Vampires Among Us [Vampires Among Us 1] (Siren Publishing Classic)

we come back in,” he suggested as he wiped a cool finger along the back of Erica’s damp neck. At the moment, Erica felt there wasn’t a spot left on her body that wasn’t covered in sticky moisture.
    She smiled up at him with a look of longing in her eyes. A dip in the cool water sounded wonderful. “Give me a moment to change.” She took off for the bedroom, reemerged a minute later, and headed for the bathroom. He walked back into the bedroom to locate and change into his own swim trunks.
    Erica quickly changed into one of the bikinis that Kevin had purchased. She opened the bathroom door and almost collided with Kevin. “Wow,” he commented as he gave her a lusty once-over. “That swimsuit looks great on you.” She decided to ignore the burning desire evident in his smoldering eyes and quickly turned away from him, heading for the back door off of the kitchen. She grinned inwardly. Kevin’s eyes looked as if they were going to pop out of his head when she had run into him a moment ago.
    When Kevin had picked out the bathing suits, he had imagined what each one would look like on Erica. Now, he sadly realized his imagination had done her no justice. He was digging deep for some self-control and reigning in his emotions, as Erica reached the back door. Screw the ocean, he thought, what I really want to do is snatch that woman up, throw her down on the bed, and strip that little bit of cloth off of her body with my teeth!
    As Erica reached the back door, she quickly turned around just in time to catch Kevin checking out her backside. From the look on his face, it was no small miracle he didn’t have drool hanging off his chin. “Are you coming?” she asked innocently from the doorway.
    “Not yet, but you are certainly getting my attention in that bikini!” he threw back at her as he walked over to join her with a mischievous grin on his face.
    It was totally dark down by the water, an almost moonless night. Knowing the temperature had dropped a few degrees since the sun had gone down, he allowed Erica’s body time to adjust to the water temperature. His body didn’t react to temperature changes like hers did. He led her out to mid-thigh water and stopped, allowing her time for her body to adjust to the coolness of the water.
    “Are you cold?” he asked, as he brought her up against him.
    “No, not really,” she hedged.
    He purposely glanced down at her chest and then raised an eyebrow up at her. “I beg to differ with you on that one, my love. Your body is telling me something entirely different!” He lightly brushed a finger over her nipple, as he grinned at her. “Your high beams are definitely on!”
    Erica found amusement bubbling up from inside her as she took in his expression. Sighing heavily, she retorted, “Then warm me up!” as she snuggled her body up tight against his. Kevin reached down and scooped her up into his arms, staring into her face, as he rubbed his hand up and down her arm to ward off the chill. Her nipples were hard little pebbles pressing against his chest.
    “You are so beautiful,” Kevin murmured as he leaned down to steal a quick kiss. “I am one lucky guy to have someone like you.”
    “That’s funny,” Erica replied, with an odd look on her face.
    He cocked his head to one side. “Funny?” He repeated in question, just a little confused.
    “Yes, here I thought I was getting the best end of the deal in this relationship.”
    Kevin gave her a look that stated he was questioning if she had lost her mind. Didn’t she realize what a treasure she was? How could he be so lucky to have her love? “I love you. I love you with all my heart and soul. Please know that.” His lips came crushing down on hers, and he could not imagine ever getting tired of her. It wasn’t just her beauty on the outside, but he was equally in love with the beauty on the inside as well.
    As Kevin led them further out into the water, he was pleased to see that Erica seemed perfectly at ease with him. After he had been forced to hold back his feelings for her for what seemed like forever, he was now quick to take advantage that she seemed to be over her fears, and was open to his attentions.
    Leading the way back out of the water an hour later, he led them over to a large blanket that he had spread out earlier. Erica spotted a picnic basket sitting on the blanket. Kevin waited until he had Erica settled on the blanket, and then sat beside her and started retrieving items out of