Saving Jenna

by Violet Summers

  She worked the soap into his hair, massaging his scalp until his head tipped back and his eyes closed in pleasure. His low purr of pleasure flooded her with warmth. Not the sexual inferno he stirred in her so easily, although that wasn’t far from the surface. No, this warmth filled her heart until it overflowed from her eyes, tears mingling with the water from the shower.

  They exchanged no words, there was no reason to. Everything they needed to say to each other was shared through touch, through the words in their eyes in this quiet moment.

  She rinsed his hair, stroking over his neck and shoulders, and he rose to kiss her gently. Dipping his head, he kissed his two marks on her neck. A shock skittered down her nervous system as his tongue made contact with the two small pin pricks.

  *

  Nic turned off the water, shaken to the core. Wrapping her in a wide, plush bath sheet, he lifted her effortlessly out of the tub.

  “Come, Beloved, we have a lot to do tonight. Starting with finding out where your sister is.”

  He’d been on the phone with Aidan when Jenna’s warm scent drew him into the shower. The Dragon told him that Bas had located Jenna’s sister, but he wouldn’t say where the woman was. Instead, he insisted that Nic bring Jenna to the club that evening.

  He’d said there was good news, and very bad news, and then refused to give Nic any more information. Nic knew it must be bad, indeed, if Aidan was keeping his mouth shut about it.

  Chapter Six

  The club was empty. It was early Monday evening and Club Smoke wouldn’t open again until Wednesday night. Jenna had heard about the place, this club where humans went for a wild night of fun where creatures not entirely human played. Now in the cool evening twilight, it was hard to see the allure. The walls were dark and scarred with stains and scuffs. The wooden floors were polished, but looked dull from thousands of dancing feet.

  Nic led her across the dance floor, his boots echoing in the empty room. She pulled at the simple black sheath she’d found in the closet Nic had designated as hers. The dress was beautiful, but covered much less of her than she was used to with its short, sassy hem and strappy, sleeveless top.

  Everything in the closet had been chosen to flatter her figure and coloring, and everything was a perfect fit. The idea of Nic knowing her exact dress size made her cheeks blaze. It didn’t matter they’d made love yesterday and today, that he’d seen every inch of her skin. Something about him knowing the number brought up old insecurities.

  “Stop it,” Nic turned around to face her. “I can feel your apprehension.” He caressed her face. “Aidan won’t bite. He’s not Vampire, Beloved,” he sent her a playful wink.

  “Besides, he helped save you as well.”

  Jenna blushed a darker shade of red. “Vampires aren’t the only things out there that bite, Nico,” she muttered, avoiding his eyes. “Anyway, that’s not what’s bothering me.”

  “This Vampire is the only thing that will be biting you, Beloved, ever. And I love that you call me Nico,” he dropped a kiss on her nose, “but that is not going to distract me. Tell me, what is it exactly that has you so tense?” His eyes narrowed with concern.

  Jenna shook her head and buried her face in his chest. He embraced her tight, automatically and without hesitation. His thoughtless affection warmed one of the cold, frozen places her father had left in her heart.

  “Jenna?” His voice deepened commandingly, and embarrassed as she was, she couldn’t suppress a little shiver of reaction.

  “You’re going to think I’m crazy,” she mumbled, mortified that she’d even brought this up. Why did he have to be so perceptive when it came to her?

  Nic held the back of her neck and gently forced her to look up at him. “Jenna, I am your mate. Let me be the judge of your sanity. Now what the hell is wrong?” He’d gone all dominant on her, and she couldn’t refuse him. “I’m embarrassed that you know my size, okay?” Her hand flew up to cover her mouth, but it was too late. The words had already been spoken. Oh yeah, mortified didn’t even begin to cover it.

  To add insult to injury, her Vampire broke out in a smile. No, in a huge grin. She stiffened as she realized that he was trying to control his laughter. When he ultimately failed, Jenna wished for a hole to open somewhere and swallow her up.

  “I’m glad you find it so funny, Nic.” She pushed against his chest and slapped him hard on the arm. Her embarrassment was gone, burned away into flaming temper. Yeah, she was well and truly pissed. Opening herself up to him was hard enough; Nic finding her insecurities funny humiliated her.

  “Oh no, you don’t,” he said when Jenna tried to break his hold. “I am not laughing at you, Beloved. I am laughing at all the fools who ignored your beauty and left it for me to enjoy for eternity.” Nic raised one elegant hand and tipped her chin up to catch her with his crystalline eyes. “Now, I will tell you this once. After today, if you ever bring this up again, I will turn you over my knee and paddle your ass, then fuck you so hard you won’t be able to leave our bed for a month.”

  Jenna stopped fighting him; he still wore a huge smile exposing his teeth and fangs.

  God he was beautiful. He leaned down, kissing her lightly and then rested his forehead against hers.

  “Jenna Stone, you are the most stunning woman in the world. No other has ever tempted me the way you do. No woman will ever make me feel the way you make me feel.” His hands slid down her back and cupped her ass, drawing her against his impressive erection. “There is no female, human, Vampire or other who can make me hard, Beloved. Only you. I love every curve on your gorgeous body. You were made to take me inside you, you fit me like a tight fist.” He lowered his head, laying a line of soft, wet kisses along her neck. She didn’t even try to suppress the shiver. Jenna wanted more, hell she wanted to go back to the penthouse and jump his preternatural ass right this instant.

  She yelped as his hand smacked her behind soundly.

  She sputtered, “You just spanked me!”

  “Oh, Beloved, there is plenty more where that came from. Never doubt that I worship you or your perfect body.” He placed a wet, open mouth kiss to the side of her neck, drawing the delicate skin against his teeth until she knew he’d left a mark. Another mark.

  She was smiling when he took her hand again and said, “Come on, let’s go find Aidan.”

  *

  Nic’s cock throbbed almost as much as his temper. Jenna’s self-esteem must have taken a lot of blows over the course of her life. He wished she could see herself the way he saw her. When her lips were pouty from his kisses, her nipples rigid from him teeth and tongue, she was truly the most unbelievably exquisite creature ever sculpted by God’s hand. And if her outer beauty weren’t enough, her inner beauty shone even brighter. The way she laughed, the fear in her eyes, they all called to his soul.

  She remained silent as he walked her through the Employee’s Only door. He slowed, remembering the last time he walked this same path. She’d been in the alley then. He refused to dwell on that nightmare. William Stone would receive his due, but first they’d get her sisters to safety.

  When they reached Aidan’s office, a loud female moan stopped Nic from barging right in. A familiar loud female moan. He heard Jenna’s sharp intake of breath as she caught sight of the tableau in front of her. Nic mentally rolled his eyes. Of course Aidan wouldn’t feel the need to close the door; like most Night Creatures, Aidan had no inhibitions whatsoever about sex.

  Jenna was human and Nic knew humans tended to be a lot less open when it came to sex. She didn’t back away from the open door though, and Nic could smell the sweet scent of her arousal. She’d already been almost as turned on as she was irritated and embarrassed after their confrontation on the dance floor. The erotic scene being played out in front of them was tipping her over the edge from titillated to enflamed.

  Perhaps it was time to see just how daring his One truly was. While he’d never allow another to touch her, there were many games he and Jenna could play that involv
ed having others in the room…

  There was only one light on in the office. Aidan was seated at his desk, his head buried between Chandra’s slim thighs. The Vampiress propped one suicidally high heel on the arm of Aidan’s chair, the other was tucked along the outside of his thigh on the seat. They made a gorgeous picture, pure carnal beauty as the sounds of Aidan’s wet mouth and Chandra’s raw groans filled the hallway.

  Nic moved Jenna so that she stood directly in the doorway with a perfect view of the action. He pulled her back against him, guiding her hands back until her palms were flat against the wall on either side of his hips. She had yet to utter a word; the sex in the other room held her enthralled. Nic brought his hands up her sides, sliding them under her full tits. He worked them over with his palms, slowly letting them fall into his grasp.

  His mouth skimmed her neck. “Tell me Jenna, do you like what you see?” He licked at her ear as he pressed the iron bar of his cock into the soft cushion of her ass. Fuck, he wanted her right now, while they watched Aidan and Chandra.

  “Oh, yes,” her answer was a drawn-out sigh.

  “Lean back into me, then, Beloved.” He kept his voice low, but Aidan raised his eyes to them. They sparkled and Nic made out his friend’s raised eyebrows and devil-may-care smile before he went back to work on Chandra’s slit.

  “He knows we’re watching,” she whispered, her voice quivering, caught between desire and panic.

  “Yes, Beloved, he does. He’s going to give us a show,” Nic smiled dryly when Aidan once again looked up and met his eyes. “He likes performing for an audience.” Nic leaned forward, running his tongue along the line of her jaw. “We can turn around and leave right now if you don’t want this, Jenna.” She stiffened when Aidan stood, wiping Chandra’s juices from his face with a casual swipe of the back of his hand. The Dragon was naked, his thick cock standing out proudly. He brought two fingers up to his mouth and sucked them. Nic wondered if his intention was to arouse Jenna, or terrify her. Fucker probably wouldn’t care which, as long as he got a reaction.

  Jenna finally shook her head. “No Nic, I don’t want to leave,” she whispered faintly.

  A tug in Nic’s stomach made him fight the desire to take her back to the privacy of the penthouse and ravish his woman. The rest of him wanted to bask in this moment, to soak in the eroticism of bringing his woman to pleasure while another male watched, knowing he’d never touch her.

  He gripped her thigh; she wasn’t wearing anything but a pair of sheer black panties.

  They drifted easily to the floor, and her bare skin flowed beneath his hand like warm satin. His palm moved to cup one full cheek, kneading it. He intercepted Aidan’s appreciative look as it traveled over Jenna’s body, and sent him a smile full of big, pointy teeth. The Dragon grinned back and turned back to his own partner, shoving his fingers roughly into Chandra’s cunt. She cried out and tried to push herself up from the desk.

  “Back down, Chandra,” Aidan ordered as he brought his other hand up and stroked his hard length.

  Nic bit the back of Jenna’s neck. Her hands were still braced against the wall. “Don’t move your hands, Beloved. Keep them on the wall.”

  One hand went to her breast, kneading it, pulling the tip between thumb and forefinger. He rolled it hard and Jenna moaned involuntarily. This brought the attention of the two lovers on the desk flying to Nic and Jenna.

  Nic felt Jenna hold her breath as the woman peered at them. Chandra’s eyes narrowed, her face drew up in a scowl, before Aidan jerked her attention back to him.

  “Eyes on me, Channy,” he growled, thrusting his fingers hard into the woman’s sheath, drawing a long, shrill scream from her arched throat.

  *

  The woman on the table orgasmed long and hard against the man’s hand. This must be Aidan. Jenna thought. The Dragon. Damn, was every man Nic knew gorgeous?

  This one was a few inches taller than Nic, with a much broader build. He must spend hours in the gym. His long dark auburn hair went well down his back; at present it was in a single braid as thick as her fist that hung over his shoulder.

  Jenna wanted to be appalled at the display before her, but she wasn’t. She was so excited that she thought she might just melt into a puddle of need at Nic’s feet.

  Nic opened his jeans, pulling out his cock. Lifting Jenna’s dress in the back, he slid himself between her legs. Her hot cream coated him as he moved forward, gliding effortlessly through her swollen folds. He ran himself against her outer lips, prodding lightly against her opening before pulling back to stroke his helmeted head over her clit.

  She knew she would explode as soon as Nic slid his wicked cock into her. He was teasing her now, even as she pushed back into him. He stilled her with his bite on the sensitive spot where her neck met her shoulder.

  “Soon, Beloved, soon,” he promised, his breath heavy at her neck. He was as turned on as she was. She pressed her thighs tight around him, squeezing his burning cock between her legs. He moaned and jerked gratifyingly.

  The auburn-haired giant helped the woman up from the desk. She pulled her micro mini back into place before sinking to her knees. Jenna’s own would have buckled had Nic not chosen that moment to spear into her welcoming pussy. She stumbled forward under the force of his thrust, and he wrapped one arm around her, pulling her back against him.

  “Hands on the wall,” he hissed, and she fought to stand upright, to obey him, even as liquid fire ran through her veins. Still she couldn’t take her eyes off the couple as the woman opened her mouth and took in the Dragon’s thick cock.

  Entranced, Jenna watched as the woman swallowed him to the root. It was an act she hadn’t shared with Nic, at least in reality. Aidan helped the woman along, moving his cock back and forth into her mouth. His own hand slid under his dick to play with his sac.

  Jenna sucked in her breath as Nic found her clit. He rubbed it ever so slowly, his cock moving in short shallow thrusts. His mouth opened and he bit down, finally abandoning his light, teasing nips and sinking his fangs in deep, feeding from her.

  Aidan looked up from the woman going down on him and straight at Jenna. He kissed the air and winked at her before throwing his head back and coming with a roar.

  Nic sucked long on her neck, sending Jenna into her own spiraling release, shattering her world into a thousand pieces. He fell right along with her, jerking and moaning against her neck.

  Pulling out, he spun her around, pressing her to the wall and kissing her with bruising force.

  She thought she heard a British voice whisper, “Beautiful,” but when she swung her head around Aidan was busily zipping up his leather pants. Nic held her close as the woman made her way out the door.

  The slim blond stopped when she reached them. Venom dripped from her lips when she spoke.

  “Hmm, Nicky, is this the one taking my place?” She leaned forward and sniffed.

  “Common human,” she sneered. “Smells like food.”

  Nic held Jenna tight. “Chandra, she is ten times the woman you will ever be.”

  “Looks more like twenty times…” was as far as she got before Nic’s hand slipped around her throat and pinned her against the wall.

  His eyes glowed blue flame as he spat, “Don’t ever make this mistake again, Chandra. Do not ever disrespect my One.”

  Jenna touched his arm, and Nic let the Vampiress go. Chandra turned acid green eyes on Jenna and hissed, “Your One! Give me a break, Nicky. No one believes those stories anymore. Finding some mysterious ‘One’ is no more than legend.” She turned and walked down the hall, leaving her anger filling the small space like a toxic cloud. Jenna felt a mixture of fear and jealousy. She may be a stone bitch, but Chandra was pretty much the picture of feminine perfection. And Nic had been with this woman in the past.

  He zipped his pants, turning back to face Jenna. Once again he read her face easily.

  Nic grabbed her chin.

  “Jenna, it was more than a year ago, and it was nothing b
ut sex. She meant nothing more than physical release back then, and she means less than nothing to me now. Do you understand me, Jenna? Nothing.” Jenna nodded, but didn’t speak.

  There were more important things to discuss. Now was not the time to deal with any insecurity on her part. Finding Rowan took precedence over all else.

  When she went to move into the room, Nic grabbed her elbow, swinging her around.

  “Jenna, tell me you believe me.”

  “I’d tell him you believe him, love.” The red-head had taken a seat. “He’s a mite testy when you don’t give him what he wants.” The Dragon grinned with wicked amusement. “Besides, darling, he’s telling you the truth. Chandra’s a good enough fuck, but she also happens to be one crazy female.”

  Jenna looked at the handsome English man. He was leaning back in his leather chair, arms behind his head.

  “That didn’t seem to stop you from fucking her, did it?” He only laughed. “Yes, well, unlike our Nicky, I am not mated nor do I ever plan to be. I can afford crazy.”

  *

  “Your father captured Rowan half a mile from the house,” Aidan informed them once Nic had seated Jenna in front of his big oak desk. Nic bit back an oath and held Jenna’s hand tightly. Her fear skittered through his body as if it were his own.

  “Oh, no,” she breathed.

  “Well, you have to admit,” Aidan smirked, “she’s not the most likely candidate to escape on foot from a group of trained soldiers.”

  Nic stiffened, his body going taut with rage. Aidan’s cutting comment about Rowan was designed to goad…both of them. Nic would deal with him later, after they decided how to rescue Jenna’s sister.

  His One’s body shook for a second before she took a deep breath and calmed herself, sloughing off Aidan’s words.

  Nic admired that about her. After all she’d been through, she didn’t dwell; she moved beyond the pain and fear and confronted the problem. Jenna didn’t realize the strength she carried inside of herself.