Aires sat on the long, velvet-covered chaise that was in his brother’s quarters. Adais lay on his bed with a female on each side of him. The DarkShine females’ bodies grinded against his twin, their lips sliding against him as they kissed and nipped at his golden skin. Jacinta and Zysis ran their fangs along Adais’s skin as their hands moved to the erection that stood stiff against his thigh. He would have gone over and join them, but his body was sated well by the females, and at times, he just enjoyed watching.
Jacinta moved her body down to Adais’s erection and latched her mouth over the head of his penis. Aires watched as both females gave his twin gratification, their ripe breasts and supple nipples standing erect and ready for a mouth. Aires stood up, his naked body absorbing the light of the sun that shone through the window. He leaned against the frame and stared out at the lush lawn and bright blue skies. He was getting so bored of the repetition that made up his life. He felt like his existence had been nothing more than a chess game, he being the pawn, his father playing him like a fool.
He brought his attention back to Aires and the two females. His twin was busy pounding into Jacinta from behind while she was busy pleasuring Zysis with her mouth. Their moans and his twin’s grunts were enough to drive him insane. He walked out of the room, ignoring the two females’ pleas for him to stay.
The first meeting
The following morning Helina quickly bathed and dressed, thinking about what was to come. She needed to go out of the cave and search for food and water again, the wild raspberries doing nothing to sate her hunger. Her supply of bottled water was coming to an end and she wasn’t keen on drinking the water she bathed in every day, but if it came down to it she would obviously have no choice.
It took her almost twenty minutes to work up the courage to go outside of her hermit hole. She kept replaying the day before when all she could think about was that one of those creatures, whatever they might be, had been right behind her. Of course, it could have just been her imagination, could have been an animal that made those twigs break, but the fact that she still got chills thinking about it made her think twice.
Helina dashed out and headed in the opposite direction. Trying to keep as quiet as she could, she couldn’t help the prickling feeling that started on the back of her neck. Every time Helina looked over her shoulder she saw nothing, absolutely nothing. That was what frightened her most of all. She started at a quicker pace when the feeling that she was being watched intensified.
The low sound of running water penetrated her fear-laced brain before she actually saw anything. She followed the sound until she saw the slow-moving water that moved down a slope. The liquid was crystal clear and smelled fresh as it moved past her in an almost sensual dance. Sitting down, she cupped her hands and scoped some of it into her mouth. The first taste slid down her throat and instantly quenched her thirst. As she picked up another handful and swallowed it, she nearly choked when she heard a thumping sound from across the water. Helina didn’t move a muscle and kept her head low, her eyes trained on the water. Lifting her head slowly, her mouth fell open as she stared at the man in front of her.
He sat on his haunches, every muscle in his huge body standing out in stark relief. His hair was a pale blond and his eyes a vivid green that she could see even from where she was. Helina knew the man in front of her wasn’t a human. There was just something about him that screamed predator—that told her just from his appearance he was something far different, something far more dangerous than any human man could ever be.
He stared at her as if he were taking in her very essence, as if he didn’t quite know what to think of her. That alone made her panic, her breath seesawing in and out of her mouth in rapid succession. She knew just from looking at him that he was one of those things, the same creature that had killed Lizzy.
Her eyes grew wide as he stood. He was huge, far bigger than she thought any person could be. She could try and outrun him, but she knew he would catch her before she even turned around. His knees bent slightly and his huge body jumped the water as if it were no more than a stepping stone. She fell back on her bottom as he landed in front of her with a soft thud. The pebbles around his feet seemed to bend from the impact, skittering around the ground as if they knew they should get away.
“What are you?”
What was she? Helina should have been the one asking him that question. His words were spoken in a deep rumble that seemed to spear through her whole body. She could see his bright white teeth, the twin fangs that replaced what should have been flat ones. Her heart slammed against her sternum, adrenaline pumping through her body as her flight instinct took over. She should have run, should have followed her body’s response to what she was seeing, but she wasn’t—and not because she knew he would catch her.