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As we kissed I lost all ability of reason and memory. Gone was the task set at hand for me. All I could think about was his taste. How I inhaled and smelled the incense of sandalwood. His kiss was clean, as though he chewed on clumps of freshly picked mint even now. It also forced any reasoning to a dark cage in the furthest parts of my mind. Locking them away, where I could not reach them.
It was intoxicating.
One moment I was standing, then next he had scooped me up. Instinct had me wrapping my legs around him. I did not fear to fall as his hands now held me up from my behind.
Momentum had us crashing into the shelving. The shock of the crash had me gasping, breaking away from the kiss.
“Did I hurt you?” Marius growled, voice full of allure.
“Not enough.” My words were no more than a gasp, a whisper.
His gaze narrowed and he tilted his head as he grinned at me. Marius trailed a pink tongue across his wet lips as he studied me intently. “May I continue?”
I tightened my legs around him, signalling my response.
In anticipation I closed my eyes, ready to give into his kiss again. But his lips did not find mine. Marius nuzzled into my neck, causing my head to tilt backwards.
A moan escaped my mouth as I exhaled in pleasure. Marius kissed and nipped at the skin of my neck, only breaking the intense sensation as he ran a tongue slowly across my jugular onto the other, untouched, side.
I rolled my neck, doing everything I could to make his access easy. My hands found the back of his head. I trailed them through his hair, ruining the perfect style as I held him close.
Marius growled, but not from anger. From something far sinister. Hunger. It was similar to the sound that the blood hounds made.
“Don’t stop,” I pleaded as he raised his mouth from my neck. I tried to pull him back but he held firm beneath my grip.
“I need you to tell me you are certain you want this.” There was hesitation in his voice. I looked at him, deep in his eyes, noticing his inability to hold my gaze as though he readied himself for disappointment. “If you tell me to stop now then I assure you this will not happen again.”
“Marius.” His grip on my behind firmed as I said his name. “Continue.”
“Have you ever…”
I put my finger to his mouth, almost catching on the points of his canines. “I am grown. I have lived a life before coming as your Claim. And I can assure you I made the most of it.”
“There is something dangerous about you.”
A grin kicked up the corners of my wet mouth. “Do I frighten you?”
Marius’s laugh set my skin afire. “A little. But you also thrill me. In ways I fear I could not explain.”
His mouth found mine again, stopping me from responding. Books fell, scattering across the floor as he dragged my body across the shelving. Marius stepped over them effortlessly, lifting me from one shelf to the other.
My body tingled, the feeling spreading through every length of me.
I knew Marius felt the same for something hard pressed into me every time he hoisted me in his hands to get a better grip.
I held firm on the back of his neck, tongues dancing among each other.
Lost in the moment, Marius took a misstep and fell. Down to the wooden panelled flooring we tumbled, Marius pulling me close into him. As his body took the impact he hardly made a sound.
I rolled off him, laying on my back next to him as I lost myself to a fit of giggles. It was impossible to keep my eyes open as the laugh intensified and turned into a chuckle that shook my stomach. I had to press a hand down in worry it would jump out and run away. And I was not the only one who laughed, for Marius’s deep chuckle joined in with my own.
“I fear I’ve ruined the moment,” he said, barely catching a breath.
“I can honestly say I’ve never been dropped before.” I rolled onto my side to face him. “Do you have a habit of being so reckless?”
Laying upon the ground his face was more defined. Gravity pulled down upon his skin, carving out his jaw and cheekbones. And his skin, it glowed. At the same level as the burning fires it caught the light and glittered.
It was… beautiful.
