to our bed, and Lucas throws me down on the mattress, drawing his fangs.
I want him so fucking bad right now, and watch hungrily as he slowly undoes his pants, pulling them down and freeing that monster cock. My eyes flutter shut, and I bring my hands to my stomach, slowly dragging them up to my chest.
“You are so fucking hot,” Lucas growls when he sees my fingers circle my nipples. He dives down on me, lips going to mine, kissing me hard before moving his mouth to my neck, making the slow descent down my body, trailing kisses over my collarbone, between my breasts…over my stomach.
He suddenly stops, lips hovering over my belly button.
“What?” I groan, needing him to put his tongue on my clit—now.
“Shhh,” he says and tips his head, pressing his ear to my stomach. “Stop breathing.”
“You know I’ll die if I—”
“Shush,” he says again, and I suck in a breath, holding it for a few seconds. “The fuck?” I ask and push up on my elbows. “Go down on me or get out of the room because I really need to come, okay?”
I expect him to throw me back and down, ready to teach me a lesson about patience and being a good girl. But he slowly tips his head up to me, eyes wide.
“I…I…” he starts and puts his head on my stomach again. “I can hear the baby’s heart beating.”
Chapter 12
“No, you don’t,” I say before the words actually hit me. “It’s not possible.” Only…it is. Lucas is a vampire and can hear much better than humans.
He presses his ear against my lower stomach, and I hold my breath.
“Are you sure it’s not just my heart beating?”
“Yes, I’m sure. Your heartbeat is much slower. What I heard…” He pauses for a moment, listening. “It was faster.”
“Do you still hear it?”
“Not now. Your stomach is loud.”
“Sorry?” I laugh and rake my fingers through Lucas’s hair. “You really heard it?” I ask again, still having a hard time believing it’s possible, though Lucas being able to hear our tiny apple-seed-sized baby’s heart beating isn’t the craziest thing that’s happened lately.
Him being able to knock me up and put said seed-sized baby in me takes the cake on that.
“I did.” He lifts his head up, eyes locking with mine. My own heart swells in my chest, and suddenly tears are springing to my eyes.
“Dammit,” I mutter, laughing again as I wipe away a tear. “I hate being so emotional.”
“It’s cute.” Lucas moves next to me and puts his lips to mine. “It’s a different side of you I don’t usually see.”
“Yeah, for a good reason. Because it’s annoying to cry.”
“Why?” he asks and moves over top of me. I widen my legs, welcoming him in between. Hearing the baby’s heart beating puts the brakes on having sex, but I don’t think it’ll take Lucas long to get me back in the mood.
“It doesn’t solve anything.”
“Does it make you feel better?” He kisses my neck.
“Sometimes.” I run my nails down his back. Lucas has told me before I shouldn’t be ashamed of my emotions or ever feel like I need to apologize for feeling what I feel. “Though right now it doesn’t even make sense. I’m a loose cannon of emotion.”
“You have a good excuse. And you have to remember your body isn’t used to this much humanity.”
“It’s so fucking weird.”
“Yeah, a bit.”
“She’ll be a Gemini.” I run my fingertips up and down Lucas’s back.
“Do you believe in all that?” Lucas asks, and I cock an eyebrow.
“I’m a witch. I take astrology seriously. It was a required class at the Academy.”
“You think when you are born predetermines your personality traits?”
“Maybe a bit. I’m not very Virgo-ish, though.”
“See?”
“Well, Virgos are hardworking and reliable.”
“So, if you’re not a Virgo then you’re not hardworking or reliable,” he says dubiously.
“It doesn’t work like that, and I guess, no, overall I think circumstances greatly shape who we are more than when we just happen to be born, but I stand by one hundred percent saying I believe in astrology. It’s more than just birth signs and taking an online quiz to see which Zodiac you’re the most like.”
“I’ll agree with you there.” He smooths my hair back and kisses the two little bite marks on my neck. I’m out of Kristy’s famous healing balm, though I don’t feel as much pressure to hide the bites now as I did before when we were keeping our relationship a secret. I’ll heal in time.