Chapter 13
Chapter Thirteen
LORI
Ithought once I gave him permission to bite me, I would have to brace for the pain of his teeth sinking into my flesh. Instead, Ion promises that pleasure will come later.
On his knees, his tongue teases me nearly to orgasm. My legs feel like rubber as he brings me closer and closer. Wobbly on my feet, Ion grips my ass, then lifts me onto the king-sized bed and kneels between my spread thighs. “You are perfect.”
It’s not true, but I don’t have the words to dispute his claim. If he wants to think that I’m perfect, I’m not going to argue with him.
He lowers his head and sucks my clit until I’m arching off the mattress. His thick fingers slip inside me, first one, then a second, and he moves them against the sensitive walls of my pussy.
I’ve never felt anything like this. My body tightens, and I dig my heels into his strong back. Then the tension snaps. Pleasure is my only focus as it cascades around and through me. My screams fill the room, and I pump my hips against his face.
Waiting until my orgasm ebbs, Ion gently licks up every drop of my juices. “You are glorious. I’d love to make you come a dozen times tonight.”
I catch my breath. “That sounds like a worthy goal.”
Smiling, he steps off the bed and strips out of the rest of his clothes. His thick cock stands perpendicular to his body.
I lick my lips, needing to pleasure him. Moving to the side of the bed, I drop to my knees on the floor and pull him into my mouth. I can’t take all of him, but I grip his base with my hand and wrap my other around to clutch his ass.
“Heaven help me, Lori. That’s the most beautiful sight I’ve ever seen.”
I open my eyes and look up to find him staring down at me with love and passion shining in his eyes. Keeping eye contact, I suck him a little deeper and run my tongue along the thick veins as I release him. Each time, I take more of him, opening my throat a bit more.
Ion rocks his hips gently and caresses my hair. He stiffens and growls, but doesn’t come. Instead, he lifts me away from his cock and practically tosses me on the bed.
Before he can climb between my legs, I roll over and lift my ass in the air. I need him deep inside me.
“All the gods, love. You’ll drive me into a frenzy.” He grips my hips and runs the tip of his cock along my wet slit.
That’s what I want. I want him to lose control.
I want to drive the monster to the surface.
I’m so certain that this vampire could never do me harm, that I want the beast inside him to win the war he wages every moment of every day.
He thinks no one sees it, but I’ve caught a glimpse of the monster, and I long for him. “Give me all of you, Ion.”
On a roar, he thrusts inside me, filling me. His fingers dig into the fleshy part of my hips as he locks me in place and pumps hard and fast.
My body burns for him, and I lift my ass higher to take more of him. Every time he fills me, another orgasm builds. Each time he pulls out, the emptiness creates a longing, if even for an instant.
His growl grows louder. “Lori, you feel like heaven. You’re more than I can ever deserve.”
“More, Ion. It’s so good. I’m so close.”
Reaching around, he teases my clit with two fingers, pushing me over the edge. I scream as pleasure rushes through me. I thrust myself back hard and fast, needing even more of him. The noises coming from my mouth hardly sound like me. My body contracts, yearning for his seed to fill me.
On a roar, he lifts me from my elbows, grips my breast in one hand, and cups my pussy with the other. His cum is cool, and another wave of pleasure rushes through me.
He holds me through the swamping of pure rapture, kissing my neck. “Lori?” His cock grows thick inside me again.
There’s no doubt in my mind what he’s asking. “Bite me, Ion. Take what you need.” I brace, but as his fangs pierce my flesh, there is no pain. Another orgasm rocks me.
His cool mouth and my warm blood against my flesh are like nothing I’ve ever felt. My clit pulses as wave after wave of bliss erupts inside me. My juices drip down my thighs. “Ion, oh god.” I try to catch my breath, but another orgasm hits before I can manage the task.
Licking my neck, he hums. His voice is deeper, wilder.
“You taste like my future, my love. So sweet. So perfect.” Slipping from me, he rolls me to my back.
His eyes are black, with no iris showing.
The whites are red. His fangs are twice as long as normal, and the veins in the center of his forehead are visible and pulsing.
He is all vampire. The gentleman is nowhere to be seen as he bends my knees and fills me.
It seems impossible that I could want more, but my body craves him, and I wrap my legs around his back, pulling him deep and tipping my hips to take more of him each time he pistons forward.
The base of his cock rubs my clit as he fills me.
I clutch his back, digging my nails into his skin. “More, Ion. Fuck! That’s so good.”
Lifting from his elbows to his hands, he pumps harder and faster. His bellow fills the room as he fills me and pulls me into his euphoria. Several more thrusts while my sheath pulses, and I take all he has to offer.
I pull him down so his weight swathes me. I bite his shoulder.
He growls. “You are magnificent.” This is still the voice of the monster.
The sound makes my pussy clench, drawing a shiver from him.
“It’s almost too much, but I loved every moment.” My legs feel like jelly, and I let them drop to the mattress.
Lifting to his elbows, he cups my face and looks into my eyes. His are still black, but the vein on his forehead has receded, as have his fangs. “I’m sorry if I scared you. My vampire side can be overwhelming. I could have hurt you.”
I thread my fingers through his hair. “You could never hurt me, Ion, and I will never fear you.”
He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. “No. I never would. Not even when the beast within rises to the surface.” He rolls to my side.
Facing him, I rest my head in my palm. “Do all vampires struggle with that side of themselves?”
With a nod, he smiles and brushes my hair out of my face. Tucking it behind my ear, he says, “Most don’t work as hard to suppress that side of themselves.”
“Nor have they done so for as long.” It’s a guess, but it feels right.
Staring at me for a long moment, he lowers his chin. “That’s true. Because of this, when the vampire wins the battle, the effect is…”
“Spectacular.” I press my lips to his. “I love the man and the monster, Ion. Never hide from me. You are both, and when we are in bed, I want all of you.”
“You are a courageous woman.” Wrapping a hand to my back, he pulls me close and buries his face in the crook of my neck. “You are the first human I’ve fed from in more than five hundred years.”
I love the sound of that. It makes me feel special.
My stomach chooses this very intimate moment to growl. I still have more than enough blood to fill my cheeks with heat.
Ion laughs. “I suppose that’s my cue to feed my mate.”
After a delicious dinner, we walk in the backyard. The sun is down, and the moon is nearly full. Hand in hand, we stroll along the wall, the cemetery on our left. “I thought I would be tired from you drinking my blood, but I’ve never felt better.”
“I was careful not to take too much, and my venom is energizing as well as stimulating under those circumstances.” He wraps his arm around my waist.
“Erotic is the word I would use.” I lean into his embrace.
He’s silent for a long moment. “I should have been gentler with you.”
“No. I wouldn’t change a second of our lovemaking.” Even thinking about it, my clit pulses and my pussy grows wet as if I’m starved for sex. I shiver.
“Let’s get you inside. You’re cold.” He steers us toward the back deck.
My dress is hopelessly wrinkled, and I’m disheveled from our deliciously rough sex, but Ion still slides his hand over my ass as we take the two steps.
Once inside, he walks toward the den, but I take his hand and lead him back to the bedroom. I untie my dress, pull the zipper myself, and stand naked in front of him. “You were not too rough. I am not injured in any way. I want you as much now as I did before dinner.”
Walking toward me, his pupils dilate as he strips out of his clothes. His cock pops free, and there is no doubt he’s aroused. An inch from me, he stares into my eyes.
I gasp as he lifts me as if I weigh nothing and carries me to the bed. As if I were made of fine porcelain, he eases me onto the middle of the mattress and lies beside me with his hand on my abdomen. “Did you know that vampires rarely mate for life?”
“But your granddaughters…” I intend to argue the point.
He shakes his head. “Their mates are both from species that mate for life. It is Sam and Max who created that bond.”
“Are you telling me that we have that kind of bond?” I shiver as he traces a path with his palm over my taut nipple to my chest.
“What do you think?” He runs his thumb along my collarbone and down the vein that crosses my heart space.
There’s no denying the tug of emotion I feel whenever I think of Ion. Looking at him brings me peace and joy in equal measure. “I wouldn’t want to face the rest of my life without you. There is some connection, but humans do not mate for life, Ion.”
Pressing his knee forward so my legs separate, he runs his fingers along my flesh, titillating me with every gentle touch.
I arch off the bed, and he slips his fingers between my folds.
“So wet.” He teases my clit, and I rock against his hand.
He licks the side of my neck. “Your blood sings to me. Your body calls to me. I’ve lived hundreds of lives, Lori, and I have never loved like this.
Will you spend your life with me? Will you marry me? ”
So close to an orgasm, I grab his hand to still his ministrations. I have to breathe for a moment and gather my wits. “Can you ask me again, when you're not making love to me?”
“Do you want me to stop?” He cocks his head.
Pushing him onto his back, I straddle his hips and roll mine so I’m riding the ridge of his cock. “No. Definitely not.” It takes me a moment to push aside how good this feels. “I want you to ask when I have my fully functioning brain, and so do you.”
His smile is wicked as he reaches up and teases my nipple. “You should take what you need, and we’ll save the talking for later.”
Rising on my knees, I notch his cock at my center and let gravity take over. A long cry falls from my lips as I ride him slowly. I rock so my clit rubs against him, then rise again and press down harder. I’m wild with the pleasure growing inside me. I love the cadence.
Ion grips my hips and holds me down. “Easy, my love.” Wrapping his arms around me, he rolls us until he’s on top with his weight on his elbows and his fingers in my hair.
He rocks slowly, each move teasing my tight and sensitive clit.
His cock stretches me, and I’m so full with each thrust that I could come at any second.
I tip my hips up and moan. “So close.”
Deep inside me, he stills. “Look at me, Lori.”
I open my eyes. He’s so gorgeous. There’s no sign of the full-on vampire from before. This is my gentle, loving Ion.
Running one finger over my chest, he traces the vein there. His face is tight, and there is yearning in his eyes. “I want to bite you here. The blood is said to be the sweetest, closest to the heart. I have never asked this of anyone.”
“Never?” It’s still amazing to me that I am the only woman special to this amazing creature. In all the world, he could have anyone. He could have mated with women in every century, but he chose me.
Shaking his head, he presses his lips to the space.
Heart pounding, I thread my fingers through his soft hair. “I am yours, Ion. You have all of me.”
Humming against my skin, he lets out a soft breath and traces a path with his tongue, just above my breast. “Is that a yes? I need to hear it.”
“Yes. You can bite me near my heart or anywhere else you want.” I brace, despite knowing there will be no pain.
His fangs slice through my skin as if it were butter. Pleasure rushes to every cell in my body. I come in a rush of ecstasy that arches me like a bow off the mattress.
Ion thrusts as he drinks. His cock feels thicker, and he moans long and loud. He draws my blood and my pleasure with every press and suck.
Gasping for breath, another wave pulses through me, and my pussy milks his cock hard and fast.
Pulling his mouth away, he licks the wounds closed and thrusts once, twice, then comes in a rush of cool liquid that draws yet another orgasm from me.
Wrapping my arms and legs around him, I try to catch my breath. “That was… I don’t know what that was.”
“Perfect.” Even Ion draws long pulls of air, and he barely needs it to live.
Entwined in his arms, I’m happy. These weeks since he came into our lives have been the first when I’ve felt safe in my entire life. Joy is not something I’m used to and it came on so gradually, it took a moment to realize the truth of it.
I’m happy. Truly and delightedly happy.