragged his teeth against her sensitive skin.

She shuddered.

When he touched his hand to her breast and took the nipple between his thumb and forefinger, she let out a cry. “Oh, God, yes!” She wanted him, needed him now. Had to have him inside her, no matter what.

Maya slipped her hands inside his robe to caress his muscular shoulders. His skin was hot and soft, softer than she had expected. But she didn’t get a chance to concentrate on him and his body, because he lavished her breasts with attention she couldn’t ignore.

The sound of the door opening made her snap her eyes toward it, but she couldn’t alert Gabriel in time.

As Yvette stepped into the room, staring at them in shock or disgust or both, Gabriel licked his tongue over her nipple making the fabric transparent.

Only when Yvette let out a gasp did his head rear up and see her. He instantly jerked up from his compromising position.

“Shit!” Gabriel cursed.

Twelve

Gabriel had barely listened to Yvette’s apology or her excuses before he extricated himself from the embarrassing situation and stormed into the master bedroom.

He’d completely lost control and had been seconds away from fucking Maya.

And he’d sensed something else. Something was wrong with his body. Gabriel ripped his robe open and pulled down his boxers. His swollen cock was no surprise, but what had happened to the flesh above it was.

The deformity that stuck out about an inch above his cock was a mass of flesh and skin, normally three inches long and about two inches in circumference. It was what all women recoiled from in horror. He was a freak with an ugly and useless piece of flesh that got in the way when he wanted to fuck a woman.

Gabriel examined the protrusion. It was getting worse.

Instead of its normal length, it now stuck out almost five inches and its girth had virtually doubled. The skin on its tip was shriveled as if it contained more layers of skin all stacked upon each other. He let go of the offending part.

Maya would have screamed with disgust if he’d tried to have sex with her just now. He almost felt grateful for Yvette having shown up at such an inconvenient moment. Her interruption had saved him from a most painful rejection.

And not only that. He’d shamefully exploited Maya’s vulnerability by kissing and touching her when he knew that she was susceptible to quick arousal brought on by the feeding. She had no idea of this, but he, an experienced older vampire, knew all too well. It had nothing to do with whether she was attracted to him or not, it was a mere reaction to the bite. A euphoria she would experience. He was a cad for taking advantage like this. Somebody should beat him to a pulp for being such an ass.

He had no idea whether she was really attracted to him. He’d seen her look at his scar again, but then her arousal had taken over not giving her a real choice of what she wanted. How could any woman look at him and find him attractive unless she was drugged? And drugged she’d been – by his blood. Why else would she have accepted his demand for a kiss? Or was it possible that she felt attracted to him? Was her blood-drugged state not to blame after all?

If only he knew what to say to her, how to explain his concerns. But he wasn’t exactly adept at sweet-talking a woman. Hell, he had no idea how to interact with her. But he knew he had to come up with something, explain himself to her. Apologize for storming out of the study like that.

What was she thinking right now? Surely she must think him callous and uncaring, when he was anything but. But had he stayed, he would have made even more of a mess than the situation already was. No, he had to clear his head first and come up with an action plan.

After an uneasy few hours of sleep, Gabriel left the house as soon as the sun set, wanting to avoid both Yvette and Maya. He would face Maya after he got back. But first he had to take care of a few things.

As soon as he was outside walking the dark streets, he pulled out his cell phone and dialed the witch’s number. It rang three times before it was answered.

“I told you to go away,” the witch said without any greeting.

“Please don’t hang up. I’ll give you anything you want if you help me.” This time he meant it. The sight of his growing protrusion frightened him. He needed to get rid of it. Now. He couldn’t face Maya like this. He would not give her a reason to reject him. What had happened in the study between him had made him realize that he wanted her so much he was prepared to fight for her. Whatever it took.

“Anything?” Her voice was full of interest.

He knew it was dangerous to offer her whatever she wanted.

“Anything.”

There was a pause at the other end of the line. Had she hung up?

“I’ll think about it. Give me a day or two.”

A click and she was gone before he could say anything else. At least she would consider it and hadn’t rejected him outright like the first time.

It was a step in the right direction. He hoped she would help him.

Maya’s next feeding was