over you. No stopping, and I don't think I can be gentle about it."
She held her arms out to him. He nodded once, as if they'd made some kind of pact, and then went to the end of the bed.
"Spread your legs. I want to see you."
A nervous flush came over her.
He shook his head. "Too late, Bella. Now... it's too late. Show me."
Slowly she cocked one of her knees up and gradually revealed herself.
His face melted, the tension and the harshness bleeding out of him. "Oh... God..." he whispered. "You're... beautiful."
Leaning down onto his arms, he prowled up the bed to her body, his eyes fixated on her secret skin as if he'd never seen anything like it. When he got in range, wide hands smoothed their way up the insides of her thighs, opening them even farther.
But then he frowned and looked up at her. "Wait, I'm supposed to kiss you on the mouth first, aren't I? I mean, males start at the top and work their way down, don't they?"
What an odd question... like he'd never done this at all?
Before she could reply he began to move back, so she sat up and captured his face in her hands.
"You can do whatever you like to me."
His eyes flashed and he held his position for a split second.
Then he lunged at her, taking her down onto the bed. His tongue shot into her mouth and his hands tangled in her hair, pulling on her, arching her, trapping her head. The hunger in him was ferocious, a warrior's thick-blooded need for sex. He was going to take her with all the strength he had, and she was going to be sore when he was through using her. Sore and utterly blissed out. She couldn't wait.
Suddenly, he stopped and pulled back from her mouth. He was breathing deeply and had a flush on his cheeks as he looked her in the eye.
And then he smiled at her.
She was so surprised she didn't know what to do. She'd never seen that expression on his face before, and the lift in his mouth did away with the distortion in his upper lip, showing off his gleaming teeth and fangs.
"I like this," he said. "You underneath me... You feel good. You're soft and warm. Do I weigh too much? Here, let me..."
As he propped himself up on his arms, his arousal pressed into her core and his grin faded quick as a gasp. It was as if he didn't like the sensation, but how could that be? He was aroused. She could feel his erection.
With a lithe move he repositioned himself so her legs were closed and his knees were on either side of them. She couldn't guess what had happened, but wherever he'd gone in his head was not a good place.
"You're perfect on top of me," she said to distract him. "Except for one thing."
"What?"
"You've stopped. And lose the shorts."
His weight came down on her immediately and his mouth went to the side of her neck. As he nipped at her skin, she pushed her head back into the pillow and bared the column of her throat. Gripping the back of his head, she urged him against her vein.
"Oh, yes..." she moaned, wanting him to feed.
He made a noise that was a no, but before the rejection could ripple through her, he was kissing his way down to her collarbone.
"I want to latch onto your breast," he said against her skin.
"Do it."
"You need to know something first."
"What?"
He lifted his head. "The night you came here... when I bathed you? I did my best not to look at you. I really did. I covered you with a towel even though you were in the water."
"That was kind - "
"But when I took you out... I saw these." His hand captured one of her breasts. "I couldn't help it. I swear. I tried to allow you your modesty, but you were... I couldn't stop my eyes. Your nipple was tight from the chill of the air. So small and pink. Lovely."
He moved his thumb back and forth across her hard tip, scrambling her mind.
"It's all right," she mumbled.
"It wasn't. You were defenseless and I was wrong to look at you."
"No, you - "
He shifted, and his erection pressed into the top of her thighs. "This happened."
"What hap妗?, you got aroused?"
His mouth tightened. "Yeah. I couldn't stop it."
She smiled a little. "But you didn't do anything, right?"
"No."
"So it's okay." She arched her back and