Sekhmet's Curse (Pearl Vampire Chronicles) (7 page)

The hunger came back at three a.m
.,
w
ith a vengeance.  My eyes flew open and took in my surroundings.  If not for Matt’s arm around me, I would have flown out of bed, out the door and off into the night to hunt, without thinking twice.  But even in a sound sleep, his grip was firm enough to make me hesitate, which then cleared my head.  I heard a noise coming from the other room and I tensed.  I gently rolled out from under Matt’s arm and pulled on
his
t-shirt
that I had
pulled
off of him and tossed to the floor during our earlier love making
.  I quietly closed the bedroom door behind me then smiled when I heard the microwave ding in Carlos’ room.  He seemed to know I was there and he knew exactly what I needed.  Of course he did.  I should have known that.   He p
ok
ed his head around the corner, held up a few bags of blood and said, “Hungry?”

I flew into his arms, pressing him into the counter in his kitchen, and kissed him hard.  “Drink,” I growled as I began kissing and nibbling his neck. 

“Excuse me?  Don’t you want some?” he groaned.

“Yes, but not from the pints.
  You feed.  I
’
ll take
what I want
from you
,” I smiled at him then began kissing his chest.  I began moving lower
as my hands slid into the waistband of his sweatpants.  I worked them down over his hips, smiling as I had to stretch the band even farther to get it passed his now throbbing erection.
I kept moving lower
until I was on my knees in front of him. 
I licked my lips as my hands wrapped around him then I moved forward, swirled my tongue around the glistening tip then slid my lips down the shaft as far as I could go.  I repeated this as h
is hands fumbled between the fridge and the microwave as he heated more blood, “Jesus, Sarah.  You’re driving me crazy.  Oh God,” he groaned as he pulled out four more pints and quickly drained them.  In one fell swoop, he bent down, scooped me up, turned around and set me on the counter and entered me.  I could smell the blood in him and I wanted it, bad.  I kissed him hard as he
cupped my butt cheeks,
pulled me off the counter and carried me to his bedroom.  I threw off my shirt as he began thrusting into me, but he kept holding his neck away
,
a
lmost like he was
purposely
preventing me from
get
ting
a clear shot at him to bite hi
s neck
. 
“Carlos,” I groaned, “please, feed me.”

He smiled at me, “In a second, Sarah.  Wait till
its
just right.  Wait
un
til
its
friggin’ boiling
in me
.  It helps curb the hunger longer.”  He leaned down and crushed his mouth down on mine again.  As he moved to the side to kiss my neck, my fangs brushed against his skin.  He popped his head up again and smiled at me, “
Uh-uh
, Sarah.  Look.  Watch it
, watch the vein
,” he said as he leaned his head to the side.  I had a hard time keeping my eyes open as I felt my climax approaching, especially after he reached
his hand
up and joined my scar with his, but I watched. 
I watched the tendons in his neck strain as he struggled to hold his own climax back.  And
I watched the vein throbbing in his neck.  And the closer he got to his own climax, the more pronounced the throbbing became.  Suddenly I saw it.  The vein began popping and bubbling under the skin
almost
as if the blood was boiling
inside of him
.  He crushed his body down on me, “Now, sweetheart.  Do it now,” he groaned.  I buried my teeth in his neck and felt my climax hit as the hot liquid
began to fill
my body. 
My back arched and my pelvis
crashed
into
his as my climax had me squeezing and pulsing
around his shaft. 
He cried out as his own
orgasm
crashed over him.  We both shivered and
exploded,
spasms of pleasure coursing through us that
felt like
they
would never end.  “All of it,” he growled with a shaky voice
as his body continued to writhe in ecstasy,
“
take
all of it.”   I had no idea how long we had been going, but I
finally
felt his body
start to slow
as I drained the last drop.  But my climax was nowhere near being done.  I flipped us both over until I was on top of him, then I pulled him
up
into my arms as I continued
slide up and down on
him
, my body squeezing him tight
.  “Take it back,” I groaned as I leaned my head to the side.  I could feel the blood boiling in me now
, my body literally felt like it was on fire
.  He smiled weakly at me, “Not from there, sweetheart.”

I smiled and leaned back, arching my back and thrusting my breast into his mouth, then I groaned as I felt his teeth sink into me.  Back and forth we went, keeping our climaxes going,
passing the blood back and forth
until I saw the first light of dawn creeping into the courtyard. 
By this point, neither of us had
any thigh muscles worth a damn anymore, so m
y head was now down below his belly
, between his legs when I felt the first rays of the morning
sun
on my back
.  I retracted my fangs and released him from my mouth, where I had
(very
gently
)
pierced him and
drank blood from him as his climax had throbbed in my mouth
.  I
kissed my way
up
his body
and la
y
in his arms as we both gasped for air.  Carlos visibly shivered, “Jesus, Sarah.  No one has ever done that to me. 
Holy shit.
  That just about made me jump out of my skin. 
Scared the shit out of me
at
first and I almost stopped you, but the curious pervert in me quickly took over and boy
am
I glad that he did. 
That
was fucking awesome.  Promise me you’ll do that again.  Please.”

I smiled and kissed him again, “Of course I will sweetheart. 
Any
time.”
  I felt him shiver as he pulled me tight to him.  I nuzzled into him.  After a few minutes I whispered, “I
should probably
go shower, hun.”

“I know.  Hey, maybe you can keep some of your things here so you can shower here sometimes?  Oh, never mind.  That’s probably not a good idea.
I’m
sure you’ll probably want to spend most of your nights in his room, which means you’ll shower there.
”

I leaned over and kissed his cheek, “
No, I want to spend equal time in both, so I think i
t’s a perfect idea, baby.  Of course I’ll do that.
  I know that we still have some issues and logistics to work out with this whole thing. 
But
I’d be happy to keep some of my everyday things here, a
s long as you’re not worried that it will scare off your lady friends
.  When we went into this I gave you free reign to be with anyone else because I know that I’ll have to give more of my time and attention to Matt and I don’t want you to get lonely.  So
I’ll do whatever you want
,
”
I said, trying to sound cheerful about the whole thing
when my insides were in turmoil
, but
I flinched at the hurt
that
I saw in his eyes. 

“What?  What’s wrong, Carlos?”
I whispered.

“Do you really believe that I could ever be with anyone else now?  Do you want me to be?” he whispered.  I sat up, pulled Matt’s t-shirt back on and walked over to the window.  He pulled on his sweats and came up behind me, wrapping his arms
around my waist and nuzzling into my neck.  “Well, do you?”

“I can’t answer that without
sounding
selfish, Carlos.  Please don’t ask me that.”

He turned me around and forced me to look into his eyes, “Be selfish, Sarah.  It’s okay.  You give both of us everything we need.  Neither of us could ever ask for more.”

“You don’t want someone who can be here all the time?  Someone who can sleep here every night?  Someone you can have whenever you want them?  Someone you can love always?” I whispered.

“Me?  Mr.
attention deficit
disorder
.?
  Mr. Boredom?  You’re kidding me, right? This arrangement is perfect for me.  And I do love you always.”

“But that’s why it’s okay for you to be with others
, because I don’t want
you
to get bored with me
.”

“Is it?  Is it really okay, Sarah?  Are you really okay with it?”

“
Honestly?
N
o
I’m not
, but that’s selfish of me.  I’m with someone else, so I can’t very well ask you not to be, can I?”

“No, but you’re not asking, are you?  I’m choosing this on my own.  Right now, you
more than
give me everything I need.  Everything I could ever want.  More than I’ve ever had. 
Since the three of us made th
e
decision to
do this
, my needs, sexually, have more than been met.  I’ve never felt more satisfied in my life. 
Me
, Mr. pervert, has finally found his sexual equal
, I didn’t think that was ever possible
. 
Why would I want to be with anyone else when I have this?
’
”

“Are you sure?  You don’t have to do this.”

“I know I don’t have to, Sarah.  I want to. That’s why it feels right.  And, yes, I’m sure.  I haven‘t even looked at another woman since you and I, well, since
the first time we
got freaky
, in
the limo.”

I raised my eyebrow
,
smiled at him
and then threw my head back and laughed
, “You? 
Haven’t
looked at another woman? 
No way,
darlin
.
  Not possible.  Not unless the sky is falling,” I looked out the window, “and it looks to me like it’s staying put.”

He
grinned
a mischievous grin,
“Okay.  Well, maybe I’ve looked. 
At a few.
  But I didn’t touch.  And I
most
definitely didn’t want,” then he grinned his
goofy Carlos grin and kissed me on the cheek.

“Don’t ever stop making me smile,” I laughed.

“You guys awake and decent?”
Matt called from the other room.

“Yes, honey,” I called as I
reached up and ran my fingers through my hair to smooth it
down
and make it look less like ‘just fucked’ hair
.  “We’re in here watching the sunrise.”

He hesitantly poked his head in the door then walked over to me when I held my hand out to him.  “You stole my shirt,” he said into my neck as he kissed it.

“Had to.
 
Bad night.
  This was the closest thing I could find.”

“Hunger?
  Carlos helped?  He had some blood ready for you?”

“Yeah.
  But you knew he would, didn’t you?” 

He nodded.

“And now
Carlos
was just giving me an IQ test, but I passed.” I
said as I
smiled at the confused look on both of their faces.

“An IQ test?
  What do you mean?” Matt said. 

“Yeah, I’d like to hear this too,” Carlos mumbled.

“Oh, he was just telling me that he hasn’t looked at
another woman since he and I got together. 
Pretty funny actually.
  And, of course, totally not true.”

“Him?
”
Matt gasped then he turned to Carlos,
“
Dude, you didn’t expect her to believe that, did you?”

“Oh shut up.  Both of you
,
”
Carlos said,
an
unsuccessful
attempt
at suppressing his grin.

“We have to go get ready to see,
mmmm
,” I hesitated, struggling with just saying his name.  I took a deep breath and tried to summon some courage.  I had to do this, for him, “Jason.  We have to go see Jason.  I’m gonna grab a quick shower.  I’ll meet you in the kitchen?”