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Holy smokes! Astrid mused as she was kissing Aaron when she should be stabbing the stake that she had in her hands into his dark, wicked Blue Blood heart.
Seeing that her reaction was to kiss him back, Aaron was taking advantage of her. He leaned closer, his intoxicating scent was making Astrid dizzy with need and desire. Then, Aaron kissed the shit out of her. Plus, he was a good kisser and Astrid was an inexperienced female who never had any chance at loving or being loved by someone.
Deep in her mind, Astrid did not want to kiss someone, let alone a Blue Blood that she swore to kill whenever they were in sight. However, things had changed since Astrid debuted as the Huntress of the Order. The people around her show her the deepest regard of respect for her position in the Order of Holy, knowing fully that it was her job to keep the Known World safe.
Despite that, Aaron Covaci, the enemy whom Astrid was supposed to kill on sight, was showing her another side of Blue Blood. The tender, soft side of him that undid something that was trapped inside her.
Astrid sighed softly, dropping her hands to the sides. She was losing her grip on the stake that she gripped tightly before she threw them away. For the first time, Astrid put her desire and need to kiss Aaron rather than doing what was necessary of her to do justice for the Order of the Holy.
Knowing that he had won the battle between them, Aaron smiled as he pushed Astrid down. She was on the ground again as Aaron was kissing her on the lips. He licked her lower lips while he was groaning roughly. Astrid smiled in their kiss when she could feel Aaron’s erection between her thighs.
“I’ve been waiting for you to respond, Astrid,” Aaron whispered huskily. They stared at each other for a moment. He could see the emotions that were battling inside Astrid’s head. Without further ado, Aaron kissed Astrid again when she decided to wound her hands around his neck.
Astrid pulled him closer, taking what she wanted from Aaron. He grunted softly before grinding himself against Astrid. She arched her hips to feel his cock against her covered core.
Astrid moaned softly, biting her lower lips when she was feeling pleasure from the friction itself. Aaron huffed and puffed as he was kissing Astrid’s throat and jaws. She roamed her dainty, calloused hands upon his back as Aaron’s shirt was stuck to his body like a second skin.
“You’re mine, Astrid. Say that you’re mine, forever,” Aaron whispered huskily against her skin. Astrid could not think rationally when he kissed her earlobe and whispered those sweet nothings into her ear. Astrid shivered. Then, she moaned as she was moving to the rhythm of Aaron’s thrust against her leather suit that covered her core. Astrid was having the pleasure of his erection against her clit.
“What do you mean?” she asked, knowing fully well that she could not make a promise that she could not keep. Astrid treated promises as sacred oaths.
To do so with the enemy of the Order was to doom herself into being a traitor to His Holiness and the Order of the Holy!
“Say you want me for all eternity, Astrid, and I’ll give it to you all night long for the rest of our lives together,” Aaron whispered huskily, trailing his wet kisses against her collarbone.
Faded footsteps echoed across the hallway. Astrid turned her head to the side when her violet eyes noticed those immaculate Italian shoes that were usually worn by someone in the Order. Without wasting any moment further, Astrid plunged Aaron. He grunted softly as Astrid kneed him on his back and she handcuffed him.
Pulling Aaron to his feet, Astrid whispered into his ear to answer his plead before. “I don’t think so, abomination, for I’m the Huntress of the Order and you’re my enemy. There’s no chance in hell that I will be with someone like you.” Astrid replied.
Noticing that they were not alone, Astrid stared at His Holiness. His Holiness arched his eyebrows as he was staring at her. Oblivious to the threat, Aaron smirked widely when he saw His Holiness of the Order. Then, Astrid bowed at His Holiness while shackling Aaron to her.
“Master, you’ve come to—”
His Holiness held up his hand, stopping Astrid from questioning his presence there. “Save it, Huntress. You’ll explain later what the hell was going on here,” he stated, looking at the state of the hallway. Lights were acting up as sparks glittered above their heads. His Holiness wrinkled his nose in disdain.
Astrid cleared her throat, pushing Aaron Covaci to his knees in front of His Holiness. Aaron grunted, glaring at her. Astrid ignored him when His Holiness noticed that she had captured the Pure Blood—one of the Originals—into the Order’s custody. His Holiness was smiling widely, showing his perfectly lined white teeth as his eyes shone brightly.
“Good job, Huntress. I see that I can always count on you to repent for your failure before,” he stated. Astrid smiled but it did not reach her eyes. Aaron scowled before His Holiness nodded his head.
“Let’s move. Our work is done here,” he said as Astrid looked at Aaron. Some emotions were playing behind those haunting violet eyes. Astrid closed her eyes and those emotions were gone. She nodded while gulping the lump in her throat.
“Yes, Master. Everything’s done as we’ve planned,” she replied softly. Astrid stared at Aaron as he did the same. Then, she was pulling Aaron to his feet. His Holiness walked ahead of them, making his way out of the facility.
And I hope this is the right path for me to kill the only person who had thawed my frozen heart, Astrid mused. They walked out side by side of the building when the countdown for demolition had started.
At the entrance of the truck, there was a cage waiting for the Pure Blood that she captured. Astrid pushed Aaron into the cage roughly. She closed the door as the keypad beeped. Aaron smirked before looking at Astrid with her emerald orbs. Then, he chuckled softly.
“You’ve got to be kidding, Astrid. Is this how you treat the man that ignites the desire and passion inside you, dragul meu? Shame on you, Huntress. I’m not some kind of animal, you know,” Aaron provoked her in Romanian as if he knew that His Holiness did not speak the language.
It was as if Aaron did not want anyone to interpret the flirty tone that he used with Astrid. It was working wondrously when His Holiness was answering a phone call.
Astrid stepped closer. She narrowed her eyes. Aaron smirked as he held the bars. His handcuffs chimed when the steel collided with the bars of the cage. “You’ll stay put in there, abomination. I’ll not hesitate for one second to put you out if you cause any trouble,” she hissed at him.
Aaron arched his eyebrow. A smirk still plastered to his lips as he leaned closer until their hot breaths mingled. “Even after we’ve shared the intimacy, dragul meu? My, my... what a heartless woman you are, Astrid,” he replied as Aaron looked at His Holiness. Astrid huffed when she saw Aaron licking his lips. Her eyes were trailing upon them. Aaron laughed huskily.
“Fortunately, I knew that deep down in your heart, you crave for me, Astrid, as much as I crave for you, dragul meu. But, it will have to wait for I can see that you’re fighting with yourself to set your foot on the right side of history,” Aaron said, winking at her. He was looking at Astrid with his green eyes. They were gleaming with mischief. Astrid scowled, knowing fully well that Aaron was planning something vile in his head.
“We’ll have so much fun together, later on, Huntress,” he said, smiling wickedly at Astrid. Their hot breaths mingled as Astrid narrowed her eyes again.
“Don’t count on it, abomination,” she retorted. Aaron laughed.
“However, don’t make me wait too long for our adventure to continue, Huntress. Since I’m locked up in this awful cage,”—Aaron trained his eyes upon the small cage that he was in before looking at Astrid, smirking—“who knows, I might go berserk under your watchful gaze,” he added.
Astrid rolled her eyes before His Holiness was scowling at Aaron. The enemy just smirked as he leaned away from the bars. Astrid looked at His Holiness. He looked displeased.
“What is he saying, Huntress?” His Holiness asked, putting his phone away. Astrid bowed at him, earning a scoff from Aaron.
“He is speaking nonsense, Master. We do not need to concern ourselves with it, especially when he spoke the tongue of the devil,” Astrid replied. His Holiness wrinkled his nose. Then, he went to the passenger’s seat of the trunk and ordered them to get moving. Aaron was smirking as Astrid took her seat in front of his cage. The backdoor closed, leaving them in the dark as the trunk moved forward toward their final destination.
“Let the fun begin, dragul meu,” Aaron whispered in the dark. Astrid scoffed.
“In your fucking nightmare, abomination,” she replied.
“I love it when you’re feisty, dragul meu. It arouses me to claim you as mine forever,” Aaron stated. Astrid gagged after that statement. Aaron chuckled huskily as they were out of the creepy facility.
Once they were far enough from Lacul Rosu, the facility exploded. Astrid smirked as she crossed her arms. Aaron leaned back against the bars.
“It would seem your hideout has been discovered, abomination. Too bad no one can help you now,” Astrid provoked him. Aaron stared at her lazily like a Cheshire cat who was waiting for its turn to play.
“I would not say so, dragul meu. Perhaps I have a better plan in mind and it involves you,” he replied. Astrid scowled as the trunk departed from Lacul Rosu and arrived in Transylvania in the next few hours.