Page 2 of Queen Takes King
Ew. Gross. It made me cringe. Human sensibilities, Iguess.
Daire cocked an eyebrow at me. “It’s our nature. Even more so for Rik. He’ll be hard pressed to leave you alone for an hour when you smell so…” He inhaled deeply, running his nose along my arm. “Good.”
As the alpha Blood, Alrik would evidently be the one to mate with me, if I ever decided to have a child. Aima women only menstruated when they were in heat, ready to breed. The better to attract the male vampire, my sweet. So me bleeding was going to drive the big guynuts.
He rubbed his face across my shoulder to my back, one big arm coming around my waist. His fingers dipped lower, cupping my pussy, and he shuddered againstme.
Power rose in me. The hairs on my arms prickled, the charge building in the air around me. Yesterday, I’d tried to tap that power to fix my hair, and about blew the top of my head off. And I’d only been flowing a trickle. This felt like amess.
A mess to me, maybe, but not to him. He rubbed his hand over me, not stroking me, exactly, but just holding my pussy, treasuring me. Blood and all. Despite my hang ups, my head still fell back against his shoulder and I opened my legs wider. Need rose in me. His mouth pressed against my ear, his breath hot on my skin. His tongue dipped into my ear as his fingers slid deeper. One finger inside me, his thumb rubbing my clit. So slow and languorous, as if he was in no rush. I’d always thought foreplay involved the guy getting the girl off as quickly as possible so he could get on with his ownbusiness.
But not Rik. And not Daireeither.
I opened my eyes, checking to see where Daire hadgone.
“I asked him to start the coffee,” Rik whispered against my ear, twisting his finger deeper, making my hips arch into hishand.
“You asked him toleave?”
“Yes. I’m his alpha. He’ll do as I tell him. Even when he doesn’t wantto.”
“What if I wanted him here? Withus?”
Rik’s hand stilled. “With a thought, I’ll call him back, my queen. But remember his nature. He won’t be able to resist licking what I merelypet.”
My stomach trembled, my brain quailed, but my body thought that was a brilliant idea. Through his bond, I could feel his hunger. He wanted to bury his head between my thighs too. More than anything. Need pounded like a jackhammer in his skull. He needed to mate. More, his queen needed him, evidenced by the blood, which to him meant breeding time. It was meant to drive him crazy, and itwas.
Yet he only strokedme.
Just feeling his need was almost enough to convince me I should allow him to do as he wished. It would have been really easy for him to kiss and cajole me into going along with his need. In fact, I couldn’t believe he wasn’t, especially as badly as he felt. His urge to mate was just as urgent as his need to breathe after being submerged in water. He was drowning, driven to the point of madness by his own body’s impulses. Yet without the bond, I wouldn’t have evenknown.
“I would like nothing better than to feast on your blood, from whatever part of your body it came. But you would not enjoy it, and so I will not, either. If there comes a time you’d welcome me in that regard, know that I’m more than eager. Any of us will be. It would be a priceless gift to us. And yes, the power kick from a breeding queen isinsane.”
I was relieved—but a little disappointed and guilty too. I didn’t like denying him when he’d do anything to please me. “But I’m not breeding. It’s just myperiod.”
“We don’t know that you aren’t breeding too. And by your scent…” he rubbed his face up the column of my throat and pressed his nose behind my ear, up under my hair, and breathed deeply. “You’re breeding. That’s what your scent and your body are telling me. Fuck. Would it upset you if I tasted your blood from myhand?”
Blood itself didn’t bother me. It was just the whole period aspect that put a damper on sharing that particular blood. But I’d love to watch him do something that would bring him so much pleasure. I pulled away enough to turn and face him. “You can on one condition. I want you to come when you tasteit.”
His eyes smoldered, his mouth partly opened, his lips full like he’d been kissing me senseless for days. His fangs had descended too, making a surge of desire crest inside me. I knew the pleasure he could bring with those fangs. His vampire sensibilities knew exactly when to bite to maximize my pleasure. But this time he wouldn’t have to bite to taste myblood.
Or to make me come. Because I had a feeling I was going to be able to climax just from watchinghim.
Reaching over with his clean left hand, he dragged his palm up my slit, hand cupped, catching everything he could get. He wrapped his bloody right hand around his dick and hissed. His nostrils flared, a muscle in his cheek ticking as he restrained himself. But he didn’t pump his cock at all. He just smeared my blood over himself, running his hand up over the head and down the sides. His shoulders bunched, his neck corded, and I shuddered at the memory of having him on top of me. Inside me. All that power. All that force. Thrusting intome.
He lifted his left hand up to his mouth, closed his eyes, and tipped his palm, letting my blood slide into his mouth. I felt the rush of fire exploding through his veins. His muscles twitched like a live wire jumped inside him. He let out a guttural cry and arched his back, shaking as he came, hard. Every shudder pushing me closer to the edge as he licked his palm. Sucked his fingers. Making sure to get everydrop.
And I couldn’t help myself. I threw myself at him and locked my mouth to his throat. I bit him, willing my fangs to emerge. I wanted to have his blood filling my mouth. I wanted to hear him groan with the sweet pain as I penetrated him. I wanted to take him, possess him, as he had done tome.
He cupped my pussy again, sliding his fingers deep inside me, filling me, and climax rumbled through me. I came. But it wasn’t what I wanted. Atall.
I buried my face against his throat and fought not tocry.
“Letme—”
“No,” I retorted, refusing to look up at him. “I don’t want you to tear open a vein forme.”
“If youhunger—”
