My heart pounded and heat pooled low in my belly, as though I'd had a highly erotic dream, which hadn't been the case. As I drifted closer to consciousness, I realized what woke me.
"It's about time you opened your eyes," Demetri whispered against my bare stomach. He nipped at my navel with his teeth, using his nose to push my t-shirt up further. "I'd almost despaired at you ever wakening in time."
"Time for what?"
"This." Pressing his hands flat against my rib cage, he slid my shirt up into a makeshift blindfold.
"What about Haylla?"
"Rosalie has her and she's sound asleep." He kissed me behind my ear, then caught my earlobe between his teeth, and murmured, "If you move the shirt or tear it, I stop."
"If you stop, I'll kick your ass." Without my eyesight, all my other senses became heightened, as they strained to catch anything.
Demetri chuckled and sucked lightly on my chin before moving to my neck. I felt him rise up onto his knees and then, he tugged my sleep pants off my legs with one smooth motion. They hit the floor somewhere at the foot of the bed.
Almost instinctively, I wrapped my legs around his hips, trying to pull him closer.
"Patience." Demetri breath fanned over my breasts. "We're just getting started."
His tongue flicked against one nipple, before closing over it. Rather than continue sucking, he released my skin and blew on my skin, sending an even sharper blast of cold. I inhaled sharply.
"You're so beautiful." Demetri trailed his open mouth across my chest and nuzzled his face against my other breast. He alternated between nipping lightly and sucking around my nipple, but avoided the nipple itself.
His hair brushed against my skin and I arched just a little, digging my toes into the sheets. I wanted to touch him, ached to feel his skin beneath my hands. Why did he like to torture me so?
When he paused his ministrations, I whimpered, "Don't stop!"
Suddenly, he bounded off the bed. Because I couldn't see, I strained to hear, but none of the sounds made sense. Why was he just standing there?
"Get back here," I whined and banged my head back against the mattress. What was he doing? I was so tempted to remove the blindfold, but I knew he would carry through with his threat and I was too wired by this point for that to happen.
A drawer opened and closed, then the bed dipped as he crawled between my legs and trailed something—was that a feather?—over my stomach. The feather moved down to my inner thighs, then traced up, but not quite where I ached for his attention.
"Asshole," I muttered.
"Keep insulting me and I'll make you keep quiet." He caressed my breasts, and then my neck. Demetri twirled the feather behind my ears and down along my chin. As the feather brushed my lips, he murmured, "I think I can find a gag somewhere. Do you want that?" He pressed his knee against me, rubbing up and down twice before shifting it away. "Do you want me to take away another sense?"
"No!" I gasped, arching.
"Good girl."
I could hear the smile in his voice and I snarled at that.
He grabbed my ankle, pushing my knee up and slapped my ass. "Don't you dare growl at me." He smoothed the area he'd struck, soothing the stinging skin with his cold hand. "If you want me to stop, tell me to stop." He sucked on my calf, then asked, "Do you want me to stop?"
"No." A jolt of lust went through my body and I whimpered deep in the back of my throat. Having him take such control, but to allow me to bow out if I wanted, it made me feel powerful in a way, knowing that even though I was surrendering to him, I was very firmly in the driver's seat. He couldn't do anything if I told him to stop.
"That's my girl." He released my leg, allowing it to fall back onto the bed. "Shall we continue?"
"Please."
Demetri placed a hard kiss on my neck. Picking up the feather again, he moved it over my breasts, paying special attention to my nipples. Slowly, oh so slowly, he trailed his feather down my stomach, and over my inner thighs, twirling it harder over the more sensitive places, as if to punish me for my earlier faux pas.
My back arched and I gasped loudly. Being unable to see, I had no idea exactly where he might take his instrument of sweet torture next and every nerve ending strained, prepared for his touch.
When the feather flicked against that bundle of nerves between my legs, I keened.
"I love the sounds you make," Demetri murmured, circling around that bundle again.
"Oh, damn, Demetri!"
Then the feather was gone and I felt his breath closer to my skin. His cold tongue flicked against my stomach, before sliding up my body. His mouth latched onto the skin above my jugular vein sucking hard enough I knew it would leave a mark for a while. Throwing my head back, I slid my leg up his side and I felt the shirt start to give against my strength.
"Don't tear that shirt," Demetri whispered.
I gripped the sheets above my head and bit my lower lip hard enough to almost draw blood to try to stifle a cry.
"Leah, don't you dare." Sucking my earlobe into his mouth, he said, "I want to hear you." Twisting one of my nipples between his fingers, he trailed his open mouth down my body and I gasped, lifting my hips eagerly.
I moaned, tightening my hold on the sheets, when he caught my panties between his teeth and tugged them down. Leaning back on his heels, he lifted my legs and slid my panties off the rest of the way. With a chuckle, he kissed my thigh.
"Demetri, please."
"But I haven't finished playing," he murmured against my skin. Covering his teeth with his lips, he bit down and I bucked. Demetri placed his hand on my lower stomach, keeping me from being able to move so much.
Did a car pull into the lane? I couldn't be sure. Let the Cullens deal with it. Not everything that happened to them involved me. They didn't need me jumping in.
"And now you're thinking about what's going on downstairs," Demetri complained as he dragged his lips along my femoral artery.
"Than take my mind off of it," I challenged.
"Very well." His nose brushed against that bundle of nerves between my legs and then his lips closed over it.
"Damn." I hooked my legs over his shoulders, trying to push his head closer, but when he refused to comply, I attempted to grind against his face, to no avail. Instead of doing what I wanted, he circled his tongue around, then flicked it a few times. A shuddering sigh broke from my lips as my back arched off the bed. "Demetri. Oh, shit!"
Demetri laughed and his voice sent vibrations straight through me.
My chest heaved with the effort to keep from screaming and sweat started to pool in between my breasts, trickling up towards my neck.
He lifted his head and nipped at my thigh. "I don't give a damn about the delicate sensibilities of anyone who might overhear us. I want you to scream. Will you do that for me?"
"Give me something to scream about," I said, breathlessly.
"It would be my pleasure." Demetri sucked harder and this time, I couldn't stop the sounds that erupted from my throat even if I wanted to. The designs he drew with his tongue changed so that I couldn't be sure what he would do next and my body shook with anticipation. He sped up, driving me to the edge, then slowed, pulling away entirely so he could kiss my thigh.
I whined in frustration.
"Patience, my darling." He created a path down my thigh, almost to my knee and back again.
"Demetri. Shit."
"Beg for me."
"Need you, please!"
With a chuckle, he brought his mouth back to where I wanted it. This time, the sensations of his mouth on me felt so much stronger since I was already so aroused and every nerve tightened, causing my back to bow again. I fought the urge to release the sheet above my head as my ability to articulate words left me.
"You are so responsive." His lips brushed against me, then he flattened his tongue and pressed it against my core. How could it feel so good to have him pay attention to a place other than that bundle of nerves? Another wave of warmth filled my lower belly and that coil tightened even more.
When his lips closed over that bundle of nerves once more, all thoughts abandoned me, including that small part of me that still wanted to be quiet so Carlisle's guests wouldn't hear what we were doing, and I writhed helplessly beneath his touch.
"That's it, sweetheart, scream for me." Demetri slid his fingers inside me, making a 'come here' motion a few times and that was all it took. The coil snapped and then my vision when from black to white and fireworks. I think I may have wailed, but I couldn't be sure because my ears buzzed with the pulse pounding in my ears.
When I regained my senses, he smoothed his hands down my trembling legs.
"Damn."
"We're not finished yet," he said.
"What are you waiting for?" I asked breathlessly. No sooner were the words out of my mouth that I felt him climb up my body and then, after lining our bodies up, he snapped his hips forward, driving himself fully inside me. He hooked my knees over his elbows, giving himself deeper access, and rolled his hips. At this angle, he hit that spot inside me that had me moaning mindlessly once more
He kissed my face and neck as he thrust. With my legs draped over his arms, I was unable to move with him. All I could do was lie there and let him pound into me. The scent of his skin filled my nose and the chill of his body surrounded me, while the sounds of our bodies moving together and our ragged breathing became the soundtrack to our lovemaking. The only thing that existed for me right then was him and the pleasure he brought.
Sliding his mouth down my body he caught one of my nipples and sucked on it. I arched towards him, giving him as much access to my chest as I could. He created a trail across my chest to my other breast and nuzzled it, sucking, sighing as it moved beneath his touch.
"I think I might be forced to believe in a god now." His voice so soft, I knew no one downstairs could hear, and laden with emotions. "Because only a god could create something so indescribable."
My heart squeezed at his words and I swore I felt a tear leak from the corner of my eye, but I couldn't be sure because of the t-shirt.
"Damn. Oh, damn, you feel so good," Demetri groaned, louder this time.
As he moved so that we were chest to chest once more, his chest brushed against my nipples and I moaned, helpless against his attentions.
"You're the perfect balance between mortal and supernatural." He exhaled heavily, then continued. "Strong enough to stand up to me, but warm, oh so warm. I never knew fire could feel so incredible until I met you."
He was talking an awful lot, but before I could think about it further, he angled his hips so that he stroked that bundle of nerves right above where we were joined and my thoughts scattered. The only thing I could focus on was him, the feel of him inside me, his marble body moving above me, and the sounds of our lovemaking.
When I spread my legs even further, he pressed his face against my neck, nipping lightly with his teeth. Something about the danger of having his venom coated teeth so close to a major blood vessel made the action so much more pleasurable and I responded accordingly.
"That's my girl," Demetri whispered harshly into my ear, his movements becoming faster and harder. "My name, say it."
"Demetri!" At least that's what I tried to say as I writhed beneath him.
"My god, you're so beautiful," he groaned before taking my earlobe between his teeth. He continued talking in another language, the words smooth on his tongue even as his breathing became heavier despite his lack of need for oxygen.
Something about hearing him speaking like that sent me spiraling into oblivion once more. Wave after wave of pleasure washed over me as the fireworks filled my vision once more. Somewhere far away, I felt Demetri climax, and his moan drove me even higher.
When I finally came back to myself, I lay there, gasping for breath and unable to move. With Demetri sprawled across me, this moment was absolutely perfect.
Finally, Demetri shifted so that he was sitting back on his heels, then carefully, he slipped my shirt over my head and up my arms. When I opened my eyes, he massaged my arms and shoulders carefully, encouraging circulation back into them. Sliding his hand under my shoulders, he encouraged me to sit up, then he helped me move my limbs. His hands trailed down to my legs and he rubbed circles over my thighs until the shaking stopped.
Once he was satisfied that I was okay, he kissed the tip of my nose. "You're amazing, my darling."
There was a bit of a commotion downstairs, people, humans from the sound of it, were talking in low tones and Demetri snickered, his lips pulling into a devilish grin.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Do you want to know who arrived earlier?"
"Who?"
"Members of the other pack." His eyes sparkled with mirth.
"You're so bad." I slapped him weakly as he picked me up. That explained why he was so vocal and encouraged the same from me. He wanted them to know just how much we thoroughly enjoyed each other. Was it possible that he took more offense to their behavior towards me than I did?
"And you love that about me." He grinned, clearly pleased with himself.
I wondered what he'd heard to make him so self-satisfied, then decided that it didn't matter. Let Demetri revel in his petty vengeance. What they thought, it no longer mattered to me. Why should it? My life was as perfect as it had ever been, despite the threats stirring in the shadows.
"How about a shower?"
"Sounds good." I leaned my head against his shoulder and he carried me from the bedroom.
Once inside the bathroom, Demetri set me on the floor and walked over to the shower.
While he was busy with getting the water to a temperature that suited him, I brushed my teeth. Once I rinsed my mouth out, Demetri walked over and kissed my lips softly. Wrapping his arms around my waist, he lifted me into the air and I didn't bother fighting the laughter.
"Are you sure we'll actually get any showering done?" I asked as he set me back down on my feet and crowded me into the spray. I motioned downwards and giggled. "I mean you obviously aren't in here just to take a shower."
"Hmm." He bit his lip and looked at me from under his lashes. Droplets of water clung to the fine, black hairs like diamonds. "It's called multitasking, my darling."
"If you say so."
"I do say so." Demetri kissed me softly. "I say so very much."
I wrapped my arms around him, stroking his cheek, relieved that I could touch his marble skin, at least for the moment. Knowing him, that could change at any time, depending on whatever fancy caught his attention.
As the water poured down around us, I traced the muscles of his back, feeling their perfection, bunching and relaxing as he moved against me. Keeping my eyes closed against the spray, I tugged him closer and he sighed against my lips.
A wicked thought crossed my mind and I pulled away from his lip, kissing along his jaw, before biting down on the muscle connecting his shoulder to his neck as hard as I could. Demetri roared, almost deafening me for a moment, and jerked back, his face twisted into an animal expression, before he picked me, slamming me against the wall. My head cracked against the tiles and I saw stars for a second, but it was worth it considering his reaction. With a powerful thrust, he sheathed himself fully inside me, drawing a groan from my throat.
He gripped my hair tightly, tilting my head back, then his mouth closed over my jugular and he sucked, harder than he had earlier, using his teeth to bruise the skin even further. That mark would stay for a few hours at least.
"Damn, Demetri. Oh, shit!" I clung to him and dragged my mouth down his jaw. I caught his lips with mine, dragging my teeth along his lower lip and his chest rumbled as he kissed me roughly. God, but having him so completely out of control by my hand was an aphrodisiac like no other.
"Mine!" Demetri snarled as he withdrew almost all the way, then drove into me again.
"Yes, oh!" I started climbing that precipice much faster than I ever had before. Wanting to egg him on even further, I bit his earlobe and he bucked harder.
"You're mine!" he growled deep in his chest. "Say it!"
I keened, struggling to speak, but I managed to get out a strangled, "Yours!"
After that, there was nothing, nothing except for Demetri. I dug my fingers in his hair, pushing it away from his face and looked into his eyes as he rolled his hips into mine. Every touch raced like fire through my veins and I finally lost my grip on the edge I'd been clinging to and through the haze of my own pleasure, I heard Demetri cry out and he shuddered against me.
Blinking, I allowed my eyes to focus as Demetri withdrew from my body. "Shit."
"I love you." He whispered so softly that I knew there was no way anyone downstairs could hear him, and he kissed me, so soft it was difficult to believe he'd just been pounding into me so roughly just a few minutes earlier.
I cradled his cheek, stroking his cheekbone with my thumb. "You're everything to me."
"Did you break the shower this time?" Emmett called.
"I think we'd better get ready to face the wolves," Demetri sighed as he withdrew from my body. He brushed my hair out of my face and kissed me gently
I leaned my head against his silent heart and whispered, "Do we have to?"
"I'm afraid so." He pressed his lips to the side of my head. "Carlisle can only hold them off for so long."