Chapter 21
Kaleb smelled her the moment the door to the clubhouse opened, kicking up the beat of his heart. Cara strode in first, followed closely by the one person he couldn’t seem to get enough of lately. Suzi looked like sex on a stick with her tight, black pleather pants and pink fuzzy sweater that ended just beneath her small, pert tits, showing a fair amount of tanned skin. His mouth dried up like the Sahara desert, just aching to draw her nipples between his teeth. Kaleb groaned, he really couldn’t be within ten feet of Suzi and not think about sliding into her. He might as well admit defeat and get it over with.
In her hands, Suzi carried what looked to be a big box of donuts and a container with a spout, filled with liquid caffeine in the form of coffee from the corner bakery on Main Street. Damn the owner for being open around-the-clock. His men would certainly devour the treat, but at the moment he wanted them using the exit, not staying for coffee and donuts. Leave it to the cop to think about the sugary pastry.
Kaleb hoped the Sons took their fill then got the fuck out, because he didn’t think he could sit around shooting the breeze when what he really wanted was Suzi naked and in his bed. There were far too many vampires present for him to throw her over his shoulder and carry her off to his king-sized bed. He didn’t need the whole lot of them privy to his sex life. Not that most of them hadn’t already guessed. But he’d be damned before he’d advertise it.
What he did with Suzi Stevens was his own business.
His twin opened his arms and accepted Cara into his beefy hold. She leaned up and kissed his lips. Kaleb growled beneath his breath. He still wasn’t too happy with Kane’s mate. She should’ve forewarned them about the case on Draven. That she couldn’t excuse away and, in itself, was a betrayal to the MC. Kaleb would give her a chance to make up for the omission. They needed her onboard, and manipulating her partner, if they were to set up the Devils and the cartel. Fuck the drugs. Kaleb didn’t give a rat’s ass about what the rival MC or cartel did to make money. Business was business. But he did want them to pay for their part in Ion’s death. Handing them to the feds and the Sheriff’s Office would go a long way in getting Kane’s revenge.
Toying with his glass of Jack, Kaleb glanced at Suzi, who set the two containers on the bar surface. His men crowded in, thanking her for the treat and helping themselves. Kaleb curbed his need to growl again. His gums ached. When the hell had he gone all territorial over any female? Fuck! Grayson even went so far as draping his long arm over Suzi’s slender shoulders and kissed her upon the cheek. He ought to slug the arrogant ass. Knowing Grayson, though, he’d taken advantage and bussed her cheek just to get a rise out of Kaleb. He wasn’t about to give the bastard the satisfaction.
Several minutes later, Suzi extracted herself from the throng of greedy vamps and made her way over to the wall where Kaleb leaned, one booted foot against the baseboard. Her hips swayed gently, making his hands itch to reach out and pull her flush against him. He already knew his hands easily spanned her tiny waist. But instead of touching her, he simply looked down and grinned.
“Enjoying yourself, piccolo diavolo?”
“Don’t ruin the moment, Hawk,” she said, taking the whiskey from his hand and downing the remains of the glass. “I came here to see you. No need for me to wear a neon sign proclaiming it. I think they all know who I’m here for.”
“Good.” Kaleb leaned down, close to the shell of her ear, and whispered, “That means they’ll be taking the fucking hint and leave.”
Suzi placed her hand on his sternum, searing his flesh. “Practice patience, Hawk, and I’ll promise to finish that blow job I started a few nights back.”
Kaleb hissed. His dick hardened. Practice patience? Hell, he needed restraints. “I’m a vampire, sweetheart. I’m not known for my patience.”
“Well, then, I suggest you become creative because ‘Get the fuck out’ doesn’t work for me.” She winked at him. “I’d prefer a much more subtle way of ridding the clubhouse of its inhabitants.”
“Like? I’m up for suggestions.”
“Last I knew, Draven could use a morale boost, or so Cara told me. Why not get the Sons to show their support? If he’s going to get out of the drug business, he’s going to need to make up the sales in alcohol.”
“Sweetheart, you’re not only right on the money … you’re brilliant.” Kaleb leaned in and covered her lips, kissing her far too quickly for his liking. But right now, he needed to get some alone time. “Gypsy?”
His VP’s dark head swung in his direction. “Boss?”
“Take the party over to the Rave. Show Draven we got his back.”
Grayson strode over to Kaleb. “You have a message you want me to deliver?”
“Yeah.” Kaleb’s lips turned down in a scowl. “You tell him to get the X out of the club. I find it there and I’ll personally kick his ass.”
“You got it, P,” Gypsy said as he turned to do Kaleb’s bidding.
“And Gypsy?” Kaleb gained his attention again. “Tell him Kane and I will be by in the afternoon. He better be there.”
Within a matter of minutes, his twin and his mate, lounging on one of the sofas, were the only ones left in house. Kaleb didn’t suppose kicking them out as well would work. They had been more than generous by making themselves scarce in the past and Kaleb presumed Kane wanted some alone time as well. He’d just have to deal. It wasn’t like Cara wasn’t already privy to the relationship he had with Suzi. Kane’s frustrating mate had probably already heard everything from Suzi’s lips. Women couldn’t keep secrets when it came to the men in their life, not even if their life depended on it.
Kaleb looked down on Suzi. When had he started thinking of himself as Suzi’s man? He ran a hand through his hair as she looked up at him expectantly. The petite brunette was most definitely growing on him. Christ, he suddenly felt like a schoolboy. Truth be told, he wasn’t sure whether to pick her up and carry her to his bed or let her make the first move. Feelings had never entered the equation of sex before. For the first time, Kaleb, like it or not, actually cared about what a woman wanted, and damn he didn’t want to disappoint this one.
“You might as well admit it, Hawk.” Suzi looked up at him as though she had read his very thoughts.
“Admit what, piccolo diavolo?”
A smile of satisfaction grew on her face. “That you kind of like me.”
“Oh, I more than kind of like you, sweetheart.” He reached down and grabbed a handful of her ass and brought her against his steel-hard erection. “Get in that big bed of mine and I’ll show you just how much.”
With a laugh, she backed from his hold and dashed off to his room, leaving him stare in her wake. That was his little piccolo diavolo … as insatiable as him.
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Kaleb’s six-foot-four frame filled the doorway, blocking out most of the light from the hallway, illuminating his impossibly large shoulders. His acute vision seemed to have no problem zeroing in, finding her in the darkness where she stood at the foot of his bed, rooting her to the floor. Even with his face in the shadows, she had memorized every nuance and curve, knew how impossibly handsome he was, stealing her breath from her chest. She had done the one thing she had told herself not to. She had fallen hopelessly in love with the man and set herself up for eventual heartache.
She knew Kaleb hadn’t wanted a mate, had said that very thing to her. And yet Suzi had been willing to risk her heart, and take whatever he was willing to give. When he turned his back, and she knew he eventually would, she’d pick herself up again just as she had so many years ago. Suzi had been immediately taken with the bad boy biker then and far too young to know the difference between infatuation and love. Now? She was definitely foolishly in love. This time when he decided he’d had his fill, he’d no doubt crush her. But Suzi wasn’t about to live with regrets. The idea of not spending time with Kaleb out of fear of rejection was far worse than not having had him at all.
With trembling fingers, Suzi gripped the edge of her sweater and slowly pulled it over her head, earning her a low growl as she then let it fall from her fingers to pool at her feet. Not that she was nervous about having sex with Kaleb. Hell, no … that part would be fantastic. But the fact that she’d be making love to him and not just fucking him scared the shit out of her. Especially knowing the vampire didn’t feel the same way, which made her heart ache.
There was no doubt that Kaleb liked her tenacity when it came to taking what she wanted. And she wanted Kaleb all right, all of him, his heart, his mind and his body. So she wasn’t about to admit defeat. No, Suzi planned to make it damn hard for him to walk away. Kaleb desired her, that much was evident every time she came near. She just needed to prove to him that she was the one thing he couldn’t live without.
Suzi flipped the button of her pants free from its mooring, slid down the zipper, kicked her shoes off and shimmied out of her pleathers, adding to the pile started by her sweater. Wearing nothing other than her white lace bra and thong ensemble, Suzi crooked a finger at Kaleb to beckon him forward. His sharp intake of air was her reward as he had yet to move a muscle. With the hallway florescent lighting his back, she couldn’t see if his vampire self had yet taken over. Just the thought of it sent a shiver down her spine. What might cause some people nightmares, to her was a total turn on. Just seeing his fangs, prominent brow and sunken cheeks, not to mention his black obsidian gaze, made her go all molten inside. Her now wet thong proof of her desire.
“You going to stand there all day, vampire?” Suzi hiked one of her brows. “Or are you going to let me catch a cold standing over here all but naked?”
Kaleb stepped into the room and slammed the door closed in his haste. It took him less than a millisecond to cross the room and grip her upper arms, hauling her against his hard frame and claiming her mouth with his. His tongue slipped past her lips to tangle with hers, to possess her mouth thoroughly like she wanted his body to do. Suzi slipped her hands up his stern chest, feeling his muscles bunch beneath her touch and gripped the curls at his nape. Holding onto him like a lifeline, she returned his kiss with fervor, matching his intensity, feeling his total possession. This was no chaste kiss. No, this was a promise of what was to come.
Suzi’s knees weakened and the muscles in her legs damn near liquefied. His mouth left hers to smooth across her jaw to the soft spot beneath her ear. His fangs dragged across her flesh. Her breath hitched. Tilting her head, she all but gave him permission to feed, knowing how much more heightened her desire would be. But instead, he soothed the area with his tongue, then traveled to the hallow where her vial would normally rest. His tongue darted out a second time and licked the pulse point as his hands went from her biceps to her lace-covered breasts.
“I love your tits,” Kaleb whispered, just before pulling the lace cups down and covering one with his mouth, sucking the nipple sharply between his teeth.
His left hand toyed with the other, pinching it between forefinger and thumb. The brief, sharp pain quickly dissipated to pleasure. She squirmed in his grasp. Damn, but she needed him inside her. Fuck foreplay. She needed his cock filling her, stretching her and making her feel whole.
“Damn, Hawk—”
“Kaleb,” he said as he released her nipple and covered her mouth once more.
Suzi was a whisper away from climaxing and he had yet to really touch her. Her body all but screamed for his. He ravished her mouth, further heightening her hunger to have him filling her.
Tearing her mouth from his, she said, “I can’t take it, Kaleb. Please.”
“Please what, sweetheart?” His smile told her that he teased.
Make love to me. Words she knew that could never leave her lips for fear of losing him forever. “Fuck me.”
Kaleb growled, turned her around in his hold so that her ass nestled his erection. He placed a hand in the small of her back and urged her forward. Suzi gripped the quilt covering his large bed in her fists, her breath coming out in shallow pants. She felt his hands caress the globes of her ass.
“I love your ass almost as much as your tits.”
One hand left her as she heard the whisper of his zipper, just before she felt the warmth of his silky hot cock lying against the cleft of her ass. Kaleb pulled aside her thong and ran his fingers between her legs, spreading her juices up her slit before she felt the head of his cock at her entrance.
“Dear Lord,” she said on an expelled breath. “Now, Kaleb.”
And with that, he shoved inside, filling her completely. He paused once seated, giving her time to adjust to his size. Suzi gasped, moved against him, urging him forward. She didn’t want nice and slow. She wanted him hard and fast. As if he had read her mind, he pulled out damn near fully, before slamming back into her, his hands now gripping tightly to her waist.
“Is that what you want, piccolo diavolo? My cock?”
“For once shut up, Kaleb, and just fuck me.”
She heard his answering chuckle, just before he started moving in and out of her swiftly. Her orgasm built within. Words failed her as she reached for the blinding lights and weightlessness she knew awaited her. Kaleb leaned forward, taking one of her breasts in his hand, pinching the nipple, just before she felt the tips of his fangs at the flesh of her shoulders. And just as swiftly as he had entered her, he sank his fangs deeply into the meaty flesh, drawing from her.
Her orgasm began ripping through her, stealing her very breath. Damn, but she didn’t think she’d ever had one so intense as he continued to pound into her, the slapping sound of flesh on flesh carrying to her ears. Seconds seemed like minutes as she tilted her head back and cried out his name. His hand at her waist now wrapped across her abdomen as if knowing her legs would no longer hold her. He continued to hammer against her until he reached his own climax, his muscles tightening his hold on her. With a sharp indrawn breath, Kaleb withdrew his fangs and licked the twin holes closed. Releasing her, she tumbled to the bed in a pool of languid muscles.
“Round two?” he asked, hearing the smile in his tone. The sound of rustling cloth told her he stripped his body before the mattress dipped and he joined her on the bed.
Suzi scooted closer to Kaleb’s heat. He wrapped his arm about her shoulder and nestled her against his side. Resting her cheek against his solid chest, she did her damnedest to calm her racing heart. Rank that right up there with the best sex ever. Kaleb certainly knew his way with women. Hopefully, for now and all her eternity, he reserved that for just her. Otherwise, she might be forced to take out every woman Kaleb showed interest in. Which might get her in trouble with her best friend the cop. She smiled.
“Can we have the lights on for that?” she asked, looking up at him, barely making out his features.
Her answer was the sound of his laughter rumbling up from his gut.