The Return of Jonas (Pearl Vampire Chronicles #4) Read Online Free Page B

Matt was standing in front of me, so I cradled the baby in my arms and stood so I could lean into him.  He stuck his pinky out so she could grab onto it.  When she did, he beamed.  “She’s beautiful, isn’t she?” he whispered.  I nodded but couldn’t speak. 
    I suddenly had an image in my head that couldn’t possibly happen – an image of us as a family, of Matt and me as parents, raising a child together.  That might have been an option before I was changed, but not anymore, was it? Of course it wasn’t.  Vampires can’t have children – and they sure don’t live in an environment where they can raise them if they adopt.  But it sure felt nice right now.  If only for a few minutes, it felt so right to feel like a family.  I leaned up and kissed Matt on the cheek.  He smiled at me and pressed his head against mine, all the while keeping his eyes on Sophia, who was now smiling at him and cooing.  Suddenly Juan appeared from around the corner, followed closely by Carmela.  Juan was carrying a sucker and looking at the Band-Aid on his arm.  I could see tears in his eyes.
    I bent down to him . “Wow, you are such a brave boy,” I said and he turned and beamed at me, his tears and pain instantly vanishing. I stood and handed Sophia to Carmela, smiling.  “She’s a beautiful baby.” I stepped back and felt Matt’s hand as he placed it in mine.
    The rest of the day flew by, and I loved every second of it.  Everyone in the village was taking full advantage of not having to travel hours to see a doctor.  When I finally left at eight that night and made my way to our room, I was exhausted and beaming.  Matt was waiting for me, arms wide, a smile on his face, but with sadness in his eyes that I saw immediately.  I took my favorite place in his arms then asked, “What’s wrong?”
    “Oh, you caught that, did you?” he said . “I should’ve known you would.”  I looked up at him as he went on. “I’m just sorry that I took that away from you,” he said.
    “Took what away from me?” I said, completely confused.
    “Sarah, if you had stayed human, you could have had more children someday.  I feel awful that I took that away from you.”
    I smiled at him . “Matt, the only person I would ever want to have a child with is you, and since that was never a possibility, you didn’t take anything away from me.  I have no regrets for becoming what I am today, no regrets at all.”
    “You’re sure?” he whispered.
    “Positive,” I said as I leaned in to kiss him, slowly moving my hands down his back and pressing him into me.  It wasn’t long before his body was responding, and I groaned as I felt his swollen excitement pressing into me.  Keeping my lips locked on his, my tongue playing with his, I leaned away and fumbled with the buttons on my blouse, as he pulled his shirt off.  I groaned as his hand pressed into my lower back and pulled me tight to him, his other hand gently playing with my nipple.  He always seemed to know the exact right places to touch on me. I instantly knew that I wanted to connect with him on every level right now, something I hadn’t done since all this Carlos business began, something I was afraid to do, until now.  We worked our way out of the rest of our clothes and he moved to pick me up, to press me against the wall.  Just before he did, though, I joined our scars – our matching scars given to us by a chief in a Peruvian tribe that were part of the process to turn me into a vampire and which allowed us to feel everything the other was feeling when they touched – and then I connected my mind to his.  He knew everything I was thinking, everything I was feeling.  I could hide nothing when we were like this. He hesitated for a brief second and stared at me, a little shocked and maybe even a little leery.  But he quickly understood.  His mouth crushed down on mine and the waves of ecstasy began crashing instantly and we both rode them all the way