“I want to feel you, too,” I groaned and brought my mouth to her ear, licking the shell and sucking. I entered her just the slightest bit, and she whimpered.
“Fuck, you already feel incredible,” I practically growled.
“Please.”
I pushed in a bit more, and she clamped her thighs around me tight, her legs locking around my waist. I tried to focus on keeping this slow and steady, but damn, she felt amazing. I knew this had to be hurting her, and I hated the idea of her feeling any pain. Steadily, I pushed through that thin barrier, seating myself fully. I held still, and she grew quiet. I braced myself on my hands, pushing up to see her face, and found her eyes were squeezed shut.
“Tell me if you want me to stop,” I whispered, watching her intently.
Finally, she opened her eyes. “No, I just needed a minute. Keep going. I want you to.”
I rocked my hips forward, never breaking eye contact with her.
“You’re gorgeous, so beautiful,” I said, continuing to utter sweet things to her as I lost myself in the sensation. Our slow rhythm allowed me to feel every inch of her around me. Her muscles clenching on my dick was almost too much to take.
“Finn,” she moaned. “More.”
I quickened my thrusts just a little, and her mouth fell open in response. Moving my hand to her clit and my mouth to her breast, I was determined to make her come again. This time on my cock. Her muscles clenched around me exquisitely when I touched the tiny bundle of nerves. Her thighs locked around me tighter as I felt her orgasm building.
“Yes,” I rasped mindlessly. “You’re mine. All mine.”
Alora let out a cry of pleasure, and I knew I was going to come soon. I waited until I had her right on the cusp, and then, just as she shattered beneath me, I let loose, coming inside her.
“I love you.” I thought I heard her whisper so quietly that I couldn’t be certain she actually said it.
I rolled us so that I was cradling her in my arms. I hesitated, unsure whether to ask her to repeat herself. There was a chance I was hearing things.
A minute later, I finally summoned up the courage. “Alora, what did you just say?”
There was no response, and when I glanced down to see her face, she was breathing deeply, her eyes closed.
She’d fallen asleep.
I tried to fall asleep, too, but I couldn’t seem to manage it. I just kept thinking about her words, wondering whether or not she actually said them. We’d only known each other a few days. She could hardly feel like she loved me already. But then, there was her vision of us together in the future. There was also the fact that she’d just given me her virginity.
With these thoughts filling my head, I wasn’t going to be getting to sleep any time soon.
Making sure not to wake her, I rolled over and off the bed, pulling on my jeans and shirt. I decided a quick bite to eat might make me sleepy, so I went down to the kitchen to see what I could rustle up. Gabriel, Alvie, and Tegan were sitting at the table drinking tea and talking.
“What has you all up so late?” I asked, taking a seat beside Alvie.
“Oh, you know, we’re just hashing things over, trying to see if there are any holes in Roman’s plan,” Gabriel replied.
“And … are there?”
Alvie sighed. “We can’t be certain. But you have to plan for every eventuality.”
I couldn’t argue with that. Looking between the three of them, I decided to tell them about what happened with Alora and what we both saw in her visions.
“Jeez, talk about a spurned lover. I never understood how anyone could be crazy enough to kill their partner because they caught them cheating,” Tegan said. “I mean, yes, it’s got to sting, but killing them for it? It just seems so extreme. Though it does explain how determined Theodore is to rid the vampires from this city.”
“There’s only one more day until Theodore lets the chaos free,” Gabriel said, and we all went quiet.
Tegan met my gaze. “Finn, when you were in the vision with Alora, did it feel like the people were dead when the chaos got into them or did it feel like it was Roman’s spell taking effect?”
“Honestly, I have no idea.”
She let out a long breath, a crease forming on her brow. “There must be an easier way of doing this. I don’t see why we can’t just find Theodore and kill him before he even releases the chaos.”
“Well, we don’t know where he is for a start,” Gabriel said. “He won’t have stayed in the house Roman found him in for long. It’s too risky.”
“I guess.”