Born of Silence (Immortal Guardians) (35 page)

Dani slowly looked
down
at her parents, noticing the tears that streamed from their eyes as they
gaped at
her and Pyro.

“They seemed quite heartbroken that their baby turned into a heartless killer,” he added.

Her gaze whipped back to him.
“I am not. Whatever I am it’s because you made me. You forced me to change. You drugged me and made me fight for my life. You turned me into a monster!”

“
I
kept you alive all these years.
Me
. It was because of my paying off the scientists to break protocol and convincing Ekhart of other possibilities that kept you alive all this time. Had it not been for me, you would have died just like your sister. Your life belongs to
me
!”

“She will never belong to you,” Garrick growled.
He’d stepped in front of Dani, blocking her view of Pyro with his shoulder.
“You may have had a lucky guess that she would show up here eventually, but you failed to account for me, which means that you’re outnumbered.
” From Dani’s view, she could see the scowl on Garrick’s face. “
I only see this going one way
:
y
ou and I will fight, you
wil
l die, and Dani and her parents will be safe.”

“Ha,” Pyro laughed, and Dani glared at him as a swirl of red entered his irises. “Th
at’s
too funny. You really think I came alone?”

Ferox sat on the bed, regarding Raine as she sat beside him. He’d finally come to grips with the fact that this woman not only knew who he was, but was actually married to him as well. While he couldn’t remember anything about their relationship, he had no choice but to believe her and hope that she wasn’t some crazy stalker bitch. She didn’t look crazy,
though.
There was an insurmountable amount of worry crossing her brow at the moment, and he wished there was something he could do to rectify the problem.

She’d tried to call the Guardians repeatedly, and for some reason no matter what phone number she dialed, the line was disconnected. She grew irritated a few times, going back and forth on if she should go home or if she should stay with him. Apparently staying with her forgetful spouse had won out, because here she was, worrying about some other guys—which
a part of him
did
not
like.

“Why
aren’t they
answering their damned phones?” she growled after hanging up the receiver again. Her cell phone had died a few days ago, and she hadn’t wanted to leave him even to go get the charger from her sisters. “At the very least Raider should,” she said.
She worried her lip before looking at him.
“Would you dare meet the others? The other Guardians?”

Ummm. Ferox wasn’t afraid of meeting other warriors, especially if they were family. But he did want a chance to at least try and remember something about his life before being thrown into it again.

“Never
mind,” she said, obviously seeing
the
worry cross his face. She patted his leg gently.

He needed to feed. He was hungry, starving for blood, and also felt an overwhelming need to check on Kyle and Eugene. They had taken him in when he’d first woken up with amnesia. Living in a homeless community, they’d still provided a place for him to rest his head and the three worked together to survive. He’d been away from the old man and the teenager for days, and they were likely worried about him. He should grab a bite to eat and go to them, at the very least to make sure they’re okay and let them know that he’s fine as well.

“You’re hungry,
” Raine
said
. Her eyes sparkled as she
stared
at his fangs that he hadn’t even realized were sticking out
from under his top lip
. He hid them as best as he could, but it was too late. She’d already moved to stra
dd
le him, and she cocked her head to the side, giving him access to
he
r neck.

Oh god, her neck. So long and beautiful. Her vein pumped steadily under her skin, growing slightly faster than it had been just seconds ago. He could feel the change in her, but he didn’t know if it was from excitement or fear. He flicked his tongue out absentmindedly, running it over the tip of a fang. He could just take a taste. She would be amazing. Even as he thought it, the bulge in his pants he’d been brandishing ever since he first saw her grew in size. Raine moaned as she moved against h
im, giving him the biggest cock-
stand of his life.

He thought.

Ferox groaned, his body aching to do things to her, to let her do things to him. And it could all begin with just a bite. . .

“No,” he
snapped
,
standing as he gently pushed her from his lap. “I can’t.”

She didn’t back down though, she took another step toward him, putting their bodies only inches away from each other. “Why?”

He turned away
, embarrassed that she’d see how she affected him. She followed him, moving as fast as he did.

“Why?” she asked again. “Why won’t you touch me? Why won’t you bite me?”

Their gazes locked. He was angry, staring at her from behind his lowered eyebrows, taking in every detail as Raine was basked in a light green glow. “Because I’ll kill you,
”
he growled.
There. He’d told her the truth. He was a monster. She knew what he was to an extent, but she didn’t know all of it. “If I bite you I’ll drain you dry.”

Her
expression grew
sad as she
studied
him. And yet, she still d
idn’t pull away. S
he brought her hand up and cupped his cheek
, her palm soft and warm
. “You won’t,” she said gently. “Not unless you
want
to kill me.”

His hands came up and
grip
ped her arms
, though he was gentle
. “I don’t want to. That’s the point.” They stood there, just staring and breathing
for a minute. Raine’s eyes
remained sad, as though she thought he was rejecting her simply because he wanted to. “I think I’d die if anything ever happened to you.”

Her gaze traveled from his eyes to his mouth, where he knew his fangs were sticking out long and proud. Her own lips parted and the temptation to kiss her intensified. “Ferox,” she whispered,
her voice taking on a low, shaky quality
. “Take it. I need your bite.
You don’t understand this right now, but
I need to feel it.”

Oh my god, he was going to burst.

And yet, on she continued, “I need to feel you inside of me as much as you need my blood.
Please
.”

Her eyes pleaded every bit as much as her voice did.
Her body shook with need, and Ferox had started to give in. His face inched closer to hers, stopping just short of reaching her delectable mouth. “I won’t be able to stop,” he said gruffly.

She smiled, her eyes glittering from the light she had explained radiated from his own. “I don’t want you to.”

That slight admission coupled with the longing in her eyes was all he needed. He closed the distance between them, their lips crushing together. Her lips were warm and soft, even more delectable than he’d imagined as their lips moved in rhythm. His tongue shot out as she parted her lips, granting him access to the moist heat of her mouth. Their tongues swirled together, clashing and writhing.

Without even realizing he did it, he picked her up and carried her to the bed. Only when his knee hit the soft mattress did he realize what he’d done, and he laid her down on the bed gently as he followed her down. She broke their kiss, gasping for much needed air, and as she did, her body wiggled underneath him sinuously. Her hands shot up and she grabbed the back of his head, urging him to her neck. “Drink,” she begged. “
Drink
.”

He
nuzzled her neck, taking in all of Raine
’s
scents as he did
.

His fangs pierced her skin and her blood immediately flooded into his mouth. He moaned at the taste, a rough, low growl he hadn’t recognized
as himself.
Raine moaned against him
, the word “yes” ringing out over and over, split up by hissing intakes of breath
.
They were
conten
t
ed moan
s
, filled with excitement. The vibration worked through him
,
starting in his fangs. She clutched at him, her nails
clawing
through the shirt on his back. The sting caused him to suck her harder
,
which only increased her moans as she thrashed beneath him.

“Please,”
she
panted. “Ferox
,
please
, I need you.”

He was too far
gone as it was. He’d never drunk
from a female before. Not that he could remember. Her taste and the softness of her body, the moans that escaped her mouth, and the raking of her nails across his skin as she even now pulled his shirt off, was too much to
bear. Her full breasts filled his
hands and her legs parted to allow him entrance to where his body demanded he be. His hands fumbled with his fly, but finally—blessedly—he wrenched his pants and boxers down his legs. He continued sucking and drinking her blood as he inched her own pants down her silky, soft legs, baring a tiny triangle of a thong that he quickly relieved her of.

Oh god, the skin on skin contact. He growled against her neck and this time it wasn’t just because of her blood. She hissed in a breath as well as his cock fit against her hot, wet core, as though the two of them were made for each other.

She writhed against him. “Please, Ferox.
Please
don’t make me beg.”

No, the female would beg no more tonight.
One hand left her breast and slid slowly down the soft curves of her body. Little goose bumps trailed behind his fingertips, and he smiled against her skin as he felt them. His fingers curled down, touching the apex of her thighs. She hissed again, bucking as his fingers probed and tease
d. He slid one finger inside
.

“Ahh, yes,” she purred, rolling her hips against him.
Her
body tightened around his finger.

He pushed in and pulled out in the same rhythm as his hips until he was able to slide another finger inside. His pumping grew faster and faster until he couldn’t hold back his own needs any longer. His fangs pulled out of her neck just as his cock pressed through her folds.

“Oh, God,” he hissed, his eyes closing from the incredible feeling of her body. Her hands cupped his ass, gripping harder with each thrust of his hips. God, the woman was amazing, her body everything he’d ever wanted. Ferox opened his eyes suddenly, his gaze
meeting hers before he
flicked down to her bleeding neck.
He halted his thrusts.
“Oh my
…
did I?” Had he taken too much?

“You’re fine.” She smiled. “Just lick them closed.”

Craving another taste of her, his tongue flicked out as he bent his head. Licking the twin pricks, he pulled back as the skin sealed shut. Raine was fast though, her hands winding up around his neck, pulling him to her mouth for a passionate kiss. Her tongue dipped inside his mouth just as his was shooting forward. They clashed, dancing in each other’s mou
ths as though their tongues
also ma
de
love.

Ferox’s hips moved faster as he pounded into Raine’s body. She
writhed
and moaned sensuously beneath him, losing control herself.

His toes curled in a feeble attempt to keep him from losing himself before she did, and he prayed that he could hold out longer than
s
he. H
e pistoned
faster and faster as her sheath tightened around him. In to
the hilt, out to the tip,
in
to the hilt,
out to the tip. Pounding her with every ounce of strength in him, only to pull back out to where her entrance tickled the head of his cock. Another ram in, another retreat. So tight. So wet.

He pulled out of their kiss so he could look down at her beautiful face as he gave her his all. She was flushed all over: her face, her neck, even her upper arms. Her lips were swollen and h
er bright, ice blue eyes peered
up at him with more emotion than even her body could express. The sight of all that love in her sent him over the edge. She followed right along with him, crying out as her body convulsed around his
shaft
. His head fell back and a strangled cry escaped him as his body emptied into her.