Chapter 3 #2
I almost felt sorry for them, but then I remembered the fear I’d felt last night when Syn and I had come home. “Why were you here last night, and how did you get into my apartment?”
“Let’s sit down, Mon Chaton. I think this is going to take a while, and I don’t feel like standing.
” Kellen guided me into the living room, took a seat in the large recliner, and pulled me onto his lap.
Assured they were no longer bleeding, the two hybrids got up from the table and joined us, seating themselves on the loveseat across from Kellen, two sets of blond brows raised at my Alpha’s show of possession.
I squirmed on his thigh until I felt the hard ridge of his erection jump under my ass and quickly turned to face him.
Kellen’s wicked grin had me blushing to the tips of my hair.
I tried to sit like a lady. A feat that was impossible while draped across two hundred and twenty pounds of pure Alpha male bent on showing everyone he was in control.
“Continue with your story, Cordell,” Kellen spoke while inserting one hand between my thighs. His scent was driving me to distraction.
Damien cleared his throat. “We’d been informed that a vamp from another enclave was in town.
As this is our territory, we were shocked to find this other being not only living in the same location as Laikyn, but on the same floor.
Most vampires, unless they are hybrids like Lucas and me, cannot go out in the sun.
There is a prophecy that neither my brother nor I buy into, saying twin daywalkers will rule all vampires when they find their Hearts Love—the one being who will complete the trinity.
Although Lucas and I have always had a special connection, especially when it came to women, we do not wish to rule the entire population of vamps.
Too much work, and neither of us wants that type of distraction in our lives.
No matter what any of you think, we enjoy being doctors.
Well, in this lifetime.” He flashed pearly whites with two canines much longer than a normal human’s.
Syn stepped forward. “What made Laikyn here so special to you?”
Lucas tapped his nose. “She smelled like a shifter but wasn’t part of a pack.
She’s a doctor and is extremely gorgeous.
Her body would fit perfectly between the two of us.
When we both scented her, our wolves stood up and took notice.
That was a first, even though our vamp halves weren’t completely on board.
We assumed it was because we hadn’t shared sex or blood with her, yet. ”
I felt Kellen’s muscles tightening with each word until the very end. I wondered if he still thought I’d had a relationship with the good doctors.
“I did not think you had anything with them. However, hearing them describe your attributes makes me want to rip their fucking eyes out.” His fingers inched up higher between my thighs.
I crossed my legs to stop his movements. “Behave.”
“You have years to make up for, Mon Chaton. Behaving is far from what I have planned.”
“Are you two done?” Syn sat on the arm of the sofa, Bodhi glaring for all he was worth.
Rowan and Lyric still stood, only now he holstered his gun, while Lyric pointed hers at the floor. “Now that you know she is not yours, explain about this vamp. Do we have a problem?” The ex-Navy SEAL asked the question we all needed to know.
“He is not your concern. We went to his apartment last night, but he was not in residence. He’d set his home to withstand the sun.
I don’t know how or when he had the steel covering installed, but from what we saw, he’d timed them to come down at the first hint of light.
I’m sure he also has it to where they go up when the sun sets.
” Damien pointed out the windows. “I didn’t see a sleeping space, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t spend his days there, just that he wasn’t there when we were there.
Vamps don’t sleep in coffins, but they do need dark, lightless areas, unlike Lucas and me.
Our parents were the exception because of their sharing of blood.
Which is why shifters don’t share freely with vamps. ”
Tension grew so thick I wasn’t sure what would happen next. Lucas’s laughing wasn’t the wisest, but he also wasn’t the smartest of the twins. “You were unaware of others, weren’t you?”
Kellen shifted beneath me. “I keep my pack safe, and we don’t fuck with others, as you put it. If a threat comes to my territory, it is dealt with. Period. I’m assuming they never came through, or if they had, they watched their Ps and Qs.” Confidence rolled off of Kellen.
Damien leaned forward. “I admire your courage, Alpha, but don’t be so cocky.
Yes, you are strong enough to rip off the head of any human and most shifters.
I’d dare say even most vamps, but there are master vampires, ones who are very old and skilled that even Lucas and I combined would have a hard time defeating. ”
In a move too swift for me to counteract, Kellen was up and had me next to Rowan in seconds. “You think because you are fast, you are better than a shifter? You think that because you have the power of mind control, it makes you better than me? Try me?” He pulled Damien to his feet.