The Return of Jonas (Pearl Vampire Chronicles #4) by Dara Nelson Page A

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    Matt felt me tense up immediately and he looked into my eyes.  I pointed to my head. “Jonas,” I said.  Matt growled.  We quickly pulled our clothes on and I linked with Matt.  ‘What the hell do you want now?’ I thought.
    ‘ Nothing,’ Jonas thought, ‘just amusing myself while you’re enjoying yourself .  Although, if you thought that was out of control, just wait until I get my hands on you.  You’ll be begging me, pleading with me, for more.’
    Matt growled again . ‘The only begging and pleading will be from you, begging me to let you live, which I won’t.’
    Jonas laughed . ‘Oh my, but this is too much fun.  The pure satisfaction I’m going to get as I force you to watch me pleasuring your wife is just… oh my… I get aroused just thinking about it.’
    Matt was about ready to blow a gasket.  I reached out my hand to calm him as I thought, ‘Pleasuring me? You don’t have the right equipment or technique to pleasure me.  The only reaction you could possibly get out of me is laughter.  Now get the hell out of my head, you disgusting, silly, little man.’
    Jonas tried to sound calm, but I could tell that I had touched a nerve, exactly the reaction I wanted as he thought, ‘Fine, I’ll go now, but you’ll see, Sarah.  One day soon, you’ll see.’
    “I am going to kill that asshole,” Matt said through gritted teeth.
    “You and me both, baby,” I said, then I turned his face to mine. “This one’s going to be tough.  You’re reaction is just what he’s looking for.  He obviously wants you so furious that you can’t think straight.  We, no, you , have to find a way to not let him get to you like that.”
    “That easy for you so say, Sarah.  I just got you back, not just physically but your heart too, and now he’s talking about trying to mess that up again,” he said.
    I stepped back and glared at him.  “I cannot believe you just compared this to what happened with Carlos.  If you honestly think that someone I despise can force themselves on me and I’d fall for them because of that… then you must not truly believe that I love you, which means that you’re not over what happened before and you might never be.  I can’t spend the rest of eternity swimming upstream, Matt. Am I fighting a losing battle here?”
    The panic was in his eyes instantly . “Oh shit, no.  I didn’t mean it like that. I know you love me and I know you’d never fall for him Sarah.  I just meant that if he did get a hold of you and did the things he’s talking about doing… well… it would probably mess both of us up, to say the least.”
    “Then we’ll just have to make sure that never happens, won’t we?” I said.
    He nodded and pressed his forehead to mine.  “I’m sorry, Sarah,” he said. “I love you.”
    “I love you too,” I said as I brought my mouth to his and kissed him.  “Now, let’s get back to work, okay?” He nodded and we rose into the air and lowered ourselves into the back corner of the yard, where we wouldn’t be noticed.  We clung to each other as we walked inside and into Carlos’ room.  Stefan and Penelope were already there – they were two of the original Elders, but they had helped us and I knew in my heart that they were good people, so we had asked them to join us – and they were now part of my cabinet.  “Hello, all, sorry we’re late” I said.
    “No problem, we just got here ourselves,” Stefan said.
    “Great, now were either of you here when Jonas was?” I asked.
    “Stefan wasn’t but I was,” Penelope said . “Victor brought me and Paolo in right after he found this place.  We were a group of three for a long time.  He didn’t expand it to five until about three hundred years ago.”
    “Tell me about Jonas when he was here,” I said.
    “He was brutal.  We had a hard time controlling him.  Many times he would go overboard with punishment, killing many that we didn’t want killed.  He never failed when we