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24.
The car pulled to a
stop in front of the main house of the compound. The front door was
open, light spilled across the steps leading up. It was a welcoming
sight, and made Drew realize that this was her home now. It was time
for her to wrap up her old life. Quit her job at the bank and give up
her apartment. She pulled the blanket a little tighter in preparation
for getting out the car. She didn’t want to flash anyone.
Morphing
to her leopard shape had been an experience she would never
forget. She fervently thanked whichever deity had given her the
ability to change shape so fast. It had saved Seth’s life, and saving
Seth’s life was the reason she could never feel too guilty for taking
Veronica’s. Cole was right about one thing. Veronica was twisted. It
would only have been a matter of time before she succeeded in either
destroying or killing Seth.
That
was something Drew would never have allowed. Seth meant too much to
her. She cut that thought off. That was not something she was going
to explore now. She was too scared of what she’d find at the end of
it.
Seth opened her door and
politely turned his back, while blocking anyone else’s view, so Drew
could get out the car without showing anything.
When
Drew looked up, Gabriel was leaning against the door jam, his arms
crossed over his chest one ankle crossed over the other.
“I see we have a new resident.” He’d spotted the huge wolf at Dante’s feet.
“Dante, this is Gabriel our over-bearing and nosy leader.” Seth smiled.
“Gabe this is Dante, newest member of the Omega.”
Gabriel raised an eyebrow, but didn’t comment on that.
“Welcome to the compound Dante.”
He took in Drew’s blanket and remarked “Nice fashion statement Drew. I take it you shifted to leopard form at some point?”
“Yeah,
had to take out the trash. But right now I’m dying for a shower and
some clothes.” She stepped past Gabe. “So I’ll let Seth do the
explaining.”
Gabe turned his eyes to Seth. “I’ve got my game on pause, so meet me in the living room after you get Dante settled.”
“Sure.”
Seth
led Dante to the entry hall of the house then growled to call
Marcus. It didn’t take long for the other man to get there, coming
down the stairs bare-chested and sleep tousled.
“Dude,
seriously,” he griped. “can you let a guy get some sleep. Just cause
you live on vampire time, don’t mean the rest of us do.”
“Stop complaining you big oaf. Do you want to get Dante a room and get him and his sentin settled?”
Marcus
nodded, “Can I get back to sleep then or are you going to bug me
again? Just so I know weather to bother trying to sleep again.”
“Just shut-up.” Seth laughed and shook his head.
“Well
come on then Dante, let’s find you a room. I’m Marcus by the way, I
see Seth forgot his manners. If he ever had any to begin with.”
Seth
walked off to the living room. Stopping next to Gabe’s couch to pick
up a beer on the way to the seat he always took for these late night
debriefings.
“Veronica is dead.” He collapsed bonelessly into the chair.
“Drew?”
“Yeah, she saved my life Gabe. Veronica attacked from behind in wolf form. If Drew hadn’t seen her and shifted…”
“You’d be the dead one.”
“Yeah.” Seth opened the beer and took a swig. Slumping down even further into the chair.
“Did Drew get hurt?”
Seth
shook his head. “It was the first thing I checked for, while I was
trying to calm the leopard down. She was seriously enraged. Veronica
didn’t stand a chance.”
Gabriel killed the boss he was fighting, paused the game and put the controller down.
“Drew must have shifted fast to stop Veronica, if she was already attacking.”
“I didn’t see it, but Cole and Dante did, they were blown away. Cole’s never seen such a fast shift.”
“I
suspected it might be the case when you showed us how fast she can
sprout claws. Drew seems to be exceptional in more than a few ways.”
Seth smiled warmly. “Tell me about it.”
“Glad to see you’ve given up on blaming every woman for Veronica’s shit.”
“How can I blame Drew, when she beat Veronica up for me, then killed the bitch to save my life?”
“She beat Veronica up?” Gabriel raised a brow.
“Yeah.” Seth chuckled then told Gabe what had happened.
Gabriel
laughed. “Wow, that woman’s got some serious bad-ass.” He
sobered. “It’s good though, this needed to be this way. Veronica’s
story is done now.”
“So I couldn’t kill her, but Drew could?”
“Drew had to, it was supposed to be like that.”
“I’m
not even going to ask.” Seth shook his head giving up on trying to
understand Gabe, whatever guidebook Gabriel was working from it was
beyond him.
“Where is Dragon? Did you tell him about the Salamander?”
“Dragon
left as soon as he was well enough to, Jade went with him, he had to go
report what happened to his father. He was not a happy man. I gave
him a call tonight and told him we have the salamander. He’ll be back
soon. He’s insisting on going with to find Namara.”
“Is that a good idea?”
Gabriel nodded, “It’s one of those things that have to be.”
“God’s your worse than a seer.” Seth got up. “Your mother should have named you Cryptic. I’m off to bed.”
“I didn’t have a mother, bright spark.” Gabriel threw after him.
Seth turned confused.
“Jess and I are originals, we never had a mother.”
“I didn’t know that. That’s a big deal Gabriel, that you are one of the first angels.”
“Well now you do, and it’s not that big of a deal.” Gabriel picked up the controller and went back to playing Final Fantasy X.
Drew
had opted for a long bath instead of a shower. Filled to the brim with
lavender scented bubble bath she let the tiredness seep out of her
body. Replaced by warmth and contentment.
Now
that she’d scrubbed off the night’s battles and completed all those
womanly rituals of renewal, like shaving and washing her hair, she was
refreshed and feeling a lot better about everything, she slipped into
one of the tiny satin nightys that Selph had insisted she buy, this one
was a deep royal blue. Drew was generally an over-large tee shirt
girl, but she had to admit she’d developed a fondness for the new
nightwear. It made her feel decadent and sexy, even if no one else got
to see it.
She didn’t bother
putting on a robe, she was going to get straight under the covers, and
provided Khettah gave her enough legroom she was planning on sleeping
like the dead.
Drew pulled open
the bathroom door and stepped into her room. That’s as far as she got,
stopping dead in her tracks. Khettah was not stretched over her bed,
where the cat would usually be this time of night - Seth was.
He
lay on his stomach, propped up on his elbows looking in the direction
of the bathroom door, like he’d been waiting for her to come out. He
sat up slowly when he saw her.
“Every
time I see you, you look more beautiful than the last time I saw you,”
His deep voice filled the room like warm velvet. Sending a shiver over
Drew’s skin. “and it’s killing me slowly not to touch you.”
He
got off the bed moving towards Drew. She watched him come with the
grace of a predator, he moved like the cat she knew he was.
He’d
had a shower, his hair was still damp and he wore only a loose pair of
cotton pants, there was no way he could hide the erection that showed
the effect she had on his body, and he didn’t try. Drew swallowed her
throat suddenly dry.
“Seeing you
dressed like this makes it even worse.” His voice deepened even further
letting her know that she’d affected both man and cat.
“I
want to make you mine Drew.” he stood in front of her, his large body
dwarfing hers, making her feel small and feminine. The heat of his skin
beating against hers. He reached for the elastic she’d tied the long
braid of her hair with, and slipped it off. He dipped his fingers into
the weaving of the braid and started un-doing it.
“Can
I make you mine Drew?” he asked voice husky as he un-did the last part
of her braid letting her hair flow free around her body.
“Where’s…” Drew’s voice broke. She tried again. “Where’s Khettah.”
He leaned forward, laying a soft kiss on her temple.
“I asked her to give us some time alone. She’s in my room keeping Khan company.”
Another kiss, this one on Drew’s cheekbone.
“You didn’t answer my question.” He kissed the corner of her mouth.
She
couldn’t think. He was seducing her with every breath he took and
Drew’s emotions were in turmoil. She felt like screaming yes at the
top of her voice. There was nothing more she wanted – she needed this
man to make her his. To take her in every sense of the word, but the
yes wouldn’t come out. So she reached up running one finger over the
ring in his nipple, it had fascinated her from the first time she saw
it and she felt a fierce heat at being able to touch it now. She
watched gooseflesh spread from where her finger touched his skin and
felt a satisfied smile curve her lips.
“Was that a yes?”
Drew
looked up into his lavender eyes, seeing them smoky with passion. It
seemed that he desperately needed her to answer him.
“Yes.” She whispered.
He
groaned and dipped his head to capture her lips in a searing
kiss. Slipping one hand into the hair at the nape of her neck, he
pulled her close to him with the other, pressing her against the
hardness of his body. Seth’s tongue invaded her mouth sending heat
shooting through her body. She pushed her hands up running them along
the firm muscle of his pectorals. Seeing with her fingers. God he felt
so good. She stood on her tiptoes trying to get even closer to
him. Drew slid one leg up the outside of his thigh, making him groan
again he grasped her thigh in one hand, holding her leg there so he
could grind his harness against the juncture of her thighs. He broke
the kiss laying his forehead against hers.
“God woman, you make me tremble.”
Drew could feel the fine tremor that ran through his body, she had thought she was the only one shaking.
He
leaned back and lifted her up, so that her legs wrapped around his
hips. He carried her to the bed, going to his knees next to it he lay
her down with infinite care.
Drew
lay back and watched Seth as he slid his hands up her thighs, catching
the hem of her nighty he slid it up over her stomach. Exposing the lace
of her thong. His eyes devoured every inch of skin revealed to him.
“I’m going to burst in to flame if you keep looking at me like that.” She murmured.
“Good,
then I wont be the only one on fire.” He dismissed her comment and
continued his examination. He bent his dark head laying a trail of
kisses on the skin he exposed. Paying special attention to the spider
belly ring in her navel.
Drew
heard the moan that escaped her, he’d joked about being on fire but she
felt like she was, it lanced through her a pleasure-pain of need. When
he reached her breasts Drew arched up off the bed making an offering of
her pebbled nipples. One he accepted with hunger running his tongue
across the hardened nub and sucking it into his mouth, before giving
the other the same treatment.
Drew pushed him away and sat up to pull her nighty off. She wanted to feel the heat of his skin against hers.
Seth
groaned when she revealed herself to him, sitting on the bed in just
her thong, he didn’t think he’d ever seen anyone more beautiful than
this woman.
Drew leaned forward
capturing his face in her hands she kissed him. Reveling in the feel
of his mouth on hers. She moved back forcing him to follow her onto
the bed or break the kiss. Neither of them could keep their hands
still, exploring silk and velvet of warmed skin.
Drew
ran a hand down Seth’s stomach, feeling the curved texture of his six
pack she moved down ever further running it over the cotton of his
pants to rub along the hard length of him.
Seth
felt his cock harden even more with her touch and groaned breaking the
contact of their lips. “Don’t do that!” he moved her hand. “I’m
struggling for control as it is. I want to do this right Drew, not
like a virgin with his first woman.”
The
though of him struggling for control made Drew burn, she loved that she
was having this effect on him. A smile curved her lips. Seth saw it
and sensed some wicked intent in her, he wasn’t going to give her a
chance to break his fragile control. So he pushed her back and moved
to cover her body with his. He was rewarded with a moan from her as
his weight settled on her and the heat of his skin seared her. Drew
closed her eyes weak with need.
Seth
kissed his way along the column of her neck and down to her breasts.
Drew arched running her hands into his hair as he lavished attention on
each breast before moving down with his kisses over her stomach. He
dipped his tongue into her navel, swirling around it as she hissed in
pleasure. Seth kissed down along her thigh and up the other then laid
a soft kiss in the center of her body. He slipped his fingers into the
band of her thong and pulled it down. Drew lifted her weight to help
him remove the thin layer of material separating them. Seth stood up
throwing the thong away he tugged at the waistband of his pants
watching Drew as she stared at him.
Gods
a striptease could not have been sexier, Drew felt her breath catch as
she saw Seth naked for the first time. He literally took her breath
away, the man was a work of art. Every part of his body the definition
of perfection.
“You’re gorgeous.” She heard the whisper escape her.
The
corner of his mouth lifted in a crooked smile and he lowered himself
down onto the bed again to kiss her past the point of sanity.
Seth
had to taste her, the smell of her need was driving him, making it
impossible to keep a leash on his control. He couldn’t remember how
many lovers he’s had, there had been plenty, never before had he felt
this absolute lack of control. The need to be part of - be inside this
woman was like air and he was starved for oxygen.
He
slid down her body, kissing his way down to the part of her he was
ravenous to taste. He spread her wider and dipped his head running his
tongue across her heat. Drew gasped arching up on the bed. Seth felt
a fierce sense of possession, she was his, his to drive to the edge of
control. He tasted her again, and again, watching her react, with
hooded eyes. As his own need built, but he kept it under control, he
wanted to see Drew come before he had his own pleasure.
The
shock that Seth’s tongue was evoking was pulling Drew closer and closer
to the edge as he expertly swept her with one stroke after another.
“Seth,
oh please.” She heard her self moan, as he tormented her. Then her
world shattered crashing around in waves of pleasure as her body leapt
from the edge.
Drew relearnt how
to breath as she felt Seth move up her body, she spread her legs
further as she felt his hardness settle between them, arching her hips
she invited him to take what they both so desperately wanted.
Seth was braced arms straight holding his weight off Drew, looking down at her.
She opened wide golden eyes, her cat calling to Seth’s. “Please.” She groaned.
He growled and pushed himself deep into her with one thrust. Drew cried out.
Seth slowly withdrew then thrust himself to the hilt again.
“Oh Seth.” Drew gasped.
He growled her name in return, hissing for the control that was fast slipping his grasp.
“Don’t hold back.” She whimpered, she wanted more, faster.
She
wanted all of this man. She loved the way he took care to please her,
she loved the way he filled her almost past capacity, she loved
everything he did.
Oh God! Her eyes flew open as she realized - She loved Seth!
Seth did as Drew asked, he let go of his control and slammed into her again.
Drew moaned his name, as he forced their bodies’ together time after sinful time, taking her to the edge, then over.
Seth
held on with every bit of will power, until he felt Drew climax, her
inner muscles sucking at his cock sent him over the edge and he joined
her in the sweetest bliss.
Drew felt Seth spasm inside her and came again. This man was perfection.
He
collapsed onto her, being careful not to crush her with his
weight. Seth kissed Drew softly, thanking her for the gift of passion
they had just shared. He rolled onto his back pulling Drew onto his
chest.
“Mine.” He murmured, playing with a lock of her midnight hair.
Drew
smiled up at him sleepily. She wasn’t going to argue that right
now. Not after she’d realized that she was in love with the man, and
she was too content to worry about the ramifications of that now.
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