His Lover's Fangs (6 page)

She snorted. “As I recall, you did half the
damage. If not more than half.”

Logan stroked her shoulder with his
fingertips. A bruise was blooming there, dark purple against her
tanned skin: a bruise he had caused, and he hated that he had, even
if at the time he hadn’t known he had another choice. “Only because
you forced me to with your silly plan,” he muttered and leaned
forward to kiss the place he had been caressing.

He expected her to argue that it hadn’t been
silly, but instead, she looked around again as though assessing the
damage. “It might take a while to fix it all,” she said, and he
knew that light, casual tone. She only ever used it when she wanted
something but was afraid of the answer he would give. It rarely
took him very long to figure out what was on her mind, but this
time it was even easier than usual.

“I guess it might take a bit of time, yeah.
You got a problem with staying here a while?”

Her sigh was very soft, but the relief in it
was all too obvious. “No problem at all, no,” she said, and
although she seemed to fight back a grin, it bloomed on her face
like a flower opening its bud toward the sun.

“Time is not an issue anymore, I guess,”
Logan said, tongue in cheek.

“
No, it’s not,” she chuckled. Her
expression softened, and she pressed her face against his arm. “But
then,” she whispered, “time never
was
an issue. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you.
If you still want me, I’ll do just that.”

Weaving his fingers in her hair, he pulled
her face up and kissed her lightly.

“Happy anniversary,” she said right against
his lips.

“I hate to break it to you, but it’s not our
anniversary anymore.”

She shrugged. “I’m just a bit early for next
year, that’s all. You don’t mind, do you?”

Logan laughed.

The End

About the Author:

Kallysten’s most exciting accomplishment to
date was to cross a few thousand miles and an ocean to pursue (and
catch!) the love of her life. She has been writing for over fifteen
years, and always enjoyed sharing her stories and listening to the
readers' reactions. After playing with science fiction, short
stories and poetry, she is now trying her hand, heart and words at
paranormal romance novels.

To see her other stories, including free
short stories and sample chapters, visit Kallysten’s most exciting
accomplishment to date was to cross a few thousand miles and an
ocean to pursue (and catch!) the love of her life. She has been
writing for almost fifteen years, and always enjoyed sharing her
stories and listening to the readers' reactions. After playing with
science fiction, short stories, poetry and fanfiction, she is now
trying her hand, heart and words at paranormal romance novels.

To see her other ebooks, visit:
http://original.kallysten.net

Other stories in the Special Enforcers
series:

CheckMate

Lilia is a vampire; Vincent hunts vampires.
They’ve each sworn to kill the other, and have battled many times
without either of them winning. But when a spell gone wrong links
them through bonds of shared blood and sex, the game stops abruptly
and with no clear winner.

Trying to stay alive, they learn to guard
each other's back against old and new enemies alike. The game takes
a new turn as the memories of what they shared under the spell
become too hard to ignore and they succumb to lust - or could it be
more than that?

Carte Blanche

When a lobbyist opposed to vampires’ rights
is found drained of her blood, Special Enforcer Grace Alkins
investigates the woman’s connection to a local BDSM club and its
vampire customers. It has been a long time since Grace played on
this particular scene, but old habits return easily when she puts
on the attire of Mistress Red.

On her first undercover visit at the club,
however, she finds herself tricked into playing a scene with Ray, a
submissive whose Master left town abruptly. The Dominant in her
enjoys the opportunity – while the Special Enforcer is shocked to
realize Ray is a vampire, and possibly a suspect for the murder she
investigates.

Will Grace manage to keep a cool head and
find the killer when every new meeting with Ray cranks up the heat
a little more?

Rules & Rewards

Grace needs to leave town for a few days, but
she doesn't go away without giving Ray, her submissive, clear rules
to follow during her absence.

These rules prove very difficult for the
vampire. Will he manage to follow them--and earn his reward--or
will he disappoint his Mistress?

Baby Steps

As a Special Enforcer, Alexandra should know
better than to get close to a vampire like Joseph, even if he saved
her from certain death. The S.E. records name him as a likely
killer, and his interest in her can't possibly mean anything good.
And so when her friends introduce her to a potential human
boyfriend, she ignores her feelings for Joseph and demands that he
leaves her alone.

Fed up with her games, Joseph takes her to
her word and leaves Cleveland, intending to put as much distance as
possible between them and forget her along with his feelings for
her.

Two years later, though, when Joseph has to
return to Cleveland, he still cares about Alexandra, much more than
he would like. And Alexandra, single again and now a new mom to
baby girl Marian, never managed to completely put Joseph out of her
life and mind.

Step by step, Alexandra will offer Joseph her
friendship before entrusting him with her life and her child's. But
will Joseph ever trust her again with his heart?