The Devil To Pay by Michele Hauf

Author:Michele Hauf
Language: vie
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Two hours later, they had successfully christened the kitchen by making love up against the cool glass refrigerator door. Then they’d aimed for the bedroom, but had gotten sidetracked in the hallway beside an original John Byam Liston Shaw lithograph. Dez knelt before Ivan and licked along his length. Intent in his pleasure, she expertly worked him to another climax. Probably his fourth for the day.

But four was nothing. They found number five under a cool, massaging pulse in the shower. And outside on the terrace that overlooked Washington Avenue, a blanket wrapped about their naked bodies, number six quietly arrived with the two of them bent over the railing and their exhaustion slowing the rhythm to a sweet, lingering orgasm.

Now, they’d finally made it to the bedroom. Dez was impressed by the décor, touches of art deco and imported Indian fabrics in brilliant emerald and turquoise. She figured he’d hired a designer. No man, not even a vampire rich enough to buy the Eiffel Tower could put together such a room. Unless he was gay. And Ivan Drake was not gay.

She lay snuggled into the goosedown pillows on the bed. Ivan sat before her, the back of his head nestled between her breasts. They sort of snoozed, and then one would wake the other with a tickle here or a lick there.

Right now, Dez threaded her fingers through his hair, still wet from a shower and smelling like apple shampoo. This felt right. Natural. Like something she could live with for a while.

And that was the dangerous part.

There were so many things working against the two of them. To even begin any sort of relationship—well, she wasn’t about to fool herself it could happen.

You followed your heart. Accept that.

Besides, as a lover, the man could not be dismissed.

Truly, in all her centuries, she had not come upon a man so intent upon her pleasures, and so focused in taking his own. It was as if he’d come to her knowing her body already. And no man ever did. Though some could claim an expertise in making love, the fact remained that every woman was different. And each time a man took a new lover he had to learn anew.

Ivan’s learning curve had shot right to the top. He knew her.

And that was a weird thing.

“Do you ever use magic?” she wondered. Stroking his hair, she closed her eyes. The wet strands slicked through her fingers like ribbons of grass. Yes, this was what it felt like—to be undone.

“Only when I need it. I’ve mastered earth and water and am working on air.”

“You may have taken some of my magic with the sex.”

“Not intentionally.”

“I wouldn’t mind if you did gain some of my magic,” she offered. “I’m not greedy. I’ve enough to share.”

“Thanks.” He turned his head and his cheek nuzzled her breast. A blink of his lashes tickled her nipple. “But I think I need to drink your blood as well to really take away some of your magic. And I meant it when I promised I’d never bite you.

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