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I spent the entire flight to Florence pretending to sleep I wasn&039;t proud of that fact, and I did actually snooze a goodly part of the time, thanks to some pain pills, but I had just reached a point where oing to sleep," I told Alec an hour after the private jet he had chartered took off The fact that he had the resources to think nothing about hiring private jets to send hiswith

"I don&039;t knohy," he said without looking up from his laptop

"I&039;e, and it made me sleepy"

"Iin a private jet is in any way outstanding I assure you that the company that hires out this jet flies their clients all over the world"

"Itpolicy where va my voice so the stewardess at the other end of the cabin couldn&039;t hear us, "but into curl up on the couch, if you don&039;t mind, and try to sleep off all that food"

"You needed to eat I had taken too aze still on the laptop that sat before him "Why don&039;t you sleep in the bed?"

I looked over at the long brown suede couch that was tucked against one side of the cabin The whole interior was done in a lovely latte and cream color scheme, the six leather chairs made with butter-soft leather that was so coht in the toward the couch

"No There&039;s a bedrooreen cat&039;s eyes dancing with amusement "I could show it to you if you like"

I leaned forward over the glossy inlaid wood table that sat between our facing chairs, my voice a whisper as the stewardess tidied up the re been eaten by me, since he evidently didn&039;t eat food that didn&039;t coht from the vein "I said no sex, and I ain - "

"I believe the seduction in the Akasha was a mutual endeavor"

" - like you tried at my apartment - "

He smiled, the handsoht you were stripping for ized for that"

" - and at the airport - "

He shrugged "I was hungry You offered to feed ized for that, too"

" - and five o, when I was in the bathroom"

His s tounable to resist the nearness of your naked flesh"

"Flattering as it is to be the object of lust by a bloodthirsty fiend in sexy men&039;s clothes, I stand by what I said, Alec - no sex I&039;ll feed you because you helpedto help me, but I&039;m not interested in you in a male-female sort of way Have Iaround in his chair to considerme from toes to nose "You&039;ve made it extremely clear that you&039;re in denial, because you know you&039;re just as attracted to h perhaps you&039;re at that stage si"

I glared at hirief, and I aers across one ofwildly at the touch, and my nipples, those traitors to auze dress I&039;d donned for the anticipated warmth of Italy

Alec pursed his lips as his thu the idea that I could havewith Alec - and keep hith at the same time, but realized that was the sheerest of follies

"Da off toward the back of the cabin

Sleep well, love

You can go to hell!

Pleasant dreaether

I froze for a second at the ies hich he filled my head, then ran the rest of the way to the bedrooe that he was right

I was utterly, completely, wholly in denial, and deter and turning on the bed, not totally coin with What if there was turbulence ? I looked, but there were no seat belts on the bed, so I contentedht overa sad little song of loss over the fact that it was confined to the bed, while Alec was sitting out in thewith that laptop?

Taking care of soround my teeth at hi, What sort of business? Businessy business, or vampire business?

I am involved in several mundane financial businesses, querida

Really?

Yes, really I have to have some way to fund trips in private jets, he answered, aht you justyou knowhadfor it

I didn&039;t knohy, but that pleased me I&039;ve always liked people who urative

As do I I thought you were tired?

I was I am Don&039;t you dare offer to have sex with me so I&039;ll sleep And don&039;t tellto offer that, because I can feel that you are

His laughter echoed inbathed in warhts in the roo his way upblack lace Have I told you howis quite so sexy as it is against the flesh of a war woainst the need to purr, saying instead in a hoarse voice, "Have we landed?"

"Yes We&039;re in New York, refueling We should be taking off again shortly"

"Oh Alec, I said no sex, and Iyou don&039;t desire roaned toa line up e that what I desired was him, pure and sireat, he was right - I was at the bargaining stage! Da to stop h the black lace and satin underwear, teasingsure to inflaers danced inover to one hip I shivered at the heat of it,for his touch "You&039;re hungry again"

"I&039; ht and hot with need

"Then you&039;d better go ahead and have a snack I wouldn&039;t want it getting around that I was a poor hostess My mother would never let me live it down"

He licked a spot onto ask, "How do you feel?"

"Chock-full of blood"

Hishim feel how aroused I was Truly, I&039; at you

The fa the skin on my hip dissolved to pure pleasure as he drank froer joined by a second as they curled withinme squirm as they found sensitive spots that I had no idea existed

His fingers flexed as I ainst him, driven wild by the co, everything I ever wanted in that ser joined the other two, I just about ca into the s

You are so responsive, he ers still inside o up like a powder keg Do you want me to stop, querida?

"No," I panted, amazed at the fact that my body was still keyed upuntil I realized that what I was feeling was his arousal, bound so tightly to ain

That thought scared ers were gone, the hard length of hi a moan of absolute rapture from deep into wrapto touch hi his intrusion with happy little quivers

Now, love, now, heacross flesh that I had assuered another of

Literally, since a subdued comment from the pilot over the intercom warned ere cleared for takeoff

He poured his pleasure into both o on and on, suddenly biting hard onbite, but one of possession, a way ofme to warn all other , kneasn&039;t what I should allow, but was helpless to stop him It&039;s just sex, I quietly told my inner devil I haven&039;t had sex in forever, and he&039;s really, really good at what he does, and it&039;s confusing things Besides, now that we&039;re out of the Akasha, he&039;ll have other people to feed froer wouilty about him anywithout his Beloved?

I shushed her lest he hear the thoughts rolling around in the private part ofharder and harder not to tell hiression I had no idea if Beloveds could be reincarnated, but I had a very bad feeling that I was going to have to broach that subject with him sooner rather than later

The real question was, if I was his Beloved, did I want to spend the rest of etting soentle snore rufflingled with a slightly earthier note of our activities, causing ainst his warmth I felt oddly protected despite the fact that theto look any closer at the wars that had suddenly started to take over my mind

I&039;d think about it later, when I could put a little distance between us Then sanity would return to hed until I fell asleep

"OK, your friend has seriously good taste," I told Alec some ten hours later as he skirted the sun and stepped into the shade cast by a lemon tree that stood next to the front doorway of a beautiful creaeous - with a dark tile roof, green shutters, and elegant Gothic archways, not to rounds - but situated on a hill overlooking Florence, it had a view that took my breath away "Is the rest of the house as pretty as the outside?"

"Yes Ring the bell, would you?"

I pressed a discreet bell that lay flush against the stone wall, war, didn&039;t you?"

Before he could answer, the door opened, and a plu in Italian

"Hi," I said "Are you Pia?"