Chapter 6
CHAPTER SIX
I’m coming for you, wild cat. You killed two of mine; now I’m going to take what matters most from you. He will die a long, slow, painful death, while you sit and watch.
Hollie woke with a start, sitting up quickly.
Her heart felt as if it were going to pound right out of her chest. Fear engulfed her as she raked her gaze around the room, looking for any threat.
Vampires were cagey fuckers. He could appear at their bedside, and they wouldn’t even know he was there until it was too late.
“Hollie, what’s wrong?” Leo asked, his voice gruff with sleep. He pushed himself up beside her and cradled her face gently. “Bad dream?”
“He’s coming for us,” she whispered, her eyes filling with tears. “I never should have stayed, Leo. He knows about you now, and he wants to…”
She couldn’t finish the sentence. Couldn’t stand the thought of losing her mate, even though they’d just met the day before. Hell, they’d spent more time with all of the pride members than with each other. She didn’t really know much about him personally.
After the fiasco with his sister, it was hours before they were able to finally eat dinner, shower, and go to bed. Hollie was so tired, she’d immediately fallen asleep, unable to even contemplate completing their mate bond.
“It was just a dream, sweetheart. He probably doesn’t even know where you are yet.”
Hollie wished that were true, but she had a feeling it wasn’t. Somehow, that vamp had gotten inside her head at the club, and now, could come and go as he pleased.
“Let the bastard come,” Leo growled. “It will save me the trip to New York.”
“How did you know he was from New York?” Hollie couldn’t remember telling anyone that, but there was the chance that she had.
“The sheriff found the bodies and vehicles this morning. He pulled me aside earlier to let me know that he’d take care of everything. He put two and two together when the gossipers in Moonstone were talking about me finding you here in my barn.”
Hollie shook her head, laughing softly. “There are definitely no secrets in a small town.”
“You’ll get used to it.”
“I’m actually from a place like this one,” she told him. “I lived a couple of hours from where all this trouble started. Jessie and I were just there to get into a vamp club for her birthday.”
Leo lay back down and pulled Hollie close, so her head was on his chest. “This sounds like a story I want to hear.”
Hollie sighed, running her hand through the light, coarse hair on his chest. “I wanted Jessica to have the best birthday ever,” she started, a small catch in her voice.
“She’s the one true friend I’ve ever had.
The one person who has ever really given a damn about me.
My parents never cared, beyond making sure I had the necessities.
Once I turned eighteen, they kicked me out with pretty much nothing. ”
Leo’s arms tightened around her, and he placed a kiss on the top of her head. “That’s not true anymore, mate. You have me now, along with a pride of over a hundred people. You will be loved and cherished for the rest of your life.”
A tear slipped out as Hollie rubbed her cheek against his chest. “They refused to let us in the club. We stood in line for what felt like forever, but when we finally made it to the front, Bull said we couldn’t enter. That Jessica’s species wasn’t allowed.”
“What species is she?”
“She’s an amazing demoness,” Hollie said, glancing up at him with a grin. “Except, she wouldn’t hurt a fly. She’s one of the sweetest people. It pissed me off to see the sad, dejected look on her face, and to scent her pain at his words.”
“What did you do?”
Hollie had to laugh. Of course, her mate knew she didn’t just turn around and meekly leave. That wasn’t the type of person she was, and it never would be.
“I may have told him exactly how I felt.” She lowered her gaze from his and snuggled back into his chest. “I was just so angry. And then this other vamp showed up. Definitely the dickhead in charge. He had on these ugly-as-sin dark red shoes, and a tie that matched.” She shrugged.
“A few more words were exchanged, loudly, and finally I agreed to leave because I knew it was in our best interests.”
“He threatened you,” Leo growled, sliding his hand into her hair and wrapping it around his fist.
“Yeah, and it wasn’t an idle one. I knew he was going to come after us. We both did.”
“What happened?” Leo demanded, tightening his grip and tilting her head up to look at him.
“We got back to my car, and I sent Jessica home to her realm. She isn’t a fighter, Leo.
She wouldn’t have survived. But she has brothers in the demon realm who will watch over her until this thing with Griffin is handled.
After that, I ran, but right before I did, two of his goons showed up looking for us.
I heard them say they were supposed to kill us, but me specifically, because I had the nerve to go up against them in front of everyone.
They knew where I lived and had orders from their boss to hunt me down, torture, and eliminate me. ”
“Griffin? Do you know anything else about him?”
“No. I don’t know his first name or anything. All I know is he owns the Dark Skye club in Albany, New York.”
Leo nodded thoughtfully, as he brought his hand up and stroked his thumb over her chin, his other hand still clutching her hair tightly.
Then his gaze went to her mouth and stayed there.
Slowly, he lowered his lips to hers, kissing her softly, then tracing them with his tongue.
She parted them on a gasp, letting out a soft moan when he accepted her silent invitation and slipped his tongue inside.
Leo held her still, devouring her, his tongue mapping the inside of her mouth as his hand moved from her face down her neck.
After removing the shirt she’d worn to bed, he ran his hand over her chest, cupping her breast, pulling another moan from her.
He squeezed the plump mound, then stroked his thumb over her nipple.
“Leo, please!” She wasn’t sure what she was begging him for.
To touch her, taste her, take her. She’d never been with a man before, but she had needs just like every other woman out there.
She might never have actually had sex, but she had a five-inch, dark purple vibrator that she was obsessed with.
She was a sensual woman. She had toys, lots of them, and wasn’t afraid to admit it.
Well, she’d had toys at her old apartment.
She was going to have to go shopping again.
With a groan, Leo began nipping, sucking, and licking his way down to her breast. He drew her nipple into his mouth, flicking it with his tongue, and she cried out, digging her nails into the sheets.
When she felt his hand slip lower, she called out his name, begging for more, wanting to know what it felt like to have a man touch where only her own fingers had ever been.
His hand feathered lightly over her thigh, and Hollie spread her legs as he inched closer and closer to where she wanted him to be. It was pure torture waiting for his touch, but then he was there, sliding through her wet folds, slipping inside her hot channel.
“Fuck, baby, you’re so ready for me.”
“Feels so good,” Hollie panted, moving her hips, unable to stay still. “Never felt anything like it.”
“Never?” he asked, as he added a finger and began pumping them in and out of her. Leo held her head still as he stared at her, watching the expressions cross her face while he pleasured her.
“No,” she gasped, shuddering when he rubbed his thumb over her clit. “Never.”
“What are you saying, my mate?”
Hollie raised her hands and clutched at his shoulders, urging him closer to her. She needed more than just his fingers. She needed him.
“Want you, Leo. Please, mate.”
Leo groaned, lowering his head and taking her mouth with his. Rolling them over, he hovered over the top of her, before shoving his shorts down and off and slipping between her thighs. She moaned as she felt his hard cock at her entrance and rocked into him, wanting him inside her.
“Baby, wait,” Leo rasped, cradling her head in his hands. “Tell me, have you done this before?”
“Leo!”
She didn’t want to talk about her past lack of bed warmers. She wanted her mate inside her, dammit. Inside her. Filling her. Claiming her.
“I don’t want to hurt you,” Leo rasped, as he pushed the tip of his thick dick into her. He didn’t go far, but it was enough to make her want to beg for more.
Hollie raked her nails down his back, digging them into his ass. “You won’t hurt me.”
He grunted when she moved, pushing him into her a little bit further. “So, you’ve had sex before?”
Hollie leaned up and nipped at his jaw, loving the hard edge to it, then did the same to his neck.
“Hollie,” Leo growled in warning, holding still and not allowing her to push him deeper inside her.
“What was the question again?”
Leo lowered his forehead to hers, groaning lowly, before biting out, “Have. You. Had. Sex. Before?”
“Um, do dildos count?”
“What?”
“Or those flower fluttery things? The ones that look like a rose, and they have that inside thing that goes back and forth?”
“What are you talking about, woman?”
“Or anal beads?”
Leo leaned back to look at her, his eyes full of heat. “Fuck, I’m going to take that as a no.”
“Yes, fuck. How about we do more of that? Less talking, more fucking.”
Hollie shifted, making his cock slide deeper inside her.
He groaned, his eyes darkening as he began to move slowly, filling her fuller with each shallow thrust. None of her toys had anything on her mate.
He was long, thick, and so freaking hard.
She needed all of him inside of her. Now. She was done waiting.
Digging her sharp claws into his skin, she lifted her hips, pushing him inside her.
Calling out his name, she forced him past the barrier that said no matter how often she might play with her toys, she was still a virgin.
It hurt at first, but then hunger and desire took over.
She felt her fangs drop, and she leaned back to look up at him. “Move, mate. Make me yours.”
“Mine,” he snarled, his eyes beginning to glow as he shoved deep inside her. His breath came out harsh and fast, and sweat began to bead up on his body as he tried to hold back. But soon he was thrusting hard and fast, out of control. Just the way she wanted him.
It wasn’t long before Hollie felt her pussy begin to pulse and pressure build inside her, then she was falling apart, screaming as she went over the edge.
“Fuck, Hollie, you’re strangling my dick,” Leo growled, a shudder running through him. “So fucking perfect.” His eyes were locked on her shoulder, his lips pulled back, huge fangs on full display. It was the hottest thing she’d ever seen, and she couldn’t hold back.
Hollie reared up, sinking her teeth deep into Leo’s shoulder, claiming her lion. He let out a roar as he came, his cock throbbing and jerking inside her. She felt his fangs pierce her flesh, and she crashed over that edge again, harder than she ever had before.
Leo licked over the bite mark, then rested his cheek against hers. “Mine.”
“Mine,” Hollie replied, closing her eyes, and drifting back to sleep.