It took a bit of persuading to convince Rebecca to temporarily give up her charm bracelet, but I eventually managed by promising to let her have ice-cream for dinner. And okay, perhaps that was an easy bargain since I could definitely go for a whole tub of the stuff in my current condition.
We completed the rosemary potion for Amanda first, and I sealed it away in a glass bottle for later. Then we cast the location spell for Rebecca’s mother with a map of the country spread out on the floor between the three of us. I briefly remembered Pamphrock saying her name was Felicity when he spoke of her. The spell worked kind of like an Ouija board. We placed the charm bracelet beneath an upturned glass, and the glass moved to the location of the person we were looking for. In this case, it slid straight across the map, landing on a small town on the other side of the country, thousands of miles from Tribane.
“It’s too far to go there right now,” Gabriel said. “You should wait a few days until Theodore has been taken care of before you start looking for this woman.”
“Yeah, I suppose you’re right,” I agreed.
The door creaked open and Ethan stepped inside, taking in our spell with a bemused expression. “What are you three conspiring about?” he asked, coming to sit beside me as he eyed the random assortment of items for the spell.
He picked up the potion for Amanda, popping open the cork and taking a whiff. “Ugh, this smells awful.”
“We were casting a spell to find Rebecca’s mother. I’m going to find her once the Theodore situation is dealt with. That,” I said, grabbing the bottle from him and recapping it, “is for Amanda. She and Lucas are all shacked up again after his valiant attempt to save her life, so I’ve concocted a potion to keep her safe. Once she’s taken this, Lucas will be vomiting his guts up for days if he tries to drink from her.
Ethan eyed the bottle. “I don’t doubt it. It smells like a battlefield full of week-old corpses.”
“Eww, I do not want to think about how you know what that smells like,” Alvie said with a shudder.
I grinned at Ethan. “It only smells that way to you. It’s supposed to be repellent to vampires, that’s the whole point.”
He pulled me to him and began kissing my neck. “You’re such a clever little thing, aren’t you,” he murmured in a seductive voice, his hand roaming over my hip.
I heard Alvie giggle just as Gabriel subtly dragged him from the room, allowing us our privacy. Sighing, I placed my hand on Ethan’s obvious erection, eliciting a goosebump-inducing growl.
“How is it that I haven’t been inside you for over a day? Surely, that is a sin,” he rumbled as he inched my top up over my breasts. Pinching a nipple, he hovered over me before taking it into his mouth.
“Ethan,” I moaned.
“Yes, my love?” he asked with a devilish smile.
It took every ounce of willpower to get my next words out. “The house is full of people, most of them with supernatural abilities. They’ll hear us.”
“I will fuck the mother of my unborn child in my own house when and how I want. I don’t care who hears.”
I shuddered at his possessive declaration. His hand went under my skirt and straight between my legs.
“But … I … do,” I protested weakly.
“I like it when you get embarrassed,” he murmured, rolling his tongue around my nipple now.
“Ethan,” I breathed.
“You’re soaking wet.”
“Your … fault.”
“Yes, I like that it’s my fault. Come, let’s get you out of these troublesome clothes.”
Ethan lifted me and carried me to our room, where he carefully removed every article of clothing I had on. Moments later, I was naked while he was still fully dressed. He slid a finger inside me as he lowered his head between my legs and started to lick. I ran my hands through his luscious hair, so silky it begged to be touched.
Ethan flicked his tongue in this rapid vampire way that was kind of weird but also the most exquisite thing I’d ever felt. He really was too good at this.
“Why do you still have all your clothes on?” I asked in frustration.
“Because this is about you,” he answered, moving his mouth up my body. He nipped and sucked at every inch of my skin, his fingers still thrusting inside me. I wasn’t sure I had the brain capacity to talk anymore. Then his mouth was on mine and I was lost to his kiss. I closed my eyes, no longer bothering to protest, just letting him whisk me away on a cloud of pleasure.
***
Later on, I rummaged through Ethan’s freezer in search of ice-cream and pumped my fist into the air in triumph when I discovered a huge tub of double chocolate chip. I dished it out into two bowls. Alright, one normal bowl and one gigantic fruit bowl for me because apparently I had a hole in my stomach that could never be filled now. I carried both bowls to Rebecca’s room, where I found her sitting in the corner playing with her toys.