SPELLBOUND

"Bite me, Gav." She whispered seductively into his ears, her warm breath tickled him and drove him wilder. Without giving him any time to realise what she had actually asked, and snap out of his pleasure induced haze, Evie used her magic to wind it around herself.

The scent of her blood immediately leaked out around her, like a spilled magical perfume, consuming Gavrael's very being, causing him to be even more irrational and putting him under an even stronger spell.

Evie shoved his mouth towards that sweet spot on her neck and it was as if someone else had taken over his body, Gavrael gripped her shoulders tight and sank his teeth into her neck where her lifeblood was flowing. The pain and the sensation as he sucked her blood seemed to run through her entire being and her insides clenched hard, clamping tightly at the hardness that was impaled within her.

"Gav…" she moaned loud as she gripped his hair. The sensation she was feeling at that moment seemed very strange. She did not remember feeling like this before, right? She did not know anymore. All she knew was that the more he sucked her blood, the more her body convulsed with both pleasure and pain. Oh god, what was going on? Was she going to have an orgasm while being bitten?

"G-gav…!" she screamed, and she was suddenly sobbing.. She started to feel her body weakening, feeling drained as she shuddered so violently, clasping, and digging her nails into the flesh of his sweaty shoulders.

She thrashed as an unspeakable pleasure ripped forcefully through her. And it seemed as though it was not only confined to her. As her inside convulsed in a series of intense spasms, Gavrael also trembled as intensely in her arms. He suddenly flung his head back, withdrawing his fangs from her neck, and groaned loud as he spent his seed inside her uncontrollably.

Oh my god, what was that? Evie thought as the impossibly long and incredible spasms finally started to fade.

They remained in that position without moving, just panting, hugging, and hanging onto each other. He did not even bother to pull his manhood out of her for what seemed like a long time. They just could not make themselves move. Until Evie began to recover her sanity and felt her body going very weak, but she refused to lose consciousness. No, she must not. She must know if something had happened. She needed to check if she had succeeded this time.

She must know! Forcing her eyes open, Evie pulled away, very weakly. Her limbs still trembling in utter weakness. Her heart hammering now, scared to death that this last gamble of hers too, did not work.

Resting her forehead against his, Evie said breathlessly. "Gav… look… look at me, please…" she pleaded as she weakly touched his face, urging him to open his closed eyes.

"Gav… I'm… please…" she continued pleading. And when he continued to keep his eyes closed, she felt like crying.

But before she could burst out in tears, he finally opened his eyes and what looked at her was a pair of blood red eyes. Evie blinked multiple times as if to check if she was hallucinating or not. Red eyes… these were the eyes that belonged to Gavriel… his vampire eyes…she succeeded… she did it… right?

With a faint smile on her face, Evie slowly allowed her eyes to flutter close, unable to fight the weakness any longer. She was fully spent. She slumped into him after uttering a phrase of almost inaudible words. "Welcome back… I …" 

He caught her and quietly embraced her, never letting her go for a long time. Until he finally rose and put her on the bed. His eyes remaining in that red hue as he went to wash her and then dressed her.

No words fell from those thin but sexy lips until he too was finally dressed. He then sat at the edge of the bed and quietly watched her peaceful sleeping face for an immeasurable amount of time until the night came.

He bent and he started kissing her mouth, her nose, her cheeks, and then lastly, her forehead. "I love you…" he whispered as he closed his eyes and then with much difficulty, he pulled away and turned around.

Without turning back, he headed towards the door. Once he closed it behind his back, he took in a sharp breath, as he leaned his back against the door.

Elias approached him later and Gavrael ordered him to gather everyone in the throne hall.

Soon, everyone was before him. All of them unable to speak as they looked at his red eyes.

"Take Evie away now." he ordered, ignoring their gazes. "She's still unconscious but she'll be waking up soon. I need all of you to bring her to Crescia before she wakes up." His gaze became hard and absolute. "You must cross Creascia's gate before she opens her eyes, understood?"

"Pardon, my lord but are you –"

"I'm not going to entertain any questions right now. There is no time, now move." He hissed with a hint of urgency, and everyone could only obey.

Once Evie was wrapped up cosily in a thick cloak and secured in Leon's arms, the men looked at him. His gaze was on the floor as if he was avoiding looking at Evie.

His red eyes then stared at Zolan and then to Samuel. "Go." He ordered but without as much harshness anymore. Instead, there was something like a plea in his eyes, asking the men to take care of her. "Do not delay nor make any stops until you get there. This is for her sake. Leave. Now."

The men could only bow their heads and then with hesitation, they finally started to leave. He followed them secretly until they passed the borders of the Middle Lands. His vampire eyes had watched them as they raced through the forests, obeying him. 

When he could not see them anymore, he disappeared and returned to Kirzan. He stared up in the sky and when he saw that the moon was reddish in colour, his gaze became sharp, deadly.

Sometime later, he was then sitting in the throne hall. Men quietly stood before him as they watched him sitting there with his eyes closed. He was watching over the men he sent away through the eyes of one of them. What he was waiting, was for them to finally cross the gates of Crescia.

And when at last, he saw them finally entering Crescia, he retracted the magic he had put on Reed. And when he opened his eyes, it was no longer the scarlet red it was before. It was those beautiful piercing blue eyes again. He rose from his seat and then came his declaration.

"We're setting out. The war begins now."

NOTE: About the book's hardcopy... yes, I am going to print Hellbound With You as well but you have to choose between Spellbound and Hellbound as I cannot give both books to 1 reader. ^^