I wrapped a hand around the back of his neck and pulled him in for a slow kiss. “This is not your fault. It’s not mine. It’s all Dorian being an infant, which is fairly ironic, given the circumstances.”
Rilen chuckled, and I stepped back from him and Aiko, tugging them to the bed suspended in the middle of the room. As I climbed on, I was grateful I had insisted on large private beds and bedrooms. In a ship designed for two hundred oarsmen, there was plenty of room for a big, comfy bed for each of the six crew members.
“I believe that Kimber needs blood,” Rilen said, looking at Aiko for just a moment. He grinned and in the next instant, stripped his clothes off and climbed on to the bed with me. He looked Aiko up and down and nodded. “Come, Aiko. It will be easier if you undress before you join us.” He patted the space behind our two bodies, then started plucking the buttons of my coat open.
Aiko was suddenly behind me, naked, and I couldn’t help but laugh. He’d used his speed to undress, and it had taken only a blink.
His body was amazing. There was no way anyone would miss the perfection that was his sculpted pecs and abs. A deep V led the eye straight to his growing erection, and his skin was several lovely shades darker than Rilen or myself. His dark eyes were curious and frightened at the same time, and I ran my hand up his naked muscles.
Smooth and tempting.
“Kimber...” Rilen whispered and finished unfastening the buttons on my coat. Slipping it open, the cool, night ocean air danced over my skin and pearled my nipples.
“Have you not been wearing anything under this coat?” Rilen asked.
“Nothing,” I confirmed.
“Woman, you tempt us so,” he said and lowered his head to my breast. His lips found my nipple, and he nearly purred in delight.
“May I take this off?” Aiko asked, trailing his hand over my shoulder and down my arm, catching the lapel.
“Gods, please. Yes,” I said.
Aiko was careful, gentle. He was both excited and frightened, but I needed him for his blood. And I wanted him for his body. I needed him for this gentle caring that he offered that was like nothing else. The satin lining of the coat slid down my arm as he tugged it free of my body. Slipping it under me, he grasped the cuff of the coat and tugged the whole thing off and down to the piles of clothes on the floor.
“Would you like to share with me, Kimber,” Aiko whispered in my ear.
“Yes,” I answered. “More than just your blood, Aiko.”
His eye flickered over to Rilen, who grinned at him around my breast. “Don’t worry. All you have to say to me is stop and I will.” Rilen propped himself up on his elbow and leaned over me to bring his lips close to Aiko’s. “But I don’t think you’ll want me to stop.”
I watched as Rilen gave Aiko a slow, thorough kiss, and I was mesmerized by them. Aiko took a moment to relax. He wasn’t sure it was what he wanted. Finally, though, he let Rilen guide him and taste him.
I didn’t resist my impulse to reach down and wrap a hand around Aiko’s erection and slowly moved my hand up and down.
Rilen pulled back and grinned. “Let ourilatihave your blood, Aiko. Let her taste you.”
I reached for his arm, but Aiko shook his head. “No, princess. If we are going to share bed and blood, I want you to take from…” He brushed his hand over his neck.
As soon as I saw the pulse of his vein, my fangs dropped. I still wasn’t used to that, but I was starting to accept it—that and the craving that washed over me in the next moment.
I could feel the pulse of his blood below the skin, strong but quiet. His heart fluttered as well, the anticipation of the heady feeling that being bitten gave us. He wrapped his hand around my neck and brought me in close.
“Carefully, slowly,” he said. “You’re stronger than you realize.”
It seemed I knew by instinct where I needed to pierce his skin, and a moment later the sweet blood flowed into my mouth. The same tingle as always traveled through me, and the power from his blood energized me.
Rilen reached across my body and took Aiko’s straining cock in his hand and stroked it. Between my fangs and Rilen’s hand, Aiko was writhing in pleasure.
I heard Rilen whisper, and I was sure that his lips were hovering over Aiko’s. “Do you want to fuck her, Aiko?”
His answer was an anticipatory groan of delight. I wasn’t any quieter about the idea—I had wanted this since the first time in the boat on the Northern Ocean.
“Can you release him for a moment,ilati?” Rilen asked quietly. I whimpered because he tasted so good and made me feel wonderful. Rilen chuckled. “You can have more of him—and me if you like.”
I pulled away just a little and licked the wounds closed. I ran my eyes over his neck, looking for the veins.
“You’re greedy.” Rilen chuckled.
