Orianna narrowed her eyes. “Do you want to be with me, Eclipse?”
He frowned. “Of course I do.”
“Then you won’t bring that up ever again.”
“But it’s true.”
“Perhaps. But if you put your mouth on another woman—fairy, angel, vampire, whatever—you will never put your mouth on me again.”
Based on the way his eyes widened, she’d shocked him. Good. She wanted him to know she had no intentions of sharing him. Not with anyone.
“Now where are we going to do this?” she repeated.
The next thing Orianna knew, Eclipse’s hand was fisted in her hair and his mouth was fused to hers. She could taste his passion, his need. He wanted what she could offer him, but he didn’t want to hurt her.
“I’m stronger than you give me credit for,” she mumbled against his lips.
He growled, then his hands were cupping her ass, lifting her off her feet. Orianna didn’t have time to shriek before she was on her back on the bed, his enormous body moving over her. Rather than bring his mouth to hers once again, Eclipse straddled her legs as he stripped his T-shirt off, tossing it to the floor. Her eyes trailed down the sinewy lines of his torso as he dragged her T-shirt up and over her head. She silently pleaded for him to be careful because the clothes she wore were borrowed, but the words never came out.
Turned out, she liked him like this. All aggression and power, taking what he wanted, while underneath all that passion, she saw the ease with which he treated her. By the time they were both naked, Orianna was panting, desperate to feel him.
As he held himself over her, she leaned up on her elbows, pressing her lips to the strong column of his neck. He tilted his head, giving her better access as she licked his skin. He smelled so good, a natural scent unique to him.
When his big hand cupped the back of her head, the move holding her at his neck, Orianna sucked his skin into her mouth, latching on firmly. He groaned, a dark rumble vibrating through his chest. She kissed and licked, working her way up to his ear.
“I want to feed you, Eclipse.” She nipped his earlobe. “I want to heal you. Only me.”
Another dark rumble escaped seconds before he crushed his mouth to hers once more.
Chapter Twenty
Eclipse had never felt a hunger thisgreat. And he knew there was only one capable of quenching it, sating him, healing him. Her words, her touch … they triggered the animal within. It took every ounce of his remaining strength to keep from tearing the flesh at her neck in his efforts to take what she so willingly offered.
“Sezari…”
“Take from me, Eclipse,” she whispered, tilting her head to the side.
His eyes locked on the pulse in her neck, all that soft flesh. Brushing her hair back, he leaned in and inhaled her sweet lavender scent. How she still smelled the same, he wasn’t sure. For the past few days, she’d showered with his soap, yet Orianna still smelled sweet.
Her hand curled behind his head, urging him closer.
“I need to be inside you,sezari.”
She relaxed beneath him, her legs spreading, giving his hips the room they needed as he moved over her. His cock pulsed when he felt the silky heat of her core. Her soft moans brought him back from the brink, reminded him her pleasure was far more important than his own needs. He doubted she realized the magnitude of what she was offering. Sure, he’d taken her vein a few times, but he’d yet to truly feed from her.
Soft fingers curled around his shaft, stroking him, making his entire body tremble with anticipation. And when Orianna guided him into the blissful heat of her body, he felt some of his strength return. She did that to him. As though his entire existence was now fueled by this one female.
“Feed,” she demanded, her fingers clutching the back of his head.
“I don’t want to hurt you.” The words rasped out of his mouth as immense pleasure overcame him. The smooth walls of her sex clutched him as he sank in deeper.
“You won’t.”
How she could be so certain, Eclipse didn’t know. But her trust in him was humbling.
He shifted his hips, retreating slowly, then sinking inside her as he rested his upper body on his forearms.
“You have to be still for me,” he whispered, licking her neck. “Don’t move.”
