“Ainamet andam.I give you my body.Sívamet kuuluak kaik että a ted.I take into my keeping the same that is yours.”
At the intensity in his eyes, she found she couldn’t control the color rushing under her skin.
“Ainaak olenszal sívambin.Your life will be cherished by me for all time.Te élidet ainaak pide minan.Your life will be placed above mine for all time.” He brought her fingertips to his mouth and lowered hisvoice even more. “Te avio päläfertiilam.You are my lifemate.Ainaak sívamet jutta oleny.You are bound to me for all eternity.Ainaak terád vigyázak.You are always in my care.”
He bent his head, his lips brushing hers very gently. His teeth found her lower lip and tugged until she opened for him. He swept in. Heat and fire. Gentle. Rough. Consuming. A definite firestorm shaking her beyond measure. She hadn’t known kisses could make the earth tremble. Could make her lightheaded. Could reduce her body to pure feeling. Heat rushed through her veins, not just heat, a fireball.
It was Benedek who broke the kiss, and she felt bereft. But then he kissed his way toward her throat, pausing to nip at her chin, before continuing. Tiny electrical sparks leapt over her skin, reacting to his warm breath and the touch of his lips. His tongue touched the pulse beating frantically in her neck. Her breath refused to come. It just burned and burned like her body.
His tongue slid over that pulse. His teeth scraped back and forth. It felt erotic, not in the least threatening.Breathe, o jelä sielamak, you forget to breathe.
It isn’t that I forget to breathe, I forget how.She gave him the truth because how could she not when he made her feel like an attractive, desirable woman for the first time in her life?
She felt his brief flash of shared amusement. His arms tightened around her, encircling her with his strength. His teeth bit down, drove through skin to find the essence of her life. The pain was exquisite and gave way almost immediately to sheer pleasure. That had never happened with Tora, but she’d taken blood from Tora’s wrist and Tora had distanced herself completely. She’d been aware of what she was doing but didn’t feel revulsion in the act.
This was a shared intimacy like nothing she could ever have imagined. Her entire body reacted, came to life. Seemed part of his. She wanted to be skin to skin. Melt into him. Every nerve ending was on fire. She had never wanted a man before, had never had the kinds oferotic images playing through her mind. Was it from his mind? Or hers? As closely as they were merged, she couldn’t tell where he began and she left off.
He pulled his head back, his tongue sweeping across the two holes where his teeth had connected them. That sent a shiver down her spine. She lifted her head to look up at him. His eyes held flickering flames. Sensual lines were carved deep into his face. He lowered his head and took her mouth. Nothing could prepare her for the taste and heat of him. The rush of desire pouring through her veins. It felt as if individual flames licked over her skin and bones, each one branding his name deep in her soul.
Our soul, o jelä sielamak. We are one. I have taken enough for a true exchange. You must do the same.
She realized the heat of his skin was against her body, his chest exposed. He raked one fingernail over the heavy muscles there. Immediately, crimson droplets appeared along the line. She should have been repulsed, but it was Benedek, and she was enamored with everything he did. Every way he touched her. Without his command, she bent her head and with the tip of her tongue, collected each of the drops.
The taste of him was indescribable, better than anything she’d ever eaten or drunk. Not only was his taste unique, the flavor appealing to her beyond measure, but his blood acted like some kind of aphrodisiac. She couldn’t stop the restless movements of her body as she sipped at his offering. He groaned, his body hard and hot against hers.
I am going to help you drink now. You must take enough for a true exchange.
Even his voice was sexy. Intimate. Sliding into her mind and stroking caresses through her body. He distanced her from the act of feeding directly from him, but she still felt their connection. Still tasted the amazing aphrodisiac that belonged only to her. Anyone else taking his blood would never taste what she did. Or feel how she felt. She knew that instinctively, and that only added to the intimacy of their union.
She never wanted to stop feeding. She heard and felt his physical reaction and knew he was feeling the same emotions she was. All too soon, he slipped his hand between her mouth and his chest, one finger closing the lifeline off to her.
Silke heard herself moan as she leaned against him, her legs threatening to give out. He brushed a caress down the back of her head with gentle fingers.
“Are you all right?”
His voice. She loved that rasp. The way it stroked over her skin and lit her on fire.
“I don’t know. That was unexpected.”
“You liked it.”
“I loved it.” She was honest with him. “What happens now?”
“We’re tied together, Silke. I don’t want us to ever attempt to break our bond. I’m convinced we’ll be good together.”
He still worried she would want to leave. Silke looked him straight in the eye. “I gave my word to commit to you, and I meant it. You don’t need to keep looking to see if I’ll be here. I will.”
He stroked another caress down the back of her hair. “Give me a century or two to get over my insecurities.”
She loved that he admitted he had insecurities. She smiled up at him. “You aren’t alone in that issue. I know we’ll be good together. I know we will.” She was beginning to have faith in them. Mostly because aside from the physical attraction, she liked him. She liked his thoughtfulness. He didn’t just take. Her feelings counted. Actions, to Silke, were far better than words. The more she was in Benedek’s mind, the more she knew they were right together.
“We’d better get to your home so I can examine Fenja,” he said.
She liked that there was regret in his voice. She wanted to spend time alone with him, but her mother’s health was the most important thing to her right then.
“Thank you for saying you’d look at her for me.”
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