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[Julian Holt]

Over the years Julian had been with many beings, ranging from human to vampire and even a lycan or two who was quite intrigued by him being a hybrid. Anytime he ran into another race who wasn’t aware of him being a hybrid of vampire and lycan, their reaction would be quite interesting. The reason for this being that both races hated one another fiercely. Neither would be caught amongst the others presences or company. It was that bad of a feud between the two races. However, there were some that liked to stray sometimes, and half a vampire was far better than nothing right? This meant that over the years the young man had taken a lot of woman to bed and then some. Of course it wasn’t always in a bed as being adventurous was far more appealing sometimes. At last for Julian it was, made his life a little bit different and less routine.

One thing that he didn’t have to worry about was how much of his animal side he let out as well as the amount of his heightened abilities he used. If he really let go and didn’t think about what it was he was doing, it could turn out bad depending on who partner was. Humans were quite fragile compared to a lycan or a vampire and it could simply be far too rough for them to handle. He had let go once without realizing what he was doing after having tasted Selena’s blood for the first time. There was something about it that made him lose control completely. He hadn’t been thinking about how he could hurt the younger woman. Instead he just focused on his sex drive that was going out of control that moment. Whether it was just the blood, or a combination of how he couldn’t resist the young Spanish woman. It wasn’t till later that he had discovered just how much out of control he had been.

Losing control over his abilities was exactly what was happening that very moment. His senses were heightened with the fresh blood he had just consumed. Not to mention there was a very unnatural addictive quality to it. Whatever it was that made Selena’s blood addictive and highly desirable, it defiantly wouldn’t be a good thing if anyone else discovered this. Julian was able to only take a small amount from the young woman when he needed to, but knowing everyone else around him, they wouldn’t be able to hold back. Putting Selena through something like that wouldn’t be anything he wanted. His bite at least was made so she didn’t feel pain; anyone else wouldn’t even bother trying to give her that luxury. It was a wonder that he was able to at least be gentle for a little bit while teasing the younger woman.

Feeling her nails scrapping against his skin while she thrusted her hips towards his was the only signal that he needed. Granted with how worked up he was right now, the slow pace wouldn’t have lasted very long. Letting her breast drop from his mouth, he looked down at the woman meeting her begging gaze. Had he not have other things on his mind, he might have pointed out how that was inflating his ego right then and there. However, any sheer sense of logic and rationality was already gone from his head. All he could think about was how she drove both his vampire and wolf insane. Once he pushed himself into her, it didn’t take long for his hips to start moving quickly picking up rhythm. All thoughts gone, his inner animals took over quickly as his eyes going completely red at one point. Still moving his hips quickly, he shifted pushing Selena’s legs to her body more. Bringing his arms under them, he put them to either side of her hips, getting a better hold to move quicker. His body felt like it was on fire as both sides of him tried to take control and let loose. Keeping his hold on her slender hips, Julian continued thrusting into his mate as if there were nothing else around them that moment. A low groan escaped the young hybrid once he finally found release, slumping forward somewhat panting.

[Selena Torres]

Sex with Julian the first time had been amazing. There honestly were no other words for it. Selena had no real experience in being intimate with a guy since she’d been a virgin before Julian but she knew she was pretty damn lucky. He’d been gently, caring and maybe a little smug to be her first. If either of them had been the one to make the first move, it had been Selena. At least until her confidence had started to crumble to the point she’d been shaking like an obvious virgin while straddling his lap. It was a wonder he hadn’t laughed or told her to get the hell out of his room. It had been memorable once he finally realized she was serious.

As he finished up drinking from her, her mind went back to the first time he’d snapped from his resolve not to do so. She could remember the glow at his eyes flashed hot red and the growl which rumbled from his throat along her neck. The amount of strength he had used on her had scared her at first until she realized her fear was equal reflected in his rage. Which didn’t mean her new found knowledge made it any easier to calm down when she was so damn turned on by his animal side. It wasn’t until the morning after she’d realized just how hard he had been going at her body. Claw marks had raked down her chest, her breast were tender from multiple bites and her inner thighs were raw from the speed he had used. The thought of moving out of bed when morning appeared hadn’t crossed her mind.

In the small moment where Julian’s lips locked with hers, she felt the change in him. The shift in his control where he could no longer pretend to be cold or emotionless. Both his beast were starting to win over the need to come out and play with her. Staring up at him, her fingers tightened their hold on his shoulder wishing to understand just what she had unleashed by offering him her blood. Over the past few months, his wolf had begun to make its appearance more known around Selena but she’d never felt its presence when they were intertwined.

It was too late to stop him. Selena doubted her own control to force him to wait just long enough to shake his wolf and vampire instincts off. The only thing it was doing to her right then was making her more excited, more willing to let him do as he pleased instead of trying to fake like she had some command in this part of their relationship. Grunting, her legs complied with his motion to fold up closer to her body, giving him a better angle to heighten both their pleasure. Thrusting her hips up to his was useless when his speed increased into something inhuman. All she had to do was lie there and just enjoy it. Enjoy her body’s temperature rising as her heart rushed blood through her body with each push he made in. Letting go, she forgot about where they were or the why. Her eyes were locked onto her mates, watching for the change in his eyes out of the red and into blue. Screaming into his shoulder, Selena arched up while her own release followed close behind Julian’s. Her mouth instantly went to his shoulder right before she bit down into his muscle. Originally a spur of the moment action, the bit had become a way for Selena to compliment Julian without saying a word to him. The hard she bit him, the greater her pleasure. And right then, her teeth dug into his shoulder while moaning softly.

Panting, she laid her head back, a stupid smile on her face as she savored Julian’s weight against her. The heat coming off his skin was addicting to her causing her fingers to trace up and down his back in a soothing motion. “You always do make good on your guarantees.” Her body felt loose and far more relaxed then she had been on the plane. Of course, in the morning she had her money placed on her body aching just a little from the spontaneous love making.

[Julian Holt]

Sweat ran down the hybrids body as he came down from the activities they had just been engaging in. His eyes turned back to their normal blue colour and his breath started calming. It usually took a few minutes for him to get control over his beasts after they had been unleashed during sex or any other time. It depended on the situation whether or not he’d be able to take quick control of them or not. Since his wolf had started coming out more and more, Julian’s found it harder to get him back into his cage sorta speak. Having spent time on the island of wolves caused his wolf to finally emerge. Until then, he had not been aware that there was even a wolf for him to control. Of course he knew that he was part lycan, but being raised vampire, his wolf seemed to have been suppressed to a point that he seemed none existent. With his mother not being around, he wasn’t even aware there was a wolf to suppress. The change in his environment had caused the wolf to finally take his rightful spot in the struggle that was Julian Holt.

Now it took him a bit of time to gain control of them both. Usually his vampire side was far easier to get a handle on as he had been mastering it for a quite some years now. Once he finally did, he let out a breath finally calming down the need and the animalistic urges he had been channeling. Looking down at Selena, he grinned at her comment. Letting the young woman’s legs drop to the mattress, he pulled himself out of her placing a kiss on both her thighs. Shifting, he moved to lie beside her, the arm containing the Celtic tattoo going around her waist. “It’d be good to remember that next time you doubt me.” he added teasingly. Tucking a strand of loose hair from her face, Julian placed a quick but sweet kiss to her lips. Right now he was defiantly relaxed after coming home. The place always wound him up tight given that his father wasn’t the best person to be around. Not only that but bringing home a human that was his equal and not a slave weren’t easy to deal with either. However, Julian did not care much on what anyone thought of that. He was more worried that someone might try something on Selena and that wouldn’t go over well. Not only would he get his ass kicked by the fiery woman herself, but her mother would probably come off the island to track him down and tare him a new one if anything happened to her daughter.

Of all the things he had seen, he might actually be fearful of the Hispanic mother lion. Not that he would admit it to anyone. He did care for Selena, even if he would never have thought it would happen. Caring for anyone in such a way was not something he had ever seen in his cards. Even the psychics he had encountered who were insisting they could tell him his future never saw a woman in his life. Usually they told him of a darkness that came over his future or some grave thing they could never figure out what it was. Having something good in his life never seemed to come up. It makes him wonder what that meant about just about everything that was happening now and what might happen in the future.

Looking down at the woman in bed with him, he sighed just enjoying the odd peaceful moment. “Still want that bubble bath?” he asked curiously wondering if she was actually relaxed or not from their endeavor. He himself was relaxed however he had found out a long time ago that women were quite different. After 130 years there were some things he had picked up. One of them was that it took a bit of teasing and foreplay to get a woman to actually get in the mood and get her to enjoy sex as well. “If not I am sure we can come up with creative ways to get you loosened up again.” he added wiggling his eyebrows in a teasing manor. “I still don’t see why planes get you so worked up in the first place.” he added still wondering that. He remembered suggesting ways to get her to calm down but they failed the moment they left his mouth.

[Selena Torres]

Panting, Selena struggled to ease her breathing back down to a normal rate. It definitely wasn’t easy with Julian pressed against her so deliciously while she was still coming down from her sex high. Watching him do the same, her fingers ran through his damp hair, smiling while her own heart still fought to keep its speedy rate. While she lay there, she noted the change in his eye color from blood, fiery read to his serene clear blue that she had fallen in love with. “I always preferred your blue eyes.” Reaching behind him, her free hand ran down the muscles on his back not bugged by the sweat since she knew she was covered in it too. God, his back. It was a strange thing to find someone’s back attractive but he managed to do it. There was so little about her mate she didn’t love. Even his ego had finally gotten her approval because it was all just a part of him. Not that she would willing let his head get so big no one else around him could breathe.

Moaning, her legs stretched out on the bed, finally free of Julian’s hold over them. A shiver ran down her spine at the soft lips against her thighs causing her to whimper softly. The softest touch right then would have gotten her sex drive going again without much effort and he knew it. Feeling him pull away, she began to pout until his arm wrapped around her waist, the one with the tattoo she had an odd fascination with. Turning to face him on her side, she laid a leg across his waist so she could slide her smooth skin up against those firm muscles on his thighs. Wiggling closer to him, she tilted her hip so it brushed against his when she had plenty of room to move around on the bed. But why would she want to distance herself from him? She loved being close to him, to reach out and run a hand along his cheek or through his hair. “If I did that then you wouldn’t try to prove me wrong to sooth your male ego.” Her face moved into the hand that tucked the strand of hair behind her ear wanting for him to keep touching her. It didn’t have to be intimate touching either, a small brush of his knuckles over her jaw would have been nice.

The soft kiss brought a warm smile to her lips before her nails ran down his arm gently, not leaving marks but just to tease him. She loved those quiet moments right after sex between them. It was went she felt the closest to him knowing she got to see a rare side of him that most of his family didn’t see. The soft light to his eyes took years off his haunted face whenever he drifted too far into his past making her want to always keep that light in his eyes. It was in those moments, she could forget about her overly protective mother, her sisters that tended to frown on her dancing because they thought she was setting herself up for trouble, and Julian’s other family that were vampires. All she had to do was look at his eyes and know things were going to be ok between them.

Blinking, Selena pondered about the bubble bath. Her muscles felt loose, maybe a little too loose right then. She had a strong sense that if she tried to sit up, her abs would protest any movement. But oh, she had been dreaming of a warm bubble bath since Paris the morning they had flown out of the airport. “Yes but only on two conditions. One you join me…and the other, you’ll have to carry me. My legs feel like jello right now.” At his obvious suggestive remark about trying to find other ways to loosen her up, she had to laugh knowing he’d have far too much fun trying to do just that. After one hundred and thirty years, she thought his sex drive would have slowed down but he still acted like an average human guy in his prime. But she had indeed remembered some of the ways he’d brought up about calming her down on the plane right. All of them had been completely inappropriate on a plane over the Atlantic Ocean. Sighing, she shrugged. “I don’t know. I just don’t like being in an enclosed space flying over water. My sense of self preservation kicks in.” It was probably the only time it did kick in. At least, that’s what her brothers liked to say.

[Julian Holt]

Letting his breath finally calm and his body to slow from the high it was currently on, Julian opened his eyes not aware that they were red still. It wasn’t till Selena mentioned that she preferred his blue eyes over the red ones that he knew he had still be struggling for control. Of course once he gets a grip on himself it does take a bit for his animalistic sides to finally subside and hide for the time being. He wasn’t too fond of letting Selena see that side of him. It wasn’t a good side nor was it one he could fully control. One of the many reasons he insisted she stay away from him during a full moon. Even now as it was approaching, he was going to keep his distance just to be on the safe side. “If I could help it I wouldn’t let you see the red once. Problem is there is something about you that just drives both my vampire and wolf insane.” he added playfully leaning down and tugging on her bottom lip.

While he moved up on the bed to lay beside Selena, his hand trailed up her legs and body, his fingers dancing on her cooling skin loving how it felt. There were nights he simply enjoyed tracing the curves of her body and nothing more it was just. Part of him found himself thinking to the day they had met when she was wearing her dancing outfits. Something he was beginning to miss now that she wasn’t wearing them as often as before. Keeping his arm around her waist protectively, Julian chuckled at the pout before he found her getting comfortable again. Problem was if she was going to start rubbing up against him like that then he would be worked up in an instant ready for another go. Groaning, he pulled the young woman’s body closer to his, already getting turned on again by the simple touch. “Just because I wouldn’t be trying to sooth my male ego doesn’t mean the sex would lack in any way shape or form.” he informed her, sliding his hand down to the small of her back again, pressing her hips against his, already getting hard at the mere thought. Even at a hundred and thirty his sex drive was still strong as ever.

Keeping his hand at the small of her back, he used his thumb to cares the skin underneath his finger tips. Feeling her nails running down his arm only caused Julian to get more turned on, his body pressing against Selena’s more to show what the young woman was doing to him. At this rate he was going to be ready to go for another round in no time it seemed. He didn’t know if she’d be able to handle that so the young vampire took to trying to calm himself down. It didn’t help that he found her irresistible in more ways than one especially when she was lying naked against him. While he waited for an answer about the bubble bath, Julian gently strokes her cheek with his free hand before taking her hand in his, kissing her fingers just enjoying the intimate moment between them. He knew that after some of their sex sessions Selena could barely move. The indications were usually there with how cuddly she got to him after. Right now was proving that a least she might be relaxed for the night even if she was in the middle of vampire coven.

Hearing that there were conditions to her bath only got Julian raising an eyebrow. He made a pouty face when it was clear she still wanted the bubble bath. He had been hoping for other ways of getting her more relaxed. ”You know I don’t do bubble baths Luna.” he pointed out kissing her hand again before he untangled himself from the younger woman. Sliding off the bed, he walked to the bathroom not bothering to get dresses. Turning on the water in the tub, he put the stopper in and threw some bubble bath into the water before leaving it running as he headed back to the bed. While he did this, the young man took an opportunity to stretch, bringing his arms up over his head, his ab muscles stretching as he did so. ”They might feel like jello but they defiantly don’t look it.” he added referring to her legs when he got back to the bed. Reaching out, he grinned taking a hold of her leg before gently pulling her down the length of the bed to the foot where he was standing before leaning down, resting his arms on either side of her waist. “You sure I can’t change your mind about finding other methods of loosening you up?” asked curiously his eyebrow wiggling suggestible before he placed a kiss on her stomach in a hintful manner.

Moving back, he put his arm under her knees and around her waist before lifting his mate up off the bed. “Let’s hope your sense of self preservation kicks in around here, I don’t need to come home to find you drained.” he added hoping she would take the hint that not everyone was nice when it came to the vampire community. Her sister might be but everyone else felt differently on the matter. While he said this, the young hybrid carried Selena into the bathroom, the water already at a decent level. Without much hesitation or struggle, he got into the Victorian style bath tub lowering them both into the water before leaning over to turn the water off.

[Selena Torres]

Rolling her eyes, she didn’t want to get into an argument about his wish for her never to see his animal side. It just wasn’t possible. They slept in the same room, traveled together…it was just bound to happen. It was already too late, she’d seen fractions of his other sides on the Isla and when they left. “You’re male, they know a good looking female when the both of them see one.” She would have said something else but his teeth tugged on her lower lip causing her to groan while arching her body up to his. Next to her ear, her lower lip was a sure place to get her fired up for a round of play. However, the both of them seemed to still be trying to calm down after their last session and she doubted he’d be ready to go again for awhile. She doubted she could for awhile either.

Closing her eyes, she smiled at the hand gliding over the skin on her legs. Goosebumps broke out across them getting turned on once more by the small touches. Almost in a cat like motion, her body seemed to move in the direction of his hand, seeking more attention. It was times like those that she loved Julian the most. It was nothing sexual between them, just a quiet moment for them to share each other’s company. Trying not to rub against him when he was so close right after sex was like asking her not to dance, impossible. She should have known better by then, she should have known getting cuddly with her mate no matter if they’d just had sex or not, would affect him. Forced up against him, she smirked feeling his hardness up against her leg. His sudden growth didn’t startle her, not after a year of being with Julian. It was the suddenness of it after a very heated round together. “I’m not sure I believe you.” Grinning, a hand slid down his side to rest on his thigh while her fingers drew random designs over his skin with her nails.

Humming softly under her breath in approval, she arched closer to Julian while his fingers played across the small of her back. Turning her head, she rubbed her nose up and down his neck before lightly licking his skin. She definitely noticed him growing even harder against her body as her leg hooked over his waist to slide up and down his leg. It was difficult for her not to think about sex whenever they were close like this. Then again, it wasn’t just about sex between them. Julian balanced her when she wanted to scream and bitch at someone. He kept her safe when her common sense decided to take a hike. Tilting her head into his hand, she pressed her lips against his wrist, feeling the pulse under his skin. The hand in his intertwined her fingers before she smiled at the old style kiss to her hand. Even with the temptation of a bath, she would have loved to stay right there locked in his arms for the rest of the night without a single complaint.

Lifting her eyes up to his, she pouted right back at him before saying, “Please, take one with me.” Was he really going to deny her such a simple request? It wasn’t like she was asking for him to kill someone. Then again, given the right circumstances, she had no doubt he’d kill someone for her. Groaning, she instantly missed his heat as he pulled away to go head for the bathroom. Her body rolled over so she was face down on his side where the sheets had trapped some of his warmth and scent. The sound of running water filled the silence making her glance up just when her mate returned giving her a wonderful viewing of him stretching. Her mouth dried as his abs were pulled taunt against his body before her eyes kept skimming lower and lower over him. Being pulled across the silk sheets, a startled sound echoed from her mouth when her body slipped over the bed with ease until she was at the edge, spread open, ready for him again. “You already got the bath going so hush. I’m getting in that tub if it kills me.” But the kiss to her stomach almost broke down the resolve to hop in that tub when her stomach quivered under his lips.

Thankfully, Selena wasn’t tested anymore by her mate. Smiling softly, her arms wrapped around Julian’s shoulders when she was lifted from the bed. Her head leaned over to rest against his shoulder but also so her nose was pressed slightly against his neck to take in his familiar scent. “Being dead wasn’t what I had planned when I left home, so trust me. I’ll try to behave around here.” After the small run in with the driver, she was starting to get the hint her sister and Dustin were the exception to the normal vampire feeling towards humans. Glancing ahead, she spotted the tub and smiled at the sight she had been dreaming about for almost a full twenty four hours. When Julian actually stepped into the tub along with her, she was slightly surprised. She’d thought he wasn’t going to join her. Moaning deeply, she stretched her legs out in the warm water feeling the muscles in her thighs relax as her abs were eased by the gentle caressed of the water. Lifting a hand, her finger picked up some bubbles and blew them at Julian’s face while smiling.

[Julian Holt]

There were times that Julian knew he wouldn’t be able to win an argument and seeing the pout that was already forming on the younger woman’s face, he knew this was going to be one of those times. Of course he hadn’t even done anything that would deserve such a look other then mention bubble baths really weren’t his thing. He was more of a shower guy, finding that sitting in the dirt and sweat he had accumulated over the day really wasn’t something appealing to him. He would never understand woman’s need to sit in a tub for hours just soaking. Not really wanting to waste his time contemplating things he would never understand, Julian often just shrugged it off. Or at least he tried to shrug it off but it seemed that his mate was not having it. She was going to insist that he join her for a bubble bath. While letting the tub fill, Julian continued to pretend that he hadn’t given into her request when he knew he really didn’t have a choice in the matter. At least not if he was going to be sleeping in the same bed that night. Despite already knowing his faith was sealed in the bubble filled tub, Julian continued to play his angle at trying to get more sex out of the woman instead.

He was a guy after all and if there was even a small chance for him getting more sex, and then he was going to jump at the chance. Rubbing the back of his neck as he finished stretching, Julian’s eyes fell to the bed where Selena was still laying there spread out on the silk sheets. Once winter came he was going to have to change them for her benefit as the temperature change wouldn’t really bother him. But for now he was going to enjoy them and the interesting situations that they brought about. Using any means he could think of, Julian used the smoothness of the sheets to bring Selena closer to him. The way she ended up spread open for him at the end of the bed only made it that much harder to give into her needed for a bubble bath.

If he didn’t give in now he was going to have to do so eventually anyways and there was no point in prolonging it. As much as he wanted to simply take her again that moment, he held off and teased the woman instead. If he had to suffer a bit with his arousal clearly evident, then he was going to make sure that Selena suffered as well. While he carried his mate towards the bathroom, Julian glanced down at her as she spoke. “Good. I know it won’t be that easy, but do try. The thought of your family hunting me down if something were to go wrong, scares me more than Tristan ever could.” he added teasingly.

Settling in the tub with Selena in his lap, Julian made sure the water was turned off before sighing not really enjoying the situation. The moan that escaped his mate only indicated that she was defiantly enjoying herself right now. Whatever appeal there was in this activity he did not see it at all. When the bubbles were blown his way, Julian made a face. “Stop that. The only way I’m getting away with being in here is cause there’s an attractive woman with me. Otherwise this would be far too fruity for my liking.” he added making a sniffing sound as the bubbles came his face. “I will never understand woman and their need for these.” he threw Selena’s way, before snaking his arm around her waist in the water. “You owe me for this Luna…” he whispered biting her neck playfully as it hadn’t touched soap yet. Leaning back against the tub, he let his hands wander over her naked body, simply caressing and trailing bits of her smooth skin. If he was going to be stuck in the tub he was going to enjoy himself as much as he could.

[Selena Torres]

Selena had become accustomed to winning arguments with Julian after a year with him. The man wasn’t as tough as he liked others to think he was. Or maybe she was just able to wrap him around her fingers so well he wanted to please her no matter the cost to his ego. Which was never a bad thing, everyone always needed something to make them humble for a moment. Not that she was ever going so subject him to something super silly. What was the harm in him joining her for a bubble bath? They both could use a wash since sweat covered their bodies and she had no doubt his scent was all over her. He could either join her, or sit in bed waiting until she was ready to get out. And if the temperature of the water was just right and the bubbles just enough to cover the surface of the water, odds were good she could mistakenly fall asleep in the warm relaxing water. Then he would be stuck in bed all alone until he realized she’d fallen asleep and be forced to wake her up to keep her from drowning.

When she’d been pulled to the edge of the bed, she’d honestly though Julian was going to forget about her small request for a bath. He had that look in his eyes when she’d ended up at his feet, in a manner of speaking, clearly ready for him again. Her mate knew how to surprise her every time. Blinking, she lifted her head off his shoulder to look up at him, while they got closer to the bathroom, tilting her head slightly in a confused manner. “My family is not as scary as you make them out to be. My father won’t literally eat you alive for voicing your opinions.” In truth, her father was an easy going guy, if anyone had the power in her family it was her mother. Her family was strange in the way it was more of a matriarch with the women holding control over the men. Of course, Selena hadn’t figured out if it was power they held or just a very good sense of knowing what a man wanted and using it against him.

The request for her to stop blowing bubbles pretty much went in one ear and out the other. Selena hated orders and those ones were harmless, so they were so much easier to ignore. And she loved the scowl he was giving her because of the harmless bubbles. “So any woman could get you in a tub full of bubbles?” Laughing, she picked up more bubbles and blew them at him just for fun. If he was going to tease her, she was going to do it right back at him. At the small of her back, she could feel his arousal still there, seeking what was only inches away from it. It was times like this, where they were alone and he was ready to go she had to fight with her body not to give in. Their relationship was completely built on sex. However after she’d been introduced to it by Julian, the young woman had a hard time keeping her hands off his body.

The bite once again had her thinking of sex making her moan louder than when she’d been placed in the warm water. She’d been fully relaxed, not thinking of having her way with her mate, completely content to sit in his lap for awhile and he went and did that. It wasn’t fair. Nor was it fair for his hand to wonder over her body creating a startling difference between his hands on her skin and the smooth water lapping at her flesh. “Oh do I?” Arching an eyebrow playfully, she turned over in the tub so her body was pressed against his, chest to chest. Bending her knees slightly, she sat up to straddle his waist in the water while her fingers rested on his chest sending drops of water sliding down his pectorals. Bubbles had collected on her breast, hiding her nipples before they slowly either popped or rolled down her chest back to the water. “How would you like to be repaid?” Sliding her arms around his neck, she leaned in close enough to kiss him but didn’t while her deep brown eyes locked onto his blue ones.

[Julian Holt]

Not really having anyone in his life that cared about him like Selena did, often made Julian not care what he gave up for the younger woman. At first he simply thought their relationship was nothing more than a fling while he stayed on the island. That was what his mind had been assuming would happen. Over the years he had taken to having random flings which lasted longer than few nights. His longest was a month because he had stayed in the area for longer than expected and having someone around seemed to be just fun and entertaining. Never had he thought it would actually go beyond that with anyone. When the year mark had hit, he had been surprised. Time really did go by quicker for him sometimes when he wasn’t paying attention to it. However, that never really was a concern for him as he did always have enough of it. Now that it was time to head off the island because of certain people trying to track him down, Julian figured whatever him and Selena had was over. He had never really known what a mate was. Of course he knew the definition and the overall terms it set out but he hadn’t really seen anyone with a mate, not a real one at least. Not till coming to Ilsa.

Having Selena come with him off the island, the place she had called her home and leaving her family behind even if it was for a short time, made him realize it might not be just a simple fling. It also made him appreciate having someone in his life that did give a damn about him. It might not be the same way he should have gotten with his parents but it was enough to change him a bit. At least so that he cared about someone else for a change and didn’t mind giving in to certain demands like a bubble bath, even if it was the last thing he’d be caught doing. “No but your father at least gives a damn if you end up dead or not. The only reason Tristan is my father is because we share similar DNA.” he pointed out. That was one of the reasons he was quite worried about what her family might do to him. She had family that if something happened would probably take him out. Tristan would probably shrug it off be pissed he lost his weapon before making another one if need be. Not only that but he’d have ruined a great friendship with Dustin as well. Now that he knew he was related to his mate’s sister.

Another set of bubbles was blown his way causing the man to frown more scrunching up his face when some bubbles landed on his nose. Bringing his hand up out of the water he wiped the bubbles off before letting if fall back around Selena’s waist. Pulling her closer against his body, he chuckled and pondered at her question. “If they offer the right kind of motivation then of course.” he teased trying to keep his arousal from getting the best of him. But being a guy meant that it was all he thought about. There was really nothing else on his mind half the time. Could anyone blame him given how appealing Selena was both physically and mentally? Not jumping the woman right then and there was a lot of control on the hybrids part. It didn’t’ help that his mate seemed to enjoy wiggling in his lap all the more further teasing him.

The moan he managed to produce from Selena only got him more worked up. Grinning against her neck, he chuckled showing her how hard it was to manage such control right now. The fact that it was merely biting he was doing right now was a wonder given how close she was to his arousal. Before he could continue with his teasing however, she shifted in the tub. Wondering what it was she was going to be doing, Julian leaned back and simply watched her, his hands automatically falling to her hips once she settled herself in his lap again, this time facing him. His eyes couldn’t help but follow the trail of suds that moved down her body back into the water. Her question only had him nodding his head a mischievous smirk on his face. ‘I think you’re more than aware of how I’d like to be repaid Luna.” he added leaning forward to bite at her neck again, trailing his fangs along the curve, before moving to her collar bone and down to her chest. “However, that could be saved for later. Enjoy the bubble bath because this might be the first and last time you see me in one.” he added placing a quick kiss to her neck before leaning back stopping his teasing for now. Leaving his hands on her hips, he let his thumb continue to caress the skin there staying at a gentle touch instead of a more teasing one.