“I claim you.” He growled, kissing me forcefully. “Mine,” He rumbles against my lips as he picks up the pace.
Holding me up by my thighs, he pulls us away from the wall and heads towards the bed, and before I can say anything, he lowers me down, releasing himself from me and watches me, as if taking a photograph with his mind.
Kissing me, he brought his arm around my waist, and flipped me around, pushing my head down slightly and my ass in the air. Pulling my legs back, with one hand on the base of my back, he found my centre again and thrust himself inside me.
My mouth watered as I began to moan in sync with his, his thrusts were relentless and powerful, and I could feel myself reaching that moment once again. Placing both hands on my hips, he threw himself into me as he groaned, lifting me up. I leaned against his chest, and he wrapped his arms around me.
His one hand wrapped gently around my neck as his other began rubbing my clit again, bringing me to complete and utter destruction.
“Yes, that’s it, be a good girl – come for me.”
I couldn’t help myself; I allowed him to take control. I had become so used to being the leader, telling people what to do, and when to do it but to now have someone take complete control over me was different. Almost enjoyable.
As I allowed myself my release, he joined me in tandem, and I felt that same electric energy surround us again. I had only said hours before he would never lay claim to me, and yet here we were, entangled in each other’s bodies while he left trails of kisses down my neck.
The bond was complete.
And now, we had to deal with the ceremony.
Shit.
23
We had collapsed into each other’s arms, unfazed and quiet, perhaps realising the gravity of what we had just done. The way his fingers lingered on my skin felt different, all of me felt forever changed as if something had snapped into place.
My head rested on his chest listening to his slow breathing, I had been drifting in and out of sleep for the last few hours, wondering how long we had been locked in this room as it felt like days.
But alas, morning finally came, and as the sunrise drifted across the room and up the bed, its warmth wrapped me up like a blanket, even the sunlight felt different.
Never had I stayed this long in a lover’s arms before. I would have either kicked them out or left them. Sex always made me want to hunt straight after, and yet, here I was with no urge to do anything other than just lie here.
Even the bloodlust that usually screamed at me in the back of my mind was dormant. Locked away. Was I still the same Van Helsing as before? Or had I given something away during our exchange?
Darius stirred a little as his eyes slowly opened, and for a second, I watched him, watched as he took it all in. The room, the feelings, the changes, and it was as if I sensed his own conclusions.
“I feel different.” He said looking up at the ceiling.
“Me too.”
“Why is that?”
“Maybe this bond, I think we completed it.”
“Oh, it’s strange. I know you’re in my arms but it’s as if I can feel every inch of you, every emotion, hear the blood in your veins, and the thoughts that are darting in your mind. It’s what woke me.”
He could hear my thoughts. Well, that wasn’t okay, and I felt the hot rage begin to awaken in my body. My thoughts were private, my own, and no one else’s.
“Hayley, please calm down.”
It was already too late as I stood from the bed, taking a hold of the bedsheet, and wrapping it around myself, covering as much skin as I possibly could. Hearing my thoughts made me feel even more naked than I already was. He leaned up to take my hand, to pull me back and I stepped further away.
“Don’t be like that.” His voice lowered, as I felt him get angry too.
“This. I don’t like this.” I said stepping away again.
He stood then, joining me as his hands reached out for mine, and as much as I tried to fight it, I found myself coming back to him, allowing him to hold one of my hands as he pulled me in for an embrace.
“This is going to take some getting used to, I’m sorry. I know you still don’t fully yet, but please understand, I will never ever hurt you.”