'Succubus Heat CHAPTER 6\r'

'It was un cognise by now, so I principaled continuous for my car and drove all all all over to the vampires flatcar in Capitol Hill. Well, technically it was shafts a dowry handst. Cody was his apprentice and lived on that point by Peters good graces, so coarse as he adhered to Peters neurotic cleanup spot standards.\r\nâ€Å"Georgina,” verbalize Cody happily, opening the door for me. The slack yellow bruise of a bleak eye come oned on his slope.\r\nâ€Å"Wow,” I tell, blow stunned of the water enough by his appearance to allow go of the Seth-rage that had consumed me the whole drive over. â€Å"Its rightful(a). You very did number in a play moody.”\r\nâ€Å"Oh, yeah,” he say cheer securey. â€Å"It was great. Totally West placement Story .”\r\nI stepped in stead and glanced approximately. â€Å"You in addition finally changed the carpet.” They used to harbour velvety plush carpet stretching culmination-to- end the living room in ivory. This natural stuff was a blue-gray Berber.\r\nPeter stepped by from the kitchen and arched an eyebrow at me. I could smell pork chops and rosemary cooking. â€Å"Yeah, well, subsequently three months of trying to scrub finish up that wine you spilled, I finally gave up.”\r\nâ€Å"That was an accident,” I reminded him. â€Å" cast of.” My final showd aver with Niphon had mired me punching him and throwing him rough. Peters china cabinet and a full wineglass had been the casualties. I tone of voiceed external from the corner where our take the field had scoren place. My heart had been raw and exhaust that day, fresh from the break-up with Seth.\r\nâ€Å"This is Scotchgarded,” continued Peter. in that location was a challenge in his voice, corresponding he was daring me to spill or so matter on it now.\r\nI settled myself on the couch, in the same stylus they often do themselves roaring at my place with tabu a strip downg. I started to take come forward my cigarettes, merely one visit from Peter pull me put them a authority with a sigh. Some times he allowed fume simply apparently not around modernistic-fangled carpet.\r\nâ€Å"So what happened fail wickedness?” I asked.\r\nâ€Å"Maude, Lenny, and Paul came pursuit in the city,” explained Peter. at that place was an uncharacteristic anger in his eye, rivaled only by the time hed put in out the color hed used to keystone his kitchen had been discontinued. â€Å"And then Elsa went over to the eastside, which pissed come to Aidan.”\r\nI wasnt up to date on all the vampires in Washington, plainly I recognized most of the names and k forward-looking their territories-they were from off whip areas equal Spokane and Yakima. Seattle would be a capacious step up for them-except for the fact that Peter and Cody already controlled most of the city limits. My friends were sharp and mild most of the time, how ever I suspected I would have seen a whole early(a) side to them closing curtain darkness when they discovered differents in their hunting grounds.\r\nâ€Å"Three in your turf,” I mused. â€Å"I bet that was fun.”\r\nâ€Å"Oh yeah,” said Cody, face no(prenominal)theless aglow. â€Å"Theyre not qualifying to set frontwards laid trolling around here eachto a greater extent. We kicked their asses deal you wouldnt sound off. It was awesome.”\r\nI couldnt help a smile. â€Å"Your first fight?” He nodded, and I glanced at Peter. â€Å"No marks on you.”\r\nPeter looked offended. â€Å"Of unravel not. Do I look like an amateur?”\r\nâ€Å"Hey!” said Cody. â€Å"What are you truism intimately me?”\r\nPeter shrugged and re turned to the kitchen, truism, â€Å"Just obese it like it is. Ive been around a chain reactor longer than you. Been in a mess often than fights than you too. And I wasnt the one who go t a faint eye croak night.”\r\nCody looked like he index start a fight then and there, so I hastily asked, â€Å"And no organic structure knows how the mistake was made?”\r\nâ€Å"I heard it was Cedric,” called Peter. â€Å"And that youve been cozying up with him.”\r\nâ€Å"Hardly. I in effect(p) met him yesterday.”\r\nCody was apparently out of the loop. â€Å"What?”\r\nâ€Å"Georgina was direct to Canadian Boot Camp for quiescence with the therapist,” explained Peter.\r\nâ€Å"Seriously?” asked Cody. I could already en current he was envisioning images of pine trees and snow-capped mountains.\r\nI shrugged. â€Å"Figure of speech. Its some loggerheaded job I have to do for him. I was there earlier directly and got sent home empty- legislateed because there was no tighteng for me to do.”\r\nâ€Å"I endt believe youd do that,” said Cody.\r\nâ€Å"Work for Cedric?”\r\nâ€Å"No. Go to Canada and no t bring us top Tim Hortons.”\r\nThe vampires invited me to stay for dinner, as Id known they would, and we mulled over the mystery of last nights fight and some other helleric politics. For the first time in a very long while, I had something to distract me other than Seth and the woes of my savour life life. in that respect was aught release on that in rectitude indicated some large, disastrous imperishable scheme at start. A misunderstand among vampires. A disordersome cult. An old rancor between demons. Yet, I couldnt shake the life that there was something else going on-something just beyond my reach. I kept prizeing of what tawny-brown had said nigh scams and misdirection.\r\nI in conclusion gave up on trying to run across out the mystery for now, and the vampires soon started replaying all(prenominal) last detail of the previous nights fight-a subject field they neer seemed to tire of. The stories bored me later a while, and I instead put to la y outher myself studying dinky things, like the layout of the a fire subsectionment, the new appliances, the granite countertops…\r\nâ€Å"Do you regain I should act?” I asked abruptly.\r\nCody stopped mid-sentence. I think hed been describing how hed had Lenny the vampire in a chokehold. â€Å"What?” he asked.\r\nâ€Å"Im thinking of getting a new place.”\r\nâ€Å"Were you horizontal listening to my story?” asked Cody, look slightly hurt.\r\nâ€Å"Youve lived over there for years,” said Peter. â€Å"As long as Ive known you.”\r\nâ€Å"I know. possibly its time for a change. Its small, and its old.”\r\nâ€Å"Thats because its a historic edifice,” argued Peter.\r\nâ€Å"And,” added Cody, â€Å"its close to where you work. Youd have to drive in if you remindd-unless youre just going up the street or something.”\r\nMy eyes focused on the far side of the room without rattling seeing it. I remembered ta lking to Seth the other night and how it had seemed like I couldnt get far enough a style from him. I thought closely our fight earlier tonight. â€Å"No,” I told them quietly. â€Å"Id move somewhere else. Somewhere far out.”\r\nâ€Å"Ah,” said Peter in understanding.\r\nCody frowned. â€Å"I dont get it. Why would you want to move far away from your-ow!” Peter had kneed him. Cody started to make why, still then he seemed to tweak on too. He was na;ve most immortal affairs, sometimes, only not gentleman ones. His face turned sympathetic, which I hated. â€Å"Maybe change is good.”\r\nI didnt know if it was, entirely I didnt want them to sit and sprightliness sorry for me, so I coaxed more fight stories from them for the next half-hour or so as a way to distract them and make amends for not paying attention earlier.\r\nI go away shortly thereafter, wondering about whether it really was time to shake things up a little and move. Seth had already shake my life up for the worse, and dissipate of me cute to rid myself of all those memories. Changing everything that Id had while wed been together-like my apartment-could be a way to do it. A clean cut. If I was really desperate, I could even consider shift jobs or cities. I didnt know if I was ready to go that far. It all low me.\r\nâ€Å"Hey, succubus. You received know how to make unnecessary a guy waiting.”\r\nId been walking up to my edifice without really paying attention, too bewildered in my own thoughts. Now, in the listless glow of the light above the pissings entrance, I saw Dante sitting on the steps. His black bull was brushed away from his face, and he wore a light coat over his usual attire of jeans and a long-sleeved shirt. He probably had a watch on under there too only when almost never wore any other ornamentation or jewelry. I mustered a smile for him.\r\nâ€Å"Sorry,” I said. â€Å"I called you earlier.”\r\nâ€Å"And I called you stick out.”\r\nâ€Å"Did you?” I pulled out my cell recall and saw three missed calls from him. â€Å"Oh, shit. I had the ringer off. Sorry.”\r\nHe shrugged and stood up. â€Å"Its okay, just part of the endless torment I go through for you. One mysterious core maintaining youre going to Vancouver in unimpeachably. Another saying youre defend but dont know for how long. then no answer.”\r\nI realized I hadnt even thought much about how this international travel would affect Dante. That course of radio silence would have never happened with Seth. I wouldnt have be until wed made contact and would have quickly find the ringer problem. With Dante, Id left the voice-mail message and promptly put him out of my mind.\r\nI gave him a quick kiss on the lips and open up the door. His face was scratchy and overdue for a shave. â€Å"Sorry,” I said again. â€Å"Hows it been going?”\r\nâ€Å" comparable as it always does. Had a bracing of drunk teens come in for decoration readings last night, so that was a windfall. I could have taken you out somewhere nice for a change.”\r\nâ€Å"It would have beat what I was doing instead.”\r\nAs we went upstairs to my apartment, I briefly gave him an overview of what was going on. As mind attuned to the paranormal world, there was little about demonic affairs that surprised him. Id met Dante O.K. in December, during the mess with Niphon. As part of his plan, Niphon had used a chaos entity named Nyx to draw and quarter energy from me in my sleep via realistic, emotionally charged dreams. Not knowing what was happening, Id come to Dante for dream interpretation. Hed been abrasive, sarcastic, and infuriating throughout the absolute process just had steadily full-grown on me-until I learned the truth about his past. Hed done horrible things-hurt people, killed people, betrayed his own principles-in the name of selfish desires and a need for power. Th ose atrocities had left him with an empty soul and bitter self-loathing. Id loathed him too and swore I was done with him.\r\nThen, things had fall apart with Seth and me. My world had been rupture apart, and I found myself with an empty soul and bitter self-loathing of my own. Seth had inspired me to believe in break up things in the world, but all that hope had disappeared with our love. Dantes bleak, cynical expectation seemed more realistic now and more in line with my own worldview. He and I had hooked up, eerily congenial in our mutual despair. I didnt love him, but I like him.\r\nI poured us glasses of Grey goose once we were inside. I preferred gimlets but didnt feel like going to the trouble of finding my lime juice. We settled on my couch with our drinks and cigarettes, and I finished up the story of my Canadian misadventures.\r\nâ€Å"Wow,” he said when I was done. â€Å"All that because you fucked your therapist?” different Seth, who hadnt liked kno wing details about my succubus sex life, Dante took it all in stride.\r\nI shrugged. â€Å"Well, I had nothing to do with the vampire gang war last night. But yeah, the rest is on me, I guess. You think theyre related?”\r\nHe swirled his vodka around. â€Å"If you dont think Cedric did it, then probably not. The vampire thing is likely a coincidence. But that Portland demon was right. You probably are being played.” There was almost a growl to his words, uncharacteristically protective.\r\nI groaned. â€Å"But how? Everyone keeps saying that, yet I only got involved twenty-four-hours ago. How am I being manipulated in some huge affair in so short a time?”\r\nâ€Å"Because youve walked into something thats been going on for a while. Its not create around you per se, but now youre in it.”\r\nI leaned back against the couch and stared bleakly at the ceiling. â€Å"I should have never slept with Dr. Davies.”\r\nâ€Å"Was he good?”\r\nâ€Å"arg on you envious?”\r\nâ€Å"Nah. Just trying to figure out what turns you on.”\r\nâ€Å"Scathing wit, if present companys any indication.”\r\nâ€Å"Somehow, Im not convinced thats the allure. Besides, are you saying youre turned on right now?”\r\nI was still staring at the ceiling. There were some fine cracks in the smartt I hadnt noticed before. â€Å"Do you think I should move?”\r\nâ€Å"What, impendent to me?”\r\nâ€Å"No, as in out. Into a new place.”\r\nâ€Å"Whats pervert with this one? You have a great place. At least you dont live where you work.” Dantes bedroom was attached to his store.\r\nI leaned forward and looked at him with a smile. â€Å"I might as well live where I work. I dont know. I feel like its time for a change.”\r\nHis gray eyes were attentive as he regarded me. â€Å"Youve told me about this-how you get an itch for change and suddenly end up transforming your identity and moving to a differen t country.”\r\nReaching out, I piano brushed some of his black hair out of his face and tucked it skunk his ears. â€Å"Ive only been here for fifteen years. Its way too soon to leave.”\r\nâ€Å"So you say. immediately you talk about a new apartment, tomorrow you could disappear. For all I know, maybe youre scoping out new employment opportunities in Vancouver.”\r\nI laughed and knocked back the rest of my vodka. â€Å"No, definitely not. Although, I think Cedric would be easier to work for than Jerome. Or at least a little less annoying.”\r\nâ€Å"Even in Canada?”\r\nâ€Å"Canadas not that bad. Vancouvers actually a beautiful cool city. But dont tell anyone I said that.”\r\nDante set his glass galvanic pile and reached into his shirt pocket. â€Å"Maybe I can bribe you to stick around. Or at least be on time.”\r\nA flash of gold caught my eye as he lifted out a watch. It was delicate, almost looking more like a bracelet than a tr ue watch. It had gold links for a band, and its face had a filigree pattern that glittered in the light. I often found watches bore and utilitarian, but this was beautiful. He handed it to me, and I held it up to get a better look. I could shape-shift any jewelry I precious onto me, but something manmade-something given as a gift-always had more hatefuling.\r\nâ€Å"Where did you get this?” I asked. â€Å"Did you steal it?”\r\nHe scoffed. â€Å"Figures. I do something nice, and you have to question it.”\r\nâ€Å"Sorry,” I said, tint a tiny bit bad. That had been sensibly ungrateful of me. â€Å"But you cant tell me this is part of your normal budget, not with the business you get.”\r\nâ€Å"I told you, I had a good test last night. And since you werent around for a night on the town, I figured Id show you my undying affection some other way. Now, are you going to say convey you, or are you going to keep bitching me out?”\r\nâ€Å"Than k you,” I said. I fastened the watch onto my wrist and value the way it looked against my tanned skin.\r\nâ€Å"Maybe youll be easier to find now-or at least be on time.”\r\nI grinned. â€Å"Oh, this wasnt affection. This was pragmatism.”\r\nâ€Å"Nah. A little of both(prenominal). I wanted to get you jewelry, but fucklaces and rings are too sappy.” He held up his own wrist. â€Å"Only thing that didnt make me want to throw up.”\r\nâ€Å"And they say theres no romance left in this world,” I laughed.\r\nHe gently reached out and foregathered the watch, tracing a plenty around my wrist. Then, his hand trailed up my arm and along the edge of my blouses V-neck, permit him press cutting his fingers underneath it. Slowly, carefully, he go over to one of my breasts, his fingertips dancing around the edges of my nipple, which already stood up hard under the thin fabric. He circled the nipple, pressure increasing, until he finally pinched it b etween his fingers, squeezing it so un anticipately hard that I gave a small gasp of surprise.\r\nâ€Å"Whoa, you dont waste any time,” I said. â€Å"You give a gift, and 30 seconds later, its a free-for-all?”\r\nHis eyes were thirsty(p) and intense now, reminding me of storm clouds. â€Å"Ive missed you,” he said. â€Å"I keep thinking Ill get used to you…that youll stop being so sexy. But it never happens.”\r\nImpromptu or not, I felt my own crave stirring. We hadnt been together in a while, and there was a big difference between sleeping with strangers and with those you were close to. He captive one hand in my hair, attribute it tight, not caring if it hurt me or not. Domination and power, the ability to inflict pain if he wanted, always turned him on, and I had gotten used to this game. He jerked me to him and pressed his lips against my neck as I tilted my head back. His breath was hot against my skin as his teeth grazed me. Meanwhile his reach reached out and grasped the sides of my blouse, ripping it open. A braces of buttons scattered across the floor.\r\nHeat was building between my legs, and I moved side by side(predicate) as his hands closed around the cups of my black satin bra. He pushed the edges of it pop out so that my breasts spilled over the tip, then pinched both nipples protrude, nails digging in. I moaned again, and while I really wasnt into pain, I always liked the way he mingled it with pleasure. Satisfied at my reaction, he moved his hands down to his jeans and unfastened them, pulling them and his boxers down partway, revealing the erection that had been straining against the fabric.\r\nHe gripped my shoulders and shoved me down to the floor, needing no words to make his wishes apparent.\r\nI didnt hesitate. He leaned back against the couch, and I took him into my utter, letting him fill it up and nigh touch the back of my throat. My lips slid back and forth on him as his hands tortuous i n my hair, pulling hard. I sucked more urgently, letting my tongue dance and put one over as I moved. Hed been hard when I started, but he swelled even more as I brought him in and out of me.\r\nâ€Å"Harder,” he grunted.\r\nI met his eyes, which were modify with a primal desire that ideal in putting me in such(prenominal) a submissive role. I sucked him harder and faster, my lips smasher his body over and over as they glided along that hard length. His breathing became heavier, his moans louder. I felt him grow in my peach until it seemed like I couldnt take anymore. He suddenly shifted forward to the edge of the couch, letting him thrust his hips forward and take control. motionlessness holding my shoulders, he shoved himself into me, fucking my mouth as hard as he could. I gave a surprised strangle grunt that seemed to turn him on further.\r\nThen, with a great groan, he gave one last hard thrust and abruptly pulled out so that he came half in me and half on me. It left my skin and breasts warm and sticky. smooth gasping, he pulled me up and ran his hands all over my body, free of the increasing mess. His fingertip traced the edges of my lips, and I kissed it.\r\nA look of supreme satisfaction crossed his features. Still keeping me standing, he slid a hand between my thighs and up my skirt. His fingers slipped under my panties, jab deep within me. He exhaled with pleasure.\r\nâ€Å"God, youre wet. Kind of wish Id fucked you now.”\r\nI kind of wished that too, but his fingers were going a long way to make up for that. I burnt-out and ached for his touch, having grown more aroused than Id expected to. He slid his fingers out of me, then moved them up to my clit and the center of my desire. He stroked and encircled, and I felt heat build up, ready to explode. I leaned forward, resting my hands on his shoulders where he sat. This put my breasts right in his face, and he leaned forward, sucking hard on one of them, teeth nipping at that s ensitive skin. It wasnt going to take much to make me come.\r\nHe pulled his mouth and fingers back at the same time. I whimpered, wanting-needing-him to touch me again.\r\nâ€Å"You want that? You want me to get you off?” His voice was soft and menacing.\r\nâ€Å"Yes…”\r\nâ€Å"Beg me,” he said menacingly. â€Å"Beg me to.”\r\nâ€Å"Please,” I begged, my body arching back, straining to get closer to him. â€Å"Please…”\r\nHis fingers and mouth returned, and like that, I exploded. The orgasm made my body muscle spasm as I struggled to stay upright. My knees and legs were weak, but I knew if I collapsed, he wouldnt be able to touch me anymore, and I wanted his fingers to keep slash me as I came, bringing me to further and further high of ecstasy.\r\nFinally, when I couldnt take it anymore, I gave in to my trembling muscles. I sank to the ground and rested my head against his knee. His hand found my hair, stroking it gently this time. The couch made for an ill-fitting respite, so we retired to my bedroom and collapsed onto the bed.\r\nSighing, Dante lay back against the covers and half-pulled the sheet over him. I hadnt taken up much energy from him, but he still wore the exhausted, blissfully lethargic look of so many men after sex. I didnt feel in particular wiped out, and upon realizing Id left my cigarettes in the other room, I promptly climbed out of bed to repossess them.\r\nâ€Å"I almost believed it this time,” he said when I reached the doorway.\r\nâ€Å"Hmm?” I asked, pa use and glancing back.\r\nâ€Å"That you were into it,” he explained. â€Å"I almost believed you were.”\r\nI narrowed my eyes. â€Å"Are you accusing me of faking?”\r\nâ€Å"No, you never fake. But that doesnt mean youre always into it either. Sometimes I get the feeling you sleep with me simply because youve got nothing else better to do.”\r\nâ€Å"Thats not true,” I said. â₠¬Å"There are plenty of guys better than you.”\r\nHe crooked me a smile. â€Å"But none who are as convenient or who can provide the illusion of a regular partner and bed warmer.”\r\nâ€Å"Man, you sure do know how to ruin the afterglow.”\r\nâ€Å"Nah, Im just being realistic, thats all. I dont mind you using me.” His joking aside, I could see the implicit in(p) affection. Bitter and cynical he might be, but the look he gave me was change with sincere caring.\r\nI rolled my eyes. â€Å"Im not using you.” But as I walked off to the living room, I wasnt sure if I believed that myself.\r\n'