I walked through the doorjamb leading into the kitchen and down the small, dark hallway. Banging on the walls increased, as the caged, live specimens smelled the fear on the human hunter. Brina’s pheromones raged out of control. The poor girl was in heat. Another brilliant idea entered my mind. This hunter was going to wish he never met me. A loud thud from behind me halted me in my tracks. One deep breath later, I glanced over my shoulder to see the hunter slammed against the wall with Maddox choking the fool with his forearm up against Dylan’s throat.
“Are you going to behave, Hunter?”
Gurgling sounds escaped Dylan’s mouth. Maddox toyed with him a bit by flashing his fangs and moving his head toward the shaking human. The comical scene had to end, for the overwhelming odor of Brina caused me to feel extremely nauseous.
“Enough, we need to get moving,” I ordered.
“I need to eat.”
“Stop playing with your food, and wait here.” I walked behind Maddox rubbing up against his ass. I’m sure my pheromones joined Brina’s. We were in too close of quarters. To get fresh air, I raced to the pantry. Once there I opened the door on the small fridge and allowed the air to cool my inferno down.
“If you want this S.O.B. to live, I suggest you hurry back with my food alternative,” Maddox demanded.
“Chill out. I am on my way back. Just needed a moment to myself.”
“Witch.” The way Maddox said that caused me to melt and fall more in love with him. I hated when the hunter called me that. “I will hold back for a few moments longer. Please kill those horny-mones causing me to get a hard-on.”
“That obvious?”
“Yes. And from someone I don’t know. It scares me to know that I want to…” he trailed off.
“I want to have my way with you. Snap this fucker’s neck and make love to you seconds later.”
“We will make love later, Mads. Right now, I need to confront the person I feel ordered the bounty on my head.”
“We. We will go confront that person. You are my lover, aren’t you?”
“Semantics. Not technically. But are you asking if I want to be?”
“Be mine.”
“Done.”
“Mine. Blood, please. I’m growing weak.”
I felt the communication break off and then heard a thud. Closing my eyes, I secretly prayed to the gods for the human to be alive by the time I reached them. The hunter rubbed his backside once more. Maddox seized the bag of blood from my hand and punctured it with his fangs.
“How much blood does the monster need, I fed him one right before you got in.”
“Well, considering you drained him, I’d say you better shut up before he unleashes the beast.” I stepped over the hunter’s legs in which he tried to grab my ass on the way by, didn’t work out so well.
Maddox snapped his hand back until bones broke. “You don’t know when to stop. I’m beginning to believe you like to be in constant pain. I bet you are submissive and love the sadism part. Just saying.”
No other words were uttered while I opened the door to the basement. Dylan perked up when I flipped the light on. A sign hung on the inside of the door that read ‘Thank you for visiting my dungeon. Come back again if you can.’ Little did my buddy know, no one got a second chance down here. Maddox smiled at the signage.
“Can I have some funky dungeon sex?”
“Mads, once I no longer have a bounty on my head, I will entertain you with kinky dungeon sex.”
“Good Lord, Witch, you are going to the death of me yet. In a good way, of course.”
Maddox pulled Dylan up to his feet. Nervousness about going first struck me hard, and my vampire must have picked up on it. He stepped up beside me, reached over my head, and grabbed a long rope from one of the hooks. I inhaled his musky scent. My desires got the best of me.
“What is it about vampires that gets your panties wet, Witch?” Dylan asked.
“Because we know how to light the fire in a woman. Most human males only want to please themselves and don’t care about rising the temperature in their sexual partner in order to get the nectar dripping.” Maddox’s speech even turned me on. “Isn’t that right, Divana?” This was the first time he acknowledged me for who I was. The dose of my blood must have triggered his memories, somewhat.
“Yes. If done right, panties will fall off without being forced.” Heat rose up in my cheeks. Maddox leaned in toward me and placed a kiss on my forehead.
“Awe, how fucking sweet.”
“It is, for I kissed her mind. The key to her soul, smartass.” Maddox jerked Dylan toward him. He tied the young man up in knots most people didn’t know how to pull off. I used spells to get my prisoners shackled. “Go first, asshole.”
A sigh of relief fell over top of me. Never in my life had I been more grateful for going last down these steps.
Following the two men, I realized how well developed Maddox was. His back contained muscular outlines. My desire to grab his ass got the best of me. I reached forward changing my center of gravity. The next thing I knew my body flung forward, and my ankle turned under the pressure. Cool, clammy hands caught me under my arm pits and lifted me up. Heart raced and veins pulsated; all in embarrassment.
“My foot slipped.”
“Be careful, My Love.” Maddox’s eyes twinkled out when he conceded to his feelings for me. I smiled.
Dylan fake coughed to keep us from making out in front of him. “Jealousy, much?” I asked with a bit of sarcasm.
“He wants a threesome with a woman and man vampire.”
I raised my eyebrows at Maddox’s words. “Oh. I can’t help him for I am selfish. No sharing my man in bed.”
“Your man, huh?”
I nodded.
Maddox placed me down on the landing for me to see if I could put weight on the foot. His arms wrapped around my waist just in case I needed him to help with my balance. No need, for I stood up tall and pointed to the manacles on the back wall. Both men turned to see the shiny, silver restraints.
“I don’t want to be chained up. No please, I’ll do anything.”
“Anything?”
“Yes, anything.”
“Dylan, I think she has that look in her eyes. Be careful dude,” Maddox warned.
“I have a plan, but not involving me.” Their eyes bulged out as if I was trouble. I cackled much like you hear about in Hollywood’s rendition of evil witches from the cartoons. Ridiculous. “Now, Dylan be a good boy and walk over to the wall and stand there.”
“Why do I have to be chained up?”
“You know, for a hunter, you’re such an immature dude.” I rolled my eyes at him while Maddox chuckled at my words. “Almost reminds me of a pussy without a backbone.”
“Fuck you, Witch. Talk about not having spines when you tossed your vampire lover in front of you to save your own soul.”
Rage built up inside me until my face felt on fire, and I exploded. “Bite your fucking tongue. You weren’t there. You have no clue what I did or didn’t do. Matter of fact, did you know I was knocked up with his child at the time? Maybe he protected his offspring instead of me doing a fucking thing. God, you and everyone thinking I did something wrong is fucking moronic. Tie him up before I kill him.”
“Ma belle, allow me to kill him for you. No need to get blood on those pretty little hands of yours,” Maddox stated with a smile.
“Not yet, my love. We need to make a trip to find his employer. And if I’m wrong, I need him alive to drill for more information.” I winked at Mads. “While you put him in chains, I am going to go get my secret weapon. Brina will keep an eye on her meal.”
“No! Meal? What? No. I am too valuable to be fed to a lunatic.”
“Who said she was a lunatic, Dylan? Have you met Brina?”
He shook his head no.
Maddox slammed the hunter’s body against the rock wall. The rattling of chains excited me. I wondered if I could talk Mads into binding me to the wall and teasing me wit
h his fangs. After taking care of business, I needed to show him my A-frame wall.
“He’s ready,” Maddox informed me.
“Thanks, Hon. I am going to get my friend.” I turned to walk up the steps. An eerie feeling fell down upon me. Something unexplainable was about to happen. Having a sixth sense of shit sucked ass in more ways than imaginable. Maddox ran into me and pushed me down on all fours.
“Now, she looks to be in the perfect position there, Vampire.” Oddly Dylan’s words didn’t piss me off. They excited me. Maddox lifted me up and checked me for injuries. My heart raced while his eyes scanned my body. The mere closeness of our bodies sent massive shivers up my body, nearly sending me into convulsions. I splayed my hands on his shoulders and held a death grip on him until after the involuntary pleasurable reactions stopped. “Holy hell.”
“Shut up, human, or you will be shark bait.” Maddox’s stare never left mine. A twitch from his jaw muscle alerted me to his disapproval. I broke the stare by dropping my head down. Hell, I didn’t mean to climax by his helping hands and loving care for me.
“Please put me down,” I whispered. Maddox placed me down on the first step. The frown on his face notified me to his disappointment. My body reacted with tears and tingles. Instead of talking it out with him, I raced up the stairs and darted out of his line of vision.
The wall of the corridor was my savior. I leaned my back against the cold stone and slid down into a sitting position while whimpers and tears escaped me.
What the hell was that, Divana? You climaxed with only his touch. All he was doing was helping you to your feet. Shit. Shit. Shit.
“Goodness dearie, why are you feeling blue?”
I jerked my head up to see an apparition of my grandmother hovering just in front of me. “Grandma Gee?”
“Who else would come see you?” The ghostly figure knelt down beside me. “Your mother disowned your heart when you decide to love a vampire. My time here is almost up. Listen carefully. This man is the real deal. Stop fighting love. Take care of the hunter’s boss, and live life to the fullest. I want to be looking down at my great-grandbabies soon.” With those last words, she disappeared.
Her words sank into my thick skull. I jumped up and jogged down to the prisoner’s room.
“Wake up, Brina. I have a special job for you.”
“Bitch, I mean, Witch. What is your deal?”
“You’re getting a second chance at life. I need you to play with a toy and keep him alive until I return. You can scare him, using domination, foreplay, or even fornicate with him if you desire. Killing or mating must wait until I get the information I need.”
“What is the need?”
“Who hired him to kill me.”
“Oh hell, Divana. You piss someone off every day. How the hell are you going to find out who it is?”
“Brina, do you want out of this cage or not?”
“Jump on the opportunity, fool,” the troll expressed.
“Fine. I will play nice until you get your answers. But I want to devour the man in all ways afterwards. Deal?”
“I don’t care what you do with your man after I get answers.”
“Divana, you are now my new best friend.”
“Don’t go that far, Brina.” The troll irked me. I whirled around to observe him cowering down in the corner.
“Come on, Brina. Let’s get you acquainted with your new play toy.” I unlocked the padlock and opened the cage door. The gorgeous, female bear shifter exited the cage with a pep in her step. One look at her, and I knew she needed an outfit to spark more than a feeling with Dylan. “Follow me. We need to clean you up a bit. How do you feel about role playing outfits?”
“Elaborate.”
“Brina, you’ve never heard of role playing?”
“No. Please explain.”
“Follow me.” I pivoted around, left the caged room, and headed toward another closed door. One turn of the silver door knob and I opened the door and motioned for her to enter.
She entered.
I flipped the light switch. “When was the last time you had sex?”
“None of your fucking business, Witch.”
“God, I hate when people call me witch.”
“Well you are one.”
“Maybe, but right now I am getting you fitted for a night with a male. Just trying to help a girl out.”
“Divana, what is this all about?”
“I have to leave on a business outing. The scent that’s radiating off you tells me, and the world, you’re in heat. In order to kill two birds with one stone, I thought you’d enjoy being cooped up in one of my dungeon rooms with a fairly decent looking hunter. Human, of course.”
“What’s the catch?”
“No catch. Pick out an outfit and give yourself a quick whore bath.” Brina followed orders with excitement. She fished through the portable closet to choose her outfit. “I think the school girl or police officer would be the best fit. Your play toy is immature to say the least.”
“This is cute.” She held up the plaid skirt to the school girl outfit. “But if he is immature, I think I want to be playing the role of authoritarian.”
“Female officer it is.”
Brina washed off and got dressed in a hurry. I escorted her down the stairs. Her eyes lit up when she saw the boy chained up to the wall. “Is he my toy?”
“Yes,” I answered. She licked her lips, stood up straight, and pranced over to Dylan.
“I like what I see here, but there’s a problem.”
“What’s that?” Maddox asked.
“I cannot ride the joystick in this position. Can I have him on a table tied down with a whip?” Dylan’s membrane saluted her. Brina whipped her head around to stare me down with big sad puppy eyes. “Open the room to the right of Dylan.”
“How do I do that?”
“Pull on the torch holder.” Brina tugged on the brass holder. It moved toward her until the wall moved. She jumped back three feet or so. I laughed.
Maddox darted to the entrance and stopped just short of stepping over the threshold. He glanced back, wearing a sly grin on his face. No words needed to be said to know what he thought. I returned the smile along with a smile.
Brina walked in and investigated the room before returning. “Can I have him placed on the table?” I nodded in response. “Oh, can I borrow one more thing? For tonight, of course.”
Maddox left my field of vision, and I assumed it was to get Brina’s play toy from the wall. “Anything inside these walls are yours to use tonight. Knowing you like I do, I offered this room because of all the devices used in inflicting pain. The brander is on the wall to your left. Just flip the switch and allow it to heat up.”
“Do you have special ends for it?”
“Yes. See, my captive, I do have a different side.”
“Divana, master, why are you allowing me to become the dom? I play better being the submissive.” Brina looked at me with her sad eyes.
“Because you deserve it. You are in heat and need to be relieved.”
“You brand your lovers, Ma Belle?”
“Yes. I brand them for the buyers. Brina is one I cannot part with. The troll will die. Many times, I get what I need from them, brand them, and sell them. I’ve got to admit most of the buyers are horrific criminals. Are you into kink, Mads?” I changed the subject, for the vampire didn’t need to know all my secrets even if he was the man destined to be my husband.
Maddox just stared me down.
Dylan nudged him.
Something told me he’d never tried anything outside the normal kink.
“No. Only with you, would I even consider trying.”
“Silly Vampire, it can be fun. I know trust is a must, and you cannot trust just anyone with your sexual pleasures, desires, and equipment.”
“Divana, will you be a master to me?”
“Hell yes, but I want you to be a master of me. Put our boy on the table and strap him down.”
“Top drawer on the left.” I marched over to the table and pushed a button. The table changed positions. Dylan’s legs spread open until his anal cavity was exposed.
“Thank you.” I nodded and headed back to the opened wall.
“Dylan, have you ever experienced anal sex?”
“No. What? No. Why? What are you going to do to me?”
“Give you an orgasm beyond believe. Do you trust me?”
“I have no fucking choice, officer.” Brina’s childish giggle brightened the dark situation. My prisoner now became the guard dog in which she could have her way with the hunter. I pulled Maddox to the other side of the wall and closed the room off. Before I made another step, Maddox lifted me up. His hands slid down my back while I wrapped my legs around his waist. He cradled my ass with his palms. A hardened bulge pressed against my mound.
“This is what you do to me. What kind of spell do you have me under? I’ve never fallen for a more attractive stranger in all my life.”
“Neither have I. I could ask you the same thing; however, I don’t give a fuck what you call this. I don’t want it to end. Maddox, I love you.”
“Divana, I’m madly in love with you.”
“Then let’s investigate a lead and come home to make love,” I suggested.
He kissed me with authority before placing me down. “Lead the way, Ma Belle.”
Chapter Nine
Divana
Both of us quickly showered. I raced to my closet to find the perfect outfit. In the back of the walk-in hung the outfit I wore the first time I adventured into PALE and found Brock bartending. His black shirt had only been buttoned halfway, exposing his chest hair; that for a vampire was rare. The sound of a clearing throat pushed the memory of the first encounter to the back of my mind.
“Are you okay, Ma Belle?”
“Yes, Maddox. Just wondering if I should wear this.” I picked the clothes off the hanger. When I swung around, his stare was glued on me.
Maddox leaned up against the doorframe in only a towel wrapped around his waist. Water droplets glistened on his chest. His mouth gaped open.
Being a little mischievous, I lightly yanked on my towel to allow it to fall off me. Cold air escaped from the overhead vent. Goosebumps popped up all over my exposed body.
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