Free Daughters of Lyra: Heart of a Commander by Felicity Heaton Page B

at the cuts,
sucking occasionally. His movements were frantic, desperate, and
made her realise how hungry he truly was for her.

    His tongue traced the
marks and then he kissed down her body, his hands roughly gliding
over her breasts and then her stomach.

    “ You still with
me?” she whispered, afraid to ask but needing to.

    He nodded and she could
see in his eyes that he was fighting the bloodlust. He moved down
her and, for a moment, she thought he was going to kiss the apex of
her thighs, but then he did something far more erotic.

    He bit her just above the
hip.

    The only warning she had
was a sweep of his tongue, a momentary sense of numbness, and then
his teeth were in her. She arched off the bed and cried out as a
wave of pleasure crashed over her, so intense that her head spun
and every bone in her body became liquid. She trembled against him,
her body humming and throbbing as though she had just climaxed. He
locked his arms around her, feeding greedily, each pull on her
blood sending another wave through her. She writhed against him,
her groin slick with need and her abdomen aching for release. He
growled against her skin and bit deeper, tearing another cry from
her throat as she shuddered with her climax.

    He hadn’t even touched her
there.

    He had made her climax
with just a bite.

    Amerii melted into the
bed, too warm and fuzzy inside to care what happened to her. A lazy
smile wound its way across her lips and she sighed, her focus
scattered to the four edges of the galaxy. Van continued to drink
for a while, slower and deeper now, a pace that matched how she
felt, and then released her. He licked the mark on her hip and she
smiled at the ceiling, stretching her arms out and toying with the
short strands of her hair.

    Van appeared above
her.

    She smiled at him
too.

    His lips were red. Stained
by her blood. She pulled him down and kissed him, tasting herself
on them, wanting to know what it was about blood that made him
wild. His hard length pressed into her groin and she raised her
hips to it, rubbing herself against him. He moaned into her mouth
and then broke the kiss.

    “ I need you,”
he whispered against her neck as he kissed and licked
it.

    She needed him
too.

    “ Hmm... come
and get me then,” she said on a sigh, still a little delirious from
her orgasm.

    “ Are you... I
mean, do we need to...”

    Her smile widened and she
managed to open her eyes properly.

    “ My father
insisted that I had sterilisation injections.” She had wanted to
reassure him but the mention of her father seemed to make him even
paler. She touched his cheek. “I choose who I love,
remember?”

    Van nodded, frowned and
then reached between them. She shuffled up the bed and watched as
he guided his length into her. Their sighs combined as he eased in,
deep and slow, and she hoped he would be able to keep control. The
tight lines of his face spoke of restraint as he withdrew and
thrust in again. He had tasted her blood without losing his mind
but that didn’t mean that he would remain calm. Anything could send
him over the edge.

    His body covered hers and
he buried his face into her neck.

    Anything.

    He licked her throat and
she felt it turn numb.

    Or perhaps he didn’t need
a push. Perhaps he had already made his decision and was only
holding back the bloodlust for her sake. He hadn’t hurt her so far,
not really. She had expected more than just a few minor
scratches.

    She moaned and her mind
went blank when he thrust deeper into her, his pace increasing, and
he breathed hard into her ear. His hands closed over her shoulders
and she wrapped her arms around him, skimming her fingers over the
shifting muscles of his back. She arched into him, tightening her
muscles around his length as it drove into her, so deep that her
insides coiled tight, ready to explode again. A few more thrusts
and a warm rush burst through her, her body convulsing around
his.

    Van growled and she
squeaked when he pulled out of