Vampire Mate: BBW Paranormal Romance by Natalie Kristen

you said to a female the first time you got her
in your bed.
    Glenn stared down at her, his
muscles bulging and throbbing as he held himself back. Every
instinct was urging him to thrust back inside her and pound into her
until he spilled his seed into her. Claim her, drink her, fill her.
    But, he wouldn't do that.
    He couldn't.
    She looked shell-shocked, her
eyes round and her lips quivering as she tried to form words.
    You are my mate.
    It was a lot to take in. She
was a newly Made demoness, hungry for blood and forced to hunt for
her demon lord. She had enough on her hands and on her mind, and now
he had dropped this bomb on her.
    Glenn watched her carefully.
    Was she going to leap out of
his bed, grab her clothes and teleport away?
    He kept his hand on her arm,
just in case.
    Charlene sat up slowly, but
instead of pushing him away, she took his hand and laced her fingers
through his. “I know,” she whispered. “I
think...I have always known.”
    This time, it was his turn to
gape at her.
    “ The moment I saw you, I
felt...like we belonged, somehow. I know it sounds crazy and
childish, but I just felt like you were the one, the only one, the
one meant for me.” She let out an awkward laugh. “It's
a romantic ideal, a fantasy, that there might be a special someone
just for me. That just doesn't happen, not to someone like me.”
    Glenn touched her beautiful
face, almost unable to believe that this wonderful woman was his.
“That happens, Charlene. And it happened to me, to us. Some
vampires live their long, lonely lives searching but never ever
finding the one, the one meant for them. I found my mate. I found
you.”
    He continued staring at her in
wonderment. She had just held his hand, and told him that she had
known or felt, all this time, that he was her mate.
    Her words wound around his
heart, warming him, strengthening him, giving him the power of a
thousand Master vampires.
    Glenn grabbed her and crushed
her to his chest. “Charlene.” He kissed the top of her
head and murmured against her hair. “My mate.”
    In the dark, in the silence of
his bedroom, they held each other, breathing in each other's scent
and the scent of their lovemaking.
    Finally, she broke away and
gazed up at him. There was a hint of tears in her eyes, but she
blinked them away quickly. “Glenn,” she said softly. “I
am your mate, and you are mine, for tonight and maybe for a few more
nights. These nights will be the most precious, and the most
beautiful nights of my entire existence. I know that and I will
forever cherish them, wherever and whatever I am. But...”
    He cut her off, his tone firm.
“No buts.”
    Her smile was sad. “No
buts. Just...us.”
    There was something she was
not telling him. He frowned down at her, but she buried her face in
his chest and held him tight. “Charlene, what are you planning
to do?”
    “ What do you mean?”
she asked, her voice muffled.
    Glenn held her shoulders and
forced her to look at him. “Sideous Kron,” was all he
said.
    “ I'm going to kill that
demon.”
    Glenn released her in shock.
“Kill a demon lord? You?”
    “ Yes. Me.” She
jutted her chin, her eyes flashing. “You don't think I can do
it?”
    “ Oh, I think you can do
anything you set your mind to. I've seen you, as a human, barely
thirty yet working inhuman hours and hardly sleeping at all, and
still have the energy to laugh and love. You brought up your sister
so well. You did a great job, Charlene. Charlotte is happy and
well, because of you.”
    She started, blinking rapidly.
“You...you know Charlotte. Is my sister...is she...?”
    Glenn nodded. She deserved to
know. “Charlotte is now a PAC Enforcer. She is also the PAC
Alpha's mate. Lucas Rieve, the Alpha, loves her with all his heart
and protects her with his life.” I 'll do the
same for you, Charlene.
    She sat there, looking dazed
for a long while. Slowly, her features softened and she smiled, her
joy and pride shining in her eyes.
    “