By the time Mick reached the top of the stairs, Josef had caught up with them. The two men glanced down at Beth, still cradled up against Mick's chest, then at each other. Though neither of them spoke, they clearly had come to an understanding about Beth, that they would keep her safe from each other, they would put aside any possessiveness for tonight, and help her understand how to keep herself safe while still enjoying the pleasures only vampires could provide. The fact that she wanted to be with them, with vampires, was still amazing to Mick, but he could no longer fool himself into thinking that what Beth really wanted was a human lover.
She had opened her eyes by the time they reached Josef's bedroom, and was amazed at what awaited her. Dark blue satin sheets covered a larger than king sized bed that had been sprinkled liberally with red rose petals. Half a dozen soft pillows in matching satin pillowcases waited there, though the middle two each had a single red rose laid across them. Hundreds of candles lit the room with a soft glow, while thick dark blue velvet curtains blocked out the remains of the daylight from the window. There were two bottles of water on ice next to the bed on a small nightstand along with an unopened bottle of champagne. She couldn't help but smile and the two men who had obviously gone through quite a bit of trouble to make the setting as romantic as possible, and it had certainly had the desired effect.
Mick set her down at the foot of the bed and asked her, "so, what do you think?"
Beth looked around once more, feeling her desire stir again. "It's perfect, really. Thank you."
"I'd do anything for you, you know that." Mick's eyes were soft and kind. "I love you."
Those words seemed to release a tension in her she didn't know she'd been carrying. Beth smiled as she said, "I love you too, Mick," and she pulled his head down to hers for a kiss.
Something soft was gently caressing her neck and her now bare shoulders, in slow, languid lines. Beth heard Josef's quiet, desire-filled voice then. "Aww, that's so nice for the two of you. But no forgetting about me. I'm your designated driver tonight, remember?"
Beth pulled back from Mick and looked up into Josef's eyes. "How disappointing," she said with mock disapproval. "Here I was hoping that you were going to be having another drink, or two tonight, Josef. You said all I have to do is ask."
"So I did," Josef replied as Beth turned towards him, Mick's body sliding around behind hers, the backs of his hands brushing against the sides of her breasts. The rose in Josef's hand never stopped moving, the delicateness of the touch contrasting with the strength they all knew was carefully contained. She shivered as the rosebud teased the sensitive skin between the diamond and emerald necklace Josef had given her and the top of her dress.
Sensing the apprehension, Mick whispered to her, "don't worry, I removed all the thorns. Josef can play his little game with the rose as long as he likes and it won't hurt you."
Josef looked stunned for a moment and examined the stem in his hand, throwing a menacing glance at Mick. "Killjoy," he said to his friend, and the two exchanged a small laugh before Josef tossed the flower aside and gathered Beth into his arms.
"In that case, we'll have to skip one of my favorite parts," he said, feigning a pout that did nothing to diminish the hunger in his eyes. Josef's kiss was insistent and demanding, his tongue brushing the insides of Beth's lips, but she was ready for him and returned the kiss by running her tongue along the underside of his canine teeth, where his fangs would descend once his hunger peaked. Her hands pushed the formal white shirt back off his shoulders so she could explore the hard expanse of his chest. Then she felt the brush of Mick's chest against her back and knew that his shirt had joined Josef's on the floor. Caught between their muscled lengths, Beth was having trouble thinking clearly… there was too much flesh, too many hands on her, too much that felt so good.
Finally, the kiss ended as Josef's head moved lower, down to the top of her breasts, his fingertips brushing her sensitive nipples through the impossibly soft velvet of the dress. Mick's lips were on her neck as he deftly lowered the zipper on her dress and slowly let it fall down into a pool of green around her feet. Standing there nearly naked all of a sudden, next to two men whose skin temperatures were below normal, she felt a small chill in spite of the heat building within her.
Josef picked her up easily and laid her down on the softness of the bed and the rose petals, settling in next to her on his side, head propped up on one hand. A satin comforter was pulled up over them all as Mick joined them, taking her other side in a mirror image of Josef. The older vampire took his time looking over her body, teasing her with the lightest touches in her most sensitive areas, all the while watching her face, judging her reaction.
It became clear in the next few minutes that Josef was going to be the patient lover and Mick the passionate one. Not that Josef wasn't passionate, she'd felt his need in the limo and again downstairs, and Beth couldn't help but think it was just his promise to keep her safe that made him hold back. That's something she'd have to work on later, though, because Mick's mouth was on her nipple, his tongue alternating between short licks and increasing suction until she arched her back up into him and moaned. Of their own accord, her hands came up to hold his head in place when he moved to the other nipple, but in doing so she'd rolled slightly onto her side towards Mick.
Josef took the opportunity to rid her of the already superfluous strapless bra and kiss up the side of her neck, lingering on his bite wound, occasionally letting her feel his teeth there or on her earlobe just hard enough to leave her wondering if he was going to take her blood again. He knew he could at any time and she'd never make a move to stop him, as if she could anyway. Josef forced that thought back from his mind and concentrated on showing her just how appreciative he was of the invitation to enjoy her body tonight. He was pleased that he'd insisted that she only be allowed to wear stockings, not panty hose this evening, because he so enjoyed the game of removing them, revealing each inch of skin as she waited for his touch. He deftly snapped open the metal clips on the leg closest to him, rolling it down very slowly and holding her leg still while he kissed each inch of revealed skin, loving how her slight struggles seemed to allow him to draw her knees further apart.
The graze of teeth on her nipples drew a whimper from her lips, making Beth wonder if Mick was going to bite her there. As he watched the reaction on her face with his very human eyes, he considered that possibility, but there was so much else he wanted to do to her first. He knew that each time he and Josef drank from her, the closer they drew to the end of enjoying her body, and Mick intended for that to be many hours of sex from now, he thought as his hand slid lower to feel the wetness of the thin silk between her legs. Her reaction was worth everything they'd been through to get to this point. She raised her hips up into his hand, encouraging the friction there, and the long low moan that escaped her lips was accompanied by a new wave of aroused scent. The knowledge that he could make Beth feel that way was better than any rush he'd ever had as a human or vamp. He could feel how close she was to coming, held there at the brink, but it was too soon so he removed his hand after another few seconds. She protested by pushing him onto his back and kneeling while trying to unbuckle his belt with her shaking hands.
Josef had finished with her stockings, already having removed the remainder of his clothing, and he settled for shredding each side of her skimpy underwear in his hands and removing the tatters. His fingers found her slick with wetness and two fingers slid in easily despite of how tight she was. The distraction from trying to remove Mick's tuxedo pants was deliberate, if petty, but Josef was anxious for another turn as the center of Beth's attention. With a solid grip on her upper body and his fingers still inside of her, he flipped her onto her back.
"Take off your own pants, Mick," Josef told his friend with his usual self-satisfied grin. "I have other plans for your girlfriend." As Josef looked down at Beth, naked before them both and so eager, the need on Josef's face was plain. After four hundred years, he'd never lost his sense of wonder at moments like this, seeing this gorgeous woman stretched beneath him, wanting his touch. It didn't matter that there was another man there, her look of desire at that moment was for him.
"I'll bet you do," Mick responded, immediately rejoining them on the bed minus the rest of his clothing. Sometimes being a vampire had its advantages. "Superman has nothing on me." He smiled to himself as his hand entwined in Beth's long hair and he kissed her deeply, his fingers teasing her nipples once again.
Josef lowered his head and planted small kisses up the inside of each of her thighs, deliberately avoiding the place she most wanted his mouth. One of her hands ran over Mick's chest and down to find his hard length, drawing a low moan from him that made Josef stop to check that Mick's vampire was under control. Satisfied with the reassuring human glance, Josef returned to licking up and down the delicate folds between his lover's legs, his fingers never still inside of her. When his mouth finally found the hard nub that her body was begging him to touch, Beth's breathing became short gasps for air then a long moment where she seemed to forget how to breathe. As her orgasm crashed through her, Josef never stopped the relentless movements of his mouth or his hand, keeping her there for longer than she thought possible.
The look of joy on Beth's face made Mick realize he'd never seen anything so beautiful. At that moment, he wanted her more than he'd ever wanted any woman, vampire or human. Just as she started to relax from her high, Josef's face shifted and he struck quickly at her inner thigh, the motions of his hand never stopping to give Beth any respite. The smell of her blood was thick in the room by the time Josef had brought her screaming a second time as he pulled the blood from her body as he had her orgasms. Mick had to admit that four hundred years of experience with women seemed to be paying off well for Beth.
Carefully trying to hold off his own bloodlust, Mick tried to make sure than Josef wasn't taking too much from her, but after just a few mouthfuls Josef raised his head and met Mick's gaze. Josef's lips were still smeared with blood, his eyes pale blue and the rumbling in his chest almost too low for human ears. The bite in Beth's thigh was still bleeding slowly, and Josef bent his head for one last lick of her clitoris before gently removing his fingers from inside of her and sliding up her body to rest by her side.
Josef could see the conflict in Mick, wanting to taste her blood and take her with her blood still in his mouth, but he was trying to force his face back to its human appearance, trying desperately to ignore the intoxicating smell of her and the memory of what her blood tasted like a short time ago.
"Don't, Mick," Josef cautioned. He bent down to kiss Beth's mouth as his fingers danced lazily over her breasts. Mick couldn't take his eyes off the blood on Beth's thigh, but he was trying to rein himself in. "She's not afraid of the big bad vampire, remember?" All this time Josef thought he would have to hold Mick back, but what he really needed was permission.
While Beth tried to remember how to breathe, Josef whispered in her ear, "you are so beautiful when you come. In fact, Mick wants to see it again I think." She smiled at Josef through half closed eyes, then moaned as Mick's mouth found the blood on her thigh, sucking on the wound, the sensation hovered between pleasure and pain so close on the heels of two powerful orgasms. Mick wanted to bury himself inside of her right then, but all he could see was a very fragile human spread out before him, waiting for him to take her. He licked the wounds until they closed, savoring the taste of her blood, full of life and love. She was so trusting of him, of Josef, but Mick was worried that he would get carried away and hurt her… this was the time when many vamps lost control and killed their human partners.
As if he knew what was going through Mick's mind at that moment, Josef interceded. "Lie back and think of England, Mick." The slight snicker in his voice was all Josef. "You aren't going to hurt her."
The whisper in Beth's ear that Josef knew drove her crazy was again teasing her. "Time to show Mick what he's been missing," Josef said after his tongue finished a quick exploration of her mouth. The promise of the fulfillment of one of her greatest desires was enough for Beth to gather her strength and pull herself up to her knees beside Mick. She looked down at him with a look of hunger more suited to a vampire having caught their prey than Mick wanted to admit. Beth had wanted him like this for months, and she knew she was finally going to have him.
Beth leaned down to kiss him as her smooth leg slid across his hardness to settle on his opposite side. With her hands on Mick's chest and Josef steadying her hips, she slid down slowly onto his waiting length, adjusting to his size with a look of pure pleasure on her face. Her heat, her wetness, how tight she was exceeded any of the fantasies that Mick had tried to satisfy himself with over the last few months. He thrust up into her carefully, drawing a short moan from her each time. Happy that she didn't seem to break from their slow but steady pace, he slid his hands up her legs to guide her movements and pull her down onto him further.
Her eyes closed as Josef's hands and mouth found her breasts, overloading her senses again. "More, please… harder," she begged both of them, and she knew without looking that hers was the only human face in the room. Mick's increasing pace and his fingers delicately rubbing her in time to his thrusts built a delicious pressure low in her pelvis.
The coolness of Josef's mouth on her breasts was so unlike anything she'd experienced with a human, and it was as if there was a direct line from her nipples to the pleasure center of her brain. Josef was holding her upper body close and gently pushing her down onto Mick as his speed increased. Beth reached for Josef's hard length and wrapped her hand around him, letting the motion of the rest of her body move her hand up and down. While one arm stayed around her hips, Josef's other hand closed over hers, guiding her along his length. The look on his face let Beth know just what her touch did to him. The fact that as a novice to their world she could satisfy two vampires, especially one as experienced as Josef, brought her closer to coming.
Sensing how near Beth was, Mick sat upright and somehow managed to get to his knees still firmly sheathed in her tight wetness. The change in angle made his thrusts deeper and put pressure right where she needed it. His hands encircled her back, holding him up against his body as he kissed her neck and felt her eagerness. "I love you, Beth," he whispered to her as he felt his own orgasm approaching.
Her hands touched the sides of Mick's face, and she rested her head on his shoulder while he continued to thrust into her, making it difficult for her to think of anything except how good he felt inside of her and how she wanted tonight to go on forever. "I love you too," she said quietly, but meant every word. This climax was building slower than the previous ones, but promised to be even stronger. She relaxed in to Mick's strong grasp, knowing that he loved her, trusting him to keep her safe.
Their closeness forced Josef to relinquish his attention to her breasts and move behind Beth to pin her arms to her sides with just the press of his upper arms against hers as he kissed the side of her neck, nipping lightly at the skin there but not giving her what she craved. In the back of her mind Beth knew Josef was preparing her for Mick's bite, holding her still, making certain that she wouldn't fight against him or thrash around in the throes of pleasure and cause too much damage, but what registered in her mind was that she was being held, fully pinned and helpless between the two sexiest men she'd ever met. That reality brought her screaming her pleasure as wave after wave of ecstasy crashed over her.
Mick was only a second behind, his fangs piercing her neck, not able to get enough of her blood. Each time he swallowed it increased and prolonged the climax, as did Beth's screaming out her own release. But he knew he couldn't keep taking blood from her, and just as he was pulling himself back he heard Josef's voice.
"Mick. That's enough." It was a quiet, calm request. Josef was pleased that Mick was able to stop himself when he did, and not only because it was his turn to enjoy the exquisite woman writhing against him.
Mick's fangs retracted and his eyes returned to their normal human blue, but Josef's need was still raw and obvious in his pale blue eyes. He'd been waiting very patiently, and his control was at an end. As soon as Beth seemed to still and calm somewhat, he gently lifted her up and off of Mick, laying her down on her back next to the man she loved. Josef saw how they looked at each other even now, and felt a small pang of jealousy, but he knew that at the very least he could refocus her attention on what he could do for her right at that moment.
He slid into her effortlessly and gave her no further rest, taking her hard and fast while tasting the drops of blood at Mick's most recent bite. The low growl in his chest tightened something low in Beth's body and made her involuntarily lift her hips to meet his, her arms reaching around his back to pull his upper body closer. She had never come so much in her life, and couldn't believe Josef was coaxing yet another from her. The angle was just perfect so that every time he plunged into her he pressed against her G-spot, then filled her completely. Moving from her neck to claim her mouth, Josef's need for her, for his own release was nearly frantic, but he held back until her inner walls started to spasm around him.
At that moment he lowered his head and bit her on the top of her right breast, quite close to the nipple, a very sensitive spot that Beth hadn't expected but found to be very much to her liking once the blood was flowing. It was as if Josef's mouth engulfed her nipple and sucked on it hard while drinking from her, taking her breath away with the intensity of those mingled sensations. They rode their intense pleasure together for what seemed like forever, though only a few moments, but they shared a perfect bliss where nothing else mattered.
Mick was gently kissing Beth's face and lips as they finally came down, and Josef rolled to her other side. Josef found himself feeling truly happy for the first time since Sara hadn't met him on the other side of her death, and Beth's sincere kiss along the side of his neck made everything seem right with the world. It was the kiss not only of a lover, but of genuine affection. She turned to snuggle up against Josef's chest, pulling Mick's arm around her waist and encouraging him to settle against her back. Within a minute, held there between her two vampires, Beth fell into an even, contented sleep. Josef knew it wouldn't last, but for one night, this was heaven.