Forbidden Alliance: A Werewolf's Tale (Forbidden Alliance Trilogy) (45 page)

So many emotions running through her, and running through me!
It
was
hard to name them all, but I gladly welcome them.
For
the first time in centuries
, possibly ever, I felt
alive and loved.

“I love you,” I whispered and she smiled.

“Good, are you don
e trying to break up with me
?”
Jay Dee
teased as she traced
my lips with her finger.

“Ye
s, Duckie
,” I
assured her and
smiled
even more
. It was
hard not
smile when you
had
a beautiful naked woman in your arms.
“I am so sorry,” I started to apologize, but
she
pinched my lips
together
and shook her head.

She pulled herself up and wrapp
ed her legs around my waist
,
and
when she did,
my entire body shook with a longing
that
was as foreign to me as the possessive thoughts
which
had been consuming me f
rom the first moment I saw her. It was as
strange and unbelievable as the emotions
which
I was experiencing for the first time in more than three hundred years…

I needed her more than I had ever needed anything before.

“I have waited a very long time for you,” I whispered against her lips.

“
And
I have waited my entire life for you,” she told me earnestly, and I couldn’t take it anymore and kissed her
with more passion than I knew was possible
.

I
slipped out of my shoes
and
stepped the rest of the w
ay out of my
trousers
before walking
us
from the bathroom to
the bedroom
and
carefully
laid
her down
in the middle of the bed
.

Never had I been more nervous
or felt more fear than I did at that moment.
But as
I looked at her under me
, I was put
in awe.
The way her long, thick hair spilled over her shoulders like white ribbons contrasted against her light tan skin beautifully.
The ridges of her cheekbones were flushed a delicious shade of dark rose, her full lips were swollen from our passionate kissing,
and
her beautiful, full breasts rose and fell with each breath she took…it took all of my conscious effort to keep from sliding down long, toned body and capturing one of the
perky, soft
pink
-tinted
tips with my mouth, to keep from trailing my fingers down her lean waist to
the soft juncture between her thighs
, to keep from biting her so I could simply keep her for all eternity like this, just like this
.

“You are so beautiful,” I whispered, m
y eyes working back up her body to hers.

“Only in your eyes,” she mouthed.

Silly bird.

“Are you sure
you want me completely
?” I whispered,
noting
her
suddenly apprehensive
expression.

“No,” she answered hones
tly
and my face dropped.
“But I’ve never been more sure of anything than
I am of you in my entire life.
I have waited, possibly before I was even born, for you…to love you, to make love to you,
to give my body and soul to only you,
and there is nothing that would ever change that, Tanis. You are the only thing
in my life
I have never quest
ioned… Loving you is as effortless and natural as breathing, and just like breathing, I need it in order to survive…I need you.”

I bit my bottom lip and nodded; her words were what I had longed to hear my entire life, the sentiment
behind them, and how they were spoken so earnestly,
made me cry.

“Me Duckie,” I whispered and caressed her lips with mine and ignored
the
tears which had
fallen from my eyes and
stained her cheeks.

I
had
no idea what
I had done
to make
that woman
trust me
as
she
did,
but whatever it
was
, I
promised myself that I would
make sure that I never ruin
ed
it
or her trust.
All I wanted was for her t
o trust me
, to know me, t
o love me,
and she
had
done so effortlessly
.
I trust
ed
her just as much
, something that I never thought was possible.
Nothing
was
worse than a trustless relationship.
But I
didn’t
have to worry about that
with Jay Dee
; trust
was
the foundation of our relationship, and love
was
the driving force.

Somehow the mortality
issue
will work out
…we
will figure it out together
. Thankfully
we
do not
have to deal with it
at the moment
.
The naked woman under me i
s my only concern at the momen
t, and showing her just how much I love her and cannot be happy without her love is my only concern
for now…possibly for always.

Jay Dee
had
truly bewitched me.

That
wasn’t what I was planning on doing for my birthday, or any time soon for tha
t matter, but it wa
s…worth the wait
.

Feeling Tanis’ velvety
hands
caressing my body, his mouth exploring every inch of me was….it was
beyond Heaven
.

My parents
were
going to kill me
when
they
found
out
, that I was pretty damn sure about
.
They might
disown
me
while they were
at it. Jarvis would be disappointed and might attack Tanis if the opportunity presented itself, but
at that moment I didn’t
care.
I could deal with
all
that and the drama later.
Hearing my name murmured from Tanis’ beautiful lips, hearing him say
I love you
while we had sex
…

It was worth it and then some.

I didn’t know what
in the hell I was supposed to be
doing
, or how to do it exactly
, but
Tanis
never complained or laugh
ed
. He
was tender
, gentle,
and treated
me as if I were delicate glass
…that was slightly annoying at first, until he pushed onward, and then I was grateful for
his
delicateness; it hurt like hell at first
,
and he apologized and looked as if he was going to start crying when I gasped in pain. Once the pain subsided,
it
returned to being
that
sensual and beautiful
moment shared between
immortal
lovers
for the first time
.

Never did I imagine that
I could
be
so hopelessly in love with someone.
Love was
such a simple thing
, and it truly was effortless,
but
what it did to my body,
mind,
soul
, and senses
was
beyond anything I could have ever imagined possible
.

I had honestly
never felt
that
happy in my entire life.

It took eighteen years
and a vampire
to make me feel accepted, wanted
,
and loved.
In all of my years, I would have never thought that it
was possible
that someone could make me feel this way.

The realization was rather amusing and
it made me laugh.

“
What is so amusing
?” Tanis asked
and caressed
his fingers up and down the length of my back, his eyes
moving over
my face many times
, looking at it as if it had changed in the past two hours.

I smiled and hugged his pillow tighter.
“Nothing really,” I
admitted and stroked
the back
of my finger
against his arm
.
“These have been five of the longest, shortest,
most
psychotic, enjoyable, and love filled days of my life.
I know that I haven’t been graced with as many days as you
yet
, but these past five have been the greatest of my life.”

Softly he
chuckled and
a smile
filled his
handsome
face
. “
I
could not have
agree
d
more.”
He looked over at the clock
.
“
Duckie, you
look
knackered. Why do
you
not
take a nap before we
head out
? I would
like to give you your
birthday
present.”

“Damn it, Tanis.
I told you no presents,” I groaned.

Of course he laughed
.
“That you did.
However
,
you
did not
specifically say that Jarvis and I
could not
get you
gift
s
together.
Thus,
if I use
one of his
argument
s,
I
did not
do anything wrong because you did
not
specifically say
we
could
n
o
t get you
gifts together, and you specifically stated no
gift
.”