Twenty-Two

“I’ve never seen myself as one! Only a cursed devil.” The tone in which he spoke held the heaviness of a confession. I broke the contact, resting my forehead on his, trying to catch some air, and feeling his warm breath lingering close to my lips. I didn’t prepare myself to see the burden of sorrow in those eyes framed by those sinful long lashes.
“Don’t say it like this…”
“Why?”
My heart stuttered in pain and reached out for him. I didn’t know what to say, so I did what I thought was best at that moment. I covered his mouth with mine in a wild and desperate kiss.
“Liz, I won’t be able to behave myself if you keep kissing me this way…”
“Then don’t, I don’t want you to behave, Grizzly...”
All the heat of those golden eyes descended on me, all the adoration in them, and I didn’t even know why I deserved it. He captured my mouth in a possessive way, staking his claim on me. From that moment on I knew I belonged to him, only to him, and my life would never be the same. His rough hands caressed my waist underneath the shirt, up to my already aching breasts, desperate for his touch, and I gasped. The feeling of his fingers against the softness of my skin delivered goosebumps throughout my body.
He didn’t let go of my eyes while caressing my throbbing mounds, observing each of the reactions his devilish touch was bringing into my body, taking my nipples into hard peaks and playing with them between his fingers. His eyes darkened when I let out a husky moan. Lust mixed with love branded in them. I didn’t know what I had been for him or what had happened back then, but I understood how important he made me feel.
“Grizzly!”
He sat up with me straddling him, and another moan escaped my lips when he ripped my shirt open, gliding his hands up from my waist. I arched back, and he pulled me to him, closing his hot and moist mouth on my swollen breasts, begging for his care.
My hair spilled all around us like a cascade while his mouth turned my blood into molten lava, sending heat to every nook and crannies of my body. His beard soothed and tickled on my flushed skin, adding to that sweet torment. I grabbed on to his hair and pulled him closer to me as his tongue lavished my aching mounds, giving each one the deserved attention. I felt like skydiving and spiraling out of control, crying out his name as he delivered featherlight kisses from my breast up to my shoulders. He groaned, and his warm breath bathed my neck, setting my pulse on fire.
“I’ve missed you so much, dragă. Your scent has never changed. You smell like the wild fields of lavender, gorgeous and perfect.”
He whispered to me and I embraced him, bringing his lips back onto mine, plunging my tongue inside his mouth and meeting him in a seductive dance. I had to savor him, forever be addicted to his taste, and never get enough. He got rid of his shirt and my hands slid down his back, raking my nails on his muscles, making him shudder against my body and growl into my ear.
“How can I long for you, if I’ve never met you before in the flesh?” I asked between gasps. His skin burned under my palms, and my fingertips skated across the bulge in his jeans. He groaned, making my core pulse in anticipation.
“Your soul recognizes mine, dragă. It knows who I am…”
“I hope this isn’t one more of my erotic dreams with the barbarian from my nightmare, only for me to wake up frustrated and alone once more.” I wanted him to be real, and suddenly his eyes were on mine again, full of emotion.
“Let me show you how real I am, Liz. You’ll never wake up alone again, I promise you that.”
He laid me on the rug and got rid of his pants, spilling his hardness out of those confining jeans. I closed my fingers around him, moving my hand in a slow and steady motion. Every muscle in his body quivered in expectation as my fingers glided up and down his shaft, applying a little pressure, feeling it grow bigger and thicker in my palm.
“I love the feel of you in my hand,” I whispered to him, biting his earlobe, and I heard when his breathing quickened on my neck.
“I don’t know how I survived all these long endless years without you…” He kissed me again, wild and possessive, long and gentle, desperate. “But it was worth the wait, each one of those lonely years, if it was to come to this moment!”
His hands skimmed down from my breasts to my belly, and further to my wet folds, fondling, playful, finding the soft bud there. The wicked devil pressed it in circular motions, sending waves of pleasure to all my nerve endings, making me grind on him.
“Grizzly, please…” I panted, gasping for air. “Don’t stop…” I heard his soft chuckle, making me shudder harder beneath him, my essence flooding his naughty fingers.
Once more his mouth sucked and bit on my breasts, while he drove his fingers inside me and moved them in and out in a slow, devilish dance, making me clench around them and buck against his hand. He put me at the edge of a cliff, ready to push me off. He tortured my body without a drop of shame with his wicked ways, taking me closer and closer to the fall.
“I can’t, please Vlad!” I grabbed his butt and pulled him. I wanted him deep inside me. The waiting was too much. I couldn’t anymore, and neither did he. The universe went still when he buried himself deep inside me, and for the first time in my life I felt complete. I felt I belonged to him. He growled, and I dug my nails into his shoulders. Sweat covered our bodies, making them sleek and hot to the touch.
“It doesn’t matter for how long I’d live, I could never get enough of you, dragă.”
The fire cast shadows on the walls and on our skins, making the moment so ethereal, and his eyes shined golden, staring down at mine. Fire burned in the depths of them, and it was all for me.
He withdrew just to sink back, filling me to the brim, then he moved with sure strokes, shaking me to the core, slamming at me harder, faster and I abandoned myself to his care.
I was soaring in the skies, clenching and convulsing around him, shattering into a million pieces. We were one at that moment; I didn’t know where he began and I ended.
He kissed me again, hungry and demanding. I saw when his demon rose its head, and the intense lust in his eyes glowed. His canines lengthened, and he scraped his fangs on my neck once, twice, arousing me even more. Then he bit deep, and lightning struck me, its light sizzling through my veins to a boiling point.
Once more I was clenching around him and another bolt exploded behind my eyes, stronger this time. He gulped on my blood, losing control, slamming faster and harder into me, as moments later with a loud growl he met me high in the stars and collapsed on top of my blazing body.
We were both breathless, and our heartbeats thundered in our chests. I embraced him, and we were both entangled for a while until realization hit him, and he raised his head, looking at me all haunted.
“What have I done to you? I hurt you!” he hissed, his face a mask of concern and frustration. He sat up, bringing me to his lap, gently taking my hair out of the way, inspecting the wound. “I didn’t know I could react this way. I’m sorry, Liz.” He gripped his shirt and put on my neck, trying to stop the bleeding.
“Don’t batter yourself, I’m fine!” I cupped his face. “It was not your fault,” I said to him, kissing away every strained line from his face, helping him relax into my arms.
“No, it’s unforgivable of me. I bit you. I lost control, and I bit you!” My neck throbbed, but other most important parts still throbbed for him, and I needed him to put out the fire still consuming them. Pushing him to the floor, I pinned him down, and it was so right when he held me back.
“I forgive you, Grizzly.” My tongue made wet trails over his plump lips, nipping and sucking at them. “You’ve made me see lots of stars and I liked it,” I whispered into his ear, nibbling on it while my hand trailed down his muscles, feeling all of them shudder under my touch.
“I have, haven’t I? You’re playing with fire, woman!” He chuckled, his voice so smooth and raspy, vibrated on my skin, sending shivers down my back to the pit of my stomach, I also couldn’t get enough of him.
“I don’t mind getting burned.” With a naughty smile playing on my lips, I kissed him deep and slow, taking my time savoring him. “It’s like I longed for you my entire life…”
The sun was already up, and the rays trying hard to penetrate through the windows when we finally succumbed to exhaustion, falling asleep entwined into each other’s body.