He pulled back, breathless.

I realized, belatedly, that he still needed to breathe, even if I didn’t. Even overcome with my desire for him, to feel him against me, to feel him inside of me, filling me up, I reminded myself that I still needed to remember that he was mortal.

He grabbed my shirt by the hem and stripped it off of me. He threw it across the room like it was on fire.

I had never been exceptionally proud of my body—my chest was completely smooth and I was just a bit too thin—but with the hungry way Tobias looked at me, like he was desperate to consume me whole, I suddenly felt beautiful. Wanted. Needed. And powerful, that I could make a man like Tobias look at me in such a way.

He pulled me back in for another kiss. This one wasn’t sweet at all. It was dirty and demanding, filled with urgency.

He put his hands on my hips, marching me backwards to the bed.

“Can I make love to you?” he asked, hesitating for an instant. “I need to know you want this too.”

“Yes,” I breathed, unbuttoning the top button of my pants. The idea that he might not take me, that he might not claim me, was unacceptable. “I need to feel you inside of me.”

He let out a sharp exhale, then pulled me in for another rough kiss. His big, strong hands slipped under the waistband of my pants and cupped my bare ass.

At the feeling of his touch—warm and slightly rough against my smooth skin—I let out a strangled gasp, my cock throbbing and straining against my pants.

I fumbled with the top button of his jeans, then managed to undo it.

Tobias removed his hands from me, then pushed me gently down onto the bed, flashing me a wicked grin. From his pants pocket, he pulled out a small bottle of lube and a condom. He set them down onto the nightstand beside the bed.

He’d obviously been prepared for anything, just in case.

He pulled the zipper down and pushed his jeans to his ankles, freeing his straining cock.

Holy crap.

He wasn’t huge or anything, but his cock was absolutely perfect. It was long, without being too long, and thick, without being too thick. It even had a nice curve to it.

I ached to have it inside of me.

I pulled my pants off of me and kicked them away, moving at vampire speed.

Tobias let out a small laugh. “Someone’s eager.”

I grinned back at him and pulled him down onto the bed beside me. “I need you to stop talking and fuck me, Tobias.”

He climbed on top of me and the feel of his hard, masculine body against mine, the weight of it pinning me to the bed, made my breath escape in a small gasp.

He leaned down and kissed me again. Then he pulled back, reaching for the lube and the condom.

“Vampires can’t get diseases or anything,” I told him, gesturing to the condom. If my cheeks could have gone red, they probably would have. “So. Um. We don’t need that, unless you want it.”

“I’m good,” he replied, flashing me another grin. He put the condom back on the nightstand. Then, pushing himself onto his knees with one hand, he popped the top on the lube and coated the tips of his index and middle fingers with it.

I watched him, feeling suddenly nervous. It had been a while since I’d done this. Like, a really long time.

But I didn’t stop him when he put his hand between my legs and found my hole. His fingertips traced my entrance, coating it with the lubricant.

Then he slid his index finger inside of me. I let out a startled sound, tightening instinctively against the sudden intrusion. There was a sharp, momentary pain. Then his fingertip found my prostate and he began to massage it back and forth.

I felt my eyes widen at the sensation. Electrifying tingles of pleasure swept through me. I felt my body open to his touch instinctively. I wanted more of him. All of him.

“You feel really good,” he said, his voice husky.

Then, before I could reply, he bent down and took my cock in his mouth, all the way to the hilt. As he did, he slid a second finger into me. The combined sensation of his fingers inside of me and his hot mouth on my cock was almost enough to send me over the edge right then and there. As it was, I bucked against him, fucking my cock in between his lips, barely managing to control my strength so I didn’t hurt him.