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“Can I help you guys?” Nick asked his two employees, neither of whom had seen

fit to make themselves scarce.

“Sorry, boss. We just saw you get in that guy’s face and thought something might

be wrong,” Jimmy said.

“If you see him here again, call the cops.” It was doubtful the cops could do much

to stop an Immortal, but most nonhumans didn’t want to attract any unnecessary

attention if they could help it. It was simply the nature of things. And it was all Nick

could hope for under the circumstances.

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Carly peered through the peephole of her front door and frowned. She’d managed

to leave work without talking to Nick. She took a step back from the door, as if

somehow he had x-ray vision. For a moment she tried to decide if she should answer.

Maybe she could pretend she wasn’t home.

He knocked again. “Come on, Carly. I know you’re in there. I can smell you.”

“Smell me?” she muttered. Grasping the door handle with one hand, she twisted

the lock and jerked the door open. “What the hell do you mean you can smell me?”

To her surprise, he was smiling. Well, his version of a smile anyway. “I knew it

would rile you up enough to answer the door. Your car is outside, that’s how I knew

you were here.”

Most of her anger dissipated as she stared at him. He stood in front of her with his

hands in his pockets and he didn’t make a move to enter her apartment.

“Well?” she asked.

He cleared his throat. “Can I come in?”

“Fine, but only because it’s humid out,” she snapped.

She stepped back and let him pass, then wanted to bite back her smartass words.

Fighting with him left a strange sick sensation in the center of her gut. She might be

annoyed with him, but he’d seemed genuinely alarmed when that guy from the party

had shown up at work. It freaked her out a little too, but he shouldn’t have yelled at

her. “Do you want something to eat?” she asked as she slid the lock back into place.

He took a few more steps into the foyer. “Sure.”

“Well, my grandma brought over a shepherd’s pie earlier. How does that sound?”

“I really don’t care, Carly.” He stopped and turned to face her. Before she realized

what he was doing, his big hands had settled on her hips. “I’m sorry about earlier. I

shouldn’t have yelled at you this morning.”

“No, you shouldn’t have.”

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There was an extended moment of silence. Finally he spoke. “Are we okay?”

“Yeah… Does everyone at work know we’re sleeping together?” She’d hidden out

in her office most of the day and had only come out to have lunch with Alex. And Alex

hadn’t breathed a word about anything.

Nick nodded and a dark lock of hair fell across his forehead. “Probably.”

She bit back a grin. “At least you’re honest.”

He tugged her a little closer so that their bodies were touching. And there was no

mistaking what he wanted. His cock pressed against her lower abdomen with

insistency.

“Do you think I should let you off the hook so easily?” she murmured.

“Probably not.” With one hand he threaded his fingers through the curtain of her

hair and cupped the back of her head in a possessive grip.

After the cold shoulder he’d received all day, Nick had taken a chance coming over

to Carly’s place. With an Immortal after her, he hadn’t had much of a choice. Even

though he’d wanted to wait, Nick was telling Carly what he was tonight. But first, he

was going to make her come. A lot.

If he could get her in the right frame of mind, maybe she’d be more willing to listen

to what he had to say.

Her blue eyes brightened with undeniable need as he bent his head to her neck. His

little redheaded vixen tasted sweet and salty. He traced his tongue across her soft neck

and his cock jumped. He wanted in sexy Carly right now, but that wasn’t going to

happen. Considering everything he needed to tell her, she was going to get a lot of

foreplay.

As he raked his teeth and tongue over her delicate skin, he could feel her moan

reverberate through her throat. For a second, he managed to tear his mouth away from

her. “Upstairs?” he whispered against her ear.

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In response, she clutched his shoulders and wrapped her legs around his waist.

Now his cock was really raring to go. Even with clothes in the way, it was like a heat-

seeking rocket on a mission.

As he bounded up the stairs, Carly ground her hips against his, making it

increasingly more difficult to focus on giving her foreplay. Once they reached the foot

of the bed, he stopped and she unwound her legs from his waist.

Nick took a step back. “Strip.” He was barely able to gasp the word out.

A seductive grin played across Carly’s mouth as she reached behind her. She’d

changed out of the restrictive skirt she’d worn to work. Now she wore a simple

sleeveless summer dress the color of her eyes.

He heard the zipper unfasten seconds before the wispy material pooled at her feet.

All mine.
The two words echoed around in his head as he stared at her. Sometimes it

was damn near impossible to breathe when he was in the same room with her.

She placed a manicured hand on her curvy hip. “Now what?”

“Lose those too,” he murmured, motioning to her black panties.

She hooked her fingers under the thin straps and wiggled her hips as she shimmied

them off.

The scent of her desire hit him like a Florida heat wave. It was thick and sensuous

and he couldn’t wait to taste her. “On your back.”

Grinning, she shoved the comforter out of the way and spread out for him on the

sheets. Gorgeous red hair pillowed around her, giving her an almost angelic quality.

Nothing about her actions or the heat coursing through him was innocent though.

Carly propped up on her elbows and looked at him with an almost glazed

expression. Her eyes glittered. “I want you to fuck me, Nick.”

His throat seized up for a moment. Tonight was supposed to be soft and gentle and

full of foreplay.

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“Now.” The throaty way she spoke almost sounded like an order. When she spread

her legs apart even further, his cock pushed harder against his jeans.

That sweet raspberry scent of hers enveloped him like a drug. In seconds he’d

stripped off his clothes and left a condom lying on the bed next to them. By this point,

the foreplay he’d planned was a distant dream, but as long as he didn’t put the condom

on, he’d be able to hold off a little longer.

Nick grabbed her ankles before slowly running his hands up her inner legs. Her

skin was smooth to the touch. Underneath his fingers, her body trembled and hummed

with energy.

He didn’t know if it was because they were mates or if her desire was so potent, but

her scent was almost overwhelming. Unable to take the torture anymore he leaned

forward and licked the length of her pussy.

Her hips jumped as he stroked her. His body was screaming at him to claim her. To

pound into her and take everything she could give him. He lifted his head for a moment

and met Carly’s gaze. “Tell me what you want.”

“You.” Her chest rose and fell rapidly.

“Say the words,” he growled.

She pushed up from the bed and grabbed his shoulders with unsteady hands. “I

want you to fuck me.” The statement was low, almost a whisper, but that was good

enough for him.

As Nick covered her body with his, Carly’s pussy clenched with need. His tongue

or his fingers just weren’t going to cut it. For some reason her skin was supersensitized.

Everywhere he touched her or even looked at her burned.

He settled between her legs, but didn’t penetrate her. Instead, he began rubbing his

cock over her pulsing clit. The quick movements sent shivers to all her nerve endings,

but only increased the ache deep in her womb.

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Nick zeroed in on the column of her neck and feathered demanding kisses across

her skin before sucking an earlobe into his mouth.

Her breasts swelled under his kisses. She shuddered and wrapped one leg around

his back. Why was he so intent on foreplay? After the day she’d had, she wanted sex

that was hard and fast.

She ran her hands over the bunched, tight muscles of his chest and reached around

to his backside. Digging her fingers into his ass, she squeezed. Her pussy spasmed with

the need to feel his cock in her. “I want you inside me, now.”

“Not yet,” he murmured against her ear as if this was all a game.

Nick reached between them and placed a calming hand over her belly before

dipping his head to her breasts.

Using his tongue on one, he scraped his teeth over her soft flesh, circling her areola,

but never directly touching her nipple. In the same moment, he cupped the other breast

and leisurely ran his thumb over her hardened nub.

The erotic sensations were almost too much to bear. She shifted and reached

between them. Grabbing his thick shaft, she squeezed. “Get on your back.”

Nick lifted his head, confusion evident in his pale eyes. “What?”

“You heard me,” she whispered, suddenly feeling a little unsure of herself. Maybe

if her voice was more forceful he’d take her seriously.

She’d never been one to take the reins in the bedroom and Nick was the most

dominant man she’d ever been with. The thought of being in control turned her on

more than she could have imagined. Cream flooded her pussy at the thought of having

Nick at her mercy.

It was almost imperceptible, but his jaw twitched before he nodded and did as she

instructed. She inwardly grinned. This had to be killing him, giving up control for even

a little while.

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She kneeled in between his open legs and ran her hands over his muscular thighs,

savoring the feel of the corded, rippling tendons. His cock moved of its own accord,

before she’d even touched it.

Unable to stop herself from grinning, she fisted his cock at the base and stroked

him. Instantly a bead of pre-cum formed at the tip of his penis. The small pearl

glistened in the dim light.

Without wasting any more time, she bent down and ran her tongue along the

underside of his shaft, starting at the base and licking all the way to the tip. He let out a

low groan and grabbed onto the headboard above him.

A few more beads of fluid came out of his small slit. Using her tongue, she ran it

around the head, encircling the engorged mushroom cap. Every moan and slight noise

he made, gave her more encouragement.

She hadn’t given head very often and when she had, it hadn’t been very enjoyable.

Not so now. Obviously Nick liked what she was doing and that alone ensured she

found pleasure in it.

Keeping his shaft firmly in her hands, she shifted lower against the sheets and

briefly teased his heavy sac with the tip of her tongue. Once she’d tasted every inch of

his cock, she hovered over the crown before sucking him in fully. It was impossible for

her to take him all the way in her mouth, but she used her hands to stroke him as she

sucked and licked.

“Fuck yeah,” Nick rasped. “Just like that, sweetheart.”

Nick’s large body trembled underneath hers and her pussy dampened. Twisting

her body slightly to the left, she continued her oral assault but positioned herself so one

of her breasts rubbed against his thigh. The sensation was purely erotic.

“Keep going.” His commanding voice rumbled around her.

She increased her momentum, sucking him harder with each stroke. When he

threaded his fingers through her hair, she knew he was close. Could feel it in the

stiffness of his body.

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Her lungs burned, but she kept going. She could barely hear her own sucking

sounds above his harsh moans.

“I’m about to come.”

The way he barely rasped out the words and loosened his grip on her head told her

that he was telling her for her benefit. The message was clear, if she didn’t want to

swallow, now was the time to move.

She’d never swallowed before but she’d also never been with a man like Nick.

Tasting him suddenly seemed like the most important thing. As she feasted on his cock,

she slackened her mouth and ever so slightly scraped her teeth against his shaft. She

didn’t know why, but she knew he’d enjoy it.

Just like that, his body stiffened and he exploded. Hot cum jetted against the back of

her throat. As she tasted his saltiness, she continued pumping him with her fist until

she’d sucked him dry.

When she raised her head and met his gaze, his eyes were glazed over in pure bliss.

“That was fucking amazing,” his words were almost slurred as his head fell back

against one of the pillows.

Pushing up, she shimmied up his body and straddled his waist. “I hope you’re not

too tired because—”

Nick cut her off as he grabbed her hips and pushed her off him. All the lines of his

muscular body were tense. “Do you smell that?”

She sniffed once. “Smell what?”

Nick pushed off the bed. “Smoke and fire. It smells like—”

Carly followed suit as the overwhelming scent hit her. “I smell it too. I think it’s