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Darci lifted his face from her shoulder. He was alive. Different. More powerful, the glimpse of fang just reaffirming that he wasn’t quite the boy she’d grown up with, or the friend she’d taken for granted for years. Or the almost lover on their first real date.
“I mourned you like you were lost to me. That is what I was originally told. You had entered a life I could have no part of.”
“If you'll have me.”
“Have you, now,” he growled into her ear. It sent shivers down her spine, to her core. River picked her up and carried her to the velvet covered bed. He put her down and fell on top of her.
“The baby?” Darci murmured against his lips.
“She'll be fine. We can hear her.” He was running his tongue up and down her neck while his hand pulled the bathrobe free.
“Darci, Darci,” He moaned. “Stop me now if you don't want this. You know I’ll bite during sex, right? You know about the chemicals we emit from our fangs? That they encourage a bonding? If you just want the friend and comrade thing, we have to stop. Now. Gotta be sure.”
“I want you to be my lover, my friend, my vampire, my man.” She slid her hands to the waistband of his sweats and shoved them down, so he would know exactly what kind of role she wanted him to have in her life. “And you can be the little one's daddy.”
Somehow, she was her old self, in control, confident... someone she really hadn’t been until River came back to her.
“Kay. No more talk now.”
Their lips fused together in a hungry, wild kiss that didn't end until Darci was breathless and dizzy. Her heart was pounding so hard she shook with it, and her veins were filled with electricity instead of blood. How had she ever thought she could live without this, without him? Why had she avoided him, not even once tried to contact him?
River slid down to her pink tipped breasts and cupped them together, groaning as she rolled her hips against him. The fact he still wanted her, despite her halting, awkward walk filled a hole inside her she didn’t know she had. River still wanted her, they could still be the couple she dreamed of, in a new way. His lips found one nub and he suckled there while his cool fingers plucked the other nipple with the softest touch. She was overwhelmed with the feel of his smooth, silky skin over hard muscles, his weight and power. But his touch was gentle, sending thrills along her nerve endings, lighting a fire between her legs.
Darci slid her hand around the hard shaft that was pressed tightly to her thigh. Her fingers feathered around him, causing him to groan and jerk his hips convulsively. Drops of slick liquid had already begun to leak from his slit and Darci massaged it into the head, making him gasp.
His hand left her breast to find her core. She was so wet the moisture was covering her thighs. He gently explored every bit of her.
“Dreamed of this for so long,” he whispered.
He glided his fingers over her soft outer lips, pinching them gently, combing her hair with his fingernails. Then he spread them and found her delicate folds within, which he fingered and gently tugged. She welcome his two fingered invasion with a long moan, and clenching muscles.
Last he found her swollen clit, which she pushed eagerly against his fingers.“Oh, god River. In me now? Please? ”
He knew what she wanted. He plunged his hard cock inside her, his fingers remaining, circling that wet nub. Her legs folded around him with all their strength and she thrust her hips to meet him. Her creamy heat made him tremble on top of her, her pulse pounded around him, her inner muscles undulated around him,.and he was consumed with her.
“Love you so much, Darci,” he choked out. “It's our first time.”
She feathered her fingers over his face in a tender caress. “Love you, River,” she managed to gasp. She pulled him down until all his body weight was upon her, so she could bury her hands in his hair and push her tongue into his mouth. He cupped her head in both hands now, knowing she was about to fall apart. With each withdrawal of his slick shaft he glided up and over her sensitive clit, then plunged back within her, all the while kissing her with abandon. He moved to her neck driven by the need tied to his nature, the need to bind her, keep her. He bit, thankful she didn’t feel pain They came like that, melded together in ecstasy.
Afterwards, they curled together, eyes locked. “Our first Christmas together,” Darci murmured.
“The first of many,” River whispered.
“Many,” Darci echoed, smiling.