Lara shivered because a new kind of panic flared in her heart and it was all related to the tingles spread all over skin. As he kissed her, her fingers dug into the flesh of his shoulders through his shirt's fabric. She felt something sharp on her lips—his fangs. When he pulled away, his fangs scraped her lower lip as he darted his tongue out to lick it.

"Is this your first kiss?" he asked, lifting his head, looking at her with his assessing gaze. Her lips were swollen and glistening by the time he left her, and his erection hardened. His midnight blue hair fell on his forehead. Half...