A TASTE OF TEMPTATION: Vampire King And His Hybrid Bride

ompound. None of the shifters were nice enough to of

he wall of the Shifters Uni, then they drugged me

's son and split his lip since I refused to be his mate. While I was riding him, not in a s

hot me with enough dru

that special cell. So, no, I wasn't going to

Jason asked, arc

regular here," I s

plan to be,"

en," I shouted drily. "So I need to know if you know where we're going, and you mus

zed out of nowhere, their prese

heir military co

ld wave: how could just the two

I exclaimed in sheer desperation, "now's th

g in that infuriatingly arrogant way as he pulled me along at a b

god. If our circumstances hadn't been so dire, I might have stopped to appreciate his striking beauty, which stole

t sense their thrill at the chase, despite their anger; shifters thrived on pursuit, relishing the adren

as a thing

s before you do?" Jason shot back, irritation la

atch me, they'll just send me back to jail. I can survive a few more days in that hellhole

he interjected, his voi

d to be my enemy. The shifters were closing in, the sounds of their footsteps echoing like a drumbeat in my

ed, desperately scanning the are

's a supply room just ahead. If we can reach it, we

break in?" I pressed, pan

ut his confidence felt like

choing off the walls. They were enjoying the chase far too much. I stole a glance back, ca

ng myself to keep up wit

e a flicker of hope. "Just a little further!"

g it open. We dove inside, slamming the door shut just in time to

ther, we pushed a shelf against the door, our hear

coming in quick gasps as I lean

lies-everything from ropes to canned food. "Now we arm ourselves and figur

ugh me. We were far from safe, but

lity of our situation bore down on me like a weight. "If and whe

but it vanished as quickly as it appeared. "No one is getting left behind,"

ch? Just lea

rised that I'd offer

till get away. You came for me. I won't forg

," he said quietly, pain lac

wouldn't abandon me even when he could be killed. That was proba

This rescue mission was busted. It was a fool's errand in the first pl

bandon you," he hissed

t what

licious and alarming. The monster I'd felt inside me

wasn't? I perked up as s

, and I don't want you to be too cocky and get us killed. Let's live and d

ing to appeal to the shifters' better nature or demanding they set me free. The moment I had been dragged into this