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"How about I call you both at the same time?" Mitch said.

Ciera's eyes lit up. "That would be great! Yes…do that."

"I gotta know, Ciera. What are you not telling me about Lazarus? He told me that he confronted you about me, and told you to leave me alone."

She shook her head. "I've never met him, Mitch." She waited a moment then decided to tell him what she was thinking. "This is only my theory, so don't call me a liar if it turns out to be untrue." He nodded and she went on. "You said that he used to be an Elder, and now he is a Rogue. The way that I see it, he conceived you, so he already knew you would be very powerful if you were ever turned. He needed a different vampire to turn you, so that you would have some of their powers as well."

"What are you saying?" That was the second time she had heard that question tonight. Didn't anyone understand her?

"I think he wants to destroy the Elders, with you as his main weapon. Is he trying to find out all that you can do?"

Mitch bowed his head. "Yes, but he said he's trying to help me discover all my skills."

"My advice, if you want to take it, is to do very bad at the skills he tells you to try. Don't let him know how strong you are."

He nodded, and stayed silent for a long moment. He finally looked up at her. "Are you going to sleep with him?"

"Would you hate me if I did?" she asked without looking away from him.

He shook his head. "I've tried. I can't hate you. I can't even be mad at you with the way I have treated you since all of this happened. I really hope that you are the one I end up trusting when all of this is over."

She smiled. "Me too. I hope you are a really good actor. Dane tells me that Lazarus is pretty powerful. If he senses anything…"

"I got this, Ciera. Go back to your other guy, and leave the hard stuff to me. I will call you and Alice to me a little after Lazarus leaves for work."

"I love you, Mitch."

He only nodded, then closed his eyes to will her spirit back to her body.

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Chapter
52

When Ciera opened her eyes, she was lying on the bed in her and Dane's guest room. He was looking at her, and he had tears in his eyes. She quickly sat upright. "What happened?"

He shook his head. "I went with you. You told him about us. You told him that you loved me. You risked what you have with him ... for me."

"I am also risking what I have with you, for him. I guess you heard everything about Lazarus."

Dane sat up and nodded. "Yeah, and I think you are right about him wanting to take down the Illinois' Vampire Aristocracy," he grinned. "I will have to admit that Mitch's skills are rather impressive. He has only been a vampire for about twenty-four hours, and he's already discovered that he has five skills. At least you are not downsizing by being with him."

Ciera hit him with a pillow and he laughed. "I like him even more since he has, in a way, given you permission to be with me tonight. He took the news a lot better than I would have taken it."

She raised an eyebrow. "Does that mean I am going to have a problem with you when we get to Mitch?"

He thought about that for a few moments, then looked at her and shook his head. "I would be lying if I told you that I will be happy about it, but …" he shook his head again, "... I love you, Ciera. If he makes you happy, then I have no choice but to let you go with a big smile on my face. Even though it will be a lie." He took her hand in his, and put it to his lips. "I will not cause you any problems with Mitch when we get there." He looked away from her and laughed lightly. "I was actually hoping he would be extremely upset with you. I know that it is selfish of me, but I feel like I will lose everything when the two of you reunite."

She took his chin with her fingers and made him look at her. "It's true that you will not have my body, but you will always have half of my heart. If it is too much for you to see us together, I will understand if you have to go away, but … I don't want you to. I will not feel whole if you are away from me." 

He grinned. "Can I lie to you right now and tell you that I will stay?"

She nodded and her eyes filled with tears.

He fit his hand to the curve of her neck and pulled her lips to his. He kissed her long and passionately. He moved so his body was parallel with hers, and pulled her tight to him as he kissed her.

Kissing her was more than real to him. He had never had any one girl affect him the way that she did. He leaned back and looked into her eyes. "I will stay." He knew it would probably turn out to be a lie in the end, but right at that moment, he meant every word he said to her. He didn't know if he would be strong enough to stay and watch her be with Mitch, but he would try. He didn't want to let her down.

Ciera found his lips again, and ran her hands from his broad shoulders, down his chest, and rested her hands on each side of his hips. She pulled him slowly to her, and noticed that he was very happy to see her.

A soft moan escaped her throat, and she could feel Dane's hand reach around to her back. He unzipped her dress, careful not to move too fast with her. It still amazed him that she was a three century old virgin. She didn't feel like any virgin to him, though. The way her hands were touching his body, and the way she was moving against him, was all experience. He had to remind himself, about every five seconds, to slow down.

He moved the strap off her shoulder when he got the dress unzipped. He ran a trail of kisses down her neck and over her collar bone. He bared her breast, and massaged it gently, as he ran his thumb over her taut nipple. She screamed out in pleasure, and her body bucked against his. His eyes got wide as he realized that she was having an orgasm from him only touching her nipple. He quickly covered her peak with his mouth, licking and sucking her to release.

The pleasure he was giving her was evident. She ran her fingers through his hair, and pulled at him to give her more and more. He moved the tight dress away from her other breast and focused all his attention there as he shimmied the dress down and over her hips. Being free of the dress allowed her to press her leg against his sex.

He groaned in frustration at not being skin-to-skin with her. He spread his fingers and ran his hand down her flat abdomen, and under her black lace panties. She was wet and ready for him, and he teased and taunted her into another release. He slowly slid his finger deep inside of her core. She cried out in pleasure, and opened her eyes to him. Desire filled both their eyes, and he continued to ready her sex for him as he brought his mouth back up to hers.

The button on his trousers was within her reach now that he was kissing her again, and she made quick work with unleashing what she wanted to get her hands on. She pushed up off the bed. Lying on her back just wasn't working for her. She wanted to see and touch all of him. His hands went to her hair, and bobby pins began to fly all over the bed and floor as he released her French twist. Her hair cascaded over his chest as she pushed him on his back to rid the last bit of his clothing.

She kissed down his chest and stomach. And when his trousers were below his hips, and his sex was made available before her, it only seemed right to run her tongue up his long shaft and take him into her mouth. He groaned loudly and covered his face with a pillow, then screamed. She ran her tongue around him, and watched him squirm. He removed the pillow and looked down at her, aghast. "You've done this before, Ciera," he said.

She kissed the tip of him, and shook her head with a smile, then finished removing his slacks from his legs. When he was free of them, he got to his knees and picked her up so she could wrap her legs around his torso. He squeezed her to him and kissed her hard on the mouth. With her legs around him, his sex was teasing hers through the black satin and lace. He pushed her body down on him slightly, and she screamed his name for him to keep going.

Her arms were wrapped around his neck, holding her body in place, so he ripped each side of her panties, pulling them free of her and out of his way. He kissed her deep and slowly then, and moved his hips under her until he was at the correct angle. He looked at her beautiful face. "Look at me, Ciera." She opened her eyes and kissed him again. When she pulled back, they were both breathing heavy with wanting each other. "I don't want to hurt you so … I'll let you be in control of this until I am all the way in you." He smiled. "Take your time, my love. We have all night."

She could feel the tip of him protruding against her core, and it felt so sensual and so good. She eased down on him a little. A sharp pain shot through her lower abdomen, bringing her back up. She caught her breath as it eased away, and she pushed herself further down the length of him. She cried out through the pain of it, and kept going and going until she had all of him deep inside of her. She took several deep breaths. It still hurt like hell, but through the pain, she realized that pleasure was quickly replacing it. Her breathing picked up and she moved her hips slowly at first. There was a grand pressure building in her that was crying out to be released.

Dane was panting, pushing and pulling air quickly though his mouth. "Si sente così bene a me, il mio amore. Mi sono perso eternamente a te," he said, knowing Ciera would understand every Italian word that left his lips. It meant, "
You feel so good to me, my love.
I am eternally lost to you."
He grabbed her hips and pressed into her even further still. She cried out in ecstasy as he shoved her current orgasm over the edge. He laid her on her back, moving slowly at first, trying to get her muscles to give a little. It was driving him crazy at how tight she was. And when she'd had her last orgasm, her muscles had pulsated around him, squeezing him even harder. He wasn't going to last much longer if he didn't get control of his stamina. He hadn't ever had issues in that department, but with her … with her it was definitely an issue.

He pulled out of her, and she stiffened as she looked at him. He shook his head. "I just need a minute, honey. You aren't doing anything wrong. He kissed that confused look off her face, and ran his hands slowly over her body in places, and harder in other places. He cupped her buttocks with his hand, pulled her body up to him and slid himself back into her wet center.  They both cried out as desire engulfed them.

He began a steady rhythm, and soon she was at the top of another peak. Without breaking the pattern, he reversed their positions to where she was on top of him. He moved her hips back and forth to guide her at first, then she found her own pace and rode out her own release. She collapsed on top of him, and he ran his hands down the damp skin of her back.

Dane turned his head to the side to bare his neck for her. "Feed, Ciera." Her head came up only enough to place her mouth over his jugular. She kissed him softly, like she had only a short while ago when he had been sitting in the chair. The thought of that memory made him smile. It had started all of this. His smile spread even more as he realized that she had wanted to kiss him more than she had wanted blood. He had known exactly how uncomfortable she must have been feeling with her bloodlust. And for her to want to kiss him more…well, that just made his century.

She kissed his neck again, then he heard her fangs shoot out, and she struck him painlessly. She moaned loudly as she swallowed his blood down, and began to rock back and forth on him again.

He could tell she wanted to scream out her pleasure, but she could not because her mouth was attached to the side of his throat.

Dane felt the pressure building in his own body, and he knew that he wouldn't be able to stop it from coming with how fast and hard she was riding him. She seemed to sense the stillness of his body, and she broke from his neck long enough to bite her own wrist. She held it out in front of him as an offering, and he licked the blood that was running quickly down her arm from the small puncture wounds, then he latched on and pulled greedily from her vein.

The craving took over them both as she found his neck again. Dane flipped them over, and pounded himself in her fast and hard, like he was trying to push himself through her, into the bed beneath her naked body. Nothing could describe the feeling of desire and bloodlust that was being exchanged between them. It couldn't be said aloud, it couldn't be written, it couldn't even be thought.

She ran her tongue over his wounds, and he did the same with hers. When they pulled their mouths away from them, they were already healed. Dane looked through her eyes to her soul as he felt the pressure building again. He could tell she was about to reach her climax as well, and he would hold out until she reached that moment.