Black Thorns - Book 1

Chapter 30

"Mm, this is so nice." Whispering softly I let my naked body snuggle up close to Drake's muscular body. "It feels just like we were made to fit together perfectly." A happy little sigh escapes my lips, as I move to lay my head upon my vampire mates strong chest.

How I love the feeling of his arm wrapping around my body, while he held me close like this. "We were made for one another Erin." He spoke with a hint of a chuckle dancing in his tone. Lifting my gaze, I look up at the man I was madly in love with. "We were destined to be together, since before you were even born." My hair fell before my eyes, as he brushed it back for me with his warm big hand.

"So what you're saying. Drake if we never met, or I was never born."

"Then I would have lived my entire life alone with my cousins."

That thought pained my heart. "That sounds so lonely." Whispering I gently kiss at his chest. "I really hope your cousin's will find their mates."

"As do I Erin, I wish for them to know this feeling." He spoke deeply as he held me closer to him.

"Drake?"

"Hmm?" He asked while he closed his eyes, as we lay together in his bed.

"I know it may be stupid to ask, but do you wish I were someone else?" Hearing my own question I bit at my lower lip nervously.

"What the hell are you talking about?" His crimson eyes were once again on me.

"I just..." My green eyes landed on the amulet he wore for me, as it lay on his chest. "I never knew I had this side to me before, I didn't act this way with any of the girls from my past. But being around you, I seem weak and very uhh girly at times with how much I blush. I don't know, did you wish I was more, uh manly?"

"Erin, look at me." Nervously I move my gaze from the blood gem, to meet Drake's deep crimson eyes. "You're perfect the way you are. Your weakness only makes me want to protect you even more. And I must admit, I love how shy and embarrassed you get around me, I love making you blush. I love you for who you are Erin. If you were anything else, you wouldn't be the human male who captivated my heart."

His words made me smile as I kissed his chest once again. "Thank you Drake." I needed to hear all of that.

Watching him reach out, he grasps one of the black roses he made as he held it out to me. "For you my Love." My cheeks tinged pink, as I can feel my heart race pick up as I take the rose from him. "That look, right there." He whispers as his fingers trace my blushed cheeks. "It makes me fall even more in love with you."

Smiling at his gentle words, I gaze at the rose in my hands. "I like it when you call me that." Gazing at the rose, I am once again captivated by its petals that are as black as night.

"My Love?" Drake whispers as I nod my head biting my lower lip shyly.

"Yes, it makes me happy hearing you calling me that."

"You have changed me so much Erin. I have never once been like this before, not in all of my four hundred and two years I have been living. I preferred to live my life drowning in the darkness of my pain and misery. This world has been so cruel and dark to me. The day I lost my parents, I gave up on living my life. I grew cold and angrier with the world around me. The one thing I hated the most in this world, was humans. They took everything from me and my cousins, only leaving us alone and in pain. Humans destroyed our coven, and I could care less if all humans were to die. Yet I fell in love with a human, life has a twisted sense of humor."

Listening to Drake speak, my heart pained for him. "I hate that you suffered so much Drake." Whispering to him, I found myself tracing the amulet with my fingers of one hand. Sensing his eyes one me, I whispered softly the question that has been on my mind. "You said there was zero chance that this amulet belonged to my family. Why is that Drake?"