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Without waiting on led to jaainst ers pushed ht my neck and his hands slipped around ainst hih me at his touch, so much that it didn’t even strike me to think that a vampire’s mouth was ona unique, druglike blood type Honest to God, I didn’t care at that point I did not care

Finally, the key worked I grabbed round and opened the door, and we stumbled inside Eli’s hands never left my body, and as the door shut, the pack dropped froainst the door, his body pressed into h I felt hihout me hum with ers over the buttons of his fly There was nothing gentle about either of us I wanted hiainst my ear, and before I could hit the first step he’d pulled ain, both hands on , then pulled back, and only the streaht his eyes,them appear dark, almost black Never had I seen desire so heavy in a pair of eyes "Hold on," he said, his voice husky, raspy, and as I slid s around his waist It was sixteen steps up to my apartment, and he kissed me the whole way

Upstairs, I slid froether in the shadows, down the hall and into ain hard against a brick wall,at Eli’s button fly and unfastening a few I pushed his shirt up, and he took over, yanking it over his head; my palms skimmed the ripped muscles of his stomach, his chest, and I eased e of his cock; his painful groan escaped his throat at my touch, and I slid ainst erous, and lost in desire It turned me on even more

Without words, Eli slid his hands up my stole clasp keeping ether He slid it off my shoulders and dropped it on the floor At the same time his mouth claimed mine once ainst hih--as though I wanted to just sink into his skin I wanted hiers Eli trailed his hands down my abdomen to the buttons of my pants, and as he released each one I shivered with anticipation I kicked out of my boots, he kicked out of his, and finally, ere both free of clothes and restrictions The only thing that re panties; even those felt htless, seductive cloth they were meant to be I wanted to rip them off; Eli read my mind, lowered his hand, and did it for me, then tossed the shreddedmore than silhouettes and shadows as we stared at each other, with only the tapered band of light streah the French doors Eli’s hands slid tome intently "Turn around," he said, his voice neither a whisper nor a growl but so in between It sounded more inside my head than inthe wall

Eli’s hands pushed ers drifted to ons, and continued up ers betweenmy neck, my shoulder I shuddered with anticipation It was the only thing gentle that occurred between us after that In a blinding ed bricks of my bedroom wall and kissed me frantically, desperation in every suck, every lick, every taste, and Iin between His hips were lided ainstevery curve, every valley, and when his hardness throbbed heavy against roan escaped my throat, and I reached down, found it, and pales In one effortlesss around his waist, he pushed into roan that ca in French God, I was so wet, out of my mind with need, and Eli satisfied it in three hard thrusts; lights exploded behind asm I’d ever experienced wracked my body, and Eli continued to pound into me, his roans ainst ainst the wall, and laced his fingers through ain; different from the frantic kiss fro every inch ofto him, he walked backward, turned, and laideither of us could have said; everything was still fresh, tantalizing, and my whole body hummed with pleasure For a moment, my eyes drifted shut, but when they opened, Eli stood over me, and I froze His eyes had turned opaque--literally lurily at me

"Eli?" I said warily, and when he didn’t er this time "Eli!" No other words would coled for control

He quickly turned, grabbed his clothes off the floor, and left so fast my eyes couldn’t folloasn’t in total shock Now thatsex I’d just shared with Eli, I recalled how many times he’d said hoasn’t sure his control could last It had barely lasted What did shock h, was that he didn’t just leaveme totally alone--as in wide-open prey for the Arcos brothers and their growing hoodie cult

As I slipped beneath the sheets, I reached over, switched the ceiling fan on low, and closed irl, and I’d been through a hell of a lot in twenty-five years I’d been used in the very worst of ways; rejection and abandonment weren’t unfa to watch Eli walk out, but I understood I guess I wasn’t like other girls in that sense Being a crybaby just wasn’t in reedy; take what little bits of life’s pleasures you could, while you could--you et another offer

I turned ontoone of the spare down pillows to ainst ed me under, I replayed the past hour of my life with Eli, and I knew then that another man would never be able to satisfy me like he had The way I’d responded to his body, his mouth, his touchno one could ever live up to that Never I knehat I spoke of, if you knohat I rateful for the experience Part ofmuch deeper than wild, nasty sex had occurred with Eli Dupré, but it’d do no good to dwell on it now, and it may very well have been solely on my part He’d almost transformed, almost lost control I mean, seriously--he’d lived for nearly two hundred years He’d had plenty of experiences, and I’asht But like I said--I wasn’t stupid Rough around the edges maybe, definitely a little perverted at times, but never stupid I was a survivor I’d damn well survive this

Finally, I drifted off to sleep I knew, even though Eli had left ht of hot, rae proposal Not that I wanted one But if I knew Eli at all, I did knoouldn’t leave me unprotected He was out there, so Just like he had been when I was oblivious to the fact that va hours, before dawn, I aith fear choking led; ed through my veins I sat up and tried to catch hts to my face, and I pushed the to re shadows blocked street nans, but it was desolate--alray, colorless--except hts, and white skin stuck out like a sore thu but a short leather skirt, tall leather boots, and a vest, I ran, fast, down a cracked, broken sidewalk What few cars sat parked along the sideere as abandoned and derelict as the buildings Where I hurried to, I didn’t know, but I knew soh the shadows overhead, on the rooftops I glanced behind me, only for a second; when I turned back around, he was there Young, virile, flawlessly beautiful, and very, very powerful; his very nearness caused me to burn for him Seductively, he licked his lips, and just that fast I envisioned hisuntil I fell to asm wracked my body I didn’t want it--I couldn’t help but take it It infuriated me, his seduction, and I knew then that he would haunt me always, and never cease his pursuit of me He had power over me He wasn’t Eli

I sat up with a start So thatdirty; it leftto break, and as I slipped from the bed, I noticed the French doors ide-open They were closed before