by Leia King
“You’re the best, you know that?”
Josh crossed to him and wrapped his arm around his shoulder. “You know I’ve always got your back. Now, let’s get you out of here. I can smell Cora’s scent everywhere, so I can’t imagine how strong it is to you. Stay with me and Shaye tonight at my place.”
“I don’t want to hear you guys fucking all night, J.”
“We’ll cool it for tonight.”
“All right.”
“You should put some clothes on first. I don’t want you riling up my girlfriend at the sight of you in nothing but your damn boxers.”
“Relax. Sex is the last thing on my mind at the moment.”
“What about Jada? You’re seeing her aren’t you?”
Ryan pulled on a pair of jeans and told him, “I haven’t been able to… you know?”
“Get off?” Josh finished for him.
“Yep,” Ryan said as he buckled his belt.
“It’s your grief, Ry.”
“I know. And, whatever weird bond there was between Jada and I, I barely feel it now. Nathanial must’ve been right. It was just a spell. I was a fool, J. To ever go to her. I betrayed my wife.” When Josh hesitated, Ryan eyed him. “I know you never approved of me being with her.”
“I like Cora. You know that. I couldn’t get on board with you doing anything to hurt her. But, if the pull was as strong as you’re saying between you and Jada, you couldn’t have stopped yourself anyway. So, how can I judge you for that? Sounds like you didn’t have free will over it all.”
“Maybe.” He heaved a breath and Josh could see him struggling to pull himself together. “My priority is finding my son. We’ll figure out all that other crap afterwards.”
“You should talk to Jada, though, Ry.”
“Talk to her?”
“Yeah. If you’re not gonna go to her again, you should let her know, especially if she’s still feeling a pull to you.”
As Ryan slipped a t-shirt on over his head, he growled in protest.
“Don’t be a dick. You’re better than that.”
“Fine. I’ll talk to her.” He rolled his eyes. “Fuck, you don’t know what she’s like. She gets so fucking emotional around me.”
“It doesn’t matter. The moment you stuck your dick in her she became your responsibility.”
“Stuck my dick in her? Really?”
Josh shrugged his shoulders. “Fucked her then. Whatever.”
“How is it that you can manage to make me laugh even in the crappiest of situations?”
“I’m your best fucking friend. That’s why. Now get your coat and hurry up. Shaye is waiting and she’s not the most patient woman.”
“Oh, I know,” Ryan said as he shrugged on his jacket.
Josh watched him glancing around the room, searching.
He stepped forward and held out what he knew he was looking for. “Here.”
Ryan smiled when he saw his sunglasses. He took them and slipped them on. “Thanks.”
“So, you’ll stay with us tonight and you’ll eat a real meal for once. Okay?”
“Yeah. Okay.”
Josh wrapped his arm around him and led him to the door. “It’s gonna be okay, Ry. You’re not alone.”
6
Luca opened his eyes to find Cora lying on top of him, her striking, blue eyes staring at him.
“Evening,” he said, smiling in surprise. “Hungry, are you?”
She nodded and writhed against him, making it abundantly clear that she was stark naked. Her soft breasts pressed into his chest, her wet pussy ground against his boxers as she rolled her hips. She flashed him a seductive smile.
It was all too much.
Snarling, he fisted his hand in her hair and pulled her into him, taking her mouth. She responded fiercely, thrusting her tongue into his mouth, tasting him ravenously. Her silky, black hair fell forward, enclosing them in a soft curtain. He licked her neck and she moaned in pleasure. He grazed her flesh with his teeth, wanting desperately to bury his fangs there. But he knew he couldn’t. She was too new. He couldn’t drink from her yet. She whimpered as he pulled away.
“Bite me,” she begged.
“No, little one. It’s too soon.”
She whimpered again and he silenced her by flipping her onto her back and pinning her beneath him. He captured her wrists above her head with one hand. His other trailed down her body, her neck, her breasts, her stomach, until he reached the apex of her thighs. He stopped and gazed at her.
“Don’t tease me,” she panted, writhing beneath him.
He chuckled and drew his finger along her pussy lips. “Mmm. You’re desperate for me, aren’t you?”
“Yes. I want you.”
He crawled up her body and drew his finger, slick with her arousal, across her bottom lip. He watched in wonder as her tongue darted out and licked it away. “Open,” he commanded.
She opened wide and he pushed his finger inside. Her full lips closed around it and she sucked hard. Her grip was incredible and he grunted, his cock straining against his boxers, as he imagined her sucking a lot more than just his finger.
He pulled away and pushed his boxers down, not even bothering to pull them all the way off. He couldn’t wait another second. He tightened his grip on her wrists and then thrust inside her. She screamed in pleasure as he pounded into her. She was wilder than the last time. A lot wilder. She met him thrust for thrust with ease and with everything he gave her, she just wanted more. She wanted it harder, rougher.
He lowered his neck to her mouth and her eyes lit up excitedly. He watched the demon rise to the surface. Her baby fangs dropped. She hesitated and looked to him for his reassurance.
“Feed, little one.”
She smiled and buried her fangs in his neck. He grunted at her harsh, inexperienced bite ripping through his flesh. As soon as she tasted his blood on her tongue, she came hard, her pussy convulsing around his cock in violent shockwaves of pleasure. The sensation was incredible.
“Yes! Drink, Cora! Harder!”
She obeyed instantly and sucked so fucking hard that the sudden pain sent him over the edge. He released himself inside her, roaring as he rode the wave of his orgasm.
“Amazing,” he breathed as he released her wrists. He reached for the back of her head and said gently, “Stop now. That’s enough.”
This time she obeyed him immediately and pulled back. He smiled at the sight of his little vampire with blood dripping from her mouth, her eyes wide and glazed over with the heady sensation of a feed. He licked it away and she murmured agreeably. “Good girl,” he told her. “You’re learning quickly.”
“I liked that a lot.”
He grinned. “I know. I felt it.”
“Don’t pull out yet.”
“I hadn’t planned on it.”
“Good,” she said, wrapping her arms around his neck. “Don’t go to them.”
“Who?”
“Those girls.”
Ah, yes. His vampire vixens. She’s jealous? “I need to feed.”
“Why don’t you feed from humans? Why those whores?”
Whores? Harsh. She was definitely jealous. “I can’t have fresh human blood around here right now.”
“Why?”
“Because, you’re too new. You won’t be able to control the hunger. It was easier to remove the temptation. One thing at a time, little one,” he said, stroking her silky hair.
“Oh,” she said shyly. “Well, do you fuck those vampires that you feed from?”
He shook his head. “No.” Not anymore.
“Do you want to?”
He saw the look in her eyes. A flicker of desire, perhaps? Interesting. “Do you want to?”
“No!” she cried. “I only want you!” she proclaimed fiercely, pulling him closer.
He chuckled. He knew she was lying. He’d expected this from her. Her sexual hunger as a new vampire was such that he’d prepared himself for her desire to experiment, to want other things. And he didn’t have
a problem with that. Well, within reason. He’d have to be part of it. But even as her Sire, he knew he couldn’t control her urges. They were too strong. He couldn’t stifle her like that. He had to allow it, but damned if he wouldn’t exert as much control as he could over it. His first priority was to protect her. Even if it meant protecting her from herself. The bond between them was incredibly strong, even stronger than he’d anticipated. And as needy as she was with him, he was just as needy with her, albeit he played it closer to his chest. He had to maintain control when he was around her. Her survival depended on him doing so.
He pulled out and slipped his boxers back on and then climbed off the bed.
“I won’t be long. After, I’ll take you out. You’ve been cooped up in the mansion for long enough.”
Her hand shot out and gripped his arm fiercely. “No.”
His eyes narrowed at her insubordination. He could see the old her in her eyes. The feisty side of her that he hadn’t seen since before he’d turned her. The former no-nonsense, tough Cora. “Don’t displease me,” he warned.
Something flashed in her eyes. It was only brief, but he caught it. White light? “No,” she repeated.
“You dare to defy your Sire?”
Her eyes flashed again. Shit. “Feed here,” she said.
He cocked an eyebrow in surprise. “You want to watch me feed?”
“Not with Vivian. I don’t like her.”
He knew why. She was aware of his close relationship with Vivian. She’d seen them fuck and feed once, after all. “All right.”
She released his arm and breathed a relieved sigh.
He watched as she pulled the blankets up to her chest, protectively, shielding herself from him. “You know that you are the only one that I want, Cora?”
She nodded, but there was uncertainty in her eyes.
“I mean it. I wouldn’t have turned you otherwise,” he said, perching on the edge of the bed beside her. He brushed his fingers across her cheek. “You are the only vampire I have ever Sired, Cora. That is how much you mean to me. I love you, little one.”
She turned into his hand, nuzzling him gently. “I love you.”
They were the words that he’d been waiting to hear from her for so long.
But, as she said them, he couldn’t help but wonder whether the fact that he was her Sire was influencing her. How real was it? There was no way to tell. But there was an odd emptiness to her words that only he could notice. She didn’t know any different. But he did. The way she’d said those three words hadn’t been the same way that she’d said them to Ryan. There was something missing.
He shook it off and climbed off the bed. He couldn’t do anything about it right now. When her dependence on him weakened over the next couple of weeks, then he’d know for sure. If she stayed with him, he’d know she truly cared for him. If she left to explore on her own, he’d know it was just the Sire thing.
“Tina!” he called out.
A moment later, there was a knock at the door.
“Yes. Come in,” he answered.
A woman with wavy, blonde hair walked in. Her hazel eyes were hooded with desire. Luca heard Cora hissing with displeasure. He turned to her and shook his head in disapproval and she ceased her protests. Tina smiled kindly at her as she sat at the foot of the bed, her back to Cora. She wore nothing but a short, black robe that could barely contain her huge breasts.
Luca moved beside her and pushed her robe off her right shoulder.
He held Cora’s gaze as he called the demon forth and buried his fangs in Tina’s neck. She watched in awe for a few seconds before dropping the blankets from her chest and crawling across the bed naked, towards them. He pulled back from Tina. He wasn’t done feeding yet, but he was preoccupied watching Cora. He was curious to see what she would do.
Tina craned her neck to look at her. They smiled wickedly at one another.
And then Cora hesitantly pulled Tina’s robe off her left shoulder. It caused her robe to slip down and pool around her waist. Cora licked her lips at the sight of her breasts. She brushed her hand over Tina’s right breast. She traced her index finger around her nipple before flicking it gently. Tina gasped at the sensation and gave Cora a nod of encouragement.
It was all she needed.
She pushed Tina back roughly onto the bed.
Luca watched with barely contained desire as Cora knelt between Tina’s legs and dropped her fangs, piercing the sensitive flesh of her inner thigh. Fucking hell. Tina came immediately from the sensation and bucked against Cora as she continued to drink from her.
“Pull back,” Luca commanded.
She obeyed and turned to him, flashing her fangs and smiling. She was high on blood and desire. And fuck if he wasn’t too. All three of them were.
He grabbed hold of her and positioned her so her head fell back over the bed. “Open wide.”
She smiled excitedly and complied. He slid his cock into her mouth and eyed Tina. “Pleasure her.”
Tina pushed Cora’s legs apart and gripped them roughly, digging her nails into her thighs. Cora’s gasp was muffled by Luca’s cock pumping in and out of her mouth. She started in surprise as Tina flicked her clit with her tongue. He saw her try to move away, suddenly aware that it was a woman pleasuring her and not a man as she was used to.
“Relax. Let her please you,” Luca whispered as he gently kneaded her breasts. She calmed at his touch and gave herself over to Tina’s ministrations.
He picked up his pace, fucking her mouth ruthlessly. He could feel she was close to orgasm already. He grabbed Tina’s wrist and sank his fangs into her flesh. She came instantly again as he drew her blood into his mouth. Her breathy moans vibrating against Cora’s exposed, sensitive pussy sent her over the edge too. Her lips clamped down harder around his cock as her orgasm ripped through her, causing him to lose control and pump his cum down her throat.
He waited until she’d swallowed every drop of him and then he pulled out of her mouth.
All three of them collapsed onto the bed on a high of sex and blood.
7
“Ready, little one?”
As Luca stepped further into her room, he scanned the area, surprised that she wasn’t there and that she hadn’t answered him.
A shiver ran down his spine. Something was wrong. She should’ve answered him right away. He’d only left her for a few moments to get dressed while he and Michael had debriefed his father on her progress via telepathic connection.
He crossed to the bathroom and knocked on the door. “Cora?”
Again, no answer.
He crushed the lock in his hand and stepped inside.
He gasped when he caught sight of her.
She was on her knees, leaning over the toilet. The bowl was filled with blood. It was splattered everywhere. She looked up at him briefly before abruptly turning away and retching. She vomited up another mouthful of blood.
He rushed to her and brushed her hair out of her face. He held her until she finally stopped retching. And then she collapsed into his arms, crying.
Michael, I need you, he communicated telepathically.
“It’s okay. It’ll be okay,” he said, easing her to her feet.
He felt Michael’s presence outside the door. For once the bastard had actually had the grace to remain there instead of barging on in insensitively. “Wash your face. Don’t worry about the rest of the mess. It’ll be taken care of. I’ll be right outside. Okay, little one?”
“Yes,” she said quietly.
He shut the door behind him and eyed Michael gravely. “She just rejected vampire blood.”
“What?” Michael asked, shocked at his words. “Yours?”
Luca shook his head. “Tina’s.”
“Hmm,” Michael murmured, rubbing his beard pensively. “Interesting.”
“Interesting? In the entire history of vampirism, there has never been a vampire who has rejected vampire blood before. Faerie blood. Wolf blood, for some,. Never vam
pire blood.”
“I know our history, Luca. It would be more worrisome if she was rejecting your blood. The blood of her Sire. Then we’d have a real problem. But she can’t feed from just you forever.”
“I was going to take her out tonight to teach her how to feed from a human.”
Michael’s eyes narrowed with suspicion. “Why so soon? I thought you wanted to wait, because you didn’t think she’d be able to handle the hunger this early on?”
“I don’t have much of a choice. When she feeds from me, it feels… different. Like she’s taking more than just my blood. Like she’s taking energy. It’s weakening me.”
“Energy? That’s a sorceress thing, Luca. Nothing vampire about it.”
“Her eyes flashed with white light today.”
“And you’re telling me now? I didn’t hear you report that to Nathanial.”
“He’ll tell Ryan and get his hopes up.”
Michael scoffed. “You mean Ryan will come here and take her away from you.”
Luca snarled.
“All right. Sorry. Calm down. Take her out like you’d planned. We need to see if she can keep human blood down.”
Luca nodded. Before he could say anything else, Cora walked out of the bathroom. “Better now, little one?”
She nodded.
“Do you still want to go out?”
“Yeah. I’m fine now. I want you to take me out,” she insisted.
Luca and Michael exchanged an amused glance.
“Okay. There’s blood on your clothes. Change. I’ll be right outside.”
“You don’t want to stay and watch?” she asked coyly.
“If I stay, we won’t be going anywhere.” He winked at her and then ushered Michael out of the room with him.
“I can see why you don’t want to let her go,” Michael commented once they were outside. “The sex must be amazing with her.”
“It is. But that’s not why, you ass. And before you ask, no, I will not share her with you.”
“You shared her with Tina.”
“That was different.”
“How?”
“Tina is female and a submissive. You are neither. It would be too much for her.”