Chapters (28)
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Also By
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Epigraph
- ONE: The Conclave
- TWO: Blood Nocturne
- THREE: Hunter of Hunters
- FOUR: The Castle of the White Queen
- FIVE: The Skylights of Paris
- SIX: Martin Soule
- SEVEN: Deathtrap
- EIGHT: Flicker of Fire
- NINE: Lady of the Knife
- TEN: The Traveler
- ELEVEN: Queen of the Night
- TWELVE: Sourball Express
- THIRTEEN: All Through the Night
- FOURTEEN: The Veils
- FIFTEEN: Scorpion Dance
- SIXTEEN: Demon Lovers
- SEVENTEEN: Blood Child
- EIGHTEEN: Careless Love
- NINETEEN: Trapped
- TWENTY: The Love Child
Stroking his head and purring, she laid him against the pillows and opened up his pants with her deft hands. She took his member out, smiled, then kissed it.
Then she stood before him. She removed her blue silk jacket, twirled, then unbuttoned her blouse. He watched with steady concentration, a slight smile on his face.
Instinct made her sway into the death dance, her arms undulating, her hips moving gracefully. Each time she twirled, her body became tighter and harder, more and more ready. As she danced, she threw off her clothes.
She stood before him naked, like a wound spring, her hands ready to grab him. There was in his eye a sort of curiosity, for she was very pale indeed, as pale as a ghost and as slick as glass, more like a statue than a being of flesh and blood.
He would soon discover that she was also cold, very cold. She sat down beside him and kissed him. But something was not right. As she had kissed him, he had returned himself to his pants.
No matter, she was sexually excited now herself. That was part of her reality and what made her so very different from the others of her kind: humans excited her. She liked their bodies, the way they tasted and smelled, the way they looked, the curves of the females, the pert rods of the men. Perhaps this was because she had discovered that she was capable of taking them to states of pleasure that Keepers could not reach with one another. Sex between species could be a stunning aphrodisiac, if executed with skill.
She lay down upon her little man, snuggled him into her. He seemed to be struggling with himself, fighting an inner battle. She reached into his pants, to see if she could resolve the conflict for him. A few deft strokes, and he was ready.
The human male was not blessed with a large penis, and it probably felt strangely lost in her vagina. He would also be noticing the cold. In fact, she could hear him making little exclamations in his throat. He was becoming aware that something was wrong.
“There, baby,” she cooed, “little baby boy, all is well.”
He started heaving. He wanted out from under her. She was, of course, far heavier than she had appeared. She tightened her vaginal muscles, over which she had exquisite control. When she began undulating them, he yelped with surprised pleasure. He’d probably never felt anything like it before, not even in Asia.
Her mouth was pressed against his neck, her mucus flooding his skin with anesthetic. Her sharp teeth parted the skin so easily that he probably felt nothing at all. There was a bit of resistance from the wall of the vein. She made love furiously as she exhaled, made herself ready for the ferocious sucking motion that would consume his life.