Aiko needed a distraction.
We needed each other.
I had hoped that our kiss would be enough, but it wasn’t. We needed more.
Gods, I hoped my males would forgive me for this.
His teeth grazed my neck.
This had to happen.
With a hand on either side of his face, I pulled him away from my neck. “Aiko.”
His eyes were consumed by red.
With the worst possible timing, a wave of bloodlust swept over us. Studying me for just a moment, he dropped his jaw and hissed at me.
I went to reach for the fastener on his pants—and stopped.
I couldn’t.
I couldn’t do it.
I loved Roran and Rilen, and even Dorian when he wasn’t a bastard. I couldn’t risk their love—or their ire.
Even if it meant I would go powerless, I loved them.
Wrapping my hand in his hair, I pulled him back to my throat. “Swear to me you can stop.”
He nodded. “I can. I swear.”
“Then take my blood.” Gods, I hoped this worked.
Aiko’s lips brushed over my throat, and he caressed my skin with a slow lick.
Whoa.
There was a tickle at the edges of my mind, and it made me a bit numb. Shaking my head, I pushed out a strained breath. “Don’t put me in thrall. Just take it.” The man with the chalice and bucket was getting closer. “Do it.”
His fangs touched my skin, and a ripple shot through me. But before I could process the feeling, the sharp points sliced almost painlessly into my vein.
Holy ever-mother-lovingfuck.
The sensation was nothing but pure sexuality.
Racing through my body, the feeling beaded my nipples and made my sex throb. I gasped and pulled him tighter to me.
And then, Aiko pulled on my vein.
The orgasm ripped through me. I was sure I had bitten through my lip to stop the scream of sheer ecstasy. I couldn’t even try to stop the moan that came out of me as he tasted my blood.
As I came out of the stupor of the sudden, unexpected climax, I felt him swallow slowly.
He was savoring my blood.
I gasped as he pulled slowly on my vein again. They were slow, small sucks, completely under his control. There was no danger he was going to lose his mind and drain me.
The problem was in the fact that there was another climax already building inside me.
