The Two Kings (Afterlife Saga) (3 page)

“Keira please don't hide yourself, it was not your fault....you were not to know it was me
.
” He said
this
so sweetly I couldn't help but feel worse. I tried not to look at h
im but now there was a glow of
candle light
, which helped in lighting up my
guilty
red face. He remained
bent down on one knee
,
so that he could see me better.

“Look at me” h
e asked me and unlike his brothe
r, it didn't sound like a command
. His hand found my chin and lifted my face so my eye line met his. His eyes looked like blue crystals, full of emotion set in a handsome angelic fa
ce. His blonde hair was smooth curls, all
pulled back from his face. It was the first time I had seen him looking so casual, wearing a tight white t shirt and
jeans that fit him very well, too
well in fact
,
I felt wrong for thinking how sexy he looked in them. God what was wrong with me
! Well at least I could say
I was
only human.

“I am so sorry Vincent” I said but he just smiled making my heart melt.

“There is nothing to be sorry about Keira
,
but in future
,
I think it best if Dominic himself were the one to put you to sleep” He was still smiling and he playfully ruffled my hair before getting up
. But then something made him stop to turn and look at me one last time,
before leaving me alone w
ith my shame. The way his gaze had penetrated me, it made me blush seeing
his soft eyes suddenly looking
hungry for another kiss. Then he shook his head
,
as though
he was trying to get the m
emory of my lips out of his mind.
He left the room swiftly, almost like he had just taken flight, leaving the room in
darkness
once again
.

“Good night
Keira...sleep well
.
” He echoed, his voice
penetrating the walls before
sounding further away and then fading
into nothing but a bitter
whisper. I threw my head down on to the pillow face first, I gra
b
bed the other pillow and buried
my head deep within the two, hoping I would wake and find it had all been a dream.

“Oh n
o
...what have I done
?
” I said out loud knowing that Dominic would know about this, he would find out one way or another. I wonder if Vincent would tell him? Oh God
,
Oh God.....There was just one word that kept going round and round
my mind
......

SHIT!!!!!

I must have fallen asleep at some point but I had no idea how it happened as
,
after what I did last night
,
I never thought I would have been calm enough to sleep again! When I woke it was still dark but I soon realised this was because of the curtains that had been pulled around the bed, encasing me in
a
material
island
. I was l
y
ing
on my front and my hair was loose, hanging down as I lifted my head up. I stretched out like a feline b
ut froze when I felt my hands touch
another body. I almost cringed as
the memories of last night
’
s mistake came flooding back to me.

I don't know why but my heart started pounding in my chest as I moved my
curtain of
hair back to discove
r it was Draven (Dominic that was
) lying next to me. What else did I expect?

I looked at him and my eyes met perfection, only for a change he was still asleep. It was the first time I had seen him like this and I couldn't help but smile at being able to study his f
eatures at length. It's not as if I hadn't looked before but I could
n't help the fact that being around Draven still had me in knots. Sometimes he was
just
so intim
id
ating
that
I found myself looking away from his intense gaze
, so this was nice to be able t
o stare fr
eely without feeling the heat flood
my cheeks.

I trie
d to move closer to his face
that seemed to be
lost in a peaceful state of sleep. His strong jaw moved slightly as I turned on my side to face him. There was enough light coming through the cracks to show every detail. I had to resist the urge to stretch my arm out to touch his face, to brush a piece of his black hair from his olive skin. There was dark stubble covering his solid jaw line and fram
ing his perfect lips.
I followed it up to his straight nose
,
resting my eyes where his were still closed. He litera
ll
y took my breath away.
My dark Angel. His dark Demon.

I don't know how long I was starting at him, get
ting lost in his splendour but my bladder
decided
for me
to get up and use the
bathroom.
I turned my head begrudgingly
away from him and moved
off the bed
slowly so as not to wake him. His reactions were so lightning fast
,
I could
n’t
help the
little
shriek that came from my lips as his strong hands gripped my arms
,
pulling my body to his, as though
I
should have never been allowed to move in the first place
. My heart rate rocketed for two reasons, one being
that
I was scared about
what his reaction would be at
finding out what had happened last night with his brother and the other was the feel of his immense manhood pressing into my back. Ok
,
so it was more the second reason but I couldn't help it, just the feel of him made the memories of the intense pleasure he
caused me
during sex was enough to get any girl
’
s heart rate
up. Hell I thought I would find my release,
just thinking about it!

His huge arms were wound tightly around
my torso and his head was above mine
, he hadn't woken
,
so grabbing me had just been a reflex
action
and the thought made me smile to myself. I waited for his breathing to become steady again before I tried to move. Don't get me wrong I would have stayed like this all morning, day and night but my bladder was
now
screaming out at me and I wanted to pee
before
it resorted to cursing. G
etting free was no easy task
,
as every time I moved he
just
held me tighter. I
managed to wiggle
out of his hold and shimmied down, getting very embarrassed when the back of my head got
closer to his.... umm.....Se
rge
a
nt. I had to resist the urge to giggle at what I had christened his large manhood. I know I
was being a prude but the term p
enis was too much like sex education and the other words sounded to
o
vulgar! So Se
rge
a
nt it was!

Once I got free
,
I slipped out of the curtain without letting in to
o
much light and shuddered when my bare feet touched the
slate
tile
d
floor. I was still wearing what I had put on last night and when I lifted the t shirt to my face I was glad it still smelt fresh thanks to the shower I had last night.
Once in the bathroom,
I decided not only to use the toilet but
to
brush my teeth to get rid of morning breath and
to wash
my face. I brushed my
tangled, messy
hair and tied it back into a high
ponytail. I
t was still wavy from not
being able to dry it last night, so it curled up at the ends by my waist.

I really needed to get another hair dryer for when I was here. But wait
... what was I saying? H
ow did I k
now that Draven would still
want me after last night. That thought was a painful one. I stared at myself in the gorgeous gilded mirror and my ref
l
ection didn't help my paranoia. My pale skin looked even paler than usual
,
thanks to the cold chill in the air. My eyes looked almost as black as the lashes that framed them and my lips were the
only part of me that held any colour, like a red heart painted on a blank
, white
canvas.

I shook off the feeling of dread and walked back into the room only what faced me filled me with even more dread.....Draven was now awake. The curtains had all be
en
pushed back and Draven was still lying in
the
bed looking at me. The
falling
covers revealed muscle afte
r muscle on his torso and wasn’t
the only strong thing I could see. It was very evident that he was
now, most definitely
wide awake and
his Sergeant looked like it could be used to bludgeon someone to death! The whole sight
made me swallow hard. I could tell by his face that he didn't yet know
the awful truth
,
as he was smiling at me with a
wide,
cocky grin.

“What are you doing
over there and dressed may I ask
?” His voice sent a shiver down
my already cold back and I bit
my lip at wha
t the sound of that
voice did to me. It was so rough and deep
,
with
lashings of authority
to it. Oh yeah
,
he most definitely didn't know
, rather that or he damn well knew how to play it cool before erupting.
I stayed silent because I reall
y didn't know how I was going to tell him. I walked over to him but stopped before I got to the bed and it didn't help when he started frown
ing
,
as
I paused to lean on
his desk. I'd not felt like this since the time my neighbour
’
s baby had thrown up on my homework and I had to try and explain it to my sci
ence teacher the next day. I’d received
a hund
red lines on reasons not to lie.

“Draven we need to....talk
.
” My voice didn't sound like my own and it didn't help that he wasn't taking me seriously because he was grinning
... like it
was funny?!
Well he
wouldn't be so amused
in a minute and as someone very familiar at witnessing Draven
’
s temper
,
this was not going to be pretty.

“Is that so
?
” He said as though he was mocking me
,
still with his confident grin that wouldn't
leave
his lips. He was propped up on his side
,
with his hand holding his head up on his elbow
, he looked like Adonis
. He wasn't taking me seriously
,
that much was clear. He
then
patted the bed as a gesture for me to join him
but I knew if I went over
there
, then no will on
earth
would stop me making love to him before I could finish my disgraceful goal. But when I didn't move
,
his smile disappeared and was replaced with a
nother
frown. His eyes burned into mine, black and intense.

“If I didn't know any bett
er I would say you looked afraid
of me Keira, is this true?” I couldn't do anything but nod
, not needing
to meet his dark gaze.

“Why
in the world
would you be frightened?
.... Here....
Come to me
.
” This was one of Draven
’
s orders b
ut I still couldn't move.
I was rooted to the spot like it was the safest place to be.