Twilight War (15 page)

“There are no
rules in Twilight War.” The confidence in her voice was a major
turn on.

With a firm
tug, he had her tight against him once more, both arms slid around
her waist. “Only one rule, sugar…win.”

She stared up
at him, lips softly parted, eyes brimming with conflict as she
panted gently for breath. He saw the hot desire, the passion for
victory and the reluctance to give in flicker in those watery
depths. He read her easily. She wanted him to take her as badly as
she wanted to win this damned battle between them. Her mind was
wide open and her heart was not far behind.

He kept his
voice low and steady. “Now you know.”

“Yes.”

“Trust me
yet?”

“Almost.”

“I told you my
deepest secret.”

“Yes.”

“What more do
you need?”

“I don’t
know.”

“I do.” He
lowered his head.

“What?”

“After I make
wild love to you, I will help you kill every fucking member of your
ex’s family and flush Aiden out of hiding. Then we’ll find out who
he really is.”

She gasped in
open surprise. “They belong to Twilight. You’ll be cursed
forever.”

“Not if you
pull me over first.”

“This is a
trick.”

“Is it?” He
lifted his left palm for her to see. “You’ve been in my head since
we did this. You tell me.”

“You’ll do this
for me?” Her focus shifted to his open hand.

“For you…yes.
If you still want to kill me and bring Raef back when it’s done,
then game on.” He moved his lips very close to hers. “But be
warned, your boyfriend won’t be the same if you do. He might even
hate you for sealing his fate.”

She gazed into
his eyes. “Consider me warned.”

The arousal
between them had risen to staggering heights. He felt her luscious
body tremble against him. Her breathing had become erratic and her
focus fixed on his face. The painful tightening in his jeans was
unbearable. Everything and anything that mattered up to this point
fell away as he spiraled past the invisible line of logic.

He knew as well
as she did that there would be no seduction scene this time.

At the same
moment he sealed his lips to hers, she grabbed handfuls of his hair
and pulled his head down. His arms swept up her slender back then
one hand slid into the thick of her lustrous mane of gold. He
filled her mouth with his tongue and she sucked it to the back of
her throat. A feral groan rose in his chest. He crushed his body
against hers, pressing the aching bulge in his jeans into the soft
curve of her hips.

She staggered
backward, taking him along until her back was against the massive
tree behind her. Towering over her petite yet curvy body, he kissed
her hard, hungrily tugging at the sweetness of her lips while
pinning her hands with his overhead to the tree. She whimpered and
returned his kiss with blazing heat. They swung around and this
time his back hit the tree as they clung to one another in a fierce
round of sweltering passion.

Von gripped her
thigh and lifted one sexy leg off the ground. Instantly, she
wrapped it around his waist and moaned her approval. His erection
strained against the denim as it became nestled between her thighs.
They kissed wildly, throwing inhibition aside. Undeniable hunger
presented itself. She was clearly starved for a connection, whether
to relieve the searing pain of grief or to satisfy the burning fire
in her soul, he couldn’t quite discern.
Maybe a mix of both
,
he thought.

They went down
in the dirt with him on his back. She straddled his waist and
literally shredded the t-shirt from his upper torso. He let her
take the lead for now. He was on fire for her love. Her lips blazed
a trail of wet kisses down his chest then over his abs. He kept his
hands buried in her hair, writhing beneath her powerful touch. He’d
met his match in this one.

She grappled
with the fly of his jeans. He rolled her over and unzipped her
jacket before pushing it from her shoulders. Eyes like rain gazed
up at him. He dropped his head to her bare breasts and lavished hot
affection over them, taking one hard nipple at a time into his
mouth. She gasped and cried out for more.

Upon lifting
his head, he caught the urgency of her need. Her body quivered. The
look in her eyes was hotter than hell. She licked her lips. As if
sharing the same thought, they fell together for another round of
intense kissing. This time she explored his mouth with her tongue,
nearly driving him senseless with desire.

They got to
their knees, still locked in a scorching kiss, and tore at each
other’s pants. Within minutes, both were naked and tangled around
one another. His lips went to her neck, biting and nipping at her
sweet skin. In the next moment, they tumbled to the ground in a
reckless embrace. He could barely catch his breath. The emotion
emanating from her soul blew him away. He literally
felt
everything she was feeling.

For the first
time in over five decades—he felt something real.

“Flame,” he
murmured at her neck. “I can
feel
you. I really do love you,
sugar.”

Her head jerked
back so that their eyes met. A million questions swept across her
beautiful face, then she gave him a warm smile but said
nothing.

Perfection
. Any other woman would’ve ruined that moment with
words but not her. He knew right then that she owned him now and
he’d stop at nothing to protect her. He had already been halfway
toward betraying the evil realm when he’d asked for a second
chance.

Flame had just
won.

His heart and
his loyalty, despite the risk, whatever the cost—even if she chose
to kill him in the end—would forever belong to her. At least he’d
always know that he’d done this his way and finally stopped
Twilight from calling the shots.

“Baby, baby,”
he purred. “I can’t hold back another minute. Give yourself to
me.”

“You were
right,” she said on an airy breath. “You do know what I need.”

“We’re going
all the way this time, no holding back?”

“Hell yes.”

“I will keep my
word. We’ll kill the evil pricks.”

She let out a
light, breathless laugh. “You have my kind of pillow talk.”

He almost
exploded on impact when his sex slid into her hot, wet depths. She
eagerly welcomed him into her body, wrapping those killer legs
around him. He drove into her slow and easy, basking in each
blissful stroke. As she adjusted to his size, they picked up pace.
She fit him beautifully as if made for each other. Her hips rose
and fell, matching his rhythm beat for beat as her teeth bit at his
neck.

Soaked in
sweat, lost in a euphoric haze, he forgot about everything except
the amazing woman lying under him right now. She tasted, smelled
and felt better than anything he’d ever known in this life and the
one before. Nothing compared to the feelings she invoked in his
soul. She literally had brought it back to life.

Their mouths
found each other’s again. She kissed him back with equal heat,
engaging him in titillating tongue play. Her body tensed and her
sex tightened around his hard length. She was on the edge. He
thrust deep, using calculated strokes to bring her home. Her nails
raked down his back then dug into his skin, pulling him closer,
deeper. She moaned against his mouth as her body shuddered with the
first stage of climax.

“Ah yeah,” he
broke the kiss. His lips brushed her cheek. “Sweet, sweet thing.”
His body jerked with force as a stream of liquid heat jetted into
her sex. He came hard, very hard.

Her body
responded to his in perfect timing. She cried out as wicked spasms
gripped her. They wrapped around each other, shaking in
simultaneous release.

“Von…” Her
voice caressed his name in silken waves. “Don’t stop…I don’t want
this to end yet.”

He lifted his
head and stared into her eyes. What he saw in those mesmerizing
depths blew him away. She was genuinely into him. They had reached
an unanticipated connection that surpassed comprehension.

“Never,” he
whispered while tenderly petting dampened strands of hair from her
face. Those passion-glazed eyes would forever remain etched in his
mind no matter what happened. “I want to taste all of you.” He slid
down her body while his erection geared up for another round. He’d
keep her high in the meantime.

“Ohhh,” she
moaned when his tongue found the silky folds of her sex.

With both hands
holding her satiny thighs apart, he fed in those most intimate
places where a woman concealed her essence, reserved only for those
lucky enough to peel away her inhibitions. He longed to hear her
cry out again in utmost pleasure as he buried his face deep in that
hidden zone of erotic heaven.

She stroked his
hair with a tender touch, sparking his humanity back to life with
each move of her hands. That he’d drawn sincere affection from the
Sai warrior woman was more than he’d expected. When first sent out
for this mission, his foremost desire was to experience sexual
intercourse with the prodigy whether she truly wanted him or not.
That was the goal of Twilight, not to win her love but to mate with
her and steal her soul by placing his seed in her body.

Von never
considered that she’d steal his.

She tasted
incredible, sweet, and hot like a perfect blend of sugar and spice
with a bit more spice that left a lingering heat in the back of his
throat. Drinking her in was heady—addictive—something he could and
hoped to enjoy on a regular basis. His tongue dipped deeper,
drawing a surge of cream into his mouth and another moan from her
quivering body. He didn’t let up. She squirmed on the ground but
gave no indication of wanting him to stop. On the contrary, her
hold on his hair tightened and she arched her back, offering
herself freely to him.

They merged
into something supernatural. Time became meaningless. All that
mattered was their open desire for one another and an innate need
to connect. She lay open before him, allowing him to claim her
submission repeatedly as he took her to multiple peaks. When his
potency returned, he eased back up her body then licked her essence
from his lips.

“You taste
amazing,” he purred with heavy eyes. “Like the appetizer, main
course and dessert all rolled into one. I could eat you
forever.”

She arched
slender brows. “I’ve never heard it put quite that way before.”

“The fire in
your soul combined with your pure heart creates one hell of an
aura.” He rolled onto his back and placed her on top in one smooth
move. “Have your way with me, Flame with no last name,” he teased
with a wink.

A mischievous
sparkle flickered in her eyes and she smiled teasingly. “Thought
you’d never ask.” She lifted her hips, then swallowed his entire
length between those shapely thighs until every hard inch was once
again buried in her heat.

He caressed her
body, beginning at the small of her back, then let his hands glide
along the long legs straddling his waist, while working his way up
to her lovely breasts. She sucked in a sharp breath as he teased
the nipples, then she leaned forward so that he could take them
into his mouth. He groaned with ultimate pleasure. Sucking her
breasts while she rode him hard took him over the edge quickly.

She never eased
up and as if by sheer will, she commanded his body to obey by the
power of her mind. He remained hard even after release and
continued to remain firmly erect for her into the rising dawn.
She’d had not been lying about channeling his power. Nothing else
could explain her insatiable appetite and their enhanced stamina.
She was without a doubt, the hungriest female he’d ever known.

“You please me
in ways that go past the point of understanding,” she murmured
during one of their calm moments. “I can’t seem to get enough
though you’ve satisfied me many, many times. What is going on with
us?”

“I was
wondering the same thing.” He reached up and caressed her cheek.
“You tapped into my power. The only thing I can think of is the
blood-bond. It connected us in a surreal way.”

“Am I part of
Twilight now?” Suddenly she appeared worried.

“No, sugar. I
didn’t use Twilight’s energy to seduce you. I swear. What happened
between us came about naturally. Something inside our souls longed
to connect.”

“No
tricks?”

“No tricks.” He
raised his left hand. “The evil realm had nothing to do with the
passion we shared. I actually felt everything, as a man feels a
woman, only on a mind-blowing level. You are intense.”

She glanced at
his palm then laced the fingers of her left hand with his. A rush
of heat shot up his arm. By the look on her face, she felt it, too.
They stared at their joined hands then gazed into each other’s
eyes.

“Oh no.” She
gasped softly. “We’ve officially mated.”

He laid a
gentle hand alongside her face. “It’s okay. I won’t hurt you.”

“But if you
betray me, then I will belong to Twilight. I weakened just as my
mother did. History
is
repeating itself. And if you betray
your master, he will curse you like he did Coop. You will be forced
to make a choice to save me or save yourself.” Sadness and regret
hung on her voice. “I swore I wouldn’t let this happen.”

“No, baby,
relax. I’ve already betrayed the master by blocking him out of my
thoughts. I never intended on handing you over when I pleaded for a
second chance. That…is my biggest secret. I’ll save us both.”

“I don’t
understand.”

“I tricked him
into bringing me back so I could have a second chance with you.
I’ve always wanted you but didn’t know how I’d do it. When you
confided in me what you knew about my return, I knew it was
something that Twilight overlooked. If he thought for one minute
that using a woman to revive my soul would create a glitch in his
plans, he’d have never done it.”