All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire - By Kerrelyn Sparks Page 0,115

to the bar and grabbed his glass. An inch of blood still remained in

the bottom. "Ye've given me an idea." "You're going to stain the carpet?" "Nay." He knelt beside her and drizzled the blood over her breasts and down her torso. "Eeuw. I hope you plan to clean that up." She forgot to be indignant when his tongue lapped the

blood off her breasts. He followed the trail of blood down her torso, then licked the last remaining

drops from her belly button. She squirmed on the red satin, enjoying the decadent feel of it against her backside. Ian returned to her breasts to suckle. She felt his teeth nibbling ever so gently and recalled the look of his fangs when he'd gone into full Dracula mode. His eyes had glowed blue, intense with Vamp power, then they'd turned red as he'd looked hungrily at her. The old bite marks on her breasts and torso itched, but not with fear or repulsion.

She felt desire. And need. "Ian." He glanced up at her, and the red glow in his eyes tugged deep within her. Her bite marks burned. She raked her hands into his long black hair and gripped his head tight. "Bite me."

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He blinked. "Nay. Doona say that. I willna use you for food. I'm no' hungry." "I am. I have a deep...hunger inside me." "Toni, ye're reacting to my Vamp power. I'll try to tone it down." "No, let it loose." He studied her curiously. "Do ye know what ye're asking? Ye were attacked. Ye have terrible

memories." "I want to turn that terror into something beautiful. Can you do that?" "I can keep it from hurting. But it is all an illusion. Mind control. And I know how ye feel about

that." "I'm not afraid of your mind. I love you." He hesitated, frowning. "Do it. Do it all. I want to experience everything with you." He closed his eyes. "Ye're so verra tempting. I can smell yer blood, hot and delicious. I can hear it

rushing through you, calling to me." "Take me." His eyes opened, and she gasped at the startling blue. A wave of icy cold air struck her forehead,

then swept down her body, prickling her skin with gooseflesh. I am with you. His voice reverberated in her mind, and her entire body tingled as if he were

blowing his breath over her. He nuzzled her neck. We will share mind, body, and blood. He licked her neck, and she gasped as the same sensation happened between her legs. It had to be an illusion. But one hell of an illusion. All the tingling on her neck was echoed below.

Her need grew more desperate, and the tingles grew into throbbing pulses, demanding satisfaction. She wrapped her legs around him. "Take me now." His fangs extended with a small hissing sound that made her ache for him. She shuddered as his

erection pressed against her and his teeth softly scraped her neck. Soon, soon it would happen. He plunged into her core with so much force, she barely noticed the prick on her neck. And then

he was loving her, taking her body and blood. I am inside you in every way. Ye are mine, and I am yers. With each suck at her neck, a shudder of pleasure skittered through her. Then he pulled away from

her neck. I doona want to take too much. He licked the bite wounds, and the shudders continued, intensified with each bodily thrust into her core.

His pace picked up. I can feel ye coming. We're coming together. And they did. Toni cried out just as she heard his roar of pleasure thunder through her mind. She'd never felt anything like it. Their bodies shuddered together like a choreographed dance. Their minds pulsated in shared pleasure. Amazing, she thought, or did he think that? She could no longer tell who was who. They were one.

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"Ian," she whispered as their breathing returned to normal. Even their breaths were in sync. Do ye feel how much I love you? His voice filled her mind. A warmth flooded her and brought tears to her eyes. Then a chill swept through her, and he was

gone. Gone from her mind, but lying next to her with love in his eyes.

And she knew, then and there, that nothing would stop her from spending her life with Ian. No friendships or villains could stop her from loving him. Even death couldn't come between them.
Chapter Twenty-five
That evening, just after sundown,