NocC 016 - Laura Kaye - Vampire Warrior Kings 02 - Seduced by the Vampire King - Harlequin 2012-06 by Nocturne

threads of her damp hair to see him standing at the door. He dropped his hand from the lock. Ancient Cyrillic letters spelled out two male names across his mountainous shoulders.
He tossed the clothes he’d been carrying to the floor. With leonine grace, he walked back to her, his eyes boring into hers. Her body screamed in victory, more of that tantalizing moisture gathering on the sensitive lips of her pussy. She narrowed her eyes at him and arched a brow.
In front of her again, he stroked his knuckles over the hand holding the towel. Once, twice. Her nervous system sprang to life and set her to trembling. He dragged his gaze from their hands to her eyes. “I want you, Kate. I shouldn’t, because my head’s a freaking mess. And I don’t deserve you, after what I did to you before. But none of that changes the fact that I can think of nothing besides the idea of having just one perfect night. With you.”
Kate shook her head. “You don’t want me.”
Dark blue light flashed in a wave behind his eyes. “I do want you. I ache for you.” He pushed his hips into her thigh, grinding his cock against her.
Kate couldn’t seem to get enough oxygen into her lungs to clear her head. “That’s not what you said,” she whispered, almost gasping from the muscle spasm that rocked through her core.
He tilted his head and frowned. “You heard me?”
“Kinda hard not to.”
The muscles in his jaw clenched. “I’m sorry. I was pissed at myself. Not at you. You, Katherine, you deserve only the best. And that’s not me.”
“Then why are you doing this?”
He licked his lips, flashing the tips of his fangs again. “Because, God help me, I am driven to distraction by the very thought of you.” He cupped her face and caressed his thumb over her cheekbone. “By your beauty, by the fire in those lovely pale eyes.” Stepping in closer, he bought them into contact from ankle to breast. “I am humbled by your compassion, proud beyond measure of your courage.” He leaned his face into hers so that his breath tickled her lips. “I want you on my skin, in my mouth.” He feathered his fingers down her bare arm, sending her into a shiver. “I want to see you naked, explore you with my hands, part your knees and bury myself in you. I want to hear you scream my name as I stroke deep and hard inside you. That’s what I want.”
Nikolai’s unbridled honesty struck her like a match. A flame roared up inside Kate, melting the reserve she’d built up after what happened earlier, making her body crave his so intensely she hurt. Tentatively, a part of her afraid he’d change his mind again, she reached out and weaved her fingers into his silky blond hair, where his braid should be. “But you’re the king.”
He leaned into her touch. “I’m just a male, like any male.”
It was such a lie. No man had ever turned the blood in her veins into flowing lava. No man had ever made her ache. No man had ever made her feel this… alive. It was all so overwhelming—she just had no experience feeling the things she felt, wanting the things she wanted. And he should know.
Taking a deep breath, she said, “I’ve never done this before, Nikolai.” As her cheeks heated, she watched her fingers drag through his hair. Oh, he was so beautiful.
He tilted his head to force her to look at him. “Done what?” A range of expressions played out across his face. “You mean…” His eyes went wide. “Are you saying you’re a virgin?”
     

Chapter Ten

Heart triple-timing in his chest, Nikolai soaked in the beautiful flush on Katherine’s cheeks and waited for her answer. What had he ever done to find someone like her? Someone so beautiful, so strong, so damn perfect in every way, for him.
She nodded, her eyes flickering to his and away again.
And Nikolai’s thinking brain went offline.
Triumphant euphoria flooded into every cell. He locked his hands around her neck and pulled her in for a kiss so deep, so intense, it drove everything else