My entire world exploded. His tongue tangled with mine, and heat ran to my core. Power infused this kiss, and I couldn’t get enough of it.
I ran my tongue over the tip of Sebastian’s fangs, the ridges sharp against my tongue, and my core twisted. Need unlike anything I had ever known pulsed through me.
Nothing would ever be the same again. Now that I knew how Sebastian kissed, how could I go back to my life before?
He tasted like darkness and shadows and a starless night. He tasted like power.
Sebastian kissed me like I was the air, and he was moments away from suffocating. Like he was drowning and I was the only thing keeping him afloat. Like he was the moon, and I was all the stars in the sky, made to shine alongside him. He kissed me like he actually cared about me.
I may have started this kiss, but I no longer had any control over it. Everything was firmly in Sebastian’s hands.
He pulled me closer, his free hand fisting in my dress as he deepened our connection. In the hands of this male, I was nothing but a puddle.
I wanted more. More than these passionate kisses. More than the feeling of his hand behind my neck. I wanted it all.
If he kissed like this with a stake in his chest, what would he be like without it?
A moan rose in my throat as Sebastian’s lips moved from mine. He pressed fervent kisses over my skin, his tongue tracing a path as he slowly blazed a trail from my lips toward my chin. Every moment and every touch was too much, and yet, it wasn’t enough.
If I thought I wanted him before, now my core tightened near the point of pain. Warmth like I had never known flooded through me, and every single part of my body twisted with deep yearning.
“Sebastian,” I whispered.
In response, he tilted my face, giving him better access to my throat.
I whispered, “Please.”
His lips lifted off my skin, and I moaned.
“I need you to tell me what you want, Luna,” he rasped.
I didn’t even have to think about it.
“Bite me.”
As soon as the words left my mouth, the air between us thickened. I became acutely aware of everything. The rapid pulsing of my heart, thundering against my chest. The gentle dance of his breath against my skin. Even the way his fingers cupped the back of my neck.
“Luna.” My name was a prayer and a plea on his lips as they brushed against me. His fangs grazed my skin, their touch teasingly light.
Sebastian’s ragged breaths were twins to my own as he tensed between me. “Are you certain? If we do this, it will deepen our connection. There’s no going back from this.”
How much deeper could our connection be? We were already joined in ways that most people weren’t. Even so, it couldn’t be a bad thing. Nothing about this vampire prince scared me anymore.
“We are already Bound and Tethered,” I murmured.
Sebastian’s breath tickled my neck, and anticipation thickened between us. It was still dark, but I found I didn’t mind.
What was a fear of the dark when I had the Prince of Darkness by my side?
“This is different,” he whispered, his voice strained. “With your blood running through me, I will be able to sense you.” His fangs scraped my neck again, and I shivered. “I’ll always know where you are. What you’re feeling. This connection will be…everything.”
“Do it.” My heart pounded in my chest, but I wasn’t afraid. “Bite me.”
He drew in a deep breath. Letting go of my hand, his fingers rested on my hip, and he pulled me against him. His tongue traced the skin of my throat, and I shuddered.
“This will only hurt for a moment,” he murmured.
“Alright,” I whispered. Fisting my hands in his tunic, I pressed my neck against his fangs. “I trust you.”