Wicked After Dark: 20 Steamy Paranormal Tales of Dragons, Vampires, Werewolves, Shifters, Witches, Angels, Demons, Fey, and More

by Mina Carter

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  About the Author

  Born and raised in Arizona, Melissa has spent her entire life living across the southern half of the state. She's found that, along with her husband and three children, she prefers the small towns and rural life to feeling packed into a city.

  She started reading at a very young age, and her love for series started early, as the first real books she remembers reading is the Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner. Through the years she's found that there's little she won't read, and her tastes vary from westerns, to romance, to sci-fi / fantasy and Horror.

  You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.

  Bite Thy Neighbor

  By Izzy Szyn

  Copyright 2015 Izzy Szyn

  Cover Art by Iris Pross

  Author's note:

  All sexually active characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.

  ONE

  “Looking good, Nikki,” said a neighbor walking by her house.

  “Thanks.” Nikki grinned. She had just finished decorating her house for Halloween. She was hot, sticky and in need of a cool shower and an iced cold Pepsi. The calendar may show that it was the end of October but it felt more like the end of July.

  She turned her head when she felt as if someone was staring at her. Looking around her, her eyes met those of the tall man on the porch of the house next door to her. Something about the way he stared at her, made her nipples stand at attention.

  He must have felt her eyes on him, because he turned his head. His eyes held her gaze, she felt her legs moving towards him. “Hi, my name is Nikki Shea. That house is vacant. The people that lived there moved away earlier this year.” She said.

  “Nice to meet you.” He held his hand out. “My name is Carter Simmons. I am your new neighbor. I moved in late last night.”

  Shaking his hand, she felt goose bumps rise from her skin. Her heart started to race, while images of the two of them in tangled sheets bounced in her head. “Welcome to the neighborhood. I was about to make something to eat for dinner. Would you like to join me?”

  “I would like that, but I need to go into town for a bit. Would you mind if I joined you in about an hour?”

  “That would be great.” Nikki replied.

  “I won’t be long.” he promised.

  Nikki sighed to herself as she watched him get into his car and drive off. Walking back to her house she picked her phone up and called her best friend, Randi. “Hey Randi? I need to cancel going out tonight.”

  “Why? Aren’t you feeling well?” Randi sounded concerned.

  “I feel fine. But a new neighbor moved in next door, and I invited him over for dinner.”

  “He? Is he hot?” Randi perked up.

  “Yeah.” Nikki replied. “Randi, this is going to sound weird, but I think he is the one.”

  “Nikki, you just met him. How can you know?” Randi asked. “Did he put some weird spell on you?”

  Nikki ignored her comment and sat on her bed. “I have to take a shower, I will talk to you at work tomorrow.”

  “Ok, I want all the details at work tomorrow.” Randi replied.

  Nikki and Randi worked at the local fast food restaurant, Burger Heaven. It was not the best job in the world, in fact most days it sucked, but it did pay the bills. Nikki, luckily didn’t have to worry about rent or house payments since the house belonged to her parents, Larry and Ava. They moved moved away over a year ago, with the agreement that Nikki was responsible for the utilities.

  After stepping out of the shower, she went through her clothes. She wanted to look nice, without making it obvious she was making an effort to look nice. Don’t want to scare off her hot, new neighbor. Settling on a pair of shorts and a tank top, she walked into the kitchen.

  She had made some spaghetti sauce earlier in the slow cooker. She filled a pot with water and set it on the stove to boil. She didn’t know how long Carter would take. She hoped he liked spaghetti. Or that he ate meat. What if he was a vegetarian?

  She opened her refrigerator and took out a bottle of Pepsi. She grabbed a couple plates and forks she took them to the dining room and set the table. Before going to the kitchen to check to see if the water had started to boil.

  Hearing a knock on the door she rushed to answer the door. She had to remind herself that this wasn’t a date. Not yet anyway. It was just a nice welcome to the neighborhood dinner. Didn’t want Carter to think that she was desperate. When she opened the door she almost shut it again, when she saw it was a psycho crazy lady, Lucille Merryweather.

  “Lucille, what can I do for you?” Lucille Merryweather was the richest person in the Eastbrooke and she took pleasure in reminding everyone whenever she got the chance.

  “I came to talk to you about your new neighbor, Carter Simmons.” she sniffed.

  “What about him?” Nikki wondered what Carter did to bring on the wrath of Lucille.

  “Have you met him?” Lucille asked. “Don’t you think that there is something strange about him?”

  “We talked for about five minutes before he had to leave. So didn’t notice anything strange. Why?”

  “He is a vampire,” Lucille said.

  “Umm, Lucille? There is no such thing as vampires.” Although if he was a vampire, she wouldn’t say no if he wanted to bite her. “Did you forget to take your medication?”

  “No, I am not on any sort of medication,” she snorted. “He is a vampire. I saw him as he came out of the blood bank last night.”

  “Well than maybe you should be. Again, there is no such thing as vampires,” she glanced up to see Carter walking up behind Lucille. “Hi Carter, have you met Lucille Merryweather?”

  “Yes, we just met last night,” Carter replied. “Are you friends with Lucille?”

  “No, we are not friends,” Lucille answered for her. “I just came here to warn her about you. This is a respectable community, we do not welcome the likes of you here.”

  “Lucille, go home,” Nikki ordered. “I will not have you standing on my porch, being rude to my neighbor. Don’t you think you should be home to feed your flying monkeys?”

  “You are rude,” Lucille huffed. “I can see that your parents failed to teach you any manners. Not surprisingly.”

  “You leave my parents alone,” Nikki warned “I am sure they are thankful every day that they don’t have to deal with you. I will send them your regards when I talk to them tomorrow. Now go home. Carter come on in.”

  “You can’t invite a vampire into your home,” Lucille told her. “Haven’t you learned anything? If you allow one into your home than you are inviting him to do whatever evil, vile thing he wants.”

  “Lucille, he is my guest. If he was, and I am sure he is not a vampire, he would be more welcome than you,” Nikki replied. “Carter, please come in.” Once Carter stepped inside, she closed the door on Lucille’s face.

  “She is right,” Carter said.

  “Right about what?” Nikki asked.

  “I am a vampire.”

  “Carter that isn’t even funny,” Nikki told him. Great, the first hot guy she meets in ages and he is crazy. A vampire? Like they are real.

  “I am not joking,” Carter said following her into the living room. “I am a vampire.”

  “How are you going to do to prove it? Drink my blood?” Nikki wondered why all the hot guys were crazy, jerks or gay. It just didn’t seem fair. It had been a long time since she had sex and she had hoped that her drought would be over with Carter. Damn, seemed like it was going to be another vibrator night.

  “Yes, and much, much more,” Carter stared into her eyes. “Nikki Shea, you are my mate.”

  “Mate?” Nikki replied. “I just met you. How can you know if someone is your mate after just meeting them?”

  “Believe me,” Carter said to her. “No one is more surprised than I am. I have lived a long time without a mate. But the minute I saw you, I knew.” He stepped closer to he
r. “You felt it too.”

  “No, I didn’t,” She denied, even though she had told Randi earlier the same thing.

  “Liar,” Carter’s hand touched her waist and brought her closer. “You Nikki Shea are my destiny.”

  “How can I be your mate?” Nikki tried to stop her body’s reaction. “Yes, the first thing I thought when I saw you, was that you were every girl’s wet dream. But how can I be with someone that believes he is a vampire? Vampires are not real.”

  “Vampires are real. And for the record, neither are shifters, witches, and other paranormal beings,” Carter brushed the hair away from her neck. “Just like humans, there are good ones and bad ones.”

  “I think you should go. It is a shame that someone so hot, is a little bit crazy,” Nikki told him.

  “I am not crazy,” Carter replied. “I am glad that you think that I am hot, since we will be spending so much time together.”

  “What do you mean so much time together?” She will not lean against him, no matter how much she wanted it. His hands tightened around her waist and brought her closer.

  “Because you, Nikki Shea are my mate,” Carter said before kissing her.

  Nikki’s arms went around his neck and opened her mouth to his. For a crazy man, he certainly knew how to kiss. His tongue curled around hers, before exploring every inch of her mouth. She moaned as he brought her even closer. She tilted her neck to the side, as he placed open mouthed kisses to her neck, before kissing her again.

  Her tongue now exploring his mouth, shivering as his hands went under her shirt. His hands cool against her heated skin. She smelled something weird. “I think something is burning,” she said.

  “What?” Carter lifted his head. “I smell it too. Were you cooking something?”

  “Shit,” Nikki ran towards the kitchen.

  “What was in that pot?” Carter walked over to the stove and turned it off.

  “I was boiling water. I was making spaghetti,” Nikki replied. “I hope that you aren’t too hungry, have to start over.”

  “The only thing I want to eat is you,” Carter walked over to her and kissed her again.

  Holy shit, the man can kiss. Her panties clung to her, her bra started to become uncomfortable. If all vampires kissed like this, no wonder people wanted to be with them. “Carter? What did you mean that I am your mate?” She asked.

  “It’s simple. Vampires have only one, or in some cases more than one mate. The minute I saw you, I knew you were mine,” Carter’s hands lifted her shirt over her head.

  “So are you going to do bite me?” She had no idea why she was having this conversation. She should be kicking his ass out of her house. But there was something about him. She knew without a doubt that what she told Randi was true. He was the one. But why did he have to be delusional? “Are you going to make me a vampire?”

  Carter replied. “You will become a vampire eventually,” His lips covered her breast and sucked.

  Nikki realized that Carter really did think that he was a vampire. No amount of getting him to change his story worked. “If you are a vampire, where are your fangs?”

  Nikki watched as his mouth opened.

  TWO

  “Did it hurt to have them put in?” Nikki asked. Her finger reaching inside to touch them.

  “Put in?” Carter was confused.

  “Yeah, by the dentist,” Nikki continued to rub her finger over the fangs. Each time she did, goose bumps rose up from her flesh, her clit throbbed seemed to beg for attention.

  “These were not put in by any dentist,” Carter took her finger out of his mouth. “What can I do to prove, I am what I say I am?”

  “Bite me,” Nikki said. She was beginning to think that he just may be telling the truth. But some part of her wanted to see how far she could push him. Would it hurt? Would he rip her throat out?

  Nikki saw his eyes flash, seconds before pulling her into his arms and kissing her. His tongue plundered her mouth. She heard the sound of fabric rip and realized he had torn off her bra. His mouth moved down to her breast and sucked. Her knees buckled, her hands gripped his head as he sucked her hard. She felt the graze of teeth against her.

  Cool air blew across her nipple as Carter moved to the other one. His tongue licking around her nipple. His hands went to the waistband of her shorts and pushed them, with her panties down to her ankles. He lifted her by the waist and set her on the kitchen table. His fingers moved between her thighs before pushing two fingers into her soaking wet pussy.

  Her pussy muscles immediately grabbed onto his fingers as he moved in out of her wet heat. Her moans filled the kitchen as he continued to fuck her with his fingers. Sitting on a chair, he removed his fingers and replaced it with his tongue. His tongue moving deep inside her. His fingers rubbing her clit.

  “Come for me.” Carter urged her.

  Nikki arched back and screamed. Her juices poured out of her. Carter licking every drop that came out of her. Her breathing sounded as if she had just run a marathon. She whimpered when he moved away from between her thighs. He lifted her in his arms and headed towards the bedroom.

  Sitting her on the bed his hands went to the waistband of his jeans. She licked her lips in anticipation of seeing him. The man was centerfold cover material and he was standing in her bedroom, looking as if he was ready to eat her all over again. Her pussy leaked onto the bedspread at the thought of him between her thighs again.

  He bent his head and kissed her. She tasted herself on his lips, it should have grossed her out, but it didn’t. His hands held her head as his tongue moved deep inside of her mouth. His tongue everywhere inside. Nikki’s hands went to Carter’s waistband and pushed his jeans down. Her hand circled his cock.

  His cock was hard, with a little drop of pre-cum hovering near the tip. Unable to resist she licked the fluid, the taste of him seemed to explode in her mouth. Wanting more she took him in her mouth as far as she could. His hands tangled in her hair as she licked him from the tip of his cock to his balls. She sucked first one than the other.

  Carter growled. “Open.” Sliding back inside.

  He started to move in and out of her in soft, short strokes. He pushed as far inside her mouth as he could. “Relax, sweetheart you can take all of me,” she started to breathe through her nose as she did as he asked.

  She was so wet that she could feel her juices dripping out of her. She took her free hand and started to rub her clit, before pushing two fingers inside her. Her fingers copied the movement of his cock inside of her mouth. Her head moved up and down, she felt him swell and knew he wasn’t far from coming. She wanted him to come inside her pussy the first time. “Carter?”

  “I know what you want,” Carter replied. “But this first time, I am coming in your mouth. Tonight is not even close to being over.”

  Nikki had heard those promises from other guys before. They would come, zip than leave. Nikki had never been as turned on as she was now. She knew it wouldn’t take much for her to come. She started to move faster and deeper inside her pussy, her thumb rubbing her clit as Carter started to move faster, deeper into her mouth. She hollowed her cheeks and sucked hard. She heard a muffled shout seconds before streams of come hit the back of her throat.

  He pulled his softening cock out of her mouth. Bending down he kissed her. “Scoot on the bed and open your thighs.”

  Nikki did as he asked, laying her head on the pillow she felt self-conscious opening herself up to him. “Wider,” she opened them as wide as she could, the mattress sank with his weight as he joined her on the bed. Moving between her thighs, he draped them over his shoulder. His finger moved up and down her lower lips. He opened her with his thumbs and pushed his tongue deep inside her.

  “Oh shit.” Nikki moaned starting to move. His tongue seemed to be everywhere. Inside her pussy, licking the walls, rubbing the bundle of nerves near her entrance. His thumb circled her clit as he continued to eat her.

  “Do you know how good you taste?” Carter asked.
He replaced his tongue with two fingers before adding a third. His hand moving in and out of her in fast strokes. “Do you like having my tongue inside your pussy?”

  “Yesss,” she cried out.

  “The one thing they never said about vampires in all the books, movies, television shows is that while vampires need blood. We also need sex. Lots of sex.” Carter pushed two fingers inside of her. “Especially this,” he pulled a finger out of her and licked his finger clean of her juices.

  Nikki moaned as he once again dipped his head and sucked her clit between his lips. Her head thrown back as his fingers curled up and rubbed her g-spot. She cried out his name as she exploded. Her pussy muscles grabbed onto his fingers.

  “That was a big one,” Carter moved his fingers out of her. “I can’t wait to see what happens when I fuck you.”

  Nikki had come three times and he hadn’t even fucked her yet with his cock. If this is how vamps had sex no wonder there were people wanting to turn into one. She squeaked as Carter swallowed her breast whole and sucked. His tongue licking her underside before circling her nipple. His other hand squeezing her other breast. His touch was fast becoming a narcotic.

  He kissed her throat, brushing her hair away from her face he looked into her eyes. “You belong to me,” He said before pushing his cock deep inside her.

  Nikki cried out as she felt him inside her. His cock swelled even larger inside. She had never been so full in her life. She looked in his eyes. His eyes were no longer the sexy, chocolate brown but now had a red glow. “Damn it Carter, MOVE,” her hips lifted and he sank deeper.

  He started to move slowly at first. But Nikki needed more. She wrapped her legs around his waist and dug her heels into his ass. He seemed to get the hint and started to move faster, harder and deeper. His movements had her clit rubbing against her pelvis. Her juices poured over his cock as she was headed towards another climax.

  The bed shook, knocking things off of her night side table as he moved even faster. She dragged his head down and kissed him. Her tongue moving past his lips, finally exploring his mouth. Her tongue ran over two little bumps behind his teeth. Each time she did it, she heard him growl. “Careful,” He warned.