It's All Lies, Darling.

23. "I'm Aware."

{mature content - if you don't like it... well, skip this chapter.}

Chapter XXIII

• "I'm Aware." •

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//MORAX'S POV \\

My fingers trail her soft, pale skin; skimming over the flawless surface with my hungry eyes. I could feel my energy lessening but the heat welling up inside me masked it; the want I had for her kept me burning.

Her shell was shaking from nerves as my lips place gentle kisses on her neck. I knew she was nevrous and I knew at the surface of her thoughts she was regretting it. But since I am able to see within her, I have the knowledge of her wanting this just as badly as I did.

"Relax, Kimbriella," I tell her softly. Air slips from her lungs as she wills herself to settle into the bed beneath her. She was the purest human I've ever been around; not even has she kissed someone. And as of right now, I was easing her in to the situation, letting her get a feel of the experiences she will never feel again. It was the least I could do.

Kim's cooled hands press against my bare chest and steal some of the hotness from my skin. Her touch made a fast-spreading fire ignite inside me; like the gates of Hell were opening in my very chest.

"It's weird," she breathes out quietly. "Even though I know you're not human, it's still the strangest feeling ever to press my hands against your chest and feel no heart beat,"

I didn't know what to say to that. Scanning the innocence on her expression had me almost buckling on top of her and taking her away right now. Seeing the purity in a human made demons loose control; but I wouldn't do that to Kimbriella. With what control I had left, I used it until it ran dry. But I did allow myself to crash my lips down onto hers, and steal her first kiss.

Her muscles tense but slowly relax, easing into the kiss and deepening it. She opens her mouth and allows entrance for my tongue to explore; her fingernails digging lightly into my bare back from obvious pleasure. She was driven crazy by my touch, and it almost made me sick.

"Why are you letting me do this?" I ask sternly as I pull my lips away from her's.

Her green eyes open and find mine immediately, stumbling over the red evil mine were made of. "You know why."

"I don't," My arms were on either side of her, holding her in a cage. The way she lied beneath me, innocently hovered and protected, drove me a smidgen more insane. A deep connection between a human and a demon is a very dangerous thing.

"Yes, you do know why," She tells me, reminding me of our conversation. It brings a smirk to my lips as I stare down to her.

"I just wanted to hear you say it,"

Her eyes dull in annoyance. "Figures,"

"Say it, so we can.... Well, start the marking," I didn't know how to word it in such a way that she wouldn't be afraid, but my way was obviously a more awkward choice.

"So I just... Uhm, say..." She was nervous now, shaking. It brought me down a little bit.

"Yes, Kimbriella," I say softly. "The three magic words begin it all,"

Her throat tides, indicating she swallowed in a nervous response, and I watch her eyes dance around the room until they land in mine. Her pretty lips part and take in a breath of air to mend her words together.

"I love you."

The jerk in my chest hits and sends a wave of heat through my cold shell, and from here on out I had barely any control of my actions. Before we started I told her to be aware of the things that may happen while we start the markings. I had her think it through several times, so she wouldn't regret her choice she's now making.