Elissa pulled away and stroked his cheek. “I think we should rest a while and then we can head out when the house is quiet. Incubi have to sleep at some point and now that I’m near what I’m looking for, I can track it. I’d rather not have to be around them.”
Payne could read between the lines. Her fear sang to him through the blood he had taken from her, a connection that wouldn’t fade for hours yet. She hadn’t liked it when that incubus had tried to control her. He hated it too.
He tipped his head back, enjoying her soft caress and drinking in her beauty, wanting to lure her mouth back to his. “So, we’re going to stay here... in this room... with this big bed... just you and me?”
She nodded and ran her index finger along his lower lip, making it tingle. His eyes dropped to his marks on her throat and then met hers again. Her pupils dilated and her lips parted.
“And what if I’m hungry?”
She frowned. “I’m not letting you out of this room so you can fornicate with those bitches.”
He raised his eyebrows. “Who said I wanted them?”
Payne pulled her closer and kissed her left breast through her black top. Her nipple beaded beneath the material and he rolled it between his teeth, hungry for his taste of her. She gasped and he drew back.
“You don’t want them?” she said, breathless and eyes dark with desire, but touched by a hint of vulnerability.
He shook his head. “I just want you.”
“Right answer.” She leaned into him and he fell back onto the bed with her on top of him. She rewarded him as she always did, with a soft kiss that made him ache for more and gave him bliss.
Fool around now. Track their items later.
Sounded like a good plan to him. Better than his one, anyway.
He didn’t want to meet his grandfather.
He would kill him if he did.
Dark and Deadly: Eight Bad Boys of Paranormal Romance by Jennifer Ashley, Alyssa Day, Felicity Heaton, Erin Kellison, Laurie London, Erin Quinn, Bonnie Vanak and Caris Roane
CHAPTER 10
Payne woke to a riot inside of him, a war between two hungers that demanded to be fed. He hadn’t caught much sleep. The mansion had him permanently on edge and he couldn’t contain his needs. The energy here was intense and overwhelming, far worse than he had ever experienced it at Vampirerotique. It had his incubus side on constant high alert.
He groaned and rolled onto his side under the dark green covers, coming to face Elissa. She stretched beside him, the action causing the sheets to ride down her body, revealing her bare breasts. Tempting. He focused on his body, trying to discern which of his hungers was the most pressing. The incubus in him was restless, roused by the sexual energy flowing through the mansion and hungry for more of his witch.
Elissa settled again, a sigh escaping her soft pink lips. They had fooled around last night but hadn’t taken things all the way. It had been enough for him at the time, but now he had one thing on his mind and it drove him to obey. He wanted to be back inside her.
His incubus side purred and prowled around inside him, held at bay by his more dominant vampire nature but not for long. He would indulge it for a change and hopefully he would gain enough satisfaction from what he was going to do with Elissa to last him through the coming hours. The house was still now, the energy in the air less than before. He couldn’t hear anyone moving around and most of the heartbeats in the rooms surrounding them were slow and steady, signalling sleep.
It was time they set out in search of his grandfather’s room and got what they came here for.
Payne rolled onto his front and eased the covers lower, revealing more of Elissa’s beautiful bare curves. He growled low in his throat, his cock hard again and wedged between his body and the firm mattress. She wrinkled her nose in her sleep. He dipped his head and pressed a kiss to her stomach. She sighed.
He smiled.
Payne kissed his way upwards, his eyes on his target. Her breasts. Their dusky pink buds were already pert, calling out for his attention. He swept his lips over her ribs and then along the curve of her right breast. She moaned and the sound cut off.
He flicked a glance at her face.
Elissa stared down her body at him, a sleepy but curious look in her grey eyes. “What are you doing?”
“Waking you up,” he whispered against her skin and wrapped his lips around her nipple, eliciting a groan from her.
“Why?” She sounded breathless already and he could smell her desire.
“Because I want you.” Payne traced his hand over her stomach and slid it under the green bedclothes, settling it over her curls.