Page 77 of Bite of Passage
“Why not?It’s less disgusting than putting your mouth on a random person.”A shiver worked its way through her.“I don’t even know how you could possibly have done that with someone like Dylan.I don’t want them to turn into something I’d have to…kill.”She threw a hand over her mouth as bile surged.A glance around found nothing convenient to puke into.
“There’s the horror I remember.Yes, you must kill the human, or it will start the turn toward one of us.Completing the turn requires you share your blood, but don’t forget the curse on our species.You’re the first new vampire.Who knows if it can be done again.”He sat up and pulled her into him.“I’m here for now.Bite me all you want, preferably when I’m deep inside you.”
“You might not always be around.You could die.Or you might freak out that I’m going to turn into something else and dump me, or try to kill me, or the Directorate might take me.”
“How about we try to get through tonight?”
A wave of lust hit her when he threw off the covers, revealing his nakedness beneath.His hands gripped her cheeks tight as he pressed his mouth against hers.
Demanding, his mouth worked over hers, pulling and teasing.His tongue swept across her lips, but she didn’t give in to him right away.He growled.She smiled and opened her mouth to grant him access.
When her tongue caressed his, he moaned and shifted them so she was on her back.His grip on her pelvis was so tight that it shot a piercing pain through her, but the pain subsided when she realized how amazing it was to have someone claim her the way Skarde did.
A heady sensation took over when Skarde moved his lips over hers and down her neck, teasing over her jugular and back up to her mouth.His kisses slowed, turning languid and purposeful with every swipe.
The sensation was addictive.With every press of his mouth, every swipe of his tongue her senses swirled.Just when she thought she couldn’t get any closer to him, he pulled away to take a deep breath.
He leaned in to run his tongue along her jaw and up to her ear, nipping the skin there.“Tell me you want me.”
“Of course I want you.”
“How badly?”He took her earlobe into his mouth and nibbled.
She wanted him more than air itself.On a hiss of outgoing air she said, “Skarde?—”
“I want you at the point the need is so painful that the moment I’m inside, you’ll come so hard you have to bite me.”He used his knee to spread her legs farther apart.“Don’t move your legs.”
His voice had changed, becoming darker.More throaty.More commanding.
He laced their fingers together and held her hands on either side of her head as he lowered his mouth to hers.His knees spread between her legs, but he still only touched her with his mouth.She tried to keep up with his kisses and tongue and the nips, but it was hard when the sensations of his mouth dominated her thoughts.She got lost in his touch, the command and strength in his body.How could he remain so controlled, when every stroke and kiss shot fireworks through her veins?
He kissed down her neck.His teeth cast teasing nibbles to the point she moaned and arched her neck against him, tempting him and wishing he’d give her a real bite.But he resisted.Her body throbbed with need and her legs shook.She was drowning in desire.
Then Skarde returned to her mouth.
“I need you,” she rasped out between kisses.
“You’re not begging for it.Not yet.”He kissed back to her neck and nipped.
She moaned.“Please…”
“You’ll have to wait a bit longer.”He worked up to her mouth once more.This time, he used lighter kisses.Not as hungry or demanding, just exploratory.
It was torture.Pure torture.With her hands were pinned, she couldn’t touch him back.All she had was her mouth, and when she tried to direct him and arch into his body, tried tempting him, he pulled away.
“I’m in charge, so stop trying to get more, Gemma.”
“You’re driving me crazy.”
He dipped and rolled his pelvis into hers.The building pressure started to grow uncomfortable.
“Damn it, Skarde,” she muttered as his lips fell to her neck.“I might put my new super strength to the test.”He rubbed his bare chest against her nipples, only allowing the tips to graze his skin.The sensation was too much.It shot her hips toward his with a feral cry.“Please, I need you so bad I’m throbbing in my toes.”
“Bite me,” he commanded as he released her hands.
She gripped his shoulders and leaned in to bite into his neck.The rich flavor of his blood flowed down his throat.A deep moan erupted out of her chest.
“Fuck,” he muttered as he surged inside her.Again, his strength knocked her free of his neck.
