Chapter 17 : Bloodlust

Javier’s POV

I felt like I had just walked in on something.

Mads and Theo were a few feet apart, but I noticed how Theo’s body quivered.

Theo’s cheeks flushed and beautifully crimson. Her lips were swollen and wet. Pupils expanded and she blinked slowly. I even noticed the tremble in her knees. I could scent the way her blood throbbed through her veins, sweetening the air around her.

Spun sugar that melted on my tongue.

That craving for blood fired up within me again. It puzzled me how it only happened around Theo. I didn’t feel the craving toward anyone else. After we got back from Sol’s ship, I had to pop my supplements. A few months’ supply dwindling to nothing. I popped them like candy, thinking it was enough.

I could scent Theo’s blood from across the ship, but it felt far more potent now. My jaw ached, longing to feel its power thrum through my body. The taste of her blood would be as rich as the nectar from between her legs.