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He tensed, like a coiled cobra waiting to strike. “Cicely . . . don’t tempt me. I won’t hold back.”
I could hear the rush of blood through my body. Everything around me seemed enhanced to the point of ultraclarity, and every breath of air on my body was like a sensual caress. I sucked in a deep breath, reveling in the feeling of breath in my lungs. My thoughts were a blur, but I knew that I was hungry and that I wanted the touch of a man on my body.
My wolf began to growl, but I ignored it. Grieve couldn’t find me. Grieve couldn’t save me. Grieve was lost in the woodland and I couldn’t do anything to help him. Not now. Not until I found a way to defeat Myst.
Lannan’s smile grew dark and triumphant and he slid one hand up my thigh. I shifted as the cold touch of his skin made me shiver. He laughed, low and sultry, as he walked his fingers under my dress and toward my inner thighs. I gasped and parted my legs as he tipped me back on the sofa and moved against me, his weight making me catch my breath.
“I’m going to fuck you so hard you’ll forget anyone you’ve ever slept with before. There will only be me, Cicely. I am your master, I am your lover, I am your everything.” His lips nestled in the crook of my neck and I felt his fangs trail along my skin. “I won’t drink from you tonight—you’ve lost too much blood. But oh, the next tithe, I can barely stand the thought of waiting.”
I let him slide between my legs, thinking only with my body. The white heat burned so strongly within it clouded every other thought except that of being touched, being stroked, being nibbled on and teased and held down by the weight of this glorious golden vampire as he fucked my brains out.
He shifted and I heard him working his zipper. “I’ve waited for this. Tell me you want me. Tell me, Cicely. Say it.”
“I want you,” I whispered, my hands running through that glorious hair, which was as soft as it was golden. “I want you to put that gorgeous cock of yours inside me and take me away from all the blood and death and darkness, Lannan of the golden hair. My angel of darkness, make it light for me.”
Lannan moaned, and ripped at my dress, and I was suddenly naked. He began to circle one nipple with his tongue and I let out a shriek, coming quickly and sharply, but as soon as the orgasm hit me, another wave built and I felt the heat curling up inside, a serpent forcing me ever higher.
“Is this the way you always feel? This desire?” I whispered to him.
He gazed down at me and nodded. “Always, forever eternally. Some learn to corral their feelings, but I choose to give them free rein. I do not deny my nature.”
Gasping, I sought for him, letting out a low cry as his icy-cold shaft plunged deep into me, sliding up to the hilt. But even as he entered me, the door slammed open and he quickly pulled away, hissing over his shoulder.
“What are you doing to her?” Rhiannon’s voice echoed through the room and, in a haze of lust, I tore my gaze away from Lannan and stared over at her. Her mouth was hanging open and I wanted to scream at her to get out, to leave me alone, but then I saw Leo, and behind them Geoffrey and Regina, and a thin trickle of common sense began to race through me and I realized what the fuck I was doing.
“No . . . no . . . what . . . Lannan, let me up.”
He slowly moved back, smoldering, but I could sense unspoken communication between the three vampires. I sat up and caught sight of myself in a mirror. I was naked; my mouth was streaked with blood, as was my arm where Lannan had cut me and Crawl had fed. My hair was wildly askew and I was bruised and battered from where Crawl had slammed me to the floor.
“No . . . oh no . . .” I tried to stand up but fell, still weak and caught in the haze of lust that Lannan’s blood had fed into me. “I need to go home . . .”
Geoffrey motioned to Leo. “Let me carry her. You cannot take her out there, reeking of pheromones like she is. Every vampire in the house would descend on her and ravage her. She’d be drained before you made it to the door.” He motioned to Regina. “Go get the limo. I’ll bring them out through the French doors. Lannan, you attend me to make sure no one protests. We’ll discuss this later.”
Lannan nodded, giving me a long look. He leaned close. “We’ll finish this later, Cicely. Trust me, there’s no going back from here. I’ve had one taste of you, and I will have the rest. I will forever be your angel of darkness.”
I bit my lip as Geoffrey wrapped me in a blanket, then silently carried me out through the doors, with the others following. We swung around to an empty part of the driveway and within seconds, a limousine had pulled up. After he deposited me on the seat, Regina climbed in beside me and motioned for Rhia and Leo to take the front seat.
At my questioning glance, she turned to me and said, “To make sure the driver minds his manners.” And then, before another word could be said, the door slammed shut and we were on the way home, and all I could think about was how desperately I needed to release the fire burning within.
Chapter 12
Regina said nothing, but I could feel the tension as she made me lie down with my head on her lap. My stomach churned; it felt like I was cramping from the fire within. I didn’t want to talk about Lannan. Even though my mind rebelled, all I could think about was the feel of him inside me, the ache that raged through my body, and how much I regretted the interruption.
A sudden wave of fear rushed over me. “Crawl can’t get out of the temple, can he? He can’t come after me?”
She glanced down at me, frowning. “What do you mean?”
“He drank from me, he yanked me up on the dais and he held me down—”
Regina let out a mumbled curse. “I should never have allowed my brother to escort you there. I adore Lannan, but he isn’t equipped for delicate procedures. Tell me what happened to you.”
So I did—I told her about Crawl and about Lannan ordering him off me and forcing me to drink from him. “I didn’t want to, but he said I was too weak and would pass into shadow if I didn’t.”
“He was right,” Regina said. I could hear Rhiannon from the front seat—she let out a little mew. “So you drank from my brother . . . no wonder you burn with the fever. We should have left you alone with him to finish your tryst. One of the few ways to release excess fever brought on by drinking vampire blood is to fuck your brains out, Cicely. I’m afraid that if you don’t have sex tonight, you’ll get sick. I can send Lannan over if you like.”
“No . . . I can’t . . . I thought . . . I don’t know—everything is so mixed up.”
“We’ll take care of her.” Leo’s voice came ringing from the front seat. “Don’t bother your brother, Emissary.”
