Chapter Sixteen
Starla sucked in a breath. Goddess, this male looked so damn masculine and hungry.
“That sounds like the best thing you could do to me, Scepter. I think I told you before, you could always take what you need from me. I want you, always. I know what I’m saying and what you’re asking.
You need blood to survive. I have what you need, and it is my honor to offer it to you.
” She turned her head to the side, giving him easy access to her throat.
Scepter licked her pulse but didn’t move to sink his teeth into her. “Yes, you did, my love. The first time, though, was intense and after a day of turmoil.”
She could see the war raging in his fiery red gaze. She raised herself on her elbows, kissing his denial away. Again, she growled, shocking herself and him as her wolf rose to the surface. The beast wanted to claim their mate, too.
He pressed her back into the mattress, taking over the kiss. It wasn’t soft but brutal and unending. She knew he would never hurt her. Goddess, she adored this man, no matter what he was. He was hers.
He gripped her throat in one hand as he licked a path down her body. Fire lit up every inch of her he touched, and all logical thought fled her mind.
She gasped as his lips sucked her nipple into his warm mouth, and his teeth grazed her flesh. He sucked harder and massaged her other breast keeping hold of her throat with the other. The possessiveness thrilled her.
A whimper of need escaped her as he moved down her body. She knew where he was heading, but this time, she wanted to be the one licking him. Using her shifter strength, she gripped his hair and tugged.
He looked up at her, a glare like she’d taken his favorite treat, blazing in his red eyes.
“My turn to please you.” While he was off balance, she flipped them, smiling triumphantly down on her mate. “Much better,” she sighed.
“You always please me, Stellina. What do you plan to do now that you’re...on top?” he asked, raising his arms above his head.
This was precisely what she’d imagined—him lying under her, giving her access to his gorgeous body with unabashed abandon. Goddess, now she could take her time and learn what he liked.
“I’ve never done anything like this before. I’ll need you to tell me what to do or if I do something wrong. Okay?”
She moved to straddle his body, imitating the things he’d done to her.
She trailed sucking kisses down his throat, along the side of his neck, and gave a gentle bite where her wolf wanted to claim him.
One more day she swore, pushing the beast back.
Her human teeth pierced the skin slightly, causing a bit of his blood to swell to the surface.
She lapped it up, humming at the sweet coppery flavor.
Scepter gripped the back of her head, pressing her closer. She closed her eyes, sucking a little harder. His body shook under her.
“Fucking hell, Stellina. You’re like a match to a flame,” he groaned.
She released the skin with an audible pop and eased down his body, flicking the flat discs of his male nipples, eyeing him as she did so.
The heat from his stare made her so fucking wet she knew he’d smell her arousal.
Hell, a shifter or vampire within a ten-mile radius would surely be able to scent her need.
“I fucking love the feel of your wicked little teeth.” He shifted his legs, making room for her as she moved between his thighs.
“How much do you love them?” she asked, settling onto her haunches. She smoothed her hands down his flanks and stared at his cock.
“Mind the teeth when you look at him,” he growled.
Starla smiled, showing all her teeth as she did so. “I would never bite something so beautiful.” She reached for his dick, running her hand up and down in a slow caress. “How the hell did this fit inside me?”
His hips jacked up, but he didn’t answer. A drop of pearly fluid beaded at the tip. Starla leaned forward and swiped her tongue over the dark purple tip, sweeping up the milky substance. She opened and took the tip inside, humming as more fluid filled her mouth.
“Fuuuck,” he roared.
She moved her hands so she could work his cock as her head bobbed up and down.
Using her tongue, she massaged the underside, feeling the pulsing vein there.
If possible, he seemed to get bigger and harder as she sucked, taking him further inside her mouth.
She’d read about women taking men to the back of their throats, but Scepter was huge.
She wanted to try, so she used her left hand to hold him while she pumped her right hand up and down.
She worked slowly, easing him further inside, and felt him hit the back of her throat.
The instant gag reflex nearly made her pull back.
Starla’s eyes watered. She looked up, seeing Scepter’s heated, feral look boring into her like a male possessed, which gave her the courage to continue.
“Do you like this?” she asked, licking the underside while holding his stare.
“If I liked it any more, I’d probably die, and you’d have to resuscitate me,” he moaned.
“I want to do it right. I don’t think I can take you all the way like I heard men...like.” She moved her mouth back to his dick, feeling like a foolish young girl.
Scepter pulled her mouth off of him with a swiftness that left her breathless, bringing her upward. The heat from his body warmed her even more as she slid her legs to the side of his hips. He teased her with his cock and pushed inside so deep she cried out in pleasure.
“Stellina, I don’t give a damn about what others have said. There are no other males or females but you and me that exist in our bed. Fuck, you feel so damn good.” He drove in and out, lifting her up and down, harder and faster.
Starla panted, gasped. Her arms fell beside his head on the mattress. She rolled her hips, trying to move with Scepter, her orgasm rushing closer.
“Scepter, don’t stop. Please,” she gasped out as he drove into her faster. Harder.
The absolute, out-of-control, primal need fueling them was beautiful chaos. She loved it. Goddess, she needed this male like she needed water and air.
She flew apart, screaming his name so loud her ears rang. Goddess, she hoped his ears wouldn’t bleed.
And still he moved, thrusting, pounding inside her. He flipped them, shoving her arms above her head in one big fist. “Mine. Say it,” he growled.
Red eyes glowed. Muscular arms flexed. His abdominal muscles were like washboards any demigod would kill to have. And deer Goddess, his eyes were raking over her with possession. His hips hammered into her relentlessly. “Say it,” he demanded.
Shit. She forgot he’d been speaking. Her body raced toward a desperate release. “Yours, dammit. Fuck, I’m so close.”
“Mmm, I feel you. Come for me,” he rumbled, easing his chest down and shifting his hips. The new angle hit her deeper, touching something she didn’t know her body had. Scepter rolled and stroked, in and out, driving her higher and higher. She shattered, screaming his name.
Pulses of pleasure rolled through her. She hiked her legs up higher on his hips, loving the sound of his roar and the frantic movements when he tossed his head back, and then the warmth as he came.
His cock jerked inside her, filled her, and then held still.
She flexed her inner muscles, feeling tiny pulses of pleasure burst from her toes to her core.
He looked down at her and began moving his hips in tiny little thrusts, watching her face. “Are you ready to come again, Anima Mia?”
She gasped but nodded, knowing he could feel it and see it on her body. “Yes, it’s crazy, but, Goddess, that feels so good.”
Scepter lifted her right leg over his hip and rolled his pelvis, grinding downward with each shallow thrust. It took her no time to orgasm.
Scepter spilled within her again, staying deep as she pulsed around him and he bit, taking her throat with his teeth.
She didn’t think she could orgasm another time, but fuck. “Scepter, I’m coming again.”
“I got you,” he rumbled against her throat.
Their scents filled the room. He took care of her, sealing the small wounds. His hand released hers. She let out a shuddering breath, relaxing into the comfort of the mattress.
“You smell wonderful. Like copper and us,” she said, running her hands along his arms.
“You smell like you,” he growled.
She didn’t understand why there was an undercurrent of anger in his tone. Her multiple orgasms still pulsed through her, making it impossible to have a sensible thought.
“Starla, where are you?” Aurora’s frantic voice cut through her mind.
“Is your sister raging in her head?” he asked.
“How did you know?” She swallowed, watching him turn onto his back, feeling cold without him holding her.
“Savage just roared in my head, asking where the fuck I’d taken you. I can link the four of us, if you’d like?” He twisted his head toward her.
“You can build a bridge or a link?”
He swallowed and nodded. His Adam's apple bobbed. “Of course. We are Family.”
“Did I do something wrong?” She felt exposed, so she waved her hand, pulling a blanket over herself.
He made a grunt that sounded like he was half choking, half snorting. The male confused her.
“No, Anima Mia. It’s me. I’m all in my head. Come here.” He tugged her into his side.
Starla wanted to argue with him and demand he be truthful.
She could hear the lie in his voice. Sure, he’d given a half-truth, but still, she’d heard the lie.
Didn’t he know shifter hearing was remarkable?
The taste of his untruth rolling off his tongue made her want to gag.
She hated how easily he spouted the bullshit.
He pulled her into his arms and buried his face in her neck. “Don’t look at me like that. It guts me to see you hurting. I promise, it’s nothing to do with you. There’s a lot of shit going on right now. We’re steady. Only time will make us even better.”
She let out a sigh of relief. “I know. I’m new to all of this. Please, just be honest and open with me. I’ll do the same.”
“I’ll see you either before the party or at the club. Don’t go anywhere alone. Promise me,” he said in a low growl.
“You sound more like a wolf than a vampire right now.”
“You must be rubbing off on me. I didn’t hear you promise.” His beautiful blue eyes held hers.
“I promise to go straight to Savage and Aurora’s, and if you’re not back to escort me to the party, I’ll go with them. And I won’t go off on my own.” She stuck her tongue out.
Scepter shocked her by swooping down and sucking her tongue into his mouth. Before their kiss could turn heated, he pulled back. Their breathing labored.