A Bite of Fulfillment

by Charlie Richards

  Adalric gently stroked his fingers over Seth’s abs. “I’m touched, but…why didn’t you just ask me?”

  Seth heard something in his lover’s tone…something he hadn’t expected to hear. Sadness? Hurt? Cupping Adalric’s jaw, Seth gently rubbed his fingers over the vampire’s lips.

  “I think…” he started, searching for the right words. “I needed to hear it from a third party. Someone who didn’t have a vested interest in us getting along, ya know? I just needed bare facts, not colored by emotion. They were able to give that to me.”

  “Ah, okay,” Adalric replied softly.

  Something in his tone told Seth he was trying very hard to understand, and he appreciated it. Before he could show how much, Adalric replied, “And what did you decide?”

  Grinning, Seth quipped, “I’m here, aren’t I?”

  A smile slowly curved Adalric’s lips, turning into a genuine grin. “Yes, you are. You know what that means?”

  Seth’s blood heated at the possessive look. “What would that be?” he managed to whisper through a suddenly dry mouth.

  “I’m keeping you, Seth,” Adalric growled.

  The vampire rose, carrying Seth with him, once again showing off his strength. This time, Seth kept in his cry of surprise. He clutched Adalric’s shirt and wrapped his legs around the man’s waist, vowing to enjoy the ride as his vampire carried him out of the office and down the hall.

  Adalric shoved his way through the double doors at the end of the hall and kicked them closed with his foot. Seth grinned at the vampire’s eagerness, hiding it against the other man’s neck. He’d never thought he’d enjoy it—and he’d never admit it out loud—but being carried around was growing on him.

  When the vampire released him, Seth landed on the bed and grunted. He levered up on his elbows and smirked up at his lover. “You in a hurry for somethin’?”

  “Yes,” Adalric replied, his voice deep and gruff with lust. His eyes glowed red, and Seth swallowed hard, his ardor cooling slightly.

  “Look, I know your eyes turn that color for a variety of reasons,” Seth muttered. “But I don’t suppose you could keep them mostly normal…could you?”

  Adalric paused for a second, then dropped the shirt he’d just pulled from his chest. The vampire breathed in what must have been a calming breath, for his eyes returned to their natural deep brown. In silence, he stripped down completely and crawled on the bed.

  At first, due to the man’s inscrutable look, Seth worried he’d angered the vampire and he’d no longer be interested. Except, once on the bed beside Seth, he started peeling off Seth’s clothes, his movements were economical and sure. He pulled Seth’s t-shirt from his head, his sneakers and socks from his feet, and his cargo shorts and underwear from his waist.

  When Seth lay naked, Adalric slipped a hand between his thighs and with an insistent pressure, parted them. The vampire gripped his wrists and lifted them to either side of Seth’s head as he settled between his legs. He levered his big body over him.

  Seth felt the other man’s erection against his own, the pressure and sensation thickening his flagging shaft. He opened and sucked in a harsh gasp, feeling his nipples rasp against Adalric’s smooth chest above him. The answering hard nubs rubbing his pecks made him shiver and buck up for more contact. Another man above him—no, not just any man, but Adalric—holding him down and taking control turned him on like nothing he’d experienced before, or expected.

  Adalric lowered his head and brushed their lips together softly. Lifting his head, the vampire murmured, “That’s what freaked you out last night, wasn’t it? My eyes turning red?”

  Unable—or maybe just unwilling—to lie to his lover, Seth nodded. “I’ve had nightmares about the other vampire’s red eyes. I know it doesn’t mean you’re crazy but…it’s still hard to see,” he admitted.

  Nodding, Adalric told him, “I’m glad you said something. When I drink your blood, they will turn red no matter how much I might will it otherwise. I’m sure you’re aware that the first time taking a man is easier when on your stomach.” He smiled slightly, his tension easing. “You won’t even see.”

  “And in the future?”

  “We’ll work on it,” Adalric promised, before growling, “Now, are you ready to be mine, Seth?”

  His breathing sped up and his asshole clenched. Shit? Am I ready to do this? Staring up into Adalric’s patient, adoring gaze, Seth knew he was.

  “Make me yours.”

  Chapter Ten

  Holding his beloved down, it took every ounce of Adalric’s already strained patience to wait for Seth to agree. He blew a sigh of relief through his slightly parted lips upon hearing his sweet human’s agreement.

  Adalric rocked his hips, sliding their shafts together. “Hmm, excellent,” he hissed, enjoying the smooth glide of his sensitive prick against Seth’s.

  His beloved’s musical mewling told Adalric exactly how on the edge he was. Never would he have guessed the kinds of noises Seth would make, and he wanted to learn what other sounds he could draw from the man.

  From the throb pulsing through his own cock and the aching of his balls, Adalric knew he was right there with him.

  “Shit,” Adalric snarled. “Need you.”

  Grabbing Seth’s hips, he shimmied down his lover and flipped him over. He felt his lover tense beneath him and smoothed his palms up over his flanks and his back. “Easy, darling,” he crooned. “I’ll make sure you’re ready.”

  Seth looked over his shoulder at him and cocked a brow, his lip curving in obvious amusement. “Darling?”

  Shrugging, Adalric grinned unabashedly. “You’re my darling. Get used to it.”

  While Seth snickered, he took the opportunity to grip his lover’s ass-cheeks, pull them apart and lower his head. When he slid his tongue along Seth’s cleft and over the wrinkled skin of his hole, Seth gasped.

  “Oh, my God! Had no idea,” he moaned. Grunting, he spread his legs wider and rocked his hips, offering himself.

  Adalric smiled, pleased to discover he was the first to offer his lover this type of pleasure. He doubled his efforts, laving his beloved’s entrance then stiffening his tongue and gently piercing Seth’s opening.

  His human howled, his sounds of enjoyment filling the room. Adalric worked his tongue in and out, bathing Seth’s entrance, loosening him. He slid one hand down and palmed his lover’s testicles gently. Seth’s howls turned to quiet grunts and he rolled his hips, pressing into the contact.

  Giving Seth what he wanted, Adalric rolled his balls while pushing a finger in beside his tongue. When he slid a second digit into Seth, he curled his fingers and pressed against the human’s pleasure gland.

  Seth moaned and shook. Rocking against Adalric’s face, he rode his fingers, his bliss apparent in every shiver and shudder of his body. “P-please,” Seth grunted. “Please, more.”

  “Anything you want, my beloved,” Adalric crooned after pulling his tongue from Seth’s channel. He leaned forward and blindly reached under a pillow, searching for the lube he’d optimistically left there earlier that morning.

  He curled his fingers around the tube, grunting with relief. Pouring a generous dollop on his fingers where they slid in and out of his lover’s chute, he coated Seth’s internal walls. Adalric slid a third digit into the man, pegging his lover’s gland as he loosened him further.

  “N-now,” Seth groaned. “Please now.”

  Adalric obeyed, more than happy to allow his sexy human to set the pace, as long as it wouldn’t hurt him. Besides, he knew he’d need to hurry or he’d spill on the sheets just from listening to his human’s sexy cries and watching the way Seth arched and shuddered.

  Adalric eased his fingers free, then used the remaining lube to coat his straining erection. He pinched the base of his dick, stemming his urge to orgasm. Once he felt he had himself under control, Adalric aligned his cock head with Seth’s hole.

  “Push out,” he urged.

  “I know what to do,�
�� Seth snapped.

  His urge to chuckle died when he pushed forward, popping the cap of his erection into the hot, moist pressure of Seth’s body. His lover stiffened beneath him, and Adalric forced himself to still. He stroked his hands down Seth’s sides, trying to soothe him. Leaning over him, he sucked softly on the tendon he longed to sink his fangs into.

  Lifting his head, he whispered, “Easy. Just breathe for me.”

  “I am breathing,” Seth snarled through gritted teeth, glaring over his shoulder at him.

  Instead of responding, Adalric reached under Seth and gripped the human’s flagging erection. As he stroked him, he nuzzled Seth’s neck before sliding his fangs into his beloved’s neck. The dick he held thickened just as blood flowed over his tongue. Seth cried out and his cum shot over his fingers.

  Adalric thrust forward, sinking his length into Seth’s clenching chute. His balls slapped against Seth’s ass. Adalric shuddered, feeling the tight hold of his beloved’s body, sensations shooting up his cock. Lifting his head, he groaned. “Seth,” he hissed, struggling to maintain control.

  “Oh, fuck, yeah. Move, damn it!”

  Grinning, Adalric once more obeyed. He’d have to teach his lover about topping from the bottom, but now wasn’t the time. He was too on edge, needed to spill too badly, and he wanted his lover to come with him.

  He pulled out, adjusted his angle, and thrust into his beloved. Seth groaned as Adalric set up a punishing rhythm, pegging his prostate over and over. The cock in his grip thickened once more and Adalric reached back and fondled Seth’s balls.

  “Damn,” Seth grunted. He arched his back and started rocking up, meeting Adalric thrust for thrust. “Yeah, that’s it. Never thought it’d feel this good.”

  “Yeah, darling,” Adalric murmured, licking over his beloved’s neck. “Always make you feel this good,” he promised.

  “Hold you to that,” Seth panted.

  “You ready to come again, my beloved?” Adalric asked, switching his grip to Seth’s cock. Pride flooded him when he found his lover’s dick hard and weeping. He swiped his thumb over the damp head, then remembering the man’s reaction the night before, he pressed his thumbnail into the man’s slit.

  “Holy shit!” Seth howled, his body bucking.

  Adalric sank his prick deep one more time just as he plunged his fangs into his lover’s neck. The rich metallic taste of his lover’s life-giving nectar flowed over his tongue and filled his mouth. Adalric moaned as his balls pulled tight and shot his seed up his shaft, coating Seth’s passage.

  Heady endorphins flooded his veins, making his senses sing. He sucked down two more mouthfuls before easing his fangs from his beloved. Adalric felt their bond strengthen and hummed happily as he swiped his tongue over the wound on Seth’s neck, closing the tooth holes.

  Shifting his body, Adalric flopped sideways, taking his lover with him. His softening prick slipped from Seth’s hole, eliciting a grunt from the man. Grinning, Adalric used the telepathic bond formed between a vampire and his beloved to speak to his human.

  Don’t worry, darling. I’ll slide it back inside you soon.

  Seth stiffened, then looked over his shoulder at him. “Was that you?”

  Adalric cringed. “Ah, shit,” he whispered. “I’m sorry, Seth. I should have told you about that little trick, huh?”

  Snorting, Seth rolled to his back and smirked up at him. “Don’t worry too much. I already heard about it from Xavier.”

  Unable to help himself, Adalric growled low in his throat. Seth’s brows shot up and he pulled back. Adalric grabbed him, yanked him close, and clutched Seth to his chest. “Never mention another man while naked in our bed,” he warned gruffly, unable to hide his possessive reaction.

  “Right,” Seth replied, his voice muffled against Adalric’s chest. “I’ll, uh, try to remember that.”

  “Good,” Adalric replied gruffly, slowly easing his grip as he worked to get his possessiveness under control.

  Once his hold eased enough, Seth looked up at him and quirked an eyebrow. “We really do need to work on our communication.”

  Adalric nodded. “When you’re right, you’re right,” he teased. Pressing a soft kiss to Seth’s lips, he flicked his tongue into Seth’s mouth for a quick taste before pulling back. Grinning over at him, he quipped, “You know, if you weren’t so sexy that I can’t keep my hands off you, I wouldn’t have this problem.”

  Seth snorted. “Yeah, right. You’re the sexy one.”

  He grinned. The way Seth’s face flushed pink, Adalric figured his handsome human hadn’t meant to say that out loud. Having no desire to embarrass Seth further, he simply said, “I’m glad you find me appealing. Just know that I find you just as appealing,” he assured. His lover still didn’t look convinced, but not interested in getting into an argument about something so asinine, Adalric captured Seth’s lower lip between his own and sucked briefly. Releasing the reddened, plump flesh, he said, “I’ll be right back. I’ll get a cloth to clean you up.”

  Ten minutes later, cleaned and curled up under the sheet, Adalric held his sleeping lover. Finally, after weeks of waiting, he held Seth exactly where Adalric needed him…at his side. He wondered briefly what he’d need to do to keep him there before the lure of slumber claimed him.

  “Are you saying you can’t find Chad?” Adalric asked coldly. He tried to focus on their conversation, but his mind kept straying to last night and the candlelit dinner he and Seth had enjoyed after they’d woken from their little nap. It had gone extremely well, if he did say so himself. It had ended in another round of fucking, followed by a shared shower, then more cuddle time leading to a rub off session before falling asleep. They’d even managed a bit of talking.

  Besides, he couldn’t give a fuck where Chad was as long as he wasn’t bothering them anymore. At this point, the human had to know his little stunt with the kidnapping charge didn’t work, and if he ever showed his face around here again, Adalric would kill him.

  “No, sir. I’m sorry. He’s not at the condo he requested set up for him, and from the scent of the place, he never has been,” Felicia replied.

  That finally got his attention. Adalric’s eyes narrowed as he took in Felicia’s tense posture. She stared at the desk, keeping her gaze lowered, not wanting to raise his ire any further than she probably figured the news already would.

  “Son of a bitch,” Adalric whispered. He saw Felicia’s shoulders tense, but knew it wasn’t his tracker’s fault. “Bring me Edwin,” he growled. Where had his enforcer dropped Chad off?

  “Right away, sir.” Felicia nodded crisply, then practically fled from the room.

  Adalric sucked in a breath, then tapped into his link with his beloved. He could practically feel the enjoyment Seth derived from…whatever the hell he was doing in the garden. Damn, he wished he could be watching his lover right now.

  Everything okay?

  Seth’s worried question, spoken into his mind, caused Adalric’s brows to shoot up even as he grinned. Evidently, he hadn’t been containing his emotions and Seth had felt them. Ah, worried about me, darling?

  Well, sure. I can feel your frustration. What’s up?

  He wondered briefly how much he should share. A brisk knock interrupted his musings. “Enter,” he called, then said through their link, I’ll explain in a bit. How about I bring you and Xavier lunch shortly? I could do for some sunshine.

  Okay.

  Adalric smiled at his beloved’s response. He realized now that Seth might not have been trying to be quite as rude as he’d assumed back at the gargoyle’s home. For the most part, his beloved just happened to be a man of few words.

  Returning his focus where it needed to be, Adalric watched Garner enter the room. He leaned back in his chair and relaxed for both of them as Garner stood straight and tall before him, his hands clasped behind his back. “Have a seat,” Adalric offered, waving a hand toward one of the comfortable chairs opposite him.

  “I’d prefer to stand,
sir,” Garner replied.

  “Suit yourself,” Adalric responded. “What have you learned?”

  Garner fixed his gaze on the wall behind Adalric and rattled off briskly, “Detective Hanson is forty-seven years old. His first name is Owen. He was married for seventeen years before divorcing amicably with his wife, Marion Swainer…she is now remarried. They have one child together, a boy named Nate Hanson, now twenty-seven. He is currently single, works more hours than not. He sees his son a couple times a month and he and his ex are friendly when meeting for holidays. He enjoys BBQing, and on occasion, shares a steak with his cop buddies.”

  Finally, Garner paused and met his gaze. “He’s friends with Detective Catlin Hill.”

  “I see,” Adalric murmured, grinning. “Well, that is interesting, isn’t it?”

  Adalric and Darian had aided Detective Hill when his newly discovered mate, a horse shifter named Gallo Ricci, had been attacked by rogue vampires. They’d helped track down the vampires, kill them, and cover up the fact that the killers had been vampires, allowing Catlin to close the case without revealing their existence.

  I do believe it’s time to call in a favor.

  Chapter Eleven

  Seth lounged on a recliner, sipping a beer, and watched his lover chat with a brown haired, brown eyed guy who stood about six foot two and had plenty of muscles…probably from working out. He’d been introduced to Seth as Detective Catlin Hill, a friend of Adalric’s.

  He glanced at Xavier and noted the way the older vampire absently peeled the label on his beer bottle. His normally serene friend appeared beyond nervous. “Hey, relax,” Seth encouraged. “He’ll show.”