Fur and Fangs #2 by Rae D. Magdon

Author:Rae D. Magdon [Magdon, Rae D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-19T23:00:00+00:00

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Things stay heated rather than awkward on the ride to Riley’s place, but we hit a small road bump when we arrive at her modest building. She holds open the front door, obviously waiting for me to go first, but I can only linger on the doorstep. “Um, Riley,” I say, with an apologetic shrug, “I’m a vampire, remember? You need to ask me in.”

“Oh!” Riley rubs the back of her neck. “I didn’t know it had to be, uh, that official and all. Sorry. Izzy, would you like to come in?”

I give her my biggest smile. “I’d love to.”

She takes my hand as we head up the stairs, squeezing it just a little too tight.

Riley’s apartment isn’t much to speak of. It’s a studio, with a kitchenette in one corner, a bed in the other, and a couch and television in the middle of the room. It’s clean, though, aside from the rumpled comforter that she hasn’t bothered to straighten over the mattress.

When I look closer I can see little touches of her around the room: framed photos of her family on the shelves, landscape prints on the walls that remind me of something I’d find on the aesthetic blogs I follow, and a potted spider plant hanging from the ceiling above the kitchen table.

“It ain’t…it’s not much yet,” Riley says sheepishly, correcting herself mid-sentence. “Only moved in a couple months ago.”

I smile, not at the apartment, but at her. “I think it has potential.”

“Huh?”

I turn to face her, wrapping my arms loosely around her neck. The signals from Riley’s body are all positive. Her pupils get bigger, and she sucks in a little gasp while smiling. “A few more plants would brighten the place up even more. Maybe a window box? I know you like flowers.”

Her face flushes. “Yup.”

“Me too.”

Riley surprises me by leaning in first. She pauses a centimeter away from my mouth, obviously waiting for permission, and I close the rest of the distance. Our kiss is soft, cautious, but very, very sweet. She tastes warm more than anything, and I slip my fingers beneath the neckline of her sweater vest for something to grip.

As the kiss deepens, Riley’s hands find my hips. Her grip starts out light, but it tightens when I suck on her lower lip, and I feel her low groan vibrate against my tongue. She pulls back, and I let her go, just a bit reluctantly.

“What’s wrong?” I whisper.

“Nothin’. It’s just, did your fangs get longer?”

I run my tongue over them and realize she’s right. The tips of my fangs have started to protrude a little more. “Oh. Yes, they do that.” I smile, trying to put her at ease. “Don’t worry. I don’t bite unless I’m asked nicely.”

“I don’t mind,” Riley murmurs. The breathless way she says it, I start to wonder if that’s an understatement.

But I can’t get ahead of myself. Biting requires trust, and I haven’t drunk from a living person in a couple of years. People who go looking for the high the bite gives them leave me uneasy, so I don’t go home with them.

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