Steal the Night (49 page)

Once I was naked and obviously willing, his stance relaxed slightly. The tightness in his eyes disappeared, replaced by hot anticipation. “I want you to step up to the bars of the cell, lean over, and hold them.”

I did as he asked, holding the cold bars in my hands even as the rest of me warmed up at the thought of escaping everything for a few minutes. I didn’t have to think about anything but pleasing my husband and letting him please me in return.

“Like this?” I leaned over and presented my backside in a wanton fashion that was sure to make his mouth water.

“That’s right, sweetheart. Now spread those legs for me,” Dev’s smooth voice said behind me. His hands ran across my back and rear, caressing me like I was made of silk. “You’re so fucking gorgeous, my goddess. I’ll do anything for you.”

“I love you,” I said over my shoulder. I shivered as he palmed the cheeks of my rear.

He was still dressed, still perfectly in control, but I was quickly losing mine. I moved restlessly under the warmth of his hands.

“And I love you,” Dev replied, leaning over to kiss the back of my neck. It brought the hard length of his erection firmly in contact with my backside. “You getting wet for me?”

I nodded breathlessly. His hands were tingling with magic. I worried a little about that. “Is this okay, baby? Won’t the others be able to feel it?”

“I have control,” Bris’s deep voice intoned. “I’m still weak, but I can do this, my goddess. I have not needed to control the magic up until this point. I can focus it and control the flow. I can pour it into you and leave everyone else out.”

“And why haven’t you up to this point?” I asked because he’d always just let it run wild.

“Because it feels good to let it flow, and I didn’t mind sharing it with those around us,” the god replied. “We must be careful now. Devinshea needs this. Last night was…”

“No big deal,” Dev finished, wresting control back from the ancient god.

“Dev, what happened?”

“You are getting wet for me.” He ignored the question. His fingers slid into my pussy from behind. He parted me and his thumb began to play with my clitoris. He pressed on that magic button and made little circles around it. “You’re going be so tight on my cock. You’re going to feel so fucking good.”

He worked two fingers up high into me. I held onto the bars, needing them to stay standing. I pushed back on his fingers, my hips moving helplessly against him. “Your little pussy knows who the boss is, sweetheart. Oh, goddess, you’re going to feel like heaven. Have I mentioned how much I like riding you bareback? I might just keep you pregnant for the rest of our lives so I never have to wear a condom again.”

He stroked and rubbed and knew exactly where and how much pressure I needed. In a minute I was moaning, biting my lip to keep the noise to a minimum because I knew Trent was standing outside, and while the vampires might not be awake yet, there were plenty of people walking around the compound. It was the best I’d felt in what seemed like forever. I needed Dev. I needed him so badly. I was close, so close to falling over that sweet edge when Dev pulled his fingers out and away.

“Damn it, Dev,” I hissed, looking up at him. His face was dark as he sucked the fingers into his mouth, licking off the taste of my arousal.

“You come with me, sweetheart, and not a moment before I’m ready,” he said, not at all put off by my show of temper. I stood up, my whole body flushed with desire. I saw Dev take note of my very erect nipples. He frowned. “Did I give you permission to move, lover?”

I turned back to my previous position without further complaint. Something was riding him today, and he wasn’t willing to share it with me yet. I gave him the only comfort I could. I gave him my compliance. There was the sound of his clothes hitting the floor and then he moved in behind me. I sighed in pleasure as his flesh met mine. Dev stroked his cock against my pussy, playing for a moment with no real penetration. He was content to tease me with the broad head of his penis rubbing against my clit.

“This is mine,” he said, and I didn’t think he was saying it to me. He was reminding himself. “This is fucking mine. No matter what he does, this is mine.”

He thrust into me hard and gripped my hips to force me to move against him. I had to push against the cell bars to keep up with him. He wasn’t gentle or sweet. He was hard and took what he needed, setting a brutal pace as he fucked into me. He slammed the full length of his cock in, only to pull out and start again. He hammered me from behind and I held on for dear life. He was teasing my sweet spot, knowing exactly what he was giving and withholding.

His torture seemed to go on forever but finally he was ready to let me fly. He reached around and thumbed my clit in perfect time to his thrusts. “Keep it quiet, lover. You know I love to make you scream but we have to be quiet.”

I bit my lip as he hit that perfect spot and everything inside of me released. Pure pleasure sent all thoughts of the pain of the last few days fleeing. For a few seconds, all that mattered was him. I heard Dev grunt low behind me as he pushed deep one last time and I felt his come wash over me.

He threw a hand around my waist and pulled me into the cell and onto the low cot he’d slept on the night before. He tugged me down with him and covered my body with his, slanting his mouth over mine with soft kisses.

“I love you, Zoey,” he whispered.

“I love you, baby,” I gave back to him and wound my arms around him. “Tell me what happened, please.”

His face went slightly blank and he pulled me against his chest. I was able to put my cheek against the warm flesh of his chest. “It was…unpleasant. Daniel is already at work.”

I sat up suddenly, eager to hear anything at all about Danny. “What happened?”

“Marini owns several businesses in the US under a conglomerate,” Dev explained as he toyed with my hair. “That conglomerate company is his main cash cow. Almost all of the Council’s money flows through it. A long time ago Daniel and I decided that company would be the first domino to fall. I have contacts in the FBI and when the time was right, we were going to call them. The FBI raided their headquarters yesterday and froze all of their bank accounts.”

The enormity of that hit me. “They froze his accounts?”

Dev nodded. “Marini isn’t as smart as he thinks he is. Almost all of his cash was in those accounts. They can’t do the same to Daniel. I’ve set up our cash in so many different places, under so many different names, they can’t get it all. Daniel understands the whole of it so he will know where to go for cash if Marini attempts to hit us financially. This war will be fought on several fronts and Daniel and I intend to win on all of them.”

“I bet he was pissed,” I said, giving Dev an opening.

Dev pulled me back down so I couldn’t see his face. “Yes, lover, he was angry. Elof and Niles were angry and Niko had to play along.”

“Did they hit you?” I didn’t ask the other question. I knew Marini was very attracted to Dev. He’d propositioned him on several occasions. I knew that being used in that fashion was one of Dev’s worst nightmares. It had happened before and that single incident had a profound effect on his sexuality.

“Yes, sweetheart,” Dev replied simply. “He beat me so badly I’m surprised I’m walking this afternoon. Daniel’s blood kept me alive.” He was quiet for a moment while I ran my fingers through his hair and kissed his cheek. “Dan can’t let up. He can’t stop. He has to apply as much pressure as he can. You have to give Marini everything he wants and that includes your body. Give him no reason whatsoever to hurt you. I’ll take the punishment. I can handle it.”

“I have Danny’s blood, too.” I didn’t like the thought of Dev being forced to take all the pain.

Dev’s hand found the center of my pelvis. “You also have our children deep inside your body. You have to let me do this. It’s not only for you. It’s for our family. Please just give him what he wants. Do you know how much it kills me to ask this of you?”

I hugged him tightly to me. “I know, baby. I’ll do it. I’ll do it for you and Danny and our babies. I promise.” Maybe if Louis was happy with me he wouldn’t take out his anger on Dev.

“He’s going to come for us,” Dev said with absolute certainty. “Daniel will come for us when the time is right. He won’t leave us here.”

“He would never leave us here,” I agreed. “It’s killing him that we’re here. You have to know that. He’ll do anything he has to in order to get us back. But we have to live here and buy Danny some time. I found out where Louis’s safe is.”

“How did you find that out?”

“Rose,” I replied. “She has a vested interest in fucking with Marini. She’s seen him use the safe before. It’s in his office behind a painting.”

“I saw that painting yesterday,” Dev mused. “It’s behind his desk. The office is across from the bedroom in his apartment.” His hands smoothed down my hair. “Perhaps we can convince him to let us sleep with him tonight and then in the morning we can slip out while he sleeps and you can take a look at the safe.”

My gut clenched. “We’ll sleep with him tonight?” I knew there would be no sleeping involved.

Dev sighed and hugged me tightly. “I promised we’ll perform a ritual tonight for him.”

“Is that such a good idea?” I asked. “When Daniel feeds off that magic he can daywalk. Do we really want Marini to be able to do that?”

Dev shoved a frustrated hand through his hair. “I don’t see a way around it.”

“Is there anything Bris can do?”

“I could withhold the magic,” Bris said, his eyes changing so suddenly I found it shocking. Even the way his hands moved on my body felt different. “But I believe that would be potentially dangerous for my host. If Marini isn’t getting something from Devinshea, then I believe he’ll kill him just to prove a point to Daniel. He needs something from you, my goddess. He needs your blood. I need to give him a reason to keep my host alive.”

The door opened suddenly, and I heard Trent’s deep voice. This time he was damn serious and that tone brooked no disobedience. “Your Highness, I need you ready to leave in three minutes. Sunset is twenty minutes away and you have to shower and change before Marini is awake. The Prince must do the same.”

“All right,” I said, pushing myself up.

Dev was back and he pulled me close again. His mouth closed over mine and he kissed me deeply. “Try to remember that you’re supposed to be relieved to be away from Daniel’s plotting. You can be upset about Lee and Neil, but never show Marini that you miss Daniel. I’ll see you in a while. Know that I will be with you. I can’t stand the thought of his hands on you, but I’ll be with you. I’ll keep you safe.”

I didn’t say it to him because it would only have worried my husband, but I silently promised to protect him as well. I would do whatever I had to do to keep us together and whole until Daniel could come for us. I stood up and got dressed again. I was already thinking about how I could organize the job on the safe. I couldn’t just rip off the door and run. I needed to crack the safe and beyond that, I needed to fool Marini into thinking everything was all right until Bris could lead us out. I wasn’t sure how to do that but I would think on it.

Dev smiled from the small cot. “I love that look you get when you’re working on a job.”

I laughed softly as I attempted to smooth my hair back down. “I don’t think I’ll be working much from here on out. I think this might be my last job for a while.”

Dev got up and stalked across the room. When he reached me, he dropped to his knees and hugged me to him, his face against my belly. “Would it be so bad, my wife? Daniel and I love to take care of you. You could only work when you really wanted to and only take jobs that interest you. I doubt this is the last time you work. You’re too good and far too addicted to give it up completely.”

I smiled down at him. “Besides, you think it’s hot when I steal something.”

“I do, indeed.” He kissed my belly and then got up to press his lips to mine. “I’ll see you later tonight. Go with Trent. You can trust him. I have to shower and, more than likely, change into even more inferior clothing. I wish they would have allowed me to pack for my incarceration. Jail cells are really hell on the grooming process.”

Trent was in the room and he led me out, tugging me away. As long as I could, I kept my eyes on Dev because the sight of him was the only thing that kept me going.

Chapter Thirty-One

Rose was waiting at the door to the suite as Trent hustled me down the hall. Trent looked suspicious of the companion but said nothing as she closed the door behind us, leaving Trent to stand guard outside.

“He didn’t hurt you?” Rose asked.

“The guard? No.” I wondered just how often Rose had been abused by the guards for her to immediately go to that question.

“Good.” She pointed to the bathroom. “Robert thought you would need to shower after spending time with your husband. The shower’s hot. Hurry. I’ll take your clothes and Robert will wash them.”

The hot shower felt good and I enjoyed feeling clean for the first time in days. Rose proved she didn’t mind nudity as she was waiting with a towel when I turned off the water and exited the lovely, feminine shower. The glass enclosure had carved flowers all over it. Rose nudged me to sit in front of a vanity and began working a comb through my hair.