Afterlife (Afterlife Saga) (94 page)

“Keira, they are both right to be angry. I shouldn't have underestimated Sammael. You got hurt because of my arrogance and for this I cannot be forgiven.” Draven said as he turned away from us all at his own shame. My guilt was too much to bear and it made me shout at everyone!

“LOOK this is stupid! It's over now and what's done is done! But listen to me when I say this was my own fault and if I had told you all the truth about who had called then this could have been avoided! NOW if you don't forget all this and drop it right now I will leave and I won't come back until you all start blaming the right person...ME!” I shouted as my own temper was getting out of control. They were staring at me now in disbelief and so this forced me to make my point as I rose off the bed and winced at the pain that shot through my feet. But Draven was now the one who flashed to my side picking me back up and putting me down on the bed.

“Keira stop! You will hurt yourself even more!” He said holding me still.

“And I will, but only if you all stop pointing the blame at the one person who saved my life,” I said looking from Vincent to Sophia and finally at Draven.

“You’re right. It is not necessary to keep torturing the girl with events that have already taken place, but Dominic you must stop acting as though she only means something to you and you alone! You brought her into all our lives, so then you must learn to accept joint responsibility for her safety. No doubt this won't be the end of the difficulties having her involved in our world means. Let us help you both.”  Vincent came over to place his loyal hand on his brother’s shoulder and it was emotional to see the love they not only had for him but for me also.

“Yeah Dom, why do you get to have all the fun? The one time I could have kicked ass in years and you deny us both the opportunity, pulling that leader and head of the family crap!” Sophia ranted and I couldn't help but giggle at the thought of her fighting, but then, after the punch I witnessed her crack at her huge brother then I could very well see her coming in handy.

“Right, now that's all cleared up, could someone please get me some bloody tequila 'cause I was lying about the whole not being in pain thing!” I said and Draven
wasn't the only one who frowned.

“Right, I think we need to be alone for this next part.” He especially looked at Sophia as he said this and I knew he was going to heal me the way he did last time. Only he didn't know that I had the sight since Sammael had touched me.
All this time he must have thought I had just watched Draven and Andy fighting, without me seeing all the Leeches that were attacking.
I couldn't help but laugh out loud as he was trying to save me from seeing what Sophia looked like as a Demon! After everything I had just seen I found this close to hilarious.

“Keira what's wrong?” Draven asked as though he was not only concerned for my physical heath but now my mental
health
as well.

“Draven, I have had the sight ever since Sammael touched me and made me see! I saw everything that happened back there.” As soon as I said this Draven's face dropped like it was the
worst
thing that could have ever happened. He actually looked pale for the first time. He looked mortified as I held out my arm to show him the red marks that remained from where Sammael had cut me open to force the power of sight into me. I looked towards Sophia who gasped and turned to hide away. This instantly made me feel ashamed that I had thought badly of her Demon form. After all it was who she was and I should have just accepted it to begin with.

“Sophia, please don't turn away,” I pleaded, wanting to go over to her but Draven still had his arms around me keeping me on the bed. She still held her head down and my guilt was overwhelming.

“Keira, can you still see us?” Draven
asked
with
his face full of concern.

“No I have learnt to control it, I just pushed it out like I usually do and you all changed back..... So you see, Sophia you don't need to hide from me and anyway I saw you long ago as a demon.” I said shocking them all. She turned back to look at me and I could almost see the tears in her dark eyes.

“When?”
She asked shaking her head as if she didn't believe me.

“I saw you that night after Layla stabbed me, I was outside on the balcony when you turned up looking for me” This new information made her
laugh
with disbelief.

“But Keira all this time you have still acted the same towards me, what you saw in me must have frightened you?”

“I won't lie it did at first but I knew you were still you, no matter what you looked like on the outside, my feelings would still remain the sa
me...you’re my friend. A sister
” I said with tears welling up.

She marched right over to me and hugged me but this time being more careful of my body that was slowly turning different shades of blue and purple.

“Thank you,” she whispered in my ear and she turned to her brother and said sweetly,

“Take care of her brother,” before leaving with Vincent through the door they came in, leaving me alone with Draven. His hand caught a stray tear that fell down my cheek and I turned to face him.

“Why didn't you tell me?” He asked softly as he was examining the shallow cut on my neck from Morgan's blade.

“I guess because I didn't think it was that big of a deal and after nearly a lifetime of seeing your kind...well now I understand it. It doesn't affect me any more like it
used to.”  This was the truth, after years of not understanding why me? Well now I knew why and all those years of tears and being frightened...now I knew there was a reason for it and the reason was for the man I loved!

“Anyway, so what's the diagnosis Doc?” I said trying to add a bit of humour to the situation but he just frowned at me.

“You’re a mess!” He said with frustration and I winced at this.

“Is it that bad?” I said giving him my best wide-eyed puppy look which amazingly seemed to work as his eyes softened and the crease on his forehead smoothed.

“Still beautiful but a mess all the same, but I will soon fix that. Hold very still, ok?” He said as his hand went to my neck as I gathered he needed an open wound for it to work. I couldn't help but close my eyes as I felt the heat rush through my body using my veins to travel. I arched my body and my head fell backwards at the intense feelings produced. Draven lowered me back on the bed so my head could have support. I could feel every muscle in my body relax as the new energy inside me worked as my new blood started to heal me. My feet stretched out as it made
it's
way down to them and I could almost feel the cuts close up giving me a tingling feeling just like pins and needles.

It made me feel drunk with euphoria with my mind swimming in an ocean of warm energy making my skin change from warm to cold, over and over, again and again. It was Draven's hand that brought me back to reality. His hand slid up my side creating a different blissful feeling, one I wanted more than air. I let out a moan and the sound of his laughter made me open my eyes to find him smiling down at me.

“Feeling better I presume?” He said with a cocky grin.

“Yeah I'll say! Thanks for that but did you have to make me horny when I look like this?” I said laughing and covering my face with my hands to conceal my red cheeks.

“I wasn't aware it had that effect and there is nothing wrong with the way you look.” Was he joking? I looked down at what he could see. It was just as if the night had never happened! I was wearing the dress as though I had just put it on minutes ago. I sat up making my head spin slightly.

“Careful!” He warned but I was just amazed to find not only my dress intact but also my hair was the same as it had been, I could even feel the
makeup
that Sophia had put on me. It was as if I had never left the club! I laughed as my skin was now glowing a healthy shade rather than the red and bruised it had been.

“You’re good!” I teased turning to face him smiling. He just shrugged his shoulders as if it had been no trouble but I could see the hidden smile behind that confident expression.

“I will be expecting a reward, not everything I do for you is free.” He teased back as he placed his hands on my face pulling my lips to his. As soon as I tasted his mouth I inhaled his scent making it hard to breath. I could feel the energy that was still inside me, bursting with desire to have him take me. But almost as soon as I thought it his hands released me and I let out a moan of a different kind, which he laughed at.

“I don't think we should push your body any more tonight, it has been through
enough and with you looking like that I don't think I could control myself.” He said swallowing hard as his eyes scanned my body with hungry lust. I frowned at him and my disappointment was as clear as day.

“Don't look at me like that
Keira,
you need rest not a body workout!” He got up and left me on the bed as if to help control himself. A control I was trying to destroy like it was my enemy and
boy,
I knew just how to do it!

“Fine, if you won't give me what I want!” I said before doing the unthinkable. I lay back down and started to lift my skirt slowly feeling the warm skin on the inside of my legs. I moved my fingertips up them slowly and I licked my lips and closed my eyes, as I got closer up to where my pleasure burned. My head went back on the pillow and I arched my body before getting there.

I heard a low growl before I felt my wrists being restrained above my head and Draven now on top of me. He held me down pressing them hard into the pillows above. I couldn’t keep the satisfied grin from my face.

“Nobody pleasures this body but me...do you understand?” He ground himself against me making me bite my lip in response.

“Answer me Keira!” He commanded in that velvet voice that had my head spinning with incoherent thoughts. He pushed against my sweet spot again making me moan and writhe under him.

“Keira!”
He warned, this time in a deeper voice.

“Yes...oh yes” I panted.

“And you say you’re not a temptress,” he whispered in my ear before kissing my neck still keeping me restrained. Moments ago this would have hurt like hell but after Draven's energy was transferred inside me, my body felt stronger than ever before, and well, I wanted to show off my new power. Although the power of seduction I had in mind had quickly turned tables on me.

“It's not my fault if you’re weak,” I said before biting him playfully on the neck making him let out his own moan, which was more satisfying to hear than I could ever explain.

“You’re right.
I am weak with you in control!” He said before ripping my fresh new dress off my body leaving me in just the deep purple underwear I had picked for this occasion. This was done to prove that actually, I was not as in control as I acted. His eyes scanned every material covered curve and for once he was the one to bite his lip first. This made his Demon form erupt and I could clearly see the same energy flow through his veins that now flowed through mine. He looked up at me with purple fire in his eyes.

“Scared?” He said through an evil, wicked grin as he pulled me up by my arms to his face.

“Terrified
” I mocked back before crushing my lips to his in excitement. My legs wrapped around his waist and I held my body there using my new strength with ease. His hands held my backside and lifted me the right height before lowering me down as another kind of energy filled me. I let out a burst of moans not wanting to contain my bliss from him making his teeth find my shoulder. He held my skin in his mouth trying to fight the urge to bite down, so when I turned my neck to one side, I made the decision for him as his teeth sank into my skin making the pain quickly turn into
the most amazing sensation. He tongue sealed the bite as he licked me, sending tingles down my neck and back making me shiver under his hold.

As it got more and more intense he pushed our bodies up against the wall behind the bed pinning me against the wooden frame. Again I thought this would have hurt me if his power inside me wasn't making me stronger and able to accept his Demon form making love to me now.

His wings help him push into me and with every deep thrust his feathers shivered in a stimulated sequence. He held his entire body flush with mine, moving away only to pound himself back into me, making me scream with the building pressure. It felt like his steel arms were the only thing keeping me from exploding and floating away.