Read Mira for Free Online

concentrating on the lightheaded feeling coming on and the soft suckling noises. She heard soft moans and gasps as well, and it took her a moment to identify that they were coming from her mouth.
                When Rillan finally finished feeding and pulled away from her, Mira felt some regret. In a way, his taking from her seemed completely right, at that moment. She was a little dazed.   When she felt his lips press against hers, she was surprised at first.   Then she found herself wantonly leaning into the kiss.   Her hands still in his hair urged him to go farther.   She could taste warmth and copper and she realized it was her blood in his mouth.
                Rillan straightened, and waited until Mira opened her eyes before speaking. “It's pleasure and pain,” he said. “A very potent combination.”
                Mira agreed with a silent nod, watching in fascination while Rillan licked her fresh blood from his lips. “I don't know what I expected.”
                “You expected I would rip your pretty dress, and take everything you had to offer.   You expected an act of violence. In a week, you might have gotten what you expected.” He leaned down to where his teeth punctured her skin and licked around the holes, lapping at the trickle of blood still oozing. Mira shivered in pleasure. Her skin burned where his tongue touched her. “They do you and your sisters a disservice, sending you here unprepared,” he said in between strokes of his tongue on her skin.
                Mira didn't reply. She couldn't have formed words, even if she wanted to. Besides, he was absolutely right, she had not been prepared for any of this: the darkness of the cave, what he truly was, or how lonely she would feel. She had not been prepared for his gentle touch. She had definitely not been prepared for the arousal she was now feeling. Her arms reached for his neck, wanting to hold him to her breast. Rillan caught the edge of her dress with his fangs and pulled down, freeing both breasts. Sucking in a ragged breath, he took one nipple into his mouth and sucked hard.
                Shrugging her arms out of the sleeves, Mira reached for Rillan. Finding the laces to his shirt, she tugged. The knot untied, and a portion of Rillan's chest was exposed to her touch. Tracing a fingertip down the center of his chest, she found the next lace. In her haste, she pulled a little harder than she intended, ripping the fabric of the shirt and popping one of the buttons on his vest. She didn't hear the ripping fabric over the sound of rushing in her ears, like water. All she noticed was that it was easier to remove both the shirt and vest at the same time, pushing them down around his arms.
                Rillan raised his arms to circle her waist, not realizing that she hadn’t quite finished with his shirt.   His muscles flexed and this time the sound of ripping material was too loud for either of them to ignore. For a moment, they both stopped, a little surprised. Rillan released her nipple from his lips, looking down at his shredded shirt and bare chest. “You're stronger than you look, girl,” he said, smiling and forgetting himself for the first time in ages. He actually laughed. It rang through the cavern, and echoed in Mira's ears. The terrible intensity constant in his expression, broke with that laugh, and she couldn't help smiling along with him.
                “Lord Tiernay, are you mocking me,” Mira asked, coyly pushing her lips down into a frown.
                Rillan licked his lips and grinned at her. A day ago, the sight of his fangs bared like that would have scared Mira almost to the point of running from him and her duty. But now, she grinned back, laughing with him, as he shifted his weight to sweep her into his arms and swing her around to the bed. He laid her down gently, and pulled her dress completely off her body. He took