Jude Stephens (17 page)

He was right. I was acting like a child who thinks
they know everything. When the hell was I going to grow up?

“
I’m sorry Cheve. You’re right. I
should have consulted you.”

I decided to be honest with him so I told him about
the dream that I had about Alex and the premonition about us being
lovers.

When I finished he glanced over at me, “Don’t be so
hard on yourself. You didn’t know, and I didn’t think that we would
be faced with a situation like this so soon.”

We pulled off the highway and were pulling up in
front of a small motel. I felt embarrassed about the whole
situation.

Mark went ahead to get the room. Cheve and I got out
and went over to the car. Alex looked a little bit better, but when
I opened the door and he caught my scent he moaned.

I stepped back when Mark came with the room keys.
Alex got out of the car under his own power. We walked quickly to
the room Mark procured. I was thankful that it was and end unit so
we would have some privacy. Alex went in first and I was about to
follow when Cheve grabbed my arm. “You can’t let him bite you
again.”

“
I hope that I can stop him. It
will be hard. I’ve not tried using my control with Alex. We’ve been
kind of letting ourselves go.”

“
Well there’s only one way to
assure that he won’t bite you.”

“
What’s that?” I asked willing to
do whatever it took.

“
I’ll have to be in the room with
the two of you.”

Chapter 17

“
There is no way in hell you’re
coming in this room Cheve.”

“
I didn’t think you would go for
that. Make sure that he doesn’t bite you, Orenda. I believe things
will return to normal once most of your blood has been
replaced.”

He averted his eyes and said, “When you finish here
make sure he goes out to feed. That should help.” With that he
walked out and closed the door. For some strange reason I felt
nervous. This wasn’t about making love. This was about sating
someone’s uncontrollable urges.

I locked the door and turned, half afraid to see
what Alex was doing. To my surprise he was sitting on the edge of
the bed with his head in his hands. I went over and kneeled in
front of him.

“
Are you okay Alex?”

“
No. I feel like an idiot. I
should have known this would happen. I’ve had your blood before and
I should have known that taking too much would push me to the
limit. I lost my control and my sense and for that I
apologize.”

“
Alex, you can’t take all of the
blame. I’m a Sensay and as such I should have sensed this was going
to happen.”

Alex lifted his head and my heart skipped a beat
when I saw the love and admiration shining in his eyes. “You are
such an amazing woman, Wren. Yeah, you are a Sensay, but you’re
also a woman who is strong and loving. That is the thing that I see
first. Not the Sensay.”

I wrapped my arms around him. “Oh Alex, I don’t
think that anyone has ever paid me such a nice compliment.”

“
Um, Wren….”

As soon as I heard Alex say that I could feel the
electricity begin to arc between us. I kept my arms around him and
lifted my face for a kiss. Alex’s eyes were burning bright.

“
Baby, I don’t know how rough this
is going to get,”

“
Don’t worry. I can take it. Just
don’t bite me. Cheve was clear on that.”

Alex lowered his mouth to mine “I won’t bite you. I
promise.”

With those words he let go of the little restraint
he had on himself and when he did my body answered back with its
own primitive call.

He kissed me hard and at the same time I felt my
shirt being ripped off. His hands found my bare breasts and he
rubbed them with the palms of his hands. He yanked me into a
standing position and growled, “Open my pants….I can’t take much
more.”

As I opened the snap on his pants his hands moved
from my breasts to my jeans, and he ripped them open and yanked
them down. He plunged two fingers into my slick opening and I cried
out in bliss. The scent of our arousal drove us both over the edge.
Alex let go of me and pulled off his pants as I did the same.

“
Now!” was the only word Alex said
as he pushed me down on the floor and entered me in one swift
motion. We both cried out from the sensation.

Alex began pounding into me while
crying out, “You’re so tight. Fuck…Fuck…I can’t last.” He came
hard, his hips pumping fast.

I hadn’t found my release yet, and Alex was aware of
that fact as he pulled out of me and picked me up and laid me on
the bed. “I’m sorry about that baby. Now it’s your turn.”

I expected Alex to slam into me again, so I was
surprised when he began by kissing me. He brushed his lips lightly
over mine and then traced them with his tongue. “You always taste
like sunshine and honeysuckle, so sweet.”

He gave me a slow kiss and his tongue danced with
mine. When he at last lifted his head I was breathless.

“
You were made for my loving,
Wren. I’m going to show you that we can be soft and sweet and
that’s the way it was supposed to begin with us. We just got
sidetracked a little.”

He moved his mouth to the side of
my neck and trailed soft kisses down over my collarbone. He used is
tongue to make slow circles all around my hardened nipple but never
took it in his mouth. My body was arching up begging him to take
it. Every single one of my nerve-endings were on fire.

“
Please Alex…I’m losing
control.”

Alex closed his eyes and took a deep steadying
breath.

“
Not yet, love. Close your eyes
and picture us in your mind. Think about the best moment and hold
on to that and don’t let go.”

Alex took my nipple into his mouth and began laving
and sucking on it. The pleasure was intense and I felt like I was
spiraling out of control. My mind fought to remember a time with
Alex and a clear picture came to my mind.

It was the first time that I bumped into him at
Roberto’s casino in Atlantic City. Janel had pushed me into his
path as he walked by. He caught me in his arms to keep me from
falling.

When I looked into his face I couldn’t stop myself
from singing, “You are so beautiful to me.” He smiled at me, a
genuine happy smile. My heart melted at the memory.

I focused on the Alex that, at the
moment, had his mouth on my breast. I pulled his head up and looked
into his eyes with wonderment. He did love me. He’s loved me from
the very beginning.

Now looking at me, he said, “Let me love you, Wren,
the way you were meant to be loved.”

He kissed me, and the electrical current was there
but it wasn’t overwhelming me. Instead it enhanced the feeling as
Alex’s mouth moved downward once more. He kissed every inch of
exposed skin. He moved back to my mouth for another soul searing
kiss while his hand moved feather light over my body to the
junction of my thighs.

I began squirming knowing where he was headed. His
thumb and forefinger found my little nub and he began a sweet
assault.

“
Mmmmm…Baby…you’re wet and ready
for me.”

He moved his hand, positioned himself over me and
looking into my eyes the whole time, he slid inch by inch into my
wet opening.

When he was at last buried deep inside me, he rolled
us onto our sides and put the tip of his nose to mine. “I know you
can’t say the words to me, Wren, but I have to say them to you. I
love you. I will always love you until the day I die. I’m sorry if
that makes you uncomfortable. I admire like hell the woman you’ve
become, and for as long as you like I want to be there for you.

“
I don’t need to be in the
limelight, and I don’t want to take Cheve’s or Roberto’s place.
I’ll be the guy in the background if you want. The one you can be
yourself with. The road ahead won’t be easy, but maybe with me you
won’t have to be alone for the journey.”

I was overwhelmed with his words. I believed him,
but there was still a part of me that was afraid. I didn’t want him
to go away, but I had to be honest.

“
Oh Alex, my feelings are all
mixed up. I care for you and I do love you, though I’m still afraid
to totally give my heart to you. It was so hard when I learned of
Roberto’s betrayal and of your involvement in it. I understand how
you were forced to go along with it, but it still hurts. I need
some time, but in the meanwhile, I’d be honored if you would be
with me.”

Alex’s eyes were glistening. “That’s good enough for
me, Baby. Now, let me love you.”

He pulled my leg up over his and pressed deeper
inside me. He began rocking and rotating his hips in the most
delicious way. Soon we were both moaning and rolling around until
we felt the pulsations start. We came at the same time crying out
with the best release yet. We laid there unable to move.

“
Wow…that was…” I began but
trailed off unable to find the correct words.

Alex grinned in his boyish manner. “Yeah, it sure
was. And we were able to control ourselves. Well, the second
time.”

He traced a finger along my neck. “I’m sure gonna
miss biting you, but damn, I don’t want to be out of control like
that again.”

I kissed him along his jaw line. Something I’d been
dying to do. “We may be able to do it again one day. Maybe when
this mission is over we can take a week’s vacation together. I can
imagine if we holed up somewhere we could do anything we want.”

“
Ohhhh, sexy and smart. No wonder
I love you.” Alex smiled at me.

It still made me uncomfortable to hear him say that,
so I changed the subject. “How long have we been here? Do you think
we still have enough night left to get to Leeds’ place?’

“
We’ve been here a little over an
hour. I think we can make it, but it will be cutting it
close.”

“
I’d like to try to make it Alex.
We have our flight lined up for tomorrow night and it’s a direct
flight which was more difficult to get. If it gets too close to
daybreak we can find a hotel. I don’t want to risk you getting
caught in the sunlight.”

Alex cupped my chin “You are a good person, Wren.
Probably too good for the likes of me or any other vampire. We
vampires tend to be a bit on the selfish side and more than a
little domineering.”

“
It’s funny, I never thought of
you as domineering…” I faltered. I was about to compare him with
Roberto. I didn’t want it to always be a thorny subject between us,
but now was not the time to dredge up all of that.

“
Why don’t you see if you can feed
quickly while I get Cheve to get my suitcase so I can
change?”

“
Okay Babe, but I may have to find
a person as opposed to an animal. It will be much
quicker.”

I hadn’t thought about that. In all the time I’d
spent with vampires I’d never given any thought to them biting
humans besides myself. “Um, Alex? How do you go about doing that?
Do you hurt them?”

Alex laughed. “No. Haven’t you ever seen a vampire
take blood from a human?”

I thought back to the one time I saw Roberto take a
human’s blood. He ripped the throat out of a Guardian.

“
Only once and Roberto ripped his
throat out first.”

“
Let me assure you, that’s not how
we usually go about feeding from a human. Why don’t you get your
clothes and come with me while I feed?”

I was pleased that he wanted to take me along.
Roberto had been on the secretive side when it came to all things
vampire.

Alex was much more open about things, but then again
maybe it was the age difference. After all Alex was a few hundred
years younger than Roberto.

“
I’d like to see that. Can you get
my bag from the car and I’ll change my shirt real
quick.”

“
Of course. You know when we have
time I’m going to have to take you shopping. This is the second
shirt I’ve ripped off you.” Alex chuckled.

I laughed but said, “Don’t worry,
so far it’s all been t-shirts, now if you start ripping my sexy
lingerie then…”

Alex groaned, “God, Wren, please don’t talk about
your lingerie. I’ve had so many fantasies the last few months, and
they always had you wearing black lace and leather.”

I wanted to go over and wrap my arms around him but
was afraid to. I know how hard it is to control the lust that races
through our veins. So instead I just said, “Don’t worry, Hurrit. I
promise you one day you will get to see my lingerie, and I may even
want you to rip it off.”

Fire blazed in his eyes for a moment followed by
confusion. “What did you call me?”

My mouth turned up in a slight smile. “I called you
Huritt. It’s a native American word.”

“
What does it mean?”

“
Oh no. I remember the night we
first met you said something to me in Swedish, and I never did find
out what it was. So now you can just wonder as I did.”

“
What I said that night was you
will be mine. I was claiming you”

“
Ahhh…I should have known. Well,
I’m not going to tell you anyway. I’ll make you wait just like you
did to me.”

Alex chuckled and went to get my suitcase. He came
back a minute later rubbing his jaw.

“
What happened?”

“
I don’t know. When I went out for
your bag Cheve was leaning against the car, so I thought I’d ask
him if he thought I was a huritt, and he hit me. I almost ripped
his throat out, but I thought you might get mad if I did that. That
guy is working my last nerve, Wren.”