Chapter Three

If you told Damon yesterday or even an hour or so ago that he would be here sitting with a human female and sharing all his pain he would have laughed in your face and then end it with ripping their tongue out. But here he was with an enchanting human who smelled of the Dark like he and matched his pain and stories even though she was not as long-lived as he.

She told him all about the Cullen's and the boy who had just hurt her, and in return, he told her about Kathrine and Elena, neither spared any detail, and for the first time in a long time, he found himself free of the burden that keeping secrets held upon him. He also found it refreshing that he had probably found the one person who not only understood but held nothing back and took no offence to his own blunt honesty. She didn't cringe when he mentioned the death he has wrought on those that hurt him and his kin, smiled sadly as he told her that his own brother didn't even listen to his warnings and sorrow. Her eyes lit up with fire as her rage grew as he got to the end of the tale where he laid in the middle of the street and waited for the sun to rise before finding his way here.

She even allowed him to try and compel her out of curiosity, laughing as he failed before telling him that the Cold One who was a mind reader couldn't even penetrate her mind. It took a witch to gather the power of two full moons to penetrate the fog in her brain to ease her suffering.

"You make me curious." He had said after a beat of silence. "Not many have trusted me with their secrets, too afraid I would use it as a sword to kill them… it is nice."

Her eyes the colour of earth, of fire and of whisky just sparkled with an emotion he couldn't place as she gave him her full attention. "Then they are not only blind but stupid. Even I can see that you are not one to do that unless pushed beyond your limits, the moment I met you I knew I could trust you with my pain just like you knew, deep down, that you could trust me with mine."

Her words left him speechless, and it was from that moment he let the silence fall between the two, it was comfortable, neither needed to really speak. It had been a long time, an awfully long time since he had been in the presence of someone without needing to talk or feeling like he needed to speak, to keep their attention.

As the night went on they both ended up nearly tangled together as they laughed and joked, they people watched a mocked but then something changed. Damon turned back towards her after signalling another round of drinks when the lights behind her hit her just right, highlighting the gold and red in her hair and haloing her in warmth.

She glanced down and when she looked up her eyes shimmered with mirth, it made his non-beating heart stutter.

Baby, wanna touch you

I wanna breathe into your well

See, I gotta to hunt you

I gotta bring you to my hell

In a blink he had pulled her close, his hand resting on her waist and the other gently cupping her jaw, his eyes searching hers for any sign of approval. It was odd for him even to hesitate but for this girl, this woman, something told him to wait, be patient.

Bella stared up into the eyes of the vampire before her, her breath hitching and clearing the haze of the alcohol. The eyes were different than those that have held her before, they weren't the gold of a cold one, the rich warmth of a shifter but something alive and violent like a storm at sea and was about to devour her whole… and by god did she want him to.

Throwing all caution to the wind and just for once letting go of rationality, she pushed herself onto her toes and captured his lips with her own.

Baby, I wanna fuck you,

I wanna feel you in my bones

Boy, I'm gonna love you

I'm gonna tear into your soul

In a blink Damon had her in his arms and speeding towards the small cabin he had rented, there was no cell phone reception, far from roads and thanks to a friend in town spelled to stop all forms of tracking where he didn't have to wear the stupid ring just in case the fuckers from Mystic Falls was looking for him.

"That… was exhilarating." Bella gasped as she felt her back press against the door, and it was, honestly it was.

Wolfback with Jake or being hauled around by Edward seemed to pale in comparison. One too hot, the other too cold and both too rough for her to be comfortable being carried by them and yet in Damon's arms she was comfortable and very turned on. Something dark flared in her as she stared at the darkening eyes of the Vampire before her, a pool of want bubbling into a near uncontrollable storm of desire.

Desire, I'm hungry

I hope you feed me

How do you want me, how do you want me?

How do you want me, how do you want me?

In a blink, Bella found herself pressed to the door with her arms held above her in one of Damon's hands.

She caught a glimpse of dark blue eyes and a smirk before he captured her lips in a heated kiss. Bella moaned at the taste, the sensation of his free hand ghosting down her body tantalizingly. She cursed to the gods that she was still clothed; she wanted to feel his hands on her heated skin.

Damon grinned as he began to nip and lick his way along her jaw and down her throat, a groan escaping his own lips as she wrapped both her legs around his hips and pulled him flush against her; grinding against him.

"You're playing with fire," He hissed into her ear as she rocked her hips once more.

"Then I hope I get—YES!" She moaned breathlessly when he nipped at the soft spot just under her ear.

Honey, I wanna break you

I wanna throw you to the hounds,

Yeah I gotta hurt you

I gotta hear from your mouth

The chuckle that escaped his lips was husky and full of promise as he allowed her to drop her arms and wrapped his hands around her waist before stepping back. His lips captured her own in another heated kiss as he stumbled his way towards where he assumed the bedroom was.

Bella was surprised when he didn't just throw her on the bed but let her get down from his waist smoothly, her feet just touching the ground as he pulled back with a gasping breath. Heat pooled between her legs as she took in the smouldering eyes of the man before her.

"I hope you're not stopping; I'll be severely disappointed." She drawled out, giving him a coy grin.

Damon let out a deep husky laugh. "Oh no sweetheart, we are definitely not stopping, just savouring."

Bella cocked her brow as he walked around her before moaning as he swept her hair to the side and nipped at her shoulders while his hands slowly trailed from her hips up to her shoulder blades and back down her arm, leaving a blazing fire in its wake.

In a blink her shirt had been removed, exposing her to the cool air and cooler skin behind her, gooseflesh prickling over her before a whimper left her lips as his left hand slowly trailed up her stomach and cupped her breast, a slight purr of pleasure could be heard as he thumbed her hardened nipple. A wicked grin formed as he stood up, letting his other hand to trail up and cup her other breast and dragged his thumbnail over both, catching the fiery woman as she melted into him with a moan.

Desire, I'm hungry

I hope you feed me

How do you want me, how do you want me?

How do you want me, how do you want me?

"I find…" She panted as he flicked her nipples once more while nipping at her neck once again. "…this to be a little unfair."

In a sudden blink of an eye, Bella had managed to turn around, her front pressed up against his chest firmly. She didn't know how she was able to stand with the smoulder that seemed to burn in his eyes or after that teasing he had done and all he did was touch her breasts and bit at her neck in the most delicious of ways.

Her hands splayed across his chest and good gods above… She could feel the heat radiating under her palms, feel the subtle shift of the muscles as he flexed. A grin pulled at her lips as she pushed off his jacket and stripped him of his shirt, her own eyes trailing over the chiselled muscles and the dark eyes.

"Now this is much better." She chuckled before shoving him back on the bed. It was going to be a very pleasurable night after all.