by Cynthia Eden
His hands smoothed down her back. Caught the curves of her bare ass and squeezed.
She bit him. Pierced Sully right above his nipple with her teeth and tasted the wet warmth of his blood.
The leopard purred.
The sound was so familiar to her, but it wasn’t a sound she heard with her ears. Only her heart.
As she drank from him, feeling his blood energize her body and send her sensual hunger soaring to a new height, Sadie realized that the stories hadn’t been true. Not completely anyway.
“Ah, damn…that feels so…good…” Sully gasped.
Her tongue swiped over the small wound she’d made. Her nipples tightened, and her sex clenched. No wonder vampires were all about blood and sex. It was a freaking great combination.
She lifted her head. His mouth moved to her throat. His teeth scraped over her flesh. “My turn, love…” And he took her. Mouth. Tongue. Teeth.
Sully tumbled her back onto the bed, keeping his teeth on her. In her.
Sadie shoved the sheets out of their way. She was naked and more than ready for him.
The bulge of his arousal shoved against the front of his jeans. She unsnapped the button, eased down the zipper with a hiss—and had the hot, heavy length of his cock filling her hands.
Sully’s head rose. His face was brutally hard. Etched into taut lines of need. “You almost died on me.”
No, correction, she had died. That’s why she was a vampire now.
“Don’t ever do that to me again.” Desperation, she knew it when she heard it.
“I won’t.” Dying wasn’t on her agenda. Having mind-blowing sex, yes, that was. Absolutely
The bad guy was dead. She’d survived. And Sully was exactly where she wanted him. Well, almost.
He sank into her. A plunging, driving thrust that had her sucking in a sharp breath because he felt so good.
She still didn’t like things easy, especially not her sex.
Her hips lifted high, then drove right back at him. She needed this—the rush of pleasure, the spike of need. Needed this. Needed him.
Because death hadn’t held her—no, he had. Sully had fought for her and given her a chance to live again. To spend her days and nights with him.
Her muscles tightened as she thundered toward her release. Her sex was so sensitive that every glide and drive of his cock had her twisting beneath him.
His fingers caught her breasts. Fondled her nipples. His cock swelled within her, filling her so fully that she nearly screamed.
He withdrew, thrust deep—
And she did scream. Sadie climaxed on a driving wave of pleasure. Her sex clenched around him, squeezing that thick length tightly, and she gasped as her body shivered with aftershocks of pulsing heat.
Sully was with her. She felt the hot tide of his release within her. Saw the bright flare of pleasure in his eyes.
Oh, yes, he was with her. For every single moment.
He kissed her. She tasted his hunger, his pleasure, his need. And knew that he tasted hers.
A rumble trembled in her throat.
Sully lifted his head. “Sadie?”
Not a rumble, really, more of a purr.
His lips curved into a smile. “I love you, Sadie Townsend.”
Her heartbeat had just begun to slow. At his words, the beat immediately kicked up.
“Spend forever with me?” he asked, eyes flickering from black to blue.
Beautiful eyes.
“Try to stop me,” she whispered. Forever would be a wonderful start. “I love you, too, Sully.” She’d loved him for years.
Loved him.
Mourned him.
Missed him.
Hell, no, he wasn’t about to get away from her again. She’d cheated death for her chance with him. Cheated, fought, and won the battle. She was alive, and she had several lifetimes to spend with her Sully. She had—
Forever.
Sadie smiled and kissed him again.
And her leopard was content.
***
Forty-eight hours later, Sadie Townsend stepped into the night with her vampire lover by her side. The stars shimmered so brightly that even the lights of the city couldn’t lessen their glow. Music beat in a steady rhythm, coming from the clubs downtown. Voices, whispers, filled her ears, and she drank in the scents from the street.
Her senses were almost as advanced as before. Her strength was still ten times better than a human’s.
Sure, the blood hunger would take a bit more adjusting time before she got used to it, but all in all, Sadie thought she was doing pretty well for an undead woman.
Of course, when her brother found out about her new, um, life choice and lover choice, Jacob probably wouldn’t be thrilled. Serious understatement, she got that.
But he was her brother, and she knew that, no matter what else happened, he loved her. Fangs and blood hunger—he’d learn to deal with them. She knew her brother. He’d rage at first, and then he’d hug her until she felt like he was squeezing her to death.
Brothers. Sometimes they were great. Sometimes they were devils.
Sully’s fingers closed around hers. She glanced at him. Sadie couldn’t stop the smile that tilted up her lips. Being this happy should be illegal.
She was with Sully. The night was beautiful, and, deep inside, her leopard stretched.
She couldn’t shift anymore, but her leopard hadn’t died. She was inside, safe, with a strong spirit ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
Sully brought her hand to his lips and pressed a kiss against Sadie’s palm. She felt the wet swipe of his tongue.
And the surge of her pulse.
Sully could always turn her on. But they had a job to do. As tempted as she was to jump his sexy bones, Owen was waiting to brief them on another case. Always another case.
“Ready to go?” Sully’s deep voice stroked over her.
“Yes.” No, she wasn’t, but the sex would wait.
After all, they had plenty of time.
And, as vampires, plenty of stamina.
“Another night, another city full of killers,” he murmured.
Story of their afterlife.
Her fingers tightened around his. “Let’s go hunting.” Her leopard wanted to play.
She saw the white flash of his teeth as he grinned. Those teeth would be in her neck by morning and she’d love it. Love it.
But for now, they had work to do. Owen waited.
And so did the night. Such a beautiful night. Her partner was by her side—a man who would always have her back. He’d fight to the death and beyond for her, she knew it. No more hunting alone, ever.
A perfect team.
The killers they tracked, the monsters gone bad, they wouldn’t know what hit them.
Time for the games to begin.
The End
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Slay All Day
What happens when a monster hunter falls for his prey?
Harrison Key has one job—hunt and destroy monsters. He’s taken out vamps, shifters, demons…it’s all in a night’s work for him. He protects the innocent and destroys the wicked. Case closed. The job doesn’t pay much and the benefits are literally hell, but a hunter is born to the work. Gifted with super strength and speed, Harrison was created to fight monsters. There is nothing else for him in this world.
Then he meets her.
She looks like innocence but makes him think of the hottest sin. When Harrison first meets Elise Aine, she’s surrounded by vamps who are only too eager to take a bite. Harrison stakes the vamps and intends to walk away from Elise, but she has other plans. She says that she’s under supernatural attack. Elise desperately needs his protection, and she’ll pay any price. One look into her dark and gorgeous eyes, and Harrison can’t walk away. He doesn’t want to walk away. He wants her.
What Harrison doesn’t know…could just kill him.
Elise isn’t human. Not by a long shot. And she’s got big plans for Harrison. Sure, the guy may think he’s a hunter, he may believe that his job is to rid the world of the wicked, but he’s dead wrong. And with her help, Harrison may just turn out to be the wickedest one of them all. Because he’s not really a hunter. He’s something far, far more interesting. And hot. Smokin’, in fact.
He just needs to let his wild side out to play…
As the queen of the fairies, Elise was born to trick and deceive, and, with way too many enemies closing in, she needs the most powerful protector imaginable at her side. Harrison is her destined mate, if he’ll just stop fighting monsters long enough to see that deep inside…he is a beast. A beast like no other. One that can blast fire and soar into the skies. A beast who can only be bound and tamed by love.
Betrayal burns deep and cuts hard.
Can the queen of the fairies show a hunter that even monsters can love? Or when he finds out the truth about her, will rage be all that Harrison knows? Either way, things are about to get red-hot. Watch out for the flames and smoke.
Author’s Note: SLAY ALL DAY is a stand-alone with action, humor, and plenty of hot times ahead. Sit down, buckle up, and enjoy the ride!
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A Note From the Author
Thank you for reading COME BACK TO ME. I love writing paranormal stories, and it was fun to write a “reunited” tale for Sully and his Sadie. This story was first published in 2010 (back then, it had the title of IN THE DARK and it was released in the BELONG TO THE NIGHT anthology). I was excited to have the chance to bring this tale to you again.
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Cynthia Eden is a New York Times, USA Today, Digital Book World, and IndieReader best-seller. Cynthia writes sexy tales of contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and paranormal romance. Since she began writing full-time in 2005, Cynthia has written over one hundred novels and novellas.
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