I felt his cock pushing roughly against me, and the succubus cried out Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! And then he entered me with an animal cry. It was rough and uninhibited, and though there was pain, the succubus responded to it with an enthusiastic cry."Baby!" I yelled. The werewolf gripped my hair roughly as he pumped frantically into me. His own cries of passion told me how much he enjoyed fucking us. Suddenly he sank his teeth into my shoulder, but why didn't it hurt?It felt so good that I nearly came again! He held on, teeth clamped into the flesh of my shoulder as he fucked me wildly from behind. My cries of pleasure mingled with that of the succubus. There were two distinct sounds—we were two but also the same. My nails dug into the earth beneath me as the werewolf plunged in and out of me while holding me in place with one firm arm and giving me his mating bite—at long last. I tried to speak, to say how beautiful it was and how good it felt, but words could not come, only a need

It was Saturday when I prepared for the territory meetings held at my old home … now owned by Monica. My minion hated having territory meetings on the weekends. I made sure we had meetings on Saturdays so they would have to determine which was more important—having a nice Saturday, or bombarding me with useless complaints.Paul and I had just made love and he was still naked and wet from his shower as he sidled up behind me and kissed my shoulders and neck. "You're tense baby. Relax. Monica barely says anything at the meetings."I nodded. "I know.""She knows you have her number so she stopped with all the shocking shit."I grimaced. Yes, there was a time when she enjoyed flaunting her donors around us, their mesmerized eyes like cows being led to the slaughter, blood still spilled upon their clothing as evidence of her recent feedings. It repulsed her sisters and distressed me until finally I chastised her and threatened to punish her if I saw it happen again. By that time, I had

Monica stood, and her chair hit the floor. Her face grew fierce. "I said I am innocent, and you will not threaten my sire!"Keada picked up the sword that lay across the table. She would use it to behead Monica—I'd seen her do it to other rogues."I will make this quick, my beauty." Then Keada leaped across the table swinging her sword with almost impossible speed.I tried to scream "Wait!" but before the words could leave my mouth, Monica flung something at Keada. It glinted through the air and hit her in the face. A flash of light and the sound of sparks filled the air, and Keada faltered and landed on the floor at Monica's feet, the sword skidding harmlessly across the floor. Keada screeched and came to her feet, hands shielding her face. And then I saw what had struck her—Monica's crucifix.There was a hiss as the other Council members reacted to the sight of the religious relic as well as to the smoking, screeching vampire who was darting blindly around the room.Frank jump

"Down, Mommy. Down!" Julie strained to be put down so she could scoot along the floor and undoubtedly discover something new to put into her mouth. At ten months old she had grown adept at getting around by scooting along on her butt, and in that way she seemed to be able to move a mile a minute. Why crawl when you can get around hands free?"Hold on, baby." I carried her into the family room, which we had cordoned off with baby gates. She kicked her chubby legs clad in tiny bib overalls and strained and stretched her body until it took some juggling to keep hold of her as I guided her safely to the floor.She babbled gleefully and scooted to her loudest toy, a set of chimes that were supposed to be hit with a harmless wooden mallet. But the mallet had long ago disappeared so now Julie just slammed it on the floor until it made a melodic racket. She often pulled herself up onto shaky legs to stand along the cocktail table so she could slam the toy against the hard surface, thus ensur

It pained me that the loss of our Julie still stunted him. Once upon a time Ran had intended to end his existence, but sensing his thoughts I kept him grounded by making him Julie's protector. Of course, I always needed as much help as I could get. Maybe it was selfish of me to want him to remain in existence, but the idea of losing yet another friend was not an option.Ran's brow furrowed. "It's strange, Kim. Something is going on. Changes being made, alliances forming, and all on the Elder level." The entire vampire nation was aware that things had made a shift, but even utilizing our many contacts, no one was able to determine what or why.What was certain was that every vampire Council in the Nation was now required to keep a strict reign over his or her territory and to monitor the behavior of both the living and the undead. Before, we kept our ear to the grindstone when it came to humans but did not interfere in their affairs. Now we had to answer for any and everything that co