The Feeder by E.M Reders

chiselled chest.
    “Stop,” Thayne gasped breaking the kiss, gripping my wrists to steady my hands. “You need to stop.”
    What? Why? “Don’t you want me?”
    A breathy laugh escaping his lips. “Want you? Fuck, Eve, I’ve never wanted anyone as much as I want you.”
    “Then why stop?”
    “Because things have happened lately, things that might be affecting your decision to do this now, and I don't want you to regret something like this. Don’t want you to regret me.”
    “I won't. I want this.” And I did, but looking at it from a slightly clearer mind I could see his point. Would I have pushed this, come on this strongly if I hadn't been scared into the safety of his arms earlier tonight?
    No, I wouldn't have. I wanted him; there was no denying that. But normally this was something I would never have done, a situation I would never have put myself in. That being said, I didn’t regret that I was here now. But still, he had a point.
    “You sure about that?” he asked sceptically, as if he knew what I was thinking.
    “Okay, so maybe what has happened tonight has helped push this along a little. But still, that doesn't change the fact that I want you, Thayne.”
    “I know,” he said with a smile that failed to reach his eyes. “But to suddenly go from our first kiss to sex in a matter of seconds… I know you would regret that.”
    Rolling onto his back, he reached out to me, pulling me to his side and holding me close. “We will be together like that, Eve, that I promise you. But not now. Not because of someone else’s actions.”
    Brushing his lips against my brow as I snuggled against him, I breathed in his rich, warm scent. “I hope your right.”
    I allowed my eyes to close and sleep slowly began to claim me. I wanted us to be together, to experience the pleasure that we could find together, but deep down I had a really bad feeling that our chance to be together might never happen. If Gideon got wind of it? The thought didn’t bare thinking about.
     
    “What happened the other night was completely unacceptable,” Gideon stormed, anger pouring off him in waves. The moment Thayne and I had descended from the apartment, Gideon had been there to drag me away. He wasn’t too pleased to have found us together, never mind coming from my apartment alone. I had been stuck in his office ever since, filing paperwork and listening to his constant verbal abuse. “My club got destroyed all because some familiar got herself killed. And I missed out on a feeding because you went to pot over it.”
    There was a body in my bed, of course I fucking did.
    I wanted to yell at him, scream at him, but I kept my mouth shut. I knew that if I said anything, it would just make things ten times worse.
    “And that fucker, Thayne, wouldn't give me even a chance of getting you alone to get it. With him here it is highly important that I keep my strength up. I'm not stupid. I know the Council of Masters doubts my claim as Master. He's friends with those damn red-eyed twins, and I wouldn't put it passed them to send him here to spy on me. We'll have to up the feeds; that's the only option.”
    “What? No! Once a week, that was the deal.”
    “Deal? There is no fucking deal, you piece of shit. You do as I tell you. I gave you a job, put a roof over your head and kept your little secret. You should be grateful I don't tell everyone here what you are. You wouldn't last a minute if they knew, and you know it.”
    I did. If the vampires in this place – or any place for that matter – knew what I was, they would drain me dry in minutes. No one could know. No matter how much I hated it, I would have to give my wrist to Gideon… whenever he demanded it.

 
    Thayne
    Something was going to happen, something bad. I didn't know what, but I just had the most horrible feeling that something was going to happen tonight. So far it had been pretty quiet, quieter than normal.
    Gideon was in his office doing fuck knows what, as per