Page 45 of Dark Awakening: Hidden Currents

Marina got into the tub across from Peter and lowered herself carefully into the water.

"Too hot?" Peter asked.

"A little, but I'll get used to it in a moment."

"I know how to make it better." He leaned over, lifted her like she weighed nothing, and laid her down on his chest, just not the way she'd expected.

Nevertheless, it was nice to feel his hard length poking her butt, and as she rested her head on his hard muscles, he cupped her breasts and started to play with her nipples.

Closing her eyes, she let out a soft moan and rubbed her bottom over his erection. In response, it twitched against her backside.

"Umm, that's nice." She spread her legs a little and adjusted the angle to get more friction.

"Impatient?" He kissed her neck in the spot where it met her shoulder, then nipped a little, letting his fangs scrape against her skin.

As usual, the thought of him biting her sent a shiver of desire down her spine, and more moisture pooled between her legs. It had become an addiction, and although Peter claimed that it was the venom itself that was addictive, she just loved the whole thing and couldn't get enough of it.

Now that there was a valid reason to strive for two of those a day, she wasn't sure she would be able to function in the café with so much euphoria scrambling her brain.

"We don't have much time, remember?"

"Oh, right." He removed one of his hands from her breast and slipped lower to cup her center, his middle finger parting her folds.

The moan she let out sounded throaty and loud as it echoed in the tiled bathroom.

"Feels good, love?"

She wiggled to get more of his finger. "You know it does."

He slipped it into her and added one more while his thumb pressed against her clit.

"That's good." She rubbed her bottom against his cock.

Peter hissed into her ear and caught her chin, twisting her head around and taking her mouth in a hungry kiss while he pumped his fingers in and out of her.

She wanted to tell him that she preferred to have his shaft inside of her, but he was devouring her mouth while tormenting her nipple and fingering her to oblivion.

Was he going to bite her when she came?

The thought was enough to send her over the edge. Peter kept kissing her through the tremors and rubbing his erection against her ass, but he didn't enter her, and he didn't bite her.

When the storm he'd unleashed inside of her subsided, he gently slid out from under her, stepped out of the tub, grabbed a towel, and spread it out for her to step into.

When she did, he wrapped her in the bath sheet and lifted her into his arms.

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PETER

Peter lowered Marina to the bed and waited for her to pull the blanket over her before taking her towel to dry himself.

When he was done, he dropped the towel on the floor and joined her on the bed. Pulling her close against his body, he rubbed his hands over her back and then cupped her lush bottom.

She felt so fragile, and it dawned on him that even if his venom kept her alive much longer than normal for a human, it wouldn't make her immortal, and she could get hurt.

He would never stop worrying about her.

The solution was simple. She should never leave the village. When surrounded by immortals, Marina was safe.