hands on his hips. As they lay there, Kate could feel his hardness between her legs, driving her wild. She kissed along his neck, up to his earlobe, nibbling on it softly; she knew that was his weakness. "I missed you, too. I missed this. I missed us."
He kissed down to her breast and when his lips stopped at her nipple, he sucked hard on it for a moment. She used to love this, and apparently still did. She let out a low, pleasured moan in response. He then proceeded to the other, doing the same, but this time biting down a little. Kate was in agony; she was on the verge of erupting. It had been so long, she did not know if she could last.
Then, as his lips made their way back to hers, and he began to kiss her, she felt him enter her slowly. The impatience of waiting seemed to flow over them, she knew this first time would be hard and fast and she was okay with that. Kate gasped when he had fully penetrated her. The way he felt inside her was amazing; he filled her completely. Being with him like this was like a dream to her; a dream she never wanted to wake from. It was even better than she remembered.
James held her head in his hands and kissed her as he thrust into her. She loved him, and even though she was strong and could probably kill him with one single hit, he treated her like glass. She loved the feeling of being taken care of. All these years she had been the one in control; she had to be. But with James, she felt like she could be herself.
The loneliness was slowly creeping its way back into the dark place it held both of them. As they touched each other and made their connection come alive again, they felt like they were both finally coming home.
As they made love, time seemed to no longer exist. They had no idea how late it had gotten, but the longer time had passed them by, the further they lost themselves in each other, bringing them closer to that final breaking point. They reached their climax together, both reaffirming, their love for each to her. James kissed her once again slowly before he lay down beside her, holding her close. As they gazed into each other’s eyes, they smiled. Nothing felt so right.
James drifted off to sleep first, and as Kate watched him sleep, she couldn’t help but think about her life and what had happened in her past leading up to this point.
Early in Kate’s life, she met her first love, Andre; the only love she ever thought she would have. When she looked back on that now, she knew that finding James was like finding her soul mate. The love she had with Andre when she was a young human was just that; youthful love.
Kate met Andre at a ball, one lovely summer night. They spent just a little over a week together before they rushed off and got married. They were happy with each other, but never had the chance to continue enjoying that happiness.
Only a month after they were married, she was kidnapped from her home and bitten by a vicious and vindictive vampire named Alexander, whose ultimate goal was to convert as many humans as possible, so he could grow his coven and become the most powerful vampire in the world. He told her he wished for her to become his mate, but he was so cruel; there were times when she thought she would take her own life instead of trying to make her new life work. With all the physical and emotional abuse, how could she ever learn to love someone like that? At last, after months of living in agony in his captivity, she stood up to him and said, “I will never love someone like you, whose eyes are dark and heart is as cold as ice.”
After finally giving up and accepting the fact that he would never have her, he rejected her, throwing her out into the woods to fend for herself. She hated her life as a vampire, but it was far better after Alexander wasn’t a part of it anymore. She even managed to find ways of fulfilling her thirst, other than by killing people.
Concerned about Andre, Kate found her way back to the city to check on