His hands roamed along her back, his touch evoking the need for more, for his hands to slide beneath her clothes and they could feel each other, skin on skin. But he continued to kiss, to tease, until she felt so tight and desperate that she wanted to fuck him.
He sucked her bottom lip into his mouth, his tongue running across it before he released her. She stared at him, his face close, intimate. She leaned forward and kissed him, felt his cool fingers around hers. He guided her hand to his chest and placed it where his beating heart would be. All of a sudden, there was a faint thump. It was subtle, but she felt it.
She pulled away, confused. “Your heart…?”
“It’s because of you.”
She stared at his chest, eyes wide as she struggled to make sense of it. He was a vampire, a heartbeat wasn’t possible. She slowly looked into his eyes, understanding what it meant.
“You’re regaining your humanity. We are the ones to start the Awakening.”
He’d been against it before they even met, and now it was obvious they had instigated it.
Liam’s eyes narrowed. “A prophecy isn’t going to keep me away from you. If that makes me a selfish bastard, so be it.”
She met his eyes, searching for a sign he was afraid of the consequences. He pulled her into a kiss so deep, so intense, that she slammed her body against him. The bed shook and with a loud groan, it collapsed.
Madison broke the kiss and stared at Liam. “Vampire strength. Sorry.”
He grinned and ran his hands down her back to squeeze her. “You have a fine ass.”
“I noticed you can’t keep your hands off me.” She smiled against his lips.
“Damn right.”
He kissed her with a desperation she matched. With his hands around her waist, he pulled her onto him and rolled with her off the bed.
They hit the floor as he buried his lips into her neck, leaving wet heat across her skin. She closed her eyes, feeling his touch, his hands going to her breasts and tweaking her nipples. It felt so good.
She swung her legs around him, straddling him and feeling his hard cock buried between her thighs. He groaned. She kissed his bare skin, his lips, as a pulsing need flooded through her. And then he pushed her off him and she hit the wall, feeling it fracture.
“Oh god!” she gasped.
She blinked, wanting to observe the damage, but he came to her and she was taken up by his hungry kiss.
She arched her back, meeting each collision of his mouth. His body drove her into submission. She fell to the floor, hearing something crack before Liam grasped her blouse and tore it free. It ripped apart, exposing bare skin. Before she could speak, his mouth covered her breasts, sucking each nipple before kissing down her stomach. She closed her eyes, feeling his hunger, the passion in every kiss.
His lips devoured her. His shirt was a barrier, and she desperately wanted it gone. She trailed her hands up his firm chest and took hold of the collar. It ripped easily as if it were paper. Breathing hard, she tore it from his body, exposing more of him. The shoulders, the curves of muscles down his chest, the bulges of his hardened arms.
He was tanned, toned and unbearably hot.
She stared at him, mesmerized. It was enough to get her soaked and she swallowed, longing to feel him inside her. He grinned and kissed her, ravaged her with his mouth. His chest enclosed around her, firm and hard. She felt it rise and fall with his breaths, but there was never a beating heart or the sensation of warmth.
Liam grasped her arms and pulled her up with him. As she stood, he drove her against the wall and they slammed into it. None of it hurt, and it heightened her excitement. They were reckless and wild. She met his gaze and his eyes mirrored her need.
His fingers moved down her body, exploring every part she wanted him to touch. He stopped at the band of her jeans and ran his thumb around it, leaving a teasing trail across her skin. She shivered, almost wanting to beg.
“Can’t wait to see that pussy of yours, to taste you,” he murmured wickedly.
He unzipped them and pulled them down along with her panties and then delved between her legs. He was tasting her, his tongue slipping in and out between her folds as his lips encircled her clit in a heated, silky caress. She pressed into the wall, wanting more, her body tense and so close to the edge. She was brimming with emotion, ecstasy rising within her.
He slid down her thighs then eased between them. He pulled away and looked up. “Yeah, you’re so ready. You want me now, babe?”
“God, yes.”
She shook her pants free, now completely naked before him. He devoured her with his gaze as she waited. With his bare chest brandished, he unhooked his jeans and pulled them free. They slid down his muscular thighs, exposing firm white briefs clinging to the hard outline of his cock and balls.
She wet her lips, repressing the urge to touch him. Soon, he was naked. His cock was erect and prominent, the head firm and wet with pre-cum. Their bodies touched and she drew in a breath, feeling his skin on hers, no longer denied. He trailed a hand down her face almost tenderly.
Until his lips slammed into hers and she was swept up in his kiss and the sudden rush of desire. He grasped her arms and led her away from the wall and onto the bed. She fell against it, the mattress squeaking underneath her.
Liam straddled her and she felt his impressively large and hard cock slide between her legs. She gasped, spreading them wider. He kissed her, slipping between her lips to delve inside and tangle with her tongue. She moaned against his mouth, arching her back in an attempt to get him to take her right now.
She felt him smile, and then the tip of him touched her. Pre-cum smeared across her skin as he guided his cock across her clit in slow, insistent circles. Then he entered. He filled her with one thrust and she gasped. She had to stretch to fit him, take a moment to relish in how thick and hard he was. She shuddered.
She felt him inside and every movement and throb sent waves of pleasure through her body. She leaned back, surrendering to Liam. He started thrusting, the heavy slap of him entering echoing loudly. Then he thrust harder as if he couldn’t hold back. His movements were animalistic, unrestrained. He drove balls deep inside her, over and over.
Sensations surged through her. She dug her fingers into his back, needing to release. She tightened. As Liam pounded into her, the bed shook wildly and it sounded like the room was breaking apart.
He tore his lips away and she let out a cry. With his cock pounding heavily in and out, it soon lengthened into a scream. She ground into him, wanting him deeper, harder, knowing that she could take it.
She came hard, her pussy tightening over him, and the sound of Liam entering her got wetter. He didn’t slow his pace. He squeezed her breasts hard and she welcomed the distant flare of pain, knowing it could never overcome the pleasure.
He started kissing down her neck as he filled her. When he touched the nape where he’d bitten her, she begged him to bite her.
“Say it again, babe.”
He withdrew, his cock drenched and he ran it around her pussy lips, teasing her further.
“Bite me,” she repeated.
He leaned over, breathing heavy. Arousal flared in his eyes, an incessant hunger. “If that’s what you want. Can you handle it?”
“Yes…”
He returned to the nape of her neck and his teeth grazed her skin. The familiar, hot abrasion of his fangs teasing her. She hesitated, wanting him to taste her, to bite deep and suck hard as he filled her with his cock.
“I want you to drain me completely. Make me weak from coming, suck me dry.” It was as close to begging as she could get.
“Fuck, yes.”
Liam gave a devilish grin and slammed into her, making her cry out, her voice lost amongst his heavy pounding. And when she felt an orgasm building, carrying her away, his teeth sank into her.
She felt his bite pierce through, and he drank deep with a primal hunger. His hands dug into her shoulders, his groans of pleasure mingling wit
h hers. But the two sensations combined into a pressure she couldn’t restrain. When it all exploded in a haze of blinding pleasure, she came again before it all faded into darkness.
Her eyes fluttered open. She touched her neck. No blood. Liam had taken all of it, drained her so much as he’d filled her. The memory alone was enough to get her tight and wet again - it was the hottest experience of her life. He’d made her weak from his cock and his hunger for her. Her thighs were still damp, her pussy aching.
“Liam? You alive?”
He laughed beside her. “Only in the dead sense.”
She turned to face him, unaware he was there because of the absence of warmth. The only part after sex that she missed, but the fact that she wasn’t tired and that Liam could go for hours? Definitely liked that part.
She studied his face. His lips were clean and when he smiled, she lowered her gaze to his cock. There was a sheen of wetness coating him. She couldn’t help it – she leaned down and took him in her mouth. The moment he’d sired her, dominated her, she wanted to take some control.
He let out a low groan. “So fucking sexy, the way your little mouth feels wrapped around me.”
He was big. She covered him, let him sink as deep into her mouth as he could go. Even still, there were a few inches left. She used a hand to cover his silky hardness and sucked him, rising up and down, letting him fill her.
“Damn, Madison, I’m gonna come.”
That excited her. She wanted to feel his release, having missed it earlier. He grasped her hair, holding her as she sucked. She felt him tense, groan, and then a flood of cum spurted into her. She couldn’t taste it, but swallowed easily.
He withdrew, panting from the force of his orgasm. She’d felt his cum hit the back of her throat hard, and satisfied, she lay back, cuddling into him. The pleasure had been indescribable, but knowing she’d passed out from it sent a flush of embarrassment to her face.
“I think we ruined the bedroom.”
Liam laughed. “Every time we fuck, it’ll get this messy. I’d ruin houses with you.”
She giggled and placed a hand where his heart was, wondering if it would ever beat again. She watched his chest rise and fall and felt a sudden rush of gratitude and happiness. Liam was hers. They could be together without the Council’s interference.
She looked at his cock and let it fill her hand, feeling how solid it was. “How does it get hard?”
“Feeding restores moisture and blood flow. Like an all-in-one meal and drink.”
She playfully hit his arm. “We’re talking about people here.”
He grinned and kissed her, the sensation of his lips tingling after he pulled away. She couldn’t deny what had happened. His heart had come to life, and for a brief second, he’d been human.
“Aren’t you worried about the Awakening?”
He leaned back, his eyes pained. “No. If anything, it’ll end the pointless rivalry with humans. You were right. It’ll be good. It has to be.”
She reached out and smoothed her hand across his dark hair. She didn’t know how to respond. He’d been resisting her because of it, yet now that the Council members had dishonored him, he seemed to have lost regard for their ways. Or maybe, after his admission of love, he’d come around to her perspective.
“What happens with the Council?”
Liam sighed. “The Brooklyn Council may have dishonored me, but it wasn’t finalized before the fire. I have a chance with Jersey’s. I’m the only Council member who survived, which they may find suspicious. As for the Awakening, they don’t know of us. In time, they will and when that time comes, we must be far away from here.”
She thought of Ava and her threats to tell the Council. She survived, and she hoped she’d forgotten about the feeding issue. Madison looked at him, knowing there was still so much he could reveal. But she didn’t want to mention it after sex. They had time.
She lay against his chest. There was no heartbeat, yet it was odd and fascinating to hear nothing. She didn’t know how much time had passed before Liam’s phone chimed.
He grabbed it, pressing a kiss to her forehead before he checked it. She waited, moisture pooling between her legs. She wanted him again, but when she met his gaze, something had changed.
His face darkened. “They know.”
“What?”
“The Awakening.” Liam moved off the bed and cursed. “I gave no obvious sign of my feelings, not even with Ava. They never linked my need to be with you to the prophecy.”
She remembered Ava’s threat to tell the Council of her feelings for Liam but she couldn’t discern they’d had sex.
He went to the dresser and grabbed a shirt to cover his bare chest. After he dressed, he looked at her. “Something wrong?”
Madison flinched and took a deep breath. Now was the time to be honest, no matter the consequences. What occurred with Ava was wrong and forbidden for a reason, and she dreaded Liam’s reaction.
“Ava threatened to tell the Council about us unless I promised not to be intimate with you.”
Liam’s eyes pierced through her. “Then she knew something changed. The only way that’s possible would be if you fed from her. When you drink another vampire’s blood, a part of them becomes a part of you. That’s why it is forbidden. She sensed the moment I bit you. Luckily, it won’t last, it’ll fade once the blood leaves your system.”
Shame overcame her. Now the Councils were aware of her connection to the Awakening. She swallowed, meeting Liam’s gaze. She searched his face, fear mixing with desperation.
He shook his head. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Pain laced his voice and she turned away. “I’m sorry. She offered to let me feed. I didn’t know it was forbidden. I wanted to mention it, but with all that happened…”
Liam rubbed at his forehead. He walked to the doorway and she stared after him. If he intended on leaving, she deserved it. She’d concealed vital information from him, a subconscious attempt at payback for her fate, for the lie about Trevor. It was petty. She no longer felt that way, she’d embraced being a vampire and loved Liam. She couldn’t lose it all now because of one foolish mistake.
He looked over his shoulder. “Nothing can be done. The Council knows. Other than the Awakening, they’ll want you dead for feeding from another vampire.”
“What about proof?”
Liam averted his eyes. “Security cameras are linked to the database in the Jersey Council. No doubt Ava let you feed in front of one.”
So now it was unavoidable. Tears burned her eyes, threatening to overwhelm. “I’m sorry…”
Liam lowered himself onto the bed, his eyes roaming her face. “Don’t be. This was inevitable, whether it was because of Ava or my own actions. Our connection can’t be put into words. Eventually, all would recognize that.”
She drew in a shaky breath. She deserved his hate and anger. “I ruined your life.”
“You’ve made it better than it’s ever been.”
She bit her lip, needing him to understand. “I want to avoid disappointing you. I grew up with my high achieving parents who wanted me to succeed and impress them. At dinner parties, I was the one they bragged about to other families. I had their attention but their love felt false. It hurt every time I saw the slash of disappointment on my mom’s face when I got a B on my report card. I know it’s silly, but I didn’t want to see that look on you, to have you turn your back on me and think the worst.”
Liam shook his head. His nostrils flared. “Madison, to be flawed is to be human. My disappointment never changes my feelings for you. And if your parents felt that way, their loss, because you are perfect in my eyes, no matter what mistakes you make.”
She was close to tears. He unconditionally cared for her, a concept she wasn’t used to. She leaned into him and they lay together, their physical and emotional barriers broken down completely.
It was awhile before Liam spoke. “The Council will be efficient in tracking us down. We should leave.�
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She found her pants on the floor and pulled them on, not wasting time to find her panties. She went to the dresser and grabbed a loose grey shirt and as she started buttoning it up, she looked at him.
“What can we do?”
He grabbed her phone from the floor and crushed it into pieces. “They can track us with them.”
He crushed his beneath his boot. She spared a look around the room. The broken bed, the cracked walls. Remnants from their passion, and she didn’t know if they’d have time to experience it again. They could be on the run for weeks.
Liam pulled her close, but his touch made her flinch. She didn’t deserve comfort. As he brushed back her hair, a wave of guilt washed over her. “How can you not hate me for all that’s happened?”
A smile flickered across his lips. “Because over the years, part of me wanted to leave the Council. That’s what drew me to you—the Awakening, the chance for change. I’ve accepted this.”
“You think the Awakening drew us together?”
“Initially. And I’m glad it did. Can’t stand the thought of not having you in my life. Let’s go.”
She followed him down the hall, aware it was close to sunrise. They didn’t have much time. She stared at his body, remembering how naked and hard he felt only hours earlier and she wanted him again, but knew it stemmed from fear of losing him, of the unknown.
And everything from now on was unknown.
Chapter Ten
Madison stared out the windows, searching for any sign they were being pursued. The sky lightened with the threat of sunrise, and she watched the horizon with dread. Traffic was moving too slowly. Welcome to New York rush hour.
“So where are we going?” she attempted to ask again.
“It’s a surprise.”
She frowned, concerned for him. He seemed too calm, unaffected by what the Council intended.
“Are we leaving New York?”
She couldn’t keep the pain from her voice. She understood the extremities they had to acknowledge to avoid the Council, but it hurt to leave behind the city she’d known all her life. The last piece of her past before she faced a completely new beginning with Liam.
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