Burning for an Assassin

by Serenity Snow

  How did she feel about that?

  She kind of thought it was sexy as hell, so she supposed that made her as crazy as those prison groupies.

  No, Sabrina might be a serial killer, but she hadn’t done it for the love of the game, clearly. There had been sadness in her eyes when she spoke of killing the dean. Her mouth had been hard, but her aura had told another story.

  She was one of those people who did bad things to keep good people safe.

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  “Ace said she’d have something for you to give to the feds in a few hours,” Blade said. “I need access to the girl’s work space if you want me to keep her safe.”

  Blade’s brown eyes were hidden behind shades, but her brows lifted over the top edge.

  “You’ll need a cover story,” Sabrina said.

  Blade grunted. “Tell her to work from home. It’ll keep her family safe.”

  “I’ll suggest it,” she replied.

  “That way we can truly protect her,” Blade told her. “Feds can’t be trusted. Ace almost lost her woman in care of the feds, and Jasmia’s brother had helped arrange her protection detail.”

  “Yeah, I know. I think Agent Crow is trouble.”

  “We’ll see after you hand over the intel,” Blade replied.

  “Come meet her,” she said.

  Blade followed her to the car and Sabrina opened the door. “Veda, this is Blade, your bodyguard.”

  “Hi.” Veda smiled.

  “Veda, can you work from home until Friday?”

  “No, but I’ll tell my father, she’s doing a piece on me,” she said. “When he asks about it, I’ll tell him there were creative differences.”

  Sabrina looked over her shoulder at Blade. “Can you dress the part of a reporter?”

  “I can pull it off tomorrow, but not right now,” she replied dryly.

  “Veda’s hungry, right? We’ll go grab something to eat and you can change. I’ll call you in an hour?”

  “Make it two hours, and I can bring that info with me,” Blade replied.

  “Done.”

  “See ya.” Blade turned and headed back to her car and Sabrina climbed back into the driver’s seat. “Trellis?”

  “Why don’t we go to my place?” Veda asked. “It might be safer for now.”

  “Hiding from daddy?”

  “My place is the first place he’ll look,” she said with a rueful grin. “So how about it?”

  “Okay,” Sabrina agreed.

  “What are you going to do about the feds?” Veda put her hand on Sabrina’s thigh and stroked lightly.

  “Nothing. Once they get done tearing my life apart and don’t find anything, they’ll move on.”

  “I heard you say something about a card. What kind of card?”

  “SD card with some information on it,” she said as she backed out of the parking lot. “I’m going to give it to them.”

  “What about the cartel?” she asked hand stilling.

  “They’ll each get a copy,” Sabrina told her calmly. “Hence the need for protection for you. This cartel has already proven to be pretty willing to go after anyone for even a minute amount of information.”

  “I don’t know anything.”

  “They won’t care,” she murmured and put her hand on Veda’s.

  Veda relaxed against the seat enjoying the quiet as they sped along. She should probably have gotten her own protection and distanced herself from Sabrina, but what good would it do if the cartel still came after her?

  Plus, she’d miss Sabrina too much. She was falling for her in the worse way and all she wanted was to be near her. Veda felt more alive now than she had in her entire boring little safe life.

  She needed to do a protection spell to keep Sabrina safe. Had to be something unobtrusive. She had a few objects at home already loaded with protection magick. All she had to do was get Sabrina to accept one, but how did she do that?

  Magic?

  Nothing overt just a little seduction and Sabrina wouldn’t know what hit her.

  They pulled into the driveway of the complex where Veda lived, and she focused on her next move. The words she needed to use flitted through her mind and Veda debated the ethics and decided keeping Sabrina a little safer was worth dipping into dark magic a little.

  “That’s my spot,” she said caressing Sabrina’s thigh.

  Sabrina whipped into the spot and cut the engine. As she did so, the words Veda were about to utter stuck in her throat. She released her seatbelt chastising herself for not getting the ball rolling, but it wasn’t right.

  She had no right to interfere with Sabrina’s free will no matter what she thought.

  She climbed out and the wolf rubbed against her leg. Veda heard the warning growl and turned her gaze to the street. She didn’t see anyone this time, but she felt danger and scanned the parking lot. Something smelled different.

  Cigarette smoke?

  “Let’s get inside,” Sabrina commanded.

  Did Sabrina feel the danger?

  A little bit of magic would aid in her safety, she mused as she took a step and a black cat ran toward them. The wolf growled but before Veda could react, the wolf became visible before her and the cat stopped its stride and hissed. The wolf started forward and the cat changed course.

  “Veda,” Sabrina said, her tone urgent.

  Veda took a step and something heavy landed on her back seconds before claws sank into her. She let out a cry and Sabrina whipped around. She grabbed the cat by the neck and jerked it away before turning it to face her.

  “Listen asshole,” she said coldly. “Tell your fucking boss if he pulls something like this again, he won’t get jack from me. Got it?” She shook the short-haired pale gray cat hard.

  Veda winced thinking how she was rattling the animal or human’s brain’s around in their head.

  “Next time we cross paths like this I’ll break your neck first and ask questions later.” Sabrina threw the cat toward the nearest car and it hit the trunk with a thud before rolling to its feet to hiss at her.

  Sabrina sneered at it and grabbed Veda’s arm and took off at a clipped pace.

  “Was that a shifter?” Veda asked.

  “I’m glad I don’t have to explain that to you,” she murmured.

  “My question is how do you know about them?” she asked surprised.

  “I saw more than my share of strange things in Central America and Africa,” Sabrina replied softly. “Voodoo, Santeria, witchcraft, and shape-shifting, I saw and was victim to the good, the bad, and the ugly.”

  “Do you practice magic?” Veda asked as they reached her door.

  “Nope, but I’ve learned to recognize when magic is afoot and that wasn’t magic—in most cases. I’m no authority.” She looked up at the wind chimes and Veda waited for her to say something.

  When she didn’t, Veda unlocked the door and stepped inside dropping her purse on the table next to the door. She faced Sabrina thinking she wouldn’t be able to use magic on her and get away with it, but she was even more convinced that she’d need some extra protection.

  “Are you afraid of magic?”

  “No. It’s like a loaded gun. It doesn’t kill people on its own. A witch still has to cast the killing spell.”

  “Killing curse,” she said moving toward her as Sabrina studied her.

  “You’re a witch.” It wasn’t a question. It was a simple cool statement.

  “Pure-bred like both of my parents which means my magic is stronger than a simple practitioner, one who practices magic but doesn’t really live the magic.”

  “I haven’t seen you use magic unless I’m here because you put a love spell on me that night.”

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  “I would never,” she said softly as she ran a hand up Sabrina’s chest to rest on her shoulder. “I want you to be here because you want to be not because you can’t help it.”

  “What if I can’t?” Sabrina’s hands came to rest on
her waist, smoothed the fabric of her dress.

  Veda licked suddenly parched lips. “I didn’t use magic on you.”

  “I think you did,” Sabrina murmured. “Every time you look at me with those hungry eyes, I get so hot for you. I can barely remember my own name.”

  Veda’s pulse rushed and her skin heated. Her breathing came in uneven pants. “I—”

  “Just have that effect on women?” Sabrina cut her off.

  “Not normally,” she said huskily.

  “I guess I’m more susceptible to your charms than most,” she said and kissed her.

  Veda moaned and sank into her, arm going around Sabrina’s neck.

  Sabrina kissed her slowly before breaking the kiss to trail her lips along Veda’s neck to her throat. Veda tipped her head back giving Sabrina better access and moaned harshly as she licked down the column to flick her tongue in the hollow at the base of her throat.

  Her body temperature heated even more, and she suddenly had on too many clothes.

  “Sabrina,” she crooned breathlessly and Sabrina claimed her mouth again silencing the rest of her words. Their tongues glided against each other and Veda stroked the nape of Sabrina’s neck as the fingers of her other hand lightly raked down her back.

  Sabrina’s silk blouse was a barrier between them that Veda wanted gone and she tore the tails from the band of Sabrina’s slacks to push her hands beneath.

  Sabrina lifted her head. “Good girl,” Sabrina murmured. “Show me how much you want me, Veda.”

  Veda reached for the buttons quickly easing the pearls from their moorings so she could run her hands up over the fabric of Sabrina’s black lacy bra. She cupped her breasts. They were a delicious weight in her hands and Veda lowered her head to kiss Sabrina’s collarbone and drew in the delicate violet scent of her perfume.

  “I like this bra,” she murmured. “Mind if I take it off?”

  Sabrina gave her a slow smile. “Why not leave it on if you like it?” she teased.

  “Because I want to see your beautiful body.”

  Sabrina kissed her as she ran her hands down Veda’s back, dragging the zipper of her dress down as she did so. “You’re the beauty, Veda,” she murmured and clenched her fingers in Veda’s dress before bunching it up around her waist and pushing her hand down the front of her panties. “I can’t get enough of you.”

  Sabrina’s fingers whispered over the plump lips of her pussy drawing a moan from Veda as she shivered. Sabrina slipped a finger past her labia to the secret treasure beyond. The tip stroked from the erect nubbin of her clit down to the opening of her body to slip into the moist channel.

  Veda creamed, her body preparing itself for the delicious penetration to come as Sabrina’s lips, moved on her neck, kissing her. She sucked as she pressed her finger deeper into Veda’s pussy.

  Veda moaned, the rapture of the caress making her wetter. “Sabrina. Yes. I want you.”

  She drew her finger out to pinch her clit and Veda gasped, the pleasure ricocheting through her creating a wave of heat over her skin that caused dew to form on it.

  “I love how you respond to me, baby,” Sabrina whispered in her ear. “My clit is aching so bad right now, and the only way to stop it is your touch.”

  “Let me make you feel this good,” Veda pleaded.

  “Later.” She nipped Veda’s ear lobe while she pinched her clit.

  Veda made a needy sound and closed her eyes. Sabrina pushed two fingers inside her and ground the heel of her hand against Veda’s clit as she thrust her fingers in and out of her in a steady rhythm.

  “Oh yes. Oh yes!” Veda breathed. “Sabrina, fuck me harder.”

  Sabrina gave her what she needed, hard strokes driving in and out of the slick heat of her pussy while her clit was pressed and worked firmly.

  “Baby, yes. Come for me.” Sabrina withdrew her fingers and delivered a stinging tap to her clit and Veda exploded on a wave of color and heated cream that eased from her as her nails bit into Sabrina’s back.

  Her knees weakened and Sabrina curved an arm around her, pulling her against her as she kissed her.

  When Sabrina broke the kiss, Veda’s eyes fluttered open and she met that hazel-brown stare so filled with hunger and need.

  “Let’s go to my room,” Veda said. “I want to make you come now.” She backed out of Sabrina’s arms and led the way to her bedroom.

  Veda pushed the dress down her arms and let it slide to the floor before stepping out of it. The snick of the door closing told her Sabrina had joined her, and she smiled as she faced her.

  Sabrina cast her blouse over the chair and sat on it to unlace the boots on her feet before tugging them off and standing to remove her pants.

  Veda watched the economical moves and the flex of feminine muscle. She creamed getting hot all over again.

  “Like what you see?” Sabrina asked closing the distance to pull Veda into her arms.

  “Very much,” she murmured and Sabrina turned them before backing toward the bed. “Take these off.” She tugged the waistband of Veda’s panties and then released her to get rid of her own.

  Veda pushed her panties down and left them pooled around her ankles before reaching out to push the straps of Sabrina’s bra down her arms. She peeled the fabric down and dipped her head to kiss the soft flesh as she reached behind her to release the clasp.

  “That’s it, Veda. I want your mouth on me. Make me crazier for you.”

  Veda drew her tongue around the dusky areola, and Sabrina brought her hand up to fist in the knot Veda had twisted her hair into.

  Veda let the tip of her tongue trace the soft flesh before flicking over the taut rosy peak. Veda pinched the other bud and Sabrina groaned roughly and tugged her hair hard. She repeated the action as she closed her mouth over an erect tip.

  Sabrina moaned and Veda sucked the nipple hard moaning at the pleasure pleasing Sabrina brought her.

  “Sweet Veda, you’re making me hot,” Sabrina said raggedly.

  Veda released it with a pop. “I’m doing it right then,” she said in a teasing tone before turning her attention to the twin while her fingers pinched and plumped the vacated turgid peak. She slapped the fleshy mound lightly and Sabrina laughed.

  “Harder,” Sabrina ordered.

  Veda did and Sabrina groaned. Pleased she pinched the nipple hard and Sabrina gasped closing her eyes. Veda lowered her head to lave at the abused tip. Then, she scraped her teeth against the delicate peak before sucking it.

  “Veda!” Sabrina cried out roughly.

  Veda gave her a light push and Sabrina followed her lead sitting back on the bed. Veda grabbed a pillow and sank to her knees before her to kiss her way over Sabrina’s flat stomach.

  Sabrina’s breathing was harsh and a thin film of dew started on her skin. Veda knew how she felt. She was on fire, her body an inferno.

  Veda kissed the top of Sabrina’s thigh before pushing her legs further apart, and then used the fingers of one hand to part the flushed lips and run her tongue up Sabrina’s juicy slit.

  “Mmm. Do you like this?” Her tongue played around the nubbin before gliding down one side only to flick up the other without touching Veda’s aching clit.

  “Yes,” she breathed.

  Veda stroked a fingertip into Sabrina’s dripping cunt as she sucked her clit.

  Sabrina exhaled roughly and pulled the knot hard. “Veda,” she cried.

  Veda watched her taking as much pleasure from pleasing her lovers as she did from being pleased. Sabrina’s head thrashed on the pillows, her face contorted into a mask of bliss.

  Veda fucked her harder, sucking at her clit as she did so.

  “Veda!” Sabrina screamed hoarsely, but she wasn’t coming. Veda thrust her fingers into her again only to have Sabrina pull her hair hard.

  “Come here,” she ordered.

  Veda frowned in protest but climbed onto the bed. She had every intention of sitting on the bed itself, but Sabrina urged her to straddle her. Veda
did and their mouths met for a hot kiss and she found herself grinding her clit against Sabrina’s.

  The delicious friction tore a cry from her. She was so wet and hot it wouldn’t take much to push her over.

  “Oh, baby, yes.” Sabrina tugged Veda’s hair from the knot and Veda watched her watch the hair tumbled down around them. “Damn you’re beautiful, Veda,” she rasped out and then kissed her hard.

  Veda moaned softly as the pleasure raged out of control inside her. She thrust against Sabrina and moved her hips erotically causing her erect nubbin to hit Sabrina’s with every move.

  She arched into Sabrina, pleasure taking her over as she ground against her. Her clit throbbed, and she threw her head back, clenching Sabrina’s shoulders for support.

  “Yes!” Her back bowed, and her juices flowed down her thighs as Sabrina convulsed beneath her.

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Sabrina fell back on the bed and Veda lay on top of her breathing hard. Sabrina’s arms closed around her, their damp skin sticky. Veda closed her eyes, reveling in the contact, listening to the beating of their hearts as they slowly came back to normal.

  Sabrina groaned and Veda’s eyes widened. She put her hands on the bed to take some of her weight. Sabrina laughed.

  She tickled Veda toppling her to the bed and climbed on top of her. Veda laughed trying to push Sabrina’s hands away.

  “Sabrina!” She laughed harder as nimble fingers attacked her sides and stomach.

  Sabrina eased up and leaned down to kiss her. “Beautiful baby.” She rested her hand on the bed next to Veda’s head.

  Veda ran her hands up Sabrina’s back, moaning. “Sabrina?”

  “Hmm?” She looked down at her.

  “Will you do me a favor?”

  “What?” Her brows drew together.

  “Wear a protection charm?” she asked in a small voice. Sabrina might know about magic, but did she really believe in it?

  “Veda—”

  “It’ll make me feel better if you do,” she cut in. “Please.”

  “Okay.” Sabrina rolled onto the bed and Veda climbed out hurrying to her dresser before Sabrina changed her mind.