Mercy of These Bones

Four years ago, Mathias Larsen broke siring laws to save a lover’s life. Four months ago, that lover turned on him, leaving him for dead. Now Mathias has followed her path of death to Las Vegas, straight to the last vampire who wants to see him: his sire. The man he left for a woman who stabbed him in the back. Edmund has found love again with a nightclub owner, the very human Darby Bell. He doesn’t want to believe Mathias’s warnings, but a murder that hits too close to home gives him no choice. While he struggles to keep Mathias and Darby safe, emotions run high as old love collides with new. But the clock is ticking. The vampire Assembly is coming to town, the local police are alerted to Mathias’s nocturnal activities, and passions are flaring high. Time is running out. By the time death strikes again, all bets are off.

Vivien Dean · Urban

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98 Chs

Chapter 69

As soon as she was within reaching distance, Edmund grabbed her wrist and pulled her flush against his body. “Thank you,” he murmured in the moment before his mouth came crashing down to hers.

There was no time to breathe, no room to adjust. Darby returned the kiss with a matching voraciousness, tasting Mathias on his tongue. Vaguely, she became aware of hands tugging away the towel, but it wasn’t until she felt fingers on her bare hips that she pulled away.

“He’s not the only one who’s grateful,” Mathias said.

She fell backward onto his lap, his semi-hard cock pressing to her buttocks. Then Edmund was upon her again, and all Darby knew was the sudden bliss of both of them. 19

She expected to wake up with two bodies wrapped around her. But when Darby opened her eyes, she was alone in the bed. Again. For the second day in a row.

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