Page 14 of The Vampire King's Gift

She nodded. But instead of saying anything more, she stood up and fished out the largest diamond he had ever seen outside of a museum or a royal’s horde. She walked over to the shadowy corner and extended her hand with the diamond laying in her palm. She whispered words that heshouldhave been able to hear, but somehow couldn’t. The diamond began to glow all of the sudden and the shadows in the corner were reduced. Christian’s body grew less rigid all of the sudden. Lisette returned and held out the diamond to his fledgling.

“For you,” she said.

Christian though did not extend a hand to take it. “What is it?”

She smiled, looking beautiful and doll-like, and terrifying at the same time. “Your enemy.” She reached out and grasped Christian’s hand, transferring the diamond into it. “In the palm of your hand.”

PREDATORS OF THE DEEP

Julian looked over his shoulder to see if Daemon was following him into the night black water of the ocean. He saw the Vampire King wade into the sea to his waist before he dove into an oncoming wave and disappeared beneath the surface.

The bright moonlight reflecting on top of the water made it hard to track Daemon’s powerful naked form as he streaked towards Julian like a torpedo. It was only when Julian caught sight of those hands reaching for his ankles that he realized his Master was playing shark. Julian twisted around and dove into the water himself just as he felt the brush of Daemon’s fingertips along his skin. He kicked and rapidly swam into deeper water.

He glanced over his shoulder and saw Daemon coming after him just by fluttering his feet. The Vampire King’s arms were tucked tightly against his sides making him more streamlined. His black hair waved back from his beautiful face. His red eyes glowed like fire in the darkness of the water. He looked wholly beautiful and unearthly.

Julian’s heart lurched with a mixture of desire and a touch offear. There was something implacable about Daemon in this environment. Maybe because his Master had not yet chased him before.

A smile curled Daemon’s lips, showing a snippet of sharp white teeth. Daemon’s fangs were out and a full body shiver went through Julian. He wanted Daemon to feed from him again. The thought of those hot fangs sinking into his hotter flesh in this cold water was beyond arousing and his cock jerked between his thighs. But though he really wanted Daemon to catch him, he had to play a little hard to catch so he increased his speed while the Vampire King cruised after him.

The bottom dropped out beneath them closer to shore than Julian anticipated. It went from ten feet to twenty then twenty-five then over thirty. Julian felt a slight chill, not from the cold of the water, but the thought of being so far out in the ocean at night, without clothes, without any idea of where he was going.

But he and Daemon were not alone in the deep. Unlike before when he had scuba dived, Julian couldfeelall the life around him. He looked to his left just as a school of fish appeared. There were warm sparks of life in the ocean’s cold blackness. His eyes were drawn to the seaweed that waved down below. It gave him the impression of flying through the sky over a forest rather than swimming through water over kelp.

His keen hearing heard the thump of a heart and he snapped his head to the side. He thought he saw the shadow of something large swimming through that kelp. He narrowed his eyes, squinting them, and realized that it was a dark purple eel that was almost invisible in the gloom. He found himself studying its long body as it glided through the kelp.

And in this moment of inattention, hands curled around his waist. Julian jerked in surprise and then let out a watery laugh. Daemon had caught him easily. He pulled Julian’s body against his bigger one. His hands possessively ran around to Julian’s back and ran up and down his spine before dropping to cup his ass cheeks. Julian groaned as his cock throbbed. He eagerly opened his thighs for Daemon to slide one of his powerful legs between. Julian eagerly pressed down against that leg.

You are terrible prey,Daemon chastised him. Easily distracted by shiny objects.

I wanted to be caught.

Daemon’s red eyes hooded as he squeezed Julian’s ass appreciatively.Did you? Did you want to be devoured?

Julian wound his arms around Daemon’s neck. His fingers trailing over that silky skin.I was sort of hoping to do the devouring. At least part of it.

Daemon tilted his head to the side, offering his throat to be fed from. Julian let out a hungry moan and opened his mouth to bite down. He tasted the saltwater on his tongue then and realized, with momentary shock, that he was breathing water. Or maybe he wasn’t breathing, but just taking in and expelling the water, without any need for air.

Am I dead? It was the first time he had truly asked himself that and he was frozen in surprise.

You are very much alive. More alive than you have ever been. Daemon cradled the back of Julian’s head as he said this.

Julian’s eyes closed, comforted beyond measure, as he opened his mouth again, but this time bit down. Daemon’s salty-sweet blood mixed with the saltwater and he pulled some of that blood inside of him. He quickly sealed his lips around Daemon’s skin so that he wouldn’t be drawing in water with every suction of that nourishing blood.

Daemon’s lips were on his opposite shoulder as Julian nursed. The blood heated his entire body. His cock stirred and hardened, curving upwards against Daemon’s belly. Julian rubbed against him eagerly. Trills of heat and arousal ran from the tip of his cock to the core of his body and then spread outwards. He took in more mouthfuls of Daemon’s blood, swallowing it down eagerly. His fingers dug into his Master’s firm flesh, but he held on tight as if Daemon would get away from him.

Daemon kissed all along his shoulder and neck as Julian fed. There was a sort of desperate desire in those kisses. The faint sting of Daemon’s fangs had Julian moaning and urging the Vampire King to bite him back. But Daemon resisted his entreaties though he did drag the tips of those fangs along his skin. Julian shivered.

Daemon’s hands opened his ass cheeks and clever fingers sank between them. Julian clenched them together, trapping those digits between them. He heard Daemon’s chuckle in his mind. Those fangs pressed against his skin as one of Daemon’s fingers circled his opening. Julian bit down harder in anticipation of that finger breaching him. Daemon growled low and that finger was pushing against Julian’s opening.

Their bodies spun as Julian kicked unconsciously as the tip of Daemon’s finger went inside. Julian wrapped his legs around Daemon’s to keep himself from moving them in the water. It was strange and wonderful being weightless in this almost soothing darkness.

Julian’s eyes shut as he curled tight against Daemon, taking another mouthful of hot, life-giving blood. The Vampire King’s finger wiggled inside of him even without lubricant. Julian consciously forced himself to relax so that Daemon could sink that finger inside of him all the way to the knuckle. Julian’s cock was bobbing between them, hot and heavy with blood. He rubbed frantically against those washboard abs. His balls were drawing tight to his body already as Daemon worked that finger in and out of him.

Feed, fledgling. Just feed and let me pleasure you,Daemon murmured, giving Julian a mental caress.

Julian shivered in delight at the touches both mental and physical. Daemon wasn’t using that finger to stretch him but just to find his prostate and rub it. His hands slid down Daemon’s powerful arms when Daemon solidly pressed on that spot inside of him that had his limbs feeling liquid and his cock wildly jerking between them. He bit harder and drank more which had Daemon letting out a hiss of pleasure through his mouth and bubbles brushed against Julian’s skin.

The Vampire King massaged his prostate fully and Julian’s fangs released from Daemon’s flesh as he arched back with electric waves of pleasure. Julian could feel the beat of his heart within his cock. One bare brush of the tip of it against Daemon’s stomach and Julian was cumming. His body continued to arch and jerk, electricity skating across his skin as Daemon continued to rub his prostate and lightly mouth his throat.

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