Page 10 of Queen Takes Knights
Yet he didn’t even touch me.
I moaned against his skin, but I didn’t want to leave his blood long enough to ask him to touch me.
His blood burned down my throat, so good. It had a kick, an extra punch, that Daire’s hadn’t. It went straight to my head like a shot of whiskey and I squeezed Alrik’s dick harder.
Locking my mouth over the punctures Daire had made for me, I drank Alrik down like a woman dying of thirst. Daire’s hair trailed over my cheek and then I felt his tongue, licking at my mouth and Alrik’s skin. I made room for him, tipping my head so I could look him in the eyes. While we both fed on Alrik, licking his skin, finding each other's mouths.
I licked Alrik’s blood from Daire’s lips, his tongue sliding into my mouth as we shared the blood, and that’s what broke the big man’s reserve.
Alrik wrapped his arms around me, clutching me hard against him.
“Which do you want first, my queen: dick or fangs?”
I drew him through my fist, watching the way his nostrils flared. “Both.”
CHAPTER SIX
Shara
I tugged the hoodie over my head, and Alrik quickly followed with my T-shirt. I stood so I could get my jeans off, which was maybe a mistake. Because Alrik pressed his mouth to my stomach, and Daire reached for my bra over his back.
“We must take precautions,” Alrik said against my stomach.
I peeled the denim down my thighs, trying to figure out what he meant. “Like birth control? Condoms? I guess I thought vampires were excluded from that kind of thing.”
Daire snorted. “We are. You’ll decide if and when you want an heir. That’s the least of our concerns.”
I started to sit down to finish pulling my shoes and pants off, but Alrik untied my tennis shoes and I toed them off, holding on to his shoulders.
“Your power.” Alrik glanced up at me, and I was surprised to see worry written in lines between his eyes. “When it comes, we’ll feel it too, and we’ll be coming into our power as well. We’ll all be vulnerable for a while.”
“Not to mention the fallout.” Daire dipped down to kiss my shoulder. “For all we know, you may bring the whole building down on top of us.”
I curled my arm up, holding my bra over my breasts. I wouldn’t say shyness came over me. Just a feeling of vulnerability. A hint of shock creeping in.
A little over an hour ago, I’d been cleaning a tub as quickly as possible because I was afraid of monsters hiding in the dark.
Now I’d fed on two men. We were vampires. And I was about to have sex for the first time.
I wanted them, no doubt or hesitation at all. In fact, I was relieved to finally feel desire. My body was ready to jump right in, but my mind wanted a moment to catch up.
“Is it sex that brings the power?”
“No.” Alrik handled each of my feet gently, stripping off my socks and helping me step out of my jeans. “It’s blood. That’s where the power lies. Sex is just a bonus that makes it even better. Now that you’ve fed from us, your power will rise. The more blood you take, the greater the power. It might be tonight, or days from now, but it will come, and sometimes it’s like a bomb going off. And when you feed us, our power will rise as well.”
“Good sex flavors the blood and makes it all the more powerful,” Daire added. “It’s possible to share blood but not sex, or sex but not blood, but most of us can’t resist the combination.”
I didn’t feel powerful. How could someone who’d been scared most of their life feel powerful? But it did make sense in a way. I knew the monsters hunted me because of my blood.
“You’re Isis’s daughter, so the power will be great,” Daire said. “I hope there’s no cemetery close by.”
I searched his eyes, confused. “Why?”
“She was known for bringing people back from the dead.”
Oh. Crap. “Really? Mom never said anything like that.”
If she’d had that kind of power, why didn’t she save Dad? She’d run from the house and down the street to help us, screaming like a mad woman. Dad had thrown me up on his shoulders, keeping me out of reach of the two monsters that had ambushed us. It wasn’t dark yet, but the risky pink and lavender time of dusk. We’d lost track of time, playing softball in the park.
