Vampires Never Cry Wolf by Sara Humphreys Page B

hurt yourself.”
    â€œVery funny.” Killian laughed as Ivan disappeared into the penthouse. “See you in a few hours.”
    Licking his lower lip, Killian looked to the purple and indigo predawn sky in search of Sadie. As he suspected, she was nowhere in sight. Hoisting himself out of the pool, he went inside and dried off, replaying that kiss over and over again in his mind. Kiss? Hell, that didn’t cover it. He had never kissed a woman—human, wolf, or whatever—and experienced anything like that.
    After a cold shower, Killian settled into the massive king-size bed and stared at the ceiling as golden light from the rising sun streamed into his bedroom. With sleep flirting at the edge of consciousness, one image haunted his mind—the fearful look on Sadie’s face just before she flew away. Maybe she was afraid of getting caught by Ivan or breaking the no-fraternizing rule? But deep in his gut he knew that wasn’t true. There was something more to it. Because up until that second, Sadie had been just as into it as Killian was. The question was, what had scared her so badly?
    Killian made a silent vow to find out so he could put her fears to rest and claim her as his own.

Chapter 5
    This can’t be happening.
    Sadie’s body hummed with power, making her feel like she was hooked up to some kind of generator. Aside from flying to the underground tunnel entrance in record time, she ran through the old subway channels in the blink of an eye. Sadie had always been fast—but not that fast.
    Her fang had scraped his lip. The moment his blood touched her tongue, Sadie’s entire world exploded in a cavalcade of light and sound.
    Killian’s blood memories stormed into her mind like a hurricane, a flash of whirring images. In that split second Sadie glimpsed the werewolf prince’s idyllic childhood and his tempestuous adolescence in the wilds of Alaska. She felt the heartbreaking betrayal he had endured from his brother and practically whimpered under the weight of the looming, oppressive future he couldn’t escape.
    Sadie was left confused and scared by the surprising experience of absorbing Killian’s blood memories but her feelings weren’t limited to herself. The man was trapped by his birthright and dreaded the notion of taking a mate. The boy had serious commitment issues.
    Aside from the unexpected event of absorbing his memories, Sadie’s body had been energized by Killian’s blood although she’d barely tasted it. If only a few drops of his blood affected her like this, what the hell would happen if she had more than that?
    The answer was simple. Nothing good.
    No. Sadie shook her head as if she could shake away the crazy thoughts. What on earth was wrong with her? Lust. That’s what. Good old-fashioned, fuck-me-blind lust. When she’d heard someone come out of the penthouse, she fully expected a human. But when the scent of a werewolf filled her head, panic had swamped her.
    Until, that is, she set eyes on the preternaturally sexy, naked body that belonged to Killian Bane. His tall, well-muscled form was a gorgeous sight to behold, and she’d been right about what he was hiding under all those clothes. She didn’t know what to stop staring at first: his perfectly sculpted legs, the broad chest covered by a dusting of dark hair, or that thick beautiful cock.
    She should have flown out of there that instant. Should have grabbed her clothes and hightailed it to anywhere other than that roof with him in all his hot, sexy nakedness. But she couldn’t. She quite literally couldn’t make herself leave. He was like a magnet, drawing her closer, pulling her into his orbit.
    A swirl of need gathered in her belly as she recalled the feel of his lips on hers. Letting out a groan, Sadie fought the unreasonable attraction she had for the arrogant wolf and focused on getting to the Presidium’s offices. The feral, predatory look