“Yes.” He took her hand and tugged on it. “I want you to sit right here and kiss me.” He pulled her onto his lap.
“That’s an offer I can’t refuse.”
She cupped his cheeks and kissed him gently, brushing her lips against his and slowly reacquainting herself with the velvety softness.
It was sweet, it was loving, but it wasn’t what David wanted.
With an impatient groan, his hand closed over the back of her head, the other over her thigh, and he claimed her lips.
As his tongue swept into her mouth, sliding over hers, Sari let herself get lost in his taste, his warmth, the solidity of his chest, and the hard length prodding her from below.
The hand on her thigh slid up, smoothing over her waist, her rib cage, and when it closed over her breast, Sari let out a breathless moan.
His touch was gentle, almost reverent, but as she leaned into his hand, he deepened the kiss and thumbed her nipple through her blouse.
As a sharp bolt of pleasure spiraled through her, she responded with the same intensity. Writhing on top of his hard length, she gripped David’s neck and plunged her tongue into his mouth.
Even though it hadn’t been that long since the last time they’d made love, they were devouring each other as if they were starved.
Perhaps they were, but maybe the real reason for the desperate need to reconnect had more to do with David’s close brush with death than the time they had missed together.
It was about reaffirming life.
David's lips left hers only to trail down her jaw, her neck. And then he nipped the skin, igniting an intense hunger for his bite.
Except, it would take months until his fangs were fully grown and his venom glands functional.
“Sari,” he whispered against her skin, and then his tongue flicked over the spot he nicked. “I can’t wait to give you the pleasure of a venom bite.”
“I can’t either,” she breathed. Cupping the back of his head, she pressed him to her neck. “Bite me.”
He nipped her again, sending a volley of sparks straight to her core, then licked the spot, teasing her to distraction.
“I want you in me.” She rocked against him.
With a strangled groan, he lifted her a little and yanked her pants down along with her panties.
She chuckled. “You’re getting stronger by the minute.”
“I’m desperate.” He cupped her center, stealing her breath as his finger found its way between her wet folds.
Startled by the loud knock at the door, Sari jerked.
“Ignore it,” David murmured against her lips. “Whoever that is will go away.”
If it was Ojidu, he would leave, but what if it was a member of her family?
They would have sent her a text first.
“I have no problem with that.” She reached for the elastic of his training pants and started pulling them down.
Her phone started buzzing.
“Damn. They won’t leave us alone.”
David’s wicked finger did one more swipe over the most sensitive part of her and then withdrew. “You’d better check that. It might be an emergency.”
“This is an emergency.” She waved a hand between the two of them and then reached down to retrieve her phone from her trouser pocket.
“It’s a message from Alena.” Sari let out a frustrated groan. “She says that Syssi and Kian are on their way to our place, and that she and our mother are heading here as well.”
David lifted her off his lap and seated her next to him. “I love how you say ours. But you should open the door. That was probably your brother and his wife.”
She glanced in the direction. “They didn’t knock again. Maybe they left.”
“Even if they did, your mother and sister are on their way.” He looked down at the tent pole his nylon pants did nothing to hide. “I’d better change into a pair of jeans.”
“Regrettably, you are right.”
He kissed her quickly before getting up. “Don’t look so crestfallen. We have eternity to make love.”
That brought a smile to her lips. “I can’t wait.”
Sari pulled her panties and trousers up, smoothed a hand over her hair and headed for the door.
Kian was going to smell her arousal and know what he and Syssi had interrupted, but Sari didn’t care. He should have known better than to come visiting so soon after David’s release from the clinic.
59
Kian
“We should leave.” Syssi tugged on Kian’s hand. “Maybe they went to the dining room for breakfast.”
He smiled down at her. “You know what they are doing in there.”
Her eyes widened. “You can’t be serious. David just woke up from a coma. He’s too weak to do anything.”
“Yeah, but Sari is not. Nevertheless, I would have gladly given them their privacy, but my mother is on the way with Alena, and Dalhu and Amanda are going to arrive a little later.”
“We can intercept them and ask them to join us for breakfast.”
They had been on their way to the dining room when Annani had called with the news about David waking up and asked them to join her at Sari’s apartment.
“Apparently, you don’t know my mother as well as you think you do. She wants to welcome David into the family, and she wants to do it right away.”
Syssi lifted her gaze to him. “Do you think it’s because she feels guilty about what supposedly happened between her and one of his previous incarnations?”
“It’s possible. But she was also impatient to meet you right after your transition. You asked me to stall her, remember?”
“I didn’t want my future mother-in-law to see me before I had a chance to shower and change. I looked like a zombie.”
“No, you didn’t.” He hooked a finger under her chin and planted a soft kiss on her lips. “You always look beautiful to me.” He kissed her again.
Smiling, Syssi wrapped her arms around his neck. “You’re such a sweet talker.” She kissed him back.
As the door opened, and Sari offered them a tight smile, the scent reaching Kian’s nose confirmed his assumptions. “Good morning. I’m sorry for the ill-timed visit, but Mother is on her way with Alena, and Amanda and Dalhu are going to be here a little later. Annani wants to welcome David into the family.”
“Good morning to you too.” She motioned for them to come in. “I just received a text from Alena informing me about the visit. David is changing into something more respectable.”
Syssi stifled a chuckle. “I have to say that I’m impressed. David’s recovery is remarkably quick.”
“Is it?” Sari waited for them to sit down before joining them on the couch. “How did the others do?”
“Each transition is different. It took me a couple of days to regain some of my strength. Andrew was out for a long time, but he seemed fine when he woke up. Mey was as weak as a baby for a week. It’s not the kind of question I was comfortable asking people, so I don’t know about the others.”
Kian wrapped his arms around Syssi’s shoulders. “The only reason I didn’t make love to you that night was that we left right away to rescue Amanda.”