Queen.”
I refused to turn because I knew him to be naked. His clothes were still damp lying on the ground next to my feet.
“I didn’t know you watched, I just found it very opportune for you to suddenly appear precisely as I finished getting dressed.”
“You are a terrible liar, I felt your hesitation when you realized I was watching… you could have easily traced back into the water.”
Without raising my eyes, I said, “Why did you come back? I thought I had gotten rid of you, found it unlikely, but still hoped.”
I felt him walk up next to me, breathe me in… then slowly kneel on one leg by my thigh, pick up his clothing as I felt the heat of his eyes on me, and heard him say, “I went to satisfy one of my needs, elsewhere My Queen… tell me… would you be interested in helping me satisfy the other? I know I’ll be so good for you, precisely what you need. I will help you forget.”
I felt his breath on my hand and thought , If he touches me I’ll rip off his arm- he can still take me to the witches without the limb.
I stiffened, “No, but very gallant of you to ask… a great change from what I’m used to.” I quickly said while walking away.
“And you are like no vampire I’ve ever known… they love to fuck their food- get the whole experience kind of philosophy. And you look starved for both cravings. I promise I won’t hold it against you, Love.” He said standing, just as I heard him begin to dress.
I took in a breath and waited a few seconds before answering trying to draw patience from it. “You definitely have a death wish. I thought you denied me being a vampire.” I clarified with hands on my waist, turning.
He came up to me, quickly… too fast because I wasn’t expecting his fingers on my lips when he opened my mouth in submission, thrust two fingers between my teeth, and huskily said, “You my dear are very much warm and alive. You walk in our blazing Sun something no vampire would manage. And most importantly you have no fangs. I felt your blunt teeth tear my skin.”
My eyes close, letting him feel his way in my mouth- slipping over my teeth. Learning me while I thought, Give in! Take what he’s offering… no one would blame you for losing control and killing him. He is practically begging you for it.
“Tell me Lycan, did you ever dream about seducing death, making her your lover and letting her, with open arms, draw out your pleasure… drop by drop- riding it out, leaving you with nothing in the end but utter ecstasy.”
His smile is electrifying, “I would have you feed from me again just to feel what you so eloquently described, to feel your hunger for me seize you, your teeth tearing into me while your body comes alive for me. Drawing your pleasure from me, do your worst, Love.”
Taking deep, calming breaths because he was right… my nature brought on many types of desires, especially knowing an endless source of nourishment was so close. He was faster and stronger than he let on before… I would not make the same mistake of forgetting. He was so tempting because I knew I could control him.
I nipped and licked his finger as he slowly withdrew it and traced my lips. With his blood wet on my lips, I turned my face from his fingers, feeling them travel over my face leaving a path of blood to my chin, “Don’t mistake hunger for something else, anything… and I do mean anything with blood would do. You are nothing but an insignificant beast and are no different from any other animal I might find out in this desert.”
I heard his pant zipper rise, fingers closing on my jaw with the hand he used to caress the blood on my face, eyes smiling down at me while the hand he used on his pants grabbed punishing my hip- biting into my skin. I quickly continued speaking. “You smell like the water here, but I didn’t sense you near. Where did you bathe?” I asked lifting my chin out of his grasp, causing his fingers to fall from the corner of my lips to my