Monsters Within by Victoria Knight Page B

dark, their mouths found one another and their tongues met. When he pulled her down close to him, she moaned slightly. Inside, he felt something springing into life, an energy that had been contained for far too long. He knew what it was and it only intensified when she reached down with her hand and found him hard and waiting. She enjoyed the feel of him in her hand for a moment and Saul did his best to not writhe like a horny school boy.
    “How long has it been for you?” she asked. “Out here, all alone. When was the last time you had a woman in your bed?”
    “Fifty years at least. But not in this bed.”
    “A human?”
    She was playing him with expert care. She never stopped the exploration of his body as she asked the questions. Her lips were now on his upper chest, her hand still lightly caressing him below.
    “Yes. A vagrant. She was hitch-hiking.”
    “So she’d never have to find out about you, right? Because she wouldn’t have to stick around afterwards.”
    “Right.”
    “Was she pretty?”
    “No,” he answered. He was growing irritated not because of the conversation but because he didn’t know how much longer he would be able to take the teasing. If he ended up taking her with his full force, he could potentially hurt her badly.
    “Not particularly,” he said. “It was just the need.”
    “For what?” she asked with a smile. She guided him to where he was aching to go and pivoted slightly on him, not allowing him inside of her yet. “Fo r this?”
    “Yes.”
    She slowly led him into her and they remained like that, motionless for a while. She was breathing hard and it set that last trigger off within him.
    “You’re sure you want this?” Saul asked.
    “Yes,” she said softly.
    “Let me know if I hurt you. Make me stop, okay?”
    “Uh-huh,” she said, although it was apparent that any rational thought was gone and the only thinking was being done by their instincts.
    So Saul let that energy out.  He rolled her over onto her back, careful not to crush her with his weight. When he was confident that her moans were of pleasure and not pain, he started taking charge. He held himself above her and did his best to restrain his force. Apparently, Nikki had been expecting more. She raised her hips to him and dug her nails into his side, urging him on.
    He gave her what she was asking for. He went harder, faster, and let his body have its way. She writhed beneath him, biting her lips at first but finally giving up and letting out screams of pleasure. Her screams escalated and when she climaxed, she did it hard. She bucked and shuddered beneath him, groaning in a way that was hard to decipher Saul had a moment of fear where he thought he had hurt her.
    “Are you okay? I’m sorry,” he said.
    “Shut up,” she said “Oh my God, shut up and don’t stop.”
    And then, as dawn finally broke into the room through the thin lines of the blinds, he continued to let that energy out. He felt her fingernails digging into his back and his sides and it just spurred him on. She may have come again, but he wasn’t sure. Something about this girl was pushing him to his limits; thought and reasons were long gone as he was inside of her.
    When he came, he thought it was probably the most defenseless he had ever been in his life. She continued to work against him until his body collapsed beside her, totally spent.
    Afterwards, they both shivered against one another. She kissed him lightly on the mouth and then rested her head on his chest. She placed her hand on his hip and then lay very still against him.
    It was then that Saul realized that he was in some serious trouble. Some very serious trouble indeed.

5
    The creature stalked through the dusk, weaving through trees and stepping lightly onto the foliage on the ground. There was blood on its face and hands. The rich smell of it filled his nostrils and he could still taste some from his earlier meal, still clinging to his tongue. It walked to the edge