9781936653027BorntobeWildArsuaga

by Cynthia Arsuaga

  “Thank you.” Chief Martin appeared doubtful. “We have to cover dozens of lairs and hideouts. Those are the ones we know. I am sure others will turn up. To do this right, I will need to pull in fifteen hundred agents and military, no lie. It’ll take a week to round up and organize that many.”

  “How many can you put hands on right now?” Stefan asked.

  Chief Martin rubbed his chin. “Five hundred, give or take.”

  “I can match that number with vampires,” Gregori announced. “Their abilities make them equal to at least two human agents. That should be sufficient.”

  Alex got to her feet. “Chief, I’ll talk to my dad. He can have two hundred bounty hunters here by tomorrow. The Bounty Network has information on lairs and hideouts the FBI only dreams of. I’m sure one phone call by Jordy and we’ll have the entire area’s vampires’ haunts in lockdown,” Alex said.

  Again, an uneasy silence pervaded the room with all eyes upon her.

  “What?” She shook her head.

  Martin sighed. “Well, what do you think Gregori? Let the bounty hunters lock down the lairs and hideouts while we concentrate on the club and factory?”

  “I won’t need all the bounty hunters for the lockdown,” Alex said.

  Gregori and a few of the other vamps grinned in admiration. “I’m certain Chief Martin will agree that as long as the lairs are covered you can send your extra people to us. There will certainly be plenty for all to do.”

  “Hell must be freezing over,” Alex muttered, then raised her voice. “There’s agreement between humans and vamps. God save us.”

  Gregori raised his head, rolling eyes at Stefan. You will have your hands full with that little one.

  The FBI Chief stood and gazed about the room. “I’ll contact the army as soon as our meeting is over. They’ll provide the equipment, and the necessary personnel. We don’t know what fire power the SGM faction has, so we’ll bring the biggest guns we have so as not to take any chances.”

  “How are you explaining this to the general public without scaring them? If fifteen hundred soldiers, vamps and bounty hunters swarm over the streets of Miami Beach, I think that will draw attention, don’t you?” Gregori asked.

  “This is a night-time evolution. I hope we can pull it off without much notice by curious on-lookers,” Martin replied.

  “Well, we’re grateful for your help, Chief Martin, but we need to talk strategy. Once we get in the building and gain control, we want the honor of taking care of Dragos. He is ours.”

  Martin snorted. “You boys have your own way of dealing with the vamp, eh?”

  “Yes.”

  “Agreed.”

  “I have dibs on Ecaterina. Don’t forget about her. I have a personal grudge against her. I want her for myself,” Alex demanded.

  “No, prinţesa. You cannot be involved. She is too dangerous. I’ll handle her. I have my own axe to grind with her as well,” Stefan said.

  A flicker of annoyance shone in Alex’s eyes. Alex cleared her throat. “Stefan I appreciate your concern for my welfare. But when it comes to killing that psycho bitch, I’d rather do it my way, the bounty way.”

  Stefan stiffened. “The subject is closed, Alex.”

  “Excuse me? I’m not missing any of this action. You can’t tell me what I can and can’t do.” Seeking support, she turned to Chief Martin.

  “Don’t look at me. I’m not getting in the middle of this lover’s spat.”

  Johnson clenched his hands into fists underneath the table.

  Sensing his subordinate’s growing discomfort, Martin whispered in Johnson’s ear, “Don’t get involved. Remember what I told you about her mother and me? You’ll only get your heart ripped apart.”

  “Can we get back on track and decide what time the operation begins?” Gregori asked.

  “Let’s commence at 2000 hours tomorrow. Does that work for you boys?” Martin asked.

  “Works for us. We’ll meet here tomorrow night forty-five minutes before to set-up then?” Gregori added.

  “Sure, sounds like a plan. I’ll make all the arrangements and have everything in place.” Martin turned to Alex. “You’ll coordinate with the local Bounty Chapter?”

  “Yes, I’ll call Jordan and Dad as soon as we’re finished here.”

  “Great. Then I’d say we’re finished. It has been a pleasure Gregori.” Martin extended his hand.

  Gregori accepted his hand and shook it, “My pleasure as well.”

  The meeting accomplished what it had to. Unfortunately taking Dragos down wouldn’t be an easy task. He had surrounded himself with a fortress of concrete as well as strong and loyal vampires. Finding the point at which to penetrate his armor was Stefan’s task while Gregori and Sorin worked the forces from the outside supported by Chief Martin’s force of military and the FBI.

  Stefan knew all this would sort out and the plan would work. His problem was Alexandra’s stubbornness and insistence on playing a part in the final operation. He wouldn’t allow her to put her life in jeopardy. He almost lost her once and he’d be damned if he would do it again. He knew her career was important to her, but not when it threatened her very existence. No, she was not going to participate in the final showdown. He’d see to it, somehow, someway.

  Chapter 22

  Within minutes after the meeting dispersed, Stefan took Alex’s hand and whisked her away from the group. The heat that had been simmering inside her all night exploded into a wildfire, waiting to be quenched in ways only he knew how to do. Her thong, already damp, immediately became soaked.

  “Come with me, anywhere, I don’t care. We have a few hours before the sun rises. I want to spend every minute I can with you,” Stefan said, his voice soft, yet forceful.

  “I like the way you think Mister Marin. I want to be with you too. My car is at Johnson’s apartment though. Let me get him. He can drop us off and we can go back to my hotel room.”

  “Do you have any idea how hot you look woman? Every vamp in the room was lusting after you and it wasn’t for your blood prinţesa mea. It took a lot of self-control to keep from taking you from that room an hour ago.” His body pressed against hers, hard and demanding. She felt the hardness of his cock against her belly. “Hurry back, I don’t know if I can wait much longer.”

  “Yes,” Alex murmured, and her breath caught in her throat as the warm approval in his eyes shaded into something darker—almost feral. “Yes, I will.” Holding her gaze, he bent down and claimed her lips in a hungry kiss. When his tongue, resolute in its target, pushed its way into her mouth, Alex moaned.

  Trying to save the moment for the privacy of the hotel room, she drew back. His hands clamped on her arms, pulling her up to him, turning her so her back was against the wall.

  As he dropped his head to nuzzle her neck, she whispered, “No. Stefan.” It didn’t matter that her entire body was trembling with desire. Or, that her pussy was essentially begging to have him inside her. “C’mon baby, let me get Johnson so we can do this privately.”

  Raising his head, Stefan grinned like a hungry wolf. He lowered his head and kissed her again, plunging his tongue deep into her warm, wet mouth. He rocked his hips forward, grinding his erection against the wetness between her legs, right against the spot that cried for his attention. She wobbled on her stilettos, her head reeling. Her entire body teetered on the verge of orgasm.

  “Hey, why don’t you guys get a room?” Johnson remarked, as he stepped out of the conference room.

  Stefan and Alex popped open their eyes. Drawing herself upright, she firmly pushed Stefan away.

  “We would, but we have no way to get to one. I was just about to go get you, but this big guy cornered me. Are you ready to go? We’d like to go get my car,” Alex said.

  “Let’s go before this place goes up in flames,” Johnson said.

  Within the hour, Alex and Stefan stepped across the threshold of her hotel room. A nightlight provided illumination. A full moon brightened the sky and thin bea
ms of white sliced through the window.

  In three strides she crossed the room, stopping in front of the window. Turning on her heel to face Stefan, she bit her bottom lip, took a deep breath, and let the air escape in a soft sigh.

  “Stefan, I’ve had a lot of time to think about us. I have a deep connection with you, more than anything I have ever shared with any man. I have to be honest. Loving a vampire wasn’t my first choice. But, I weighed the risks to be with you and decided to go with what my heart said. I don’t want regrets in my life.”

  Stefan drew closer. “The same with me, prinţesa. I’ve had so many regrets in my life. Too many, I lost count centuries ago.”

  Alex removed the clip from her dark auburn mane and tossed it on the nearby table. Her unruly hair tumbled around her shoulders. Fingertips massaged her scalp, releasing the day’s tension and the move jutted her breasts forward. “I’ve made up my mind. I want to be with you Stefan. If my decision blows up in my face, at least I know I went for it. No regrets.”

  Her feet screamed to be set free from the four-inch heels as well. At first wanting to keep them on to model for him, she decided to slip them off for comfort and save sexy for another night.

  With ease she unzipped and removed the jeans, sliding them down her hips and legs, kicking them aside and giving him her best wicked grin.

  She felt his eyes on her body, begging to touch every inch. And then he did.

  Her body had a mind of its own, reacting automatically to his gaze. Moisture soaked her thong and seeped from between the delicate folds of her femininity onto her thighs. Her heart slammed hard in her chest and her pulse raced. Nipples puckered into delectable peaks beneath the lacy corset. Breasts rose and fell with each ragged breath passing in and out of her lungs.

  Watching him with fascination, Stefan slowly peeled off his shirt, almost as if he decided to perform a slow striptease for her personal enjoyment. The moonlight shimmered off the hard planes of his well-defined chest. His sexy smile spoke to her, telling of all the delights the remaining hours of the night would bring. Making eye contact with him, she held it just long enough to see the heated desire in the depths of his smoldering dark brown eyes. A shudder raced through her.

  The anticipation of another night of hot, mind-blowing sex with Stefan made her almost climax at the thought. The tip of her tongue traced her bottom lip, sucking it in as her gaze dropped to his crotch. The noticeable bulge that promised passion beyond her wildest expectations brought a grin to his face. He has to be reading my mind.

  Stefan’s hand was on her shoulder. The intensity of her desire for him overwhelmed. Leaning forward, she pulled him tight to her voluptuous breast. Her arms coiled around his neck. Her lips came down hard on his with ardent need.

  Without reservation, he captured her mouth back to him, drawing her tighter to his hard, taut chest. He teased with his tongue, no soft exploration, no gentle probing, and only raw male lust devouring her mouth. His hands fisted in her hair and she opened her mind and body to him. She needed to feel alive in the midst of the death and evil encountered over the past several weeks. Her lips parted and welcomed the heat of his tongue. It tangled and danced with hers, teasing and tasting. He released her and showered her with small kisses on her cheek, her neck and teased the shell of her ear.

  “Alexandra, I love you,” Stefan whispered. “I want you, your heart, your soul, your...” His lips wandered back over her face, kissing her lids and her nose, trailing fire down her neck.

  The sensation of fangs scraping across the tender flesh of her throat sent sparks of desire straight to her pussy. Despite what he might believe of her, the anger couldn’t keep her heart from wanting this man. “Stefan, I’m yours. Make love to me. No games. No domination, only me tonight.”

  The world spun and shifted as he lifted her into his arms and covered her mouth with his. Dizzy with need, she had no idea where he’d take her until their bodies shifted. After placing her on the soft mattress, he came down heavy on top of her. Reveling in the sensation of his hands, her eyes remained closed. The essence of him permeated the air. The pillows around her head filled with the thick male scent of him, citrus and coconuts. She wanted to drown in its tropical, heady aroma.

  Their hands were everywhere at once, tugging at their remaining clothes, ripping them away. The desperate need to have flesh scraping flesh was all that drove them until they lay naked and gasping for breath in each other’s arms. Their lips, teeth, and hands moved in frantic hunger to taste and touch. She couldn’t get enough of him.

  Alex’s palms slid down the hard muscles on each side of his spine, pressing into the well of his low back before curving up the rounded arch of his taut ass and digging her nails in deep. Air hissed through Stefan’s teeth, a low moan vibrating through the heat of his mouth at her neck. His teeth dragged down her throat. His lips replaced his hand at her breast. He suckled and bit first one aching nipple then the other. The sharp thrill of pain shot straight to her core, clenching her muscles. The liquid heat leaked onto her thighs. No man had ever made her feel such intense pleasure. The need built to an intolerable level.

  “I want you inside me. I want to feel you all around me.”

  “Not yet my love.”

  He continued to suck her nipples. Working his way down her ribs, kissing and nibbling, and then to her belly. Kissing and rolling his tongue around her navel ring, he continued with light nibbles to her inner thighs. As he moved upward toward the juncture of her passion, she opened wider. Impatience grew for the application of his touch to her most sensitive nub. Pausing, he stared at her dark auburn curls, his hands stroking her inner thigh. She moaned. Oh, Stefan, another slow burn. You…

  Finally, he leaned forward and his tongue touched her slit, evoking a loud gasp. Yes! His fingers slid along her wet opening, as he licked the entire length of her folds. Emitting little squeaks as his tongue pressed against her clit, her hips thrust wildly, up and down and back again. He nibbled and sucked harder and faster. Clutching his head tightly against her pussy, her hands ran through his hair, crinkling the strands between her fingers. The molten heat, already so intense inside her, seemed to explode. She wailed as the orgasm had its way with her.

  He prowled over her and captured her mouth, kissing passionately, slowly at first. When he tried to draw away, she wrapped arms tightly around his neck and held him tight to her. Keeping their mouths pressed together, her tongue dove fearlessly into the hot, wet cavity of his mouth. Their tongues danced together in the dark as she arched her breast against his chest. His cock, rock hard, long and heavy, rested against her belly. She reached for it and stroked, loving the velvety soft feel of his steely-hard flesh in her hand.

  He stroked her breasts, shifting downward, capturing one of her nipples in his mouth. He tortured her with intense pleasure as he sucked and licked first one, then the other.

  He sat up, straddling her. He shifted and pressed his cockhead to her slick, ready opening. Taking his hands, she placed them on her breasts, and then thrust her hips up to press his cock further into her passage. He pressed forward, entering her slowly. She held her breath as he stretched her and moved deeper as his thick shaft continued to fill her an inch at a time. He continued slowly, in and out, until finally he impaled her fully in one full stroke, drawing a throaty groan from her. He drew back slowly, easing forward again. Sensual waves of intense feelings rippled throughout her body. Back and forward, in and out, his rock-hard cock stroked her sensitive inner walls and she melted into him. Clinging to his shoulders, she whimpered in pleasure as he began to thrust into her with a hard rhythm. She tightened her inner muscles around his hardness. Intense spasms of pleasure cascaded through her. He slid back, and then thrust forward again.

  “Oh, God, Stefan, I’m…”

  He thrust deep and fast.

  “Yes, fuck me harder,” she groaned, gritting her teeth.

  Stefan ran his thumb over her clit, and nipped her neck, breaking the skin a scant, causing Ale
x to buck and grind her hips uncontrollably. His nostrils flared, his eyes glowed red at the sound of her blissful screams. Every nerve ending shimmered from the sensation of her wailing orgasm as the adrenaline rush exploded and mind-shattering joy rippled through her.

  “That’s it prinţesa,” his velvety voice coaxed. “Keep riding my cock, baby. Give it to me. Come for me, Alexandra. Love me.”

  “I do love you, Stefan.”

  “Ahhh,” he growled as the mind-numbing orgasm began rocking through his body. As his release approached, he thrust deep within her one last time, his heavy balls twitching, and his thick hot seed rushed into the slick sheath of her hot, pulsating cunt. His incisors elongated and he thrust them deep within her throat. His body shook as her life essence spilled into him, coursing through his veins like liquid fire, making every nerve in his body awaken with life.

  Alex let out a cry, a combination of pain and pleasure as her fierce orgasm, his orgasm, and the sensation of his fangs penetrated her fiery flesh. The incredible feeling rocked her body, mind, and soul. With every thrust, Stefan sucked even harder, causing her body to convulse. His hot seed rushed with impeding force against her tight depths, causing her muscles to hold his cock as if in a vice grip, sucking the life from him. An invisible force seemed to grab her body, tugging her from this life and into another. The overwhelming desire to surrender to the deep, dark wants of her vampire lover again, and again for all eternity, covered her entire being like a black veil. The pull was so strong that she almost succumbed to the approaching darkness and cursed as her body returned to earth. The reality of what was happening hit her squarely in the face. The pain inextricably entwined with the exquisite pleasure coursing through her body.

  “No, Stefan, stop!”

  Jarred back from the chaos of a bloodlust dream, Stefan pulled out of Alex’s neck and off her body.

  “Oh God, Alexandra, I’m sorry,” he said. “I lost myself again. Please forgive me.” He dropped his head.

  Caressing his face with tender fingertips, she said, “I forgive you. I love you. You were incredible you know. The ending, eh, we have to work on that part.”