Blake, Abby - Vampires' Witness [PUP Squad Alpha 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Online Free Page B

then.”
    Samuel sat back, letting Skye’s hair fall onto the bed. “I didn’t expect the attraction to be so strong,” he said quietly.
    “I know what you mean,” Benjamin said as he tried to move so that his hard cock wasn’t pressed against Skye’s hip.
    “Do you think it was like this for our maker?”
    Benjamin smiled at the man who’d once been his cousin. As humans they’d grown up together, gone to school together, fought in war together, and then died together. They’d been reborn as vampires when a man had found them in the middle of a bloody battlefield, their lives ebbing away so very slowly that Benjamin remembered most of the thoughts that had gone through his mind that day.
    “It might explain Elijah’s rush to leave us behind.” In fact it explained a lot of things that had happened back then. Despite their sire’s seemingly callous need to teach them quickly and send them on their way, they had both sensed that Elijah was a loving and generous man. He’d been devastated as he’d weaved his way through the battlefield seeking survivors. When he’d found them, he’d risked his own life by turning two humans at once. If they’d been as close to death as Skye had, they would certainly have killed him with their need for vampire blood.
    “Makes me kind of glad that Skye was the first human we changed. I think I’d probably freak out if I felt this sort of attraction for a male fledgling.”
    “Me, too,” Benjamin said, watching his friend closely. “But the one thing Elijah proved is that we don’t have to follow through on it. He walked away. Once Skye is capable of taking care of herself we should be able to walk away, too.”
    A flash of anger filled Samuel’s face, but it was gone almost immediately. He seemed to hesitate, as if he were going to say something else, but then he nodded once and sat back in the chair.

    * * * *

    Samuel woke suddenly, his hearing quickly zeroing in on the sound that had roused him. The sun was due to rise in the next few hours. Thanks to his advanced age he no longer felt the physical drain and need for sleep, but their beautiful fledgling would fall into a deep slumber as soon as the first rays lightened the sky on the horizon.
    But for the moment she whimpered, caught inside a nightmare she couldn’t wake from.
    Benjamin had reluctantly dragged himself out of bed a few hours ago and gone to confer with the rest of PUP Squad Alpha. Samuel had made the somewhat sensible decision to watch over Skye from the chair beside the bed—despite the nearly overwhelming urge to wrap himself around the beautiful blonde and hold on tight.
    He leaned over and gently shook her. “Skye, wake up, sweetheart.”
    She partially opened her eyes, but the look of panic that crossed her features seemed to be from something only she could see. “No!” she screamed almost silently.
    “Skye,” Samuel said a little more forcefully. Her eyes flew open, but this time she seemed to recognize him and scrambled into his embrace instead.
    Shocked by the unexpected move, Samuel almost pushed her away as thoughts of his own self-preservation surfaced. Despite his attraction to her, it was best for all involved if he and Benjamin kept a professional and emotional distance. She was witness to a vicious murder. Nothing more.
    But the internal pep talk did nothing to stop his arms from closing around her and holding her tight. Completely naked, she snuggled against him, her fear already dissipating as she once again fell asleep. He held her close as he tried to rationalize his feelings, but it was several long minutes before he realized that she’d instinctively trusted him. Whatever else was going on inside her mind, Skye felt a connection to him, just as he felt one to her.

Chapter Three

    Skye woke lying in the embrace of a stranger.
    No, not a stranger. Not really. But rather someone she knew but hadn’t really met.
    Not that any of that made a lick of sense.
    “Good morning,