"Freda Warrington - A Taste of Blood Wine" - читать интересную книгу автора (Warrington Freda)

his power over her was complete. She always tested him, but
beneath her brittle surface her love and awe blazed like a sun.
"Then be your courageous self," he said.
He moved towards her. She folded her arms as if to keep him away.
"It would take more than you to frighten me," she said scornfully.
"I'm not afraid of anything. Why should I be, when you're always
there to remind me that I'm immortal?"
Ignoring the barrier of her forearms he placed his hands on her
shoulders, kissed her on both cheeks, then locked his arms around
her. She resisted him stiffly for a few moments. Then she sighed—
half in resentment, half in pleasure—and freed her hands to return
the embrace.


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Kristian rested his lips lightly on her neck, felt her shiver as he
whispered, "You will need your courage." He opened his mouth,
pressed his teeth into the flesh, felt the canines lengthen until they
broke through the sweet cool skin. Vampire flesh healed so swiftly
that he had to keep his fangs in the wounds, sucking until the slow
blood turned liquid.
Kristian never drank from humans. He could not bear to touch them.
Everything about them disgusted him—their heavy, hot blood, laced
with smoky mortal odours. But vampire blood was clear as crystal,
the divine exhalation of rubies.
Just a taste, crisp as champagne in his mouth. Just a reminder; a
gesture of affection, really. Ilona tensed and made the faintest sound
in her throat.
Retracting the stabbing teeth into their sockets, he drew back and
held her at arm's length.
"I didn't need courage for that, " she said, but her brown eyes had
softened and her voice was lazy.
"What kept you away from me for so long, my lamb?"
"Only some foolish young man who was in love with me. Are you
jealous? Oh, I forgot, such human emotions are beneath you."
He nodded, but her frivolity made him want to crush her bones
between his fingertips. That made the knowledge of what he had to
do easier. "Where is he now?"
She shrugged. "Dead. I grew bored with him. That's the trouble,
they all bore me in the end… "
"All except me," said Kristian. "Did you miss me?"

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"With all my heart." She drew her fingers across her throat and held