RAFE'S LAIR (22 page)

                                   CHAPTER 32

      Not at all what he meant and the feisty little shit knew it. Rafe set the plate down and hooked her around the waist.

    "Oh no you don't beautiful." He said pulling her back against him. He bent down and kissed her neck. "I'm not done with you and we don't want me ripping any more of your clothes. Now do we?"

    "No we most certainly do not. That's why you won't be."

    "Then I suggest you keep them off so they don't get in my way again." He said turning her around and hauling her over his shoulder to take her back to bed. She squeaked and immediately grabbed a hold of his waist.

    "Hey put me down!" She said smacking him on the ass.

Rafe growled and spanked her right back.

    "Ow!"

    "Thank you for reminding me beautiful." He said pulling up his shirt, petting the sting away and giving her delectable ass a kiss. "You still have a spanking coming for hanging up on me earlier."

    "What! You can't be serious."

    "Oh yes baby, I am so very serious. When I make a promise, I never break it. And you were a very bad girl earlier, so now you have to take your punishment. I promise you'll love every second of it."

Rafe went into the living room and sat down on the couch draping Ava face down across his lap. He swiftly pulled his shirt up and over her
head so she was completely naked again. He pet her pretty little ass again, seeing her pale flesh already starting to turn the prettiest pink from his first caress.

    "Oh yes. That is so very pretty. Now for this first time, I won't have you count your
swats."

Ava tried to push herself up off his lap and he pressed his hand down on her upper back. She felt his hand land on her backside. "Hey!" She yelled. She tried to lift up again and his hand landed on the other side.

    "Be still beautiful, or you'll add more to your punishment."

Rafe pet the spot he just spanked and admired the print he'd just made. He next delivered two, one right after another. Never spanking the same spot and caressing the sting away right after.
By number six, Ava started lifting into his hand as it landed on her ass. He heard her moan when he started petting the heated flesh.

    "Now that is a very pretty little behind baby. I love how bright pink you are now." He dipped his hand between her spr
ead legs and felt how wet she was. "Mmm beautiful your little pussy is soaked. Are you enjoying your spanking?"

Ava didn't answer him right away, so he spanked her again to get her attention.

    "Answer me Ava." He growled.

    "Yes." She moaned as she fe
lt him rub her ass again.

Rafe stroked Ava's soft pussy lips enjoying how his fingers slid across her wet skin. He dipped his middle finger inside her slit and ran it up to her clit, watching as she lifted her ass to give him better access. He chuckled.

    "Do you need something beautiful?" He asked idly stroking up and down her wet slit. He rimmed the tip around her opening and Ava moaned. He stopped with just the tip of his finger right at her entrance. She lifted back trying to get him to go deeper.

  
"Ava. I asked you a question baby. Do we need to have another lesson about how you should be answering me when I ask you something?"

    "No, I know I need to answer. It's just..." Ava trailed off.

    "Just what beautiful?"

    "I don't know. I don't what I need now. I like what you
’re doing yes, I'm just not used to all this."

Rafe lifted her up and had her straddle his lap. Ava wouldn't look at him and tried to cover up. He stopped her and lifted her chin to look at him.

    "You’re new to this and I have to remember that as well. I'm sorry. Now I want you to be vocal. You need to be vocal about your needs and how you’re feeling." Rafe framed her face with his hands bringing their foreheads together. "Ava do you honestly think I enjoy doing something to you that you don't?"

    "No?" She said unsure.

Rafe laughed. "That sounded more like a question to my question than a response. Let me answer that for you then. No, I most certainly do not enjoy touching you if you aren't enjoying it as well. That's the whole point of this. How am I supposed to know that you like or dislike something if you don't tell me?"

    "Well it is kinda obvious." She said shyly.

Rafe really laughed at that. "If you’re referring to how incredibly wet you are, then yes that is obvious. But you can be wet just from being turned on; it doesn't mean I should keep doing whatever it is I'm doing. I don't know about you, but I do kinda get bored with the same old thing all the time."

He slid his hands down to Ava
's ass and pressed her into his aching dick. He watched her eyes glaze over as she rubbed herself against him. She leaned her head back and he pulled her down to give him access to her neck and hard pink nipples. He kissed his way down from her ear all the way to the upper swell of her breast. She moaned and arched into him, so he stopped.

    "Now tell me baby. Do you like that?" Rafe asked her.

Ava looked down at the irritating man beneath her. "Gee I think the moan kinda gave that one away. If you need me to spell that out for you, then we might have issues."

He threw his head back and laughed at the return of his feisty mate. His life will always be interesting with her now in it and he was looking forward to every second of it. He pulled her flush again
st him so he could look over her shoulder as he gave her two more spanks for her ornery comment. Ava in retaliation decided it would be fun to bite him in the neck. Rafe growled at the feel of her there and he grabbed the back of her head and pressed her into him tilting his head to give her better access. Oh yes he was going to love having her drink from him as well.

Feeling Ava's warm mouth at his vein made him forget all about their little lesson they were having. All he could do was focus on getting his
dick deep inside her while she was still kissing the sting of her bite away. He lifted her slightly and quickly unzipped his jeans and freed his achingly hard dick and brought her slick heat right back down around him. Ava tried to pull away as she slid down onto him, but he stopped her.

    "No baby, do that again. I want to feel you sucking on me as I fuck your tight little pussy."

Ava thought the request was kinda weird, but whatever. She liked having her neck kissed too so she did as she was told as she felt him lift up into her. She pushed herself back down and began to ride him rocking into him so her clit made contact with every stroke. She had always loved being on top because that was the only way she could ever cum with her other lovers. After being with Rafe she realized that was because they weren't as focused on her pleasure as they were on their own. She guessed they always figured she would make sure she got off during sex on her own. She felt Rafe growl and grab both cheeks of her butt and move her on him, grinding her harder against his pelvic bone as he pushed up into her.

    "You are not allowed to go anywhere else but here while I'm inside you beautiful."

Ava pushed up and looked at him, wrinkling her brows.

    "You slowed down and stopp
ed kissing my neck so you were obviously not thinking about what we are doing. That tells me this isn't keeping your interest so you obviously don't think it feels all that good." Rafe said arching a brow at her as he continued to move her back and forth on him.

    "No! Oh no, I'm so sorry I do like this a lot. I was actually thinking you
’re the first guy that I haven't had to be on top to be able to cum." She cupped his face and smiled at him. "I was marveling at the fact that you actually care about my pleasure just as much as yours instead of me having to take care of it myself. No other guy cared that much, it's amazing."

Rafe picked her up and flipped her to her back never breaking their connection. He settled himself down on top of her pulling out til
l just the tip remained then slowly sliding back in.

    "First of all don't ever tell me that you've been with anyone else. I'm an arrogant bastard and choose to believe I am the first, therefore am of course the best. Kay?"

He kissed Ava's nose then her cheek, then nipped her ear.

Laughing Ava answered. "Okay got it. You are the first and absolutely are the best for that very reason."

    "Very good." He said kissing her jaw. "I am the best for many reasons, but I digress. Second and this goes for any man not that they matter to you anymore. I sure as hell don't want to hear about any other man doing anything to you, nor do I want you thinking about any other man doing anything to you while I am in the process of fucking you in any way. That involves comparing that I am of course way better at everything than any other man. Again not that you have anyone else as a comparison."

While Rafe had been talking to Ava, he had slipped his hand between their bodies and started stroking her clit. He had always prided
himself as being a fast learner, especially when it came to knowing exactly what the woman he was with needed. He knew his mate needed to have her clit stroked to get off. He would be able to teach her other ways eventually, but for now to ensure she climaxed for him he would give her exactly what she needed.

He could feel just how close she really was. She had tightened around his dick so much that he practically had to force his way back inside her. She also had tilted her hips up into him giving herself
more contact to her clit and rocking her hips into his hand helping him give her just the right amount of pressure. He dropped his head placing his mouth right at her ear.

    "Cum for me Ava." Was
all he needed to say and she exploded all over him calling his name as she did. He let her ride his dick and grind against his hand as she came down from her climax. Kissing her temple, he said. "That's my beautiful."

Pulling out of her, he shed his pants
and grabbed her phone. Ava looked up at him with a very confused expression on her face. He picked her up and carried her to his bed.

    "Oh no baby I'm not through with you at all, but first you
’re going to call Marie and tell her you won't be home tonight after all."

Ava started to argue as he laid her back down in bed. He placed his finger over her lips.

    "For once don't argue with me. Do you really want to leave now?"

Ava shook her head. "No, not now. But
...”

    "No but. It's already close to one and we're not even close to being done with each other. So it would be logical that you didn't have to waste precious sleeping time having to get lost driving back home at. What? Five or six in the morning?"

Ava stuck her tongue out at him. "Fine give me my phone."

    "That's my girl."

                                  CHAPTER 33

      Rachel had watched Rafe's pathetic mate drive around in circles for almost an hour. What the hell did he see in that girl anyway? Mu
st be that she was just a pathetic human and therefore easy to control... And use of course. He was still male after all and they all thought with the smaller of their two heads more than the larger. Depending on the male in question meant which of the two was the smarter one.

Rafe had been having her followed every time she went out. Tonight the wolves were the unlucky guard dogs. There was no way Rachel would be able to get the girl while Rafe was being so diligent about having her watched. She would have
to sit and wait until he became complacent again. No matter she'd waited this long for justice, she could wait a little longer.

                                  CHAPTER 34

      Ava was walking out of her salon after another long Saturday. She was tired as hell, but it didn't matter. She was heading home to shower and change real quick and then head over to Lair. She'd been there with Rafe practically every night. He'd call her several times a day bugging her to come back. She would always act like she had to think about it. Truth was she couldn't wait to get back to him either. She couldn't even say she was quickly falling for the guy, she'd already fallen hard and that scared the shit out of her. But she couldn't not see him anymore.

Rafe was unlike an
yone she'd ever met. He was charming and playful, but then he would turn into this passionate man that made her feel things she never thought she could. When he was in Dom mode, he was demanding and arrogant. Yet he was always so focused on how Ava felt. He'd done things to her she had only dreamed of. Things that even now made her blood boil and her skin catch fire. Ava never knew what side of him she would see when she first arrived every night, but she was always satisfied. Ava was so wrapped up in her head; she didn't notice the woman coming up to her till she was right next to her.

    "Oh! I'm sorry, you startled me." She said turning to face the very petite woman.

    "I didn't mean to scare you." The woman replied.

Ava didn't like the vibe she was ge
tting from the woman. She looked around to see if there was anyone else in the parking lot with them. She didn't see anyone and that put her more on edge.

    "Can I help you with something?" Ava asked hoping to get away from the woman quickly.

    "Actually there is." The woman said right before she stuck Ava in the arm with something. Ava backed into her car and looked down at her arm. There was a syringe sticking in it.

    "What the hell!" She said pulling it out, but it was too late the drug was alread
y in her system and she was starting to feel woozy... The last thing she saw was the woman's smiling face as she collapsed.

Rachel watched Rafe's mate sink to the ground. She bent over and picked her up, throwing her in the back seat of her own car. Rachel jumped into the driver's seat and headed out to the warehouse where she'd gotten everything ready to finally serve justice.

Rafe was getting ready for his Ava to come over tonight. Everything had been going wonderfully. Ava was everything and more to him now. He was optimistic that he would be able to tell her the truth about who he was and what she was to him very soon. He'd planned a great night for them and had convinced her to stay the next few days. He planned to make the next few nights the best she'd had and make her never want to leave. Hopefully they could both get some much needed sleep during the day as well.

So far,
they hadn't seen any more evidence of the vampire that had been following them. He'd gone ahead and called everyone off watching her. Now he wasn't so sure the vamp had wanted to harm Ava after all. If she had then she aborted her plans when Carl was killed. He figured Carl was the one who had wanted to harm Ava after the incident at the Meat Locker. He had just gotten out of the shower when his phone started ringing. Looking at the caller id, he smiled accepting the call.

    "Don't tell me your lost agai
n beautiful." He said as soon as it went through.

    "Oh I'm not lost at all Rafael, but I'm afraid your mate is though."

Rafe froze. He knew that voice, but he couldn't place it.

    "Who are you and where is Ava?" He asked holding the phone tightly.

The voice on the other end laughed. "Why Rafe you hurt my feelings. Your mate is alive for now. If you want to keep her that way, you'll come to the old warehouse at third and broad."

    "Let me talk to Ava. I don't believe you."

    "Ava is tied up at the moment and can't come to the phone. Come alone and she might live."

The call disconnected and Rafe threw the phone across the room. "Fuck!" He quickly dressed and headed down stairs to get to Ava.
Dammit she must be scared shitless. He never should have let down his guard. His little Ava who wouldn't hurt a thing was with some crazy vamp that had a death wish. He was going to kill that bitch slowly for putting his mate through this. On his was out he ran into Michael.

    "Hey man why you in such a hurry? I
thought Ava was on her way." Michael said to him.

    "Don't have time. Ava's had car trouble and needs me to come help her. Later Michael."

Rafe rushed past Michael and headed out the door to the parking garage. Michael looked after him a moment. Something wasn't right. Rafe was in a hurry yes, but there was something off about the way he was acting. It seemed like there was more than just car trouble. After everything that had been going down, he decided to follow Rafe just to be on the safe side. He called Marcus on his way out and gave him a heads up. Marcus would get a hold of the others if they were needed.

Ava's head was pounding. She tried to move her arms to rub her aching head and found she couldn't. Well that wasn't good. She tried to move her leg
s as well and found those wouldn't work too. Okaaay something was seriously wrong here. She heard something moving around close to her. She didn't know if she should let whatever it was know she was awake or not. She felt it come closer to her.

    "I know
your awake little mate."

Well that answered her question and not with an answer she liked. Oh God! It was the woman from the parking lot. Everything came back to her. She had been on her way home to get ready to see Rafe when the woman came out of nowhere
and doped her up with something. She must have taken her somewhere and tied her up. But why? She had absolutely no clue whom the woman was. She was able to lift her head a little so she could look at the bitch that'd kidnapped her.

    "Who the hell are y
ou, and what do you want with me?" Ava asked with more bravado than she felt. The woman just laughed.

    "So ornery for being tied up and helpless little girl."

    "Hate to tell you this but you’re the little girl, not me." Ava said. The woman had to be only like five foot nothing. She had stunning features though. The more Ava looked at the woman the more she thought she looked vaguely familiar. The woman slapped Ava across the face.

    "I suggest you not be a smart ass bitch. I can either make your dea
th painful and slow, or quick and painful. Either way you’ll die in pain, so enjoy your last moments while you can."

    "I don't even know you, why do you want to kill me?" Ava asked. Now she was even more scared. Rafe would get worried that she hadn't sh
own up eventually, but he would try to call her first. Ava didn't know where she was so how the hell was anyone else supposed to find her. This night was starting to suck really freaking bad dammit.

    "You really are stupid aren't
you?" The woman asked. "I could care less about you; your mate is who I want to make suffer."

Ava shook her head and found that wasn't her brightest idea, it made her head hurt worse. "Ow!" Now she was really confused. Mate? She had absolutely no clue as to what this chick was t
alking about.

    "You have the wrong person lady. What the hell are you talking about mate anyway? I don't even have a boyfriend. And by the way, who the hell says mate?" Man and Rafe thought she was weird for saying jerk wad; this chick was weirder for saying mate. W
hat were they in Africa and turned into apes or something?

Rachel looked at Rafe's mate and started laughing.

    "You really don't know do you? Oh, this is priceless. Well, let me enlighten you human. You are Rafe's mate. Rafe is a vampire and can only have one mate. Once I kill you and frame him for the murder, he'll not only lose his soul, but he'll be executed for his crimes."

Ava's jaw dropped. "What loony bin did you break out of lady?" Ava asked.

This was not happening this couldn't be happening. She was really getting sick and tired of crazy shit happening to her lately. Wasn't there a quota that when you reached it, you were exempt from any more crazy shit happening to you? She totally had to have reached it like two weeks ago. Seriously? Now she'd been kidnapped by a psychotic midget who wanted to kill her because she thought Rafe was a vampire and Ava was he mate? This had to be a really fucked up joke. Not even in her wildest dreams could she have thought one this up.

    "You really need to either stop taking whatever drugs you
’re on, or you need to get back on your non crazy meds cause you’re delusional." Ava said to her. That earned her another slap to her face. Ava growled. "I swear if you don't stop that shit I will so come back and haunt your ass after you kill me you crazy bitch."

The woman looked over her shoulder at the door. She looked back at Ava and smiled.

    "Your mate is here human. We'll let him tell you the truth before I kill you." The woman then taped Ava's mouth shut and disappeared behind her somewhere.