“Alex,” he repeated. “It’s me.”
She didn’t wake up. Instead, she licked her lips and pressed her eyes tighter. As if she wasn’t ready to wake up, and instead wanted to remain in what she believed was a dream.
That’s fine with me.Ulric leaned down, wrapping his teeth around her nipple. Even through the flimsy fabric of her top, he was able to feel her puckered skin. His cock was beyond help. If he didn’t penetrate her soon, he was going to burst at the seams.
She groaned but was still not entirely awake.
Ulric let her nipple slip from between his teeth and lowered the sheet along her body. She was still wearing her underwear, but it wouldn’t stop him. He opened his palm and ran it over the mound between her legs, until she writhed at the soft and slow movements.
He wanted to rip her underwear off and dip his tongue inside her, but how could he? I can’t do this.How could he put his tongue on any part of her when he’d lapped up blood and torn into flesh? It seemed obscene.
“Damon, kiss me,” she whispered.
For all he knew, she could be having a wet dream about this Damon guy. As much as he hated him for being the one Alex now wanted, Ulric couldn’t leave just yet. He turned to face her, rose along her body, and pushed her hair away from her face. When she lifted her body off the mattress and wrapped her arms around his neck, Ulric stiffened but leaned into her when she lay back down.
Alex stuck her tongue into his mouth, kissing him the way she always did in the bedroom. With so much desire, she never managed to disappoint. She pulled back, breathing into his mouth, one hand now wrapped tightly around his erection and already tugging him.
“Oh,” she panted. “Touch me with your magic.”
He pressed his palm against her chest, forgetting about all the thoughts keeping him from kissing her in the first place.
She kissed him again, rubbing him harder. “Gee, what have you been eating, Damon?”
“It’s not Damon.” He felt so close to coming already, he wished he’d kept silent and not interrupted her flow.
Her eyes snapped open, and she dropped her hand.
For a moment, they stared at each other. Almost as if things were rolling around inside her head, until everything made some sort of sense.
“ Ulric?What the hell are you doing here?” She looked around the room. “You can’t be in Eden.”
Eden? So that’s where they were. He’d never heard of it, yet it sounded so familiar. Why?
For a second, Ulric wondered if it was better to just let her believe this was all a dream and take advantage of the fact, but what good would that do? She obviously didn’t want him, anymore. He’d heard the disappointment in her voice.
She’d found someone else to amuse her in bed, and she’d forgotten all about him.
“I’m here because of you.”
“Where’s Damon?”
He growled into her mouth. “You should’ve listened to me back on Anteris. Why didn’t you stay with me? I hadto be with you. Don’t you understand how much I want you?”
“I don’t know what you mean!”
“Have you already forgotten what happened on Anteris? What I said to you?”
Alex sat up so fast, she head-butted him. “Dammit!”
Ulric recoiled. He jumped off the side of the bed before he did something he would regret. He didn’t want to hurt her, but with the instability this place had on him, maybe he wouldn’t be able to stop himself.
She wiped her mouth, then rubbed her forehead. “What the hell is that disgusting taste in your mouth?”
“Alex.” He backed away from her. Every new reaction, every new word out of her mouth, wounded him a little bit more. It made him realize she didn’t want him in her life. That’s probably why she’d left his room in such a hurry after his admission of love. Why hadn’t he been able to see it, then?
Maybe because you’re a fucking idiot!
Her brown eyes glistened, as if something had suddenly dawned on her. “No way. It can’t be. Ulric, tell me it wasn’t you!”
“What wasn’t me?” he whispered, now standing very close to the window.
“Tell me you didn’t kill those people.” She stared at him with wide, horror-filled eyes. “Oh, shit. You left my key there, didn’t you?”
He didn’t reply.
“I forgot it in your room, but you managed to…I don’t understand any of this. Did you want these people to blame me for the murders?”
“No, I would never do that to you!”
“Then, what do you want from me, Ulric?”
“I just want your love. That’s all.” I sound like a pathetic moron.He heard shuffling outside the door, as if someone was approaching.
Ulric took another step back and realized the moon hadn’t completely faded yet, probably determined to touch him one last time.
Without taking his eyes off the woman who was slowly tearing him up inside, and unable to do anything to stop the effects of the satellite, fur rushed out of his pores and covered his entire body.
Within seconds, he’d become a monster in front of her.
“What the hell?”
He couldn’t stand the terror and disgust in her eyes. He needed to get away. As he turned and leaped out the window, he heard Alex yell one last thing: “No!”
Chapter Seventeen
“Alex, what’s going on?” Damon asked, charging into the room.
She couldn’t tear her eyes away from the open window.
Ulric had just been inside this room. She’d kissed him, touched him, even spoke to him. Then, he’d turned into… something . The man she’d known for several years now had changed into some sort of furry beast before jumping out the window.
What the hell is going on?Now, she had more questions than answers. Since the moment she’d crashed into this planet, everything had been shrouded with confusion, and now she had to add Ulric to the mix. I can’t believe he’s here! How is that even possible?
She licked her lips and regretted it instantly. The horrid taste of blood and gore made her gag. Nausea rolled around inside her stomach, making her queasy.
Ignoring Damon’s concerned face, she jumped out of bed and ran into the adjoining bathroom. She threw up in the toilet, letting all the confusion and sickness seep out of her at the same time.