Page 116 of Dark Flame

“Tell me how it isn’t.” I wait until she starts speaking the first syllable of whatever pointless argument she’s about to present before flicking my tongue against her clit.

“Not fair.”

“Very fair.” I lick her again, my hands clenching her thighs to keep her spread open and needy. She tries to buck into my mouth, but I keep her down, sliding my tongue as deep as I can to fuck her with it.

She’s on the verge of coming, the sweet scent of her cum returning tenfold, her heart skipping a beat, but she suddenly stops her rocking attempts, lowering her hips to the ground.

“Bite me.”

The bond prickles with desire, no fear, so I slide my tongue from her, dragging my lips over her core and towards the inside flesh of her thigh. She trembles under my hold but doesn’t fight as I pull the skin taut and sink my teeth in.

“Holy fuck.” She bucks, but my free hand keeps her immobile, wrapping around her thigh until she’s hugging my head.

Her blood is thinner here and ignites on my tongue. Combined with her cum, it’s a taste I could very well bottle and live off of forever.

And I intend to. Live off it forever, that is.

My thumb massages teasing circles along her clit as I drink deeper, harder, her blood making my cock hard all over. God, she tastes so fucking sweet. I’ll never be able to stop, not until she kicks me away, even though I know I’ll never be able to hurt her either.

My Bride tastes perfect.

“Alec.”

It’s with my name on her lips and her blood in my mouth that she comes again, her hands fisting my hair as she forces me down. I don’t let her, not completely, ensuring my teeth don’t dig too hard into her. I let her believe she has control, and when her arms drop limp to the ground beside her, I slide from between her thighs and crawl up her naked body, smudged with blood and dirt, to place another kiss on her lips.

“Everything I’ll ever hunger for is between your lovely thighs. I’ll spend eternity down there.”

She throws me a playful smirk. “I never agreed to be with you forever. I still don’t even know if Ilikeyou.”

“Oh, you like me, Hellion. From that first night, you desired me. You forget.” I tap my nose, indicating my enhanced sense of smell she’ll never be able to escape.

“Lust doesn’t equate to deeper feelings.”

“No,” I agree, “but it’s a start.”

Giggling, she pushes into a sitting position and scans her body. “I’m a mess.”

“You’re a vampire’s Bride. You’ve never looked more the part.”

She laughs again and looks towards the forest in front of us. I see the moment it all returns, seconds before she curses. “Shit, the coven…”

“The coven can burn for all I care. I know you think you’re home, but if they look at you like that again, I’ll have no qualms about ripping out every single one of their hearts.Youcome first. They failed you once by allowing those people into their coven, so I’ll be making sure they don’t fail you again.”

The only sound of her reply is her rapidly beating heart.

Forty-Four

HARLOW

“Can I show you something?”Alec asks as he zips up his pants. He places his shirt on me, skipping my own clothes, wherever they got thrown to, and buttoning his up, then rolling up the sleeves.

“Show me what?”

He takes my hand, pulling me closer to him, and my insides jump like hedidn’tjust fuck me on a forest floor and let me use my magick on him. “Trust me. I think it’s what you need.”

With a wary look, I climb on his back, adopting a similar position to when he ran from my parents’ house to the forest earlier. Knowing what’ll come, I lower my head to hide from the sharp sting of the air that’ll be created by his speed.

After a few moments, the wind dies down and I’m being lowered to my feet in front of a small expanse of ground lined with a metal fence about hip height. Beyond, sticks wrapped with coloured ribbons are scattered in neat rows, about two dozen back.