I'd never spent the whole night in bed with someone before - Frederic had made me come to him, or he'd come to me, but he'd never spent the night nor allowed me to stay in his room. That would have implied an intimacy he would never have permitted. When I woke Monday morning with Jack's warm body pressed against my back, I thought at first I was still asleep and dreaming. His arm was anchored around my waist, holding me tight to his chest, and I could feel little prickles on my back and thighs from his chest and leg hair. That, I think, was the detail that finally convinced me I wasn't dreaming. Then I heard a sound like a grumpy bear and had to stifle a giggle. My werewolf lover snored.Well, it was nice to know he had some flaws. Once I got used to them, his snores were kind of endearing. I fluffed my pillow, wiggled my butt into a more comfortable position against his groin and went back to sleep.The next time I woke, it was to find myself flat on my back with Jack above me, rain

"I can't believe you had all your windows UV treated in less than a week." Jack had sprung that surprise on me when I'd argued that I couldn't stay the next day for his family dinner. So here I was in his kitchen, watching him cook and waiting anxiously for his relatives to arrive. He'd poured me a glass of wine to ease my nerves, but I sat on a barstool at his kitchen counter like a cat perched on a precarious limb."My cousin Kevin runs a construction firm. March is a pretty slow month so he was able to get it done right away." He finished chopping an onion and tossed it into the stockpot simmering on the stove. "You want to tear up that bag of lettuce for the salad?"Okay, that was within my limited culinary skills. "What are you making?""Chicken paprikash. Good Eastern European food - kinda goes with the name Marczeski. My parents and grandparents are originally from Hungary and Poland. But other people will bring all kinds of food, so there'll be something for everyone."He'd

"Come on, there's got to be something you still want to try." Jack's voice was warm on my ear. "How about making love on the beach?""In Illinois, in March? Are you insane?" It was so easy to laugh and tease with Jack.He shrugged. "So we could go somewhere. Ever been to Hawaii? Or how about Greece - see the land of your ancestors?""Beach vacations for a vampire. Now there's a waste of money. I'd have to hide inside all day long.""So we rent a cabana. Spend all night out walking on the beach when no one else is around, spend all day in bed. I don't see a problem with that." Jack's straightforward take on life never failed to amaze me, but it also always made sense."Nothing more aggravating than a man who's always right," I warned him, flicking his hand with two of my fingers. Seize the day, Ari. "If you want to, we could go away for a few days. I haven't been back to the ocean in years." My brain was already thinking about how much sunscreen I'd need just for the flights - and

"May I taste?" I wasn't sure if Colin was asking me or Jack, but Jack nodded.He'd eased my nipple out of his mouth and shifted up on the bed to sit behind me. Holding me back against his chest, Jack covered both of my breasts, still wet and stinging from their lips and teeth. Since I was now sitting up a little, I was able to watch as Colin settled between my legs. I could also see Jack's tanned hands on my ivory skin and feel his cock pressed against my spine as Colin began to lick my pussy, dragging his tongue along my slit in slow, savoring strokes."Watch him, Ari," Jack whispered in my ear. "Look how hot you make him, how hungry. He couldn't wait to taste your cream, just like he can't wait to feel your mouth on his cock, or better yet, your sweet little pussy gripping him tight. And I'm going to be inside you as well, loving you, pleasing you, making you scream because you are the sexiest damn woman I've ever known.""Hell yes." Colin paused in his ministrations just long eno

Part 2: Dani's DemonsForever is a really long time to be bored out of your skull.To be immortal and faced with nothing to do isn't a good combination. It's not mentally healthy for the immortal, and it's not physically healthy for the humans around us.My two best friends had both deserted me - Jess was away in New York on business, and Ariana was totally caught up with her new werewolf lover. On top of that, the bookstore I occasionally worked at just for something to do was closed for renovations. So here I was, a vampire with absolutely no idea what to do next. You could say I was trouble waiting to happen.Ennui we'd called it when I'd been human. As a nun, I'd been cautioned against it as a sin. A few years later, as a courtesan in the circle of the sun king himself, we'd cultivated it as a mark of our own superiority. But we hadn't had the least idea then what boredom really meant. After well over three hundred years, I think I'd finally figured it out.Which explained w