Chapter 11
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Xavier
Ican feel Lila’s excitement build the closer we get to the bedroom, and I greedily suck down the emotional energy, not afraid to feed on my intimate.
She really is a feast for the senses. Her unguarded emotions float freely between us, and her excitement dulls the empty feeling I’ve had all day.
Although Saxon and I discussed feeding one another, both of us were reluctant to do it without Lila present, not to mention the babies kept us busy.
Who knew an innocent bit of candy would lead to us all not sleeping for the last twelve hours?
All candy is henceforth banned from this house.
We are not doing that again. Or maybe there is a candy that doesn’t affect the children’s metabolism like that.
I will have to experiment with candy from different planets, though I will make sure they have something to counteract all that energy.
I mean, I could have drained it from them, but that’s not right.
Feeding from children is a crime on our planet.
They only have small amounts of energy, and it’s easy to drain and kill one.
You get the death penalty if you siphon energy off a child and damage it.
That’s not to say there aren’t people who do it, but the punishment certainly does deter most people.
Warlocks are not the most moral creatures, but that is one law that is sacred.
“Why didn’t you two feed each other? I don’t like seeing either of you like this.” Lila stops at the top of the stairs, glaring at us.
“Because, my beautiful blood rose, we were too busy making sure the children didn’t get into trouble, and it didn’t feel right without you there,” Saxon explains, slurring his words slightly and staggering to the side. I jump forward to catch him, and Lila gasps.
“Shit, he’s really bad. Damn you. I order you to feed from each other if you have to, even if I’m not there.”
I chuckle, steadying Saxon who holds onto me. I give him a little boost with my magic, and he is able to keep walking toward Lila’s bedroom, but it drains my already depleted resources, and I start to feel a little lightheaded.
“You order us, do you? What else would you like to order us to do?” My words sound slurred even to my own ears.
“I can think of many things I’d like the two of you to do to each other and me, but quite frankly, both of you can barely stand up, let alone do those things, so how about we get this show on the road?
” She waves a hand at her bedroom door, and we continue our slow shuffle down the hallway with her muttering below her breath about irresponsible blood roses and intimates and something about kicking our asses when we are back to full health.
She opens the door, and I assist Saxon to the bed, where he drops like a sack of saluktat beans. He moans, and Lila closes and locks the door before hurrying over to the bed. “Never again, do you hear me, Saxon Whatever Your Last Name Is?”
“Vilaxians don’t have last names, they have clan names, and I guess that means he’s part of the Adams clan now,” I tell her, going around to the other side of the bed, stripping my clothes off, and climbing onto the bed. Lila eyes my naked body hungrily, but she puts her hands on her hips.
“It’s a bit presumptuous, getting naked right away, isn’t it?” she asks, and I shrug.
“I’m a sure thing, love. No need for foreplay. Why don’t you come over here and feed your Vilaxian before he becomes unconscious?” I say, coaxing the annoyed female to our bed. I know it’s just because she’s worried about us, but I can’t help but needle her. It’s in my nature.
Her gaze clouds, and she hurries over to the bed, climbing over me and settling herself between us.
“Naked might have been better, phoeall.” I roll onto my side and whisper in her ear, my rapidly hardening cock pushing into her skirt-clad ass.
“Can you take care of that for me? Sax too?” she asks as she pulls her long hair back from her neck, exposing it for Saxon to feed from.
I wave my hand and remove their clothes, my eyes roving over their now naked forms. Their coloring is such a contrast. Saxon is pale on the best of days, but today he’s practically transparent.
Lila has a beautiful, warm golden color to her skin, and she practically glows with vitality.
She has the smallest silvery stretch marks on her stomach from the rapid growth of the babies, but she was diligent about applying a special cream Mira had given her before she left Fluxx.
It’s specially designed to prevent stretch marks from rapid growth, which occurs in some shifters during pregnancy, especially when it’s a cross species mating.
There are also the silvery, scarred tooth marks surrounding one of her nipples.
Link told us all about it and that he suspects it’s a mating bite from the bloody Aquilian, but he hasn’t mentioned it to Lila because she already carries enough guilt about their interlude.
She doesn’t need to know just yet that there’s a good possibility that her harem is indeed seven and not six like she thinks. It’s a problem for future us.
None of those marks detract from her beauty.
Instead, they enhance it. She was stunning when she was rounded and ripe with our young.
I can’t wait to plant my seed in her and see her grow round with my own child, but with Echo’s pregnancy announcement, maybe I can wait a little longer.
Our rapidly expanding family is a lot to take in, and for someone not used to such a fast pace, I don’t want her to become overwhelmed and regret all of it.
So far, she is handling it beautifully, but everyone has a breaking point, and I don’t want to push Lila to hers.
Her emotions are already all over the place, so I want to keep things as calm as possible for as long as possible.
I’ll just be happy when we can seal our bond.
I’m getting impatient, and I must admit I was jealous when she came downstairs with the cats’ mating marks on her neck, but I know my time is coming, and getting John back to full health is definitely a priority.
Once that is done, though, wild mallac beasts will not be able to stop me from dragging her to my own planet and making her mine.
I stroke a finger over her side, mesmerized by the softness of her skin, as she tries to get Saxon to bite her, but he’s so lethargic that she can’t get him to respond.
Instead, I watch as she bites down on her own wrist, her Vilaxian fangs having dropped into her mouth.
When she pulls away, blood wells from the two holes.
She holds it under Saxon’s nose, trying to get a response from him, but when nothing happens, she looks at me with complete helplessness, and I feel my protective urges kick in.
I feel affection for the big man, if not something a little stronger, and I don’t like to see him like this either.
I push my finger between his lips and grab hold of her wrist, dragging it over to his mouth and mashing it against it. I see his tongue flick out and lap at her skin, and Lila and I breathe a sigh of relief at the same time.
His hands come up and hold her wrist, so I release it but don’t move, staying where I am as he starts to take large swallows of her blood. “We need to be careful that he doesn’t go into a blood frenzy and hurt you,” I caution Lila, but she just grins at me.
“It’s okay, Xavier.” She blows a kiss at me, smiling with relief. “I’m a lot more resilient now, so I don’t mind if he gets rough.” She finishes her sentence with a wink and a smile, and I want to kiss her smart mouth.
I lean in to do so, but before I can, Saxon growls and yanks her toward him.
I watch with rapidly building desire as he impales her on his cock at the same time as he penetrates her neck with his fangs.
Her loud gasp, followed by a moan of pure pleasure, goes straight to my cock, and I reach down and stroke it as I soak up all the emotions filling the room.
I watch as Lila lazily rides Saxon’s cock, her pretty pink pussy sliding up and down as he drinks from her neck.
I desperately want to get in and lap at her clit while she does it, but there’s no room.
“Lila, are you hungry too? Did you take blood from the kitties?” I ask her, and she shakes her head.
“No, I didn’t want to frighten them off.
I wasn’t sure how they felt about sharing blood.
It’s something we need to talk about,” she mutters quietly, distracted by the pleasure that Saxon is wringing from her body.
He’s drinking deeply, and I think I’m going to have to intervene so he doesn’t drain her dry, but Link assured us she can lose a lot more blood than most due to her Vilaxian transition.
“Please drink from me. We need to keep your strength up,” I say, trying to keep my tone light so she doesn’t know I’m worried.
“Yes please, your blood is yummy.” She moans when Saxon thrusts harder as he releases her neck, his skin returning to its normal pale vibrancy. He continues to thrust into her but turns his head to look at me, his eyes glowing red with bloodlust.
“Get over here and feed my blood rose,” he demands, and my eyes widen.
I thought he would be more possessive, but he’s not.
I shuffle closer, my cock practically level with his lips as I hold my wrist out to Lila.
She takes it absently, her eyes locked on my cock as Saxon leans forward and runs his tongue up the length of it.
She groans and pulls my wrist closer, my body surging forward as Saxon takes my cock deep into his mouth.
She bites down on my wrist and starts to drink heavily, her venom pulsing through my body at earth-shattering speeds.