A Vampire for Christmas(47)

You smell like sugar,” he breathed.

I baked cookies all day. It’s my vacation tradition. I get very domestic when I’m not working.”

Here I thought it was because you’re so sweet.” He lashed his tongue higher, seeking the humming core of her. Snagging the delicate lace with his tooth, he tugged her panties down. “But I know better, because only bad girls invite monsters into their beds. Nothing sweet about that.”

Well, you didn’t jump out from under my bed, so I think I can handle any dark scaries you have in mind.”

His tongue speared her folds and the heat of him tangled her thoughts and she lost interest in chatting. Clutching the sheets, Olivia closed her eyes and surrendered to the heady sensations the man’s touch stirred within her, a wicked witch’s brew of sensation. And when his tongue trailed up her stomach, she sighed at the lost connection to her core, but the humming only increased as he kissed one nipple and then the other through the lace bra.

She slid her hand over his and moved it between her legs.

You do like to order me around,” he murmured against her neck as his kisses giddied her closer to the edge.

I know what I like. Anything wrong with that?”

Nope.”

A flick of his finger across her wet heat worked like a tightened string, pulling her back to a curve. Daniel’s erection nudged her entrance and she moaned, hoping he’d understand her invitation. They needn’t pause because she was on the pill. And he needed to cross her threshold now because she was so close to losing it.

Skimming her fingers through his hair, she cried out as the swollen head of him entered her. Unreal heat radiated through her and her body bucked wildly as the orgasm took hold. At her breast, his lashing tongue was replaced by a certain sharpness, but she had surfed into the climax and took the sensation as another erotic foray toward the edge. He had entered her with bold assurance. No permission needed as she surrendered, sinking into the flight of pleasure.

A satisfied warmth loosened her muscles. The hiss of sheets sliding off the bed accompanied the hiss of Daniel’s breath as it moved down her stomach.

Olivia surfaced from the orgasmic high gasping, and her fingers fluttered down his hot back. She skimmed a finger over her breast. Two tender wounds sat upon the rise. “You bit me. Daniel. I didn’t want you to—”

He kissed the wounds and suckled at her probing fingers. “Never promised that, lover. That’s what you get when you crawl between the sheets with a vampire.”

She twisted a look over the side of the bed. “The sheets are on the floor.”

He chuckled. “So they are.” He dashed his tongue over the bite mark and licked it. “Don’t worry, saliva seals the wound. You’re not going to change into a monster like me.”

That relieved her, but she hated that he labeled himself a monster when he’d just shown her the real man he was. “You’re not so bad. It’s what’s inside that matters. I suspect the monster runs only as deep as your fangs.”

He nudged against her neck and the sharp prick of fangs alerted her. “Want to take a chance on that theory?” he asked in a surprisingly taunting tone.

No. I’m deliciously exhausted, yet I’m already considering round two.”

There she goes again, bossing me around.”

Sorry, I tend to say what I feel. Got a problem with that?”

Nope.” He sat on the edge of the bed and reached for his shirt. “Olivia, you are a goddess.”

I try. But only when I’m not doing the big star thing, you understand. Goddessing takes so much out of me.”

He leaned in and kissed her deeply, and she felt as though she were entering him and getting lost, affixed to his being. And she never wanted it to end.

Daniel tugged on his shirt.

You’re leaving? We’re just getting started.” She glanced at the LED clock on the nightstand—3:00 a.m. The bite on her breast ached tenderly. “Do you have to leave before the sun rises?”

I can handle the sun in small doses. And winter sun is too weak, so I can be outdoors much longer.”

Don’t go.” She trailed her fingers along his powerful thigh, higher and into the nest of curls clinging to his erection, which was still firm and possibly ready for round two. “I want to wake up lying next to you.”

With a heavy exhalation he looked her over. Was it so difficult to stay? The vampire had gotten what he’d wanted—her blood—and now he was off?