Eternal Hearts (23 page)

Lifting her arm, she wrapped her hand around the back of his head and pulled his mouth to her neck. She moaned as his fangs scratched against her skin. Her nipples stiffened and strained against the wall. Wetness spread between her thighs. All she wanted was to feel his naked body against hers. He was the only man she could focus on.

She moaned in absolute pleasure when he dragged his fangs across her shoulder and rolled his hips against her ass. Bracing her hands on the wall, she pushed back into him, shuttering at the feel of his hard body moving against her. She watched him in the mirror as he removed his other glove then slid both bare hands inside her shirt and up her sides. His fingers were rough against her skin, but she growled when they didn’t move any farther.

Why did he stop touching her? Was she doing something wrong? The beast awoke inside her, enraged by her apparent incompetence.

Needing to appease it…to appease him, Toni pulled her shirt over her head and dropped it on the floor. She wrapped her hands around his and forced them to her bare breasts. Through the erotic fog, she felt like an hour had passed before he finally moved his own hands. He thumbed her swollen nipples, sending a thousand shocks of desire rolling across her fevered skin.

She shivered as his fangs traced a line between her shoulder blades while his hands skimmed down her ribs to her stomach. And when he tucked his thumbs into the waistband of her pants, she smiled. All she could smell clinging to the air was her desire for the man touching her.

Toni moaned again when Oktober forcefully grabbed her arms and spun her around to face him. Her nipples tightened even more when they made contact with his sculpted chest, making her ache to feel every inch of his bare skin against her.

When he leaned down and let his lips hover scant inches above hers, she stared into his dark eyes as anticipation coiled in her stomach. He was so close she could smell him. So close she could almost taste him.

He smiled down at her as he leaned in even closer and brushed the tip of his nose across her upper lip, but as the spicy, nearly maddening scent of his breath invaded her senses…his smile faded. Although she wasn’t able to place the emotion that flashed across his face, she was more than sure of how she felt when he released her arms and took a step back.

The animal inside her lashed out again, forcing her fangs to break free. He hadn’t kissed her. He hadn’t touched her enough. She growled at him then snapped her teeth together.

He laughed at her in response. “Why are you angry?”

She lunged forward and sank her fingernails deep into his forearms. “I want you to fuck me!”

His eyes narrowed. “Do you really want
me
to fuck you, Toni?”

She raked her eyes over his hard body. Her beast wanted him, and it wanted him now. “Yes!”

Oktober let loose with a primitive growl so wrought with power that her own beast fell silent. He pulled her hands from his arms and pushed her back. “Warm yourself up. I’ll be back for you in a few minutes.”

Feeling scolded, Toni lowered her head and wrapped her arms around herself, wishing they were his. She’d never been able to please anyone in her life…

Why should anything be different now?

She jumped when he grabbed her arm with one hand and unfastened her jeans with the other. He rubbed his lower lip across her earlobe as he slid her own hand into her pants. “Think about what you want me to do to you, and in a few minutes – you’ll get what you want.”

Toni shivered as Oktober’s fangs scraped her neck one last time before he stepped away. She did exactly what he’d asked as she watched him pick up his gloves and walk out the door.

Drake leaned against the bar when the last woman, who made the total count eleven, stomped away after propositioning him. And much like he’d done to her, he’d turned every single one away. Any other day, he’d have been rock hard and ready for any one of them, hell, maybe even all of them. But today, not one of them had stirred him…because not a single one rivaled even half the woman he knew Toni was.

He cast a glance over his shoulder at the table where Toni was supposed to be, but then frowned. She was just there. Where the hell had she gone?

When he narrowed his eyes and concentrated to push past the darkness, he didn’t see Toni but he did notice the girl who’d dragged her away earlier walking towards the bar.

When she was within a few feet of him, he leaned down. “Where’s Toni?”

“I thought she was up here with you.” Confusion marked her face as she looked around. “She left our table about fifteen minutes ago to come back to you. She said she wasn’t feeling good.” She looked around the club again. “Huh. Maybe she’s in the bathroom.” She shrugged then smiled up at him. “You’re Drake, right?”

He eyed the bathroom doors. Why would Toni need to go into the bathroom? It wasn’t like she had anything to do in there. She couldn’t pee!

“Yeah, I’m Drake,” he answered absently. He focused back on Mary when she grabbed his hand and shook it. “Hi. I’m, Mary. Toni and I went to high school together.”

“Nice to meet…” He jerked his head up when he could’ve sworn he heard Toni scream.

“What’s wrong?” Mary asked.

“Nothing.
It was nice to meet you, but I need to go.”

Drake ground his teeth together as he began working his way through the crowd. He should have never taken his eyes off Toni. And instead of trying to give her a little space so she could catch up with her old friends, he should have gone with her.

He was only about halfway through the crowd when he caught Oktober exiting the door of the women’s bathroom. He narrowed his eyes on the bald bastard, but his friend just grinned then disappeared into the shadows on the dance floor.

After not-so-gently pushing the remaining humans out of his way, Drake shoved the door to the bathroom open and ducked inside. But when he turned the corner to where the room opened up, he pulled up short.

Toni sat on the counter next to one of the sinks, completely topless, massaging her breasts with one hand while the other disappeared into her pants. Her eyes were closed and her fangs clearly visible as she moaned and bit her bottom lip.

He couldn’t do anything for a moment but stare as she moaned again, writhing against her own hand. He also couldn’t stop all the blood in his body from surging to his groin just from looking at her. Never in his life had he seen a more erotic picture.

“Toni?” he asked as he slowly approached the counter. “What are you doing?”

She opened her eyes and smiled. “I’m touching myself. Wanna help?”

She didn’t give him enough time to do anything but groan when she took his hand and rubbed his fingers against her clit. The woman was unbelievable, and the feel of her…he didn’t have words to describe it.

Lust slammed through his veins when she pulled her hand from her pants and shoved her wet fingers into his mouth. He closed his eyes and tried to order his thoughts, but the delicious taste of her slick fingers drove his beasts wild.

“I love it when you touch me, Drake,” she all but growled. “Touch me again. Touch me here.” She rocked her hips and slid his finger deep inside her.
“Oh yeah, right there.”

Drake moaned as her muscles contracted around his finger. She felt so amazing that he had to lean forward and brace his free hand against the wall.

“Kiss me, Drake,” she pleaded as she pulled her fingers from his mouth. “Please.” He blew out a shaky breath as she leaned forward and locked her arms around his neck. She pulled him down to meet her with a force he didn’t know she possessed then plunged her tongue into his mouth.

The taste and feel of her together was more than he could handle. He was so hard for her that his zipper dug into his erection. Yet he couldn’t push her away. He growled and his fangs grew when she rocked her hips forward and drove his finger even deeper inside her. The beasts inside him uncoiled as a primal need to make her his surged through every cell in his body.

She barely broke from his lips. “Fuck me, Drake. Fuck me so hard that I can’t walk.”

It was as his brain processed the entirety of her comment that Drake’s eyes snapped open and all his senses came screaming back to reality. He shook his head and forced the excited animals inside him to rest.

That wasn’t his Toni talking…

As gently as he could, he withdrew from her and backed away. But when she grumbled something he couldn’t quite make out, then pouted and went right back to pleasuring herself, he just stared at her. None of what was happening felt right. Everything, from her words to her actions, seemed wrong somehow.

“Toni, look at me.” When she refused to respond, he carefully cupped her cheek and tipped her head up so he could see her eyes. Almost immediately the animals thrashed and roared inside him. He’d seen the black clouds swirling deep behind her eyes before in other women, and knew exactly what had happened to her.

She licked her lips. “Did you change your mind?”

“No. This is not the way I want you.”

Her bottom lip quivered. “You don’t want me?”

His chest tightened painfully. How could she ever think that? He leaned down and rested his cheek against hers. “I want you, Toni. Oh God…do I want you. But not like this. Please don’t be mad at me later when you remember everything.”

Drake cradled Toni against his chest when her eyes rolled back and she slumped forward. He really didn’t relish putting her to sleep against her will, but he couldn’t think of any other way to keep her sedate.

After carefully redressing her, he scooped her up so her head rested on his shoulder then headed for the door. What the hell had Tober done to her? And even more importantly, why had he done it? He could have any woman he set his sights on, and aside from being beautiful, Toni didn’t possess any of the qualities Tober usually went for.

One way or another, he’d get all the answers to his questions…even if he had to extract them from Oktober’s bloodied carcass himself.

Drake stepped out of the bathroom and glared out over the dance floor. He managed to catch the glint off Oktober’s bald head just as he disappeared up the stairs with a dark haired woman in tow. Growling low in his throat, he moved through the crowd, which parted before him this time. And he was met with the same response all the way to his car…almost.

Chapter 11

“Drake!
What the hell happened to Toni?”

His instincts unable to ignore the accusing tone in Clint’s voice, Drake growled then bared his fangs. “Back the fuck off!”

Clint’s eyes narrowed on him. “Don’t you growl at
me!
I’ve got a hell of a lot more right to ask questions than you have to give me the evil eye, Kid. Now tell me what happened to her before I lose
my
temper.”

Drake drew a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm the rage boiling in his blood. For as bad as the situation already was, the last thing he needed was an Ancient Warrior flipping out in the middle of Grey’s parking lot. “Oktober happened.”

Clint’s jaw went slack. “Did
he
…” He trailed off as his eyes moved over her body.

Drake squeezed his eyes closed. The very thought of Oktober doing anything more than he already had caused scarlet flames to lick at the inside of his eyelids. “No.”

The gusty sound of relief rushed from Clint’s mouth. “Thank God. He’s done enough damage to her already. Wait. Where the
fuck were
you when it happened? I thought you were supposed to be protecting her!”

Drake opened his eyes, everything still awash in crimson. “I am protecting her, but I can’t stay on top of her every time she takes a step. She does have friends who want to talk to her.” As the remainder of Clint’s comments processed, he ground his teeth together. “What do you mean by Oktober’s already done enough? And how the hell do you know I’m protecting her?”