A Grave Exchange (14 page)

Turning to Maria
,
I watched her delicate
,
angelic features; she looked at me, innocence personified
,
and smiled warmly
.
She walked over
to the
k
ing
, reached
down
, and when she
put her hands on his shoulders
,
his body
instantly
turned to dust
. T
he wind whipped around us and gathered his ashes
,
spreading them everywhere
.
A second later,
the wind died down, the dancing leaves fell to their rest, the branches once again stood still
,
and I sat down on the cold
,
hard ground
,
staring at Maria
.
Turning once more to
ward
me
,
she smiled and
said
something, but I could not hear
the words
, as
the sound of
Lucius’ roars drowned out whatever it was she was
she’d said
.
Strong arms wrapped around me and lifted me up
. I turned
to
smile at
Lucius
, but the smile slipped,
and I gasped. B
lood red tears
fell
freely
from his eyes and covered
his
cheeks
.

“Dear Gods
,
Ivy, you are determined to
find
a way
to kill me.”

Laughing
shakily at his attempted humor,
I gently
kissed
the teardrops away.

Suddenly, I remembered Maria. I p
oint
ed back over my shoulder.
“Lucius
,
it
’
s
Maria.”

Lucius
looked past
me
.
“Where?”

I
turned
around
, then stepped back from Lucius’ embrace, frantically scanning the cemetery. “She was here, I tell you. Just a moment ago.”

B
ut the beautiful light had disappeared
. I started to turn back to Lucius to explain what happened
,
when something lying on the ground
between the two chestnut tre
e
s
caught my attention.
I walked over and knelt
down;
lying just in front of me was a small
,
intricate locket
.
I p
ick
ed
it up
, and holding it in the palm of my hand,
I opened it
to find
a tiny key sat inside
.
I closed it once more, then picked it up by its chain.
Turning to Lucius
,
who had followed me
, I held it up for his inspection.

“What is it?” I asked.

“I don’t know, but it belonged to Maria. I remember seeing her wearing it the day she was killed,” Lucius told me. “Zorion gave it to her. I don’t know why she left it here, but I’m sure we’ll figure things out, over time.”

Lucius
took
the locket and gently placed the
chain
over my head
. T
he locket
, carved in the shape of heart, with the word Amor etched in script on the front,
rested
nicely
on my chest
.
I drew in a long breath,
overwhelmed by everything that
had just
happened but also
feeling
a deep sense of calm
.
I had
n’t felt this peaceful in a very
long
time
.

Smiling
,
I put my arms around Lucius and said
,
“Please take me home
.
I need you
.
I want you to make love to me.”

Lucius gently picked me up in his
strong
,
warm arms
and
took me
to his
ca
r
.
When
he opened the car door
,
I sighed
;
there
,
before my eyes
, lay
the velvet throw
I loved
. K
neeling
,
Lucius
placed me on the passenger seat and wrapped me up
in its luxur
ious
warmth
.
Tenderly
, he
brushed
the
hair
back from
my face
. I turned to him and smiled, and he
bent down and kissed my lips with a reverence that melted away my heartbreak
. A
ll
of
the horrors I had suffered
faded away, lost
in my past
.
This was the man I loved
.

Lucius smiled and
said
,
“Home it is
,
Ivy.”

C
hapter
Ten

I awoke suddenly and cried out hoarsely for Lucius
. H
e jumped up from where he
la
y
beside me
.

“
Y
ou’re alive, thank the Gods.” He picked me up and sat me on his knee, pulling the
velvet
throw over
us
.

Curling into his warm body
,
I
sat
there
,
rubbing the locket
that still lay between my breasts.

“What happened to me?”

For the longest time
,
Lucius said nothing, just held me, stroking my back
.
Finally, he spoke.

“Ivy
,
things have changed for you now.”

I sat there
mute,
unable to form the questions
tumbling around in my mind.
Of course
,
I knew the answers already
.
My body felt totally different, unique
and alive in a very different way
.
Looking up
,
I gazed around the room
. T
he colors appeared different, the shading more vibrant
and the
textures more interesting to the touch
.
The words Lucius had spoken to me in another language
,
I suddenly understood.
I could smell something wonderful, something vaguely familiar
. T
urning to Lucius
,
I nuzzled up to his neck and inhaled
. A
passion gripped my body
, one
that left me panting with desire
.
Lucius pulled my head away and smiled down at me
.

“
Y
ou are like me now
. Your world has changed
forever, but now
,
we can be together forever
, too
.”

I smiled and resumed my position
,
savoring
Lucius’
delicious scent
. S
ighing
,
I kissed his neck
,
and then
I
licked
him
there
. S
huddering in ecstasy
,
I bit into his neck
.
I could not stop myself
;
my body
’s
desires took
over my
rational
thoug
ht process
es. T
he delicious taste of heaven was
sliding down my throat
—
Lucius’ life blood
—sweeter to me than any flower’s nectar to
honey bee
. G
roaning
,
I turned around and straddled
him
.
I s
uck
ed
harder
,
cried out when his blood pooled in my mouth, arch
ed
into his already hard
cock,
slid my soaking
pussy
lips up and down his velvet
y
skinned
shaft. I
revel
ed
in
all
the new sensations,
sliding
harder and harder
, and
crying out when my swollen clit rubbed deliciously
along
his wet cock
. I raised myself up, unable to
wait
any
longer
.
Lucius grabbed hold of my hips and thrust into me
. H
is cock slamm
ed
into my aching
,
wet vagina
.
Screaming with desire, throwing my head back
,
I rode
him
with everything that was in me
.
Lucius roared
,
and
our mating be
came something
pr
imal and animalistic
.
Harder and faster
, he
pumped into me, holding onto my hips with a vice
-
like grip that had I been human
,
would have
injured me
.
Smiling
,
I looked down at
him. M
y breast
s
bounc
ed
wildly,
and as I
slamm
ed
down hard
,
my inner walls clenched
my release
and milked Lucius’ cock
. S
creaming
my name,
he came inside me
.

“
T
his is what I wanted all my life
. Y
ou are everything to me
,
”
he said through gasping breaths.

S
hivering from my iconic orgasm
,
I laid my head on his shoulder
.
Lucius chuckled quietly, rubbing my ass with his hands
.

“What’s so funny?”

Pulling my face up to his, he kissed my nose,
then
star
ed
at me for the longest time, his beautiful
,
molten eyes glowing like stars from the heavens
.

F
inally
,
he
spoke
.
“I believe when Maria was dying she
actually blessed me with you
.
S
omehow
,
her prayers were heard and the Gods above saw fit to send me you
.
Ivy
,
I am the luckiest man in existence
. H
er blessing not only brought me to you, but
also
awoke the strong
,
powerful woman sitting on top of me now
. The woman
I am going to ravage from head to toe slowly, starting now.”

With that
,
Lucius picked me up off his lap and threw me
squealing
onto the bed
. P
ushing my legs wide open
,
he knelt before me and raked his
enchanting
gaze
up and down my body
. G
oose bumps broke out all over my
skin. S
hivering with excitement
,
I laid there waiting, wanting
.
This was the beginning of our life together; so much more was to come
, a lifetime of discoveries
together
and a million questions to be answered
. . .
like how I
had just
bec
o
me a vampire
.

~The End~