Cassidy couldn’t make out what she was saying because she entered the room and closed the door behind her.
The vampire was sitting sprawled out on the sofa. Although very tall, he wasn’t nearly as built as York.
Stop it.
She had to try and get that asshole right out of her head.
He moved swiftly to his feet, rubbing his hands on his jeans. By now she was getting used to how attractive vampires were and wasn’t affected at all by his wide, dimpled grin. He looked a bit younger than the others she had met. There was an air of mischief about him. “Hi, I’m Griffin.” He extended a hand which she took.
Not nearly and big or as warm as…
Stop it.
“It’s really nice to meet you, Griffin.” She found herself smiling despite the nervous tension.
He raised his brow, his lips still turned up at the edges. “You have amazing eyes…though I’m sure you’ve been told that dozens of times.”
“Thank you.” Although she had received a ton of compliments over the years, she hadn’t had many recently. These vampires were all a bunch of charmers, that was for sure.
“You don’t have to be nervous.”
“That’s what the big, bad wolf said to little red riding hood and he tried to eat her,” she muttered.
Griffin chuckled. “I don’t know much about girls wearing red hoods and I’m not a wolf shifter.” His voice was a low growl. Not nearly as deep and gruff sounding as…
Stop it.
Dammit, she was getting irritated with herself.
Griffin winked at her. “I’m a vampire which means that if I wanted to eat you I wouldn’t have to try, I would just go ahead and do it.” His nostrils flared and she realized that he could smell what had gone down last night.
It made her blood heat and not in the way he was hoping. Cassidy put her hands on her hips. “Like hell you would. You probably think I’m some easy, idiot human. Well…I’ve got news for you, if you think that I’m letting you or any of your kind anywhere near me again, you’re deluding yourself.”
Griffin’s eyes widened and his brow creased. He put up his hands. “I didn’t mean anything by it. I’m sorry if I offended you.” He looked genuinely sorry. Even had the whole puppy dog look down pat.
“It’s fine, it’s just I’m not used to everyone knowing my very private business. I don’t like it.” She mumbled the last.
“Just so you know, vampires see rutting as just one of those things. We view it as something that needs to happen, like breathing or eating. It’s not a big deal. I thought you would’ve received this information in your training.” He hooked his thumbs into his jeans.
“Not really since we weren’t actually allowed to have sex.”
Griffin chuckled. “York has big balls to have touched you. He will be sorry later when he goes under the whip…I’ve only ever had ten lashes and that was bad enough.”
Don’t feel sorry for him Cassidy. Don’t you dare feel sorry. He used you.
“I can’t believe you’re not up for a round two though.” Griffin lifted his brows, that mischievous glint was back. “He can’t have done it right if you don’t want more.” It was delivered so innocently that she had to laugh. “Not that I’m suggesting anything.” He quickly added, a big grin on his face. “I swear.”
Despite his words, she did notice that his eyes dipped to her breasts before returning to her face…make that her mouth. He was checking her out. God, these vampires were certainly an oversexed bunch. “Um…” He lifted his eyes to meet hers. “Do you want me to touch you while I…” He rubbed a hand through his hair.
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Motherfucker!
York was going to punch the shit out of Griffin directly after this session was over. If he so much as laid a finger on her, he wasn’t sure he could wait until the session was over. His hands clenched at his sides and he suppressed a growl.
“What are you doing in here?” Sasha asked as she swiveled in her chair to face him. “This is a restricted area.”
Lea glanced at him over her shoulder, a small smile toyed with the corners of her full lips. “Hey, York. I haven’t seen you much lately.” Loosely translated, he hadn’t rutted with her in a while.
He smiled back. “Hi, Lea.”
Her smile grew. “I can scent that you have been playing with the humans. You naughty thing you.” She licked her lips. “I hear you are getting twenty lashes for it as well.” She pulled a face for a few seconds before smiling again. “You should come to me later…I’ll fix you right up.”