Ruthless Passion

by Noah Harris

  Those doors could open at any moment. I heard the drone of an exit sign, and there was a door leading down to street level. He followed me, not even questioning where I was going and most likely could smell it in the air.

  The door barely closed behind us, when the sound of boots came bounding into the room. I heard somebody screaming, but there was no way that I could ascertain exactly what they were saying. The door was partially obstructed by a desk and would take them some time to find the hidden passage that this executive had used to leave in the middle of the day. It was probably done for the secret of being with a mistress.

  We came out at the bottom of the stairs to see the flashing lights at the other end of the building. We moved away from that building, keeping our distance and not looking back in case that movement would be found suspicious. I didn’t want to think about how either one of us would act if the police had gotten their hands on us. We were both uniquely qualified to protect ourselves. Being caged was a fate worse than death.

  Chapter 20

  “I don’t know how much more I can take of this, Duncan. The bounty is going to be the death of me… literally and figuratively. I can’t sleep anymore, and you can imagine how the lack of sleep affects the wolf inside me. He becomes restless and tries to take over, but I am determined to keep it in its cage where it belongs. I will let it out when it’s absolutely necessary or when the full moon compels me to do so.” It had been a few days, and our effort to track down where the money was coming from was a bit harder than I thought it would be.

  “I’m doing my best, and at least, we have one more day. After that, I’m either going to have to stand down and let Hiroko do what he needs to do, or fight him. I don’t really want to do either of those things. You’re making some amends, and I know that it has been hard on you physically and emotionally. The money means nothing to you, but it’s something that makes a world of difference to those that don’t have any.” The IP address from the e-mail was hard to pin down. There were times that I thought I was getting close, but then it would turn to dust in front of my eyes. The digital world was not an easy one to navigate.

  “I’m not condemning you, Duncan. I’m just saying that I’m almost at my wits end. I have no idea what I’m going to do. It might be better to go into hiding and not just stand out in the middle of the street asking for somebody to shoot me or stab me or poison me or any other number of things. I appreciate that you are here with me and believe me those nights when I wake up and see you sleeping beside me is a comfort.” He looked like he hadn’t slept in days. I had found him wide awake and pacing the floor in the middle of the night.

  “I’ve got my feelers out there, but that IP address has been very hard to track down. There are many firewalls. Any time that I get close, I find that I’m looking at a dead end. I think I understand the feeling of wanting to run, but to do so will only give them what they want. Can’t you see that this is personal and won’t end until you confront it? Is leaving what you want, or is that some kind of knee-jerk reaction to what is happening?” I still remembered the words that he spoke on that first night, as he made me play a game that had me exposing myself one piece of clothing at a time.

  “I’m just tired...I want this done.”

  “I know that it should be you and me, but these things are trying to stand in our way. We could run, but we would always be looking over our shoulder, and that is not the kind of life that I’m looking for. I could easily leave you and let you handle this on your own, but you have become too important for me to let go that easily.” I understood that standing and fighting would give him that purpose that he was looking for. He wouldn’t allow them the satisfaction of hiding, even though his instinct was screaming at him to do that.

  “I think you know by now that I’m patient, but even my patience wears thin after a while. I have a man that can fight and not in the usual way, but I don’t think that is going to be enough. Eventually, our luck will run out.” It had taken almost two days to rid myself of the effects of the drug that that man had given me in the underground parking lot. It was a good thing that he didn’t tell his friends about what we were. That would’ve made things more challenging.

  We hadn’t been together for a couple of days. There were no borders, and there were no lies in our relationship. I felt bright when he was standing near like he had given me something that I was missing. When I lost control, he was there with a comforting hand, and I had done the same thing for him during the full moon. Seeing him in his natural element was a little hard to take, but also fascinating at the same time. I watched him tear apart a deer with the efficiency of something that was otherworldly. His blood lust was satiated for the moment, but there was always another full moon around the corner.

  “You just need to hold on for a little bit longer. Sleeping next to you in the nude is nice, but also too damn hard to resist. I’ve woken to find you holding me, but instead of grabbing you and doing what comes naturally, I go back to sleep. I don’t think that I can do that anymore. I see you, and I know that you’re the man that I’m supposed to be with. It hurts me to be separated from you, Derek. You have no idea how worried sick I was about you when I left you in that office alone. I hope you know that I left you in that room to protect you. Keeping you safe has become a full-time job.”

  “I thought about our lives together, and I don’t believe that we can do anything without some kind of physical relief. Oral is a great alternative, but even that is not enough anymore. What our sire’s said about our kind not mixing well doesn’t have to be true. We don’t know anything for sure. I am aware that it might be taking a risk, but maybe it’s time that we live our lives and not worry about what other people think.” He was trying to convince me, but he didn’t have to try that hard. I was close to suggesting the very same thing.

  “Are we saying what I’m thinking that we’re saying? I want to make sure that we are on the same page. This has to be a unanimous decision between the both of us. If you have any doubts, then we shouldn’t go through with it. Like you said, we have no idea what will happen and how this kind of thing will affect us. I think that it’s an old wives’ tale that has been passed down to keep us apart. It might be considered wrong, but I don’t think that we are doing anybody any harm.” I held his gaze and felt his hand take mine.

  “I think that we’ve been fighting this long enough. Your proposal makes sense to me. I suppose the only way to find out for sure is to let things happen the way that they should. I’ve been itching to taste your mouth and escape from my own nightmares. I’m actually glad that I don’t sleep more than a couple of hours. If I had to deal with 8 hours a night for the rest of my life, I would probably go insane. Your approval of me is more important than you can ever know, Derek. I definitely don’t feel like myself, but maybe it’s time for a new Duncan to emerge and for a new Derek to join him.” I unbuttoned his shirt, finding that it was already untucked, which was a little unusual for a man of his buttoned-down style.

  “Once we start this, there is no going back. I wanted this from the moment that we met. It’s has been fucking hard to abstain. I think we both knew that eventually things were going to boil over. It was a blast to suck you off, but it’s a pale comparison to what it could be. I want you. I ache for you in a way that I never thought was possible.” It was nice to hear him say the words. We walked up to the bedroom, and we stood there looking at the mattress and at each other.

  “I want to throw you down on that bed and have my way with you, Derek. I think that this time a little tenderness is in order. Going out of control might feel good at the moment, but prolonging this excitement and pleasure will be more satisfying in the end.” I could’ve easily ripped his clothes off his body, but instead, I breathed deeply and decided to do this the old fashioned way. The buttons came loose one after the other, and I saw his strong, broad shoulders. I nipped at the skin with my teeth, only to let him know that this was really going to happen.

  “I was th
inking the same thing about you, Duncan. We both have a tendency to leap in feet first, but this time, we need to take things a little bit slowly. We denied ourselves, and now it’s about to happen. I know that we have that need to get it over with, as soon as possible, but I don’t want that for either one of us. I like seeing this side of you.” I could say the same thing about him as my eyes took in the scenery of his well-muscled physique. He may have been older, but being what he was had made him into the kind of body that would have any man in his right mind drooling for the chance to be with him.

  We kissed each other, and it wasn’t rushed in that kind of frantic way that we had gone after each other in the past. This was soft and demanding, and our tongues swirled around each other. It was an incredible moment and was only made more special by our cocks touching through our pants. Our bulges were obscene, and we both reached for the zipper of each of our pants at the same time.

  He was biting his bottom lip and looking at me with this intensity that made it impossible for me to say no. This was going to happen and whether it was the most stupid thing that we could ever do was yet to be seen.” I remembered songs, and they reminded me of him. All of those lyrics made sense to me now when they never did before. The heartbreak and loneliness and the way that every song seemed to speak to me in a the language of love was like a revelation onto itself.

  “This might be torture and pain, but I really do feel that we are doing the right thing.” His words were met with more soft kisses and our hands roaming over each other’s body. He led me onto the bed. We were on our knees looking at each other with our shirts wide open. He ran his hand through my hair, and I touched his cheek. There was no way that we were going to be stopped this time. We were in agreement, and this was something that we were going to do for ourselves

  “I hope that you know how important you are to me, Derek. I think that we’ve both been looking for something like this for a very long time. It shouldn’t matter that a vampire and wolf should not be together. Sometimes you have to take a chance. God help me… I don’t think that I ever want to let you go.” I was pulling at his belt, taking it off and twisting it in a way that I could use it to punish him. I slapped his ass playfully with that leather, hearing him gasp and seeing his body react by jumping 2 feet in the air.

  He went after my pants and did the same thing with the leather belt. He pulled my pants and underwear down quickly and my cock sprang up like a jack in the box. It was already ramrodded stiff, and I could only hope that his was exactly the same way. If the presence of it through his pants were any indication, I would say that we were both ready to go.

  Chapter 21

  We were naked and looked at each other with this desire that outweighed any of the complications that we had dealt with up to this point. We reached out at the same time and began to stroke with the feeling of our fingers enticing us to go even further. “We haven’t talked about this, but which one is going to be the bottom?” I didn’t care one way or the other. I could slip back and forth in each role with relative ease. I enjoyed all aspects of sex, but being with him this one time, before all hell broke loose was more important to me than any one of the other times that I’d been with a man.

  “I don’t know what your thoughts on this are, Duncan, but I would really like to fuck the shit out of you. I know that we’ll be going at it for hours, and I’m sure that both of us will get our chance.” He showed his seriousness by reaching around behind me and separating my cheeks with his hands. His finger found the opening and forced its way in by the supplied saliva from his mouth. I was used to the highs and lows of my life, but being with him was the ultimate high. His lips were always on my mind, even when I was fighting for my life.

  “I think that I would like that very much.” I went down on him, letting him play with my ass while I inhaled his link of manhood. I made quite a mess, putting on quite the show and having a great time doing it. The feel of the shaft and the stickiness that clung to my tongue was more than enough to make me yearn for something more than a mere finger back there.

  “If you continue…to do that, Duncan… I doubt that we’re going to make it any further than this.” I didn’t want to ruin anything. We had decided together that this was right for the both of us. “Don’t get me wrong; I love the way that you are doing that. I don’t think that anybody could hold a candle.” Hearing him praise my expertise had made it virtually impossible to let him go. It took incredible willpower for me to turn my mouth away from him.

  “I do believe that I am more than ready for you, Derek. It’s time that you climb in the saddle and break this wild stallion.” I got into position with my elbows situated on the mattress and my knees planted firmly with them spread just a little bit. I felt his two hands come down hard, and I grunted my reply but did not cry out for his amusement. “You know that I like a little bit of pain, but I think that we can do better than that this time.” He was squeezing the cheeks with his cock touching my rosebud.

  “Duncan, I know that we agreed on this, but standing here looking at you like this makes me think that we are making a mistake. I don’t care, and we’ll just have to handle what happens next in the best way that we can.” He pressed a little harder against my body, and I waited for the moment of penetration until I couldn’t take it anymore. I helped him by shoving my body backward until I felt the popping sensation of his love stick making entry.

  “We’ve done it, and I haven’t seen any sign that what we’re doing is causing undue harm to either one of us. It’s painful, but I think that is to be expected the first time around. Go slowly. As we said before, we want to make this last.” He pulled back out, leaving me empty and disappointment, but that didn’t remain for long. He pushed back in and had the walls of my anal cavity begging for more. The sweetness of that insertion was not lost on me, and my body had turned into one big erogenous zone. All the nerves had been ignited, and there was no way to turn down the volume of our sexual desire.

  “I think that we are both in our element. I don’t think that it’s hard to know that we belong together. I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, but for now, I feel that we will never be apart. Your ass is fantastic, and I can feel my cock wedged in their deep. I want you to know that there is no better place that I want to be at this moment. I hope that you feel my love, and this is not some kind of one-sided relationship? You have all of me and looking at you makes me happy. I need to take things slow to really enjoy it.” It turned out to be not only slow but excruciatingly so.

  I had my hands gripping the sheets, tearing into it and feeling that the vampire was not going to sit still for very much longer. Oh, what I wouldn’t do to keep this going forever. His love was like a river that I was floating down with my eyes looking up into the sky. I knew that I would never drown as he was the one that was holding my head above the water.

  He had his hands on my hips and I could hear him breathing heavy. I knew without even looking that he was close to taking flight. He was doing all that he could to keep it under control. I was impressed that he had the willpower to make that happen.

  I looked down to see that my cock was leaking. These very thick strands were stretching from the tip all the way down to the bed. I loved the feeling of him hitting my prostate and massaging it in a way that felt a million times better than anything that I had previously. It was like our bodies were attuned to one another. I was always right there when he needed me; that was a simpatico relationship that went both ways.

  “I know what you’re trying to do, and I commend you for waiting it out. It can’t be easy for you.” I was having a hard time myself. Just fucking and not touching myself at all was causing my cock to throb noticeably. The anticipation of when he was going to fuck me wildly was too much. I was trying my best not to force the issue, but I was allowing him to contain himself at his own peril. “You can’t stop it forever and eventually it’s going to happen unless you go too far and lose that sensation.” His legs had pushed my kn
ees wider, and I could feel his thighs rubbing up against my own.

  “I know that I’m doing the impossible, but I feel like we both deserve for this to be never ending. I’ve been living with these broken pieces in my heart for a long time and then you came along and put them together again. I want to take the whole night to get to know you and not just one fleeting moment that will be over in the blink of an eye.” Why should we wait forever when we were meant to be this close to one another? I would always remember this first time. I hoped that it was one of many, but life was unpredictable. Those that made us weren’t exactly explicit on what would happen if our two kinds would meet in this way.

  “I appreciate that, Derek, but I’m going a little stir crazy waiting for you to continue. If you’re not careful, I might have to take that option out of your hands.” I wanted to bring myself off. When I came and strangled his joint, he would have no choice, but to give me what I wanted. I didn’t do that, and it was too important for the both of us to feel every single moment like it was the last. “I’ve never been this full before. I breathe, and I feel you shift inside me. It’s delicious and intoxicating, and I feel that I could do this many times and never get bored.”

  “Don’t do that.” I was squeezing those very powerful inner muscles. “I’m warning you; you have no idea what you are doing to me.” The wild, untamed voice was that of the animal trying to insert some of its authority.” I heard his voice change, and then I glanced back to see that he was sporting a five o’clock shadow. The hairs were more pronounced and longer, not unlike a certain other appendage that was lodged within my very body.