Alexis watched me silently. I knew he was trying to get inside my head to view my memories. Fuck it. Two could play that game. I went into his.Looking into someone's memories was not like watching a television screen of someone's actions. Being inside someone's head is like sharing that person's body. You become them.I traced his memories backwards. Through his eyes I saw him open the great door to see me folded on the front stoop. His still heart jumped in fear because the sun was frying me. Alexis gripped me, lifted me into his arms, and carried me down into the coolness …Alexis roamed these rooms night after night. His memories were mostly of us, of me. For months I had thought he'd forgotten me, and it turns out that his thoughts were always of me. I felt so bad that I'd turned so easily to Tony. I shouldn't have doubted Alexis.I pushed further and saw the familiar Council chambers. It was the ethereal place where Alexis had taken me before my punishment; his Council. This
We kissed with dropped teeth, bleeding each other and ignoring the stings. I wrapped my arms and then my legs around him. He supported me with a gasp and then lowered us to the floor."Oh, Alexis, I missed you. I missed you so much!"He pulled back to look at me. "My love, my beautiful, beautiful love." He kissed me and stroked my tongue with his until I thought I'd faint. Alexis, who had not touched another human for four hundred years until me, was now running his fingers up my arms. His touch caused me to shiver uncontrollably. He was allowing himself to warm up, and I could feel the heat radiating off his fingertips. He made his heart beat, and I could feel his breath hot against my lips. I felt his tongue again, this time gentler as it teased my lips and healed the little scrapes. I reached up and ran my fingers through his silky curls."I missed you," he whispered. "I love you."My eyes stung."It's not your fault," he whispered. "I see that you feel guilty because you
I lowered myself carefully onto his otherworldly penis. Alexis threw his head back and groaned loudly as I plunged lower onto him. At the beach house this had been Alexis' favorite position, we hadn't been Vampires then. Here it was my Vampire flesh melding with his. It seemed impossible that our skins had never touched this way before. Though as familiar as the back of my hand, this was truly our first time making love.I stopped before he was completely inside of me and leaned forward to plant my hands on each side of his head. He brought his hands up to stroke my sides and squeeze my breasts while I arched my pelvis forward forcing him to sink deeply into me. Arching my back, I allowed him to slip almost completely out of me then rocked my pelvis forward against him until he was completely inside of me again. His hands on my breasts tightened until I gasped half in pain and half in pleasure. I rolled my pelvis against him and then sat up enough so I could reach behind me to stro
I stared at Alexis in shock. His alabaster skin was now pink like a newborn's. The skin on his hands was mottled and gnarled in a way my own hands had been. His eyelids were so scarred I could only see his beautiful eyes through slits. He stood as I watched him in horror. There were more scars on him than had been on me.He looked at his hands and smiled. "This, I can feel. Thank you, my love, for giving me so much to feel.""But you have many more scars than I had.""No, my love. You had many scars on the inside. I will heal these more quickly than you ever could." He looked around. "The day is coming to an end, and she will awaken soon. You must go."We got dressed."I'm going to come back when the sun rises," I said."No. She will surely know if you do. I want you on the other side of the ocean before the next sunrise. I will keep myself blocked from her until then, but after that she will know. I will try to be selective with my memories, but it will be difficult. Don't mak
Tyler said it was all her fault. She thought I had died.Karen said it was her fault. She said she should have never brought me here.Monica said it was her fault because she should not have kept secrets from me. I hugged and kissed them all. Tyler pulled away from me and looked at me. Her eyes were big, and her mouth fell open. "Oh honey, your burns. They're gone!" She sniffed. "And you've been fucking!" My face warmed."You really found Alexis?" Karen asked.I tried not to blush. "I found him," I said. They squealed and jumped up and down. They touched my skin. Tyler examined my eyelids. "You had time to fuck him? How did you have time to fuck him?" "No, you didn't," Monica whispered, hugging me. "What?" Karen asked. "Ladies," I said when Monica broke her hold on me. "I have a secret to tell you. But I can't tell you here. It's a secret that's going to take a blood oath." I'd never done a blood oath with them because I'd never had a secret big enough to tell them.
"I'll feel better when we're out of here," Tyler said. We were locking up the villa when I felt a familiar tingling on the back of my neck."Shit," Tyler said. She had felt it, too.My first thought was Athena, but it was a masculine voice that spoke. "Leaving so soon?" It was the heavily accented voice of Marcelle.We spun around to see not only Marcelle and his second in command Paolo, but five other Vampires as well.I studied Marcelle. "As I said, my time here is limited."Marcelle smiled. "You look lovely this evening. Do my eyes deceive me or is your skin healed of its burns?"I smiled slightly. "Thank you for noticing. You are correct. My burns have been healed.""And if you don't mind me asking, how did you achieve such a feat?" Marcelle asked."Well now, a lady can't reveal all of her beauty secrets."His smile grew even broader. "Of course, forgive me." He looked around. "I seem to always catch you at a bad time, when you're on your way to someplace else. However,
Marcelle bowed slightly to the Elder. "Esmeralda, may I introduce you to our guest. This is Kim Russell and her First Lieutenant Julie. The others are her personal staff."Esmeralda held out her hand. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do with it—kiss it, bite it, or shake it.Marcelle smiled at me. I took Esmeralda's hand and shook it. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I understand that I was summoned here.""Yes," Esmeralda said. "You were summoned by me. Marcelle said that you were badly burned around your eyes, yet your skin is flawless." She tilted her head slightly. "How did you manage this in one evening?"I slammed my shields up remembering something Alexis had said about creating false memories. Athena would be able to see what had happened between us unless I created false memories, too. How the hell did you create false memories? How did I spend my evening if it wasn't with Alexis? Perhaps I had spent my evenings with an elder, but the only one I could think of in a pi
"Well, if you are not going to let us go, then ask your questions," I said."Did Alexis ask you to come to Epic Cu?" Esmeralda asked."No."They waited for me to expand. I didn't."Why did you come?" Esmeralda asked."Curiosity." And that wasn't lying. I was curious about Alexis. Even the weakest Vampire could smell a lie, so I knew that they would know if I lied. My answer wasn't the whole truth, but it wasn't a lie."Did you come to break Alexis out of his prison?" Esmeralda asked.I narrowed my eyes. "You're awfully curious about Alexis? Why?"As is so often the case with Elders, Esmeralda struck fast. I didn't see her flinch, but I felt as if someone had hit me with a baseball bat! She smacked me, but it wasn't a human smack. She hadn't used her hand. Her power smacked me, and I felt my head snap back as I went flying out of the wingchair. I found myself kneeling on all fours on the floor with blood dripping out of my nose. When I tried to raise my head, a sharp pain stabbe