After a refreshing shower, I opened the door, only to be passionately clinched into a hug by a strong, though gentle pair of arms as a shadow materialized into a solid form.
"I've missed you," Kai's alluring voice whispered into my ear as he embraced me.
My senses snapped awake, and my anger recoiled, shoving his arms off my waist.
"How dare you disappear and return as if nothing happened!" I snapped.
"I know," Kai frowned. "You just don't understand the pain I hold."
"How can I when you run!"
"I didn't run. I only needed space. It's hard to be reminded that you don't completely love me," Kai uttered in a mere sad murmur, and I couldn't believe him.
"I do love you!" I snarled, grinding my bottom lip between my teeth.
"Part of you loves me, while the other half of your heart still loves Orlando," Kai sighed.
"How could you say that!" I retorted. "How could I love him after what he's done!"
"You don't love the vampire, but you love the man Orlando portrayed himself to be," Kai claimed, and I turned away from gazing at him.
Deep beneath my heart, I knew what he said held a mere kernel of truth. Yet, it repulsed me to discover this about myself, all thanks to Bella's wing spell. Half of my heart missed the man I used to know, while my mind utterly despised the vampire I acknowledged Orlando to be.
"It's not true." Lying, I bite my lower lip, refusing to face my husband.
This internal struggle killed me just like it killed Kai. If I confess the truth, it only magnifies it. But if I keep it locked away, then the truth isn't a reality.
Kai's presence bridged the gap I had created between us as I resisted the urge to prevent hot tears from coursing down my cheeks. As he gently brushed a section of my damp hair to spread over my right shoulder, the sensual heat of the front of his body pressed against my back.
Breathy air, from the warmth of his lips whispered lovingly into my left ear. "You suffer because of me. Orlando has a part of your heart imprisoned to him by his vampirism charm, but one day, during the night of the Brightest Blue Moon, I will set you free from his torment. Then, Orlando will never come between us again."
And there's the broken problem of my heart. Orlando snared me with his alluring charm that all vampires can manipulate over their prey. I thought I was free from him until Bella rekindled those forgotten feelings again, only to tear Kai and me apart. Yet, I won't allow it, as that snared part of my heart screams to be rescued by my mate.
In a graceful turn, Kai grasped my hand, guiding me towards him as the burning in my eyes subsided. A faint smile graced my face as he delicately brushed his fingers against my cheekbone. Just as we leaned forward to kiss, a huge kick rammed my stomach, and Kai amusingly chuckled.
Where the vamp baby kicked, Kai cooed, caressing my belly over the silky, short-length blue nightgown, "I can tell our most dominant offspring is very mad at me for upsetting his mommy."
"I don't blame Lestat for being upset with you." I snubbed, revealing our most dominant son's name.
"You named him without me?" Kai chuckled in shock.
"Well, it serves you right for leaving us like you did!" I lectured. "There's still two more babies to name."
With a sly smirk, Kai declared, "Fine, if that's how you want to play it. I'll name our second son Dean, and will both pick a name for our daughter."
"Fine by me!" I reluctantly agreed. "Now, goodnight. I'm going to bed."
"Not yet, you aren't," he teased, pulling me back.
"You— Mmm..." He smashed his lips on mine, and I struggled to push him away as my mouth dissolved into his.
Our heads slanted in opposite directions as our tongues licked out. We'd shift our faces to the right and then back to the left as we devoured the inside of our mouths. Ticklish,
sensitive prickles stirred a sensual, hot heat up into my core as I groaned between our busy lips. An ache of longing has my chamber practically begging for more attention as his stiffened member pressed against my groin. My fingers raked all through his hair, tousling it as his left hand held my head in place while his tongue devoured my mouth.
Softly, his left hand brushed down the length of my hair as his right hand squeezed my hip, stimulusly pressing my lower body into his rock-hard member as his left hand slid along my back until he reached my backside.
Swift with his hands, his right hand released my hip before both his fingers grasped the seam of my nightie. In a skillful maneuver, he slid my nightgown up my thighs, rolling the thin material over my baby bump. As his lips yanked away from mine, my nightgown went up and over my head before he tossed it to the side. In that next second, I stood before him stark-naked.
Without warning, Kai picked me up like a bride, gently laying me down on the mattress. As I pulled a pillow down to lay my head on it, he stripped all his clothes off and tossed them wherever they landed on the carpet. With the beast unleashed from the restraint of his boxer briefs, his erection sprang to the ceiling.
Near my bare feet, he got himself comfortable on the edge of the mattress after approaching the bed. Without shame, he grasped my right foot, lifting it towards his mouth as his lips seductively parted while the lust and desire in his eyes were deepening.
"Kai, that's gross!" I whimpered with a moan as he sucked his mouth over my big toe, and my back nearly arched.
Butterflies fluttered in my belly as my babies kicked inside my womb while he swallowed my entire toe into the moisture of his mouth. Tickling sensations prickled along my entire body and deep beneath my core while the texture of his tongue licked my toeprint.
After he pulled my toe out of his mouth with a suction sound, his voice whispered poetically, "What's so gross about it?" a breathless chuckle husked between his lips. "You taste like your lily-jasmine blossom body wash I bought you for Christmas."
I giggle at his delightful response. There was no winning with him, I reckoned. In deep breaths, I intensely watched his lips inching towards my foot before feeling his soft breath breathing against my toes. Feathery, soft kisses pecked each toe, and then his lips kissed every sole underneath my foot. Then he thoroughly went back over my middle toes, hotly nibbling a light trail of kisses along the top of my foot.
"Kai, this is so wrong!" I bit my bottom lip as he pecked his lips over every part of my ankle and heel.
"What's so wrong about it when you have sexy feet?" a breathless husk of air uttered between his lips, pressing on my skin as he continuously kissed around my foot and ankle.