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“You feel it too?” I asked. “When you bite me, I mean?”
He bowed his head until his lips covered mine. “I feel it all, Lyra.”
It was not really me who decided to kiss him, who decided to close that shrinking space between us and cover his mouth with mine. No, it was the dark creature that slept within me, the one that awoke only when he was near, only when he was this close to me.
But, like he knew that creature within me very well, Alek kissed me back. He was not gentle or patient. Alek devoured me, slamming me against that brick wall with his own body and ravaging me with his mouth, with his hands, with everything about him.
And just like when I bit him, I wanted more.
“There is nothing wrong with you, Lyra,” he muttered between kisses. “You bit me, and you felt alive. When I bite you? I feel like you and I are the only two people in this world.” He kissed me more. I kissed him back. “What I feel for you terrifies me. It terrifies me because I can’t always control myself around you.”
A moan escaped me, one of surrender and defeat, one of lust and agony.
“Then don’t,” I breathed, not even thinking before I whispered those two helpless words. “Don’t control it, Alek.”
He froze again, motionless, as his lips parted from mine. He held me there in question, as if using every last ounce of control to contain that beast, to subdue those cravings. “You’re playing a very dangerous game, Lyra.”
I pressed up on my toes, grazing my teeth against his bottom lip, kissing him there. “What if I want you to play, too?”
The growl that vibrated his chest was not human, was not demon. It was pure animal, primal and needy and hungry. I didn’t need to ask where this was headed. My body buzzed with anticipation, expecting it, craving it.
I kissed him again, letting him know that I wanted this just as bad, that I was right here with him.
We could both feed the beasts within us, and we could do it together.
When he brought his mouth to my neck, when he grazed his teeth over the delicate skin so softly that I shivered, I nearly collapsed.
I was already pulling at the collar of his shirt, already clawing at him, trying to reach the skin hidden beneath his jacket. My hands shook, frantic and desperate, like an addict searching for a fix.
Maybe that’s what I was now. Maybe Alek’s blood had been so powerful, so fucking perfect, that I would do anything to get another taste.
“I don’t care who sees,” he mumbled, the words landing on the skin of my bare shoulder. “You’re mine, Lyra, and I’m yours. The whole damn world can know for all I care.”
That was it. I didn’t wait any longer, couldn’t hold back. The second my mouth landed on that inked skin of his neck, I bit him.
It was different from the blood bonding. I didn’t worry about who else was in the room, didn’t hesitate on Alek’s feelings. I only wanted him. I chased that ecstasy I had felt just two nights ago, and the second the small trickle of his blood hit my mouth, I found it.
Alekzander fucking Black.
My eyes fluttered shut as I let the fire in my core build and build. I didn’t even need to drink his blood; one drop was enough to send my toes curling in my stilettos, to send my entire body pressing flush against his.
I became vaguely aware of his mouth hovering over my bare shoulder, his demon fangs caressing the soft skin.
And then, just as I bit him, just as I craved him, he bit me back.
The bite was lower this time, closer to my shoulder than to my neck, but I didn’t care. It gave me enough room to move against him, to sink my teeth deeper into his neck while his mouth moved against me.
I was already feeling a rush of power, a flurry of adrenaline and euphoria like I had only ever felt once before in my life.
I didn’t think it could get any better.
But then the second wave hit me.
The feeling of Alek biting me, drinking my own blood, felt much different from any time before. It did not radiate like a drug, did not pulse through my veins like pure golden power. No, this feeling was sultry and smokey and slow. The heat between my legs intensified, the moan of pleasure that fell from my lips matching his own.
Two creatures, both too weak to resist. We gave into the darkness together, and I wasn’t sure I would ever know pleasure after this.
Alek pushed himself between my legs, pressing against me until the slit of my dress rose to my upper thigh.
