Choices (The Forever series, Book Four) (27 page)

“Get rid of the gown,” he says desperately.

It’s gone in a second and he grabs me unencumbered to him. I
can feel him pushing against me and I grind down on him causing him to cry out.
“Oh fuck,” he lets go of me long enough to free himself but then his hands are
back on me. “I want you now,” he says and I don’t need asking twice as I rise
up and thrust down onto him. “So wet,” he murmurs. “I wish we were human so I
could feel how hot you are. So you could feel me.”

His words give me slight pause. It’s the oddest thing for
him to say. But there again he has been saying odd things for a while now. I
think no more of it as I move over him and he clamps his fangs down on my neck
to feed. I am burning with desire but push it down as I want him to make me
come in another way. I hope the longer I delay it the more likely he is to give
it to me. It has been forever since he did it, back in the orgy room when the
four of us were still playing nice.

He releases the bite and says hungrily, “You’re going to
make me work for it aren’t you?” His eyes are pitch black and full of lust.
“You know what I want,” I whisper and his eyes flash. An unspoken rule of never
asking for it, only letting him choose to give it to me. But rules are being
broken all over the place lately, so fuck it. What’s one more? I know he will
do it but he will make me pay first. With me still riding him slowly, he drags
just one claw down my chest in between my breasts and I squirm against the
sting, raking my own claws down his back. He drags his tongue back up the gash
and I am about ready to explode with holding onto my orgasm. He delicately
circles a bloody cut around my nipple and he drags his tongue around that,
licking me until it heals. I am in pure ecstasy. He moves his mouth over the
aching peak and licks me, breathing on me softly, causing me to arch my back to
push myself further against his mouth. He must Shift back as he nips at me with
his regular teeth and I growl in frustration. “Fuck, Constantine. You are
driving me crazy.”

“No one is stopping you from letting go, Aefre. In fact I
would prefer it if you did,” he says matter-of-factly and I am even more
resolved to make him work for it now. Talk about cutting my nose off to spite
my face, stubborn fool that I am. I pull up and away from him and it is his
turn to growl at me now that he is no longer inside me. “Don’t play games with
me, Aefre.”

“Give me what I want,” I say, bold now in the face of my own
idiocy.

He flips us over so I am back against the sofa and he
thrusts into me, pinning me in place. I wrap my legs around him as who am I
kidding? I can’t hold out for him anymore than he can for me. “Don’t do that
again,” he says as he speeds up, pounding into me, forcing my orgasm to the
surface once again. Oh Christ I want to let go but I don’t. I think of every
distasteful thing that I can to douse the fire burning inside me. Well I
definitely learned from the best on how to be a stubborn idiot as he continues
to grind into me, but goes nowhere near where I want him to be. He is solid
inside me and pulsing against the right spot with alarming accuracy. When I do
finally let go it will more than likely be mind-blowing, in the literal sense,
but at least I will die a happy girl.

“You are a stubborn little thing,” he whispers to me. “I
will make you see the error of your ways.” He pulls out of me and sits down
again, pulling me onto him, facing outwards. Now I know he isn’t going to give
me what I want because he can’t reach it. Fucking infuriating Vampire. He lifts
me up and impales me and I cry out in spite of myself. He reaches around me
with one hand to play with my nipple, the other going to my clit. I am soaking
wet by now and I wonder how much longer he can last. I move over him, wanting
to bring him to his knees as I continue to think about horrible things. An
image of Devon fucking that girl enters my head and completely distracts me
long enough to push the rush of desire away.

“Fuck, Aefre. You are killing me,” he mutters. “I want to
feel you throbbing against me. I want to know how good I make you feel.”

Oh crap, his words are undoing me and I know that’s his
game. “Oh baby,” I moan as he drops his fangs into my neck again.

In the end, I lose it. I can’t contain it anymore. I come so
loudly and so forcefully around him, I think the whole hotel must have heard
and felt it. He purrs as the rush goes into his mouth through my blood and the
vibrations set me off again. He releases the bite and in a move so sudden, I
don’t know how he did it, he turns me around to face him, pushing me back down
onto himself as I am still throbbing away, and he clamps down on my nipple with
his fangs sinking in and I am so completely lost in the next wave of my
multiple orgasm, I really do just want to die because everything after this is
going to be an anti-climax. Pardon the pun.

He pulls back and breathes, “Fuck, Aefre,” before he kisses
me and comes inside me with his own forceful orgasm that goes on and on.

I rest my forehead on his. We are both breathing heavily and
dripping with sweat.

“You lose,” he rasps at me.

“Yes, I do. I am not ashamed to admit defeat,” I laugh
happily. “Christ, that was the best sex I have ever had,” I tell him to his
delight.

“Me too,” he says.

“Oh really? If I believed you, I would take that as quite
the compliment.”

He frowns at me, “Why wouldn’t you believe me?”

“Well you have been around the block a couple of thousand
times, surely you’ve had better.”

“Never,” he says. “And by the way, sex with you is the only
sex worth having.”

“Are you being honest?” I ask shyly.

“I am wounded that you would think otherwise,” he says a bit
pissy now, and I believe him.

A knock at the door sounds and CK calls out, “Come in,”
clearly wanting whoever is on the other side to see us in this indelicate
position.

As it happens it is Devon and Sebastian. “Seems we
interrupted. Again,” Sebastian says sarcastically.

“Not at all. We are done. For now,” CK says jovially.

“Erm, not quite,” I say. “Everybody here has fed, at least
several times today, and I’ve had nothing. Being the one who needs more than
you guys, may I?” I ask CK and he obliges, by tilting his head to the side.

I drop my fangs and pull him up to me, my claws sinking into
his back at the same time my fangs sink into his neck. I feel him stirring
inside me, as he never left, and it sends a

rush of desire through me. He groans as he feels me coating
him and he pulls on my hips to get me to move against him again.

"Fuck's sake,” I hear Sebastian say. "Do they ever
give it a rest?"
"Nope," Devon says and I sense him coming closer. "Only thing
left to do is join in."
He sits next to Constantine and plucks my left arm off him and lifts my wrist
to his mouth. Dropping his fangs he sinks them into me and the jolt of pleasure
that goes through me makes me groan. Sebastian sits on Constantine’s other side
and plucks my right arm away from him lifts my wrist to his mouth and drops his
fangs straight into me.
Holy fuck! Now this is an experience I would highly recommend! My sire, my
sibling, and my charge. Whoa, mama. I feel like every nerve ending is firing on
all cylinders and I start to tingle and fizz all over.

I continue suckling on CK, long past when I should have
stopped, but I know he can take it. He breathes in deeply. I pull back,
retracting my fangs and kiss him. My arms still pulled out to the sides, I grip
him with my thighs to keep my balance as I speed up my movement. He grabs my
hips to steady me and I hiss as Devon and Sebastian take more than their fill.
I feel myself sink lower and lower into the pleasure zone, until I am almost in
a trance-like state. My mind goes blank and I don’t think, I can only feel. I
see my eyes transform into my Dragon’s, reflected back in my sire’s eyes, and
She ripples across my back making me flex my shoulders, disturbing the fangs in
my wrists, tearing my veins wide open. I lose myself in my sire’s eyes and I
vaguely hear him snap, “’Bastian. I told you what would happen to you if you
did this to her.”

“It’s not me. I swear it,” he says.

I slowly, slowly fall back and Constantine grabs the small
of my back as Sebastian and Devon grab my arms. I feel Devon cup my breast and
squeeze tightly so that my nipple is now a hard peak that is aching to be
licked. He obliges and I feel a tingle go all the way from my back teeth to my
toes. “Oh fuck yes,” I murmur as I come and at my encouragement Constantine
pulls on my hips roughly, having me ride him until he comes with a soft grunt,
as Devon plunges his tongue into my mouth. Dragging me off Constantine, he
keeps kissing me as he releases himself and pushes himself into me with a quick
thrust.

“Oh Christ, Liz. I have missed fucking you,” he moans
against my mouth.

I have missed fucking him too, but am unable to speak due to
his tongue in my mouth. He clearly has no issues with playing second fiddle as
Constantine calls it and for that I am grateful. I want him desperately, not
caring that we are being watched.

He brings us both to an orgasm at the same time, so
confident in his ability to read my body and its signs. My mind is scattered, I
am in seventh heaven right now.

“What do you think you are doing?” I hear Constantine ask in
a low voice.

“I told you if she starts, I will finish,” I hear Sebastian
say through a fog, as I am now completely under the spell of this very
debauched arrangement. I make no complaint as Sebastian pulls me off Devon and
onto his lap.

“You’re not touching her,” Constantine says forcefully.

“Oh but it’s okay for you two to have a go? I don’t think
so.”

“She has boundaries. We are in them,” CK snaps.

Oh for fuck's sake, I think suddenly. I am tired of everyone
talking about me like I’m not here. Three pairs of startled eyes land on me as
I pull Sebastian to my mouth and thrust my tongue against his. Losing only a
microsecond in surprise, he pulls me to him, wrapping his arms around me and
kissing me back with great abandon. I hear both my sire and my charge growl in
protest at my actions.

“I swear to god Sebastian if you are influencing her in any
way, I will kill you where you sit.”

I pull back and say, “He isn’t. It’s not him. It’s me. It’s
us. It’s all of us together. Me, with my sire, my sibling, and my charge. A
complete set.” They all look at me, dumbfounded, like the thought had never
even occurred to them. I have to wonder then if CK and Sebastian have never
done this before. That pleases me… a lot!

“Liv, don’t do this,” Devon warns me. “You know he won’t
understand.”

“Don’t talk her out of it if she wants it,” Sebastian snaps
at him.

“Fuck you,” Devon says rudely. “You aren’t a part of this.”

“Quit it. Both of you,” CK snaps in exasperation.

At this point, I have had enough. Huffing in frustration, I
climb off Sebastian and go through to the bedroom, just needing to get away.

Now that I am fully back down to earth, my self-loathing is
returning. I pull on a robe and curl up on the bed.

CK finds me a few moments later and hands me a glass of
wine.

“You had me worried there for a minute,” he says quietly.

“I know. I’m sorry. I got caught up in the moment and I was
tired of you all talking about me like I wasn’t even there.”

“Yes, that tends to happen in these situations,” he says
dryly.

“What do you mean?”

“When everyone is fighting over you.”

Oh.

“Let’s get you in the bath and you can have your talk with
Devon.”

“Thank you.”

He stands, but I pull him back down, my face serious, “What
did you mean about him influencing me?”

“I told you he can be very persuasive,” he says vaguely.

“Magickally persuasive?” I press.

“Yes. I would rather not discuss his…ability. It has been
the bane of my existence, cleaning up the messes he leaves, trailing in his
wake.”

Hm, interesting. “How did he get it?”

“He always had it. It increased tenfold when I turned him. I
mean it, Aefre. If you are alone with him, don’t let him pull you under.”

Too late, I think ruefully.

“Bath time,” he says, pulling me up. “I will bring you some
blood. You desperately need to drink. We have taken too much from you today.”

I nod gratefully and let him lead me into the bathroom and
settle me into a bath full of bubbles. I sink under the water briefly letting
the fragrant water soak into my hair and I surface. I lean back in bliss and
close my eyes.

“I can come back later if you want to sleep,” Devon says,
leaning against the doorway with crossed arms.

“No, I have missed you. Come here and never leave me again,”
I pout at him and he giggles.

“Yes ma’am.” He is still dressed, so he sits on the edge of
the bath and not in it with me. “I missed you too. But it’s time to fill me in
on what I missed. As usual with you it sounds like a fun-filled week what with
one thing after another,” he adds dryly.

“You don’t say. Christ. I can’t believe it’s only been a week.
So much has happened… again.” I proceed to tell him the story of mine and CK’s
making up on the night he left, then Sebastian showing up, followed by Cade
stalking me and Xane appearing in the restaurant. He wasn’t overly pleased to
learn of the shenanigans in Toronto with the bloody roses and the Hunter blood,
so I leave out the secret meeting. Well, not so secret meeting now that CK
knows and which we still haven’t properly resolved. I sigh, “It’s been hectic.”

“Sounds like. So you think he really doesn’t know Cole is a
Vampire? What about the rest of us?”

“I’m fairly certain about Cole. He definitely knows about CK
but then it would be hard not to. He got close enough to you in JFK, but only
for a few seconds so I can’t be sure. So be careful, okay?” I say softly.

“I will. I’m not really in the mood for dying right about
now,” he jokes and I splash him.

“Not funny,” I scold.

He trails his hand in circles in the bath water and it laps
up against me. He circles my breasts but there is nothing sexual in it now. It
just…is.

“So, what next?” he says after a long pause.

I shrug, “Hopefully a quiet few days, then I need to see
Cole and next week is a trip to see my mother.”

“Tiamat? Why?”

“There are questions that need answering. I can’t go into it
now. It’s complicated.”

“Humph. What you mean to say it has to do with Constantine
and you feel like you can’t tell me.”

I smile at his reckoning, “Yes. I’m sorry, my love. I will
tell all when we know more.”

He nods, accepting that. He wouldn’t betray my trust so he
knows and understands.

“Did you speak with Jess?” I ask hesitantly.

“Yes. I told her I wasn’t ready for such a big commitment.
She was pissed at first but I think she understands.”

“I think you need to stop seeing her.”

“No, I’m not going to do that. I need someone in my life
apart from you,” he says sadly.

I have no response to that so I just glare at him.

CK comes in then holding out my phone and says, “It’s Cole.
I answered as he has rung a few times.”

I hold my hands up out of the water and say, “Wet. Can you
put it on speaker on there?” I indicate the bath tray that sits over the tub.

He does as I ask and retreats, much to my surprise. Although
after a second I realize it is a tactical advantage as he can now eavesdrop
freely. Arse.

“Hey baby,” I say, “I’m in the bath so you are on speaker
and Devon’s here.”

“Hey,” he says. “Devon is in the bath with you?” he asks,
not entirely pleased.

“No, Devon is sitting on the side of the bath. Fully
clothed,” Devon replies.

“Oh okay,” Cole says relieved. “You’re back then?”

“Yep. Came to my senses. I can’t live without her,” he says
and smiles his devastating grin at me and I return it.

“Tell me about it,” Cole mutters and I pounce.

“Everything okay?”

He sighs, “I miss you. And I have news.”

“What news?” I ask quickly.

“We are leaving Toronto for a while, going away on
location,” he says warily.

“Where to?” I ask a bit too harshly.

“Miami. The week after next for about two weeks.”

“Miami? That’s…” I try to come up with an appropriate word,
“inconvenient.”

“I know,” he says.

“Okay, but no worries, baby. We’ll sort something out,” I
say, my mind already coming up with various workable go-arounds.

“What a shame it’s February. Spring Break in Florida is
something else,” Devon says and we have a momentary flashback of a very fun
week about ten years ago where Lexie managed to get herself on “Girls Gone
Wild.”

“There’s more, though.”

“Oh?” I ask, now suspicious.

“After Miami, we are going to various locations in Europe.”
He says it quickly and I can tell he is holding his breath waiting for the
shitstorm.

“Europe?” I all but yell in his ear. “Whereabouts?” At this
point I sense CK coming closer as he is probably madly curious as to whether he
can go home for a few days. I know he misses Italy but he chooses to stay
wherever I am.

“Erm, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Rome,” he says the last
word in a growl as he knows CK will be thrilled.

“Fuck me, Cole! How long have you known about this?”

“Awhile. I knew you wouldn’t be happy trailing all over the
world after me. I was kind of waiting for the right time,” he says sadly.

“Oh baby, I would follow you to the ends of the earth and
back. I just would have preferred a bit more notice is all. It’s fine. It’ll
work. Besides, I wouldn’t mind going home for a few days.”

“Home?” he asks warily, but the relief is evident that I
haven’t told him I won’t be following him.

“London,” I say as if he is dense.

“Oh, of course. Sorry. I thought you meant…” he trails off
and I pick up that he thought I meant Italy. Idiot.

“Yeah, will be good to see our old stomping ground again,”
Devon pipes up.

“Hardly yours, my dear. Although we could have a day trip up
to Helsby,” I say slyly and he scowls at me and splashes me with water this
time. “Not fucking likely,” he says.

“Hey, watch my fucking phone,” I grouse at him.

“You don’t want to go back to your hometown?” Cole asks.

“Oh please, he hasn’t set foot anywhere near it since we
left. Talk about issues,” I scoff.

“Erm, I might recall a certain area that you didn’t want to
set foot near since you last left as well.”

“Devon!” Cole snaps, knowing he is referring to Culloden.

“Well, it’s true,” he sulks.

“Maybe so, but I have been back. Time for you to face your
music,” I say not very nicely.