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She was slow to move, and her legs were shaky, but she did as she was told. The waves of pleasure hadn’t stopped when the mind-blowing orgasm receded. She felt light as if her body floated on a cloud of bliss where nothing existed but the two of them, and she was made for only one thing—to join with this man. She felt a ravenous hunger for her mate, and her body ached with a gnawing emptiness only Luca could relieve.
The raw need in her gaze stole his breath, and hunger slammed into him with the force of a wrecking ball. Luca wrapped his arms around her and claimed her mouth in a possessive, passionate kiss that left them both panting for air. “You were perfect,” he groaned against her lips as his questing hands touched her everywhere.
“Luca…I need…” Ash muttered between kisses.
“What do you need, baby girl?” His voice was rough with restrained lust. His control was impeccable, but there were limits to what he could endure. Going another moment without plunging his cock into her slick heat to the hilt was torture of the highest magnitude.
“Fuck me,” she moaned. “Please. It’s you. I need you.”
His willingness to extend their game crumbled at the desperate desire in her voice. He settled her on the bed and stripped in record time. Luca parted her legs, his cock twitching at the sight of her glistening core, swollen and eager for his length.
“Hold your knees,” he commanded, and she obeyed without hesitation. “Fucking hell,” he muttered, sliding a finger over her clit and grinning when she jumped. Luca lined his cock up and watched as he slid into her, groaning at the sensation of tight heat as her body enveloped him.
His first thrust was slow and deep as he gave her body time to adjust to his size. When he was confident he wouldn’t hurt her, Luca shifted Ash’s legs so her feet rested on his shoulders and plunged into her with the passion he’d held back. She screamed her pleasure loud enough that he was certain the entire palace heard, but he didn’t mind. Let them all know he could please his woman into oblivion. She begged for more, and Luca gave her everything he had. His thrusts became erratic as they chased bliss together, growing closer to tumbling over the edge each second.
Luca fought to hold back his orgasm so Ash could reach her peak first, but when he felt her inner walls contract, he lost the battle. He cried out as the soul-shattering pleasure of a shared orgasm reverberated through their mating bond. Breathing hard, he let her legs relax and leaned over to kiss her. As the aftershocks of their bliss faded, Luca noticed that his mate looked tired and hungry.
“When was the last time you ate?” he asked, concerned.
She looked away sheepishly. Luca gently turned her head back. “I’m fine. I can get a blood bag from Zia later,” Ash grumbled.
The idea that she was hungry bothered him more than her craving for blood. She was his mate, and it was his joyful duty to provide what she needed. A long-ingrained part of him rebelled at the taboo thought, but Luca realized he wanted Ash to feed from him. The idea of the intimate exchange didn’t feel abhorrent or unnatural when he examined his feelings.
“Let me feed you.” His voice was soft, unsure of how she would feel about the idea.
Ash looked at him like he’d lost his mind. “I will do no such thing! What the hell are you thinking?”
He held up his hands in defense but maintained his position, confident about the decision. “I want to take care of the woman I love. Why does the idea bother you? Of the two of us, I should be offended by the thought.”
Ash looked confused, and Luca forced himself not to read her thoughts. There were some things they needed to work out as a couple who didn’t live in each other’s heads.
“Why doesn’t it bother you? I’m a vampire.”
“I noticed.” He aimed a cocky grin at her and tapped his canine teeth. “The pointy teeth are a dead giveaway. You became a vampire to save my life, Ash. I know what you are, and I love you more for it, not less. We don’t need to work around this. I don’t love you even though you’re a vampire. I simply love you. My dragon is throwing a fit, knowing you are hungry. Alphas protect and provide, and that instinct is never stronger than with our mates. Let me take care of you. You need blood, so please let it come from my veins.”
“I’m afraid,” she whispered, looking ashamed. “I’ve never fed from anything but a bag outside of battle. What if I can’t stop?”
“Oh, my love.” Luca sighed as he pulled Ash into his arms. She handled things so well that it was easy to forget she was only twenty and still discovering who she was. She didn’t let her vulnerability show with anyone else. “That’s not going to happen. First, the only time you ever lose control is during sex, and anything that threatens my life will put you on high alert, so forget about that.
“Second, you are nothing like Nadya. I’m not saying you should feed from people all the time. That’s not who you want to be, and I don’t want that for you either. We can work it out so you always have blood bags available, but here in our chambers where it's just us, let me feed my mate. You can trust me to keep things under control as I trust you.”
Ash could no longer ignore her thirst. Her parched throat burned, and apparently, the emptiness she’d felt earlier wasn’t only a desire for her mate. She wanted to object on principle, but what Luca had said made sense. Even so, she hesitated before nodding. “Promise that you’ll stop me before I go too far?”
“I won’t let that happen, but more importantly, you won’t. You’re stronger than anyone I’ve ever known.”
Ash leaned on his confidence and kissed him. Her lips left his mouth, trailing kisses across his jaw and throat. Her tongue darted out to savor the taste of his skin before continuing down his body, and she stopped to kiss the spot where a curved black and cobalt marking curled over his hip bone. She looked up at him, worry and doubt in her expression.
“Are you sure?” Ash purred, her eyes darkening from copper to crimson as her vampiric instincts took over.
The image of her naked, ass marked with his handprints in the air, her core still wet from their lovemaking and the light glinting off her fangs as she prepared to feed from him was sexy as hell. Luca nodded and waited to see what a vampire bite would feel like. It was the ultimate taboo in his culture, but with his mate, the forbidden was just erotic.
She smirked, her ruby eyes sparkling with amusement. “Say it.”
Luca grinned. “I’m sure. Bite me, Ash.”
He hardly noticed the quick sting as she bit into the femoral artery in his thigh since a rush of bliss the likes of which he’d never experienced followed. The venom in Ash’s bite sent desire flooding through him, and his cock stood to attention as she drank. He felt her smile against his skin when she noticed his reaction. She held his gaze and stroked his length as she fed.
Luca committed every moment of the experience to memory. He would want to revisit this later. Ash pulled away long before she took enough blood to harm him, and she barely had time to lick the last drop from her lips before he pounced on her. He took her mouth in a frenzied kiss, tasting his blood on her tongue. It should have disgusted him, but it excited him instead.
