Maxim’s eyes close for a quick second as both his hands come to the sides of my belly.
“Maxim!” Tears spring to my eyes; I’m convinced something is wrong.
But when he looks up, it’s not fear I see in his glowing red eyes, it’s joy.
“I can see.” He smiles, his white teeth practically glowing.
“What is it, what is it? A boy? A girl?”
He nods. “Yes.”
Confusion clouds my thoughts for a split second, then realization explodes inside of me.
“Both? Twins?” I do a little jump and Maxim nods. “Oh my god! Two?”
Pure bliss and some fear battle inside of me.
Maxim looks perplexed. “Baby, didn’t Anna say there is no such thing as vampire twins?”
“That’s almost what she said.” My voice is shaking as my hands settle on top of Maxim’s as he holds my tummy. “She said, ‘before’. There have never been vampire twins before.” I grin. “I guess we’re having a lot of firsts.”
“I guess nothing is impossible. Not in our world.” He drops his hands, one coming to hold mine and his other reaches inside his suit jacket. “I can’t wait.”
“Wait for what?”
He pulls out a carved wooden box, flipping the top open with his thumb and holding it up, and there’s a wild concussion in the air. Like the earth shifted under my feet.
“For you to marry me. Marry me, Seleme, for real. Be my wife for eternity and not a day less.”
I nod my head, unable to make the words that beg for freedom come from my throat. So many things I want to say, but a simple nod is all I can manage.
As he slips the ring onto my finger, there’s this familiarity that calms me. A warmth inside of me glows that I haven’t felt since I turned.
“This ring has been waiting for me.” I whisper, unsure what I mean but knowing it’s the truth.
“I believe so. And you know what else has been waiting for you?”
I look down at my hand, and inside the ring I see the natural ‘S’ shape, set in the center of the stone, and there’s a knowing that grows inside of me. Of things past, present and future, and the hope of what is to be.
“What?”
“Me.”
Maxim pulls me down onto the floor in front of the fire, onto the soft sheepskin rugs, raising my slip of a dress and exposing my wet sex as he lowers his face between my legs.
I look up at the wooden beams of the ceiling and raise my hips to meet his mouth as he takes slow licks up and down. His tongue is cool as it flicks over my clit, taking his time as I moan and slip my hands into his hair pulling us closer together.
His mouth moves faster and I feel the sharpness of his new teeth rasp against my tender flesh as his mouth opens wide and he consumes me.
Thick fingers push into my slick opening, spreading me, and I want him as much as I did those first days when I felt it was my human hormones playing tricks on me.
Not so.
My need grows each day, and so does his. I don’t know how we will make it though eternity if that continues, but for now our need hasn’t faded in any way.
The bond we formed when we first gave ourselves to each other is unlike anything I could imagine. I want him, but not just like this. I want his thoughts, his good, his bad, his soul. It’s as though we are truly part of one another in ways that humans cannot understand.
My hips grind against his ravaging mouth as I tear at his hair and we become near animals.
I cum in a twisting explosion as he licks and sucks at my clit, wringing another wild climax from me before he rips his clothing from his body and spreads my legs wide.
He covers me, his massive frame held above my belly as he penetrates me in one hard thrust. I can hear our hearts beating, speeding, racing toward each other as his thick cock fills me.
We cum together as his thick seed sprays inside me. Maxim’s roar shakes the windows of the house as I claw down his back, just as I do nearly every time we make love.
Thankfully, he heals almost immediately, as do I, otherwise he would be a mess of torn flesh.
His hot seed is dripping from me as his face comes to my ear and he tells me all the loving and wonderful things I will never tire of hearing.
Then we lay there for a long moment, the fire flickering as Maxim raises his face above mine and kisses me softly.
“Did you ever believe this was possible?
I take a deep breath, my hands on his cheeks. “Not in a thousand lifetimes.”
“That’s what we will have. A thousand, then a thousand more. After that, we’ll renegotiate.” Maxim smiles and I give his shoulder a soft punch.