Lucas (41 page)

“What do you want,
a
cuisle
?”

“You,” she said breathlessly. “Can
you .
 . . are you well enough . . .”

Lucas laughed and swept his arm under her legs, lifting her off her feet and carrying her over to the bed. He dropped Kathryn onto the mattress, then reached for the zipper to her denims, pulling it down and stripping her naked in a single move. Holding her gaze, he dropped to one knee between her legs and ran his hands up her calves to her knees. He bent her legs and pushed them wide, baring her sex to his hungry stare. He licked his lips slowly, then looked up again and met her eyes.

“Mine, Katie. Don’t forget that.”

“Lucas, I—”

He never heard whatever protest she’d been about to make, only the sound of her indrawn breath as he dropped to the bed between her thighs and licked, running his tongue along her slit, opening her outer lips to reveal her swollen pussy, wet and flushed with desire. He licked again, tasting her, swirling his tongue over the sensitive nub of her clit. He narrowed his eyes with lust at the sight of that concentrated bundle of nerves standing up proudly from beneath its hood, hard and red as a cherry, almost quivering with excitement. He pressed his tongue over its eager hardness, and Kathryn moaned, lifting herself against his mouth.

Lucas grabbed hold of her hips with a growl, letting her know that he was the one in control.
At least for now.
Sex with Kathryn was a delicious battle for dominance, and one he didn’t mind losing on occasion.
But not tonight, and not in this moment.

He began sucking hard on her sensitive nub, drawing it up further from its protective sheathing as Kathryn bucked beneath him. When the hard, little cherry was swollen to twice its size, when Kathryn’s fingers were gripping his hair so hard it hurt, he bit down and tasted the sweetest blood of all. Kathryn screamed as the chemicals in his bite hit the very nerve center of her pussy. Her back arched as an orgasm swept over her, her muscles
spasming
beneath his fingers, her sex clenching against his mouth. She was crying, tears running down her cheeks with an overload of sensation, murmuring his name over and over again, like a plea for something.

No, not
something
, Lucas thought to himself. He knew what she wanted. What she needed. What they
both
needed. He lifted his mouth from the silky place between her thighs and prowled up her body, licking and kissing, lingering to fill his mouth with her swollen nipples, to lick the sweat from between her breasts, gliding higher until the hard length of his cock rested between her legs, against the volcanic heat of her core.

“Kathryn,” he growled. He waited until her eyes opened, blurry with desire as she gazed up at him. And then he plunged his cock deep into her body, groaning as her hot, wet channel closed around him, still vibrating from her orgasm as she welcomed him inside. He pushed into her until he was fully sheathed, until his balls slapped against her perfect ass, and her legs came up and curved over his back.

She wrapped her arms around him, her short nails digging into his back, her eyes closed as the walls of her vagina pulsed and shivered. Lucas leaned down and kissed her eyelids one at a time. She opened her eyes and smiled up at him with such naked emotion that his breath caught in his chest. And then, as if realizing what she’d done, or fearing what she’d given away, she closed her eyes again and began lifting her hips in the timeless mating rhythm, undulating beneath him, so her breasts brushed against his chest as her pussy slid up and down his cock.

Lucas let her control the rhythm for a few minutes, enjoying the silk and cream glide of her body, the graze of her hard nipples over his chest. He leaned down, tucking his face against her neck and inhaling deeply, taking in the scent of her skin, her sweat, and the delicious heat of her blood so close to the surface.

Kathryn’s heart was a drumbeat against his chest as her movements sped up, as her hips thrust frantically. Lucas laid a lingering kiss on the velvet softness of her neck, smiling as Kathryn shivered in anticipation. She was panting now, her fingers gripping the back of his neck, her head turned to one side as if offering herself to his bite.

He pressed his lips along the plump swell of her jugular until he found the perfect spot, and then he sucked hard, pulling her vein into his mouth and releasing it. Kathryn moaned and dropped one hand to his ass, fucking him frantically to relieve the beginning of a climax he could feel rippling along his cock.

He lifted his mouth and blew softly on her wet skin. She trembled. Without warning, he bit into her vein, closing his eyes in ecstasy as the warm honey of her blood rolled down his throat, causing his heart to hammer against his ribcage, his nerves to thrum with excitement as heat filled every inch of his body.

Kathryn froze beneath him, as if caught in a moment of time, and then she screamed as every muscle in her body seemed to spasm at once, her legs scissoring over his hips, her arms tightening across his back as her nails dug in, scoring his back until he could feel the warm flow of his own blood. His cock grew impossibly hard as her inner muscles convulsed around him, rippling and stroking his shaft.

Lucas groaned
,
his fangs still buried in Kathryn’s neck, her blood still filling his mouth. Lifting his head, he swallowed, reveling in the unique taste of her as his hips resumed pumping, slamming his cock deep between Kathryn’s legs as she writhed around him. Her breath was coming in short, puffing gasps, and she was giving little wordless cries of pleasure that made his dick twitch and his balls tighten, made his climax build to an unbearable weight before it finally rushed down his shaft, a fiery flood of release that splashed against Kathryn’s womb, branding her with his heat, marking her as his.

Lucas collapsed against Kathryn’s overheated body, his face still buried in the crook of her neck. Lifting his head slightly, he licked away the few drops of blood from the neat puncture wounds, sealing them with the chemical in his saliva. In a few hours, there would be no visible trace of his bite, although Kathryn’s body would remember far longer than that. He grinned at the thought.

“What are you grinning about?”

He shifted his gaze and found her watching him. “There are so many things that I don’t know where to begin.”

“You’re so full of shit,” she responded lazily. “I know what you’re thinking.”

“Really?
I’m all ears.”

Kathryn flexed her inner muscles, caressing his cock, which was still semi-hard and buried inside her. “If you were all ears,
boyo
, we wouldn’t be here at all.”

Lucas laughed.
“Point taken.
But you’re avoiding the question. What was I thinking?”

“You were being all me Tarzan, her Jane. Guys always get that smug look when they make a woman come, like no one’s ever done it before.”

She slapped his ass playfully, but Lucas felt a sudden surge of rage that made him want to fuck her so senseless she wouldn’t ever even
think
about another man. His eyes must have gone gold, because Kathryn was giving him a wary look.

“Lucas?”

“What?” he growled, knowing he was overreacting and somewhat shocked at his own
anger.
Of course she’d had other lovers before him. God knew he’d had more than his share. It was probably all the blood he’d consumed the night before. It had given the
symbiote
enough power to heal him, but it also brought every other vampire characteristic to fore, including a vicious possessiveness about this particular woman.

“Everything okay?”
Kathryn questioned.

He brought his power under control with an act of will and focused on the woman beneath him. “Of course,” he lied, and lowered his head to kiss her before rolling off to one side. “I was just thinking about
Klemens
.”

“That’s the vampire who sent Alex to kill you?” she asked cautiously.

“Yes.
Though your presence must have been a nasty surprise.
Not even
Klemens
is foolish enough to try to murder an FBI agent.”

Kathryn shrugged and sat up, tossing her long hair behind her. Lucas reached out to tangle his fingers in the silky strands, tempted to use it to pull her back down beside him, or more specifically, beneath him, so he could demonstrate his superiority to any other lover she might have, past or future.

A phone rang in the other room. Lucas frowned at the unfamiliar tone, but Kathryn patted his shoulder and said, “Nick gave me a new cell phone for you. That’s probably it.”

Lucas got up and stalked from the room, still pissed at both
himself
and Kathryn. He found the phone on the table near the door. It was just like his old one and no doubt already contained all of the information his old one did, too.

“Nick,” he answered. “What’s up?”

“
Klemens
, my lord.
We know where he is, and he’ll be there all night.”

“Excellent. How much time do you need?”

“We’re ready, and the plane is waiting.”

“Even better.
Give me ten minutes.”

Lucas disconnected and strode back into the bedroom, going straight for the shower once more.

“Hey!” Kathryn jumped out of bed and hurried after him. “What’s going on?”

Lucas closed the shower door and stepped under the hot spray without answering. Kathryn was not so easily deterred, however. The door opened, and she joined him, pumping a handful of his shower gel and washing herself off quickly as she spoke.

“Where are we going?”

“
We
are not going anywhere. I’m going to pay
Klemens
a visit.”

“Fuck that. He has my brother.”

“I don’t think—”

“Alex had Daniel, and now Alex is dead. And according to you, he was acting under orders from this
Klemens
asshole, which means
Klemens
is probably holding Daniel. I’m going with you.”

“
One .
 . . no, you’re not. This is vampire business, and it’s going to be ugly. And
two .
 . . I don’t think Alex ever had your brother, hence,
Klemens
doesn’t either.”

“Three,” she said,
snarkily
continuing his
count .
 . . I don’t care what you think. And
four .
 . . I don’t need your permission to do whatever I want, big guy.”

“Maybe, but you don’t know where I’m going, either.”

“Oh, like I can’t find out. Even vampires have to file flight plans, and I can certainly get the tail numbers from your planes.”

“And I can put you into a sleep so you don’t wake up until it’s all over,” Lucas ground out.

“And I can charge
you
with assault on a federal officer,” she snapped, getting up in his face.

“Then I’ll fix it so you don’t remember that, either,” he responded, shoving his face so close to hers that their noses were touching.

“What the hell is your problem?” she demanded.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“The hell you don’t. You’ve been
pissy
ever
since .
 . . Oh, please. Just because I said all guys get smug after sex? What? You’re too good to be lumped in with other men?”

Lucas snarled and grabbed her around the waist, shoving her against the tiled wall and holding her there with his body. “
I
am not a man at all. You should remember that.”

Kathryn grinned,
then
licked a drop of water from his chin. “You sure act like one sometimes.” She rubbed her foot up the back of his calf, and his cock hardened instantly. “Unfortunately, I don’t believe we have time to act on
that
,” she murmured.

Lucas bared his teeth and tightened his grip around her, lifting her until his cock was nestled in the soft triangle between her thighs. “There’s always time,” he growled and pushed into her wet heat, thrusting forward until his shaft was fully seated, their bodies skin to skin in the steamy shower.

Kathryn gasped at the unexpected intrusion. Her head fell back, and her eyes closed, the big vein in her neck straining with the sudden rush of blood, almost begging to be tapped. Lucas bent close, licking and tasting her lips, her
jawline
, dipping his tongue into her ear before running it roughly over her plump jugular. The leg she’d been rubbing along the back of his calf was now clamped around his hips, pumping gently as she encouraged him to get
closer .
 . . and to
move
. Lucas grinned and began fucking her, thrusting steadily in and out as he squeezed the firm globes of her luscious ass.