Prey

Chapter 86

Xander's POV:

The fingers in my hair were going to drive me insane.

The way they would curl into a fist, tugging my hair with it each time she gave me one of those timid gasps from my actions.

Her other hand clawing my shirt and yanking me closer.

All with her warmth surrounding me, the taste and smell of her skin flowing my senses.

It left me fighting off what felt like the 30th purr that wanted so badly to start up in my chest.

And every time I had to remind myself that I wasn't supposed to enjoy this.

That this was just for her.

To give her what she wanted, and now to make sure that the most recent memory of any sort of sensation on her neck of the was a good one.

So that those visceral reactions I know she absolutely despised get buried.

I still had much to atone for with what happened with Layla, but Doe... Doe deserved to be entirely rid of her.

If this helped in that, then I'll happily carry on.

I'd acknowledge the intimacy of what we were doing, but paid no more mind to the topic than that.

I opted to ignore it for what the purpose of this was.

Just a simple exchange.

Just a curious Doe and a Xander willing to satisfy it.

That was it.

Well, I satisfied it ten minutes ago and we were still here.

I pulled my lips from her neck, blowing a soft puff of air over the most recent mark I had made.

Her back straightened even further, arching a bit into me with a shuddered breath.

I suppose that meant she wasn't opposed to that feeling.

I made a mental note, watching her turn her head upwards even more, so she was looking directly at the roof.

Fully submitting herself to me, whether conscious of it or not.

Truly not something I ever expected her to do, let alone under this circumstance.

Don't you dare mess this up.

It excited a deep part of my vampirism, leaving me with yet another thing I had to shut down before it got out of control.

I leaned back into her, kissing the spot right under the curve of her jaw before closing around it with my lips and sucking.

Hard.

The shy whimper let out... The way the thighs on each side of me pressed against my hips.

Fuck.

Okay... I needed to do something about this.

I knew that what was happening right now was meant to be purely fundamental or educational or whatever.

But that wasn't translating well to that deeply embedded vampiric savagery that had already begun to favor her.

I could tell that a part of me was about to become very greedy if this were to continue for too much longer

Her racing pulse was so easy to find through my fangs and that was evoking a different primal urge I knew she wouldn't be okay with.

It was the reason she pushed me away from the start.