Pursued(118)

As though he’d felt her make the decision, she sensed a rush of triumph from Merrick and then he suddenly withdrew his tongue. Elise started to moan in protest and then she felt him suck the heated button of her clit between his lips and begin tracing it with the tip of his tongue. At the same time, two long, strong fingers thrust deep in her pussy and began to pump, giving her a deep, thorough fucking that made her arch her back and throw back her head with pleasure.

“Yes!” she moaned. “Oh God, Merrick, yes…yes!”

It was too much and exactly enough. As he lashed her clit with his tongue and thrust deep in her pussy, Elise felt herself coming, felt her inner muscles contracting, spasming around his invading fingers as a thousand sparks of fire jumped through her body, igniting every nerve ending until she thought she might explode with the intense sensation. She rocked against him, pressing shamelessly against his mouth, giving herself completely both to Merrick and the pleasure he was giving her. Losing all control.

Through it all she felt his emotions as well, the deep, solid satisfaction he got from pushing her to the edge and beyond. His own intense pleasure and excitement as he watched her come, felt her spasm around his fingers and tongue. It was good, it was right, it was perfect…somehow completely perfect at that instant in time. And the best thing about it was that it triggered no flashbacks, raised no dark specters from the vault, as she had half-feared it would.

The instant spun out into infinity like a golden thread of honey stretched thin between them…and then Elise collapsed, panting, on the leafy blue pillow beside Merrick.

“Oh my God, that was amazing,” she gasped, turning her head to look at him. Her heart was still beating so hard she felt like she’d just run a marathon but her body felt boneless and limp—completely worn out.

“You’re telling me,” Merrick growled. His mouth was shiny with her juices and he licked his lips deliberately and raised an eyebrow at her. “Fucking amazing. Your pussy tastes delicious, baby.”

“Thank you.” Elise felt her cheeks heating at the intimate compliment. “I’m, uh, glad you liked it. But did it work?”

“Hmm…” Merrick flexed his arms and back experimentally. Then he sat up in bed and rolled his shoulders before turning to face Elise, a smile on his face. “Good as new.”

“Oh good! I’m so glad.” Elise wanted to go to him at once and hug him but now she felt shy again. The venom in his system had been neutralized and her hunger was completely satiated—at least for now—so she really didn’t have an excuse to cuddle with the big Kindred.

Merrick seemed to sense her anxiety. “C’mere,” he said, motioning for her. “Just because we’re both good for now doesn’t mean we have to act like strangers again.”

“I guess not.” Elise went to him and snuggled under his muscular arm with a little sigh of pure contentment. “This is so nice.”

“It’s more than nice…it’s right.” Still holding her against him, Merrick lay back on the bed. “Love the feel of you against me, baby. Are you over the fear now?”

“I think so,” Elise said cautiously. And indeed, the terror which had been triggered, on that awful night when she’d seen his dark silhouette in her bedroom doorway, seemed to have at last been vanquished. The last traces of it had blown away with the mind-numbing orgasm Merrick had given her. Suddenly she realized that while she had experienced the ultimate pleasure, Merrick hadn’t. “Um…” She sat up a little and looked at him. “Do you want me to, uh, return the favor?”

“Not necessary.” He gave a low, growling chuckle. “I shot off in my pants like a kid when I felt you finally letting go.”

“Oh!” She remembered the strange way she’d seemed to feel his pleasure as well as her own—not to mention all his other emotions. “Merrick,” she said carefully. “I, uh, would it be weird if I told you that while we were…while you were…”

“While I was tasting your sweet, wet pussy?” he said, grinning at her.

Elise felt her cheeks get hot again. “Um, yes. Anyway, while you were doing that, I could feel you through the bond—feel your emotions—the same way you can feel mine.”

“Really?” He pushed up on one elbow and looked down at her, frowning with concern. “You felt what I was feeling?”

“I thought I did,” Elise said cautiously. “I felt you wanting me to…to let go. To trust you and give in to the pleasure you were giving me. And when I finally did, I felt your pleasure as well. I mean, I didn’t know that you, uh, finished, but I definitely felt something. What does that mean?”