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Storm stood up and looked at him.The glow from the fire danced in her eyes.When she licked her lips, he watched, mesmerized by the pink tip moistening her lush lips.“Storm…”
Before he could claim her mouth, he felt himself being tossed across the room, Storm landing across his body, protecting him from falling debris.Her hand clamped tightly across his mouth when he started to speak.
“Grail.”She said in a way of explanation.Moving quickly, she stood and pulled him close to her.
“I know you’re in there, Storm, my dear.Come out and play with me, and bring our tasty friend along with you.We’ll char him up and laugh over the silliness of all this fighting.I can offer you so much more than he could ever.”
Alex pressed back against the far wall, flipped Storm around so that her back was now where his had been, and he moved hard to her body.
“As a human, is he mortal?Will he die like a regular man?”Alex moved the thoughts through her mind.The words were fast and hard, urgent even.
“No.Yes.It needs to be silver through his heart, though.But his dragon would protect him by wrapping itself around Grail and taking him away.Grail would sense your movement, and as quick as you are, Grail is much faster.You can’t…you can’t think to beat him, do you?He’ll take you, kill you.”
“Do you care, Storm?Would you mourn me if he kills me?”Now his voice was a caress, a stroke along her heart and mind.
Without hesitation, without speaking in his mind, she answered.“Yes.Yes, I would.”
“You are mine, understand?”He warned her.At her nod, he kissed her quickly and pulled his gun from his ankle holster.Winking at her, he took her hand and moved to the front of what had once been a small house.
“Please, Alex, please don’t do this.He’ll kill you.”She whispered in his mind again.
“He’ll try.”When he started to step away, she pulled him back into the semi-darkness.“What?”
“You need to feed from me.I’ll strengthen you, protect you.Feed from me and my dragon will know you, and it’ll keep you safe, keep us both safe.”
Alex looked at her and smiled.He felt his fangs drop into place to feed.The need to sip from her nearly staggered him off his feet.
He wanted to savor her, make her his, and knew from her sister that dragon blood, especially Storm’s blood, was poison to those who did not ask and were not given permission before drinking.But for those who had been allowed that rare sip, the benefits were amazing.Alex leaned into her throat, nuzzling her skin, tasting her with his mouth and tongue.Licking the area just over the pulse pounding in her neck, he pulled back slightly and stuck his bite deep and quick.Her moan ran along his skin like a caress.
At the first taste of her essence, he immediately felt the power surge into him.The more he drew from her, the stronger he felt his body getting.Alex was an older vampire, so his strength was not paltry, but with her surging through his veins, he felt extraordinary.
Pulling back reluctantly, he sealed the tiny wounds with a flick of his tongue.Moving his mouth along her jaw, he reached her mouth and sealed his over her heat.
“I know that you’re in there, Storm.I demand that you come out now and face me.I have plans for us, plans that do not include that vampire mate of yours.Children of our union will bring me more money than I ever imagined.”
Alex backed away from her slightly and saw the lust in her eyes.“If you stay right here, I’ll take care of him, and we can get back to where we were before he interrupted us.”
“I need to keep you safe.I need to stand at your side.”He smiled at her possessive tone.
Moving and taking her hand once again, he hid his gun behind him as they walked forward.
“Ah, the future Queen and her stud.You know, I think I’m going to enjoy killing him.Oh yeah, this is going to be…”
He never finished.As he dropped to the ground, Grail stared at the smoking gun in Alex’s hand.
Alex and Storm watched as Grail began to shift into several forms quickly before he simply melted into the ground; his blue blood stained the ground beneath him.
There was a lot to be said for the element of surprise.
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“Sammy, there’s a phone call for you.It’s your sister.”She didn’t go into panic mode like she normally did when there was a call for her, but made her way to the community phone, just taking her time.“She said to remind you that it’s her birthday and that you should be wanting to do something nice for her.”
“Nice?I don’t suppose she gave you a price range as to what this nice gift is going to cost me, did she?”The cook told her no, she’d not, but like always, it was going to cost a great deal.“You got that right.I’ll tell you what it is if you want to formulate a price range while I’m talking to her.”
“You gonna tell her no, aren’t you?”She just stared at him.“Yeah, I hope so.She sounds really excited, so I’m going to assume that it’s a really nice gift you got for her.”
“She works, so I don’t understand why…it doesn’t matter.I’m not going to pay for anything that she’s gotten for herself from me.”She picked up the phone and had to wait while her sister talked to someone else.Wanting to hang up, she knew that she’d only call back, and she’d not be happy with her.Suddenly, she was talking to her.
