He wasn’t part of the world I felt trapped within. For that, I was grateful. The shelter of Shaz’ embrace was the only thing that kept me from falling apart.
I felt Shaz’ cock twitch inside me, heard his moans start to come faster. The sudden swell of emotion brought tears to my eyes. I blinked them back so that they wouldn't fall and focused on the way Shaz’ body fit mine like a puzzle piece.
His embrace tightened around me, and he began to thrust up into me faster. I tried to match his pace, gasping as a sudden wave of climactic pleasure crashed over me. It continued to build until we were both slick with sweat, grasping one another as if it were our last moment on earth.
Shaz whispered my name before kissing me with a need so desperate it was almost painful. His fangs grazed my bottom lip, drawing blood. His characteristic hesitation was absent when he sucked at the small crimson drops. His tongue stroked the small cut softly, and that tiny motion sent orgasm smashing through me so that I shuddered in his arms.
His body responded to mine, and his orgasm hit hard and fast. He jerked inside me, spewing his hot release as my inner muscles clenched tightly around him. I gave a small shriek, overwhelmed by our simultaneous explosion.
“Shaz,” I breathed, his name barely audible on my lips. “Don’t stop. I need you.
Again.”
He didn’t waste a precious moment. Holding me carefully, he maneuvered us so that I lay flat on my back on the couch with him over me. The move was so precise, our bodies stayed joined in union.
Still hard as a rock, Shaz continued our love making with a renewed fervor. Then, I felt it, a firm, persistent nudge in my mind. Arys.
No f**king way, I thought. The bastard locked me out of his thoughts. He had a lot of nerve to try accessing mine now. Maybe a glimpse of what I was up to would show him what he was missing. Was that too low?
I dropped the mental wall in my mind, letting him see and feel what I saw and felt.
My sexual awareness was instantly heightened. I concentrated on all of the emotion I felt for Shaz.
Arys didn't use words to communicate, but I could feel both his lust and his envy in response to what I showed him. He lingered in silence so long that I contemplated slamming my mental door on him. Before I could decide, I felt him slip away, leaving me alone again with my thoughts.
Even when trying to lose myself in my white wolf to escape Arys, I couldn't. My dark vampire always found me.
Chapter Thirteen
“Ok, spill it. I want to know everything, and I have been dying for this moment since I found you two all over each other.” Jez grinned before taking a sip from her fruity cocktail. “You were all over each other, weren't you? Because from the looks of that bite you had, you guys had something hot going on.”
“Sh!” I glanced around anxiously, fearful that we would be overheard. “I don’t want anyone to know about that. It was nothing.”
Jez raised a fine eyebrow and assessed me. “Right. It was nothing. Then tell me what happened. You can't withhold details like that. It’s not fair.”
I stirred the ice cubes in my drink with a straw and sighed. I’d known this interrogation was coming. I hadn’t anticipated that it would be in Lucy’s Lounge when Kylarai and Julian were at the bar ordering drinks.
“Jez, there has got to be a better time for this.” When she said nothing but stared with that feline expectance, I continued. “Kale was there during a hard time. I was upset because of Arys, and Kale was this source of comfort, of power. That’s all.”
She pursed her lips and studied me so hard I squirmed in my seat. “So you and Kale didn’t sleep together?”
I shook my head vehemently, my eyes straying to where Ky and Julian stood in line waiting. “No. Most definitely not.” I didn’t bother to add that if Jez herself hadn't interrupted, I likely would have. The thought both shamed and embarrassed me.
“Well, maybe you should bang Kale,” Jez said, catching me by surprise. “Lord knows the guy needs it. He is pretty hard up for you, and don't try to say that isn’t true.
You know damn well it is.”
I bit back the defensive retort that had been ready on the tip of my tongue.
“Whatever Kale feels for me, it’s all power based. And, that includes sexual attraction.”
Jez threw her head back and laughed. “Right. Whatever you say, Alexa.”
She flashed me a smile and a secretive wink that instantly raised my suspicions. Oh, I didn’t like that at all.
“Do you know something that I don’t?” I asked sharply. I loved the girl dearly, but she was a major gossip and enjoyed being in the know when others were out of the loop.
If she knew something, if Kale had confided in her, I wanted to know.
She shrugged and quickly looked down into her cocktail glass. She was so obviously hiding something. “I don’t know anything, just that maybe some things go deeper than power alone.”