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Story: Seth
Chapter Eight
Seth
Seth stopped pacing the moment the perimeter alarms Kai had set up alerted him of the car coming down the drive.By the time Aubrey parked, he was leaning against the front doorframe; when she emerged from her car, something in his chest settled.The last thing he wanted to do once she accepted him into her life was to be separated from her, but he’d told her things that changed her understanding of her immortality and he wanted to give her time to think.
He’d been a little worried that she might not show up.If she pulled back from him, he would have given her more time.But he wouldn’t have given up.
He met her halfway between her car and the porch.Without wasting one more second, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her.By the time he lifted his head, they were both breathless and his cock hard.He placed his hand on her lower back and escorted her toward the front door.
“Let’s go inside.”
She stopped after step.He couldn’t see her reaction, but he could hear her intake of breath as her eyes raised and scanned the isolated house.
As ridiculous as it sounded, even in his own mind, he wanted her to like his home.
“I wanted a place of my own, yet close to the others.I earned money from helping Liv in the lab, so I purchased the land and the others helped me built it.It turned out to be bigger than I’d imagined.The wrap-around porch was Liv’s idea.”
“It’s beautiful,” she whispered.
“Thank you.”
They entered the house and he locked the door before he turned back to Aubrey.He bent down and brushed a kiss to her forehead, lower still as he kissed her eyelids closed, and then her cheeks before he captured her lips in a searing kiss.He cupped her face in his hands; when he tried to end the kiss, her hand pressed against his neck and she bit his lower lip.It wasn’t enough to draw blood, but he moaned as he thought about her tasting him.
She blinked up at him as the kiss ended and her eyes sparkled as she looked up at him.“I was starting to wonder whether I’d dreamed you.”
The next words out of his mouth stalled when her hands started to caress his chest.It was the first time she initiated any touch between them, and he found her tentative touches more erotic than he’d experienced in the past.When she brushed a finger over his nipple, he bit his lip and suppressed a moan that stuck in his throat.His muscles tensed and he closed his eyes, lecturing himself to control his need for her.
“What is it?” she asked.
A breath escaped as he opened his eyes and caught the devastation on her face.When she took a step back, he threw caution to the wind and devoured her mouth, tasting her.She sank into him and kissed him with abandon.He loved it when she pushed him against the wall and ravaged his lips.
He found that he loved when she discarded all thought and kissed him as though she needed him to survive.A growl escaped his throat when she wrapped one leg around his and jerked him closer.But when she found that they couldn’t get close enough standing up, she snarled into his mouth and ended the kiss.The silver of her pupils had all but disappeared; when he glanced down at her mouth, he noticed her fangs had extended.Feeling dangerous, he flicked out his tongue and licked the sharp point of one.
“Fuck, you bring out the demon in me.”
A wave of emotions swamped him at that moment, and they weren’t his.Although Kai had told him that he could feel Liv’s emotions while she was still human, he never heard Liv talk about being able to feel Kai’s.He didn’t understand why he could feel Aubrey’s, but dismissed the thoughts because he had other concerns.He closed his eyes and concentrated on the jumble that assailed him.It took him a few minutes, but when he opened his eyes, he understood her prominent emotion.Jealousy.
“Why are you jealous?”
“Wha…how do you know that?”
“I can feel your emotions and the strongest one is jealousy.I think I felt the same thing yesterday.”
She burrowed against his chest and sighed.He pulled her closer as he rubbed his hand up and down her back, hoping to project how much he cared for her.It amazed him; when he had her in his arms, he could easily forget that although she might seem fragile, she was as deadly as any immortal he knew.
“I…you’re very good at kissing.”
His brows drew down.Pulling back, she met his gaze.The meaning behind her small smile had his heart stopping.
“Yes, there have been a couple of women I’ve dated, but they never lasted longer than a few months because they weren’t you.When I met you, everything changed.I knew that you were exactly who I need in my life.When I kiss you, you’re all I think about.There will never be anyone else for me because you…Aubrey, you are the woman I need.”
The silence stretched between them as she assessed his words.He didn’t know what to expect, but as long as he could hold her in his arms then he could handle anything.
“I want you.I want to make love to you.”
His arms tightened around her back and he leaned his forehead against hers.“Fuck, gorgeous, I want you, too.Are you sure?”
“Yes,” she breathed.
Seth
Seth stopped pacing the moment the perimeter alarms Kai had set up alerted him of the car coming down the drive.By the time Aubrey parked, he was leaning against the front doorframe; when she emerged from her car, something in his chest settled.The last thing he wanted to do once she accepted him into her life was to be separated from her, but he’d told her things that changed her understanding of her immortality and he wanted to give her time to think.
He’d been a little worried that she might not show up.If she pulled back from him, he would have given her more time.But he wouldn’t have given up.
He met her halfway between her car and the porch.Without wasting one more second, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her.By the time he lifted his head, they were both breathless and his cock hard.He placed his hand on her lower back and escorted her toward the front door.
“Let’s go inside.”
She stopped after step.He couldn’t see her reaction, but he could hear her intake of breath as her eyes raised and scanned the isolated house.
As ridiculous as it sounded, even in his own mind, he wanted her to like his home.
“I wanted a place of my own, yet close to the others.I earned money from helping Liv in the lab, so I purchased the land and the others helped me built it.It turned out to be bigger than I’d imagined.The wrap-around porch was Liv’s idea.”
“It’s beautiful,” she whispered.
“Thank you.”
They entered the house and he locked the door before he turned back to Aubrey.He bent down and brushed a kiss to her forehead, lower still as he kissed her eyelids closed, and then her cheeks before he captured her lips in a searing kiss.He cupped her face in his hands; when he tried to end the kiss, her hand pressed against his neck and she bit his lower lip.It wasn’t enough to draw blood, but he moaned as he thought about her tasting him.
She blinked up at him as the kiss ended and her eyes sparkled as she looked up at him.“I was starting to wonder whether I’d dreamed you.”
The next words out of his mouth stalled when her hands started to caress his chest.It was the first time she initiated any touch between them, and he found her tentative touches more erotic than he’d experienced in the past.When she brushed a finger over his nipple, he bit his lip and suppressed a moan that stuck in his throat.His muscles tensed and he closed his eyes, lecturing himself to control his need for her.
“What is it?” she asked.
A breath escaped as he opened his eyes and caught the devastation on her face.When she took a step back, he threw caution to the wind and devoured her mouth, tasting her.She sank into him and kissed him with abandon.He loved it when she pushed him against the wall and ravaged his lips.
He found that he loved when she discarded all thought and kissed him as though she needed him to survive.A growl escaped his throat when she wrapped one leg around his and jerked him closer.But when she found that they couldn’t get close enough standing up, she snarled into his mouth and ended the kiss.The silver of her pupils had all but disappeared; when he glanced down at her mouth, he noticed her fangs had extended.Feeling dangerous, he flicked out his tongue and licked the sharp point of one.
“Fuck, you bring out the demon in me.”
A wave of emotions swamped him at that moment, and they weren’t his.Although Kai had told him that he could feel Liv’s emotions while she was still human, he never heard Liv talk about being able to feel Kai’s.He didn’t understand why he could feel Aubrey’s, but dismissed the thoughts because he had other concerns.He closed his eyes and concentrated on the jumble that assailed him.It took him a few minutes, but when he opened his eyes, he understood her prominent emotion.Jealousy.
“Why are you jealous?”
“Wha…how do you know that?”
“I can feel your emotions and the strongest one is jealousy.I think I felt the same thing yesterday.”
She burrowed against his chest and sighed.He pulled her closer as he rubbed his hand up and down her back, hoping to project how much he cared for her.It amazed him; when he had her in his arms, he could easily forget that although she might seem fragile, she was as deadly as any immortal he knew.
“I…you’re very good at kissing.”
His brows drew down.Pulling back, she met his gaze.The meaning behind her small smile had his heart stopping.
“Yes, there have been a couple of women I’ve dated, but they never lasted longer than a few months because they weren’t you.When I met you, everything changed.I knew that you were exactly who I need in my life.When I kiss you, you’re all I think about.There will never be anyone else for me because you…Aubrey, you are the woman I need.”
The silence stretched between them as she assessed his words.He didn’t know what to expect, but as long as he could hold her in his arms then he could handle anything.
“I want you.I want to make love to you.”
His arms tightened around her back and he leaned his forehead against hers.“Fuck, gorgeous, I want you, too.Are you sure?”
“Yes,” she breathed.