The Blood Will Run by E.A. Abel

shoved Devin hard against the wall of the study and left the room.
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    Alivia climbed out of her bedroom window to the small landing with her poetry book and pen in hand. She leaned up against the concrete wall, opened the book and wrote,
    ‘Twas time to feast upon, a woolly cloud of white.
    The night, the moon sparkled bright.
    Light of stars flash and flicker.
    As heaven gazes down and smiles.
    The heart that beams a power within.
    Swirling joy and nothing less.
    For the dream, I do borrow.
    Love and all its brilliance awaits a new tomorrow.
    Alivia smiled, closed the book and gazed at the stars. She brought her knees to her chest and hugged them. Chace made her feel different. She never imagined that a simple touch could send aching demands of yearning coursing through her body. Chaces’ hands caressed her skin gently. His lips devoured hers. When their bodies were pressed together she felt his demand rise in his groin, it made her wet between her legs. So much in fact, that she had to shower once Chace dropped her off at home.
    She couldn’t give herself to Chace. Every part of her body wanted her to satisfy the desire to be with him intimately, but her mother made her promise that she stay a virgin until she was married and Alivia wasn’t about to break that promise.
    Erica explained to her what it was like to give yourself to someone fully.
    It was a week before the gas explosion when Erica told her the secret that she was keeping from her…
    “Does it still hurt when you make love to Tucker?”
    Alivia asked Erica curiously.
    “No, it actually feels amazing. Tucker is much more experienced than I am. He shows me─,” Ericas’ voice broke off and she lowered her eyes.
    “Shows you what?”
    Erica sat up in the bed. “Promise you won’t say a word to anyone? You’re my best friend and if I tell you this, you have to swear never to breathe a word of it to anyone.”
    Erica turned and eyed Alivia sitting against her headboard. “I promise, Erica.”
    “Well, he shows me how to use sex toys that heighten our experience when we’re having mind blowing sex.”
    Alivia giggled.
    “Seriously, these toys can help you achieve the ultimate orgasm.”
    “Oh my,” Alivia blushed.
    “Now, when Tucker and I do it, we use restraints, naughty kits and play the card game of commands.”
    “It all sounds so very kinky.” Alivia laughed.
    “Have you ever read Fifty Shades of Grey?”
    “No,” Alivia answered.
    “Well you should. It would open you up to a completely different world. Tucker and I try new positions all the time.”
    Erica reached for her hand and stared right at Alivia.
    “Now, you swear that what I’m about to tell you will never leave your lips.”
    “Oh my Goodness, I said I won’t say a word.”
    “Tucker takes me to a place called Ticklers.” Erica eyed her nervously.
    “This would be so much easier to explain if you had read Fifty Shades of Grey.” Erica drew in a deep breath. “Ticklers is a place where people that are into Bondage go to satisfy their sexual hunger.”
    Alivias’ eyes widened.
    “Oh come on Livy. Tucker and I have a lot of fun at Ticklers.”
    “What um…sort of…um…things do you do there?” Alivia asked curiously.
    “We play choose your pleasure games. We group together with other swingers and act out sex scenario scenes.
    But what Tucker and I do eighty percent of the time, is go to the Fantasy room. The fantasy room has everything. It has swings, standing platforms, stools and beds. We use blindfolds, cufflinks, footlinks, bite gags, nipple suckers, anal vibrators, whips and…”
    “Okay, okay,” Alivia jumped up off the bed and shook her body. “That is more than enough information for one night.”
    Her hands and feet flew around the room as she tried to shake the image of Tucker, Erica and the fantasy room with all the kinky gadgets out of her head.
    Erica looked offended, but Alivia didn’t care.
    “Seriously Erica, you should have kept