Be Careful When You Bite Me

Chapter 26 Final Part

The feeling of Damon's lips felt similar to no other. I had never shared a kiss so intense that I felt as if my entire body had gone numb. It alerted my every cell yet simultaneously weakened them. I felt as if the touch of his lips on mine could lift me off of my feet if I let it. The kiss grew deeper and deeper and each time, I felt as if I wasn't close enough. I need more of him and I wanted it closer. I urged and craved for his hands to explore every part of my skin. He pressed my naked body against the wet shower glass. His hands grabbed both of mines and placed them above my head, locking them in place. I couldn't move even if I tried, not that I ever want to. I felt his body, nude and wet, hard like bricks push against mine, his tongue played passionate games with mine. I felt his teeth lightly nip at my lower lip, grazing down the side of my cheek, biting lightly against my jawline, making their way down to my neck. I moaned out loud and struggled to get out of his grip but he held me tighter. His lips teased my nape, his tongue stroking my skin in ways that drove me completely insane, making me squirm even harder in his grip. I felt the increasing hardness of his groin began to press against my abdomen. My moans came off as whimpers now as he began to kiss me lower and lower. When his tongue was at my stomach, the feeling was almost unbearable. Pleasure combined with pulsating lust held my body and mind completely captive. I was aroused beyond thinking and the feeling of Damon's skin on mine was beginning to feel as if I were high. It was impossible not to writhe with the way he was making me feel. Damon let go of both my hands as he kneeled further down. The water from the shower continued to drain the both of us. I moved the wet hair from my face and screamed out loud when I felt Damon's tongue slithered over my intimate area. I dug my fingers into his soaked hair in an attempt to push him back but he was no match for my hands. He kissed the inside of my thighs, driving me wild with desire. I looked down at him and gasped out loud as he reached the middle. He looked up at my face, meeting my eyes as he dined on me as if I was the best thing he's ever tasted. The feeling grew more intense by the second and I found myself on the sudden verge of a climax. I didn't know how to go about approaching the pleasure. I tried to stifle the orgasm but his tongue was too fast. He was doing all of the right movements almost as if he was in sync with everything that I was feeling. I gripped his hair even harder now, screaming out loud as I reached the climax. His tongue continued for minutes after until I reached my peak of sexual pleasure. His grip on my thighs was too strong for me to push him away.

"Damon, stop!" I tried to moan out. I couldn't handle it anymore. He did as I said and placed gentle kisses up my abdomen making his way back up to my lips. When we were finally face to face again, he stared at me with his now dark eyes, his expression radiating lust and hunger.

"I'm sorry," he breathed out, blinking as the droplets of water escaped from his hair strands landing on his face," I-I got carried away."

My breathing was rapid and my throat was dry. It was almost painful to speak but I knew what I wanted to say. I knew what my body and soul needed from Damon and I didn't want to wait

"Claim me," I breathed out, my heart still thudding loudly against my chest," give me the mark...the Mark of Eros."

Damon's eyes remained glued on mine. His expression told me that he was debating it. It was obvious that he was against the idea. I knew that he would change his mind if I didn't tempt him some more. I trailed my finger down playing with my breast. I kept my eyes leveled with his and pressed my knee up against his groin. It immediately responded, shifting in size. I licked my lips and trailed my palm across his naked chest.

"Please, Damon," I breathed out, lustfully," I want you."

Within a hot second, Damon had my arm gripped and whipped me around to face away from him. He pressed the front of my body against the glass and dug his face in the nape of my neck.

"Holly," this was the first time I had heard Damon struggle to talk as if it was hard to breathe," are you sure?"

The husky sound of his deep voice sent my mind in a daze. All my thoughts were in a frenzy and I could have melted with desire. I felt shivers line my wet skin and I knew I wasn't sure about anything the way I was sure about this. I felt his fangs extend and press lightly against my shoulder. My head started to spin and I fought to grasp ahold of reality.

"Yes," I responded," I'm sure."

When I woke up, the sun was beaming too harshly through the wide-open windows. I flicked my eyes to lighten the effects of the strong light. I whipped the thick plush covers off of me to reveal my naked body. I ran my hands through my still-damp hair.

I couldn't help the smile that played on the corner of my lips as I reminisced over scenes of the night before. I sat up and winced when I heard the sound of something shattering behind me.

I peeked behind at the charcoal grey wooden headboard that had been smashed into two. My mouth slightly widened and I realized that I had no idea how that had happened.

I scanned the room for Damon but I couldn't find him. I tried not to feel the disappointment as much as I could and forced myself to get out of bed. The walk to the bathroom was hard, I struggled to move my legs. They felt wobbly and tired and most of all, numb. Between my thighs still pulsated but I felt a slight tinge of pain. I rinsed myself in hot water quickly and put on some clothes before heading out into the living room when Asia was. She was seated on the couch watching tv, nibbling on a bowl of fruit.

She smiled immediately when her eyes landed on mine.

"I didn't want to wake you," she began," how did you sleep, er, not sleep I guess."

I felt my face flush a bright red as I slumped myself on the couch beside her and stole a berry from her plate.

I stared at her wide-eyed until I was finally ready to utter words," with Xavier, your first time," I began and paused to search for the words," was it-did it, did he-"

She nodded, her smiling beaming," yes it was."

I nodded as well," okay...we broke your headboard."

Asia's eyes widened and she stared at me back wide-mouthed as well before replying simply with," that's okay, I'll buy a new one."

"Where is he, where are the both of them?" I asked, switching the topic. There was no way I was going to talk about last night any further mainly because I didn't know the words to describe how it felt.

I craved him merely sitting here on the sofa in a way that felt oddly indecent. If there were a word to describe something that collectively and simultaneously was sexy, dirty, passionate, and elevating, it would have not even begun to describe it. It was as if love met lust and collided in the most powerful and greatest way. I wanted more for the rest of my life.

"Holly," Asia's sharp tone brought me back to reality," you there?"

"Sorry," I mumbled," I-I got lost in my thoughts."

"I was saying that Damon told me to tell you to get ready, he's going to take you home today."

"What," I examined," why?"

"It's time Holly," Asia's expression turned sad," you have to go back-"

"I don't want to," I continued, "Damon-"

"It's better for the both of you to separate right now, it's safer."

"The Council doesn't want me, I-I could stay with him," I knew there was almost no common sense in my words right now and I knew fighting this would be a lost cause.

"Holly, you saved him," Asia placed her hands on mine.

"After almost killing him!"

"That wasn't your fault, the Council is merciless-"

"Which is why I need to stay with him!"

"If you stay with him now, you'll kill him and yourself...you'll kill all of us."

I stared into her big kind eyes and felt mine began to tear up," I'm not ready," I breathed out.

"You never are to leave the one that you love."

By the time I got ready, Damon and Xavier were just getting in. I stood at the doorway of my room watching him walk in. His eyes caught mine immediately.

"Car's downstairs," said Xavier, his eyes gazing at his brother and back at me, "you ready?"

I nodded still staring at Damon," yes."

Silently, I walked towards the door. Asia ran out from behind the kitchen island.

"Wait!" She screamed out. I turned around and was immediately tackled by her open arms. She dug her face in my neck, "I'm going to miss you, Holly, you've been like a sister to me."

I hugged her back just as tightly as she had hugged me. That feeling of comfort returned as soon as I touched her. I inhaled her floral and fresh scent in," thank you for everything."

She pulled back and gripped both of my hands in hers," take care of yourself."

The elevator ride was silent and so was the car ride for the first couple of minutes. Finally, I broke the silence," where are you going to go?"

Damon peeked at me," I don't know yet."

I nodded," do you have an idea?"

"I have some friends in Europe, some in Canada, I'll make a few calls today and tomorrow."

"Europe," I muttered, taken back.

He smiled," you don't like Europe?"

"It's not that, I was just thinking you'd go maybe to Alaska, not-"

"Not so far?" He finished for me.

I nodded again, this time staring out the window.

"Vesto made it clear that if he catches me, he'll kill you. If I want to win this hunt against him, I'm going to have to disappear-"

"But Europe?"

"I'm not being chased by local law enforcement or the FBI Holly," he continued," Vesto has people all over the globe, if I could I'd hibernate underground somewhere for the entirety of the year, but I can't."

"I understand, I just...how are we supposed to-"

"How are we supposed to see each other if I'm 4,000 miles away?"

I remained silent.

"We don't," he said. This was the answer that I was expecting, but I didn't know why it was so hard to hear," it's not safe, they know about us, Vesto will make sure that you are under surveillance 24/7 the entire time I will be gone."

I kept my gaze outside, trying to stifle the tears that burned my eyes. The feeling of dread, having to live an entire year without feeling his touch, hearing his voice, or even being near him, it filled me with misery. I felt my chest clench and my heartache. I felt his hand grip my thighs and turned to look at him.

"You didn't ask," I said. The tears had overflowed now and flooded down my face but I tried to keep my expression somewhat neutral.

"What?" His forehead scrunched in confusion," ask you what?"

"If I could come with you, because I do, but you didn't even ask-"

"Holly, of course I want you to come with me," he replied, his gaze softening," but I can't let you do that, before we met you had a life, a family, you need to get back to it and when it's safe-"

"When it's safe?" I exclaimed," you mean if you don't get killed if I don't get killed, waking up every day for the next year thinking is this the day that I'm going to die if we somehow make it!"

He sighed out loud, turning his eyes to watch the road in front of him. I knew and he knew that was the stress and the anxiety talking. I couldn't help the fear that flooded me, it was almost paralyzing. It was getting harder and harder to breath.

"I'm sorry Holly-" he began but I quickly cut him off.

"Don't apologize, it's not your fault," I wiped away the tears from my face," I just don't know how I'm supposed to go back to school and graduate like nothing happened, how do I fill out college applications and do I even go to prom?"

"You do everything just as you would have done it if you didn't meet me," he answered.

"I'm scared of how I'll feel, worrying every day, just the idea of being apart from you now-"

"It hurts," he finished, staring into my eyes," I don't want to take my eyes off of you for a second let alone a year. It's going to be absolute hell and Vesto knew that this would be far more torturous than just killing me, but I need you to take it day by day and wait for me."

I nodded and interlocked our fingers together," I will."

"and try to not fall in love with any more vampires," he continued," I'm not good with jealousy."

I couldn't help but crack a smile that turned into laughter. I stared at his side profile and felt my heart clench again. He was too beautiful for my eyes to ever get used to it. I had no idea how in hell I was going to get through an entire year without him which was ironic because a month ago I could hardly stand him.

The ride back to town was almost too fast. We drove past the small wooden sign at the side of the highway that read;

Welcome to

Hope, Pennsylvania

I felt a sudden rush of déjà vu. It felt as if I had been gone for years. The amount of aging I had done these past couple of weeks had been more than I had aged in years. I led Damon to where my house was. I asked him to park a few houses down because I knew that if my mother were to see him, she'd know automatically and I wasn't ready to tell her.

We sat in the far, starting at the last house on the street. I had lived at the little three-bedroom greystone home since I was born. I stared at the small trees that lined the front entrance of the house and thought of when my father had planted those when I was still a child. When everything was so normal and so easy. I felt Damon place a reassuring hand on my thigh," are you alright?"

I turned to look at him and smiled," I'll be okay, I just feel like I'm not the same person that I was before, I don't know if my parents will be able to tell."

He nodded," You're the same person you always have been, you just know a little more."

I smiled and leaned closer," I'm going to miss you, Damon."

He smiled and leaned in," I'm going to miss you so much more."

I placed my lips on his, unable to wait anymore. I wrapped my arms around his neck, trying to take in as much of him as I could. I had never kissed anyone goodbye before and it felt almost as if we were desperate for one another. I wanted to stay in his arms and keep kissing and tasting him forever. We quickly got lost in the embrace of one another, I eventually had to pull back to breathe. I rested my forehead on his and let one more fear slid down my cheek. Damon reached up to wipe it away. I reached into my bra and pulled out the phone that Luna had given me. I placed it in his palm," use this to contact me, my number is in there."

Damon looked at the phone as if he were confused about where I had gotten it from but said," Alright."

"Be safe," I insisted," please, and be smart."

He nodded and said," I'll see you soon."

I exited the car, feeling as if I had left an entire part of me in it. I had to drag my feet against the grass to keep going, forcing myself not to turn around and run back into his arms where I was safe. I got to my front door and reached up to ring the doorbell. In the distance, I could see that Damon's car was still there. I sighed out loud and waited anxiously for someone to open the door. A couple of seconds passed by and the autumn breeze was beginning to feel colder. The door suddenly whipped open and on the other side of it was none other than my mother. Her unchanging beauty blew me away like usual and her expression quickly turned from disbelief to relief.

"Holly!" She exclaimed, running towards me with her arms wide open.

I couldn't help the happiness that I felt now that I have reunited with my mother. I felt her arms wrap around me tightly and I thought for a second that everything might turn out to be okay. Over my mother's shoulder, I could see that Damon's car was beginning to disappear. I stifled my tears and instead, I dug my face into the nape of her neck.

The end.