I stretched, glancing up at the clock on the other side of my office. 8.45pm.
I was starving, but the club would be opening soon. I’d had to skip lunch because I got caught up on a call, which meant my usual Thursday donor had to go back to work. Fortunately, Thursday was the night of discounted shots. Within half an hour of opening, the club would be heaving. I could just head downstairs, make myself comfy in my usual spot at the bar, and soak it all up. I’d be back to feeling like me in no time. A knock on my office door jerked me out of my thoughts. “Come in,” I called out. My head of security, Luke. He’d worked for me for a long time, the longest of anyone. “Ma’am,” he nodded. I hated it when he called me that. It made me feel old. The fact I was going to be 298 this year was beyond the point. “How are we looking for tonight?” I asked, glancing up at him. “Already a queue down the road, ma’am.” I nodded. “Good. That’s good…” my thoughts trailed off. I’d left it far too long in between meals. I might not need blood as often as many others, but I still needed it to keep my strength up. “Ma’am. You haven’t fed today, have you?” I shook my head. I should have known that he’d know. My eyes started turning red when I skipped meals. Once upon a time, I’d have had to hunt. Fortunately, my mother was a succubus and my dad a werewolf. I had options. “As always, I’m here if you need me, ma’am.” I gave him a small smile. “I’m sure it won’t come to that, Luke. But thank you.” I stretched again. I said it won’t come to that, but jeez, I was getting uncomfortable. Skipping meals was always a terrible idea. I wouldn’t admit it to Luke, but it wasn’t one day. I hadn’t fed the day before either. If I didn’t feed the vampire side, the wolf side started to act out. Then it all just goes to shit from there. My control was good, but even I had my limits. She growled, pushing towards the surface, threatening a shift. “Ma’am, your eyes,” he whispered, head bowed. Luke was a member of the local pack I was enforcer for. If the wolf reared her head, my eyes turned a red so deep it was almost black, and instinct had him submit. My eyes always were the first change. I rubbed my temples, willing her to calm down. Soon, I whispered. Soon. She growled, I could feel her pacing impatiently. She was bored and hungry, a bad combination for any wolf. “I think I’m going to have to go for a run tonight, Luke. She’s feeling cooped up.” “I’ll come with you, ma’am,” he whispered, head still bowed. “You can look up, Luke. She’s calm for now.” He glanced up, nervous. “You need to feed.” “I know. Let’s head downstairs and make sure everything is ready to open, I can’t guarantee the wolf will stay calm if we wait too long.” “Ma’am, you need to feed now. I can feel your wolf, I can feel her calling for my submission. She wants to hunt.” “Luke, I…” He rolled his sleeve up, offering me his wrist. I could see the vein pulsing, I could hear his heart speed up in anticipation. My breathing slowed, my body tensed. I needed this so badly. “It will hurt, Luke, I can’t stop it hurting.” “I know,” came his response. “Let me have a whiskey after and I’ll be fine.” He smirked. At least his confidence was still there. I stepped towards him, my gaze firmly on where I could see that vein in his wrist. I could hear it, it was all I could hear. My wolf had finally stopped pacing in stroppy circles, and was instead staring intently forwards, growling. I felt his flinch when my teeth sank into his wrist, his breathing quicken and his body tense. My wolf liked it. I liked it. We liked him being under our control, at our mercy. I pulled back away from him, my breathing deep. Something was different tonight. My wolf was too interested in this, and I didn’t know why. “That was different tonight.” His voice was shaking as he spoke. “I know that was only the second time… but that only hurt for a few seconds, then…” he paused, eyes closing. “Then I didn’t want you to stop.” “I know you’re a succubus, but it wasn’t like that last time,” he whispered. “I want you to do it again,” he looked back up at me, desire in his eyes. “I need you.” Fuck. “I’m sorry, Luke,” I whispered. “It shouldn’t be like that. Not with you. I don’t know how it happened.” He stepped towards me. “I don’t care,” he whispered. “I need you.” My wolf was pawing the ground, she wanted this. She really wanted this. I backed away from him until my back hit the wall, I couldn’t do this. Not with Luke. He was one of my closest friends and he’d been my head of security for 150 years. He’d saved my life more times than I could count, and I his. I couldn’t jeopardise that over one bite and whatever this was.Scratch that.Apparently I could do this. I needed it too.Which wasn’t like me, but something seemed to be very, very different today. No idea what, but something was definitely there.As my back hit the wall, my wolf snarled, she didn’t want to be backed into a corner. She wanted to be in charge.Feeling my wolf perk up, Luke’s eyes widened. She was pawing at the ground, urging me to go for it.He paused with his hands outstretched, waiting for me to make the move. I closed the distance to him at lightning speed, his hands ending up on my waist whilst mine tangled in his hair. Before he could even react, I moved, and we ended up with me straddling his lap on my desk. My wolf was loving this.The colour of his eyes said his wolf was too. My fingers were still tangled in his hair when he reached up to press his lips gently against mine. My wolf growled. Apparently she didn’t have the patience for gentle.I kissed him back, harder, my tongue immediately seeking out his. He groaned, f
I sipped my mojito, looking out across the crowded dance floor. The club really was packed tonight. My body was calming, the hunger, fortunately, at bay for now. My wolf still felt close to the surface.I was still going to have to shift tonight and go for a run, but at least I didn’t have to worry about her wanting to rip throats out. Small victories and all that.I glanced towards the main door where I knew Luke would be stationed. He met my gaze, giving me a small smile. Somehow the desire and need still hadn’t left his eyes.I signed, turning back to the now drained mojito. Apparently I’d finished it and not even noticed. This shouldn’t have happened. With humans, yes, it was possible that one bite could lead to desire and in extreme cases, obsession. Con of being a succubus.But it had never happened with another werewolf before. Is it possible what he felt was genuine? Maybe. Who really knew?It’s not like there were loads of other wolf-succubuses around to talk to. In my 300 y
“I’m driving.”“But ma’am..”“No buts, Luke. I’m driving. Think of it this way. Your gun hand will still be free.” He sighed, before nodding in agreement. He wasn’t going to win, and he knew it.The truth was, his reaction to his wolf was making me nervous. The combination of my succubus freaking out, my wolf feeling cooped up and now him nearly losing control was a recipe for disaster.He’d never looked that close to losing control before. He might not have been my age, but he was still pushing 200 and he had some of the finest control of his wolf that I’ve ever seen. And yet he nearly lost control with me pinned in between him and the wall. Figures.Before we even knew it, we’d pulled up outside the pack house of the local wolves. The current alpha and luna were outside waiting to meet us.“Ophelia, this is an unexpected visit.” I could feel the power in Edward’s voice as he spoke. Anyone else would have been forced to submit to that power, but the open secret was that my unique ge
The following three days were uneventful. I didn’t skip meals, my wolf didn’t act out and I hadn’t needed to spend time alone with just Luke. I kept thinking about him and what we did, so it was probably for the best that we hadn’t been in a room alone.No matter what else I thought about or tried to do, I just couldn’t get the memory out of my mind. I ended up reliving it so many times a day that by the end of the Sunday, I was a horny mess.I spent Sunday night after the club closed hiding in my office, under the pretence of getting work done. I knew the only other person still working was Luke, the rest of the security and bar staff had left an hour ago.I hadn’t plucked up the courage to talk to him yet, and I really should.I yawned. Definitely time to call it a night. Even ultra-awesome succubus-werewolves need their beauty sleep. I giggled.Giggled… like a schoolgirl.Oh the full moon was very definitely starting to play havoc with my body and hormones. In less than 24 hours, t
His hands and mouth were everywhere.Kissing along the edge of my bra.Under my dress, his hands were fighting with the clasp.My body quivered and I moaned; he was driving me crazy. “Quiet,” he whispered in my ear, “we don’t want to be interrupted”.Under his hands, I was putty.As I thought I couldn’t take it, he dropped to his knees in front of me.The feeling of him settling in between my thighs was enough to send my body into a frenzy.I needed him, and I needed him now.The first kiss to the inside of my thigh was gentle, soft. The next was far from that. He held my legs as far apart as he could; punishingly wide. Before I could even think, his mouth was on me.He licked around my clit, the movement unforgiving. He licked up and down, again and again whilst I moaned above him, my hands tangled in his hair, nails scraping along his scalp. I cried out, seeing stars, as he thrust two fingers inside me, never once letting up the onslaught on my clit.Just before I could reach my c
Of course I felt something for him.How could I not feel something for him?I groaned, sinking back into my chair. We needed to head to the club to get going on the day’s to-do list, but I could tell work was the furthest thing from Luke’s mind. To be fair, it wasn’t particularly high up my priority list either.The delicious man in front of me, however, that was a different story entirely.Before I even knew what was happening, he ended up on his knees in front of me, hands still cupping my face. He leaned in, lips brushing against mine in the chastest of kisses. I don’t do chaste.I wove my fingers into his hair, pulling him in for a deeper, harder kiss. He groaned against me, his hands sliding down my sides, fingers digging into my hips.Breaking the kiss, I stood, taking his hand and leading him towards my bedroom. I have to say, it’s nice having an actual bed this time.Immediately after stepping foot in my bedroom, I turned to face him, undoing the buttons of my blouse, pushing
Luke had tried to get in my pants another three times before we made it to the club, including once in his car, which made us even later.By the time we did eventually get there, the rest of the team were waiting outside the doors for us to open up. The two keyholders ending up late because they were too busy screwing each other isn’t really an ideal situation, or one that I particularly wanted to explain…Fortunately, no one questioned it. They possibly didn’t want to know either. A lot of the team was supernatural in one way or another, so a good chunk of them probably would recognise the smell of sex.Oops.Tonight’s team was on it, they were prepped and ready to go for opening time, even though Luke and I were nearly an hour late.The club was roaring within ten minutes of the doors opening. Mondays were a strange night. Once upon a time, they were deathly quiet. Then we launched the Monday night shots specials, and suddenly they were as busy as most other days. It was mainly stu
Nathaniel was still sitting across from me in my office sipping another whiskey and I was halfway through my third mojito when Edward called.“Ed, what can I do for you at this late hour?”“My apologies, Ophelia, I’m sure you’re busy, but I have some concerns about something going on in my territory.”I held my finger up to my lips, telling Nathaniel not to say anything. I needed to hear where this was going to go.“Carry on,” I replied.“There seems to be a couple rogue wolves that have been hanging around, we’re concerned that they may pose a threat.”“What kind of threat?”“They’ve been loitering predominantly around my house and Nathaniel’s house, I’m concerned someone is planning a takeover.”“Ed, you know I can’t get involved with any challenge attempts. Has anyone threatened you, your son or anyone else?”The door opened. Luke was back, finally. I gave him a small smile, before turning my attention back to Ed.“No, but rogues are always a concern.”“They should be, yes. Have th