Page 46 of Those That Are Lost (Hidden Vampires #2)

TY

‘ O h, fuck… Yes!’ Red’s words scream through my head as I suck hard on her clit.

She’s trying to be quiet but an audible moan escapes through her clenched teeth.

Her hands fly from the mattress she’s sprawled on to cover her mouth as I pump my fingers into her and suck again.

She bucks underneath me, nearly dislodging me from my quest.

‘That’s it, you’re gripping me so tight, you must be close. Keep quiet for me. Feel it. Hold it all in and focus on my fingers against your walls, my tongue on your folds.’ I give her clit a moment's reprieve as I lick a path from her entrance all the way to the small nest of her pubic hair.

Her body tightens as I continue playing with her, pushing her higher and higher.

‘Come for me, show me how much I own this body, my mate.’ I purr through the bond, my mouth once again occupied.

She hisses as she finally goes over the edge. I bring a hand to her abdomen to hold her still as I work her through her orgasm. Her hands come to my hair, gripping the strands and holding me to her. Like I’d leave her now.

Lapping up the final wash of sweetness, I leave her wet enough for what’s next.

Climbing my way up her body, I kiss and lick and suck on her skin.

I pause at her breasts, giving them plenty of attention with my hands and my tongue to bring her back to me.

Her nipples are always more sensitive after she’s come, meaning I can have her right back on that ledge and begging me for more in seconds.

Indeed, her hips cant, seeking me out and my dick, which has been rock hard this entire time, gives a powerful thrust, answering our mate’s silent plea.

Reluctantly, I leave her chest and haul myself up, placing my elbows on either side of her head, and bring our pelvises in line.

Red wraps her legs around my hips as I angle and push into her in one swift movement.

Capturing her lips before another sweet sound can escape them, I dive my tongue in deep as I pull, almost all the way out before pushing hard into her body once more.

This feeling of relief and ecstasy will never fade.

I know that for the rest of my life, I’ll pine whenever there’s an inch between us, and only feel at home when I’m inside her, wrapped in her, consumed by her.

I bring her close to the edge with angled thrusts of my hips, knowing each time I slide my cock against her g-spot just right because of the garbled words that fire through our bond. Sweat begins to bead on our skin, the scent of sex fills the room, mixing with her deep, earthy, sweet scent.

Before she comes again, I pull out, wanting deeper.

‘Ty, what are — ’ I cut off her protest as I use both hands on her thighs and flip her.

Landing on her forearms and knees, I spread her legs and push myself back in.

Leaning forwards, I place one hand on the top of the headboard and one around her throat, holding her up and anchoring her against the onslaught as I fuck her deeper and harder.

‘Oh, gods… Fuck. Ty. Fuck, you’re so fucking deep.’

‘And you’re swallowing my every inch like the good girl you are,’ I praise.

Her pulse accelerates under my fingers, I squeeze a little harder.

I’m not cutting off her ability to breath but rather placing pressure at the sides, sending her lightheaded in a calculated rush.

‘Rub your clit for me, get yourself off as I fuck you,’ I command.

She complies immediately. I don’t let up as her weight shifts, causing her to lean on my hand around her neck a little more. The sounds of our skin slapping fills the room.

It doesn’t take long for her walls to contract tightly around my dick and then she’s coming again.

Needing to taste the endorphins flooding her system, I lean forwards.

Releasing her neck, I gently swipe her loose curls over one shoulder so I have access to the spot just below her ear.

I don’t hesitate in sinking my fangs into her flesh.

The moment her hot blood hits my tongue, I’m gone. Rhythm faltering, I come in an explosion of overstimulation. Spilling myself inside my mate as I draw from her neck, I get swept away in her. Everything is her. Every one of my senses is her.

After my cock stops firing, I don’t pull out, but I do release my fangs from her skin, licking the wound and capturing the last drops of blood. I caress Red, gently rubbing her shoulders, her back, and eventually pulling out so I can flop onto the bed beside her and pull her into my arms.

‘Wow.’ One word. That’s all that comes through the bond as our breathing evens out and we tangle ourselves together.

‘Do you want a drink?’ I manage, offering Red my wrist. I don’t think she’s going to take me up on the offer for a second but then her hand moves to pull mine to her lips.

The sharp prick of fangs piercing my skin is followed by the deep draw of her taking some of my blood.

She practically purrs as she swallows. It hits me right in the chest, being this intimate with her.

It’s a gift and a blessing. I’ll never take it for granted.

After Red finishes drinking, she seals the wound before resuming snuggling into me. We lie tangled in each other for several minutes, and I think she’s about to fall asleep when she stirs. Dropping me a quick kiss on the lips, she moves off the bed, grumbling about using the bathroom.

I lay, waiting for her return, basking in the post sex glow, listening to her clean herself up and pee.

As she reappears, I sense a certain hesitation coming from her. She comes to sit on the mattress but doesn’t curl back into me like I want. I open my eyes. ‘ Everything okay?’

“Yes, I’m fine, better than fine. I’m great. I want to ask you something.” Her voice is low but it worries me that she says it out loud. Immediately, I’m propping myself up on an elbow and turning onto my side to face her. Reaching out for her hand, I’m glad she lets me take it.

“What is it?”

“I don’t like that we’re letting Mitch and Antares go back by themselves.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, neither of them are bonded to us. Antares is walking into a pack alone. As much as Mitch might be on our side, until he breaks the bond with Adicious, he is a liability.”

She’s right, of course, but in the days since we kidnapped and drained Demetri, we’ve not come up with a better solution. And time is ticking before Mitch has to return to Froan.

“Antares can handle himself.” I fear that male would survive a full-scale apocalypse.

“I know, he’s powerful but I think we should offer him our protection before he goes. We’d be able to feel if he was in real trouble, right?”

“It’s not set in stone, Red. Like with the mating bonds, pack bonds vary in strength and in power.

Some can feel each other's well-being. Others can locate each other. We won’t know until we do it.

Although, from the strength of both our powers I think we’ll have a fairly strong bond with our pack members. ”

“But even if it’s not the most powerful it’s something, isn’t it?”

“Yes, we’d feel something if he was maimed. Though, if he’s killed outright, we won’t be able to do a thing about it.”

Red is quiet again. Too quiet.

“Unless one of us was there with him,” she states in frustration. Standing from the bed she starts pacing the carpet alongside it.

I’m momentarily distracted by the curve of her ass and the jiggle of her breasts as she turns. She catches me ogling her recently fucked naked body and I remember our conversation. “We can’t be there; we’ve been over this. Adicious would scent our mate bond too easily.”

“What if he couldn’t?”

I sit up then, crossing my legs on the bed, and pull the sheet around my hips. A pit of anticipation opens in my gut.

“Red?” I look at my mate, hooking an eyebrow.

“Remember…” She pauses, holding a hand out in front of her body. “This is a cover.”

“What is?” I say, completely confused.

It takes a few seconds but something wrong registers in my brain as I breathe, waiting for whatever Red is about to say.

The mate bond.

It's gone.

“What the fuck?” I fly at her. I land in front of her, cutting off her pacing and framing her face with my palms, forcing her to look up at me. My heart leaps into my throat as I inhale deeper, trying to scent us. I should be able to smell our connection on her. But I can only smell her.

‘Ty! It’s just a cover. It’s okay.’ Comes through the mental bond as Red places her hand on my chest and gently pushes me back towards the bed. My knees hit the mattress and I’m forced to sit. She steps between my thighs. My hands come to her waist, never breaking contact.

I stare up at her, wide eyes and panicked. “Red, please… what’s going on?” I fight back the clawing feeling that’s trying to cave my chest in.

“It's a glamour,” Red says aloud, and repeats through the bond. ‘It’s a glamour.’

‘How?’ I fire at her, unable to voice the word. I do show her my fangs however, letting her know I’m two seconds from ripping into her throat to check her blood for myself.

“I’ve been practicing ever since we started talking about infiltrating Adicious’s pack.

I’ve only ever been able to glamour my visual appearance, only ever wanted to.

But as I’ve been researching, I found out that some Glamourers can change their scent too.

The power is based on changing our appearance, to be able to blend in or disappear.

With a society that relies on scent, it makes sense that it would extend to that too.

Think how quickly Mitch and Demetri identified me even though I looked nothing like my natural form. ”

True. I had been worrying about that.

“I’ve been trying it when you’ve been out the last few days. I didn’t know it actually worked until I saw your reaction.”

My heart slows incrementally. I still don’t like that she doesn’t smell like me, that the claim we have on each other is not clear for all to scent. She’s mine, gods dammit.

Red cups my face and looks down at me with her bright green eyes.

“I’m always going to be yours.” Her glamour drops and her scent immediately returns to the one mixed with my own.

The need to sink my fangs into her still pulses just below the surface of my skin.

I pull her onto my lap and take a deep inhale of her scent at the mark I left on her neck.

Red clears her throat before adding softly, “I want to go with Mitch and Antares, I want to secure the pack for us.”

Every single fibre, bone, and cell in my body wants to refuse her. We’d be separated. She’d be in that fuckers grasp once more. “I don’t like it.”

“I know,” she sighs, running a hand through my hair in our embrace.

“But it could cut down the time we need. Antares wouldn’t have to risk sneaking information back to us.

We could communicate the whole time and figure out which of Adicious’s pack would turn, given the chance. I can figure out who wants out.”

“We don’t know that our communication would work at any distance.”

“We’ve been a few miles apart this week with you running around the city.”

“That’s different.”

“How?” she challenges me.

“We don’t know how far I’d have to be in Froan.”

“I’ve been thinking about that too.” Gods, Red really has been busy whilst she’s been stuck in this apartment.

“I’ve had a few calls with Claire and Bree.

I think we could ask Claire to stay at hers.

She’s at her parent’s place right now, it’s on the same side of the city as the ranch. I think the distance would be okay.”

“Okay? Red, nothing about this is okay. I’ve struggled spending an entire day without you, and that’s when you’re safe here.

We’re talking about a week or two apart and you being in the literal hands of our enemy.

Don’t think for a second Adicious won’t want to resume where he left off when it comes to you. ”

She shivers in my arms at the reminder. But then her spine straightens.

“He won’t touch me. I’m at full strength, I’m better prepared and will have a very powerful air wielder with me. ”

“And the prolonged distance?”

“I’ll admit I’m not letting myself think about that. I’m thinking of the end goal. We get a pack and our home back. We’d get the chance to set up a safe haven like your parents were planning to.”

“I don’t like it,” I repeat.

“I know.” She kisses my nose, staring straight into my eyes. “Neither do I, but would you trust me to do it?”

“Yes.” The word tastes heavy on my tongue but it’s the truth. “Of course I do.” I want to scream that I’ll go instead, but I don’t have the powers she does. Adicious doesn’t want her dead. Me? He’d kill me on the spot.

“I’m better skilled now. I can do this, with your support.”

“I know, Red. I don’t doubt you. I feel like I’m risking you but not because I don’t think you can handle yourself.

You’re brilliant, clever, and the strongest willed person I’ve ever known.

But you’re also the most precious thing I’ll ever have.

What you’re proposing is dangerous. And you have no idea what it means to me that you’re this invested in getting Froan back under our control.

It’s my family's territory. You could suggest we go anywhere else, there’s so much land we could settle in.

The fact you want to do this because I want to do this is a great gift. ”

“It’s my home too.” Red’s gaze spears into mine. Even without our mind connection I would be able to see the extent of her determination right now, her eyes revealing everything she’s feeling beneath the surface. “Thank you for trusting me to do this.”

That makes me grin. “No need to thank me, Red. We’re partners; equals.”

She leans down to give me a quick chaste kiss. “And soon to be pack leaders?”

“Looks like it. How’d you feel about that?”

“Good, I think. After spending time with the wolves, seeing the bonds they all share, I want that. I only hope I don’t fuck it up, because I have no idea what I’m doing.”

“You know more than you think. I saw the way you helped the younger wolves. The way you delved into my parents' work. I think together we could build something really positive.”

She smiles down at me and nods before wrapping herself around my body. I cherish the warmth of her skin, the closeness and being surrounded by her scent. We have one full day left before we leave for Froan. And now one full day before my mate embarks on a dangerous mission without me by her side.