Pursued(146)
"Baby…" Lauren caressed his black hair gently. "I could never hate you. And I think these dreams have only been having such an effect on you because we've been apart. We need to bridge the gap—come together again so this nasty dream bitch—whoever she is, will leave you alone."
"I feel the same." He rubbed against her once more and then licked a long, hot trail up the center of her sensitive slit, making Lauren gasp. Then he looked up, his red-on-black eyes blazing with desire. "You are the one I want, Lauren. You and only you."
"Oh Xairn…" Her breath seemed to catch in her throat. "I feel the same way. I love you. And I need you—so much."
"I need you, too." He lapped at her again, driving his tongue deeper to slide across her overheated clit, making her moan and writhe under him. "Let's take what we need," he murmured hoarsely.
Lauren couldn't think of a better way to spend the night. "Yes…" She stroked his hair and spread her thighs even wider, welcoming him in. "Let's take what we need right now."
Chapter Thirty-five
“Well, here we are. What's the update?” Olivia got comfortable on the extra-large, Kindred-sized couch, her bowl of chili-lime-chocolate drizzled popcorn in her lap and looked at Lauren expectantly.
"You were right." Lauren smiled at her cousin as she settled beside her. "We just needed to talk—to get things out in the open. Once I cornered him and made him explain, everything worked itself out."
"I knew it!" Liv grinned. "See? You just have to make them spill. So what was his problem anyway?"
Lauren frowned. "Well, it's kind of strange. You see, Xairn told me he'd been having these weird—"
“Hi guys!”
They both looked up to see Sophie and Kat standing in the doorway. “Oh, hi.” Lauren smiled at them. “Come right in—make yourselves at home.”
“Hope you don’t mind we came in without knocking," Kat said. “But the door wasn’t locked and we’ve been looking for you and Liv everywhere.”
“What are you guys doing? Having a girl day without us?” Sophie asked, coming to sit on the arm of the sofa.
“Nope.” Liv smiled. “Just talking about pregnancy stuff.” She looked at her twin sister. “Speaking of which, when are you going to take another test?”
“Soon.” Sophie looked cautiously excited. “I’m already late—I just want to wait a little longer and be sure before I take the test.”
“I bet you’re pregnant, waaaay pregnant.” Olivia grinned excitedly. “You’ve probably got twins going on in there.” She pointed at her sister’s still-flat belly.
“Heaven forbid,” Kat said, making a face. “One huge Kindred baby is enough, don’t you think?”
“He is getting pretty big—especially now that I can feel him kicking all the time.” Liv rubbed her protruding belly protectively. “He’s an energetic little fella, I can tell you that!”
“I want to feel him kick!” Lauren exclaimed. “Can I?”
“Is he awake right now?” Sophie asked.
“Well—” Liv began.
“I don’t want to put a damper on the mood,” Kat interrupted. “But we actually came to tell you that Elise and Merrick are on their way home.”
“Oh, that’s right,” Sophie said. “They just called and Sylvan is getting the cryo chamber ready. He has to use it to treat the plant they got on Rageron before he uses it to dissolve their bond.”
“They’re going to be calling in again right before they go through the rift. If you want to talk to Elise, we have to hurry and get to the viewing room,” Kat said. “So come on, let’s go.”
“Absolutely. But I need somebody to help me up.” Olivia put out both arms and Sophie and Kat hauled her to her feet.
“Whew,” Kat complained. “What am I going to do when all three of you are preggers? There’s only one of me, you know.”
“You’ll manage,” Liv said sweetly. “And just think, you’ll have all of us waiting on you when you have your babies.”
“You’ll be waiting a while for that,” Kat said grimly. “Come on, we have to hurry, so waddle as fast as you can.”
“You!” Liv smacked her lightly on the shoulder, laughing. “You’ll pay for that later.”
“I’m sure I will.” Kat gave her a wry grin. “Let’s go.”
* * * * *
Sylvan was waiting in the viewing room when they all crowded in to stand in front of the huge silvery viewscreen that covered one entire wall. “Hello, Talana,” he murmured, drawing Sophie to him and kissing her gently on the cheek.