Blood Hunger (An Adult Paranormal Romance) (Deathless Night Series #1) (35 page)

    
Emma stood barefoot in the soft grass of her front yard, still shocked at what had just come out of her mouth, but unable to take it back. She wished he’d turn around so she could see his face. Was he laughing at her? Angry at her? Or was he hurting too?

    
Oh, what the hell. Just tell him. What have I got to lose?
She dropped her hand back down to her side.

    
“I said, I love you. I don’t want you to leave. I want you to stay. Here. With me.” She wished she could think of something more eloquent, but that was about the gist of it.

     Holding her breath, she waited to see what he would do.

     Nik spun around on his heel to face her fully, his need for her written all over his face. His expression was open, hones
t…
nervous. Lowering her walls, she left her emotions bare to him, wishing he would scoop her up and take her back into the house and straight up her bedroom, where she could properly show him how much she’d missed him.

     When he didn’t respond, Emma felt the ache blossoming in her chest, bigger than before. A single tear escaped and rolled down her face. “Am I too late?” she asked.

***

     Nik struggled to hold himself in check as his emotions, too many emotions, washed through him. Happiness. Doubt. Guilt. Hope. Hunger.

     Haltingly, he took a step towards her. Then another. And another, picking up speed until he was so close she had to crane her neck to look up at him.

     His hands shook with barely controlled restraint as he raised them to cup her face, his smoldering blue eyes roving lovingly over her features. “Do you mean that, Em? Don’t say it if you don’t. Please, don’t…don’t say it out of guilt. So I’ll feed. You have nothing to feel guilty about. Nothing. None of this was your choice. I know that. And the last thing I want to do is trap you into a situation you don’t want.”

   
 
Raising her hands, she wrapped them around his wrists, holding his hands to her face as another tear slid down her cheek to disappear under his palm. “I’ve been so miserable the last few weeks. I told myself it was just because I was worried about my sister, but it wasn’t just that. I’ve missed you so much, Nik.” Her face crumpled as she began to cry in earnest. “Please, stay with me. I need you so much…I…” She dwindled off, her eyes pleading with him to believe her.

   
 
“Shhhh.” Nik wiped her tears away with his thumbs. He felt the truth of her words flow through him, her emotions flooding through him to twist together with his own. Not as strong as usual since it had been so long since they’d been together, but still there.

     Lifting her face to his, he pressed a soft kiss on each closed eye, on her nose, and finally her mouth. His entire body shuddered at the feel of her under his lips, and he felt her own body tremble in response.

     He couldn’t put into words the extent his body, and his heart, had craved her these last two weeks. She was his entire world now. Being away from her for so long had been an agony he’d never felt before. He couldn’t even concentrate on what he needed to do to get Aiden back. All he thought about was Emma.

     Breaking off the kiss, he pressed his forehead to hers. “I’ve missed you too. So much, Em. Of course I’ll stay with you. Where else would I go?”

   
 
Fresh tears welled in her eyes. Happy tears this time, he hoped. Her smile widened to match his as he wrapped his big arms around her, lifting her feet off of the ground. Squeezing her so hard she couldn’t breath; he planted a sound kiss right on her mouth. Her giggle was the sweetest thing he’d ever heard.

     Sliding one hand under her pert ass, Nik lifted her up until she wrapped her legs around his waist. He kept his hand there to hold her up as his other hand slid up to the back of her neck, tucking her face into the curve of his neck and shoulder as she wrapped her arms tightly around him. He needed to get them inside, and quickly. Before he took her outside on the ground like an animal.

     A low growl rumbled deep in his throat as he felt her soft lips kiss the skin on his neck, and he strode determinedly back to the house as quickly as he could.

***

     Emma breathed in Nik’s masculine scent as he whisked them back into the house, dropping a kiss on the cool skin of his neck. He felt colder than usual, and her brow furrowed in concern. He gave her no time to worry more about it, however.

     Taking the stairs two at a time at supernatural speed, he took her straight up to her bedroom and carefully laid her down on her old quilt, lowering himself between her legs. Her robe split open and her nightshirt hiked up until she was bare to him, his jeans rough on her sensitive skin as he rolled his hips into her softness. She welcomed his weight with open arms, wrapping them around him, and slid her fingers into his dark blonde hair as he dropped his head down and took her mouth.

     She gasped at the feel of him on top of her again, and he took the opportunity to thrust his tongue inside, beginning a rhythm that matched his hips pressing into her. She sighed happily as he took control, kissing her like a starving man.

     Nik moaned as her legs fell open of their own accord to welcome him, the lusty sound causing a rush of desire to surge through her. The scent of it wafted through the air as she arched up into him, rubbing herself against him. She could feel his cock throbbing, even through his jeans, as he pushed his swollen member against her soft folds, over and over, the friction causing a deep ache to start deep within her.

     As his hardness rubbed her clit, Emma gasped, the heat of him burning her. Wanting him closer, she tried to work her hands between them to help him get out of those clothes, but he grabbed her wrists, holding them on either side of her head as his mouth wandered across her jaw and down her neck.

     She heard him inhale deeply as he paused there, and she tilted her head away to give him better access. Breathing hard, she ached for the pleasure/pain of his bite. But he just kissed the tender skin softly and kept going, kissing his way across her collarbone, and down her chest until her shirt got in the way.

     Letting go of one of her wrists, he lifted himself off of her just enough to get his hand in there. Grabbing a fistful of material in one hand, he gave a pull, effortlessly tearing the material completely in half. Rearing up to sit on his heels, he put a hand behind her neck and sat her up with him, yanking the ruined nightshirt and her old, ratty robe out from under her.

***

     Laying her back down, Nik remained sitting above her, watching her beautiful breasts rise and fall with her heavy breaths, her pink nipples puckering for him prettily. Her skin was flushed, causing her scars to stand out in stark relief.

     His mouth pulled back in a snarl, exposing his long fangs. He wished he could kill those things all over again.

     Emma’s hands gripped the quilt on either side of her, no doubt wanting to cover herself, and her scars, but he slowly shook his head at her in warning. He would not be denied the right to look his fill after so long apart from her.

     Taking a hold of the bottoms of his shirt and hoodie, he pulled them both up and off in one smooth movement. The ropes of muscle across his stomach tightened and released with need as he ran his eyes from her breasts, down her soft belly, to her slick folds spread wide and glistening before him.

     Imagining the taste of her, he ran his tongue over his bottom lip, then reached out with one hand and laid it flat between her hip bones as his thumb slid down, dipping into her moisture, then finding her hard nub and rubbing it slowly. His eyes never leaving the erotic view of her spread out before him, he slid his other hand down the front of jeans, cupping himself and squeezing slightly, before undoing the button on his waistline and slowly pulling the zipper down.

     Emma stopped breathing as she watched him take his thick length in his own hand, her attention torn between what he was doing to her and the sight of him sliding his hand up and down his cock. He watched her watch him, a bead of moisture appearing at the tip, and he groaned, holding his hand still at the base and squeezing himself.

     He started rubbing her faster, and under his hand, he felt the muscles low in her belly tightening, surging, and easing again. She strained against him as he masterfully worked her body, and his eyes narrowed with desire as they flew to her face to watch her.

     “Nikulas!” Her eyes flew up to his as she came suddenly and hard, her back arching with the power of it, her hands clenching the comforter like a lifeline.

     Nik’s lips pulled back off his aching fangs as he watched her, his cock throbbing for release in his hand. But he wasn’t done with her yet.

     Hopping off the bed, he quickly shed his pants and shoes. Returning before she’d had a chance to miss him, he lay down along her side. Stretching his full length to feel every inch of her, he took her wrists in one hand, kissing the pulse there, before lifting them above her head and pressing them down into the mattress. With his other hand, he held her jaw, turning her face to him for a kiss.

     Emma moaned as he took her mouth, pressing his throbbing length against her hip. She tried to turn towards him, but he moved his hand from her jaw to her hip, holding her in place. She whimpered in protest, but he just smiled against her mouth.

     Then suddenly, he let go of her wrists and rolled onto his back, pulling her on top of him. One hand on the back of her head and one on her lower back, he pressed himself up into her belly, growling low in her ear.

     Emma pulled her legs up to either side of him until she was straddling his lean hips, and lifting herself up, ran his length through the slick folds of her pussy. His belly clenched with desire, his cock jerking up to find her tight sheath, weeping drops of semen, begging to be inside her. As she did it again, he shuddered underneath her.

     Nik almost came between them as she rubbed herself up and down his swollen shaft the third time. She was so fucking wet. Groaning, he grabbed her hips to hold her still. “Stop. Before I come too soon.”

   
 
Raising his hands to her head, he pulled her to him until they were almost nose to nose. He watched her eyes darken with desire as he told her, “When I come, I’m going to be so deep inside of you, Em. I want to feel your tight warmth gripping me, pulsing around me, when I do. But I want to taste you first.”

***

     Emma moaned as she felt a flood of moisture between her legs at his words. She caught a flash of his fangs as he lowered his head to her neck, and a small sound escaped from her as he pressed his mouth to the skin over her artery. But still, he didn’t bite her.

     Instead, he worked his way down to her aching breasts, his hands under her arms lifting her over him as he fastened his mouth over one throbbing nipple. Pulling it into his mouth, he teased it with his tongue before sucking hard, and then released it to do the same to the other side.

     Lifting her higher, he kissed his way down her belly, hitting each and every ragged and lovely piece of skin, until he reached the soft, red curls at the apex of her thighs.

     Emma gripped the top her headboard as Nik lifted her above his mouth. At his urging, she spread her legs, placing a knee on each side of his head. Looking down, she gasped as his fiery blue eyes met hers. He inhaled deeply, growling low in his throat at the scent of her, and her belly clenched as she felt another rush of wetness in response.

     Reaching up, he ran his hands up over her breasts, kneading them fully, before gripping her hips and placing her over his mouth. She lurched uncontrollably when she felt his warm tongue on her. His grip tightening on her hips to hold her still, he lapped at her, his eyes closing with pleasure as he settled in.

     Emma’s head fell back as he found her clitoris, flicking it with his tongue. Moving her hips in unison with his movements as the tension in her belly returned, desire throbbed through her where he manipulated her with his mouth, spreading all the way out through her limbs.

     She began to tremble uncontrollably, her muscles straining towards her orgasm. She hovered there on the brink, until with a growl, Nik sucked her throbbing nub into his mouth, piercing her with his fangs. She cried out as the pain mixed with the pleasure and sent her crashing over the edge. His fingers dug into her hips to hold her there as her body convulsed above him.

***

     Nik’s eyes rolled back in his head as the taste of her blood mixed with the taste of her sex to flood his mouth and throat. He sucked her as she bucked above him, his cock jerking at her cries, trying to find her.

     Unable to wait any longer, he lifted her away from his mouth and yanked her down the length of him. Bending his knees to meet her, he was deep inside of her with one strong thrust, his cry joining hers at the feel of her tight grip around him.