Zane gasped a little as her lips touched his, completely out of surprise. He took his hand from her back, and gently traced her cheek with it. "Then I'm very glad that I could make you smile...." he admitted, still speaking softly. "I'm glad that you aren't locked away anymore...." he paused, debating what to say.
"I hope....I hope that you can find the freedom that you're looking for here."
"Me too...me too..." She sighed deeply and then rested her head against his chest again..."I'm so tired. Stay here with me like this...please..." She swallowed nervously, "please just stay and hold me maybe then I can sleep..."
Zane nodded, wrapping one arm back around her. "I'll stay, I'll stay Nicoleta..." he whispered. "Try and get some sleep, okay. I'll stay right here, I won't leave..." he moved his body a little, so that he wasn't sitting up as straight, trying to make it more comfortable for her.
Nicoleta stretched out along side him, her head resting on his chest where his neck and shoulder met. She nuzzled agaist his neck and snuggled against him, draping one arm across his chest. She sighed softly and closed her eyes quickly drifting off into a dreamless sleep.
Zane leaned back a little more, settling comfortably on the bed as Nicoleta's sleeping figure was draped across, and on him. He gently pulled one arm across her back, his fingers moving along it slowly while she slept.
The room was quiet, and Zane almost wished that he was tired enough to go to sleep to. Except the night's events didn't really leave him wanting to sleep. No, they more wanted to make him crawl into a ball himself. Not that he ever would, but still. The bastard had already betrayed and abandonned him before, now he what, wanted to come finish the job off?
"Bastard...." Zane muttered under his breath, so quietly that only preternatural ears would have ever picked it up.
Even in sleep Nicoleta sensitive hearing picked Zane's words and so she sought to have him forget them...unconciously. Her lips playfully kissed his pulsepoint before she whispered, "shh...come on honey, sleep...." She herself unaware of what she had done now settled against him once more.
Zane half smiled, and half gaped as her lips found his neck, and he let his arms move around her a little more. *She's asleep Zane......asleep. She doesn't know what she's doing....she's just tired.....* he repeated to himself in his mind, showing some restraint. He was so not taking advantage of a sleeping woman, especially one he had just met.
"It's okay, I'm not tired.....you sleep...." he mumbled softly into her ear, leaning back a little more, until just his head and shoulders were propped up on the headboard.
Still asleep Nicoleta unconciously scooted up a little and went back to that spot on his neck..."not sleepy anymore...wanna play..." She gently ran her tongue across his pulsepoint before kissing it and then nibbling just a little..."please..."
Zane's mouth gaped open a little more as her kissing and nibbling of his neck became all that more frequent. Taking an uneeded laboured breath, he tried to pull her away from him slightly, setting her head back down on his shoulder. "Shhhh......just sleep Nicoleta.....that's all you want right now.....you're tired sweetie.....just sleep....." he whispered at her.
Nicoleta stopped and dropped her head to his shoulder. "No fun, wanna play..." She looked like a pouting child, it was cute. "Can't get any lovin'...no fair...wanna play..." She snuggled closer to Zane and fell quiet...she had gone into a much deeper sleep...she began to dream.
As her dream progressed Nicoleta began talking, moving and making noises in her sleep. Nicoleta draped one of her legs across Zane's and sighed..."mmm..." she moaned and then giggled in her sleep. "No not there...*there*..." she whispered. She then giggled again and halfway through the giggle it shifted to a low moan...
Zane tried to keep himself from blushing as Nicoleta draped herself over him, and carefully tried to ignore the words coming from her mouth. Was she trying to drive him insane?
She squirmed at little against Zane and then woke up...as she looked up at him she blushed furiously.
He took a deep, unneeded breath, and closed his eyes, trying to push down the feelings running through his body, despite what he wanted it to do. When she looked up, he tried to give a comforting smile, and brushed his hand across her hair gently, as if nothing had happened.
"Did you sleep alright this time, Nicoleta?" he asked carefully.
Nicoleta gave a mental *phew* and sighed deeply, maybe she hadn't spoken anything aloud...he didn't appear to have heard anything out of the ordinary..."I feel a little better yes..." *yeah and it has nothing to do with the dream orgasm he gave you* Her cheeks turned a lovely shade of pink at her inner thoughts. She then looked up at him...she looked like a little girl all blurry doe eyed and dazed from sleep. "How have you been? I didn't bother you any did I?"
Zane flinched ever so slightly at her question, hoping that she didn't catch it. "Urm....no, no bother at all....." he prayed that his body wasn't betraying his lie as he spoke it. "You just seemed toget....comfortable...and have your quick sleep...." he continued, his eyes looking to the ceiling before centering back on Nicoleta.
She looked at him strangely for a minute as if testing something about him and then shrugged "I guess me and insomnia just seem to go together well or something....no matter at least I *feel* more rested."
She sat up now and maneuvered herself so she was sitting in front of him between his legs. She then leaned back and wiggled a little to get more comfy. Her hair settled about her like a curtain and she began absently twisting a long strand of it between her fingers. She didn't really understand her motives for anything that had been happening lately, she simply chalked it up to the fact that she was lonely for another person's touch.
Almost as if provoked by her
thoughts a coldness seemed to seep into her bones and she snuggled depper into
Zane trying to crawl away from it. She needed a distraction, anything, "What
should we do until Conclave...I keep thinking I hear voices down the hall but
I'm not
sure..."
"Comfortable there?" Zane asked, a little grin brewing on his face. "I always knew I had a higher purpose in life....and here it is....leaning post." Zane shrugged a little, and then laughed. "You're hearing noises eh? What kind of noises are we talking about? Because I can think of several things....or pairs...that might be making noise...." he shrugged again, and nonchalantly put his arms around her, before he had realised what he had done. By that time, it was too late for him to remove them without her thinking something was up. He bit his lip instead.
Nicoleta gently placed her hands on his and snuggled into his embrace.."And what a fine leaning post you make too..."She grinned at the way she felt his arms tighten and his body flinch when he realized he had put his arms around her. "Well I didn't hear anything that specific..." She laughed a little..."Just more of people talking....distinctly two men and at least two women one of which just joined them....no matter....so what shall we do to pass the time?" *I can think of a few things* her mind screamed at her butshe just blushed and mentally chided herself.
Zane shrugged a little more. "I dunno, I'm easy." his eyes bulged
out after he said it. Oh man....there was a woman, a beautiful woman at that,
cuddled up with him, sitting in between his legs, and the only thing he could
think of to say was 'I'm easy'? He mentally slapped himself before adding more
on.
"Well....uhhh, I mean, we could do whatever you want, really...." he blushed red at that one. Not much better at all.
Nicoleta mentally giggled and decided she was going to cure her new friend of his constant embarrassment to her. She turned in his embrace and looked him dead in the eye..."well if its anything I want to do..." Her voice trailed off as her lips brushed his softly before she deepened the kiss and found herself melting into him.
Zane found his lips melting into hers, happily, before he regained hissenses, gently pushing her away with his arms. He was NOT going to take advantage of Nicoleta's emotions....no matter how much he wanted to. He looked at her carefully, ready to judge her reaction.
"Don't get me wrong....please don't get me wrong. It's not like this ISN'T what I want to be doing....but I don't want you having to regret it later or anything. So if it was a 'heat of the moment' thing....I totally understand...." he bit the inside of his lip a little.
She gently smiled at him tenderly, "I never do anything in the heat of the moment, love...and don't you realize how sweet and attractive you are?...I think even if my sire were still alive I would be immensely drawn to kiss you..." Her fingertips gently stroked his cheek and then ran through his hair. "I won't do it again if you don't want me to...I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable...you just make me desire to do crazy things...and well, I kinda like it that way. Please don't ever think I'm not clear headed in what I do...trust me, I know who's lips I just kissed, and how much I wanted to kiss them..."
Zane's expression softened as she spoke, and his body loosened up considerable, his muscles no longer completely tense. "I just wanted to make sure...." he said softly, wrapping his arms around her gently again. "I just didn't.....I didn't....well, it doesn't matter if you're sure you wanted to kiss me...." he again sounded full of doubt. It just wasn't every day that beautiful women decided they wanted to take the initiative to kiss him.
"If you were sure....then I interrupted when I shouldn't have...." Zane trailed off, as his eyes closed a little, and his lips found Nicoleta's, softly teasing them.
Nicoleta nearly gasped at the way the gentle unsure brush of his lips on hers made her ache. She deepened the kiss slightly, her nails scratching gently down his cheek before tangling in his hair. She found herself drowning in his kiss and had to place her other hand on his arm to keep herself stable or she was sure her body would become boneless like jelly.
Zane began to feel a little more sure of his actions, and carefully repositioned his arms so that her body was further pressed against his. Slowly, his tongue darted out of his mouth, playing along her bottom lip for a few brief seconds, before receding back into his mouth.
Nicoleta snuggled contentedly against him and gently traced the online of his lips with her tongue coaxing him to open his mouth.
Zane let out a small sigh, contendedly
opening his mouth to her tongue, his inhibitions slowly flowing away. His arms
around her began to rub her back gently, tracing small circles and lightly
scraping against her skin through her shirt.
Nicoleta sighed into the kiss and softly began exploring his mouth deciding to let him set the pace of things. However she did take it upon herself to reach behind her and lift the hem of her shirt to allow his hands to make contact with the silken skin on her back, allowing the shirt to then fall back down over his hands. She knew better than to remove her shirt or touch any part of him..she could sense that his new found courage would fly out the window at that.
Zane suddenly found his hands
in contact with bare flesh, and hesitated for a brief moment, before realising
that Nicoleta had continued to kiss him, as if nothing had happened. His tongue
gently beginning to intwine itself with hers, his fingers began to work the
soft skin on her back, his fingers dancing slowly, at first just around her
hips, but then carefully up, before skimming back down, carefully trying to
judge her reactions as he did so. He didn't want to make her uncomfortable by
doing something stupid.
Nicoleta tingled from his touch and wished to unknown gods that he would find
more courage. She gently ran her fingertips down both sides of his face before
tenderly taking his face in her hands, pulling back slightly to nip at his bottom
lip before falling into the kiss again.
Zane's tongue drifted out of his own mouth, playing along Nicolete's bottom lip, before finding its way into her mouth, gently tracing along her teeth, as if trying to remember the position of each one. His hands began to travel a little further as he got wrapped up in the moment, and found their way to the front of her body, cupping her breasts lightly, before he realised what he was doing. As soon as he did, his face blanched, and he quickly pulled his hands away, breaking the kiss.
"Oh....Nicoleta....I...."
he shook his head, running his hands through his hair at the same time, a pained
expression on his face. "I....didn't...." he bit down on his lip,
mentally slapping himself.
She smiled..."shhh..." she sat back a little and in one graceful motion
pulled the shirt over her head and tossed it onto the bed beside them. She sat
forward now her hair falling about her like a covering so she had to toss her
head slightly to move it behind her back. She reached forward and took his hands
in hers..."please...you don't make me uncomfortable...I like your touch...you
make me feel real and beautiful..." She gently placed his hands splayed
on her rib cage and gently nudged them upwards before kissing his cheek and
trailing to his neck. "Go ahead...please..." she whispered softly
in his ear.
Zane left his hands just under her breasts as he eyed her cautiously. "But...are
you sure?" he asked softly. "I....we....just met." he shook his
head, obviously confused. "Don't get me wrong....it's not like it's not
what I WANT to be doing....my mind just keeps getting stuck on what's right...."
he told her truthfully. "I....I think you're amazing...." damn, the
words just kept flowing from his mouth. "And I don't want to ruin anything
by doing something you're not expecting...or you don't want....." he sighed,
shifting his hands a little, but keeping them where they were.
Nicoleta smiled reassuringly at him, "Sweetheart you could never do a damn
thing I didn't want..." she let free a sweet little laugh and then sighed
smiling..."Trust me, if you did you would know too. It's up to you if you
*want* to proceed, I feel like maybe...maybe I'm making you uncomfortable by
being too forward or that no matter how much I truely want this that well...in
the end you'll just think I'd give it to anyone." She paused, seeming unsure
of her words.
"I don't want you to think ill of me...trust me...it's just you. I have
several very atttractive male servants in my home in Italy...and I never wanted
one of them in almost eighty years of being alone...just you. It's a new feeling
to me...but one I rather enjoy. I *know* what I want to do...the question is
do you, and can you still see me as 'amazing' afterwards..." She looked
at him, her gaze intense with need but clouded with self doubt...*he doesn't
want you Nic...face it and if he had you...he'd just see you're no good...*
She mentally screamed at the voice in her head to be quiet and cast her eyes
downwards...afraid to see if he held dislike and shame for her in his.
Zane pondered what she was saying, gazing off at the wall, seemingly lost in
space for several moments, before his gaze drifted back to Nicoleta, and he
watched her eyes. He watched them fill with pain, and it broke him inside. Of
course he wanted her, she was beautiful, she was nice, funny.....she was special.
All he wanted was for it to stay that way.....he had screwed up too many times
to not be worried. But, watching those eyes, he knew exactly what he wanted
to do.
His hands climbed up from her ribs, until they once again sat on her breasts,
and began rubbing and massaging them softly. His fingers deftly rolled her nipples
at random intervals, and his mouth slowly drifted back to hers. His lips met
with hers and forced her gaze back up as he kissed her, and he stopped, only
long enough to give her a big smile before his lips found hers again.
Nicoleta silently thought maybe he really didn't want her and that she should
go put on her shirt, but then she felt his hands move and she gasped at his
touch. Desire curled through her belly and she moaned against his lips as they
sought hers again. She felt him pull away, and almost whimpered at the loss,
but then she opened her eyes and saw him smile and she knew she was wrong...he
really did want her. He kissed her once again and she sighed into his touch,
her breasts filling his hands. She brought her hands down to the hem of his
shirt and reached beneath it, her hands splaying against his rippled stomach.
Zane felt a shudder move through his body as he felt her hands on his stomach,
and leaned into the touch. Slowly he made his way onto his knees, not breaking
contact with either her lips or her breasts. He let his hands leave her for
a brief moment, as he caressed her back, moving Nicoleta a little along the
bed, until he straddled her legs, looking down on her beautiful body.
Nicoleta blushed under his hungry gaze. It had been such a long time since a
man had looked at her with such desire as he did. She smiled up at him and began
to draw his shirt up and over his head, desperately wanting skin on skin.
Zane helped her get his shirt over his head, the only thing left on his upper
body a silver chain of a dragon, dangling down over top of her. He leaned down
ever so slightly, kissing lightly at her stomach, before sitting back up a little,
a sly grin on his face, beginning to feel much more at ease.
She giggled slightly as her kissed her tummy, her own hands now skimming up
his arms. Her left hand began to trace the patterns of his tattoos and she leaned
up and kissed a trail from his collarbone to his pulsepoint before giving it
a playful nip and falling back to the cushion of the bed.
Zane moaned softly, and decided that two could play that game. He slowly lowered
his head again, until he reached her stomach, his tongue darting out to swirl
in her bellybutton for a moment. Then, slowly, he traced a wet line up her body,
right up until he was just over her heart, and then he moved to the side. His
teeth nipped gently at the soft flesh of her breast, and he soothed each bite
with a cool lick of his tongue. Taking his time, he lavished attention on every
single inch of her breast, before moving to the other
Nicoleta squirmed a little and moaned, this felt amazing. She gently tangled
her fingers in his hair and let free a tiny whimper with every nip of her sensitive
flesh.
Zane stopped his affections on her chest, gazing up to judge her reaction. Hearing
her whimpers, he grinned wildly, and sat up again. "Am I doing alright
now, Nicoleta?" he asked, biting his lip a little, thinking he knew her
answer.
Nicoleta let loose a small moan at the loss of contact and at his words she
sat up and kissed him fiercely, her hands snake down the front of his body before
undoing the button to his pants.
"I hope that this is a yes...." he panted out in between kisses, his
hands attaching to her wrists as he helped her pull the loose-fitting jeans
down over his hips, until his pants couldn't be brought down any further, not
without him getting up from his knees. He sighed softly, more comfortable with
her doing things to him, than when he was doing things to her.
She pulled back long enough to whisper, "No its a hell yes..." before
she kissed him fiercely again blocking off any words he might have. She felt
him grab her wrists and thought he might stop her but he instead aided her.
She then decided to turn the tables a bit. With the aid of her strength she
pushed him slightly and manuevered it so that now she was kneeling. She then
slid them the rest of the way of and tossed them beside her shirt. With a small
grin she now straddled his thighs and leaned forward brushing and gentle kiss
to his lips. Zane let out a shocked gasp as he found himself lying flat on the
bed, his jeans now in the growing heap of clothing. His body tensed momentarily,
but it flowed away as Nicoleta's lips found his, and he sighed contendedly,
leaning up a little to kiss her further, his abs rippling as he moved.
She gently trailed her lips over his cheek and down to his neck and shoulder before moving back up to slowly capture him in an intensely passionate kiss. She let her hands glide over the smooth planes of muscle beneath his skin until they rested on his shoulders.
Zane moaned into her mouth as her hands moved along his body, and then he sighed. "You're so beautiful, so perfect....." he mumbled. "What do you see in me?" he asked to himself, out loud, but ever-so-quietly, something that human ears wouldn't have picked up.
She pulled back a little at his words and smiled tenderly at him. "I see everything in you..." She brushed her fingers down his cheek and gently ran her thumb across his lips..."so soft..." She then traced the planes of his face ending with his eyes, which closed briefly so her fingertips could flutter over them, "so handsome..."
Zane smiled at her affections, and blushed slightly. "You're almost too amazing to be real....I feel like I'm in a dream..." he breathed, smiling again lightly.
She smiled back and kissed his cheek. "No love, I'm real..." she gently pinched his arm to prove it. She placed gentle kisses all over his face, starting with his lips and moving to both his cheeks to his eyes, his nose and again his lips. "I wish you could see yourself the way I see you right now....you are incredibly handsome...and your sweetness and kind heart almost shine in your eyes."
Zane blushed again, smiling softly. "Thank you so much.....that's the nicest thing anyone's said to me in a long time....maybe ever...." he sighed, wrapping his arms around her waist, and carefully pulling Nicoleta down onto him. "I think I like what I see in your eyes, too...."
Nicoleta squirmed a little and moaned as her bare breasts rubbed against his chest. "I can't even begin to imagine what you see in my eyes...there's so much you could see and so far I can't think of a good thing..." She silently thought of all the secrets she sought to hide and knew this man would somehow pull each free. He had a tender nature that made her want o lay bare her soul. "I don't think I mind though...you make me want to tell you everything...you don't seem like you would ever show anything but compassion..."
Zane looked up carefully, obviously inspecting Nicoleta's eyes. "Truth....honesty....sadly, I see pain.....but I see love too. So many things, in such a small globe of colour...." Zane sighed a little.
"I show other emotions when the need arises. If you need a shoulder, I'm there. If you need a comedian, well, I can play that role too. Player of many, master of few....that's me." he shrugged, and ran his hands up and down her back, which rubbed her into him even more.
"No I think you've mastered quite a bit..." Nicoleta let out a low moan as he caused her to run against him over and over again. She bit her lip but still the words tumbled forth as almost barely heard husky whispers, "Zane please...I need..."
Zane cocked his head to one side slightly, as his hands drifted down her back. "You need.....what?" he asked softly, as his hands snaked to the waistband of her shorts, fingers hooked into the fabric, but staying on her hips, waiting for some okay before he proceded. "This?" he asked softly.
She whimpered and whispered, "please..." She herself reaching down and unfastening the button and beginning to help him, only vaguely remembering that she wore nothing but those.
Carefully, and painfully slow, Zane pulled the shorts from Nicoleta's hips, easing them over her butt, until they passed her knees, and soon joined the pile on the ground. Finally, Zane truly eyed what he had uncovered, and blushed furiously. She hadn't been wearing undergarments. He should have figured that after the lack of bra, but he hadn't clued in. Now, he stared, a little too long, at the beautiful, completely nude body above him.
"Oh gods...." he whispered, turning his head away ever so slightly. "I'm sorry....I didn't....mean to stare...I didn't...expect....oh gods...." he whispered again, his body shuddering as he thought of her beauty, and a certain male part expressing its enthusiasm at the entire situation.
She smiled broadly and blushed,"I'm hoping that your swearing is a good thing..." She shifted her hips, slowly rubbing against his lower half and moaned at the friction it caused. She noticed his arousal and blushed a little more...at least now she knew his swearing had been for good.
Zane moaned softly as he felt her moving along his lower body, and gently pushed upwards against her touch. "Oh gods, yes....." he mumbled, returning his gaze to Nicoleta, passion in his eyes. "I....didn't mean to stare so long at your body....." he panted out, still enjoying her movement. "It's just I didn't expect....and you're so....." he gazed up again. "You're so beautiful, I just want to take you in, memorise every last bit of your body..." he blushed deeper.
"Oh gods.....I must sound so horrible....I'm sorry Nicoleta....so sorry...." he mumbled, as his hands, seemingly with a mind of their own, pulled her as tightly as they could against him, and then drifted to her butt, cupping it lightly.
She gasped as he pushed into her movement and pulled her flush against him. She began to moan through her words..."you don't...mmm...souuuund bad at allllll...and Ohhh stop apologizing..."She smiled and continued to rock against him and then sat up for a moment before lying down on her back and beconning to him.
Zane breathed deeply for a moment, lying on the bed, blinking and thinking for a brief second, before he sat up, crawling over to Nicoleta, kneeling beside her, bending over to kiss her mouth deeply. "I'll try not to ramble anymore then...." he whispered quietly as he broke off their kiss, before melting back into her mouth again.
Nicoleta sighed into his kiss and snuggled into the pillows before reaching up with her hand and running her fingers down his face to his chest and down further still to rest on his thigh.
Zane continued to pour his affections into her mouth, his hand drifting down to again carress her breast, before he pulled away from her lips softly, looking down on her, passion glittering in his eyes, but worry and anxiousness just beneath that. He knew what his body....what he wanted to do....but he wouldn't do anything unless he was absolutely sure she wanted it. He didn't want her to be mad at him later....not after how amazing this had been.
Zane carefully took her hands and positioned them on the waistband of his boxers, and cocked his head to the side, obviously a questioning look.
She smiled at him and gracefully began to pull them off. She gazed at his eyes and saw nothing but need and admiration and a little bit of fear there and she blushed. Soon his boxers also joined the growing pile of their once worn clothing.
Zane still kneeled to her side, now completley nude, his excitement visible for all the world to see, and he smiled softly at Nicoleta as his mouth slowly moved back down to hers. "So beautiful..." he whispered, as his lips touched hers, a soft kiss, ending as his tongue circled her lips, and then traced a line down her chin, settling at her pulsepoint and sucking softly on the skin.
Nicoleta moaned aloud, his touch felt so wonderful and she almost felt as though she were on fire yet she knew it to be impossible since she could not have warmth. Her fingers brushed against his thigh again, tracing slow widening circles before brushing against his arousal for a fleeting moment and then lessening the circles back to just his thigh.
Zane groaned as he felt her hands brushed against his excitement, and his back arched. He almost whimpered when her hand returned back to his thigh, need and desire replacing his fear and anxiety.
Nicoleta smiled and gently resumed her explorations, instead of brushing him for a fleeting moment, she slowly ran her fingertips down the length of him and back up, tracing strange little loopy patterns both ways.
Zane gasped at her touch, a low whine escaping his mouth as his eyes fluttered closed. He braced his hands down beside him, as he began to feel himself become lost in passion.
She grinned and gently kissed his cheek. She ran her hands up his sides and with a little push tried to show him where she wanted him.
Zane opened his eyes again, gazing down on Nicoleta as he switched positions, straddling her legs again, moving downwards towards her with a questioning look. Gently, he rubbed himself against her, eyes watching her face carefully to judge her reaction, make sure this was really what she wanted.
Nicoleta's eyes fluttered closed and she moaned. His name rolling off her tongue softly, whispered like a plea, "Zane..."
Zane sighed ever so quietly, as he lowered himself further, and slowly, gently entered her, pushing up slowly until he was completely sheathed inside of her. Lowering the rest of his body, and leaning over her in a push-up position, he kissed her lips lovingly, moving a little inside of her.
Nicoleta hands flew to his shoulders as she whimpered in ecstacy, it had been way too long since she had been this way with a man. She felt the gentle pressure of his lips as he began to move within her and she moaned, deepening the kiss, thrusting her hips up to meet him each time. She broke the kiss temporarily to mutter something almost unintelligable..."too long...oh God it has been too long..."
Zane's tongue creeped out of his mouth, finding passage into hers, and interwining with Nicoleta's tongue. Slowly, he began to increase the speed of his movements, feeling both his and her needs and desire mounting.
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