He pulled his cell from his jeans pocket and punched in his friend’s speed number.
“Hey, Alex, Tommy. You okay?” The sound of loud music and voices filled his ear.
“Never been better. I’m at the Blue Moon. You and Andrew comin’ over?”
“No, it’s a bit late. We’re about to turn in. I’ll see you later.”
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“Yeah, later, bro. Hey wait, did we ever meet a guy by the name of Jason?”
“Uh…can’t quite recall, sorry. Why?”
“Well, it’s the darnedest thing, but he’s here. We started talking, y’know, and it was like we’d met each other before, but for the life of me I can’t think where, and he can’t either, that’s the crazy thing, but Tommy, I swear I’ve spent time with him. I mean, not like that… I think I’d remember if we’d, you know,
done it
. He’s hot, Tommy.”
The rush of words made Tommy smile, glad Alex and Jason had connected again.
“Well,” he said, “that sounds like it’s karma, Alex. Meant to be, that kind of thing.”
“Yeah.” Alex’s voice sounded wistful.
“Is he there now with you?”
“He’s getting us a drink. Oh, here he comes. I’ll talk with you later, Tommy. G’night.”
“’Night, Alex.” Tommy closed his cell. “He’s fine, just like Marcus said he would be.
God, but that guy is amazing. I mean, you’re all amazing, but he’s like
super
amazing.”
Andrew chuckled then drew Tommy into his arms. “Do I sense a rival for your affections?” he asked, nuzzling Tommy’s earlobe.
“Absolutely not.” Tommy tightened his arms around Andrew. “You gonna kiss my black eye better?”
“Already done, while we were flying home.”
“I wondered why it had stopped hurting like a son of a bitch. I should’ve known…”
“
Szeretlek
, Tommy,” Andrew murmured.
“Right back at ya, my vampire.” He traced the outline of Andrew’s lips with the tip of his tongue. “Sometimes I still have to pinch myself to make sure the time I’ve spent with you hasn’t just been some kind of crazy, wonderful dream.” He slipped his tongue inside Andrew’s mouth for another long and hungry kiss.
“You know,” he said when they paused and shared a smile, “when I think of all that could’ve gone wrong in the last few days, and especially tonight, my blood runs cold. That Dakar—are all demons such assholes? And the other one, Kardis, was no better.”
“Demons are what their name suggests—demonic.” Andrew took Tommy’s hand and led him towards the bedroom. “There might be a few exceptions, but they lack skilled leadership, and their allegiances are easily swayed. Lord Kardis ruled for a very short span of time—something he had in common with his many, many predecessors.”
“You mean they don’t have the same kind of loyalty like you guys have for Marcus.”
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“Right. And don’t forget Jacob Quince, the head of the Vampire Council. He was elected our leader before even I was born.”
“So you guys are tight. That’s good.” Tommy leered at Andrew and began unbuttoning his shirt. “And speaking of tight…”
Andrew laughed. “Oh, my Tommy… I will never stop loving your one-track mind.”
“Just never stop loving me,” Tommy murmured, sliding his hands inside Andrew’s shirt, caressing the smooth, cool skin that covered the sleek musculature of his back. “Mmm, you feel so damned good.” He eased Andrew down onto the bed and began slowly stripping him. “Don’t do that thing you do—you know, where our clothes just vanish. Great as that is, I want to take things slow tonight. I want to love every part of you, and thank whoever’s in charge that after all we’ve been through, I still have you here in my arms…”
“Forever.”
“Yeah, forever.”
Tommy laid a kiss in the hollow of Andrew’s throat then licked a trail over Andrew’s jaw to his lush lips. Their tongues entwined, sliding, caressing, filling each other’s mouths with a sensuality that drove the thoughts of ‘going slow’ from Tommy’s mind. He tore at Andrew’s belt, tugging it free. He yanked Andrew’s jeans down, exposing the impressive bulge behind the sheer cotton of his boxer briefs. Tommy groaned and fell on it like a starving man, laving the outlined length through the flimsy material, shucking off his own shirt and jeans as he did so. Andrew’s hips bucked upwards and he choked out a moan as Tommy slid the briefs down and took all of Andrew’s cock into his mouth, swirling his tongue up and down the hard, pulsing shaft.
Andrew gasped, his hands raking Tommy’s thick hair. “You’ll make me disgrace myself by coming too soon.”
“No disgrace,” Tommy mumbled, then raised his eyes to Andrew’s and smiled.
“Wanna taste you first anyway… Come for me.” He swirled his tongue over the head of Andrew’s cock, scooping up the pre-cum, sliding up and down the underside before he took it all back into his mouth. Gently, he teased Andrew’s balls with his fingers, then dipped under to stroke his perineum. He inched one finger towards the ring of muscle around Andrew’s opening, gently probing the sensitive flesh. He withdrew his finger and released Andrew’s cock for a moment to moisten his fingers with his saliva, then slipped them back www.total-e-bound.com
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between Andrew’s ass cheeks, continuing to circle his eager hole before pushing one then two in, gliding over Andrew’s prostate.
Andrew’s hips arched upwards in ecstasy then he bore down on Tommy’s fingers, drawing them up inside him. The growl of pleasure that came from deep in his throat was both primal and electrifying, inflaming Tommy’s senses, causing him to suck even harder, wanting, needing to feel the rush of Andrew’s semen. Andrew cried out as he came, his creamy seed coating Tommy’s tongue and the roof of his mouth. He gulped it all down, pumping Andrew’s cock with his fist until every last vestige was drained from him.
After a few moments, Andrew eased Tommy up in his arms until their lips were level with each other, then took his mouth in a bruising kiss that had Tommy’s already painful erection begging for release. He gasped as Andrew flipped him over onto his back and reached for the lube they kept handily on top of the nightstand.
“You’re hard again. You’re so fucking amazing.”
Andrew silenced him with another long, hard kiss and hoisted Tommy’s legs on either side of his waist. The lube was cool on Tommy’s pucker, warming as Andrew slid a finger inside, warmer still as another finger joined the first.
“Oh, yeah…” Tommy let his head fall back on the pillow and gave himself up to the ecstasy he knew would follow as Andrew withdrew his fingers and replaced them with the head of his cock. He raised his legs higher and Andrew pushed forward. He cupped his hands around Andrew’s butt cheeks, pulling him in deeper, all the way to the hilt. His eyes rolled back in his head as Andrew moved inside him, a slow, rhythmic back and forth that made Tommy see stars with each pass of Andrew’s hot, hard flesh over his prostate.
“Beautiful,” he whispered. “Mmm, just like that…” Their bodies rocked together in unison, and Tommy felt himself edging towards a near delirious euphoria he knew only Andrew could bring him to. He clutched at Andrew’s wide shoulders, locking eyes with him, turning his neck in invitation.
Andrew nuzzled the hot, slick skin, inhaling the aroma of Tommy’s maleness and the sweet blood that pulsed beneath his lips. He bit down, tightening his arms around Tommy’s body, blocking the initial pain he knew his bite would bring. The blood flowed over his tongue and his senses reeled from the infusion of the sustenance he craved, could not exist without. Beneath him, Tommy moaned, a sound that seemed wrenched from his very soul.
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Their bodies cleaved together as Andrew drank from his lover, their connection now transcending the physical, binding their hearts and minds together.
Tommy climaxed, his guttural cry one of triumph as his hot cum jetted between their writhing torsos. Andrew tore his mouth away from Tommy’s throat, sealed the wound with his saliva then took Tommy’s lips with a kiss that was almost brutal in its intensity. He gasped as his orgasm rushed through him, his scalding semen filling Tommy with such force that he arched upwards off the bed, clinging to Andrew as though his life depended on it.
“Tommy…”
“Yeah?” Tommy stretched his sated body out, pressing and rubbing every inch of himself over Andrew’s nakedness. “What’s up?” he asked, nuzzling Andrew’s neck.
“Something Dakar said has been rankling in my mind, although I think it was said only to make me want to stay by his side.”
Tommy snorted. “Had to have been a lie then.”
“Mmm. Most likely, but it was intriguing nevertheless.”
“What did he say?”
“He said he knew of a way to give me back my mortality.”
Tommy stiffened then sat up, swiping at the hair that had fallen over his forehead. He stared at Andrew long and hard. “Andrew, I thought we were finished with that conversation. Marcus told you it was impossible, that you would age quickly, even die.”
“I know. It’s just that I love you so much, Tommy, I want our relationship to be everything you want it to be, and you no longer fearing being left behind as the years go by. I know it still bothers you from time to time, and I understand the reasons. If I could find a way to be…
human
again, I would.”
“But it’s not possible,” Tommy said. He lay down again and slid an arm under Andrew’s shoulders, holding him close. “And I don’t want you trying anything a fucking demon might think he knows. Marcus says they’re all liars, slow-witted even, so how could any one of them know something like that?”
“You’re right.” Andrew sighed then kissed Tommy’s cheek. “It will just have to remain an unfulfilled wish of mine. I love you, Tommy.”
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“Love you too.”
They lay quietly again in each other’s arms, their thoughts open to one another, Tommy wishing he could will time to stop and leave them forever like this.
Then he said quietly, “Change me.”
“What?” Startled, this time Andrew sat up and stared at his lover with widening eyes.
“Change me. That way we’ll both have what we want. You and me, together forever.”
Tears stung Andrew’s eyes. “Tommy, thank you for offering me your life, but as much as I want you by my side forever, I don’t want you to make this sacrifice.”
“I’ll do it for you.”
“And I love you for that, but everything would change for you, Tommy. Everything.
You worry now about your friends and family noticing that you don’t age, but as an immortal, as a vampire, it would be even more obvious to them that you are…
different
. It would put restraints on all your relationships, you could no longer be a fireman, something you love doing…”
“I love doing you more,” Tommy said with a quirky smile.
Andrew chuckled softly. “Oh, Tommy my love, there’s that one-track mind again.”
“That won’t change, ever. No matter how old I get. So…” Tommy stroked Andrew’s silken hair, running it through his fingers, his smile now rueful. “…you don’t want me to be like you?”
“There is nothing I would like more. To be side by side with you through eternity would be a dream come true.”
“Well, then…”
“It’s not something you should decide to do in the spur of the moment,” Andrew said quickly, “or in the afterglow of our lovemaking. Only when you have given it a great deal of thought.” He lay down again and rested his head on Tommy’s shoulder, gently caressing Tommy’s chest as he continued. “But the mere fact that you would even consider it, I think has made me happier than I ever thought I could be.”
“That’s good…” Tommy kissed Andrew’s forehead. “And just so you know, I meant every word. I never thought I’d want to spend the rest of my life—never mind eternity—with any one guy, but you’ve already changed me in so many ways, so the next step is really a given.”
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“After you have
given
it a great deal of thought,” Andrew said, tapping Tommy’s chest with his forefinger.
“Yeah, after that.” Tommy turned his head to grin at Andrew. “So, in the meantime, here we are, in bed, both nekkid. What d’you suppose we should do now?”
Andrew laughed softly. “Let’s just follow that one-track mind of yours.”
Much later, while Tommy lay fast asleep, Andrew slipped from his lover’s embrace and rose from the bed. Silently, he moved across the carpeted floor to gaze through the window at the moonlit sky. Somewhere out there, he thought, maybe, just maybe there is such an artefact as the Talisman of Ardocan.
And what if it could, as Dakar had said, reverse all things?
He could not only regain his mortality, live with Tommy as a human, love him for the rest of
their
lives, grow old with him—but he could also go back in time and save his brother Michael’s life. Could these things really be possible?
Marcus had said the talisman was a myth, and Andrew felt he had to bow to the Master Vampire’s knowledge—surely after all the centuries of his existence, if the talisman was real, Marcus would have some idea of its location. Then again, if he chose to believe it to be merely a myth, why would he even bother to find out?
Dakar had said he knew of its location, had dangled that tantalising piece of information in front of Andrew’s mind, knowing no doubt that he would forever wonder as to its veracity. But Dakar was dead, Kardis too, the secret to be buried with them both, if indeed Kardis knew of it—if indeed
Dakar
really knew of it. Demons are consummate liars, he reminded himself with a wry twist to his lips. And even if the talisman did exist, where in this great wide world would he begin to search for it?
He turned away from the window and gazed for a long moment at the face of the man he loved with every fibre of his being. How could he ever leave him behind? How could he exist without him?