Smoke and Survival (Best Wishes Book 2)

by A. J. Macey

I licked melted chocolate off my fingers, my teeth grazing over my thumb and bringing my thoughts back to the night before with Cam feeding on Nik. Steeling myself, I blurted out my question. I mean, he did say I could ask whenever I want.

  “What’s it like feeding on blood?” My eyes stayed glued to the comforter, picking at a loose thread to avoid looking at either of them. The chip bag Cam was snacking on crinkled next to me as he pulled another one out before answering.

  “It’s nothing really all that different than drinking out of a water fountain,” he explained easily, unperturbed by my random question. “It would be different if I didn’t have Nik or the guys. If they weren’t around, I would drink from a blood bag. I don’t like to feed from strangers,” he informed me, flashing me a warm smile when I glanced over at him.

  “So you feed off the guys too? Not just Nik?” I found myself asking, somehow surprised at that admission even though I knew I shouldn’t have been. He nodded, tossing another chip in his mouth.

  “It has been a while though. I think the last time was over the summer when I had a weekend trip with my parents. The twins, if I remember correctly,” Nik took over in a soft whisper.

  “Do people taste different? Like does Nik taste different than Logan or Landon?”

  “Yeah, it’s not just because they’re different people though. Supe type and powers are big factors. Nik has a spice note to his that reminds me of fall whereas the twins have an actual spice—a slight bite—to them,” Cam explained, his free hand adjusting his glasses while his perceptive eyes took me in. “Is there a reason you’re asking?”

  “Would I taste different?” I blatantly ignored the question of what I truly wanted to know.

  Does it feel as good as Nik made it seem like yesterday?

  “Yes. Although I’m not sure how since I’ve never tasted a Djinn or someone who could manipulate reality.” Cam’s voice lowered, heating as he leaned forward slightly. “Do you want me to find out?” My heart jumped into my throat while a flood of excitement filled me. Absently nibbling my lip, I nodded. Cam smirked, the tiny peek of his fang pressing into his lip reminding me of what I was getting into, and the tiniest bit of fear slid through my veins.

  “You do not have to be afraid, it does not hurt,” Nik reassured me, his calloused palm resting on my thigh under the blanket. “If you do not want to, you do not have to though, Babe.”

  “I do, I promise. It’s just something I never thought I’d get to do,” I rambled nervously. Turning my attention back to Cam after having looked over at Nik, I looked him directly in the eye. “I would like it if you would... you know…” I shrugged, losing the brief moment of bravado.

  “Bite you?” Cam finished for me with a grin. Bouncing my head, I felt my pack of donuts lifted out of my lap as Nik moved it. Cam shifted quickly to put his food on the end table before turning back to me. “It might sting for a brief second since you’ve never done this before, and if you want to stop at any time, tell me, okay? I’ll stop as soon as you tell me to.”

  “Okay,” I said lamely. “Uh, how do we do this?” I fumbled, waving my hands between us.

  “If we stay in bed, it’s easier when I’m on top of you so neither of us have to twist or move into weird positions,” Cam explained, moving to his knees.

  My heart thundered in my chest as I lay back against the fluffy pillows. Nik never left my side as Cam nestled his hips between my legs. Bending over, he braced his elbows on either side of me. Flashes of Nik on top of me only minutes before rushed through me. My sensitive pussy flooded as a surge of wetness slicked my panties. Looking up at Cam’s position above me, I saw the hazel irises flare as he inhaled before feeling him hardening in his sweats. I had no idea how to ask if he could smell my arousal with his enhanced senses, so I just focused on turning my head the way his hands directed me.

  “Remember, Doll, you can tell me to stop whenever you want. I won’t take more than a little because I don’t need very much,” Cam assured me, his lips brushing against the skin on my neck. My heart thudded hard enough for the vein to press against his lips with every pulse. I hummed an agreement quickly, and as soon as I did, Cam’s mouth opened, and his tongue circled the skin.

  As soon as the two sharp points of his fangs sank into my neck I was gone, my eyes rolling back when he took his first pull. A feeling of sensual contentment filled me, a sense of warmth blooming in my chest as Cam fed. My arms circled his shoulders, my hand holding the back of his head to me. Unable to stop myself, a breathy moan escaped, and I rocked my hips up against him. The sound of rustling to my left caught my attention, my eyes cracking open enough to see Nik readjusting himself in his pants.

  Reaching out, I fisted Nik’s shirt and pulled, our lips crashing together as he rolled into Cam and me. Feeling Nik against us had Cam grinding against me, Nik’s hand coming to hold Cam in place with mine against my neck. Nik and I didn’t bother with the sweet and tender thing this time around, our battling tongues sending another pulse of heat through me, my nipples pebbling against Cam’s muscled chest. Cam continued to rock forward, shivers wracking my body as he rolled over my sensitive bud and pulled back. I whimpered when he licked over the wound in my neck, goosebumps rising as his breath barely teased my skin.

  “Was it like you expected?” Cam murmured in my ear, mine and Nik’s fingers still tangled together on the back of his head and holding him close. I moaned against Nik’s mouth as he sucked my bottom lip in between his teeth for a sharp nip. “There’s plenty of other places I could bite you, if you would like that. Places more…” He trailed off, his finger tracing the edge of my breasts before running them up my bare thigh. “Intimate.”

  I didn’t respond as I turned from Nik, my lips peppering Cam’s strong jaw until we were locked in a fiery kiss. His fangs nicked my lip, a bead of blood welling up before Cam sucked it off, groaning deeply within his chest. Shifting, Cam’s hand ran up Nik’s chest before pulling away from me to kiss him roughly. I panted under them as I watched their lips lock and tongues brush, Cam’s hard cock still rolling against me. Without warning, Cam pulled back to sit back on his heels, cold air rushing in his absence.

  “Nik, go sit in the chair next to the bed,” he stated softly, but the command laced in his voice was strong within the quiet statement. Nik nodded before shifting to stand. “What was that, Nik?” Cam questioned with a heated and yet steely tone.

  “Yes, King,” Nik’s rough voice was low but excited as he continued to move without Grigori’s help since the familiar had flown out of the room at some point when I wasn’t paying attention.

  “King?” I arched a brow at Cam as he turned a cocky smile toward me from his position between my thighs.

  “That’s right, Doll. I’m the King,” he stated simply before folding back over me as Nik sank into the chair to the right of the bed. “And I’m about to make you feel like a queen.” Before I could respond, he captured my lips again with a fevered passion that seared me from the inside out. Warm hands slid under my shirt as Cam worked it up over my chest, only breaking the kiss long enough to pull it over my head. “Do you want me to bite you in other places?” he whispered, shifting his kisses down my jaw and throat. Too lost in the feeling of his roving hands and hot kisses, I didn’t respond until he pulled back. “Do you want me to bite you in other places, Doll? I won’t do anything unless you tell me yes or no.”

  “Yes... King,” I tacked on the end softly and unsure, but when he shivered and a near growl rumbled in his chest, a shiver of my own worked up my spine. I wanted to push him; I wanted that tight control he held himself under broken.

  I wanted Cam to take me exactly the way he wanted.

  “Then I want you to look over at Nik and make sure he’s being a good boy,” he murmured against my skin as he started his trek from my neck to my chest. Turning my head, I saw Nik sitting still, his hands resting on the arms of the chair as he waited. “Nik, I want you to listen to our girl as I feed from her, as I pleasure her, and I wan
t you to wait until I give you permission to touch yourself.”

  “Yes, King,” Nik said eagerly, his nails digging into the arms of the chair as I sighed, Cam’s tongue tracing the curve of my breast before sucking on my skin.

  “Now, Doll, I want you to close your eyes, and if I think you’ve peeked, I’ll stop.” I nearly whined at the thought of being left wanting, so I did as he said. The absence of sight heightened my hearing and sense of touch, everything nearly deafening in a wave of breathing, rustling, and painful tingles at Cam’s teasing. Before I could say anything, fangs sank into my breast. A sharp burn from the bite around my nipple melted to fire as he drank deeply and circled my stiff peak with his tongue.

  I melted into a puddle of pure desire, my wetness soaking through my panties as Cam’s fingers drifted under the hem of my clothes to rub my clit. After a few more pulls, Cam left a trail of kisses down my stomach until he was lying on the bed and his lips brushed against my inner thigh. Squeezing my eyes shut, I arched against the soft sheets and fluffy comforter as my mind replayed Cam between Dante’s legs during our game night. A spark built within me as I played the memory over in my head.

  “What are you thinking about, Doll?” Cam questioned as he dragged the edge of his fangs against my leg slightly, but not enough to break skin. The sharpness a match to the flame within me that continued to flare as he pulled my underwear off.

  “Game night.” I could barely speak, my words breathless and heated at all the overwhelming sensations. “When you were demonstrating your favorite place to kiss on Dante.”

  “Ah, yes.” I felt his lips curl into a smile against me. “I’ve thought about that as well.”

  “Would you ever want to do that with him?” I asked quietly, feeling like I was about to combust as he continued to lightly nip at my leg. When he didn’t respond, I finally gave in and looked down at him between my legs. His eyes were lit up in a mischievous glint, but he stayed silent, only answering me in a small slash of a grin before shifting his attention from my thigh up higher.

  “Fuck, Doll, you smell so amazing,” he groaned, inhaling against the seam of my hip where it met my pussy. “But before I taste you there, I have one more place I would like to bite, if you wish, but you have to close those eyes first.”

  “Yes, King,” I pleaded in a barely audible voice, squeezing my eyes shut, stars flashing behind my lids at the extremely slow building orgasm that tingled throughout my body. As soon as my assent was voiced, Cam bit me a third and final time. While he drank from my inner thigh, one of his hands rubbed and teased lightly, smearing my arousal around his fingers before sinking into my core. Erratic cries erupted from me at the feeling of both the bite and his rhythmic thrusting until I finally fell into a blissful release that was nearly too painful to handle. Aftershocks wracked my body sharply as Cam sat up to crawl back over me, yanking his sweats down until his hard cock was free from behind the fabric.

  When he was pressing into me, Cam rocked his cock against my lips eliciting another gasp as I continued my comedown from release. Without giving me time to settle completely, he slipped in slowly to allow me to adjust to his size. He was about the same length as Nik, but Cam was thicker, making me feel full to the point that it was nearly painful when combined with the sensation of my nerve endings being on fire.

  “Doll,” Cam murmured softly in my ear, leisurely pulling out before sinking back into me. “Will you let me direct you like I do for Nik?” I almost opened my eyes again, but another thrust from Cam had me squeezing them even tighter since I didn’t want him to stop.

  “I want you to do what you want with me, King,” I said in a sultry voice, running a single nail down his spine. His rhythm faltered at the motion but didn’t stop.

  “Open your eyes then and go kneel in front of Nik.”

  My brow furrowed slightly, but I did as he asked. Cam moved off of me leaving me aching, and I climbed off the bed. The emptiness had me wanting to crawl back onto the bed and ride him, but I wanted to give him this experience, so I sank onto my knees in front of a panting Nik.

  “He’s been such a good boy that he deserves a reward, don’t you think?” Cam asked, his fingers brushing against my shoulder blades as he stood behind me, looking down at both of us.

  “Yes, King,” I agreed, a flood of power filtering through me as I looked at Nik holding himself back, submitting to Cam. “I think he’s been a very good boy.” Nik’s gravelly voice groaned painfully as he shifted, his hands white-knuckling the fabric of the chair’s arms.

  “Take out his hard cock and suck him off, Doll. Treat him for being patient and letting his King take his time with you.” I hurried, wanting not only to give Nik that pleasure but to please Cam by following his commands. Cupping Nik’s balls in one hand and gripping his shaft in the other, I raised up enough to be able to wrap my mouth around him.

  “Oh god…” he moaned, his voice breaking under the heat as I moved faster.

  “Very good, Doll,” Cam praised from behind me, feather light kisses peppering my shoulders as he sank to his knees. “I think you deserve a reward too for sucking Nik’s cock so well.” At that his hands cupped my ass to angle it up, the head of his cock pressing into me before filling me up, fucking me as I swirled my tongue and bobbed my head on Nik’s cock. Between the two of them I exploded into another orgasm, my vision darkening momentarily as Cam continued to pound into me at a fast, hard speed. Slowly, the tremors that wracked my body stopped, and Cam held me tightly to his chest, his cock fully inside me, as his free hand covered mine where it was circled around Nik. Stroking together, I watched Nik’s jaw clench, his brows furrowing as he fought to keep his hands on the chair.

  “Please, King,” he begged softly, making Cam chuckle.

  “Lucie,” Cam whispered, “go lie on the bed on your left side.” Following his directive, I pulled away from Cam, but before moving to the bed I shot forward pressing a quick kiss to Nik’s lips. “Now, Doll. I don’t want to punish you too,” Cam hummed, rubbing his hands over my thighs and ass. A bite sank into one of my ass cheeks but not enough to break skin. Finally doing as he asked, I crawled onto the king-sized mattress and settled in on my side.

  I glanced over my shoulder and watched Cam digging around in his luggage until he pulled out a small bottle. Uncapping it, he placed a little dab of whatever it was into his hand and started stroking Nik’s cock. I bit my lip as I watched Cam smear the lube down Nik before doing the same to himself, and somehow, without talking, Cam crawled up behind me, Nik following him up on his other side. When we were all in a row, Cam pushed into me once more.

  “Are you ready for this, Doll? I’m going to fuck you, and while you’re filled with my thick cock, I’ll be filled with his. Controlling the pace for both of you.” His sinful words had me panting.

  “Yes, King,” I mumbled in my lusty fog. I knew the moment Nik had filled Cam; a rough groan sounded from the vampire between us as he adjusted to Nik’s cock. And when he started to move in earnest? In hard, meaningful thrusts? I was totally and completely gone. Lost to the fire, desire, and Cam’s hard as steel cock as he fucked me and controlled Nik’s pleasure.

  “Come for me, Doll,” Cam commanded forcefully when I was nearing that ledge for the fifth time in one night. I was burning from the inside out, and at his demand, I erupted, clamping around him until he faltered. Cam pulled out right in time, streams of his cum landing on my ass and hip; both him and Nik groaning roughly as they reached their release.

  “Holy…” I breathed, unable to string two words together after going two rounds in a night, especially with two of my sexy as hell men. Cam and Nik huffed a chuckle, both panting.

  “I’m glad it was mind blowing, Doll,” Cam teased, giving my cheek a quick kiss. Shifting, Nik and Cam crawled off the bed to grab towels to clean all of us up. My useless body was too tired to move, but I wanted to wipe off my hip and get dressed so I could fall into the deep sleep that was currently calling my name. I stood, gaping when
I noticed my thigh and breast were completely smooth, no bite mark in sight.

  “There is a healing aspect to Cam’s saliva, so no scars are left behind,” Nik explained, turning to look at me. Grigori had fluttered in as I stood looking like a fish out of water.

  “We totally learned that in class, but apparently I’ve been fucked into stupidity,” I blurted out before immediately feeling my face redden in embarrassment. Why am I the way that I am?

  “You’re not stupid, Doll,” Cam said with a laugh, pressing a kiss to my cheek as he tossed the towels into the bathroom, “but I can’t wait to fuck you again.” He threw me a saucy wink, the sexy confidence in his actions a stark contrast to his usual quiet, book nerd persona. Shaking my head at him, I dressed back in my discarded pajamas and situated myself between them on the bed.

  “So,” I started, reaching around Nik to grab my snack off the nightstand. I gave him a quick kiss on his jaw before stuffing a donut into my mouth. “What else do we have before we leave tomorrow?” I asked behind my palm as I tried to chew.

  “There’s a Competitor’s Breakfast tomorrow, but we don’t have to go, especially after Liam today,” Cam supplied.

  “Can we just grab something quick to go before heading to the airport?” I asked, my question still muffled as I continued to eat my donuts. Hey, a girl’s gotta get her energy back somehow.

  “That would work,” Nik agreed as he sank down to prop himself on his hand, his other popping another of his cherries in his mouth. We chatted and ate junk until we were all stuffed. When we finally couldn’t fit anything else into our stomachs, we slipped down between the soft sheets and fell asleep, me nestled safely between Cam and Nik.

  21

  December 2nd

  Sunday Morning

  Lucienne

  Having checked my bag already for anything we might have missed, I stepped into the hallway. I was sad to be leaving this gorgeous hotel but happy to be seeing the rest of my guys soon. I had been talking with them consistently on Nik’s and Cam’s phones throughout the weekend, making sure to send them lots of pictures. They had all freaked out when they saw me in my fancy dress, saying they were jealous of Nik and Cam who stood tall next to me in the photo. I tried to keep Noah from my thoughts, having kept him out of my head all weekend, but heading back to campus, where I knew he was, brought all the worries and stress back.