Sweet Serendipity

Chapter Twenty-Six : Cloud 9

Major J. Whitlock

A. Brandon

"N-"

"Alice… trust me." he whispered. "I would never do anything to hurt you."

At the sound of his voice alone, her resolve melted. And Alice couldn't think of a time where she hated anyone more than she hated him at this moment. For making her so weak, and so scared, and so trusting of someone that hadn't earned a lick of her trust.

Sitting her down on the bed, the Major stared into her eyes as Alice stared back. Scared, and anxious, and nervous. Her mind was racing a million miles a minute, and it almost leapt from her chest cavity when he raised her left wrist to his mouth and pressed a feather light kiss to the underside's exposed skin, all the while his eyes never leaving hers.

His pearl white, razor sharp teeth managed to nick the skin around the vein as Alice winced slightly at the sting of the action. Slowly, the Major brought his mouth to Alice's wrist, and pressed his lips over her cut.

At first, it felt like he was just sucking on her skin. The stinging was still there from the open cut, but his cool lips and tongue were soothing on her heated skin. As his sucking increased, Alice was momentarily transferred back to her sophomore year when Danny Livingston gave her a hickey at the 'End of the Season' summer blow-out party. The pressure was the same, just on a different part of her body.

Alice watched as the Major's eyes drifted closed, and a second later, her body began to react differently than it had been before. She was suddenly warm… very warm. Like her entire body was catching in a warm tingling fire that started in her veins and worked it's way out. For a moment, Alice barely believed this was how it was going to feel to have the Major take her blood from her. She tried not to let the sigh of relief escape her lips as the heat continued to grow, like stepping into a hot shower where it just seems perfect. Goosebumps rose on her skin as a shiver ran down her spine, her limbs began to tingle as she shifted slightly at the uncomfortable tremors that sporadically shook through her body. Pleasurable, yes… but the thought of what caused that pleasure worried her, made her question her own resolve.

"Relax Angel… relax…" the Major's voice was like a plague on her mind as her body instinctively collapsed back into the comfort of the downy comforters and pillows behind her. Breathing heavily, Alice couldn't seem to keep her eyes open as they rolled back on their own while the throbbing need seemed to escalate through her system.

Alice inwardly groaned at the heat that seeped into her burning skin at his touch, it was so frustrating, feeling the way she did, and not being able to do anything about it.

Suddenly, the pleasure that seemed to burn within her veins intensified as Alice felt her back arch as if she'd been electrically shocked. The wanton need now coursed heavy through her body as Alice was suddenly reduced to a panting mess, head thrown back against the pillows as she mildly felt the Major's smirk against the skin of her wrist. To be honest, she was irritated he seemed to have such an effect on her body and mind without even trying. While he satisfied himself as she squirmed uncomfortably, completely vulnerable and at the mercy of only him. At this point, there was no stopping him from sucking the life from her, and yet Alice truly believed that if that would be his intention, there was nothing she could do about it. Her body was at the mercy of him, and him alone. And that thought both worried her, and embarrassingly enough, excited her.

As if it could get no worse, the more pressure the Major placed on her arm to pull the blood from her veins, the more heated she grew, and as he took in a particularly hard draw, Alice couldn't help the whimpering moan that seemed to leave her lips. With every drag he took Alice's pleasure only increased, and as sick a concept as it was, all she wanted was him to suck harder and faster, praying there was some release at the end of this torture… Alice would take death over this personal invasion and pleasurable anguish. Angered slightly, she tried to reel herself in as her body seemed to instinctively tense, her muscles clenching as she struggled to even out her breathing. Her heartbeat was erotic, and the thought of the impossibly gorgeous man having this effect on her body made Alice practically swoon in ecstasy.

Major began taking longer drags as he moaned at the taste of her crimson blood, Alice couldn't help the undeniable pleasure that seeped through her body with every draw he took, the passion and ecstasy growing stronger and stronger as he continued. Alice could barely function a coherent thought as she arched back, unconsciously calling out as the Major smirked against her skin. With every pull, the sensations only grew as Alice gasped loudly. She prayed the end would come soon as she felt her bodily limit of pleasure and pain come crashing towards her, and with one final suck she shattered in his arms when her body couldn't take anymore.

Colours seemed to burst behind her closed eyelids as the rest of the world slipped away while she rode the tidal wave of sensation out to the very end. She could faintly feel the Major's cool lips pressing feather light kisses up along her arm to finally rest on her neck where he paid special attention to the skin there, his touch only prolonging the effect. While Alice gradually dropped from her high, the Major pulled her flush against him and wrapped his arms around her. Alice felt like her skin was on fire, and every movement seemed to reel in her mind as she tried to regulate her breathing. Every few seconds her eyes drifting shut as she struggled to keep them open.

"Sleep darlin', yer gonna need it." his husky southern accent drawled out as Alice's eyes obeyed his command while her spent body seemingly just fell dead in his arms against his body. Her mind still pooling in a puddle of ecstasy as the blackness slowly faded in, the Major behind her, twirling locks of fair hair in his fingers as he watched her glowing skin slowly relax into his hold… the rare knowing smile ever present on his handsome face.

The Major knew he had to be careful… taking her blood was difficult to control, difficult to watch himself while he was so caught up in her. It was almost impossible to judge how much to take, and how careful to be while her squirming beneath him, and the bouts of pleasure practically drowning him as the waves of ecstasy rolled off her body. A few times he had to stop to collect his bearings, he loved that her body was so responsive to him, to them, and the bond they shared… but it made it so much harder for him to control himself when all he wanted to do was take her. Show her who he was, and what he could do. Dominate her like the Major he was, and prove that no amount of resistance could keep her from him. Mind, body... and soul.

At the same time, he didn't want to push her… didn't want to scare her. She was young, and human… fragile. Though he had to admit while the human body wasn't as sensitive as the vampire one, he couldn't get enough of the reactions he could pull from her and the sounds she made. It was intoxicating, and addictive, and dangerous if it meant it could make him lose control for even the smallest amount of time.

Looking down, the Major tried to push back his smile as he watched her chest rise and fall, her hair spread around her in a wild array of loose curls and the natural beauty of freckles sprinkling across the bridge of her adorable little nose. She was beautiful, exquisite… and unstable.

Her visions were proof enough of that. And he could see her pulling away and holding herself back from him because of the ever present thoughts in her mind concerning her family, and friends, and her old life. He couldn't hold that against her, she was young, and human… she didn't understand the strength, and power of his kind just yet, or the power of their bond. She didn't see just yet how the relationship between mates worked, and in time… she would catch on, but until then she was still a danger to herself, and him.

In the vampire world, reputation was everything. And twice this evening she'd carried out actions that could have lead to other vampires questioning the power of his hold over her. If the Major couldn't keep control of his human mate, then how could he possibly keep under control his territory. It made other vampires cocky and confident, and that created opportunity for a challenge. Not to mention the danger she brought on herself. A young celibate human girl, mated to a leading male vampire God of War was not the best situation for her to be in for her safety… but to have her running off every which way and be conversing with others put her at risk. And she was not a liability he could afford to have.

She shifted slightly in her sleep as the Major monitored closely her emotions as she sighed and curled into his side, completely at peace for the first time in what felt like forever.

He smiled again at the fresh image of her flushed body arched and at the complete mercy of his own control and person. And he couldn't help but fall in love with the look of pure bliss on her face when he'd finished with her.

Relaxing into the pillows stacked behind him, Major felt his eyes drift closed as he listened to the easy breathing of Alice, the slight hammer of her chest drumming in the background as he fell into the closest thing he'd ever come to sleep in his vampire existence.

"Major?" Peter's voice ricocheted off the empty walls of the mansion as his eyes flew open. He was downstairs out front, but the Major could hear him perfectly. "You're gonna want to see this."

"Ya can't just lemme hold my girl? She's comin down off the high and I wanna be here when she wakes up." the Major replied, a smirk growing on his face as he considered all the post-slumber possibilities, "she'll be eager when she awakes."

"Jasper…" Peter's voice called out, dead serious as the Major suddenly shot out from his position at the seriousness in his voice.

"There was a breach in perimeter Jazz… Carter's scent is everywhere."

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