Point of No Return
She then looked around and her eyebrows met in confusion. "Where are you leading me?"
"I have no idea." Her eyes whipped back to him and latched onto his stare.
"What?"
"Sorry, I've been distracted." He admitted and she flushed and bit her lip. He continued to lead her away and the sounds of the party started to fade away.
"Vlad, can I ask you something?" Mina asked softly.
"Anything." He smiled and held her waist closer.
"You wanted to kiss me last night... didn't you?" She asked him, he stuttered in his step and continued. "Vlad, tell me the truth."
His eyes didn't seem to know where to look but finally her small hand turned his face to hers.
"Please... I deserve to know." She pleaded before he sighed and stopped dancing.
"I did." He nodded. "I did, and you know I have been tempted to for a long time."
"Then do it." She said and he looked down at her. She leaned in closer but stopped at two inches away. "You said you wouldn't fight while we are here."
She hadn't fully finished her sentence when his ducked his head low to meet her. His lips covered hers and he kissed her fully for the first time. The bliss flooded them with all its fiery, addicting ecstasy. Her vampire ears could hear his heart pounding and she dared to believe it was faster than hers. His hands pressed her tighter to him and Mina knew she was no longer in love with Vlad. She was addicted to him with every fiber of her being. She never felt so amazing in her life and ran her hands through his hair while pulling him to kiss him harder.
"Vlad, Mina! I-"Otis stopped dead in his tracks as he walked in on the passionate kiss. Mina parted her lips from Vlad's and was redder than she has ever been in her life. He grinned and slowly started to back inside the building. "Oh, don't mind me! Keep going! I'm just going to leave now."
Mina nearly felt her fangs cut off her lower lip as she was still red and turned to Vlad. Before she could even take in a breath to speak he cut her off and kissed her again. She couldn't breathe, and her sight faded until she closed her eyes in bliss and kissed him back. Her entire world collapsed into him and her head began to swirl as she took in another dose of a growing addiction. Yet it took all her strength to slowly pull away.
His lips tried to follow her in her retreat but she yanked her head away. Vlad's eyes blinked down at her in confusion and she felt her heart break at the yearning deep within his black gaze.
"Please don't make me love you... unless you love me." She told him, her hand caressing his midnight hair and she turned from his hold. She started to rush off but his hand wrapped around her waist and held her from behind. Her stomach flipped and cotton dried her throat. He entered her mind and whispered slowly to her.
"Mina..." She took in a shaking breath and turned her head slightly to him. She held his arms and forced them to release her and she ran back into the comforts of Elysia. The moment she returned she was ambushed by Evelyn and Jen and they retreated from the party into her room.
Vlad stood outside, dumbfounded, for the longest time. He hadn't believed he did all he had. He had done things tonight he hadn't even dared to think about with Meredith, but he did them with Mina. But she was so breath-taking, intoxicating, haunting, seductive, and he hadn't the slightest idea what he was doing as long as he satisfied his need. Even if it was to a small degree, yet now all he wanted was more. He felt his mind slowly evaporating and he knew an addiction was growing, an addiction more dangerous than any deadly drug. It took all his mental strength to walk back into that party to find Mina had disappeared.
