Page 20 of Deals and Daggers


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I pressed against Alek’s chest as I slid a leg over his lap, straddling him in the back booth of the basement.

He growled, though I couldn’t hear it, could only feel it through the vibration of his body against mine. His hands moved to grip my thighs, my ass, my waist, pulling me to him with clawing fingers and tensed muscles.

He wanted this, too. Whatever it meant for a demon so powerful to willingly be bit by a mere half-demon, I wasn’t sure.

But as I settled onto Alek’s lap, as I slid my hands up his chest to the exposed, tattooed skin of his neck, I felt the need grow stronger.

I pulled away from the hungry, clashing kiss and stared into Alek’s eyes. He stared back for a second, brows drawn together in confusion as to why I pulled away, but that was soon replaced with a sexy, alluring smirk.

It was the same smirk that would send me falling after him every single time.

“Are you sure about this?” I asked. “I don’t even know how.”

“You know how,” he said, pushing himself forward to graze his teeth against my collarbone. I shivered, nearly moaning at the sensation. One of his hands slid up my side, up my torso, resting just above my breast to where my heart raced beneath my thin shirt. “Trust this,” he said. “You know everything, Lyra. It’s primal.”

I gasped when he let his hand fall slowly, grazing the sensitive, peaked skin there before falling back down to hold my thighs against him.

“Be primal,” he murmured.

Any remaining restraint snapped entirely. I didn’t care that we were in public, that there were dozens of other demons that could easily see what we were doing. I didn’t care that I had never bitten anyone before, that I didn’t have fangs, that I was sitting on the most intimidating demon down here.

I felt that heat roll in my core, very different from the heat caused by Alek’s body against mine, by his hands tightening on my jeans. No, this heat was instinct, this heat was pulling me to his neck, pulling my mouth to the dark, delicious skin exposed there.

My fingers raked through his hair, tugging lightly. Alek released control of his neck with a hiss, letting me guide his head to the side.

My heart was on the verge of exploding; there was no way I could handle any more anticipation, any more adrenaline.

So, before I could think of anything else, before I could second-guess myself or doubt what the hell I was doing here sitting on Alek’s lap, I lowered my mouth to his neck.

I kissed him first, gently. Softly. Slowly.

And immediately felt Alek’s reaction below me.

I deepened the kiss, letting my teeth graze the inked skin below his ear. I wanted him to become comfortable with the feel of me, much like he did to me when he bit me here at the blood bonding.

He didn’t just pin me to the wall and sink his teeth into my flesh. No, he made me want it. He made me want him.

I was going to make Alek want me the same way.

Alek’s hands tightened over the back pockets of my jeans as I sank deeper onto him, not bothering to hold up any of my weight.

“Fuck, Lyra,” he moaned, pressing himself into me from below.

I let my teeth graze him again, lower, before covering the spot with a kiss.

I was teasing him. I knew I was, but part of me didn’t care.

Part of me liked the way he squirmed beneath me, moaning my name between the music that would hide all our secrets and bury all our truths.

Part of me liked to be in control.

“I’m going to bite you now,” I whispered in his ear, kissing his earlobe quickly before returning my attention to his neck.

“Please fucking hurry,” he mumbled, rolling his hips into me again.

Suddenly, I was severely regretting doing this in such a public place.

But I had come this far. I would not back out now.

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