“When I drink from you, it doesn’t have to be painful; in fact, it can be very stimulating.” His finger ran over the curve of her cheekbone before dipping down to the collar of her shirt. Fresh color spread across her flesh when he stroked her exposed chest bone with his knuckles. “Don’t resist my bite, and you will know only pleasure from it.”
All her nerve endings tingled from the exquisite promise of his words. Killean lowered his hand to her hip before drawing her closer to him. His other hand clasped her neck as he bent his head; his lips teased hers in a caress lighter than a spring breeze. Then his tongue briefly brushed her mouth before he nipped at her bottom lip.
Simone sighed when his fang pricked her flesh; he licked away the bead of blood he created. He nipped her again, and though the smallest pinprick of discomfort followed, she experienced none of the bone-shattering, complete immobility that arrested her when Joseph feasted from her. The following hours and what felt like weeks of torture gripping her throughout her transition faded away as Killean’s tongue teased her lips until she opened her mouth to let him taste her.
She’d said she was only offering him her blood and not her body, but his kiss made her want to throw those words out the window. The clothing that had been so comfortable was suddenly abrasive against her skin.
His hand on her hip slid around to cup her ass. Drawing her closer, he lifted her until she was flush against the hard evidence of his arousal. She rocked against him while he deepened the kiss.
Killean had only meant to taste her, but he should have known he would crave more of her; he’d been unable to resist her from the beginning. All his life he’d taken what he wanted, and Killean wanted her more than the revenge he’d sought on the hunters who slaughtered his family. He’d never been able to find those bastards, but he could haveher.
His mouth slid away from hers and across her cheek before dipping to her neck. She tensed when he licked her flesh but eased against him as she recalled the ecstasy his tongue had given her yesterday.
“Don’t resist my bite, and you will know only pleasure from it.”His words ran through her mind as his fangs grazed her skin. He wouldn’t lie to her about this when the truth would be so easy to discern.
Then his fangs pierced her skin, slightly above the marks he already created on her. The pinch was fleeting, but Simone’s breath still caught.Don’t resist; don’t resist.It became a mantra in her head until she realized he was drawing her blood, and she didn’t feel like shrieking to the heavens to make it stop.
When she felt his next pull, something inside her melted as a wetness spread between her legs. She’d felt his torment earlier and his compulsion to destroy, but now all she experienced was his joy. When he bit deeper, Simone reacted like she’d grabbed a live wire as her body jerked toward him.
Killean growled as her potent blood filled his mouth and slid down his throat; it was an ambrosia he’d never get enough of tasting. More power than the lives he’d taken slithered through him as her blood filled him.
With his hand on her ass, he lifted her, and she wrapped her legs around his waist. As she rose and fell against his erection, her fingers dug into his nape, and her head fell forward as a growing pressure built within her. She sought the release he’d given her yesterday, but she also wanted more of him as the rush of his pulse filled her ears. Without thinking, she sank her fangs into his throat, and his hot blood filled her mouth.
Killean’s self-restraint vanished when Simone’s hunger surged forth to blend with his. In two strides, he covered the distance to one of the beds, and without breaking his bite on her, he laid her down and settled over the top of her.
Chapter Thirty
Feeling completely outof control with his blood filling her and her growing need for more of him, Simone’s hands dropped to the bottom of his shirt, and she tugged it up. She had to feel more of him, but when his lower back was exposed and she felt his chiseled muscles against her fingers, she realized it wasn’t enough.
Unwilling to release her bite on him to pull the shirt over his head, her fingers gripped the material, and she yanked it apart impatiently. She had no idea where her years of proper breeding went, and she didn’t care as the shirt fell away and her hands rested on his back. However, it still wasn’t enough of him.
Releasing his bite on her, Killean gripped the sides of Simone’s shirt and pulled it apart. Buttons rattled around the room as they rolled into the shadowy recesses. When she was bared to him, his hands splayed across her ribcage before moving down to her concave belly. She wiggled beneath him as his fingers found the button of her jeans and pulling it free. Then he tugged the zipper down.
He traced the contours of her hip bones as he tugged her jeans and underwear lower. Her fingers eased their grip on his back when he shifted, and she retracted her fangs. He pulled her clothes the rest of the way off and tossed them aside.
Running his hands over her shapely calves and up her thighs, he relished her silky skin while he massaged her flesh. The intoxicating scent of her arousal excited him further as he explored her hips before lifting her into a seated position and pulling off her ruined shirt.
Simone nuzzled the hollow of his throat while removing the remains of his tattered shirt. With the taste of his blood lingering on her tongue, she found herself yearning for more of it as he unhooked her bra and tossed it aside.
Cool air rushed over her bare flesh, and she realized that for the first time in her life, she was naked in front of a man. Instead of trying to cover her nudity, she enjoyed it when his eyes ran hungrily over her. She’d grown up with the rules their skirts must be ankle length, their blouses loose-fitting, and their colors respectful, but she relished being exposed to a man who so obviously desired her.
I’m free!She almost laughed out loud at the realization, but she was far too caught up in Killean to laugh.
Killean stiffened when her fingers traced the scar on his chest, but he didn’t knock her hand away this time. Instead, he let her explore him as the healing warmth of her touch seeped through his skin and into his soul. He should stop this and take her back, leave her with those who would protect her, and vanish from her life before he destroyed her, but he couldn’t.
He’d been a selfish bastard his whole life, and he still was. Unless she stopped him, he would claim her.
Simone was enraptured with Killean’s body as she ran her fingers down the line cutting down the center of his abs and through the hair traveling from his navel to the waistband of his jeans. His skin, pulled taut over the lean muscles carving his torso, was supple.
Killean couldn’t tear his eyes away from her rapt expression as she explored his body. No one had ever looked at him like that; it was as if she couldn’t get enough of him. With everything she knew about him, she should be revolted by him, but she remained fascinated.
Then her hands fell to the button of his jeans, and she slid it free before tugging the zipper down. When his rigid cock sprang free, she caressed the head of it with her thumb. The small smile curving her lips was more a mystery to him than the one Mona Lisa wore.
When he clasped her neck, her eyes came back to his. He stared at her before bending his head to claim her lips. Her fingers curled into his chest, her lips parted, and he tasted his blood on her. He was already inside her, and she him, but he wanted more.
Reaching down with his free hand, he pulled his jeans further down his hips as she enclosed her fingers loosely around his shaft and gave a tentative stroke. Grasping her hand, he encircled it more firmly around him and guided her down before up again. Simone didn’t try to pull away; instead, she followed his guidance and grew more confident in her touch while he kissed her.
His fingers grazed the tops of her lush breasts before he cupped one and ran his thumb over her nipple. It puckered beneath his ministrations, and he gave it a small pinch she reacted to with a delicious moan. Killean groaned when her thumb sliding over his head spread his precum.
