Cassidy found herself nodding in agreement. She knew the drill and Dee’s description of sex was all too familiar. She’d only had one boyfriend before Sean and he was really useless. As it stood, Sean had only made her cum a handful of times during their four years of marriage. Men could be so selfish.
The young lady chewed on her lip for a while before continuing. “I have experienced an orgasm.” She paused for a long while. “All by myself.” She giggled. “The thing is, I wouldn’t mind having one…another way I guess. I mean, I wouldn’t mind having one with someone else’s help…you know?” A deep flush crept up from the neckline of her shirt.
“You are young,” Cassidy said. “There are guys out there… I’m sure.” Yeah right! She didn’t believe what she was saying herself, so how could she expect Dee to believe her. “What I’m trying to say is, at your age, there must be plenty of young men. You don’t have to let a vampire touch you to get off.”
“How old are you then?” Dee lifted her brows and clasped her hands over her lap.
“I’ll be thirty next month.” The big 30, she couldn’t believe it. A wave of sadness washed over her. By now she really had hoped to be settled down with the man of her dreams with at least two if not three children running around. The pain inside her only increased. So she gave herself a mental shake of the head and moved on. It was no use thinking along those lines. It just ended up hurting too damned much.
“That’s still really young. I’m only five years younger than you, you know?” Dee smiled more widely. She really was sweet. Cassidy could not believe that so few years separated them. Had she really turned into such an old cynical woman in such a short time?
“I don’t feel all that young,” Cassidy said. “But I guess I still am.” She smiled back at the young woman. This was a new beginning for her and she was going to embrace it. So what if she got a little horny. There was no way she was going to act on it.
In three days time, she would be in a position to just start over. Then she’d start doing fun things again. Crazy things like swimming naked and watching the sunrise after staying up all night.
Dee let out a deep breath. “I’m going to do it.” Her eyes were wide and sparkled with excitement. “I’m going to let one of them touch me. Live on the edge for once. I’m still young, still carefree.” She threw her head back and laughed like a mad woman. Cassidy found herself laughing softly as well.
“I’m going to do it. I really am.” She spoke more to herself than to Cassidy. “If I don’t, I think that I’ll always regret it. You know what I mean?”
Cassidy nodded. She knew exactly what Dee meant. Her being a part of this trial was much the same. If she hadn’t done this, she would’ve regretted it. She was glad she was here. Glad even that she’d let Dee into her room, because she felt a little bit better now about the whole thing.
Chapter 4
There were two closed doors side by side. One was marked A and the other B. Cassidy looked down at the document in her hand, already knowing what was written there. Her first appointment was at ten o’clock in room A. She was a few minutes early. There were three guards outside of each door. They looked much the same as the guards that were posted outside their building. Tall, built and cocky…as in literally. Every male vampire she had seen thus far was wearing leather pants and a leather shirt. The clothing fit like a second skin. Showing each and every sinewy muscle and bulge to perfection.
She’d seen a couple of the vampire women as well and wow…just wow. It actually made her feel sorry for the human women who had signed up to become mates to these men. There was just no comparison. The only way to describe it was to take the most beautiful models with their tall, slender figures and flawless skin and make them even more attractive and then you had a vampire woman. They oozed sex appeal from every pore.
There was a sound of hard footfalls behind her, Cassidy turned and watched as a forbidding specimen approached. His eyes were hard and there were frown lines on his forehead. “Good morning. I’m Gideon and this is my team. We are here to ensure your safety today.”
Cassidy swallowed hard and nodded, not sure that she could trust her own voice. Crunch time. She sucked in a deep breath and told herself over and over that she could do this. There was no other choice. It’s not like she had a job to go back to.
“Do not be afraid, even if there is the slightest suspicion, the three males stationed at the door will enter and retrieve you. We have practiced this and are able to do it in less than three seconds. Should you feel afraid, at any time say the word pumpkin and within three seconds, we will retrieve you. However, if we feel the need to retrieve you at any time, we will do so anyway. Do you understand?”