She took his hand. "What did you dream?"
His mouth quirked. "Ye did a striptease dance for me in a vampire cape."
"Really?" When he laughed, she made a face at him. "Very funny. What was the dream?"
His eyes softened. "I'll tell you someday."
"Hmm." She scooted off the bar stool. She walked away from him, then flipped one side of the cape back to reveal a rounded hip. "I have ways of making you talk."
She gasped when he zoomed up to her at vampire speed. "I have ways of making you scream." He untied the strings at her neck and pushed the cape off her shoulders.
The satin material pooled on the floor, the red side up. Ian lifted her in his arms, then laid her down on the scarlet satin.
"Well, why not?" She gave him a wry look. "We've stained everything else in this place."
With a laugh, he zoomed back to the bar and grabbed his glass. An inch of blood still remained in the bottom. "Ye've given me an idea."
"You're going to stain the carpet?"
"Nay." He knelt beside her and drizzled the blood over her breasts and down her torso.
"Eeuw. I hope you plan to clean that up." She forgot to be indignant when his tongue lapped the blood off her breasts. He followed the trail of blood down her torso, then licked the last remaining drops from her belly button.
She squirmed on the red satin, enjoying the decadent feel of it against her backside. Ian returned to her breasts to suckle. She felt his teeth nibbling ever so gently and recalled the look of his fangs when he'd gone into full Dracula mode. His eyes had glowed blue, intense with Vamp power, then they'd turned red as he'd looked hungrily at her. The old bite marks on her breasts and torso itched, but not with fear or repulsion.
She felt desire. And need. "Ian."
He glanced up at her, and the red glow in his eyes tugged deep within her. Her bite marks burned.
She raked her hands into his long black hair and gripped his head tight. "Bite me."
He blinked. "Nay. Doona say that. I willna use you for food. I'm no' hungry."
"I am. I have a deep…hunger inside me."
"Toni, ye're reacting to my Vamp power. I'll try to tone it down."
"No, let it loose."
He studied her curiously. "Do ye know what ye're asking? Ye were attacked. Ye have terrible memories."
"I want to turn that terror into something beautiful. Can you do that?"
"I can keep it from hurting. But it is all an illusion. Mind control. And I know how ye feel about that."
"I'm not afraid of your mind. I love you."
He hesitated, frowning.
"Do it. Do it all. I want to experience everything with you."
He closed his eyes. "Ye're so verra tempting. I can smell yer blood, hot and delicious. I can hear it rushing through you, calling to me."
"Take me."
His eyes opened, and she gasped at the startling blue. A wave of icy cold air struck her forehead, then swept down her body, prickling her skin with gooseflesh.
I am with you. His voice reverberated in her mind, and her entire body tingled as if he were blowing his breath over her. He nuzzled her neck. We will share mind, body, and blood. He licked her neck, and she gasped as the same sensation happened between her legs.
It had to be an illusion. But one hell of an illusion. All the tingling on her neck was echoed below. Her need grew more desperate, and the tingles grew into throbbing pulses, demanding satisfaction.
She wrapped her legs around him. "Take me now."
His fangs extended with a small hissing sound that made her ache for him. She shuddered as his erection pressed against her and his teeth softly scraped her neck. Soon, soon it would happen.
He plunged into her core with so much force, she barely noticed the prick on her neck. And then he was loving her, taking her body and blood. I am inside you in every way. Ye are mine, and I am yers.
With each suck at her neck, a shudder of pleasure skittered through her. Then he pulled away from her neck. I doona want to take too much. He licked the bite wounds, and the shudders continued, intensified with each bodily thrust into her core.
His pace picked up. I can feel ye coming. We're coming together.
And they did. Toni cried out just as she heard his roar of pleasure thunder through her mind. She'd never felt anything like it. Their bodies shuddered together like a choreographed dance. Their minds pulsated in shared pleasure. Amazing, she thought, or did he think that? She could no longer tell who was who. They were one.