Theodore bit a smile at the murderous look on her face. The woman was fire and storm and he was the wind bringing her to life. And God, he enjoyed watching the look on her face, the play of emotions in her eyes every time he pissed her off. It was almost becoming a sick desire for him. Yes, he was sick alright and Cathy Dark Storm with her fire-spitting brown eyes was awakening a new perverse sickness, a consuming desire to see how far he could push her before she bit him again.
Blood rushed to his cock as that perverse memory returned to his brain. He had abducted her – nothing personal, just another day on the job. And when he tried to feed her she chomped on his hand. He rubbed the spot absentmindedly.
“Mr. Cyneric I think we have no business together. You abducted me and you returned me. End of story.”
“Hmm you are forgetting I saved your life once and I just saved your life again.”
Her eyes sparked fire. “I had it all under control! And now I have 36 cases of useless drinks and no money.”
“You will have three trucks of drinks for free. Come on, Cathy it’s too early to fight. Let’s go in and discuss business.”
“If you think I’ll let you talk me into getting into my office…”
“You will because you want me to. Cathy if you didn’t want me here you would have torn me to shreds five minutes ago.” His eyes took on a darker color. “And you wouldn’t be dreaming about me.”
Her jaw dropped before she could stop it and even when she caught herself she couldn’t bring her mouth to open and deny it. How did he know?!
The man was as sexy as he was unsettling, everything about him set her off.
She looked away, that was a mistake. She was giving herself away but it was either looking away or punching her fist through his face, and as much as she despised the man she loved his face. It was pretty.
He was so close now that when he spoke his voice reverberated through her. “So? Are you going to talk about that here or should we take advantage of your privacy in your office?”
She glared at him again. “My office but nothing is happening. You’ll only be there for five minutes and you’ll tell me what you want as payback, I’ll pay you and you’ll be on your fucking way, okay?”
“Five minutes?”
“Five minutes, Mr. Cyneric.” And with that she whirled on her heels, expertly navigating the curb in those ridiculously high heels. No wonder Smoked Teeth and his group of idiots had thought about messing with her. She looked ridiculously sexy in those black heels and white dress. What the fuck kind of gown was that anyway? It left nothing to his imagination – and Theodore’s imagination was anything but limited where she was concerned.
Her perfectly rounded ass filled out the gown, her curvy hips tapered into finely shaped legs and he imagined himself taking his time worshipping both legs with hands and lips. And some tongue action too.
Would she like that?
Of course, she would. Cathy was a passionate woman, anyone with eyes could see that and so far Theodore was proving he wasn’t blind.
Cathy knew he was staring at her ass but she didn’t want to look. It was just like her dream, the green-eyed monster chasing her. She wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of looking back.
Her butt itched though. She bit her lips to keep from reaching back to touch it.
“Cathy, three trucks have just arrived out front,” Darren said running in from the back door.
Before Cathy could respond, Theodore jumped in. “Those should be my boys. You can tell them to offload the items.”
Once again Cathy struggled to stay focused on the stairs. He was trying to get a reaction from her, trying to get her to look back but she wouldn’t budge.
“Cathy?” Darren asked, his voice was lower. He wanted to know what she had to say after all she was his boss, not Theodore. Besides, he wasn’t about to lose his job just yet.
Unable to take it anymore Cathy looked back and caught Theodore’s gaze from the side of her eyes. The man was bold, she would give him that. He didn’t even try to hide the fact that he had been staring at her ass as he let his gaze trail slowly up her body until he was looking into her eyes, challenging her to challenge him.
Cathy looked away. “Get the drinks down to the basement, Darren.”
Darren nodded looking from her to Theodore with narrowed eyes. As soon as he walked away Theodore closed the space between them.
“He is protective of you.”
“Against monsters like you.”
“He is a pup. Do you like him?”
Was that an edge she detected in his voice? She almost laughed. He was jealous of Darren? She had every mind to feed his jealousy but she didn’t want to give him any ideas. The sooner he was out of the club the better.
Without answering his question, she closed the remaining distance to her office and threw the door open.
Theodore followed her his perfect brow marred with a frown for the first time. So that was all it took to wipe off the arrogant look from his face? She filed that knowledge away for later.
But as soon as she closed the door and turned around all rational thought flew from her head out through the open window. He was standing in front of her, an immovable wall in a perfectly fitting suit sans jacket. He was the image of perfection with his tall, sexy body, raven-black hair and the most penetrating green eyes she had ever seen. No man but Asher ever had this effect on her and even Asher was beginning to wane in comparison. Her mouth watered at the powerful picture he presented.
Cathy cleared her throat, trying to pretend that he didn’t affect her sex drive. She would have moved past him if he hadn’t hemmed her in. He was unsettling her for the upper hand.
So be it.
Crossing her arms she assumed her most business-like expression.
“So, Mr. Cyneric we are here now, what do you want?”
“You.”
She had expected that but it still caught her off guard. Her eyes widened but this time she congratulated herself for keeping her jaw shut.For once there was no teasing in his eyes. He was serious. It was almost laughable but there was no laughter.Cathy shook her head. “I am off the table, Mr. Cyneric.”“Too bad. That’s exactly where I want to put you.” his voice was smoky, reminding her once again of the monster in her dreams as he took a step toward her. Cathy took an involuntary step backward. His grin turned wolfish now. “Are you scared of me or your hunger for me, Cathy?”“I am not scared of you.”Of course, his question had been another trap. He knew she wasn’t scared of him. Cathy Dark Storm feared no one. So she was terrified of her desires. Too bad, he wanted to explore them until they were both lying spent on her office floor.“Of course, you are not.”“Enough with the games, Mr. Cyneric. Name your price, anything and I’ll give you.”He cocked a brow. “Anything? You are th
Cathy expected him to tear her clothes off her, rip his clothes apart, and throw them out of the window so that he could throw her over her desk and take her roughly from any angle he liked. When his response was only a triumphant lopsided grin as he stepped away from her to walk deeper into her office, she felt her heart drop in the pit of her stomach. She could actually feel the weight of it in her belly.A bad taste flew into her mouth. She had begged for Christ’s sake! Like a sex-starved whore she had begged him to take her!While she raged inside her eyes studied the picture he presented in front of her desk. His hair was nicely mused thanks to her fingers running through it. The reminder of what her fingers had been doing in his hair and what he had been doing to her without undressing her was like heavy lead on her head.“God, I feel like such an idiot,” she muttered to herself, her eyes flying over to see if he had his hearing aid on. He did but somehow when she flung her arms
By evening the club was bubbling with activities. The red lights had been turned on to give a sense of intimacy to the partiers. Everything was going smoothly. Darren had gotten Carl to install the disco lights just as Cathy asked him to and Taylor had gotten the wolf and vampire props Cathy had ordered. Those props were in high demand, especially from a group of college sororities that frequented the club during the weekend. They were a group of girls highly infatuated with all things supernatural. Now they had wolf masks, fake vampire teeth, flurry wolf ears, and tails on while they partied with the real creatures they tried to imitate. But they didn’t know that. Cathy’s policy made it clear that the exclusive supernatural members were free to do as they pleased as long as they didn’t hurt the humans or reveal themselves. They only had to keep up appearances to attract more clubbers. Under Cathy’s leadership, Phoenix’s Claws was doing better than it was even under Ezra Dark Storm’s
Tonight’s job had been gruesome, one of the worst Ted had had to deal with. Getting information from a rogue wolf about an organized criminal syndicate was a difficult job but as always, Ted was a patient man and his skills for torture were unmatched. It was a quality that made him one of the most respected Hunters in the city. So far he had been able to keep the Don safe from another assassination attempt and while it had been an ugly job, he had tonight and the next few days to forget about the gruesome nature of his job.When he buried himself in Cathy's warmth.When Cathy walked up the stairs in that black gown with her hair over one shoulder, exposing the creaminess of her skin, nothing else mattered – not even the noise, the drunken dancers, and the smell of booze – but the elegant picture she presented. The woman was sexy without trying and the attraction between them had been undeniable from the start.Ted Cyneric was not the kind of man to let things slip past him and he knew
It was a Gulfstream G450 and Cathy was immediately impressed by it. It was fairly large with a capacity of 14 seats. Though it was night, her eyes didn’t miss the beauty of the matte black steel exterior, the painting job was well done.Ted knew the direction of her thought as he stopped the car and came around to her side to open the door. He enjoyed the display of amazement in her huge brown eyes. She was impressed, he could see that in the way she couldn’t stop gawking.He laughed. He wouldn’t begrudge her amusement. He had had the same reaction after the Black Hunter had been renovated. Black Hunter was one of his favorite toys and watching her jaw drop at the sight of it gives him so much pleasure.Cathy couldn’t help herself. As a Ptakallis wolf, once condemned by the goddess to live and scavenge the woods for a living, she and the rest of their stray pack barely knew the comfort of luxury. That was, until Maggie, heiress to the Dark Storm empire had been reborn not far from the
His eyes went dangerously dark and for a second Cathy wished she hadn’t asked that question. Then he dropped the knife and slowly washed his hands under the running water, wiping his hands clean before coming round the counter. Cathy spun on her heels as she watched him stroll over to where she stood. She pressed her back into the edge of the marble counter when he came to stand in front of her. Green eyes bore into hers as he leaned close. “Eager are you?” She swallowed. His voice was deep and it rumbled through every fiber of her body. She was nervous and began to ramble. “Look I understand that you want to take things slow but…” He placed a hand on her lips to stop the flow of words. “But you couldn’t resist begging.” “I am not begging,” she said defiantly. He dropped one hand down to touch her through the flimsy material of her skirt and smirked when she drew in a breath. “Are you sure?” She opened her mouth to deny again when he increased the pressure of his hand on her, pa
Cathy realized belatedly that she shouldn’t have revealed that because his grin disappeared in a second. But she hadn’t wanted him to go and had just blurted it out, too bad she couldn’t swallow it now.“What?” Ted intoned incredulously.She didn’t look away from his eyes. She was a wolf and as such shouldn’t have such a foolish defect that humans were prone to. But the moon goddess, tricky as ever had somehow cursed her with infertility. Cathy didn’t look away even though she was embarrassed by her failure but the last thing she wanted was to make him see that. So she pasted a smile on her face and urged him to come closer.“That’s an advantage, Ted. You don’t have to worry.”But he didn’t budge. Unavoidably that pitiful look came into his eyes dampening her pleasure.Cathy groaned and gave up trying to pull him back to her. If that was enough to make him go soft then Chase was right, he wasn’t worth her time and effort.But to her surprise instead of pulling back from her, Ted gathe
When Cathy woke up the next morning she found herself still in his arms. Even though she had moved her legs a lot during the night, he remained the way he was. She suddenly felt conscious of her weight pressing him into the couch. There was no way he could have slept through the night when she was pressed up against him like that. But when she lifted herself off him and looked down she found that his lashes – long dark and glossy – feathered across the top of his cheekbones.But she could sense that he wasn’t sleeping and her suspicion was confirmed when his lips twitched.Cathy fought her smile and shimmied in his arms.“Are you comfortable?”He nodded still closing his eyes.She didn’t believe him for one second. “Did you get any sleep?”“I don’t sleep deep.”For a man like him with his kind of occupation, she could understand why.Cathy sucked in a breath feeling her entire body come alive once again. She felt so…she struggled to find the word but eventually settled for ‘thoroughly
Cathy raised her hands to his pants. She tugged at his belt, undid it, and cast it aside. Then her fingers went to the metal hook which she tugged loose before going to work on his buttons.Edward watched her work, silent.She was nervous. He could sense her nervousness but he could also smell her arousal. It was delicious. Was this what his stupid brother smelled every time he fucked her? It made him jealous. He was so jealous he could barely think through the fog in his head. He wanted to bash her head in in his jealous anger. He wanted to squeeze her throat and watch with satisfaction as she struggled to breathe. His brother was not allowed to have anything that he didn’t have.He only calmed down when he squeezed his fingers into the palm of his hands and reminded himself that Cathy was here with him now not his stupid brother.Cathy had now finished unbuttoning his trousers. She reached into his pants and pulled his cock out. It was huge and long. Thickly veined, red, and wet at
“Leaving already?” Edward and Cathy stopped before his car. They were just about to get in when Veronica ran out of the club. She was surprised to see them leaving especially since the night was still young. “Any problem with that?” She came to stand in front of him, her eyes shadowed with confusion. “You have never left before the night is over, Edward.” “And I choose to leave early today, Kitty do you have a problem with that?” “I – I -,” her eyes drifted to Cathy who stood silently beside Edward still dressed in her lingerie. “No, I don’t have a problem with it.” “Good. Rebel and I are going home. You should be able to take care of the club while I’m gone, right?” his voice had become deep. She nodded. “Yes, Edward.” “I mustn’t lose any money tonight, Kitty, not even 1% of what I earned yesterday, have you heard me?” She nodded. “Yes, Edward.” He slipped his arm around Cathy’s waist. “Come, my dear, let’s go.” Veronica stood there and watched as they walked to the car wh
Dressed in a black silky chemise, Cathy followed Veronica who led her to the back of the stage.Veronica was muttering something about her not being ready for a show yet and why Edward could not see that when she glanced over at Cathy.Cathy’s face was blank. She simply stared ahead at the back curtains leading to the stage with her hands clasped in front of her. Her amber eyes were dull, and her eyelids fell heavy, causing her lashes to fall just shy of her cheekbones. It created a very sultry look that even Veronica had to admit looked sexier than that of their best dancer.She cocked a brow silently as she thought to herself, maybe she is ready.While they waited for the next dancers to leave the stage, footsteps suddenly came running toward them.Even though she heard them Cathy stared ahead. It was Veronica who looked back to see what the commotion was all about. Several of Edward’s girls were making their way toward them with huge frowns on their faces.“Kitty!” they cried out.
The club was larger than anything she had ever seen. Not that Cathy had any memories of clubs that she had seen. As soon as she walked in with her arm locked with Edward’s, her eyes widened.It was a very huge establishment. It had high arched ceilings that had been converted with round glass bulbs throwing different colors of lights all over the place. Speakers hung from almost every corner of the wall, booming loud banging music that made the ground shake beneath their feet. The ground was black tiled and it was marble. It was clean too. Edward had a policy about neatness in his club so while drinks were passed around, staff made sure they moved silently through the crowd to mop up anything that may have been spilled.But that was just the common area and though it was spectacular to look at it was still a common area with lots of people and cheap drinks around.Edward released her arm and slipped his arm around her waist. “Come.”Veronica had led the other girls to the back to get
“I’m guessing that’s something related to my sister?” Chase did not hesitate to ask as soon as Teddy announced that news.“It might be,” Ted responded.Asher returned with some clothes which he tossed across the room at Ted who easily caught them. He dressed quickly turning his lips down at the corners at the thought of wearing clothes that did not belong to him. But he couldn’t complain because he was in the enemy’s territory and he was lucky to still have his head on his shoulders especially because he was responsible for the disappearance of one of the most valued members of their pack.He finished dressing and then turned to Teddy. “Where did Max say he was?”“Still hunting down the Shadow. One of the other guys claimed he might have had an encounter with him so Max is following that lead.”“Which may be wrong,” Chase interjected.“But following it is worth a try. I don’t suppose I could grab some weapons from your arsenal?” Ted asked hopefully.“Why?”“So that he can be prepared
“Will you explain what the heck is going on here?”Asher’s tone was deceptively calm. Anthony could sense not just the confusion, he could also sense the fear he felt at seeing Ted awake without knowing what the heck to expect. He understood Asher’s fear but he also understood his anger. Even Chase and Carl were both angry and fearful and they kept respectful distances. The only people who didn’t subconsciously back off from him and Ted were Maggie and Teddy.Maggie came forward and put her arms akimbo. “So, would you two explain what the heck I going on here?”“Just as soon as he closes his and Ted’s skull,” Carl chipped in, disgust lacing his voice.“Give me a moment,” Anthony told them and he stood up. While Ted watched everything going on with a frown across his forehead, Anthony used his powers to close up both their heads.“What the hell dude!” Ted exclaimed as soon as his skull was fixed back. He raised a hand to his head and touched it half expecting to be touching his brain b
Anthony remained where he stood for a moment. Now he had the man, he just had to convince him to come back to life. It would not be an easy task and now Anthony was beginning to wonder if he had made a mistake. He had been lucky enough that those drops of water, like bread crumbs, had led him to Theodore. Ted himself were those water drops. He had wanted Anthony to find him that much was obvious but did he want to be brought back to life?Anthony didn’t care whether or not Ted wanted to come back to life. He infiltrated his mind for the sole purpose of bringing him back to life. Finding Cathy was paramount in Anthony’s mind. He had seen how distraught Asher was, he didn’t even want to imagine how Maggie would be. Anthony’s greatest fear as he prepared to do what he had to was that he would break Maggie’s trust and thereby betray the trust her father had in him when he took the chance to make him the pack doctor even though there were wolves in the pack more medically gifted than him.
Teddy watched the doctor skeptically. It seemed to him that the doctor was muttering something under his breath as he walked the length and breadth of the room twice before stopping at the foot of the bed. Teddy narrowed his eyes. He was curious to see what Anthony was doing.Anthony raised his dark eyes to Teddy’s face and in that moment the other man felt a chill go down his spine. There was something different about Anthony. Something terrifying, something insane and mysterious. Perhaps it was the look in his eyes, the tiny pinprick pupils, or the fact that his skin was paler than normal. Whatever it was, it terrified Teddy greatly.“Have you ever tried taming the beast?” Anthony asked. Even his voice was different now. It was deeper and as cold as death.Teddy resisted the urge to shiver as he gathered his thoughts to answer him. “W-we usually just let it have its fill of blood. Sometimes Theodore brings it under control and other times…” he shrugged helplessly. “We’ve never tried
The scarred woman stood behind Cathy watching as water poured down the shower on her body. Cathy’s body was pale, thin, and slippery with blood, sweat, and water. She was so weak she had to lean against the bathroom wall for support. The scarred woman did not offer a hand even though she frowned at Cathy's pathetic predicament. It was none of her business, that was what she told herself over and over as she applied more soap to Cathy's back and passed her the sponge so that she could scrub herself. Even though Cathy looked like something the cat dragged in from a very dirty tunnel, the scarred woman could see from the cords in her arms that on her good days, she was a very strong woman. Unbidden a smile curved her lips. Theodore always went for the stronger women. And Cathy was not just strong, she was beautiful too even under those layers of dirt and thin flesh so it wasn’t too far-fetched that he would go for a woman like her.But that smile soon disappeared as quickly as it came be