by Morgan Hawke
Sygni bit her lip as she followed him up the stairs. He hadn't said a word to her since they left the bedroom.
The debriefing in the old turn of the century precinct was just as miserable as expected. Each of them were led to different windowless rooms where their experiences were recorded with an inspector to ask more questions then they had answers for. Then came the meeting with Coventry.
The debriefing room was plain, white, square, windowless and small. It was barely big enough to hold the battered wooden conference table and eight chairs.
Sygni, Galen and Morwyn all kept their sunglasses on. The fluorescent lighting in the plain square room was far too bright. Sam winced under the glare. For once, Coventry didn't complain about the sunglasses, as he was wearing a pair, too. In fact, his face looked decidedly gray.
Sygni frowned. “Coventry, you look like shit. Didn't you get any rest?"
"Thank you, and no, I did not.” Coventry sighed heavily. “Grimley, do we have everyone's recorded statements?"
Grimley nodded. “Yes, except for the other vampire, Henri."
Coventry focused on Sygni. “What did you do with him?"
"Me?” Sygni folded her arms across her chest. “Not a damned thing!” For once...
Galen leaned forward and folded his hands together. “Henri left."
"He left?” Coventry frowned.
Galen nodded. “I think he's somewhere in the northwest, but I'm not sure where.” He smiled. “He didn't leave his phone number or contact information."
Sure he did ... Sygni bit her lip to keep the sudden grin off of her face. Dial: one, eight hundred R-A-V-E-N.
Coventry nodded. “All right, all of you; get out of here.” He waved his hand toward the door.
Sygni stood. “That's it?"
Coventry peered over the top of his sunglasses. “If I need anything more, I know where to find you.” A cold smile lifted his lips. “Why, would you rather stay?"
"That's okay, we're leaving.” Morwyn shoved on Sygni's shoulder. “Go home, Inspector, and get some rest."
"I intend to.” Coventry stood tiredly. “And I don't care if the world is falling down around our ears, I better not get a call from any of you."
"No problem.” Morwyn pushed Sygni out the door.
Sygni looked over at Morwyn. “Hey, what's with the shoving?"
Morwyn pressed her lips against Sygni's ear. “Quit bothering the Inspector, he has enough to deal with."
Sygni frowned. “Like what?"
Morwyn scowled at her. “If you had been paying attention you might have noticed that he's nearly drained dry of power.” She shook her head as they marched toward the front entrance. “I don't know what they did to him, but it must have been hideous."
Sygni's breath caught in her throat. Coventry had been tied to the containment spell she and Galen had overpowered and shattered. She hadn't even thought what the backwash of all that power might do to him. She tucked her chilled hands under her arms. If Coventry's talent was burned out, it was her fault.
* * * *
Sam dropped Galen and Sygni off at their elevator door inside the parking deck. Morwyn waved good-bye from the passenger seat.
"Bed, Sam. Take me to bed."
Sam grinned. “Yes, ma'am!” The Jeep peeled out of the parking deck.
Galen took Sygni by the elbow and led her into the elevator. “I'll deal with you when we wake up at sundown."
Sygni winced. He was still pissed about the water. “I doubt I'll sleep that long.” In fact, she'd make damn sure she got up early and disappeared long enough for him to cool down.
Galen gave her a chilling smile. “Oh, you'll sleep till sundown, believe me."
Sygni stared up at the vampire and suddenly realized that she was in big trouble. She tried reason: “You weren't going to wake up!"
Galen smashed that line of logic with: “Did you try asking?"
No, she hadn't. Guilt made her try pleading: “Oh come on! It was just water!"
Galen tugged her around to face him. His smile was ice cold. “Sygni, relax. It's just an ass-fucking."
Sygni's mouth dried, even as her traitorous crotch gave a tight wet clench. “Galen, you wouldn't!"
"You want to bet?” Galen hauled her from the elevator and walked her to her door. He leaned against the doorframe while she un-spelled the locks. The hot and angry glow in the depths of his eyes made her tremble, and her nipples tighten.
"Galen, don't you think you're taking this just a bit too far?” She pushed the door open.
"Nope.” Galen shoved her in ahead of him and closed the door behind them. “I have been fantasizing about reaming that tight ass of yours ever since the ritual. If you honestly think I'm going to pass on a prime opportunity like this one, you can think again.” He stalked toward her. “Count yourself lucky that I'm honestly too tired to do it right now, or you'd be on your knees on the carpet already.” He pointed at the bedroom. “Get naked and get in bed."
Sygni backed away from him. “But I need to..."
"No, you don't.” Galen raised his brow. “I can get you naked if I have to."
Sygni fled into the bedroom, only to find Galen in bed and naked already. She nearly tripped on the carpet. Hela's tits, she forgot how fast he could be.
He leaned back against the headboard with his hands behind his head, showing off his incredibly broad chest. A slight erection tented the blankets drawn up to his waist. “I'm waiting."
Sygni narrowed her eyes. She could use power to put him out cold...
Galen's gaze focused on her face. “Don't even think about using power on me.” He bared his long teeth in a feral smile. “Once I wake up, you'll really pay."
An icy shiver rolled up Sygni's spine.
His smile softened. “Come on, love, get in bed. It won't be that bad. You know I'll make sure you enjoy it."
Sygni released a sigh and slid out of her coat. There was no wiggling out of it. He planned to ass-ream her and that was that. She turned around and sat on the bed to pull off her boots, then tugged her shirt over her head. Her libido was thrilled. Her nipples ached with interest, but the idea of that huge cock of his stretching her ass wide open was intimidating as hell. She stood up and opened her jeans.
"Sygni...” His voice was soft, like a caress.
"What?” She tugged her jeans down with her back to the vampire.
"I smell wet panties.” He chuckled. “I think you're looking forward to it."
Sygni cringed as she pulled the jeans from her. He was right; some twisted part of her was looking forward to having his big cock up her ass. Completely nude, she walked over to set her clothes on the dresser. “There's no need to rub it in."
"Rub it in? I plan to slam it in and stay a while."
"Galen!” She turned around and sucked in a hard breath.
Galen had kicked the covers back. With one arm still tucked behind his head he slowly stroked his heavy cock with his other hand. He raised a brow and leered at her. “Ready for bed?"
Sygni shivered where she stood. Moisture slicked her thighs at the sight of all that long, lean muscle on erotic display. “I thought you were going to wait?"
He gave her a lazy smile. “Oh, I'm not going to ream you now. I just need to take the edge off my appetite.” He rolled over onto his side, propped his chin on his hand, and smiled as he continued to stroke his cock. “I want to keep you screaming for more, until you beg for mercy."
Sygni folded her arms across her chest to hide her hard nipples. “You're a sadistic bastard."
"What can I say?” He shrugged then smiled baring his long teeth. “You bring out the beast in me.” He pulled back the covers and patted the mattress. “Come to bed, sorceress, your vampire is hungry.” He licked his lips.
Sygni had never taken defeat gracefully in her life, but it was supremely hard to play ‘tough-as-nails-sorceress’ when every drop of blood beating in her veins wanted nothing more than to leap into bed with the big handsome brute.
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Galen sat up against the headboard gasping as the laughter tumbled out. “God, Sygni, you should see your face! You don't know whether to kill me or fuck me!"
Sygni's breath stopped in her lungs. He was laughing at her?
Wiping his eyes, he turned to her grinning. “Sygni, I love you."
Sygni lunged for the bed and grabbed a pillow. “I'll show you love!” She swung the pillow at his head.
He snatched the pillow from her hands and his other arm snaked around her waist. He dragged her down into the blankets, then rolled her onto her back. He smiled from only inches away. “Now I have you where I want you."
"Is that so?” Sygni squirmed and twisted in a sudden violent frenzy to get out from under him. It was an impossible fight; he was bigger, faster, and stronger ... And her libido was working against her. Every breath she took was filled with his enticingly masculine scent, thickening the blood in her veins with wanton lust. Her core pulsed with rabid hunger. Everything in her wanted to simply surrender and let him ride her to both their satisfaction. But she just couldn't make herself do it.
"Oh, no, you don't!” He grabbed her wrists and pressed them into the pillow over her head and flung a thigh across her hips to hold her down. “There...” His cock pressed large and deliciously hot against the softness of her belly. He smiled in conquest and his eyes blazed with vampiric fire. “Now you've made me really hungry.” He flexed his hips and his shaft slid against her stomach. He groaned. “And impatient."
She bit her lip, but the moan still escaped her throat. Her core tightened in eager hunger.
He dropped his head and took a hard nipple into his mouth. He swirled his tongue around the swollen tip.
Hot, wet, exciting ... Delight burned straight down to her clit. She couldn't stop her thighs from opening beneath him.
His chuckle rumbled against her breast. He slid his leg between her thighs. His lightly furred thigh made intimate contact with her wet flesh.
She pressed up against his thigh, rubbing her aching clit against his hard leg. It wasn't enough. A small whimper escaped her throat.
He bit down on her nipple.
She gasped and arched under him, her head tilting back exposing the long line of her throat.
"Oh yeah,” he whispered against her breast. “That's what I want.” He slid his other leg between hers. His knees spread, opening her wide as he rose above her.
Sygni writhed and twisted her wrists, pinned together by his hand. Her gaze filled with his broad chest and his pointed nipples. To hell with fighting, she wanted to run her hands along all that damp muscle, press her mouth and her tongue to his masculine nipples and give him a taste of the frenzy he had driven her to. “Let me go.” Her voice was husky with the heat of her lust. “Let me touch you."
"I don't think so.” Galen grinned as he reached down to fit his shaft to her moist heat. “You're too good at getting me worked up, and I'm too close to the edge as it is.” He pressed into her creamy flesh very slowly, and groaned.
Sygni lifted her hips to his invasion, and sucked in a breath as he stretched her. Hela's tits, he's big, and hard. Her hungry core clutched at him as his rigid length filled her. She closed her legs around him and crossed her ankles, squeezing to get him deeper.
He rotated his hips and shoved in tight. He stopped, and sucked in a breath. “Oh, yeah, this one's going to be fast."
Sygni raised her hips and swiveled them to feel his cock moving within her. She groaned at the delicious fullness.
His breath exploded out of him in a gasp. “So, I'm not the only one that's impatient?"
Sygni glared up at the grinning vampire. “Just fuck me, damn it!"
He dropped to his elbows while keeping her wrists trapped in his hand, and withdrew, his cock sliding with delicious friction. He stopped at the very edge of her body and surged back in hard. “There, is that what you want?"
"Hela's tits, yes!” Sygni gasped and groaned, twisting in his hold. “More!"
He pulled out in a long ruthlessly slow withdrawal, and then drove back in with brutal haste. They both groaned. He withdrew slowly again only to surge back in hard, then another slow withdrawal with a swift thrust in ... He trembled between her thighs, obviously fighting the urge to slam in and ride her hard.
Sygni groaned. “What are you holding back for? Fuck me!"
He dropped his head and pressed his lips to her throat. “I'm trying to keep control, damn it."
"What for?"
He chuckled against her throat. “Good question.” He slammed in hard.
Sygni rocked under him and gasped as something tight abruptly released. It wasn't an orgasm ... Warm liquid rushed from her body and soaked the bed beneath her. She shivered, shocked. What in Hell?
Galen chuckled. “Well, damn, I didn't know you were a gusher."
"A ... what?"
Galen lifted his head to grin down at her. “Lemme guess, you never did that before?"
Sygni shook her head in confusion. “Please don't tell me I just wet the bed."
Galen nodded and his smile broadened. “Yes, you did, but it wasn't pee. It's um...” He pursed his lips. “Girl-cum."
Sygni frowned. “Say what?"
"Some girls produce a lot of liquid when they're excited.” Galen ground into her. “I guess you're one of them.” He pulled, back angled his hips and slammed in again.
Sygni groaned and felt something quiver, then release inside. More liquid rushed out. She moaned. “You did that on purpose!"
"Yep.” Galen grinned. “I want to see if I had the right spot."
Sygni raised a brow. “Proud of yourself?"
"Oh, hell, yeah! All that hot girl-cum feels really good on my dick.” He dropped down to take her mouth in a possessive kiss, and hammered into her with vicious skill.
Sygni arched and twisted under him, meeting his thrusts and shuddering under the impact. Fire and heat coiled tight in her core as he plunged into her. All the unrelieved tension from the night before gathered and knotted, adding to the burning coil of her building climax. Small helpless sounds of raw animal delight escaped her throat.
He released her mouth and gasped for breath as he took her with strong hard thrusts. “I can't ... I cant take ... much more,” he panted.
Sygni groaned under him. “Good. Neither ... can I.” A scream built in her throat as he struck her sweet spot within, over and over ... hammering her toward the edge of a horrifically violent release.
His mouth closed on her throat. Sharp teeth pressed against her flesh. He released her hands to cup her ass, angling her for deeper penetration.
She dug her nails into his back and sucked in a harsh breath. Pleasure crested in a brutally threatening wave. The ruthless burn of erotic tension became unbearable. She was right there...
His teeth pierced her skin.
The sharp burn of his bite shoved her over into glory. She screamed as she came, drowning under a flood of terrifying delight. His groan echoed in her ear, followed by the sound of his swallows as he drank her climax with her blood.
And still he thrust.
She shuddered under him as pleasure continued to wash through her in small delightful waves. She felt him tremble within her body and heard the heartfelt moan of his release.
He caught her face in his last moments and kissed her. She tasted copper on his tongue. Her eyes opened in languid repletion to see his smile and the bright scarlet burn within his eyes.
"Sleep, until I call you."
She inhaled a sharp breath. “You cheating bastard!” Darkness smothered her, but not before she heard his chuckle as she fell into oblivion.
~ Twenty-Seven ~
"Sygni, awaken."
Sygni surfaced from sleep with lips brushing against hers in a caress. She opened her mouth to take a breath and a warm wet tongue slipped in to stroke against hers.
A groan rumbled and the kiss deepened to become more aggressive, nipping at her lips and sucking on her tongue. Hands cupped her bre
asts and toyed with her nipples, tugging them to tight peaks.
Sygni moaned as pleasure spiraled hot and drugging through her blood. Her belly tightened in interest and moisture pooled in her core. The rich scent of masculine skin tinted with a hint of cedar filled her nose.
It wasn't Galen's scent. It wasn't Galen's kiss either, but both the kiss and the scent were frighteningly familiar.
Sygni and came completely awake and pulled her mouth away, opening her eyes.
Sun-bright yellow eyes blazed in a strong-boned face framed by a black mane that floated around him. He grinned from less then an inch away directly above her, floating on a breath of power. “Hey, Sygni, ready to play?"
She sucked in a sharp breath. “Raven?"
"In the flesh.” Raven inched closer. “Literally, I'm in my own skin this time.” He wasn't kidding about the skin either. Copper muscle gleamed along his entire length. He was completely nude and heavily erect. He reached for her nipples.
Sygni grabbed Raven's wrists. “Hey, watch it with the nipples. I need those later. Don't you have someone to play with?"
Raven's brows arched up. “Henri? Oh, he's resting comfortably right now. Poor thing.” His smile was feral. He twisted from her grasp and boldly cupped her bare breasts.
Sygni squirmed to the side, only to find nothing under her. She turned in mid-air and discovered herself floating in an endless sea of stars. The full moon was a gigantic orb that lit the night. “Where are we?"
Raven slid behind her and wrapped his arms around her to recapture her breasts. “My place, he said against her ear. “Or rather a corner of it."
"Where's Galen?” Sygni grabbed his wrists and winced as he pinched her nipples in retaliation.
"I'm right here.” Galen floated into view from behind Raven. He moved to face Sygni and raised a brow at the God. “I thought you were going to wait for me?” He was also nude. The moon's glow turned his skin to warm ivory. Deep shadows showed the strong muscles in his chest, arms and thighs. He was also heavily erect.
Raven chuckled. “As if I can resist these tits?"
Sygni writhed in Raven's embrace. “Galen, what's going on?"
Raven's lips caressed the curve of her ear. “Galen told me that he planned to fuck your tight ass, so I asked if I could have your cunt while he did it."