A new kind of energy was coursing through Emma's veins, and it was thrilling. She felt aroused and focused after Ivan gave her some of his blood. He was driving them back to town after their interlude in the lake cabin. Emma loved Ivan's convertible. The night felt inviting as she gazed at the stars and inhaled the crisp fall air. The wind was tugging at her blond curls as they flew down the highway.
"Do you have any questions?" Ivan asked, pulling her attention back into the car.
She looked at him for a moment. His shiny black hair and bright gray eyes looked unearthly in the moonlight.
"I have a few thousand questions, to be honest," she said as she admired his handsome face.
"Do you understand what my brothers said about us?"
"Not really. What did Luther and Gabriel mean when they said you bonded with me? Why was Gabriel mad about it?"
"Um, vampires like us don't develop feelings for humans, usually. I should have been able to kill you without a second thought, but I couldn't. I like you. I wanted to fuck you. That's a big red flag that you're not fully human. Zaid thinks you have a trace of vampire lineage, meaning you have a vampire ancestor."
"Hmm," she hummed. "I do love a rare steak."
Ivan smirked at her comment.
"Emma, what happened to your real parents? Tracey adopted you, didn't she?"
"She did. I've been with her for as long as I can remember. I don't know anything about my real parents."
"I never knew my real parents either. Luther and I were left on Gabriel's doorstep over a hundred and thirty years ago."
Emma gasped and looked at Ivan in astonishment.
"Oh my god," she whispered as she stared at him with wide eyes.
Ivan sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Yes, Emma. I'm one hundred and thirty-three years old, but I haven't lived much because of a witch's curse. I think that's why our mother abandoned us. Luther was normal, but I was partially petrified. My skin was half stone. It was extremely painful. I did everything very slowly to keep from cracking my skin. Being a vampire kept me alive. The curse would have killed a human. You wouldn't have recognized me while I was cursed. I was drawn and sickly. Luther and my adopted brothers took care of me. The curse mysteriously vanished five years ago. Zaid thinks the witch that cursed me died."
"Witches are really real?" she asked with a gulp.
"Yes. They don't get along with vampires. Like Gabriel said, some witches were spawned through sexual relationships with vampires. Bearing half-breed children awakens magic in humans. Some can handle it, but it kills most. Interbreeding is seriously frowned upon since the fiasco in the Middle Ages. You heard what Gabriel said about the field flowers?"
"Yeah, that sounded terrible."
"You may be a descendant of one of the mixed-blood children. That would explain why I'm attracted to you. Did you hear what Gabriel said about you before he left the cabin?"
"I did. He seemed disgusted by me. Then he said he was thinking about breeding me," she whispered with a gulp.
"Gabriel is double-minded. He'll say one thing, then he'll turn around and do exactly what he spoke against. We all hate him for it."
"How old is Gabriel?"
"I don't know. He doesn't talk about it. He may not actually know. I suspect he's over two thousand years old."
"Holy shit!" Emma breathed in disbelief.
"Be careful around him. Especially if I'm not with you. Okay?" he asked as he searched her eyes.
"Okay... but, why would I be around him?"
"Emma, I'm taking you home with me. You're my subjugate now. I fed you my blood."
"WHAT? No! I have to go to MY home. Take me there now!" she demanded.
Ivan growled under his breath and slammed on the breaks. Emma gasped as he recklessly turned onto a dirt drive and shut the car off. He looked at her in the moonlight with rage in his beautiful eyes. She suddenly felt like a trapped animal.
"Emma," he began in a low, angry voice. "You are my property now. I didn't want to do this, but I had to. If I don't take charge of you, my brothers will kill you or do something worse to you. There's no going back to your old life. Understand?"
"I understand," she said with her heart pounding.
She felt his mood change when he was angry, and it was terrifying. Drinking his blood had opened up an emotional connection between them, and his emotions were fierce and passionate.
"What... what about my mom?" she continued. "She's crazy strict. She'll have a search party looking for me in a few hours. She's probably already tracking my phone."
"Emma, I stole your phone and threw it in the trash at the theater," he said with a smirk.
"What? You asshole!" she grumbled, feeling his amusement.
"We can go get it if you want. Luther caught up with Kate and hypnotized her to forget that you left the theater with me. Gabriel probably already sent Luther to hypnotize your mom into letting you go. He can make her believe that you're in love with me and we're moving in together. You're nineteen. You can make those kinds of decisions. You can see your mom sometimes, but you can't live with her anymore. I'm not going to put you in a cage, but you have to learn a few things about your new life before contacting people from your old life. Okay?"
Emma took a deep breath and nodded. She could feel Ivan's concern for her. It was comforting in spite of her terrible circumstances.
"Don't look so glum. This doesn't have to be a bad thing," he whispered as he climbed across the seat and caught her mouth for a kiss.
His breath and touch made her tingle all over. She was still aroused after drinking his blood, and his emotions and proximity compounded the effect.
"You have power over me too, Emma," he whispered with desire in his voice. "That power stopped me from killing you. It's not something to take lightly," he whispered against her lips.
He couldn't get over the intense arousal her smell and taste provoked inside him. Emma could sense his growing excitement. It made her weak and tingly all over.
"Wow, how do you make me feel so hot? It's more than your breath this time," she whispered as she ran her fingers into his hair and pulled their lips together.
They kissed passionately for a moment, slowly succumbing to the growing heat inside them.
"I don't know," he said with a gulp, "but it's maddening. I want to hold you down and fuck you for a week straight," he whispered with his cock aching in his pants.
"Please do," she whispered as she rubbed his inviting bulge.
"Damn, I finally see the appeal of a bigger car," he grumbled, wishing he had a comfortable backseat. His sporty coup had little to offer when it came to fucking in a car, but that wouldn't stop him. "I can make this work," he said as he grabbed Emma and pulled her up in the seat on her knees.
She gasped at his strength. They stood on their knees, kissing hungrily for a few seconds. Emma's body was suddenly on fire. She gasped again when he turned her around and bent her over the car door. She leaned on it, panting and tingling as he jerked her skirt up off her thighs and pulled her underwear down to her knees. Then she felt what she was aching for. He pressed his swollen tip against her wet opening, forcing a groan out of her. He massaged it through her arousal for a second, then he quickly penetrated her.
She gasped and tensed from the shocking intrusion. He wasn't wasting any time. He held her thighs and began to shake her body with his thrusts. Emma's eyes rolled back from the intensity of the pleasure as she clutched helplessly at the car door. Her insides felt raw and wild. She could even feel Ivan's pleasure.