“I’m not running.”

Katie smiled as if she knew better. “It takes one to know one, Luther. We’re both running, and we both need a break. Just for a few moments. Just to catch our breath.”

“Damn it, you’re making this really hard,” he cursed and ran a hand through his wet hair. “I took some blood from your pantry, but I’m still hungry.” When he gazed into her green orbs, he knew he didn’t have to explain what he meant by that. “We’re alone. This time, we won’t be interrupted. Nobody is going to stop me once I start. Nobody is going to rescue you from me.”

“Oh God, I hope not.” She opened her robe and let it slide over her shoulders. It fell to the floor with a soft whoosh.

Luther sucked in a breath, knowing there was no way back now. He pulled on the towel around his waist and let it fall. His cock had already pumped full with blood and rose instantly.

“The first time will be quick and hard,” he warned her and pressed her against the wall next to the door. “But one thing I can promise you: you’ll come with me.”

He already reached for her thighs, spreading them as he lifted her legs off the floor. Holding her suspended against the wall, he moved into her center and brought his cock to her sex.

“Yes.” She moaned her agreement.

On his next intake of breath, he sliced into her, seating himself in her wet channel. “Yes!!” he cried out, closing his eyes for a brief second.

Fuck, it felt good. His chest heaved, pumping more air into his lungs, while farther below his hips started to move of their own volition.

He looked at her half-closed eyes. “Yeah, you just stay like that and take my cock deep inside you. You like that, yeah?”

“Yeah, oh yeah.” Her words were breathless.

Her hands gripped his shoulders now, her fingernails digging into his skin.

“Yeah, you just hold on tight, baby, ‘cause I’m gonna ride you hard.”

He thrust into her to the hilt, before pulling almost entirely out again, while his heart was beating at triple its normal rate. He moved his head to hers, opening his mouth wide to show her his fangs. They were fully extended and ready for a bite.

She removed one hand from his shoulder and brought it to his face. With her index finger, she rubbed over one fang. A bolt of adrenaline charged through him, sending a lightning strike into his balls.

“Fuck!”

Nobody had touched his fangs—a vampire’s most erogenous zone—in decades.

“Do it,” he heard her murmur.

Luther lowered his head to one breast and captured the hard nipple in his mouth. He sucked on it, licked his tongue over the delicious bud. Then he set his fangs to either side of it. The contact of fang on skin nearly robbed him of all his senses. He opened his mouth wider, then slowly, he closed it and drove his fangs deep into Katie’s warm and soft flesh.

Hot blood rushed into his mouth and covered his tongue. His taste buds ignited, the flavor exploding in his mouth as the liquid ran down his throat and coated it.

“More!”

It was Katie’s demand, though it mirrored his own desire. His own need.

He sucked harder, pulling more blood into his mouth. God, she tasted good. He’d almost forgotten what it felt like to feed from a woman while making love to her. It was out of this world amazing. Indescribably erotic. Breathtakingly consuming.

“Yes, yes!” Katie’s encouraging cries drove him over the edge.

He slammed his cock into her with more speed and force than he’d ever fucked a woman. He was out of control now, unable to stop or slow down.

He ripped his fangs from her and licked over the incisions. Fangs still dripping with blood, he captured Katie’s lips and devoured her mouth with the same passion he’d fed from her, when finally, thank God, he felt her spasm around his cock.

Relieved, he let go of the last thread of his control and pumped his seed into her, filling her tight channel with everything he had. Waves of pleasure rocked his body and extended his orgasm beyond what he’d thought was possible. Again and again, a wave of pleasure washed over him as he continued to thrust into her, while she moaned in obvious ecstasy.

“Yeah, baby, that’s it,” he encouraged her and teased another few seconds of pleasure from both their bodies.

33

Katie felt weightless when Luther carried her to the bed and laid her onto it as gently as if she were a precious doll. He pulled the duvet back, and she slid underneath it. Luther joined her, pulling her into his embrace.

Katie let out a contented sigh. Her heart was still racing, and perspiration covered her body. But never in her life had she felt better.