Bound to You, a Paranormal Romance (Book 3 of the Spellbound Series) Read Free

capture my interest again, until I heard her say something about Persephone.
    She had my full attention, now. I had hoped to never hear the name of that evil woman, again. Her failed attempt on my life turned me into what I am, a vampire. But she also happened to be married to one of the men I loved, Hades.
    “Wait, what punishment did Zeus give Persephone for her attempt on my life?” I all but stopped Dawn mid-sentence and she shifted uneasily on the couch. Her eyes averted mine, which was her tell-tale sign she didn’t want to talk about it.
    “Toni, you need to understand something about the gods.” I put my hand up to stop her from talking.
    “Just give it to me straight. I don’t need the chaser.” I stood and began to pace the floor, waiting to hear what Dawn had to say. It felt like hours passed before she spoke, although it was only seconds. I waited, knowing that her words could have a huge impact on the decision I was being forced to make.
    “Well,” she started, “he told her that he should banish her to Tartus; but since you didn’t die, and became a vampire, that he wouldn’t. He then made her promise to stay away from you. Since you are now immortal, he also took away her dominion over your soul.” Dawn threw her hands up like she had given up and dropped her head towards the ground.
    I closed the small space between us in a nano second.
    “So she is free? That psycho bitch is free?” I shook Dawn’s shoulders and wanted her to look at me and tell me that my mortal—or rather immortal enemy was still a threat.
    “Yes, the bitch is free.” Her voice was low and she wouldn’t face me; but her southern molasses accent seeped out with her words. Without thought, my fangs elongated and my friend suddenly looked delicious to me in her perfect white outfit. Sensing a predatory change in my demeanor, Dawn’s eyes rose to meet mine.
    “Toni, you look—uh, well hungry and mad.” She leaned back on the couch to escape my grasp.
    “That’s because I am.” I smiled almost wanting her to run. The chase might be fun.
    “Calm down. You just need some food.” She inched back father into the couch and away from me.
    “No, I just need blood.” I began to slither toward Dawn and she fell back.
    “We can get you blood, just not mine, Toni.” Her words were like two fingers snapping in my head. Her tone was distressed, but firm; and I froze in my tracks allowing a nervous chuckle to escape from my lips. I realized I was about to attack her. My lust for blood was about to outweigh my love for my best friend. That was just wrong.
    “I’m sorry.” I stood up straight and looked into Dawn’s frightened eyes. I shook the thought of my friend as dinner and I reached out to help her up from her frightened crouch, as a light knock rapped at her front door.
     

Two
    Hades
     
    I didn’t get the chance to say goodbye in a proper way or tell her I loved her. Even in her embarrassment, I wanted her. I understood why she did it. She wanted to try all of her options, even if I was the best one .
    But I was pissed. Livid, even.
    How dare she fuck him on my desk? I am a God! One of the Big Three, no less, and this is how little she thinks of me? After everything, I’ve done to find her? After all these years… I paced around the office, the motion fueled my rage. This vampire my vampire by the laws of the underworld, leaned away from the desk and crossed his arms over his chest, the scent of Antonia, still wafting off his skin, like perfume. The sweat caused by their sex glistened in the light. I saw a smug smile tugging at his mouth. My vision blackened as I raised my palm. The smile broke from his mouth and he took a step back but stopped abruptly against the desk behind him. Fire licked down my shoulders, racing towards my fingertips, stretching to reach him. He fell to his knees the moment my spell reached him.
    Now it was my turn to smile, as the smell of his burning flesh filled the air. I stepped over