NEVER FALL FOR THE FORBIDDEN (NEVER FALL SERIES) by Jennifer Shortridge Page A

about that right now, we can speak of it later. Right now why don’t you relax.” She said sliding off his coat. Nala rounded his body stopping to face him. Her hands snaked up inside his collar. He quickly caught her wrists tightly. His power surprised her, nearly equal to her own. He held Nala’s wrists and intended to push her away but Nala pulled him to her with a grip too strong for him to break. He released one wrist, which she raised her hand to his mouth offering him the nectar of the gods. Her bloods smell wafted from under milky white skin. He remembered how addictive the taste was, the sweetest most powerful liquid he ever had was just millimeters from his mouth. Triton’s mouth watered. His senses heightened. The blood that turned him made him what he was, now intoxicated him, and deteriorated his resolve. Resistance was ineffective. Triton tried to fight the urge. He cursed himself for not feeding earlier. Nala’s offering called to him so strong, his resistance shattered. Before he could think he changed into the hard-bodied vampire. Nala put her wrist under his nose once more. Triton clamped down hard sending Nala in an orgasmic powerful state. Nala’s desire for Triton never subsided over all the centuries. She reveled in the pleasure of his need to feed and his inability to resist. Triton drank heartily fulfilling his thirst many times over. Lost in the indulgent taste, Triton did not notice her weakening until she buckled into his arms. His mouth unclamped from her wrist.
                  “Nala!” he slapped her trying to arouse her. “Here, drink.” He said biting his own wrist and placing it on her mouth. His blood oozed over her lips sliding smoothly down her throat. He pumped his fist to force the blood into her mouth until she came to enough to fasten her mouth on his wrist.
                  As she regenerated, Nala could feel the power in his blood as she drank heartily. The thick liquid coated all the way down with its warm texture bringing her back from the weakness. Nala leaned against him, as he helped her over to the couch to recover. She sighed as if the just had hours of exhausting sex. Triton held her in his embrace as he did once when they were lovers hundreds of years ago.
                  Nala rested her head on his chest. “You know we’ve never talked about what happened all those years ago.” She said.
                  Triton snipped, “Six hundred to be exact.”
                  “So let’s talk.”
                  “What is there to talk about? You fucked someone else while we were together. End of story.” He said.
                  Nala rubbed her hand over his chest, “I’ve apologized for that.”
                  Triton laughed sarcastically, “No, actually you haven’t.”
                  “No, I guess I have not. Water under the bridge I suppose but you know I still…”
                  Triton cut her off. “Don’t say it. We can never be again.”
                  Nala sighed, “You’re right. It is that you have been alone so long.” She said and closed her eyes.
                  Triton smiled then frowned. He was not alone. He had his Annasara. She lit up his dark world. She made him happy, made him feel human again. Guilt washed over his emotions. Technically, he was not cheating on Annasara, blood consumption was as vital to vampires as eating and breathing to humans. Nevertheless, Nala held a sway over him with her intoxicating blood. What they shared felt intimate. The thought made his brain hurt. He tried to rationalize. Understand how, if at all, he was being unfaithful to the woman that enamored.
                  “I should go.” He said and went to stand. Nala held him back gently, spoke softly, “The sun has risen. You will have to stay.”
    D rinking from Nala made him weak and Triton’s