Chapter Three
Adalyn parted her lipsas Gareth traced his fingers over the line of her jaw then her lips with his thumb.Tingles raced over her skin in every place he touched.Each light brush sent her nerve endings dancing.Pulling her so close and wrapping her in his arms, she gasped, marveling at how his muscles bunched under his shirt, hinting at his strength.Moving with power.With grace.
The first brush of his lips had been tantalizing.
But now ...fire.He teased the seam of her lips with his tongue, easily parting them to slip inside.Stealing her breath.Rocking her pulse.Eliciting a moan as she tasted him in return.He pulled her in tight, sliding a hand down her back.Molding her body to his hard frame.She wound her arms around his neck, not sure what was happening but liking it all the same.
One kiss led to two.Led to many, many more.Time held no meaning.Then he trailed his lips over her cheek, down her neck.His featherlike touch slipped her sweater off, then pulled down the straps of her dress down her shoulders, letting them dangle as he reached around her to lower her zipper.The dress fell, pooling around her feet.
She stepped out of her shoes because they looked stupid while she wore nothing but her plain white bra and panties.Lifting her into his arms, Gareth carried her over to the plush couch behind them.The crushed softness of crimson velvet caressed her skin.In the dim light, she stared into his beautiful seafoam eyes, with the red ring around the pupil.
Gareth pushed her knees apart, then ran his hands up her legs as an adrenalin rush spiked through her, increasing her heartrate.Breathless little pants which caused her chest to heave and her nipples to pebble.Higher and higher her dress went up, until her demure white panties were exposed.
“When I saw you, I thought you were a wee fairy come from the Seelie Court to steal my soul,” he murmured, fingertips tracing patterns on her thighs.“Beautiful auburn hair.Cute freckles over your nose and cheeks.The innocence in your eyes.I want it all.”
She didn’t bother reminding him that he had legally paid for all of it.All of her.Whatever.Her mouth was so dry she wasn’t sure if she could formulate words.
His long incisors came down, sharpened into deadly points.This part scared her because she’d never been bitten.Vampires had been around all her life, but she’d never had the fascination with them like so many others did.Should she watch?Should she close her eyes?
Then he sank his fangs into her leg, and the slight pinch of pain immediately turned into a stroke of pleasure so intense, her eyes shut.Her body went limp, sinking into the buttery-soft cushions.There was a moan.From her?Maybe from him.Probably from her.No wonder people wanted to be thralls.The incandescent feeing sweeping through her now could be very, very addictive.
Then his fangs retracted and she opened her eyes to gaze down at him, a haze scrambling coherent thoughts.
“You taste divine,” Gareth declared, licking blood from his lips.It should’ve grossed her out, but she floated too high to really care.“Lift your hips.”
The soft command broke through the fog and she did as he requested, lifting her hips so he could slide her panties down.It should’ve freaked her out, having her pussy on full display, but it was hard to grasp any coherent thoughts.
“You’re perfect,” he murmured.
He pushed her thighs apart and nuzzled his nose against her folds.It wasn’t that she didn’t know what he was going to do, or how he was going to do it, it was simply a situation she had never been in so didn’t know what to expect.At first, embarrassment filled her that he was seeing a part of her she hadn’t, but that quickly went away when the broad flat surface of his tongue licked from the bottom of her slit, all the way to the top.
Fireworks went off behind her eyelids.A kaleidoscope of colors left her in a whirlwind of sensations.
“Are you with me, little bird?”
She opened her eyes to look down at him, nodding.Words were impossible.Keeping her gaze prisoner, he closed his mouth over her clit, sucking.Nipping.Teasing.Adalyn bucked her hips, moaning.He locked his hands under her ass, lifting her up to his mouth like she was a delicious treat.She wanted to move so much, but he kept her still.Her fingers sank into the cushion as the tension built.Then the highwire she balanced upon snapped, and wave after wave of intense pleasure washed over her, where time seemed to stand still.A burst of electricity vibrated upward, until it engulfed her whole body.Soaring, it was everything and nothing at the same time.An uninhibited release of control, of self-consciousness, of everything.
He rose and pulled her with him, but she lay like a limp noodle in his arms.
“Is it always like that?”she asked, breathlessly.
“When it’s done correctly,” he replied, a wicked smile playing on his lips.
With deft fingers, he unclasped her bra and it joined her other articles of clothing on the floor.Heat flushed over her skin, and she tried to cross her arms over her body, but he shook his head and moved her arms back down.
“This body is mine tonight,” he said.
Of course, she thought.After all, she did sell herself.The wordwhoreplayed through her mind, but she quickly shut that down.She was doing what she had to do to protect Marilisa.
“Down on your knees.”
Slowly, she knelt, looking up at him.
“I’m assuming you’ve never sucked a cock before.Would I be correct?”
