Page 84 of Eternally Bound
“No,” she said. “I will get used to it.”
He smiled and kissed the tip of her nose. “We will get through this together, and I will do what I can when it comes to your brother.”
Her breath caught in her chest as his pure brown eyes gazed back at her. “Ronan, your eyes, they’re completely brown.”
“When I was younger, they used to be brown all the time, but as time went on and the urge to kill became more incessant, the color of my eyes changed.”
“Why are they different now?”
“Because you calm me more than all the blood and death in the world ever could. They may not remain brown all the time, but I didn’t know they could ever be purely brown again until Declan told me they were when I first held you in the alley.”
She drew her lip into her mouth to bite on it and winced when she pierced it with one of her fangs. “Easy,” he murmured and bent his head to lick the blood away. “It will take time.”
“I know,” she said and sniffed at the air again. Now that she was adapting to his strong scent within her, and hers within him, she was beginning to smell herself more. “I could really use a shower.”
He chuckled and rose to his feet with her locked securely in his arms. “Of course.”
“I smell really bad.”
He dropped his head down and inhaled deeply. “I think you smell like me, and I smell fantastic.”
She couldn’t help but laugh as he grinned at her. She’d never seen this side of him; he was almost jovial as his brown eyes twinkled. “Ronan, are you teasing me?”
“I think I might be,” he replied, sounding more surprised by it than she was.
“I like it.” She rested her head against his chest as he carried her into the bathroom.
“Then I will try to do it more often.”
“Good.”
CHAPTER 37
He didn’t bother with the light in the bathroom as he strode toward the large, gray tiled shower. Kadence savored the feel of his skin beneath her and the power of the muscles enveloping her. The solid beat of his heart sounded in her ears as her fangs throbbed.
“You need to feed soon to complete the change,” he told her when he sensed her hunger.
“You mean it’s not complete?”
“Not normally no, but you’re not exactly normal.”
“No, I’m not.”
Bending, he kissed her forehead. “You’re hungry.”
“I guess I am,” she murmured.
“You’ll only ever have to feed from me,” he assured her as he adjusted his hold on her to pull back the glass encasing the shower. He fiddled with the water until steam rose to swirl around her. Setting her carefully on her feet, he gripped her nightgown and pulled it over her head.
Kadence’s nose wrinkled when the sweaty scent of the clothing hit her. Her gaze fell on the toilet when he threw it onto the closed seat cover.
“Will I still have to go to the bathroom?” she asked.
“You will. Even us purebreds have at least some human in us, though you will probably have to go far less than you did before.”
“Hmm,” she murmured. “So, am I now considered a turned vamp?”
He unbuttoned the pants he wore and tugged them off. Stepping closer to her, he ran his hands over her sides, enjoying the feel of her silken skin. “Technically, yes,” he replied. “However, you are so much more than that. I could always sense power within you, but now it is far stronger.”
