by J. L. Oiler
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“So where to?” Hugh asked once they all climbed into the SUV and fastened their seat belts for the journey ahead.
“I think we should head to lower South Carolina and find someplace to lay low until we find something to clue us in on where they are. Cannon created a list of all the smaller colleges that have the same population and general environment similar to their other marks. We can break that list up tonight, and each of us can start trolling the news and internet feeds for anything of interest,” Gavin said leaning his seat back slightly and getting comfortable.
It was going to be a long ride, Cadence knew, so she’d best make herself comfortable as well. Twisting in the seat slightly to gain a bit more leg room, she put on her earphone and pushed play. Instantly the music poured through the earpieces, drowning all the doubts and fear Cadence felt in her ability to be what the team needed.
Chapter Five
Cadence pushed yet another red pin into the map, which she’d secured to the corkboard to track the movements of their target. They’d managed to secure a good-sized ranch house that set just outside of town on several acres to serve as their temporary headquarters. Evidently, the place was a foreclosure currently belonging to the government. It was the perfect place; it overlooked the small college community, had a room wired to support all the high tech devices they needed, and plenty of open area to allow their wilder sides a bit of freedom. There was also the fact every member of the team had their own space. That alone was a godsend for Cadence when the level of male ego reached a boiling point.
Tonight she sat on the deck with a light wind making her hair dance about her head while she surfed the net on her laptop for any sign of Nigel or his brother. Finding nothing, she closed the computer and leaned back in the chair to enjoy a mug of hot tea. The men were all inside playing poker around the dining room table. From the sounds of it, Drake was taking the others to the cleaners.
With a deep sigh, Cadence set down her cup and closed her eyes. The tension in her body had been building, burning her up inside. She needed to feed and expel the sexual energy pulsating through her. Something she feared might prove to be detrimental. Not that the men would think less of her, but it could cause a potential riff to develop that could be disastrous to their missions. Cannon had warned her of the potential aftermath of relations with any one of these men.
She chuckled at the irony of her condition and current position. She could just see her prune-faced aunt’s reaction to the idea that Cadence planned not to take one lover but four and perhaps all at the same time.
“What’s so funny?” Gavin asked, causing Cadence to jump in surprise.
When had he come outside? She looked at him as he moved in front of her and leaned against the banister, the last beams of the evening sun streaking the sky behind him. It made him look almost god like.
“Lose all your money?” Cadence asked, avoiding his question with one of her own.
“Enough that I might need a loan next time we all go out to dinner,” he joked while reaching out to lift the computer from her lap and place it on the small table to the side. “Now come here,” he told her offering both his hands.
Placing her much smaller ones inside his, Cadence allowed Gavin to pull her up from her seat and in against his chest where he wrapped his arms about her tucked waist.
“We have watched your struggle not to give in to the desires. I must say you are stronger than I thought. Nevertheless, you cannot continue to deny those feelings. It makes you far too dangerous. It makes us too dangerous. Each man here can feel you when you step into the room. It feeds our own desires.”
He leaned forward as he spoke, placing his forehead against her own, and the closeness made her tremble. Cadence could feel the heat building between her legs and her nipples pebbled into hard, wanton peaks. The energy in the air around them was palpable, snapping and cracking with each labored breath.
“I’ve come to let you know there is nothing to fear, and since you refuse to take the steps to relieve these desires, I will.”
Before Cadence could say a word in response, one of his hands came up to firmly grip the back of her head, and his mouth fell upon hers.
Heat engulfed her body, building inside her until she thought she would melt away. Her tongue danced with his as she felt him lift her up, holding her to him by gripping her ass while she wrapped her legs about his waist.
Cadence continued to nip and lick along his jaw as the pair moved through the house toward the room she’d claimed as her own. She heard the unison call of, “I fold!” from the men who remained inside playing cards. Finally reaching the large king-size mattress, Gavin slowly lowered her onto the down comforter. Immediately he began stripping away her jeans, shimmying them across her hips and down her legs.
He pushed her thighs wide enough so he could settle between them as he knelt on the floor. She could feel his hot breath against the thin silk of her panties, causing her body to clinch in excitement. His hands slid across her hip, fingers gripping the strings holding the scrap of cloth, pulling them down and off, dropping on the floor forgotten.
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Gavin gazed at the glistening folds as her sweet scent permeated the air around him until he felt drunk on her essence. Falling upon her mound with voracity, he pulled the swollen nub into his mouth. Gavin sucked and released in rapid succession while sliding three fingers of one hand into her hot cunt, fucking them in and out of her until Cadence began to buck and grind herself against his mouth. When Cadence reached her free hand down to grip his head tightly, Gavin slide two of his wet fingers across her perineum, forcing them past the tight muscles of her ass so he could fuck them in and out of the starred muscular opening.
“Oh yes,” Cadence purred, her hands roaming across her abdomen before reaching up to squeeze her own breast.
He loved the taste of her on his lips, the sounds of her moans, and the tightened heat of her backside. Gavin could hardly wait to bury himself balls deep into one side or the other. Giving her hot cunt one last, slow lick, Gavin began working his way back up her body, gripping the bodice of her top. He pulled it downward until both her breasts were free. Twin dark areolas with hard, peaked points stared up at him, begging for his attentions. Suckling one after the other, he disposed of the fabric that constrained around his stiff cock. Taking it in his hand, Gavin guided the thick purple head to her gleaming opening and with a single, hard shove buried himself ball-deep inside the velvet folds. Cadence’s body instantly enveloped him, gripping him tight in the burning heat until his hips began to rock against her on their own accord. Harder and harder, he shoved into her cunt as though possessed; her nails dug into his back until he was certain she’d rip him to shreds.
He was moving full throttle when the other men entered the room, slowly surrounding the bed. Closing his eyes, Gavin moaned low and threw his head back. He’d waited a long time to be buried inside Cadence, wanting and needing this from the moment he’d watched her showering the evening of her conversion. He felt the strain building deep inside his nuts; his body trembled and his thrust became reckless as he bellowed out. Gavin felt his hot seed spew deep inside her and opened his eyes to find Drake stroking his hand along the curve of Cadence jaw before sliding down to tug playful at one erect nipple. Leaning down to press a kiss to the hollow between her breasts Gavin slid out of her hot wetness. She needed more, and he felt spent.
“It’s alright, Candy. I promise we’re not done until you are,” he told her as she pouted at his separation.
He watched as Drake and Hugh moved in to replace him, guiding Cadence over so she now sat on her hands and knees before them. Still breathless from his own escapade, Gavin took a seat on the floor with his back leaning against the wall as he watched Hugh mount her from behind and Drake slip his large cock past her perfect bow-shaped pink lips. Sighing happily, he watched as both men shoved themselves in her. She was perfect in all ways, and tonight was only the first of the nights of pleasu
re they would all share, he’d make certain of it. Then again, he decided with a grin, Gavin now planned to make this a simple pause before he climbed back into the warmth of her body for yet another ride.
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Cadence’ entire body hummed with sexual energy as Hugh slammed himself into her cunt repeatedly. The pleasure of being fucked hard as she sucked on Drake’s dick was more than she could have imagined, and Gavin’s ministrations had served as the perfect appetizer for what promised to allow her the perfect release. With that in mind, she smiled around the cock sliding in her mouth, allowing her teeth to scrap across the tender flesh. Drake’s reaction was instant. He reached out and snagged a handful of her dark hair, tugging it tight as he moaned. Evidently, he enjoyed a bit of pain with his pleasure.
A deep groan and jerk from Hugh signaled his release, and Cadence felt the loss when he pulled free and moved away. Allowing her teeth the scrap across Drake once more, she felt his grip tighten and his body tremble. She knew he was close, fighting to maintain his control. It was a challenge in which she knew she held the upper hand. Increasing the suction, Cadence nursed at him, pulling him as deep as possible before allowing him to withdraw and repeat the action. Several short minutes later his hot cum filled her mouth, slipping down her throat, and he moaned in surrender.
Sitting up on her knees, she smiled at Drake, who winked as he stepped back to the wall as Gavin moved toward her. She allowed her head to lean to the side as Raven moved up behind her. His hands circled her body to stroke her breast, his lips pressed kisses to the skin of her neck.
“Now let’s see if we can’t hear that pretty voice of yours fill the air,” Gavin said, climbing onto the bed in front of her so she now sat pinned between the two hard-bodied men.
Cadence felt Raven’s cock slide up against the tight star of her ass, pressing slow and steadily past the tight rings until she sat firmly on his lap. With a thigh resting to either side of Raven’s knees, her sex lay open. Gavin took his cock in hand, guiding it into her wet cunt and slid himself into her velvet folds, a slight tremor of sensuality and pain moved through her as she felt herself stretch to accommodate both men such a short distance apart.
Both Gavin and Raven began to move in sync, one in one out in a seductive dance in which every thrust pushed her closer to orgasm. With trembling shudders pulsating through her body, they increased their pace. The sound of screaming reached Cadence’s ears before she realized it was her own voice. Still both men continued to thrust into her, each reaching for their own release which was signaled by a sharp intake of breath and howl from behind her and Gavin jerking her head backwards by the hair so he could bite into the flesh of her neck. The feel of his sharp fangs piercing her skin brought on a second orgasm unlike anything Cadence could imagine.
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Several trembling minutes later, she lay on her side curled tightly against Gavin as he allowed her to feed on the blood seeping from an intentionally open gash to his forearm while he used the other hand to stroke up and down her skin. She did not need the blood, though it would allow some of the energy she expelled during sex to return faster. It also made the entire event seem more intimate rather than impersonal.
“Let’s get some rest,” he whispered against her shoulder.
Cadence smiled, tucking tighter to his body as he pulled the sheet overtop them both. It made her feel good to know he would not simply head to his own bed now that the sex was over. It was something she’d need to work on with the others, but for now it felt wonderful to have Gavin treat her as though she were someone precious to him.
Chapter Six
“We’ve got something!” Drake said coming through the door, nearly tripping over Phynix who’d been lying across the hardwood enjoying the air conditioning.
“Where and when?” Gavin asked as he jumped from the seat beside Cadence and moved to the map already stretched out across the table. Flaming red dots marked all the places there’d been confirmed sightings or disappearances and deaths that fit the usual profile. It all seemed to point to the little college in this town as the next target. He and Cadence had just been discussing the path before his second burst into the room.
“I stopped into one of the gas stations to fill up and over heard the kid behind the counter talking about this rugby team from Wales who’d leased the entire upper floor of the Hilton over near the main campus. He was bragging to some other kid that the entire group were coming to some Frat party this weekend and throwing a rave the following night by invite only,” Drake said, pointing out both the location of the hotel and the frat house on the map.
“From what I heard,” he continued as Cadence moved up to the other side of the table to look at the map as well. “The Frat party is tonight and the so-called rave tomorrow.”
Gavin glanced over at Cadence, wondering what was going through her mind. He knew Cannon felt she could handle herself in a fight, but she was untried, and it made him nervous. It did not help matters that they were going after the very group who’d left her for dead a little over six months ago. Was she really ready to go face to face with vamps that might have been around for a hundred years or so? Sure, she’d been pretty skilled in martial arts as a human, however she’d never actually needed to use any of it, and these guys most certainly were old enough to have mastered all the extras such as speed, strength, and agility that came with being turned. In vamp years, Cadence was an infant.
“Perhaps someone should head down to the campus and lurk around to see what they can find out,” Drake suggested with a coy smile that said he was volunteering to go.
“Actually someone should go down and get invited to this frat party,” Cadence told them both with a wink before turning around and heading toward the center of the house.
“This is about to get very interesting,” Gavin said, watching her sway from the room, a swagger in her step that made his cock jerk in response.
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Cadence gave the image staring back from the mirror a once over and smiled. The tight, faded jean miniskirt, skimpy white tank top and flip-flop sandals could have been any of her dozens of outfits almost a year ago. Slipping on a short bedazzled jean jacket to cover the tattoo across her shoulders and back finished the look. With the blond wig, sunglasses and bright red lipstick, she looked the part of sorority girl looking for a party. Now all she needed was a lift to campus.
Stepping back into the room where Gavin and Drake had been, she met the stare of five pairs of eyes. Evidently, the others, Phynix included, arrived since she’d went to get ready. The dog was the first to do anything but stare wide-eyed with his mouth gasping like a fish on land, running up to sniff all around her before sticking his muzzle in her hand affectionately.
“So who’s giving me a ride to campus?” Cadence asked to finally break the trance.
“Next time you decide to get frisky, can you wear the blond wig?” Hugh asked as he grabbed the keys from the table before the others could move.
“Nope.” She gave Gavin a wickedly sensual grin. “Then no one could pull my hair.”
Clearing his throat, the team leader whisked his gun and other items from the nearby end table. “Raven and Drake will stay here and see if they can come up with floor plans for all the higher dollar motels that fit the criteria. That way when we get the exact location, we won’t be going in blind.”
Cadence grinned, stepping outside into the cool evening air. He’d done a great job shifting the conversation to business. Too bad the bulge at the front of his pants wasn’t so easily concealed. The man was an alpha man in all forms of the word, the bed being no different. She actually loved the way he took control of her, a combination of roughness and tenderness. The mere thought of it already had moisture collecting in the junction of her legs. The idea made her wonder if there was time to swing off the road for a quickie before getting to town.
Climbing into the rear seat, Phynix jumping in ahead of her, Cadence shut the door and slid to where she could lean b
etween the front buckets and converse with the two men. The discussion focused mostly on what information they had, what was needed, and what they expected the group of rogues to do. Pulling into one of the nearly abandoned parking lots on the campus, Gavin turned slightly in his seat to face her, a rather somber expression creasing his brow.
“Be careful. If you run into any of them, get the hell out of there. I don’t want you trying to take anyone on alone,” he told her sincerely.
“I’ll be fine,” Cadence promised as she slid out of the vehicle and straightened her clothes. She was nervous, her stomach doing a million somersaults. However, she had no plans of revealing any of that. Instead, she dismissed it as first-time jitters. Cannon told her to expect them the first time. He’d also said she was prepared for the fights ahead. Both thoughts helped calm her while she strolled along the wide concrete path that twisted through the student housing area.
Cadence smile passing a group of three males, knowing they all turned to watch her walk on by. Here she had a distinct advantage over the rest of the team. She’d spent the last four years, minus a few months, in this atmosphere. A pretty girl could manipulate anything here with a pretty smile, a big rack, and a beer. It was a fact in every campus across the country, and one she planned use to her complete advantage.
“Hi,” Cadence said cheerfully as she passed another small group of young men wearing tee shirts with large Greek letters. The group stopped, all giving her a slow, appreciative once over. She’d hooked them, now all she needed was to reel them into the plan.
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Hugh tapped his fingers along the curve of the steering wheel, humming with the music pouring from the speakers. They’d been sitting here waiting for about two hours now, and he hated it. Not that he wasn’t used to waiting. It was more the fact he knew Cadence was out there alone wandering in the hunting grounds of the same group who’d already left her for dead once. He wasn’t the type to reveal he had feeling for her, just as he was certain the others did. Still, she was part of their fucked up little family, the only woman who would never fear the beast inside him or his touch. The fact she belonged to all of them should have bothered him; it would have before he’d been attacked. Now it just seemed normal, like an essential element that bound them all together.