A/N: Most of the dialogue is in Sanguinyte for this section; translation in parenthesis. For those who don't remember, Sanguinyte is vampire language. And, for any who want to learn, I can teach it to you.

Warning: very steamy, very passionate. Blood lust, physical lust, human sex, and vampire sex. You have been warned.

Chapter Twenty: Hunger and Desire

"My. . . lady." Kai grinned as his mouth went to Dara's, kissing her gently. "Nin elda . . . nin jeale'nne, vieta unda . . . ." (my lady. . . my dearest, darling one . . . .) He kissed her again, this time hard, his lips crushed to hers with bruising force as his hands went to her slender hips. It was night, midnight in fact, and utterly dark. The two vampires were in their hotel room, Kai looking hungrily into her eyes as he lowered her gently to the soft bed.

The sheets were cool black satin, matching Midnight's black silk pajamas and Kai's own black sleeping wear. Dara's gorgeous ivory skin was stark against the darkness of both the bedclothes and the darkness of the room around them. Her eyes shone in the dim light from the moon, reflecting the pale white orb in the twin golden pools of her eyes. Kai's gaze raked over her trusting, beautiful face and down her black clad body, then back up to meet her eyes. He kissed her again, his mouth moving harshly against hers. He drugged her with that kiss, the heat of their bodies pressed together as his lips touched hers with savage dominance.

When he shut his eyes, Kai could hear her blood surging in her veins, the hot rush beneath her cool, soft skin. He wanted to taste her again, merge with her in their way as he let the hunger take over, as his fangs sank deeply into that satin softness, taking her life's blood. He groaned into her mouth at the thought of it, of the phantom pleasure it brought, the desire.

Dara put a hand to his soft cheek then slipped it to the nape of his neck, exerting only a little pressure, and she bared her pale, lovely throat to him, an offering to a god. He took the hint. Kai's mouth went obediently to her throat, but he didn't bite. His tongue ran teasingly over her flesh, lingering at the base of her throat. His fangs scraped gently over her skin, and she whimpered, begging for his dark touch, his crimson kiss. She resisted the urge to turn the tables, smack him, and bite him herself. Hard. If she did that, this would be the last time he would try to seduce her for a while.

"Dirin, anosha, dirin . . . pelan, nin sanguinem si nur'e, nin lani, pelan, dirin . . . dirin, naes, pelan naes!" She whimpered as his lips brushed the sensitive skin again, teasing her. "Pelan, nin eldo . . . ebris nie'. " (Feed, beloved, feed . . . please, my blood is yours, my love, please feed . . . feed, now, please now! ----- Please, my lord . . . bite me.)

"Nalosh, lani, nire enjae ninesa . . . hehehe . . . ." (No, love, I'm enjoying myself . . ). He found the pulsing vein, felt the hot, sweet blood rushing under her skin. He licked his lips, but still didn't bite. The tip of his tongue touched her throat, a small taste of her salty skin. Desire spiked in Midnight's blood, making her cry out. Kai's warm, wet lips went to her flesh, and he sucked hard, leaving a bruise like a shadow on her soft, delicate neck. She whimpered, squirming. "You can dish it, but can't take it? For shame, lani. You're mine, I'll give and take as I please." He nipped again, making her jump. One sharp fingernail went to the skin just above her breasts, traced a slow line down the slope of it to caress the hard nipple at the end, making her jump and arch into his touch. He continued tracing little designs up just a little higher. He placed a small scratch across one collarbone, leaving a line of red, stark crimson against snowy white. His tongue went out to trace the tiny beads of blood, catching them on the very tip of his tongue, savoring the taste. The vampiress in his arms whimpered, her hands clenching hard enough that her nails left bloody crescents in her palms as she tried to remain still. Heat washed through her body, a strange euphoria gripping her mind. It wasn't enough, what he was doing to her, she needed more or she'd go crazy.

"Pelan . . . pelan, Kai, cetsera sioln vekk mitsraln . . . pelan, nin lani, cetsera nur'e giran . . . ." (Please . . . please, Kai, stop being so cruel . . . please, my love, cease your games .. . .)  She reached a hand up to caress his skin, to alleviate this desire, if only a bit. Kai grinned and shackled her wrist in his grip before she could make contact with his body. "Kai . . .  I need to touch you . . . ." Hunger, fierce and sharp, surged through her with a terrible wave of heat. She suddenly detested the feel of her pajamas against her skin, wanted to be rid of them. Kai, sensing this, nuzzled the hollow of her shoulder, blowing hot, moist air against her skin. He kissed the cuts on her palm from her clenched fist, tasting her dark, ancient life force. But it was only a taste, and the slick, warm, wetness of his tongue against her skin made her tremble. The whisper of his lips over her skin, soft as a butterfly's wing, had her looking helplessly into his eyes, a silent plea for his bite. She wanted him, needed him more than anything she'd ever wanted in her life. Not just his blood, or his kiss, all of him, his touch, his scorching gaze, his body. Kai's fangs sank into the indigo vein visible-just barely- beneath the white ice of her skin at her wrist. Rich blood flooded his mouth, trickling past his lips to slip down the slope of her arm and drop away. Her eyes went wide, her breathing hitched. She could hear him sucking her blood, feel as the life was drained from her, but it didn't hurt. It was beyond exquisite, delicious, wondrous. She honestly didn't care if he killed her, as long as he kept feeding. "Yes, oh, yes . . .  loshan . . . oh, God . . . Kai . . . yes!"

Sweet . . .  hot . . .  I want this, all of it.  More . . .  beloved, you are sweet.

His fangs slipped out of her wrist and he didn't suck, merely let the scarlet river pour into his mouth. So hot, so good.

"Kai . . .  li, Kai, pelan, nosh nu . . . tiolse' nie' . . . lani nie' . . . . " (Kai . . .  oh, Kai, please, won't you . . . touch me . . . love me . . . .) Dara whispered breathlessly, then cried out as he bit down again, this time much, much harder, the burning pain of his delicious feeding consuming her, borderline pleasure. Ecstasy made her cry out every time the pressure increased. Kai could listen to her pleas for him forever if he wanted, and he so did. "Kai . . . Kai, please, please . . .  harder, Kai, please . . .  dear God . . . ." Flaming heat coursed through Dara's body, and she could do nothing but close her eyes as she lay, helpless, in Kai's arms as he drank from her. If he didn't stop teasing she'd go mad, she knew it. And Kai . . .

His body was trembling with the self-control it took for him to not ravish her, both in human fashion and vampire. He wanted her, needed her. There was hunger pulsing through his sweating body with every beat of his heart. Every whimper from Dara's hot little mouth was shoving him closer and closer to the brink of beastiality. He wanted to take her, her blood and her body, wanted to so much he could barely contain himself when Midnight breathed his name in an airy little sigh. That made him simply switch to the other wrist, as yet unmarked and unmarred. He'd fix that soon.

His fangs pierced her skin and the delicious, steaming hot blood flooded his mouth like the sweetest wine. His hunger nearly drove him mad as the crimson liquid flowed and suffused with him, trickling past his lips to stain her flesh and his. He gorged himself, watching her snowy skin pale even more under the onslaught of his feasting. Burning heat surged through him, making the desire he felt for her almost painful. He bit down harder, eliciting a cry of both pleasure and pain from Midnight's soft, blood red lips. "God, Kai, please harder, please!"

He whispered huskily in her mind, telling her of all the delicious, wicked things he had in store for her. Dara's eyes were half closed, her cheeks flushed, so in contrast to the rest of her body. She was gasping, trying not to scream with the intoxicating pleasure Kai's hot mouth and icy fangs were giving her as he took her blood. In her mind, his dark, sexy voice reverberated.

"Dara . . .  ni nosih nu . . .  vekk mirosh . . .  Raksha, nin lani, ni henesha phix nu. Nure ala nisha erval nosih  . . . ." (Dara . . .  I want you . . .  so much . . . Goddess, my love, I hunger for you. You're all I'll ever want . . . .)

He tore his mouth away from her wrist, watching the wound close preternaturally fast, then swift as lightning, he had her pinned, looking down into her shining eyes.

"Dara, nin lani, ni nosih nu, ni varha nu . . .  nure nim . . .  nure nim, nin vitamdas . . . " He slipped a button of her nightshirt out of its hole. "Liee'st nie' tiolse' nu, mekira lani te nu . . . . " (Dara, my love, I want you, I need you . . . you're mine . . . you're mine, my lifemate . . ------ Let me touch you, make love to you . . . .).  Another button was freed, and another. The vampire smiled down at her as she ran her blood red nails down his bare chest, drawing his blood. The scent of it made her all too aware of her hungers, for his blood, for his body . . .  Kai wasn't helping, nuzzling the now exposed pale skin, nipping once along the swell of her breast, making her jump. His mouth went down lower to kiss the soft skin of her flat stomach, trailing small, wet kisses up her body, past her heaving chest, to her shoulders and throat.

"Can't I seduce you now, my love?" Dara whispered softly then gasped in pleasure as Kai's mouth traveled down to the pale swell of her breast, closing over the rosy bud of flesh at its tip. "Oh . . .  mmm, loshan, tira! Drem tira!" (Yes, that! Do that!)

The once human put a hand to her face and slid it down to cup one full, soft breast before going to the curve of her hip. "I love you, Dara." He kissed her gently, looking into her feral, amber eyes, cloudy with desire. "Ni lani nu." [9] His mouth crashed down onto hers with bruising force. There was nothing sweet or innocent about such a kiss as this, with Kai's lips parting to allow his lifemate to explore his mouth with her tongue. Her mouth was hot and wet, with the taste of innocence, even of humanity. Kai's own mouth held the coppery taste of Dara's blood. The princess put her arms around Kai even as he pulled her up to remove her unbuttoned shirt. They broke the kiss and the once human bared his throat. He whispered, "Please . . . please, my lifemate." His lifemate's soft, red lips went to his throat, parted to blow a breath of cool air against his skin. He cried out as her fangs pierced his flesh, as his sweet blood poured into her waiting mouth. Kai clutched her to him, holding her head firmly in place. "Sweet," he whispered, the ecstasy singing through him, "so sweet . . .  dear God, you don't know how good this feels . . . ." He cried out, bereft, when Dara pulled her head away. The wound on his neck did not close, but glistened with the fresh spilled blood. The vampiress' fingers gently touched the open bite, then brought her fingertip to her mouth. Her tongue went out to taste the scarlet sweetness, just a tiny taste, but the sight of her doing it drove him wild. His body tightened, his arousal nearly painful. Dara pushed him back and straddled him, his manhood brushing against the desire and heat between her legs. She caught her breath, trembling with want.

"Tiolse nie', pelan, nin lani . . .  nosh nu?" (Touch me, please, my love . . . won't you?)

"Loshan, li loshan, nin brenne unda, ni'sha." (Yes, oh yes, my beautiful one, I will.) Kai put his hands to her waist, leaned her forward to catch one pert nipple in his mouth. He suckled gently, his fangs leaving a faint bite that shimmered red against her pale skin. He pulled back to look in her eyes, shining with hunger and passion. His mouth went to her breast again, hot and demanding. One hand slid up behind her to rest between her shoulder blades, urging her closer even as she arched her back.

"Kai, oh Kai . . . ."

Darling, I am nowhere near finished yet. Believe me. For one thing, your clothes are still on. His mouth left her breast and he again pulled his head back, flashing her a wicked grin. Something flashed in his eyes, and suddenly she was naked. God, I love my powers. And the view. Lie down. And not on me. She did as he said, trembling with desire. The wanting didn't go away either as he parted her legs and trailed kisses up her thigh.

He licked the silky flesh of her inner thigh, making her whimper. "Kai . . . li, loshan, ebris tizera, pelan tizera!" (Oh, yes, bite there, please there!)  She cried out as his fangs sank deeply into the well of blood beneath the satin soft skin of her inner thigh. He drank greedily, drunk with the taste of her sweet crimson life, with its addictive spice taste and pleasant sweetness. He enjoyed the feel of her flesh under his lips, the way her fingers laced through his hair to add a bit of pressure. "Kai, Kai, please, I'm begging you . . . oh . . . ." He pulled his mouth away from the vampire bite, his lips smeared with blood, his ivory fangs scarlet with it.

"I can do so much more to you, darling. You know it, too. Sha nu sirmisha?" (Will you submit?)

"Loshan, nin lani." (Yes, my love.) His mouth kissed the inside of her knee before blowing a gust of air up her thigh to the juncture of her legs. She whimpered, and waited. A blast of frigid breath against her core made her jump and squirm.

"Kai, please!" His tongue flicked out to taste her, to see how sweet she truly was. The warm wetness against her made her whimper. "Raksha and Ravanna, sha sith leik nie'? Vekk grallan . . . ." (Goddess and God, will this kill me? So glorious. . . .) His mouth pleasured her seemingly for hours, making her cry out and beg, whimper for more, so much more, she was desperate for him. She needed him, couldn't live without this pleasure every night for eternity.

"Drem nu kina har lingesh nivar nosih sith? Drem nu?" (Do you know how long I've wanted tgus? Do you?)

"Nalosh . . . sihar nie'." (No . . . show me.)

"Li, ni'sha. Phix thynety, nin lani. Nu ken nivash kina." He straddled her, the nude vampiress breathing hard, eyes wide. "Ni nosih nu. Ni drem. Nisha var nu, phix thynety. Ken ni tiransh nu? Naes?" (Oh, I will. For eternity, my love. You can never know. I want you. I do. I'll have you, for eternity. Can I take you? Now?) Her legs spread wider and his hand went under her back to lift her up slightly from the bed.

"Pelan . . .  drem." (Please . . . do.) Her eyes held his, gold locked on gold.

"I love you, dearest."

"And I, you. Now, bite me, Kai." She quipped, grinning. His breathed hissed between his fangs, bared in a grin. He smiled and put his mouth to her throat. Dara held her breath, waiting for the pleasure/pain of his bite, just as her body waited for him to make love to her.

As his fangs sank into her throat, he pierced her with exquisite ice, filling her with delicious fire. She cried out as he entered her, like a frigid dagger piercing the golden heat of her desire, and she put her arms about his neck, whimpering at the overwhelming goodness of it. Kai merely held her tight, not breathing, not daring to, eyes wide with passion, pleasure, and surprise. He was shaking, the princess could feel it, and she was shaking too, overwhelmed. For what seemed an eon, they were frozen, consumed by fire and lust and a powerful wave of love, and they just held each other. (A/N: bold is Kai's thoughts, italics are Dara's)

Dear God, I had no idea. this is                                                                                                                                    Raksha, I had no notion.this is                                                                                                                    

wondrous, this is glorious, let me stay here                                                                                                                delicious, this is perfect, let me stay here

like this with her forever, don't ever let this                                                                                                           like this with him for eternity, don't ever let this

end God please, this  is . . .  heaven. I am in                                                                                              end Raksha please, this is . . .  heaven. I am in

heaven in her arms. Oh, my love . . .                                                                                                                    heaven in his arms. Oh, my love.

The princess of the vampires gasped trembled in her lover's arms as he began to move within her, creating that amazing friction as he surged into her and out. The pace wasn't gradual, but instantaneous, going from utter stillness to furious, hot movement. He bit down harder, ravenous for the blood he could never get enough of. Nothing could slake this thirst for her, nothing could sate this all-consuming desire. Kai loved her hard, his mouth moving against her throat as he fed on her sweet blood. Her nails raked down his back as wave after blessed wave of heat and lust and sweet, sweet pleasure washed over her. She was drowning in Kai's embrace, his vampire's kiss, their love for each other.

She shut her eyes as she rested her head on his shoulder. She could hear the life flooding his veins, pumping hard in his body as he continued to make love to her. Thirst washed through her, burning her almost as desperately as Kai's hunger. She screwed her eyes shut tight, nuzzled his shoulder like a kitten. Kai growled low in his throat as she kissed the flesh at his throat. All it did was make her want him all the more. Her eyes snapped open, glowing golden in the darkness, shining with want and hunger and need. Her warm, wet tongue flicked out to taste his hot, salty skin, feeling the pounding rush of his life force through his delicious body. Trying to content herself, she sucked gently on the side of his neck, leaving a small love bite. Kai groaned even as he surged into her again, biting down so hard that his fangs met in her flesh. She gasped, her eyes wide, then rested her cheek against Kai's shoulder, enjoying the feel of him inside of her. She whispered in his ear, "I love you, Kai. I'll always love you." Her fingers slipped into his hair, damp with sweat, as she breathed, "Feed, anosha. I need you to feed from me." Blood trailed from the bite down her shoulder and back, down past her clavicle to trickle into the valley between her breasts. Kai didn't care, only cared about the sweet taste of her, the feel of her body clenching around him, the delighted cries she made, both in her mind and aloud.

Is it good, Midnight?

Gods, yes! Don't you dare stop.

Bite me. Take from me as I take from you.

Dara moaned as his fangs slid from her skin. She didn't want him to stop. Feed from me, Kai insisted. She couldn't resist, couldn't deny him. Her lips, lush and wet and trembling, parted and she bit down, Kai's blood springing forth from the wound into her mouth. She prayed this would never end. Her fingernails pierced the skin on his back, making his arch into her embrace, bringing a rush of blood. She could smell it, taste it, and she wanted more of it, even as she realized it was beginning to end.

Damn, she thought, then groaned as Kai's rich, dark blood began flooding her mouth, pouring down her throat to infuse her system with pleasure and delicious heat.

Kai himself was shaking with the feeling and the enormity of what he and Midnight were doing. The pain and pleasure of her feeding off of him was amazing, the burning on his back from her nails merely heightening his pleasure. It was glorious. He could feel himself beginning to shatter, his control to slip. God, but she was so tight around him, deliciously wet and creamy. It was heaven, and it was hell, being inside her like this. She was an angel he worshipped with his body, a goddess. He continued to make love to her, giving her everything, making her gasp with the supreme pleasure of their joining, Midnight began to whimper against his skin even as she continued to drink from him. Something in him snapped, and he was jolted by this shock wave, a tsunami of warmth and peace and utter "oh-my-God-this-is-it" slicing into the passion between the two vampires.

Dara cried out, telepathically calling his name as something in her shattered under the onslaught of his love, both physical and emotional. She arched her back as she felt him climax, as her own release threatened to make her pass out. Her vision grew slightly hazy, so she closed her eyes and withdrew her fangs from Kai's body. Her arms tightened around him, making him hold her just as tight. She let out a shaky breath and looked up at her lover and lifemate.

Everything around Kai dissolved, turning black, and all he could see was her beautiful face looking up at him, her enchanting eyes wide, shining with love and adoration. He might have said her name, he didn't know, but she closed her eyes, sighed contentedly. Then, she laughed softly. "It's two in the morning." She thought for a moment. "Wow. That was . . . that was wow."

"What was that, lani?" Kai asked softly, kissing her forehead. "What was that feeling?"

"That is what is known as an orgasm." He smirked at her.

"Just wow?"

"Can't think of anything else to say. Maybe, 'Oh, my God,' but that's about it. Kai?"

"Hmmm?" She looked up at him and gave that gorgeous, sexy toss of her head to get her hair out of her face. Her eyes were serious.

"Again." She murmured it softly, then said, "Again!" like a two-year-old saying, "Mine!"

"Hmmm?" He smiled indulgently.

"Wow me again. Please. I want you again. I want you to take me again. All night. Please."

"Good."

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Finally. It's about time those two did something. Huh. That chapter was over 5 pages long. So I deserve some feedback, I'd think.

How was that? R/R, please!