Blood Song: Refrain by Charli B Rose

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Everyone I loved was gone. Dead. Except him. He argued as a vampire, he was dead too. I offered myself to him—blood, body, heart—but he pushed me away. He was afraid he’d taint me. Time was running out to convince him he was worthy of love.


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I reached out and traced her frown, longing to rub it from her face. “Enough serious talk. How about I race you the length of the pool and back?”

“What do I get if I win?” 

“Hmmm.” I tapped my finger against my chin in fake contemplation. There was no way she’d win, but I’d play along. “How about pleasure? Lots and lots of pleasure?”

“And if you win?” she asked.

I shifted closer to her. Close enough that my chest brushed against hers. “If I win, I get to give you lots and lots of pleasure.”

Her flesh pinkened up. “Sounds like I win either way.”

“No, my star, I win either way.” Then I claimed her mouth in a scorching kiss that stole my breath and hers. Before I could get too lost in the moment, I ripped my mouth from hers and kicked off the wall, swimming in the direction of the far wall.

From behind me, she laughed and shouted, “No fair.”

I called back, “All’s fair in love and orgasms.” Love? Where the hell did that come from?

Before she could respond, I dove to the bottom of the pool and used my arms to pull me through the water. The water rippled with her movements, but not enough to indicate she was chasing after me. My senses stayed tuned in to her, waiting for her to slice through the clear liquid. I reached the far wall and turned. 

With my keen eyesight, I was easily able to make out Celesta’s form planted in the middle of the pool, directly in my path. The skimpy black material that had been covering her moments ago had disappeared. 

I popped up to the surface and dragged my palm over my face, clearing the water from my eyes. “What are you up to?” I asked, hypnotized by the water lapping against her bare chest.

“All’s fair in love and orgasms, right?” With a wink, she ducked beneath the surface and swam toward me. 

I remained frozen in place in nearly four feet of water, watching her lithe form move through the liquid like she was born to swim. When she reached me, she gripped my ankles, then slowly dragged her hands up my legs as she rose from the bottom. I grew harder as her fingers inched higher.

Her mouth was so close to my body I could almost imagine the brush of her lips against my skin. I yearned for it. Needed it. Every cell on the surface of my body strained toward her. 

Soft fingertips skated up my torso. Her face emerged, and she stood slowly, her chest brushing mine as she shifted her body upright. She wrapped her arms around my neck.

“How about we skip the race and go straight to the reward?” she suggested against my lips.

My arms wound around her waist, clutching her to me. “Why were we even racing to begin with?” I’d lost the whole point of the exercise with her breathing the same molecules of air as me.

A seductive chuckle spilled from her lips. Pressing her palms flat on my shoulders, Celesta bounced in the water and leveraged herself up. She wrapped her legs around my waist, pressing her heat against my stomach. 

She wasn’t heavy on a normal day, but in the water, she was weightless. I didn’t need to support her weight, but I clutched her to me anyway. When her mouth met mine, I became weightless too. It was time for me to deliver on my promise of lots and lots of pleasure. Her bliss would be mine.


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