Sexting With A Vampire
Chapter 196

Erika

I'm anxious when I lay down in bed next to Levi. My stomach is churning, and I seem to be restless.

Hopefully, tonight is the last night I will dream without anyone friendly entering my mind. We haven't figured out a way for Leo and the others to walk into my dreams to get rid of Lucifer yet, but I'm praying we will come to a solution soon. I get underneath the blankets, and Levi breathes a laugh when I press a kiss on his abs.

"Is my body the only place getting some loving tonight?"

"No," I tell him in a playful tone. "I haven't gotten to the other parts yet."

"Oh, other parts? Do tell which ones you mean."

I snort. "Get your head out of the gutter, Levi-I obviously didn't mean I was planning on giving you a b*****b."

"Aw, man!"

I laugh and make my way over to his face. His beautiful eyes are set on mine, and I kiss his cheek. There is a day's worth of stubble there, but he smells nice, and I kiss his lips. Again and again.

After what seems like the billionth one, Levi smiles. "I like how sweet and cuddly you are tonight. I have done something to deserve this? Please tell me so I can do it all again tomorrow."

I laugh at him. "You're wonderful every day, Levi. I'm especially grateful I don't have to cook food anymore."

"Ah, you only love me because you can be lazy?"

A snort escapes me, and I swat at his chest. "I'm not lazy!"

He grins. "You kind of are, but I love you regardless."

I pout. "I'm not..."

"Oh, Erika, we have both seen what your place looked like before I moved in with you."

My cheeks turn molten hot. "Fine.." I mutter. "Maybe I am a little bit lazy and disorganized."

"Mhm," Levi's smile turns wide and bright. "Which is why you're so lucky to have a cooking and cleaning demon for your mate."

"You're so full of yourself!"

"But you know I'm speaking the truth."

I sigh heavily, both hating and loving that Levi is right. He truly is the best mate I could possibly have asked for.

"You are, and I'm grateful for it," I rest my head on his chest, but as soon as I think about sleeping, my anxiety comes back. It's growing inside me like an epidemic, making it hard to relax. Levi notices this. "Wow... You're really tense..."

"I know..."

He strokes my arms and speaks in a tired voice. "Are you nervous about falling asleep? Is what you're like this?"

"Yes..."

"Anxious?"

"With you brother out there trying to woo me? Yes. Very. I'm not sure what to expect from Lucifer."

"As much as I dislike my brother, I don't think he will hurt you."

"Maybe not physically," I say in a low tone, pressing myself closer to Levi. I wish I wasn't tired, but my eyelids are starting to feel heavy. "But you never know if he might hurt me mentally..." Levi sucks in a deep breath and continues to touch me. I love how gentle he is despite being a brutish demon. "Are you afraid of Lucifer?"

"Will you laugh if I say yes?"

"No?"

"Do you promise?"

"I promise." Levi pulls the blanket higher over us. It feels safe, laying next to my massive demon mate. "We are all scared of something." "Even you?"

"Uh, yes?" Levi snorts. "I'm not some sort of superhero, you know. I have fears like everybody else."

A smile tugs on my lips. "I'm having trouble seeing you being afraid of anything. You're a demon, the worst one of them all, and you're telling me you have things you're afraid of?" "Yes..."

I peer up at him, surprised to see shadows dancing in his eyes. Levi is speaking the truth. It makes my interest in him grow. We might be mates, but this is new territory. I'm learning more about him, and it makes this moment precious. "What are you afraid of, Levi?" I whisper. "Tell me."

As I'm looking up into his face, a sad smile spreads over his lips. He immediately looks so much older, like the years are catching up to him, but only showing in his expression. How old is he, anyway?

"I was afraid to be alone at first," Levi's voice is soft, and his rough fingers smooth down the naked skin on my arm. "But then you entered the picture, and now I'm afraid of losing you, Erika... Though, there is more to it than that." "What does that mean?" I barely dare to whisper.

I'm curious about the torn look in his eyes. I have to know why he would make such an expression. Levi looks so heartbroken that it hurts me to look at his face on a deeper planer.

"I will live far longer than you, Erika..." Levi seems to be holding back tears when he says this. "And even though I realize I'm lucky to spend even a day with you, time kind of... Time passes differently for me. I'm not sure how to explain it, but... I take a deep breath, and it's been a couple of years for you. Does that make sense?"

My heart is aching. "It does, and what you're saying is sad, Levi."

"It is sad..." Levi whispers. "But I'm happy that you're here with me. Even happier that you let me mark you."

His words make me widen my eyes, and without being able to stop myself, I straddle him. Levi breathes a laugh but doesn't stop me from climbing on top of him.

"What are you doing?" He asks, amused.

I place my hands on his chest. "You marked me."

His eyebrow lifts. "And?"

"It means we are bound together, forever... You won't live without me, Levi, not at all."

He stares at me for a couple of seconds, and then something resembling hope shines inside his lavender eyes.

"I won't..." his voice is but a whisper. "I won't live without you? Are you saying our lives are bound?"

"I think so," I smile at him and place my hand on his cheek. My thumb strokes over his stubble. His lips twitch, and I get butterflies. He is beautiful, and I lower my tone. "When we werewolves mate with each other, we bind our lives. So when your marked mate dies, you're soon to follow because the moon goddess realizes a life without your soulmate is sometimes not worth living. Instead, we are reborn with them and bound to find them again. In the next life."

He gets this calculative look. "But... I'm sure I've seen some of your pack members live on even though their mate is dead."

I shrug. "Perhaps the moon goddess offers you the opportunity to go in a dream or something? I'm not sure how it works. I know that if you don't want to live without you, you can choose to go... Or you can stay for a while and come back to me when you're ready." "Why wouldn't I be ready?"

A smile spreads over my lips. "Because we are going to have children, Levi. Perhaps you would rather stay with them for a while before returning to me?"

He wrinkles his nose. "Now you're making it sound like you've seen the future and saw yourself die in a car accident or in some other tragic way. I refuse to let you pass away from anything other than old age... And possibly from having been loved too much." I laugh at that. "You're a silly demon."

A smile glitters over his lips. "Maybe, but I'm your demon, so I bet you love me anyway."

"I do."

I bend down and kiss his soft, lush lips. Levi kisses me back with the same passion and hunger, and I lose every concern I have about Lucifer. I've been upset, and I've been down, but everything is alright when my mate is here beside me. Whatever Lucifer throws in our way, I'm confident we can get rid of him and focus on making a baby. That's what I want-Nora isn't going to be the only mother around these parts.

Levi and I should make a baby, too, preferably plenty, because you can't be a big happy wolf family without at least three of them. Well, in my opinion, at least.

And I'm so excited to spend all my days with Levi.

My hands stroke the smattering of dark hair on his chest, and I dry hump his c**k to make him hard. I'm riding this demon man tonight, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Though, as we make love, it feels like a hundred eyes are watching us and smiling in the dark. I try to ignore them and focus on Levi, but deep inside me, I know Lucifer isn't ready to give up yet. His cruel games haven't even begun.