Chapter Eleven
Salizar
Benjamin was delicious. There were no other words for how perfect his blood tasted on my tongue.
“Zar,” he breathed, or maybe he was begging.
I had no idea, honestly. Our bond was forming and while it did, we would both feel insatiable for one another.
My lovely human was slowly realizing that as I cupped his ass under the shower spray, one finger grazing his sore rim.
He would need less prep now that he was blood bonded to me, but I figured now wasn’t the best time to share that little nifty little trick.
“Please,” he whispered and that was definitely a plea for me to take care of him. My Benji would soon learn that I would do anything for him. He was placed above everyone now, even my master. Also, something I felt would be best shared at a later time.
I placed another kiss on his lips before shooting him a wink and kneeling in front of him.
His thigh was fully healed, a perk of us being bonded as well, so I grabbed the pinkening skin as leverage as I began licking his length.
Seeing him touch himself had been a wonderous torture.
Now I finally got to play around, too, something I’d looked forward to ever since undressing him.
Sex was one thing, exploring and playing?
Totally different and I craved both. My obsession with the lovely hunter had only heightened after I’d claimed him. Benji would never be able to escape me.
His hand grabbed hold of my hair, tugging unapologetically and I moaned, loving this dominant side of my human. I didn’t waste more time, I sucked him down, swallowing everything and prayed I wouldn’t gag on his lovely dick.
“Gods,” he breathed, his eyes glassy and full of fire as he stared down at me.
I popped off him. “No gods here, feisty.”
He rolled his eyes but soon moaned as I took him back into my mouth. It only took a few seconds before he came into my mouth and I eagerly took everything, humming with pleasure as my human’s gaze found mine. I could tell he was still fighting this, but he also knew he was stuck with me.
I would be patient while my bonded accepted his fate.
But that didn’t mean I wasn’t about to get on my knees whenever he wanted it.
I stood, cupping his cheek as I gazed lovingly at him.
“I’ll do my best to keep you happy forever.
” His eyes widened at my words. I could feel he wasn’t quite ready to believe them just yet, so I just turned the water off and got him a towel.
He was still panting against the tiles, looking both confused and content.
I stepped closer and began drying him off, paying close attention to his reaction.
He seemed either too blissed out to fight me, or resigned to his fate.
Whatever the reason, I just enjoyed taking care of him.
Once he was dry, I used the same towel to wipe myself down, not really caring if I was wet or not.
It wasn’t as if I could get sick from being cold.
Then I surprised Benji by picking him up and carrying him to bed.
His newest bite was already healed on his neck, the other side held my mark, the place I’d claimed him.
It would forever be visible as a reddish scar, my teeth mark proof that he belonged to me.
“Are you hungry?” I asked, pulling the cover over his naked body before I adjusted the pillows. He just kept eyeing me warily.
“I could eat,” he finally replied.
“Anything in particular you’re craving?” I asked, sitting down naked on the bed and handing him the menu.
“Burger and fries,” he said, not even bothering with the menu.
I called and ordered the burger, making sure to also add a coke and coffee. My lovely human needed all the energy he could get. “It’ll be fifteen minutes,” I informed him as I returned to his side.
He just nodded. I didn’t like the silence that followed, so when he asked, “How is a blood bond formed?” I relaxed and got ready to explain.
“I drink your blood and feed you mine in return,” I began. “After I fed from you, I bit my lip and kissed you, making you drink my blood.”
“I thought that was how you got turned?” He seemed terrified by the thought.
I quickly shook my head. “It’s sort of the same, only with turning I would kill you right after.”
“So, hypothetically, if you were to turn someone, and they happened to escape before you killed them…”
“Then a blood bond could’ve formed, yes.”
“I wonder how many bonds were accidents,” he mused.
I shrugged. “Some, perhaps. But I also think it’s the intent when you bite. It takes a few hours for the bond to form and once a human drinks vampire blood, they often pass out. Makes it hard to run away.”
“Huh,” he said, looking genuinely surprised. “I did not know that.”
I smiled. “We don’t particularly enjoy sharing our secrets. But trust that I will always tell you everything you wish to know.”
He eyed me for a beat, then nodded. “Okay.”
We were silent until the food showed up.
I’d put on some loose pyjama pants, just because I knew my human wouldn’t appreciate me showing the receptionist my cock.
He’d of course been the one delivering all our meals, each time lingering annoyingly like I was about to invite him in.
I hadn’t bothered coercing him to leave us be, simply because I loved how Benji had growled from the bed.
After Benji had eaten half of his burger, he seemed to have plenty of questions. “How long was I asleep for?”
“Just a few hours. You slept for longer than normal, likely because of your injury.”
“Injury?” he asked, confused.
“Your thigh,” I reminded him. “When we bond, the human gets healed as their body goes through the changes.”
“Changes?!” He pushed his food away and looked under the covers, perhaps searching for any abnormalities.
“They’re internal,” I drawled, suppressing a smile. He was just too cute.
He glared at me and covered himself again. “Excuse me, for not knowing how blood bonds work,” he sassed.
I moaned, “I love it when you get all feisty on me.”
He just groaned. “What about the case? Anything new there?”
I shook my head, recounting what I’d been told before I gave Benji all my attention.
He sat up suddenly. “Hazi! Fuck! Where’s my phone?!”
I handed him the phone, knowing withholding it would only bite me in the ass later. Besides, he was allowed to call his boss.
“Shit. It’s turned off.” He got up from bed, his delicious ass on display as he searched for his charger.
“It should still be charged. I turned it off yesterday,” I admitted.
“Why?” he asked, glaring again.
“Because the dog called you and it was either that or throwing it out the window.” I growled low as I remembered how the alpha had rejected my perfect human. He didn’t deserve something as delicious anyway, and now Benji was mine.
“Oh,” he said, turning his phone back on. He groaned. “Yeah, twenty missed calls from Christopher, that can’t be good.”
He called his boss first and even though I acted like they were having a private conversation, they weren’t.
I was listening to every word spoken and when Benji mentioned we’d bonded, his boss lost his shit.
To my surprise, though, Benji hadn’t told the truth about how we’d bonded, leaving out the part where he didn’t really get a say in it.
It warmed my heart that he would protect me like that, even from a puny human I could’ve easily killed.
It could’ve also been that he was embarrassed by being forced.
No matter, Hazi now knew and was adamant we would help out tonight.
According to Hazi, many had died yesterday and even with our new bond, which he thought was stupid fucking timing, we needed to help.
“Well,” Benji said once he’d ended the call. “I guess we need to get back out there tonight.”
I nodded, my mood a tad murderous. I’d looked forward to fucking my human for days.
I grabbed my phone and called Altaur. “Zar,” he greeted immediately.
“Master,” I greeted. “My bonded just spoke to his boss, it seems we need to cut our bonding time short.”
“Ah, yes. I heard. I wasn’t about to be the one telling you, though.
” He laughed at his own joke. “You need to head into town and protect the library. If things keep going like this, we will demand to know what they’re protecting in there.
If the alpha refuses to tell us, we will stop helping them. ”
“It’s that bad?” I asked, stunned. We rarely left cases once we were involved. Only once the threat had been dealt with.
“This is war and they’re hiding something.
We won’t spend days upon days fighting their battle if they don’t even give us the courtesy of telling us what we’re fighting to protect.
” My master was a ruthless leader and it was at times like these where I was reminded just how brutal he could be.
He didn’t care about the humans. He wanted respect and to know what we were protecting. I had to agree with him on that.
“You want us to get the truth out of the alpha?” I asked, already knowing the answer.
“You know me so well, my child,” he sighed proudly. “Get the information or we’re out of there.”
“You sure we can’t just say fuck it and let Christopher deal with his own mess?” I asked Benji as he got dressed.
He shot me a glare. “You know I don’t like innocent humans dying.”
“I do, sweetheart. But still, it would technically be the alpha’s fault if they did.”
That earned me another glare. “We’re going. You just need to stay in the car because of the sun.”
I tilted my head at that. “You truly don’t know about blood bonds.”
“I told you that already!” he snapped.
I smiled. Damn he was perfect. “Bonded vampires can walk in the sun.”
“Wait, really?”
I nodded. “It will be my first time in the sun in centuries without it burning.” I was rather looking forward to it.
“But if being bonded allows you to be out and about, why did you wait for so long before bonding?”
I gave him a quizzical look. “Bonding is for life, Benji. I wasn’t about to just pick anyone.” He just stared at me, mouth slightly agape. “Let’s go,” I said, effectively ending the conversation. “We have a dog to grill for information.”
He grumbled something but still followed. “At least the rogues won’t be out until dark.”
“But the witches might,” I reminded him.
“Fuck,” he sighed, following me to the elevator.
“You’re stronger and more resilient to injury after we bonded. If the witches try anything, they won’t get far before I have them bleeding out by your pretty feet.”
He eyed me like I was mad. Perhaps it wasn’t as romantic a gesture as I’d thought it would be. I just hoped he realized I wasn’t joking. If one even dared touch my human, they’d pay with their lives.