Love Bites (21 page)
Authors: Cari Quinn
“You need time to think.”
“That’s not all I need, believe me.” Lucas let out a breath, a sure sign he wasn’t feeling himself. “What was Em’s change like?”
Kellan didn’t press. He knew Luke would find his way to help him and Sydney, in time. “She went through most of it peacefully, thanks to my mate’s extra-refined blood.”
“Well, the rest of her’s extra-refined, so it only makes sense her blood is, too.”
“Yes, well, hold on to your memories, because you’re not going to get another shot at her body up close and personal.”
Though they both knew that probably wasn’t true, Luke didn’t argue. “At least remembering will keep me warm tonight,” he muttered. “You didn’t tell Emily about the three of us?”
“Of course not. The goal is to get you together, not to keep you apart.”
“Kell, she’s gone. You saw how quick I left, but she must’ve had somebody clean out her apartment for her. Or she lived like a nun because the place is practically empty.”
“You broke in?”
“No, I coerced the landlord to let me in through some less-than-legal means.” Lucas’s voice was grim. “He’s no worse for wear. Me, on the other hand, I’m not so good. I really don’t want to go to fucking Budapest, especially since I have no clue why I’m going. Well, I know why I’m going, but what I can’t figure out is what Emily could possibly want in Hungary. She’s a librarian, not a world traveler.”
Kellan glanced at the snoozing woman beside him and thanked God she was at his side. “Luke, I think Emily was abused.”
“Don’t put that in my head.” His agitation all but poured over the phone line. “Not now. Not until I can be sure she’s okay.”
“You need to be careful with her. There may be more behind her prickly exterior than just a distrust of men in general. She’s fragile.”
“Kell, I can’t listen to this shit now. I’m almost at the airport. I gotta go.”
“Luke—”
“I’ll call,” he said, and clicked off.
Kellan hissed out a breath and tossed aside his phone. Terrific. He’d managed to piss off Luke yet again, when he hadn’t fully gotten over being pissed from the last time. Couldn’t he do anything right?
He slid his hand over Sydney’s and closed his eyes. He hadn’t gotten much sleep lately, and stress fatigue weighed him down.
“Kellan.”
His eyes flew open at once at the rough purr next to his ear. Sydney, awake and rubbing against him like a hungry kitten. She dragged her fingers through the hair on his chest. “Mmm, hungry.” Her lips found his with an insistence that shot his system from slumber to high alert. “You planning on feeding me or what?”
“What would you like?” he asked, barely able to speak. Her sinuous undulations against his side, and then against his hips as she straddled him, robbed him of the ability to think.
She always had that effect on him. His wonderful, perfect Sydney.
She laughed and leaned forward until her breasts bounced inches from his face. Her face was flushed, her eyes dancing with a mirth that bordered on madness. And he could only grin at her when she cupped his face in her hands and kissed him hard enough to dispel every doubt he’d ever had.
“You. With a side of more you.”
Her wandering mouth latched on to his neck. She dug right in, eliciting a groan of pure lust from him as she drew his essence into her throat. Even the sounds of her swallowing his blood increased his arousal. Soon she was moving again, flicking her tongue over his nipples, feathering kisses over his ribcage and lower to the waistband of the pajama bottoms he’d donned. Without preamble, she thrust them down and grasped his already straining cock, rolling her plump lips over the head.
“I never finished this the other night,” she said almost conversationally.
“No, you didn’t.” Yeah, speech was pretty much gone. “Sydney?”
“Mmm-hmm?” She smiled at him fully, letting him see the telltale tips of her fangs. They weren’t as elongated as a full vampire’s would be, but they were definitely closer to vamp teeth than human. “Did you forget something?”
“No, but I just wondered something.” He exhaled as she lapped up the drop of pre-cum on the head of his cock, slowly enough that her incisors grazed his flesh. “You’re still sure of this? You still want me? Even knowing what we face?”
“All we face right now is a lot of orgasms. The rest can wait.”
“Luke’s headed to Hungary.”
She sobered, but only for a moment. “Once he gets there and talks to Emily, we’ll figure out our next step. In the meantime, we have things to attend to right here.” She smiled slowly, all smoke and sex. Then she peeled back her lips and lowered her mouth until it hovered over his erection. “I love you, Kellan. And now I’m going to show you just how much.”
He arched his hips as her mouth gloved his cock. She was pure heaven, with just enough hell to make her interesting. He couldn’t wait to spend the rest of his life with her. “Syd?
“Mmm?” She hummed the word against his length. Then her teeth sank into his flesh, one delicious centimeter at a time until his blood began to pool at the corners of her mouth.
It wasn’t over. Truthfully, their difficulties were just beginning. Not just his and Sydney’s, but Luke and Emily’s, too. But right now, he couldn’t think of anything but an eternity of pleasure with the woman he loved by his side.
He growled in pure pleasure. “Love really does bite.”
~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~
USA Today Bestselling Author Cari Quinn
Cari Quinn wrote her first story--a bible parable--in 2nd grade, much to the delight of the nuns at her Catholic school. Once she saw the warm reception that first tale garnered, she was hooked. She attempted her first romance in junior high, long before she'd ever read one. Writing what she knew always took a backseat to what she wanted to know, and that still holds true today.
Though she also fires up her computer as a graphic designer, proofreader and editor, she can't resist the lure of disappearing into a world of her own creation. Now she gets to pen sexy romances for a living and routinely counts her lucky stars.
The only thing she loves more than writing is hearing from readers!
Please visit her at her website:
www.cariquinn.com
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