I can also taste old blood mingling with your own. It’s vile, to be sure. Anything you want to share with me?”
“I killed a man the other day.”
When Christian spoke again, his tone was sincere. “That’s part of the job.”
“When it’s self-defense or they’re an outlaw, but that’s…” Remembering I was standing atop Lenore’s house, I clamped my mouth shut. “Let’s save show-and-tell for another night.”
He reached out for my hand and tugged me toward him. “Why don’t you show me instead of tell?”
“I came here because I need cab money for a ride home. I didn’t collect my tips when I left the club the other night, and if I go back, they’ll expect me to work.”
“Where has all your money gone?”
“Food. The rest of it I’ve been giving away.”
“Who appointed you Mother Teresa?”
I shrugged. “It’s hard to walk home and pass the same homeless people. If I can buy them a meal, a new tent, or maybe some clothes, then I’d rather do that than keep the money. We’re gonna get a nice paycheck for this assignment, so I don’t need to keep tips. Anyhow, it’s too far to walk home, and I need to get home as soon as possible. Claude’s at work, and I lost track of Blue. I’d call Viktor, but you know how he doesn’t accept calls from public phones to his private cell.”
“A resourceful woman such as yourself can’t get home? It sounds like you came here to check on me.” Still sitting against the chimney stack, Christian reached up and pulled down my stretchy underwear, removing them completely.
The wind cooled my bare ass, which quickly warmed up when his hands cupped my cheeks.
“If an assassin sneaks onto the property, Lenore will have your head on a platter.”
“Worry not, lass. I have my hearing turned all the way up for anything beyond ten feet. That’s how I heard you coming a mile away in those boots you left by the tree.”
“We’re not having sex on this roof.”
His eyes flicked up to mine. “I don’t want to penetrate you.”
“I don’t think anyone’s ever said that to me before.”
Christian’s wanton eyes were dark and all-consuming. Like it or not, he brought out my deepest desires.
His fingers traced around the curve of my hips, and I felt the magic culminating between us. A current of sexual Mage energy raced through me and buzzed between my legs like a vibrator. As if knowing what his touch did to me, Christian ran his tongue up the inside of my thigh.
My breath hitched.
I stepped closer, the wind blowing my hair forward. A moan escaped my lips when his tongue found my clitoris. It wasn’t a teasing taste. Christian devoured me, and I gripped the top edge of the chimney stack.
Biting back an anguished moan, I rested my knee on his shoulder. Christian leaned in and pleasured me. He adored me with his hands, moving them leisurely and intentionally, one thumb pressing against the spike on my bra until it drew blood.
The sight of Christian’s blood made me tense as an ancient desire awakened within me. His tongue swirled as he moved his hand up until his thumb was an inch from my mouth.
My Vampire broke loose like a caged animal, and I dipped my head and drew him into my mouth. The moment I tasted his dark mysteries, Christian released a shaky breath. That dark, delicious blood exposed him, revealing his carnal desires, his intentions, and above all, love. Damn if he wasn’t feeling an emotion so intense that it hypnotized me.
I smoldered as he stroked my sex insistently. The world melted away, and I wondered how one man could hold such power over me. He squeezed my ass when I sucked on his thumb harder. A few drops wasn’t enough, and dark thoughts filled my mind of drinking so deep there was nothing left. My hips rocked against him, and I couldn’t hold back any longer. All the sensations of sucking, licking, rubbing, and drinking merged into one glorious high.
As my release rushed in, Christian sank his fangs into my groin. The pain and pleasure was exquisite. He pulled hard, drinking in my orgasm as he finished me off with his fingers. I cried out, my release so intense that my heart could have exploded in my chest. I shook again and again, my legs weak as he worked me all the way to the finish line.
Christian licked the bite to seal it. “That’s it, Precious. You’re mine,