Weston snarled as he spun and headed in my direction, his claws extending into deadly points. This was my one and only chance to take down the ruthless vampire lord. I didn’t hesitate to act. Once he was close enough, I moved at the last second and spun around, swiping with my claws as I quickly decapitated my vicious sire and ended his brutal reign. His head fell to the ground with a thud and rolled over to the concrete slab where it stopped in time to catch the remainder of Rebecca’s body as it plummeted from the sky.
Piper directed a hit toward the magical barrier with her strange, violet tinged energy pulse and it shattered, flashes of white light popping into the air before they disappeared. Archer and his ghouls ran forward as the hounds howled with rage. Any further threats were immediately extinguished. The carnage of the ghouls that would follow would be too much for my mate to handle. They would consume the remains of Weston and Rebecca and I felt no remorse for their deaths.
Piper seemed almost dazed as the excitement and danger waned, and fatigue pressed in from every angle. Her face revealed the weariness that seemed bone deep. She’d been completely drained, and her eyes fluttered.
I pulled my beloved into my arms and tilted her chin up as I pressed my lips gently to hers.
“Don’t look, my sweet mate. We’re going home.”
“I need a bath,” I complained as I entered Salem’s bedroom. Only a few minutes prior he announced to the entire household that I was his mate, his beloved halran. The ghouls had lowered to their knees, a look of reverence on their faces that was entirely unexpected. With the events of the last week, I was overwhelmed and needed a break. Salem seemed to understand as his arm slipped around my waist. “Then a nice long nap,” I continued, yawning.
“Are you completely worn out?”
“Maybe a little,” I admitted, smiling as his lips lowered to my neck and he pressed a kiss to the pulse point beneath my ear.
“Then I will see to your every need,” he murmured.
Salem scooped under my knees and hauled my body upward before I could protest as he headed right into the opulent bathroom. “We’ll shower together.”
I didn’t argue as he stripped us both of our soiled clothes and turned on the water, letting the temperature adjust before his gaze swept over my body with blatant lust. His impressive, toned body snagged all the attention I had left as he brought us both inside the steamy shower. Multiple heads hit my back and dropped from overhead as I sighed with relief. My back bowed as I stretched and let the warmth seep into my bones. It wasn’t long before Salem’s touch drifted across my skin. With gentle fingers, he massaged my scalp under the water and proceeded to wash my hair, rinsing and applying conditioner with a thoroughly contended smile.
“You’re good at this,” I admitted, turning to face him. “I feel adequately spoiled.”
“I’m not nearly done yet.” Salem squeezed body wash onto his hands and began massaging my breasts, soaping up my skin as his fingers slid up and around my shoulders, kneading the sore muscles, and then moved downward, gliding along my stomach. He bent down on one knee and lifted each foot, tickling between my toes before he washed each leg and his hands traveled with purpose up my thighs.
A primal growl rumbled low in his chest. “I have a problem, my beautiful mate.”
“Oh?” I asked, leaning against the shower wall as the warm water cascaded down my body, watching the suds as they slipped through the thin rivulets on my skin, heading downward and into the drain.
“I need to taste you, Piper. It’s driving me completely insane. I want to get better acquainted with that pink paradise between your legs.”
Laughing lightly, I tugged him closer. Although tired, I was relaxed and my own desires had surfaced over the last few minutes, nearly rivaling his own. My leg lifted as he positioned a thigh over his shoulder. “I think you should act on that impulse.”
Salem grinned, his eyes smoldering with a flash of silver before he leaned in, separating my folds while his rough tongue sank between my slick lips. I moaned as he swiped upward and spread me wider apart for better access. “My halran, you’re simply perfect.”
His tongue flattened against my sex before moving slowly in and out. He lapped at my wet entrance leisurely, taking his time as he savored the moment, and then sucked on my clit, drawing the nubbin further into his mouth as a guttural moan escaped my lips. Teeth nipping at my flesh lightly, he smiled as I jolted in his arms and my fingers sank into his hair. Salem hummed his approval while my body awakened with intense and overwhelming need. He pursed his lips around my throbbing bud and proceeded to suck harder until I squirmed. Each flick of his tongue sent waves of pleasure pulsing into my core.
“Salem,” I called out, grinding against his face.
“Yes? You need more, my love?”
“You’re too far away,” I whined.
He stood with a chuckle, lowering his head as his attention focused on my breasts, tugging the taut flesh of each mound one by one into his mouth as I squirmed. The attention was brief as Salem lifted his head and our eyes met. The intense regard made my knees weaken. A flash of lust crossed his features before his lips crashed down onto mine, his tongue thrusting into my mouth with deliberate strokes. Salem kissed me with such ferocity that I was dazed. Deep longing echoed in the pit of my stomach and I groaned when he pulled back, his lips moving along the smooth column of my throat.
“Piper, I want your tight pussy clenching around my cock, precious.”
His dirty words turned me on further. I grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him in tight, gasping as he moved his hips against my own. Without a word, he picked me up and left the shower as he walked to the bed and I was tossed down on top of it.
“I want lots of erotic shower sex with you, my darling, but this first time I want to control how far I plunge into your body and how many times you orgasm. I need to be deep, so deep I wipe away the memory of every other male you’ve ever been with. It’s just you and me. What existed before, it doesn’t matter.”
My pussy clenched with his passionate declaration and he climbed over the bed, lowering his body as he covered mine. Snug between my thighs, he let out a guttural groan. Fisting his erection, he pumped a few times before his thick cock pushed against my soft opening, the crown rubbing against my folds already slick with my arousal. “Don’t worry,” I panted, “I’m definitely wet enough.”
He smirked, plunging inside with a single hard thrust as stars burst behind my eyelids and I cried out in pleasure. I thought he was all the way in but realized he was only about halfway inserted. His wide girth stretched my body in a delicious form of torment and I only wanted more. Salem slowly worked his cock inside me all the way to the base as he rocked his hips, gliding with an expertise that sent waves of ecstasy right into my brain. I gasped at the sensation of being filled so completely. My head fell back against the sheets as mews of appreciation left my lips. My nails scraped down his lower back as I lost myself in the pleasure of his rhythmic strokes.
Fire burned in my veins as I flushed, needing him deeper, deep enough to reach where no man had gone before right into the very core of my soul. “More,” I begged, gripping his hard-muscled buttocks as I tugged him closer. “I need more.”