Page 39 of Desired for Her Blood
I shake my head, mouthing the word no, as he wipes my tears with his thumbs.
“Water,” he says. And he’s back at my side, holding the tin cup before I recognize that he’s gone.
Supporting my shoulders, he holds the cup for me as I drink a few sips, loving the immediate rush of coldness and moisture as it spreads through me, and then I drink more, taking the cup from him and draining every last drop.
“Thank you.” My voice is still hoarse, and I clear it.
“More?”
I rise up to sit cross-legged. “Please.” Once again, he’s gone and back in a blink, returning with another cup of water. I drain that one too.
“It’s nighttime,” I say. “We spent the whole day—”
“I could fuck you forever.” He cups one of my breasts, then he looks up into my eyes, raising his eyebrows suggestively. “Maybe if I gave you some blood…”
Desire is pounding fiercely through me, as if our mutual climaxes reignited my need. My insides feel ready to go again, but I’m worried about the other guys.
I look out to the water. “Zuben’s been gone for so long. And Axe…”
Ryker cocks his head to the side. “The bear man’s okay,” he says. “Probably waiting for a break in the action out here.” He winks. “Should we get going again before he comes back?”
I glance down. Ryker’s hard—again or still. One touch, one word from me and he’ll be driving inside me again. The idea’s tempting and his coming inside me seems to have given me new energy. But we can’t live on sex alone. Can we?
While he was inside me, I decided to tell Ryker I loved him, but now, recognizing my strong feelings for the other two men, it doesn’t seem right, or at least not the right time. I need to get all my emotions sorted out first.
“I should check on Axe.” My legs feel like jelly, vibrating, shaking as I adjust my sitting position, preparing to stand.
“I’ll call him.”
I shake my head. “I want to talk to him. He—he needs to know what Zuben told me.” Earlier in the day, between rounds of sex and sleep, I told Ryker everything Zuben told me about my connections to magic. Ryker doesn’t seem bothered by any of the details. But Axe is another matter.
Ryker said it only confirmed what he already knew, that I was unique and special, the best tasting human and the best fuck he’d ever had.
Of course those words led to another vigorous love making session, and my body heats now at the memory. But I can’t get distracted by the lure of more sex. Even if my body might have the energy to take it.
I start to stand and he leaps up to help me. My legs are wobbly, but support me as I walk slowly toward the water’s edge, shocked at how strange the normally familiar action of walking feels.
It’s almost like Ryker’s still inside me, or like my body needs to learn how to function with the sense memory of his cock deeply imbedded between my legs.
“You sure you’re strong enough to swim past the waterfall?” Ryker wraps his arms around me.
I nod. I’m not actually sure that I am strong enough, but Iamsure that Axe will dive in to help me if I’m not.
“Axe,” I call out, certain he can hear me through the pounding waterfall. “I’m coming back there, so we can talk.”
One arm slung around me, Ryker bends to kiss me softly. “Be careful,” he says, his lips close to mine, and then he slides his other hand between my legs.
“Fuck, you’re still so wet.” He pushes a finger inside me. “And remember.” He grins. “What Axe can offer in size, I can make up for in talent.” His finger slides out of me and he pinches my clit.
Gasping, I bat his hand away, fighting the temptation to cave into his offer, or was it a threat? Either way, Ryker is tempting, but I can’t put off this conversation with Axe any longer.
* * *
Ember
Gratitude and reliefform a tag team to flood me with joy as I lean back against Axel’s warm, strong body, our legs stretched out in front of us, sitting against the stone wall behind the waterfall.
I told Axe everything that Zuben told me about the Illuminant and my history and my sketchy memories, and the strong possibility that Idohave magic. And while telling him all of that was scary, given Axe’s hatred of witches, I feel so much better now that it’s done.
