Dream Warrior: (Dark Warrior Alliance Book 1) (29 page)

She twisted toward the mirror, and was astonished that she could actually see the Celtic cross, below her left ear. She fingered the intricate knots. Her eyes snapped up, as she took in the tribal design that encircled the cross. She grabbed his broad, bare shoulders and turned him around, knowing what she would find. His cross was an exact replica of hers, except that it had no circle around it.

“How can I see it? We haven’t mated. And, why doesn’t it match yours?”

“You are more realm now than human. And, it matters little that they don’t match exactly. You are mine,
a ghra!
The Goddess gave you to me. Nothing will change that. The circle is new, and I canna explain that, but it changes nothing. I can feel your soul right here,” he thumped his chest.

He grabbed her roughly into his arms, and brought his lips down on hers. “I need you, now. I love you so much, it hurts.” She felt the same way.

She smiled widely. “Yes. You are mine. I claimed you, and will never give you up,” she agreed whole-heartedly. “I’m so sorry for letting everything stop me from recognizing, or acting, on the feelings I had for you. I loved Dalton. I will probably always hurt when I think of him, and how I lost him. He helped shape who I am, and will always hold a special place for me. I let that keep me from loving. No more.” She cupped his face and looked deeply into his eyes.

“That used to cause great amounts of guilt, and I used my guilt as a shield, to protect me. I’ve lost so much that I couldn’t permit myself to be vulnerable to another loss. I will never do that, again. It would kill me to lose you, but nothing will stop me from giving you everything I am. You may not like everything you’re going to get, but you’re stuck with me, now. I love you,” she declared as she rose up and claimed him in a passionate kiss.

She wanted him and wasn’t going to wait anymore. She lifted her sleep-shirt over her head, and dropped it onto the tiled floor. She turned the water on, stepped into the shower, and looked back over her shoulder, with a coy smile. She yelped as he scooped her into his arms. He must not be using vampire speed, since she tracked his every move. She sighed at how he set her on fire.

“I love you,
a ghra.
You’re perfect.”

“I love you, too, Zander.” His lips were soft when they met hers. He set her on her feet inside the shower, but kept ahold of her hips. The warm water at her back was nothing compared to the heat he caused.

“I have to have you. I need to be inside you. Feel you. Och, Goddess, what I want to do to you…” he trailed off, as he kissed a trail down her neck, and lavished attention on her pulse point. She moaned as he picked her up and cradled her against his bare chest. She loved the feel of his body as her breasts mashed against him.

Her nipples hardened with his attention to her neck and chin. Her skin was hyper-sensitive. She dropped her head back as he continued to lick and suck his way across her throat. His lips met her mouth again, and then kissed their way across her face, while he held her bottom tightly. She locked her legs around his waist and was one shift away from impaling herself on his thick shaft. Control, she needed control. She inhaled his heavenly scent and was completely lost.

There would be no going slow.

Zander was reeling. His mate was alive, she loved him, and he was finally going to make love to her. Life didn’t get much better. He gripped her bottom, knowing her intentions. He refused to pound her against the tile wall their first time together. He hoped she didn’t beg him because he had no will-power where she was concerned. “Let me wash you, and then I’m going to take you to bed.”

“I don’t want to wait. I need you, now,” she said against his lips.

He reared back and perused her face. Her eyes were heavy-lidded, her lips swollen from his kisses and her nipples puckered. Slow. He wanted to make love to her slowly.

“I have waited so long to hear you say that, but this time, I must make slow, sweet love to you. There will be a time for fast and furious later.” He regrettably unlocked her legs, and set her down. Claiming her lips in another kiss, he reached for the shampoo. He lathered her hair and rinsed it, before shifting his attention to her body. He soaped and worshipped her breasts, paying special attention to her pert, pink nipples. Her moans turned desperate. He felt teeth scrape his nipple, and electricity heated his blood. When she sucked his nipple into her mouth, he locked his jaw. Do not pound her into the tile, he scolded himself.

His shaking hands slipped down her abdomen, and slid into heaven. Her core was hot, wet and dripping. His finger teased her sensitive bundle of nerves, and halted at her opening. He turned to shut off the water. He couldn’t wait any longer. Not bothering to stop and dry off, he scooped her up, and placed her legs around his waist.

She moaned and writhed against him, sliding deliciously up and down his length. That small amount of friction had his balls drawing up tight, and that telltale tingle set up residence in his spine. Not yet, he gritted his teeth and staved off his orgasm.

“As much as it will hurt to stop, I need to hear you say you want to finish what we seem to keep starting.”

She drew in a ragged breath. “Yes, I need you. I want you more than I’ve ever wanted anything. Make me yours.”

He closed his eyes, savoring her words. He set her back on the bed, and took in the splendor of her. “Goddess, there isna a more beautiful sight.” He wanted her body and her blood. He’d drained himself when he gave her blood, and hadn’t replenished what was lost. He was suddenly ravenous. Dizziness assailed him with thoughts of taking her vein while he took her body.

“I have waited so long for you. Over seven centuries. I can hardly believe this is happening. My life truly began the moment I saw you.” He slid his fingers down her hot, wet core.

She moaned, then sat up and licked his nipple, sucking it into her mouth, and then grabbed the base of his erection. He shook with his need for her. It worsened when a flood of wetness met his fingers.

“Stop,
a ghra
. You’re going to unman me. But, Goddess, you’re so ready for me.”

“I want you to lose control. Mmmm, baby, you feel so good.”

He lowered his head and licked one nipple for several minutes, and then the other, taking his time, causing her to writhe in his arms, as he nipped them with his fangs. He stopped to admire his work, his breaths heating the wet peaks. He gripped her hand, stilling its movement on his shaft.

“I could look at you for centuries, and never get enough.”

He stopped her when she reached for him again. If she touched him, at that moment, he would lose all control and take her like an animal. He ran his hands up her arms and stretched them above her head. “Keep your hands where they are. I want to explore your body.”

He trailed his hands down her chest, worked her nipples between his thumb and forefinger, sucking and licking them. He marveled at how responsive she was to his slightest touch. It was obvious that she liked his teeth on her nipples. What about his fangs? He sank them into her left breast and she detonated in his arms. He took some of her blood as he lost his seed on the bedding. They both shook from head to toe, but he didn’t pause in his ministrations. His cock remained hard as steel and wanting more.

He toured her abdomen, on his way down. His tongue dipped into her belly button, causing her to giggle. “That tickles, oh…yes, right there. I ache for you.” He smiled at her demands, and eased his fingers into her, and cursed in Gaelic at how wet and aroused she was.

“Your honey is delicious,” he whispered, as he licked his finger. She tasted so sweet.

“Yours,” she reassured him. He slid his body against hers, continuing the magic of his fingers, between her legs. Her hips lifted and she ground against his hand. He quickened the speed of his fingers, while he settled his body on top of hers, needing more physical contact. She was a wanton creature, and he had to have her.

*****

Her hips had a mind of their own. She wasn’t sure how he had her so close again, but she was ready to beg for release. She loved the feel of his strength against her and gasped when his erection nudged her aching core.

“Och,
a ghra,
you drive me wild.” His cock gliding over the nub in her slick channel, replaced his hand. His fangs pierced the flesh around her right nipple. Pleasure exploded through her core. Stars burst behind her eyelids, as she instantly climaxed.

“Oh, fu…” She lost the ability to respond, as he drew her blood. Removing his fangs, he licked her nipple one last time, before moving down her stomach. Wave, after cresting wave of pleasure, crashed through her and she felt his body shake and heard his groans of release. She would never be the same. She had never truly experienced ecstasy, until that moment.

“You’re the most beautiful creature when you orgasm. You roar, like a lioness. It’s my new favorite sound.” He grabbed the sheet, and wiped his seed from her belly. She was surprised at how little control she seemed to have with him. She felt a freedom and exhilaration she never knew possible. She wanted more and was thrilled that vampires needed no recovery time.

“You’re the king of my jungle. And, what those fangs can do. I’m officially addicted to your bite. I have to confess, I’m a bit concerned. I mean, look at your size. What if you don’t fit? I ache to have you inside me, Zander.”

He licked and nipped around her belly button. “I’m no’ done exploring, my wee lioness. We were made for each other. We will fit together, perfectly.”

Her eyes widened as he crouched between her legs and spread her wide, gripping her thighs. She moaned loudly when he slid his tongue into her heat, pressing against her clit. He sucked it into his mouth, ran his tongue down to her opening, and inserted his stiff tongue inside her. She involuntarily flexed around his tongue. He withdrew his tongue and moved it back to her nub. Sex had never been like this for her. She had already climaxed three times and there was no decrease in her need of him.

“God, yesss.” Her eyes snapped open when he slowly sank his fangs into her clit. She left her body as she detonated in his arms.

“Zander,” she screamed. The pleasure was so intense she blacked out. She came to and discovered steel arms held her lower body and he was convulsing with his release. The thick, warm ropes of cream hit her calves.

She looked into his glowing, blue eyes and saw he was consumed by lust and had lost his control. He was feral, and gave her no pause. He sat up and crawled over her then thrust his cock into her, in one swift move. He was large and thick and long. He filled and stretched her in the most delicious way. She felt him hit her womb. Her nipples and clit were still throbbing from the aphrodisiac of his bite.

Sheer ecstasy.

*****

Her cry of pleasure was his undoing. Lust and need obliterated all other thoughts. The tight, hot sheath tore through his madness. He didn’t have the strength to hold still, for her to adjust to his prodigious length, and immediately settled into a punishing rhythm.

“Are you okay? I canna stop. I’m inside you. Och, I canna believe it. You’re so tight and perfect.”

“Please, Zander, I need…you have to…give me more.” He groaned, as she writhed against him, and her muscles squeezed him painfully.

“Shite, I have waited so long for this. You feel so fucking good. Perfect.” He slowed his pace and withdrew slowly, sliding back in to her channel. He lost his breath. He was inside his mate and it was beyond his imaginings.

“You’re so verra wet. I want to make this good for you.” Sweat beaded his brow. He held back, wanting this experience to remake her, as it had him.

“Don’t hold back. Give me everything you have, I can take it. You feel so good. You fill me to the point of madness.” She moaned loudly, as he continued his leisurely pace, and cried out when he thumbed her sensitive nipple. His bite had left the area super-charged and caused more ripples of arousal when he tweaked it.

She leaned forward and nibbled his neck. “Yes,
a ghra
. I want your teeth in me.” His thrusts increased. She licked, sucked, and kissed her way to his flat, brown nipples. She tentatively suckled, as he pounded into her, increasing his pace. He cried out when she bit down. His sack tightened.

He pushed her back flat on the bed. “Give me a moment,
a ghra.
You make me a randy, young lad, again. I lose all reason when I’m with you. And, you feel so damn good.” He licked her breast, and then snuck his thumb between her folds of flesh, to strum her clit. He felt her flesh ripple and clench, as she neared orgasm, again.

“I never knew passion like this was possible,” she murmured.

Her body was coiled tightly around his massive shaft.
My mate is as ravenous for me, too.
Joy sang through him, as she bucked wildly. They were lost in passion as their bodies danced together.

“Oh, Zander, yes…faster…harder…MORE!” Wetness flooded his cock, and he was squeezed ruthlessly when she climaxed, again.

Spurned by her desires and pleasure, he gave her what she wanted. He kissed her as he bucked relentlessly into her. He felt spasms run down his spine. He growled when her sheath coiled tightly around him. Her nails bit sharply into his shoulders, drawing him closer to her. He wove the fingers of one hand with hers, and caressed her side with the other. He was close to losing his seed again, and reached to her nipples, pinching and pulling, wanting to bring her with him. He felt another orgasm crest, and his seed shot out of his cock, deep into her womb.

As his orgasm raged on, his emotions flew out of control. He had never loved more deeply, than he loved her, at that moment. “I love you, Elsie. So verra much. Och, Goddess…”

“Oh, Zander. I love you more than I’ve ever loved anyone. I never thought I’d ever love, again.” Tears glistened in her eyes. “I also love that you are still coming. Makes me want to cum, again,” she moaned.

He gazed into her glowing, blue eyes. Glowing?
My blood must still be affecting her.

“I will give you many more orgasms before I am done.” He reached between them and pinched her nub.

She cried out as she peaked again. “Okay, I’m officially addicted to you,” she panted.

He shifted his still-erect shaft inside her. “Hold on, lass. This time, you will feel how a vampire takes his female.”

“What? Don’t you need a nap? I do.” She smiled wickedly, looking anything but tired.

“Nay, I doona need a nap,” he nipped her lips. “I need you. This time, I take your body, and your blood.” He sank his fangs deep into her neck, and set a fast and furious pace of drawing her blood, while making love to his Fated Mate.

*****

“Is there anything you don’t cook well?” Orlando asked, as he finished his second Vietnamese burger. “Damn, girl, I’ve never seen you eat so much. Do you want me to get you a third burger?”

She blushed, feeling a bit like a pig. She was ravenous, and a third burger sounded good. “No, I’d like to go catch some rays in the pool,” she said, deciding against eating anymore.

“Sounds good to me. I can’t wait to see you in that suit again,” Rhys chuckled. She smacked his arm, and he sailed off the barstool. “Shit, that vamp blood juiced you up.”

“It sure sprawled you on your ass,” she laughed.

An odd look passed between Zander and Jace. Shrugging it off, she jumped down from the barstool, and headed to the pool. “I’m going for a swim,” she threw over her shoulder. She whisked off her cotton dress, revealing her Brazilian bikini. She enjoyed the widening of Zander’s eyes a bit too much. And, put more sway in her hips, as she sauntered off.

“Orlando, go with her. She hasna been conscious long, and, while she seems fine, well, more than fine,” Zander groaned, “I worry she hasna healed completely.”

She scoffed at Zander’s words. She didn’t need a babysitter. “I’m great, Zander. Totally healed, stop being overprotective.”

“Mate,” he growled. She ignored the warning in his tone, and continued to the pool. Of course, he followed. She liked that he would watch her from the shadows as she dove into the cool water.

“Here’s your Monsterita, Chiquita,” Santiago chuckled, handing her a drink when she surfaced.

She accepted the drink as she settled on her float, holding onto the wall. “Ah, thanks, Santi. Can you be a good boy, and push me into the sun?” She batted her lashes at him and he gave her a shove.