25. Chapter 25
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K elly gasped as Kade’s fangs pierced her neck.
Panic gripped her and she pushed at his shoulders, but he didn’t budge. Then, the pain she felt drifted away, replaced by a warmth that made its way through her body like wildfire.
His scent wrapped around her like a blanket, musk and cinnamon and clove swirling together.
She felt each pull at her vein as Kade drank from her. He wrapped himself around her, entwining one leg under hers and holding her tight.
Wrapping her arms around his neck, Kelly held him close and lost herself in the moment. With each pull at her neck, she felt her power grow. The fire in her body grew hotter, collecting at her core.
Just when Kelly couldn’t take any more, Kade drew back, breathing heavily. He licked at her neck, sealing the wounds there.
He stayed there for some time, holding her close and nuzzling her neck.
Always one for cuddling, Kelly enjoyed it for a while. Then she started to feel awkward when he didn’t move.
“Shit, that really is weird. Sorry, lass.” Kade said, then rolled onto his side.
It took a moment for her mind to clear, then she caught what he’d said.
“What’s weird?”
His eyes were brighter than she’d ever seen them.
“I can hear yer thoughts, and I can feel what ye feel. Not just yer emotions, but everything ye feel.” He ran his hand down her arm. “I can feel the slight tickle ye get from that. I can feel the heat coursing through ye from our exchange. I can feel the tension deep inside ye.”
Kelly grasped the back of his neck and pulled him to her, kissing him gently.
He whispered against her lips. “Open yer mind, lass. Share this with me.”
She was about to do as he asked when something crossed her mind. “How can you hear me when I’ve closed my mind to you? That means there are two channels I have to learn to control. Fucking great.”
Kade laughed. “At least ye have one controlled. I’m having trouble differentiating between yer thoughts and yer speech right now.”
Realization hit her, and Kelly corrected her communications. I’m sorry, I know how overwhelming it is. She opened her mind to him then, hoping it would make things easier.
Almost 300 years old, and I can still be surprised. Holy fuck.
Now you know how I felt.
There ye are! Thank ye, I dinnae ken how ye managed this on yer own. He laughed then, a deep laugh that was filled with joy and humor. Fucking insane.
Kelly suddenly felt the need for some good old-fashioned shenanigans. Imagine the jokes we could play on Fabian.
Might as well get started. He’s outside the door.
“ What?” She couldn’t help saying that out loud.
Aye, he’s been out there the entire time, waiting for me to try and kill ye so he can save the day.
Kelly rolled over and groaned. The whole time?
Aye.
She laughed at the thought of Fabian posted outside the door. She could see him with his hands clasped in front of him, a blank and dutiful look on his face with his blond hair braided neatly down his back. All while she and Kade sucked each other’s blood in his room.
Kade chuckled. Ye paint a funny picture in yer mind.
I feel like I’m back in high school, just waiting for my mom to catch my boyfriend and me making out in my room.
As much as I’d like to fuck with him, his priority is yer safety, and he does a damn fine job of watching over ye. Why dinnae we see what else we can do besides have silent conversations?
She nodded.
Kade placed the glass of Scotch in her hand and poured himself another one.
She took a sip before setting the glass back on the table.
My fingers are tingling like they do when I use my power, but the feeling is more intense.
Ye might have increased powers. First, see if ye can see what I picture in my mind, and feel what I feel.
She pinched his arm.
“Hey now! Ye didnae have to do that.”
Giggling, she reached out to pinch him again. He easily dodged, vampire speed and all that.
In some really strange way, I felt it when I pinched you.
Okay, what am I picturing in my mind?
Blood rushed to her cheeks as Kelly saw what Kade pictured in his mind. He was wrapped around her just as they’d been moments ago with his fangs deep in her neck, only both of them were naked, and the activities didn’t stop at a blood exchange. She could feel the desire coursing through him as he imagined the two of them tangled around each other.
Jesus, Kade, you can stop now. She sent protests to him in her thoughts, but her body betrayed her, and desire surged through her, building right between her legs.
Kade’s nostrils flared as he took in her scent, and Kelly felt his hunger matching her own.
The slightest warning came through her mind, then Kade had her back on the bed just as they’d been before.
His lips met hers, urging her to welcome every part of him. Kelly’s lips parted of their own accord, and she licked at his fangs, this time completely fearless.
Kade growled as he tasted her blood, and he deepened the kiss. He pulled her to him and pressed himself against her core. She felt his need both physically and mentally as every part of his being and feelings assaulted her.
His scent wrapped around her again, but this time it felt different. He was claiming her as his own.
Kade broke their kiss long enough to rip her shirt apart and leave it in pieces on the bed. Kelly returned the favor and helped him out of his t-shirt, desperate to feel his skin against hers.
When he came back down to her, the skin of his chest met her own, and the heat between them was almost unbearable.
His hand slid beneath them, cupping her ass and holding her tightly to him. His cock pressed between her legs, lighting another fire.
Self-control was lost, and Kelly found herself gripping the sheets as Kade claimed her.
Kade’s hand caressed her, starting at her ass then moving up her waist and hips to her breast, which he grasped greedily His lips moved from hers, sliding down her jawline to her neck, where he’d drunk from her only minutes before. His fangs scraped her delicate skin but didn’t pierce it again.
Kelly moaned in anticipation, feeling his intentions, knowing his plans for her.
Her window into Kade’s mind took everything to an entirely new level. It felt as if she were watching everything from above. She knew exactly what would happen, but the anticipation made her desperate.
As if it wasn’t enough to see through his mind, Kelly could hear Kade’s thoughts as he ravaged her and feel his emotions and senses as he felt them. Every experience was doubled as she felt it for both of them.
Fucking hell, this is amazing. Yer amazing, Kelly.
She couldn’t even think straight enough to send a response to him.
He pulled back from her and ripped her leggings down the middle. Just as she was about to protest, he ripped each one down the leg, splitting them completely.
“I liked those, damn it.”
I’ll buy ye more.
Her mind echoed agreement for a split second, but then he was back on top of her, his cock pressed hard at the apex of her thighs.
She reached for his sweat pants and he braced himself above her, giving her room to pull them down. Her hands shook with anticipation as she fumbled with them.
In a fit of impatience, Kade jumped off her, kicking his pants to the floor. Before Kelly could admire the view, he was right back to her.
She noticed he didn’t wear underwear, and she expressed her appreciation for it in her thoughts.
His skin was usually cold against hers, but somehow a fire ignited everywhere their bodies touched.
She arched her back, pressing against him. A moan escaped them both, and he ground against her in kind.
Kelly found herself at the point of begging as he continued to explore her body with his hands and his tongue. He worked lower and lower until he was positioned between her thighs, his beard teasing the delicate skin there.
He looked up at her and sent dirty thoughts her way just before he took her clit into his mouth and suckled at it. His tongue slid over the sensitive spot again and again, first teasing, then with a single goal.
Kelly could feel Kade reading her thoughts as he pleasured her, and he made just the right moves in order to give her what she needed.
Then his mind changed course, and she barely had time to comprehend what was happening before Kade sank his fangs into her femoral artery.
Kelly cried out, first in pain, then in pleasure as the sensations ravaged her body.
She felt herself reaching climax, but he withdrew his fangs before she got that much-needed release.
Kade was on top of her then, burying his cock deep inside her, taking her breath away.
He was thick and hot, and he filled her to absolute perfection.
Kelly moaned, and Kade pierced her neck with his fangs again as he moved in and out of her.
The sensations were overwhelming. Kelly felt what Kade felt as he drank from her, fucking her slowly. At the same time, she felt her own pleasure compounding it.
Wrapping her legs around him, she lost herself in that moment and let Kade take her to a place she’d never imagined.
When she came, she screamed his name and held on to him as he joined her.
Kade thrust deep inside her and growled against her neck as his cock pulsed within her.
He stayed there for a moment, holding her to him, his fangs still piercing her skin, his cock still filling her core.
He took one last draw from her vein before he withdrew his fangs and licked her wounds closed.
Raising his head, he looked at her for a moment, then kissed her deeply.
I havenae drank from another in over a century. Gods, I miss it. Especially in moments like this.
It shouldn’t have shocked her to know Kade had done things like this with other women, but a pang of jealousy hit her, nonetheless.
Dinnae be jealous, they’re all dead now. They outlawed drinking from humans in the early 1900s, and I hadnae done it for decades before that.
She felt the sadness in his thoughts as he remembered something. It was guarded, so she couldn’t see his entire thought, but she felt most of it.
What happened? As she asked, she realized the awkwardness of their situation. Kade was still on top of her, inside of her.
He didn’t seem to mind, even when he heard her concern.
I fell in love with a human once. She was kind and beautiful, perfect in every way. Her name was Ivy, and she was from a small town outside of London. I won her over with my charm and my riches, but she saw past all of that and loved me for the man I was. No one had ever seen that deep into my soul before. She didnae ken I was a vampire, and I worked hard to keep that from her.
We courted for about a year. Her parents even liked me. Everything seemed to fit, but my mum and da warned that it would never work. I could turn her, but we all kent Ivy would never want this life. She would grow old while I stayed the same age. Eventually, she’d grow suspicious, and I’d have to tell her. She probably would have left when she found out the truth about me.
What happened then?
She never had the chance to leave. Another vampire, a young one, cornered her on the street one night. I’d never drank from her, but he did. He drained her dry and left her for dead.
By the time I found her, it was too late. My blood wouldnae heal her, and she couldnae even be turned. I tracked him down and killed him, but it did nothing for my grief.
I didnae drink blood for decades after that. I was so afraid I’d kill an innocent human. I tried hunting animals, but their blood doesnae give us what we need, so I starved myself until donating blood became a thing.
How did you survive like that for so long?
A vampire’s body is an amazing thing. We are immortal, and starvation willnae kill us. That doesnae make it fun, though. My father brought me freshly killed corpses from time to time when he found them on the streets, but the nutritional value begins to diminish immediately when a human is killed. I was ready to die. Then the first successful blood bank started in 1932, and my father took me to Russia so I could be closer to it. He slowly fed me bags of blood until I recovered fully, and he helped me get back on my feet.
This was really getting weird. Kelly loved that Kade was opening up to her, but right after sex?
He smirked. Ye have a lot to learn about sex in the Arcane world. It’s almost like breathing to us.
Yeah, that’ll take some getting used to.
He smiled and kissed her, deeply but gently. He grew hard again inside of her.
Again? Already?
As I said, ye have a lot to learn about sex in the Arcane world.
Kelly groaned in ecstasy as he pushed deep inside her again.
Kade brought his wrist to his mouth and pierced it with his fangs.
Take this, ye need it.
He pressed his wrist to her mouth, and she drew from it with hunger. His cock jerked inside her as she drank, and her own desire grew with every swallow.
Kelly’s body recharged, leaving her ready for round two after only a few pulls at his vein.
She distantly acknowledged that she could get used to this kind of sex life as Kade sank his fangs into her neck again.