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A/N: Ah, I so like writing all things from Leah and Demetri's POV's. They just flow and there are no agonizing moments where I have nothing to say. This will be the last Demetri and Leah moment for a while though –cries- Hope you enjoy. Let me know what you'd like to see happen. It could be much better than anything I have planned, in fact, it probably is! Again, Thanks to all my readers both silent and vocal! I appreciate the support -hugs- Oohh! And I have a new reviewer! Welcome VampireCat3! Nice to hear new opinions…they make me smile

Chapter 24 Mutual Desires

(Demetri POV)

I joined Kattra and Alyria in the sitting room giving Leah her much needed privacy. Forcing myself to be the gentleman she needed and leaving the room had taken all the self control I had in me. Her heartbroken image swam before my eyes again. I could almost feel her hands running down my chest and could still recall her breathtaking nude form as she rose up out of the water and pressed herself so firmly against me.

I let out a calming breath as I sat down next to Kattra who was curled up on one end of the couch with her nose in some romance novel.

I arched my eyebrows as I took in the suggestive cover of her book. "Interesting reading choice you've got there."

She giggled and set the book face down across her breast. "Alyria likes it when I get all hot and bothered. She feeds off of it."

I shot her a questioning look and she answered with a nod to her raven head and a sultry and satisfied smile on her dark lips. "Mmm, yes. She gets all steamed up over her little books and I get a snack. Win, win don't you think?" She uncrossed her legs forcing her already too short skirt further up her thighs and fixed me with her powerful gaze. "Now tell me, Demetri," she enunciated each syllable of my name drawing it out like a cat purring. "Why haven't you done her yet?" she nodded her head towards the bathroom. "I taste her desire," she murmured as she leaned forward giving me a perfect view of her ample chest. "You desire her; I can feel it right now like little jolts of electricity licking down my body. The air is perfumed with your mutual longing."

Good to know that Leah did feel that way about me. "She is not ready."

Alyria was suddenly kneeling before me her hands working their way up my thighs. "I could get her ready, love," she simpered. "Just a little flex of power and the two of you will provide me with a feast of sexual energy."

"Alyria," Kattra admonished. "Enough of these games. You are not hungry, you're just grumpy because you had him for one night and he was spectacular and you know that you'll never get that chance again." Alyria stood abruptly, towering over Kattra, a low growl trickling out of her beautiful throat. "Growl all you want," she smirked. "But quit tormenting Leah. She's been through enough and now on top of everything she has to leave Demetri. Let them have their night without you causing problems." Kattra stood as though she was a puppet and someone had pulled her stings. "If it's a distraction you need, Alyria, I would be happy to oblige." She held out her hand and waited for Alyria to calm herself.

Alyria finally took her hand, a huge smiling lighting her face. "Fine. I will not play with the dog anymore this night. But you better do a damn good job of distracting me."

I shook my head as I watched them head to Alyria's room and closed the door. I picked up Kattra's book curious to know what it was about.

I'd read the first three chapters entirely engrossed in the love hate relationship of the two main characters when I heard Leah's footsteps softly padding down the hall towards her room. I had no idea what I should do. Clearly, she wasn't ready for anything serious, but I still wanted to spend the night with her and comfort her. I just wasn't sure how receptive she'd be to that idea.

I turned the page down where Kattra had been reading and set it on the table and walked to Leah's room. I knocked gently. It seemed like an eternity before I heard her invite me in.

She was tying a black satin robe close, her hair pulled back in a ponytail emphasizing her exquisite features, her cheeks lightly flushed from her hot bath. She kept her eyes averted as I moved forward. "Is everything ready for your flight tomorrow?" She nodded, but still refused to look at me. I placed my finger under chin and drew her face to mine, our lips hovering a scant few centimeters apart. "Do not regret your actions earlier, Leah." I took a deep breath of her unique scent and my whole body shook with the need to taste her. I lowered my mouth to hers slowly, providing her with plenty of time to pull away. She remained entirely motionless, neither urging me on nor denying me. My right hand pressed into the small of her back bringing her closer to me as my lips claimed hers.

My left hand curled around the nape of her neck as she deepened our kiss, her tongue brushing against mine urgently, her arms clinging to me. She broke away trailing light kisses down my throat as a low moan escaped my lips. The feel oh those scalding lips against my ice cold neck was exhilarating. Our breathing quickened as I guided her to her bed and lowered my body on top of hers, feeling her breasts against my chest through the thin fabric of her robe, my lips following her lead and licked down her neck as her scent urged me on. Her body writhed under me, begging me to do things that I knew mentally she wasn't ready for. I knew that I could not allow myself to lose control- that she would hold it against me later once she was in her right mind again, but her hands were everywhere distracting me from all my good intentions. My nose nudged her robe slightly open and my lips caressed every inch of exposed flesh.

I pictured her crumpled form in the bath, the tears streaming down her face and found the control that I needed to pull us back from the brink. I searched her hooded eyes before speaking. "I want you more than any man has ever wanted a woman, Leah, but not like this. Not right now," I whispered as my finger caressed the line of her face. "Tonight…let me hold you. Let me comfort you…let me love you." I punctuated each statement with soft kisses across her cheek ending back at her silky lips.

She chuckled softly into my mouth. "Too much woman for you, am I?"

"Indeed. Very intimidating."

"Good." She sat up pushing me off of her, her eyes shining brilliantly. "If you're going to be spending the night in here then I need to find something less appealing to wear to bed," she teased as she racked me with her eyes. "And you… you need fewer clothes on. Fair's fair. You already saw me naked. My turn now." For the second time that night, her hands reached out, a little more certainly this time, and undid all the buttons of my shirt then she darted out of the bed, rummaged through her bag, and slipped out the bedroom door.

I removed everything but my navy boxers and pulled the covers back waiting for her to return in what I hoped was something very offensive so I could behave myself.

She strode back in the room in nothing but a Rolling Stones t-shirt and climbed under the covers with me. Not at all offensive sleepwear. In fact, it was sexy as hell. It barely covered her round ass and the logo was just another reminder of what I could not have.I kept trying to remember her crying in the bath to keep myself in check.We both curled on our sides, my arms wrapped around her, our bodies touching as much as possible.

"Thank you, Demetri, for…not taking advantage of the situation," she whispered softly into the darkened room.

I pressed my lips against her hair and murmured, "We have all of eternity to do such things, what are a few more nights, or weeks, of waiting?"

"Still, I wouldn't have been able to stop myself."

I laughed feeling better than I had since Heidi's death. "Then my self control is a dreadful thing," I grumbled playfully. "Night, Leah."

She burrowed closer against me, her hips fitting perfectly with mine and sighed. "Night, my little leech."