Kiss of the Night (12 page)

In such a short time, they’d shared so much. Lost in bittersweet memories, he was openly vulnerable and completely unprepared for the tackle that came from behind.

Astonished, he reacted without thought, rolling across the large bed and pinning his attacker. Fangs fully bared and eager for a fight, he snarled, ready to kill. Instead he froze in shock.

“
Bree?
”

The momentary hesitation was all she needed. Throwing her leg over his hip, she twisted, taking the advantage. Beautifully naked, she straddled him and smiled, her beloved face framed with riotous golden locks. Dumbfounded, Alex glanced at her chest and saw the healing, fist-sized scar above her left breast. He touched it hesitantly, consumed with guilt that he’d failed to protect her.

“Hi, baby,” she said in a soft, breathy voice.

And then she bit him with her fangs.

Alex arched upward and hissed as the temporary discomfort melted into heated lust and endless relief. His cock swelled painfully, filling with his need for her.

Bree!
He crushed her to him with pure, unadulterated joy while his stunned mind struggled to make sense of it all.

She was a vamp. Like him. Not gone. Not lost. But wonderfully, vibrantly, marvelously real.

Hush
, she soothed, undulating her lithe body over his, rubbing the hard points of her nipples across his vest-covered chest.

How?

One of the other agents saved me. I’d lost so much blood, it was the only way.

No one told me.

President Atkinson commed me when you left his office. He thought you knew.

As she fed, she replayed the events of the past week in his mind while her soft silken hair brushed across his cheek. Awed by the feel of her, Alex arched his throat into her suckling mouth.

I love you
, he moaned, intoxicated by the smell of her and the delight of finding she was not gone forever.

She lifted her head, licked her fangs and arched a wicked brow. “I trust you to protect me, Alexei. I want you to know that. You’re assigned to me now, as my personal pilot and guard.”

Alex swallowed hard and shook his head. “I failed you.”

“No, you didn’t. You defied a direct order and sent your friend to protect my sister. No one could have done any more than you did.” She smoothed his brow. “I won’t take ‘No’ for an answer.”

“Oh, hell,” he breathed, a single tear slipping down his temple. His hands ran restlessly up and down her thighs. “Tell me I haven’t succumbed to grief-induced delirium.”

“Nah, you’re not crazy,” she said, her fingertips drifting across his chest and teasing the flat points of his nipples through his vest. “But I wouldn’t mind if you got a little wild. I’m a vamp now. I can take it.”

He reached up and brushed her curls back. “How do you feel about that? You seem to have taken to feeding without any trouble.”

“You’re yummy, babe. I’ve always thought so.”

“That’s nice to know.” Alex studied her features intently and searched her mind. She was putting on a brave face and trying to play it off, but she was still adjusting mentally and physically to the drastic change in her lifestyle. His love brushed across her jumbled thoughts soothingly.

Sighing, she sat back and settled over his aching cock. “Well, the way I see it is, I have this gorgeous vamp who just happens to have fallen in love with me.”

“Lucky girl.”

“Yes, I am. However, there was a slight caveat.”

“Oh?”

“See, he was destined for an eternity of heart-stopping hotness and I… Well, I was going to turn into a wrinkled old hag. Sucking blood was the least I could do to keep him interested.”

The tip of his finger slid down the valley between her breasts. “I bet he would love you anyway, no matter what you looked like.”

Bree’s eyes turned soft and liquid with adoration. “You know,” she murmured in a husky voice. “I think he would have.”

“Damn straight.” He lifted her palm to his lips. “But I’m still not reassured. What about your career?”

She shrugged. “I was pretty solidly situated in my seat and being a vamp won’t change that. PR-wise, it’s not as newsworthy for a vamp to champion the vampire cause as it is for a human to do it, but oh well. I am what I am.”

“And I love what you are,” he promised her. “I lust for what you are. If you need to talk about it though, I’m here. Becoming a vamp is a big transition, sweetness.”

“I know.” Her nose wrinkled. “But let’s talk about you right now. You were pretty upset when you came on board.”

“I thought you were dead.”

“You got it for me bad, don’t you?”

“Really bad. Horribly bad.”

Briana sighed. “You know for a guy with your reputation, you’re awfully romantic.”

“Shut up and kiss me, and then let me fuck you senseless. Is that better?”

She grinned.
First, you’ll have to catch me!

And the next instant she was gone.

Alex blinked at the spot where she’d just been. “What the hell?” he shouted, rising on his elbows. Damn it! She’d been naked in his bed and—

You’ll have to hunt for me, Alexei.

Why?
he grumbled.
Haven’t I been through enough already?

You should have told me you were STF.

But then the droid would have known
, he said defensively.

Yes, yes, I know. But it was driving me mad trying to think of ways to keep you.

Awwww, Bree. That’s so sweet.

I’ve got something sweet for you, baby. Right here.

He growled.
Are you sure you’re ready? You’ve got to be a little weak.

Are you scared?
she taunted.

Are you kidding?
He rolled from the bed, and shucked his trousers and vest.
I’m horny. And hungry.

Come and get it then.

Leaping to the ceiling, Alex closed his eyes and let the hunger loose.

It burst free with a roar of triumph. Strong and powerful, it wanted its woman, wanted the taste of her on his tongue and the feel of her hot, tight cunt gripped like a fist around his cock. Crawling over the doorjamb, Alex moved down the corridor, following the scent of Bree’s potent arousal. He took his time, silence being the key.

What’s taking you so long?
she complained.

Miss me?

I thought you’d be all over it.

Oh, trust me, sweetheart. I will be.

Undetected, he hovered over where she crouched in the padded training room. Bree chewed her lower lip and grumbled impatiently. He rolled his eyes. She had so much to learn about hunting and hiding.

Without warning, he dropped gracefully beside her.

She screeched in surprise. “How the hell…?”

“Gotcha!” he cried, triumphant.

Before he knew what hit him, she’d tossed him over her shoulder and was running down the corridor. “Nope.
I
got
you
.”

“Hey!” he protested, laughing.

“You took too damn long. I’m horny.” Bree threw him on the bed and pounced over him.

“Ah, back where we started.”

“Yes, but now you’re buck naked.”

His mouth curved as his entire being filled with happiness. “What are you going to do about it?”

Her flashing red eyes revealed her hunger. “Finish what I started.”

“Yum.”

Briana bent her head and licked his nipple, her eyes closing as if she savored the taste of him. “Ummm… Definitely yum.”

“Do that again,” he urged.

She turned her head and her hot, lush lips enclosed his other nipple. Her tongue swirled and he gasped in pleasure, wishing desperately for her to perform the same service to rest of him.

Anything you want
, she purred. Her taut, ripe breasts scraped across the ripples of his abdomen as she slid down the bed.
This mind-reading trick comes in handy, eh?

The head of his shaft leaked its enjoyment as her breasts caressed the length of his cock. “Oh, man,” he breathed. “I found a new favorite pleasure.”

Her hot, wet tongue licked the drop of cum off the head of his shaft. He jerked and then shuddered as sharp needles of desire fired along his nerve endings.

“You’re such a sensual creature,” she murmured, her breath gusting across his skin in delicious torment. “It’s one of the many things I love about you.”

Alex closed his eyes at her words and sank farther into the pillows. His heart swelled as she took his cock deep into the haven of her mouth and suckled just the way he liked it. “Ah, sweetness.” He groaned from deep in his throat. “You do that so well.”

Humming, she caressed his length with her lips and then sucked him back inside. She repeated the movement, over and over, making him pant and clench the coverlet with grasping fists.

“Tell me you’re wet,” he gasped, on the verge of coming.

It wouldn’t take much
, she assured him.

Clutching her shoulders, he lifted her off him, her mouth leaving his cock with a wet popping sound.

“Oh,” she cried as he flipped her and buried his face between her legs. “Oh
wow
.”

Spreading her with his fingers, Alex dipped his tongue deep into her cunt. Her scent and flavor burst upon his senses in blinding brilliance, the added dimension of her vampirism appeasing the restless need of his hunger. She was hot and slick and quickly drenched, flooding his mouth until he groaned in desperation and ground his hips into the mattress.

“I-I’m wet now, Alex.”

Are you ever.

“Uh…you can…you can stop now…and…oh hell, don’t stop…” Bree arched her back. “Oh Alex…”

She came then, shivering beneath him, and he rose above her and thrust his cock deep into her grasping depths.

He shuddered at the silken feel of her and held himself still, gritting his teeth as she milked him in orgasm. Only when the tight tension of her tiny frame relaxed did he pull his cock out and then plunge in again.

Her nails scraped his sides and the quick stab of pain, combined with the heat of his lust and the depth of his love, broke the bonds that restrained his baser needs. He’d thought he’d lost her and now she was here, speared with his cock, mewling his name as he fucked her hard and deep. He growled and the rumbling warning had her eyes flying open in startled arousal.

“Yes,” she encouraged, her voice raspy and low. “I can take it.”

Alex pinned her hips, released his fangs and with all the hunger he possessed, claimed her body as his own to pleasure, his fangs sinking deep along with his cock.

The moment her blood flooded his mouth, he came. The taste of her life spilling down his throat spurred an orgasmic rush that threatened to kill him.

Screaming his name, writhing and scratching, Briana was more than enough for him, almost too much for him. What he’d thought would be a claiming was instead a matching. A joining of two beings destined one for the other.

Briana arched into his bite and wrapped long, lithe legs around his thrusting hips, meeting him stroke for stroke. He took her like an animal, his skin drenched in sweat, his aching erection unflagging despite the rapture of his release.

So much smaller than him, she was a damned tight fit, but she was built for his cock and took everything he gave her. Then begged for more. Sobbing and pleading, she demanded everything he was and he entered her mind with a rush of affection.

I love you
, he cried with every cell in his body. He stiffened and roared, flooding her with his seed and his love until there was nothing more he could give her.

She fell with him into orgasm, hugging him close, and Alex felt that tiny promise within her flare into something far more powerful. A sentiment strong enough to take his fear and grief and her wary reticence, and banish them forever.

* * * * *

Later, tangled in the sheets and snuggled at his side, Briana turned her head and kissed his cooling skin.

Alex hummed, awash in contentment. He was exhausted and looked forward to sleeping with the love of his life in his arms.

“Awww…” She sniffled. “You are so romantic.”

“I’ll stop if you like.”

“Don’t you dare.”

“If it bothers you—”

“It doesn’t.”

“I wouldn’t want to—”

“If you quit, Alexei, I’ll dump you. I swear.”

“Well, we can’t have that.”

“No, we can’t have that at all.” She sighed and hugged him tight. “Promise me there won’t be any more secrets between us.”

He hugged her back hard. “I promise, sweetheart. There won’t be anything between us. Ever.”

It was silent for a while and then Alex said, “Bree?”

“Umm?”

“No more sex bots. Okay?”

“Could be interesting.”

“No.”

“Wouldn’t you—”

“No. I wouldn’t.”

She laughed and his heart swelled at the sound. “I wouldn’t either, you know. You’re more than enough sex for me.”

The compliment spoken in her well-sated voice stirred him again. “Does that mean you’re done for now?”

“I thought you were sleepy.”

“
I
am. But another part of me is not.”

“Ooohh… I love that other part.”

He gave a mock pout. “Just that other part?”

“Well, more than just that part,” she conceded, tossing a leg over his hips.

“Don’t keep me in suspense,” he groaned. “What else do you love?”

“It would take me forever to name everything.” She bent at the waist and kissed him, long and hard and wet and deep. He held her to him, her breasts to his chest, her hips to his, until she pulled far enough away to say with a smile, “Lucky for you, that’s exactly how long we’ve got.”

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