“Stav, I swear to God, if you leave me wanting likethis…What the hell are you doing?” Charlie demanded, feeling so frustrated shecould almost cry. She’d been so close.

“I’m teaching you a little lesson. You’ve beenthinking about how I only wanted comfort from you, not sex.”

“You heard that?” Charlie bit her lip. Their bondwas still so knew she sometimes forgot that Stav could catch her privatethoughts sometimes as well as the ones she sent him.

“I couldn’t help it,” he said dryly. “You thinkvery loudly—you always have.”

“I can’t help that,” Charlie said defensively. “Andanyway, you shouldn’t have been eavesdropping.”

“It’s not eavesdropping to hear thoughts that areprojected directly into my mind. Besides…” Stav sat up and cupped her cheek.“You should know that sex with you is a great comfort, Falinda. Making love with you, holding you in my arms and my heart at the sametime…it replenishes me. It restores my soul.”

Charlie smiled.

“That’s very poetic of you, honey. It makes me feelkinda bad—I wasn’t thinking of ‘replenishing my soul’—I’m just horny. But Ididn’t want to be pushy about it.”

“Be as ‘pushy’ as you want. I’ll always want you,”Stav murmured. He leaned forward and nuzzled against her breasts but this timehe was definitely seeking more than comfort. Charlie moaned softly as she felthis hot breath against her nipples through the thin fabric of her nightgown.

“In that case I’ll be pushy enough to say I wantyou too. No, not just want you—I need you. Inside me,” Charlie told himbluntly. “I need your fangs in my throat and your cock deep in my pussy. I needit now.”

A low growl of desire rose in his throat andsuddenly he was up off the floor and onto the bed with her. Before she couldsay another word, he had scooped her into his arms and was sitting on the edgeof the bed with her straddling his lean hips.

“Stav!” she gasped breathlessly as he reachedbetween them to push down his sleep trousers, baring his long, thick shaft.

“Charlotte,”he murmured in return. “Tell me now if you do not want this because I can’thold back much longer.”

“I want it,” Charlie assured him, looking into hishalf-lidded eyes, blazing with lust. “I want it so much I’m going to scream ifyou don’t give it to me.”

“I’ll make you scream, all right,” Stav promised ina deep rumble. “Scream and cry and moan.”

“Please,” Charlie begged him, reaching between themfor the thick shaft. She loved the feel of him in her hand—his cock was like abar of heated steel covered in silk. “Please put it in me now—I need you.” Shefitted the broad, mushroom shaped head to her entrance and spread her thighseven further.

“Gods, and I need you, Falinda. So much.”Stav groaned as he thrust up into her and she sank down to meet him at the sametime.

Charlie gasped his name and dug her fingernailsinto his broad shoulders by reflex. A low, encouraging growl was her reward.She had learned that Stavros liked a little pain with his pleasure—possiblybecause Blood Kindred liked being bitten almost as much as they liked biting.

“Yes,”she heard him growl through their mental link. “Biteme, Falinda. Bite me and ride me until you come all over my shaft. And then itwill be my turn to bite you…”

He didn’t have to ask her twice. Leaning down,Charlie sank her little white teeth into the strong column of his throat,latching on to the side of his neck as he thrust inside her.

Stav gasped and pulled her closer, locking armsthat felt like muscular steel beams around her waist and hips. Charlie felt himsurge inside her, his thick length growing even thicker as he pressed deep intoher soft, velvety core.

Part of the pleasure of making love with Stavroswas that he created a kind of feed-back loop between them. She could feel thesensations he was feeling—the way her inner pussy wrapped around him like avelvet glove and he could feel her pleasure as well—the way her inner wallsstretched to take him and the lightning flashes of intense sensation when theblunt head of his cock kissed the mouth of her womb with each thrust. Thisfeedback ability was the only thing left of his old Curse and Charlie lovedit—it made making love with him a unique and addictive experience.

“I’maddicted to you too, Falinda,” she heard himgrowl through their link. “Are you close, do you think? I want to fill youwith my seed as I sink my fangs into your neck.”

Charlie released him and licked the small wound hereven white teeth had made on the side of his throat.

“Then do it,” she said aloud, her voice husky withpassion. “Come on, honey—bite me.”

His eyes flashed with need but he shook his head.

“You haven’t come yet.”

“But I’m damn close,” Charlie pointed out. “And youknow the minute you bite me and inject me, I won’t be able to help it. I’llcome right along with you.”

“If you’re sure…” The need in his voice made itragged and hoarse.

“Always sure,” Charlie assured him. She undulatedher hips, rocking against him to make her point. “Bite me, sweetheart—I wantyou to. I want your fangs in me deep.”

As always, her assertion that she wanted hisbite drove Stavros wild. For years as a Cursed One, no female of Tranq Prime,his home world, had wanted his bite. The fact that Charlie was desperate tofeel his fangs in her made him incredibly hot.

“Bare your throat for me.” His voice was a deep,guttural growl. “And spread your thighs wide, Falinda. I’m going toplant my seed deep in your soft little cunt tonight. Going to fill you up withmy cum.”

Charlie moaned at his dirty words. She loved whenhe talked like this to her—it was as much of a turn on as the way he tasted herand made love to her.

Shifting her hair out of the way, she pressed theside of her neck to his mouth and waited for his fangs.

This time Stav wasn’t quite so gentle—maybe becausehe knew Charlie wasn’t adverse to a little pain with her pleasure either. Shemoaned at the piercing sting of the double sets of razor sharp pointspuncturing her tender flesh. Then, as before, he began to inject her and anorgasm rolled over her, making her gasp and clench helplessly all around him.

“Gods,you’re so tight around me!” she heard himgrowl through their link. “Love you, Charlie—love you so much!”

“I love you too,” she managed to gasp andthen he thrust up hard inside her, almost as if he was reaching for her heart,and she felt the head of his cock pressing hard against the mouth of her womb.She gasped and stiffened against him as he swelled even thicker within her.Then something hot and wet spurted against the end of her channel, making hermoan again.

“Stav!” she gasped as he continued to bathe herpussy with his seed. God, he felt so good inside her…so right. And as hecame inside her, she felt his pleasure at the way her inner walls spasmedaround him, almost milking the cum from him, as well as her own pleasure at thefeel of him coming so deep inside her.

“Stav,” she moaned again. “Stavros! God…love you somuch!”

“I love you too, Falinda,” he murmured,finally withdrawing his fangs. “Love you forever.”

Charlie felt her heart overflowing and for a momentshe thought she might actually cry she was so overwhelmed. She looked deep intoher man’s eyes and opened her mouth to tell him it was forever becauseshe was never leaving…

And then the world grayed out and Stav’s indigoeyes disappeared. Instead, she was seeing something completely different.

After a moment, she realized it was the interior ofa little spaceship—much like the Kindred shuttles they used to ferry peopleback and forth between the Mother Ship and Earth. And in the shuttle, was atall, black haired man with piercing silver-blue eyes. He was holding a girlwith creamy brown skin to his bare chest and rocking her gently.