He performed the same near her breasts, on each of her wrists.
When he made his way to her neck, he was panting, as was she. His cock was rock hard and desperate to find its way into her. He took his time, sinking his fangs into her jugular, first on the left, then the right. It wasn’t to feed, as that would come later, so it didn’t take long. Good thing because he was beginning to vibrate, his need for her overwhelming him.
His cock found the slick heat of her as he pumped his hips, sliding through her juices before angling for penetration. Before he slid inside, Kaj met her gaze, held it. “I’m going to claim you, Acadia. There’s no going back from this. You understand that?”
She nodded, her back arching in invitation. “Claim me, Kaj.”
The soft rasp of her voice had him pushing his hips forward, filling her, stretching her. He took his time, rocking forward, retreating. And when he was fully seated within her, Kaj took her hands, linked their fingers and pinned her to the bed. He didn’t rush, pleasuring them both for long minutes as he allowed her body to acclimate to the intrusion.
As the energy shifted between them, Kaj’s hips began thrusting in earnest as he eased his weight onto her. He released her hands, sliding his arms beneath her back so he could balance without suffocating her. And when he was pressed against her from chest to thigh, he drove in hard and fast, as deep as he could go.
The scent was the first to emerge from his pores, a means of marking her. It would forever be imprinted in her skin, detected only by the males of his race so they knew who she belonged to.
“Kaj…” Acadia clung to him, her fingernails scoring his back.
The pain was an aphrodisiac, a reminder of exactly where he was, who he was with. What this moment meant.
He pushed into her again and again, faster, harder, deeper.
His fangs tingled with the need to pierce her. When it became too much, he shifted his mouth to her chest, directly over her heart. Kaj met her gaze once more, noticed the slight nod of her head as though she knew exactly what he would do.
His fangs elongated, more so than they’d ever done before. Unable to hold back, he drove the sharpened points into her flesh, piercing the vein that delivered life blood directly to her heart. But he didn’t drink from her. This time he marked her as his, merging with her as the venom possessed by male vampires shot into her bloodstream. Her body jerked, her sex clutching tightly as a knot formed at the base of his cock, locking him inside her. They were intimately joined in that moment, unable to separate as he came deep within her, claiming her while at the same time marking her as his. Permanently.
By the time the venom was drained from him and pumped into her, the knot receding to allow movement, Acadia was writhing beneath him, her hands clutching his head, holding him to her as he retracted his fangs, sealed the wounds with a steady swipe of his tongue. Because of the venom that had passed through those punctures, they would be permanent, forever etched in her skin as a reminder to both of them.
And that was when he took her.
Kaj shifted up onto his arms, hovering over her as he worked them both toward climax.
“Kaj!” Acadia’s back bowed, her sex pulsing over his as she came so beautifully.
Only then did he give himself over to another climax, releasing inside her, filling her, the ultimate marking of his female.
Satisfied in every way, Kaj rolled, taking Acadia with him without retreating from her body. He draped her over his chest, ran his hands over her hair, and held her there. He was still rock hard, probably would be for a couple of days because the urge to mark her over and over was triggered by the venom.
“I love you,balisra,” he whispered softly in the language they were both familiar with, then in his own language he said, “From now until eternity, I shall love only you.”
“And I you,” Acadia responded in his language.
The fact that she’d learned it had his heart swelling as well as other parts of him throbbing.
She moaned softly, her body moving over his. When she lifted her head and met his gaze, he saw she was smiling.
“Take me,balisra. Make me yours.”
Acadia did exactly as he requested, making him feel like the most powerful male in the universe.
Mirakel knew when it happened.
He’d been sitting on his bed, trying to talk himself out of inviting Briony to his room. Over and over her words played in his head, his body hard and aching, his lips still tingling from being melded to hers during that one far-too-brief kiss they’d shared the last time he’d gone to her. And yes, he had apologized for his reaction, and yes, she had forgiven him. But after that, he hadn’t been sure how to proceed, so he’d kept his distance. Emotionally, at least. Physically … well, that was more difficult than not. He’d still been feeding from her, and while they’d managed to keep things platonic during those instances, Mirakel knew it wasn’t going to last much longer.
Right now, it seemed fucking impossible thanks to the goings-on taking place beneath this roof. Kaj had mated his female, officially claimed her.
Perhaps it was because Kaj’s room was not all that far from his own, but Mirakel smelled his marking, sensed the male bonding with the female. There was no energy like with the angels. No, this was subtle, something that would only be picked up by vampires. Males from other species would sense something even if they didn’t know exactly what it meant, but they would be deterred from the female. And while it wasn’t a tsunami of energy, it was equally powerful, igniting the urge to fuck.
Damn good thing he’d held off on inviting Briony.
So why was he picking up his phone, pulling up her number, typing out a text?
