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  She followed his lead with grace and beauty. Jayden moved from humming to singing the song, enjoying the delight and surprise in her eyes. He knew his voice was good. In another lifetime he had taken singing lessons. But then life happened and plans changed.

  The bedroom was big enough for them to dance with ease. Sydney relaxed more fully into his arms. His body responded in predictable ways, but he didn’t let that take away from their pleasure. As he finished the song he slowed down and finally stopped.

  Sydney still wore her smile, but this time it filled her beautiful eyes.

  “Kiss her.”

  Calatrave’s words should have annoyed him. Instead his arousal increased. There was something incredibly sexy about the Spaniard directing his erotic endeavor. And going by her dilated pupils Sydney had a similar response.

  He kissed her, teasing and sipping from her lips, enticing her to open to him and become entangled in the web of desire he wove around them.

  She responded with the same passion she had the first time until he blew it by making her think he would take her blood. This time around he would ensure nothing would pull her out of the moment.

  Her taste sank into him. His dick hardened as he pulled her more fully against him. Her lean curves fit his body like another half. They parted, both breathing hard. He stroked his thumb along the line of her chin, studying her face to ensure she was with him all the way.

  She cupped his cheek and nodded as if she could read his concerns.

  A sudden lightness filled him. She had committed to their exchange.

  Jayden kissed against her reddened lips and lifted his hands to the zipper of her jacket. With care he pulled it down, making sure he rubbed the back of his hands across her swelling breasts. Her nipples hardened and she trembled.

  He stroked across her flat stomach until the jacket became undone. As soon as the zipper was open she shrugged out of it.

  Jayden swallowed. She wore a soft blue shirt that matched her eyes and molded to every curve, the built-in bra cupping her delicious mounds. He licked across her nipple. She stopped breathing and moaned, her hands clenching around the fabric of his shirt.

  Sydney bit her lip and glanced to where the Spaniard sat and watched with his usual impassive mien.

  Jayden cupped her chin and made her meet his gaze. “Don’t think of him as someone watching us. Think of him as someone entranced by your beauty and passion.”

  “Think of me as the man who directs everything that happens to you and will control you when it is his turn.”

  Jayden turned to the other man. Calatrave raised his eyebrow. Heat filled Jayden. A different heat from the one Sydney brought to him. Miguel looked delicious leaning back in his chair and watching them. Jayden always had an exhibitionistic streak, so the other man’s eyes on him heightened the situation.

  That didn’t mean he was ready to cede all power to him.

  Miguel got the message. His gaze narrowed, but he didn’t speak.

  Sydney threw the other man one more glance. “What do you mean control me?”

  Miguel widened his arms until they rested on the armrests, displaying his very fine chest and looking even more mouthwatering. “When it is my turn I will tie you up and you’ll enjoy it.”

  Jayden’s cock hardened even more. He could see her bound to a cross or bent over a bench and the images pushed him closer to the edge.

  She swallowed, her gaze jumping between the two of them. “I don’t think so.” Her response lacked conviction.

  Miguel only smiled, the fire in his eyes hot enough to burn them to cinders. “I do.”

  Jayden winked at him, very much in line with that idea. Then he turned to Sydney and kissed her again. Her now familiar taste and response tightened the pressure in his dick. While teasing her tongue with his own and exploring the depth of her mouth he undid her trousers and pulled down the zipper. The trousers slid down her legs. Her underpants were silky and sexy and drove him crazy.

  Jayden cupped her ass with both hands. Her skin was soft and made him want to explore. But his dick had other ideas, so he grasped her upper thigh and wrapped her leg around his hip, putting his cock exactly where he wanted it. Against her moist pussy.

  He growled as the feel of her nearly made the top of his head fly off. He lifted one hand to the back of her head and devoured her with a kiss.

  She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave as good as she got.

  Finally he had to pull back or his control would have cracked. He caressed her upper thigh with his thumb before gently letting go. “Let’s get you out of the rest of your clothes. I want to look at you.”

  Sydney grabbed the bottom of the shirt, yanked it over her head and dropped it to the side. Before she could use the same no-nonsense approach on her panties, he stopped her and cupped her small breasts. She jerked the slightest bit when he rubbed his thumbs over her taut peaks. Ah, sensitive.

  Jayden lightened his touch and circled the nipple. Her stomach muscles fluttered.

  He couldn’t resist any longer and kissed her left breast.

  A slight moan escaped her.

  He continued to tease her right nipple with his fingers as he licked and laved the tender tip. She thrust her hands into his hair. He pulled her nipple into the wet heat of his mouth and sucked while tweaking her other nipple with his fingers.

  Her back bowed and her head dropped back.

  Then she came with a deep groan.

  He nearly stopped, stunned by her response to his caress, but then moved his lips to her other breast.

  Sydney whimpered. He kissed his way down her stomach until he sank to his knees before her.

  Her skin was delicious and covered a body to die for. She was a lean, mean fighting machine and he enjoyed every inch of her. He knew some men preferred give and curves in their women, but he loved warriors, women who could hold their own in the bedroom and out.

  “Finish it.” Miguel’s words were like whiplashes.

  Jayden licked across her stomach and nipped the soft skin, taking his time. The growl at his back made him smile. Finally, after exploring every inch of skin within reach, he tugged her sexy underwear down her long legs. Legs he couldn’t wait to explore in great detail.

  Sydney stepped out and was now beautifully nude. “You take my breath away.” He saw no reason not to share his feelings.

  The darkness in her eyes he had noticed from the moment he met her eased. It didn’t dissipate, it was too deeply entrenched, but it softened, as did her body.

  “Thank you.” Her voice was low and husky and rubbed over his still clothed body like a lick.

  With one last kiss to just above her neatly trimmed triangle of hair he rose to his feet. “Let’s move this to a more comfortable location.”

  She snorted. “It’s not as if you didn’t succeed standing up.”

  He grinned. “Be that as it may, I still want you to lie back and get comfortable.”

  A smile spread across her lips, lighting up her whole face. “Get comfortable?”

  Jayden clasped her neck and guided her to the bed. “Sure. You’re going to be here for a little bit. I have plans.”

  “What kind of plans?”

  He studied her expression as he pulled back the sheets and helped her climb up. A soft flush covered her cheeks. She glanced at Calatrave before settling down. “First I’m going to start at your toes and kiss my way up every inch of your delectable leg.” The flush deepened. Ah, you like that, don’t you?

  He had no trouble verbalizing his plans if that drove her higher. “I won’t kiss your pussy just yet. I’ll work my way down the other leg first. And then I’m going to suck on your toes.”

  A shiver worked through her. Her breathing flattened and grew more uneven. Her luscious pink nipples had darkened with the increase in blood. Jayden swallowed. He would have liked a sip. Not to feed himself, but to enhance her pleasure and drive her passion to another level.

  But not yet.

  “Once
I’m done with your toes I’ll work my way back up the leg and maybe test how sensitive your kneecaps are. Once we’ve discovered those details we’ll—“

  Sydney raised her hand. “Less words, more action.”

  Jayden laughed and climbed beside her.

  Her eyes continued to move between him and Calatrave. Every time she met the other man’s impassive black gaze her flush deepened just a little bit. It was as if she couldn’t quite decide if she liked the idea of someone watching or not.

  Nothing he could do about that but show her that a tad of exhibitionism added to the eroticism of the situation.

  He settled between her feet and lifted one so he could kiss her arch. With slow deliberation he worked his way farther and farther up her leg, just as he’d described. He couldn’t suppress his groans of appreciation. Her skin was pure silk beneath his lips and her scent and taste kept him hovering just beneath the edge.

  When he reached her groin area he teased the crease where leg and torso met with slow licks and a couple of sharp nips. Then he blew across her wet pussy before he repeated the same on the other side of her groin and worked his way down her other leg.

  She groaned and clenched her hands in the sheets.

  Jayden wanted to laugh but instead had to grind his teeth. His patience was running thin and the scent of her arousal drove him insane.

  “For Jade’s sake, hurry.”

  Her slurred demand heightened the tension in every part of his body. And if he sped up just a little bit he was sure no one would call him on it. He lifted her other foot and rained kisses around the ankle and across the arch. Finally he teased her big toe with his tongue. She moaned and shivers ran through her. He nibbled on her toe and then sucked it into his mouth.

  Her hips jerked and she groaned.

  Jayden continued to lave the sensitive digit and moved on to the rest of her toes. Tension stretched her body, her toes curling in his grip.

  He released her foot and gently set it back onto the bed before opening her legs and settling between them, his shoulders pushing them farther apart.

  Sydney sobbed and arched her back.

  Then she did something that stole his breath and nearly cracked the thin grasp he had on his control.

  She cupped herself and then opened up her lips with her fingers, presenting her pink and luscious pussy to his gaze and his mouth. Her juices coated her entrance and her scent engulfed his senses. He had never seen anything this stirring or delicious.

  Jayden gave her one slow lick from her perineum all the way to her clit. She flinched at his touch, still sensitive after his earlier ministrations. He teased her outer and inner lips before thrusting his tongue inside her. Her tart taste rushed through him. More moisture gathered around his tongue facilitating movement.

  He focused on the sweet spot just inside her, with the tip of his tongue as well as a finger.

  Sydney’s response was instantaneous. She cried out and pressed her hips against his lips.

  Jayden rubbed the tip of his finger across the light ribbing inside her.

  She screamed and her muscles clasped his finger tightly.

  He added another finger and thrust while licking across her clit.

  Her screams increased in volume and her back bowed.

  Jayden continued to move his fingers and to suck and lick until with one final shudder she collapsed back onto the bed.

  His cock was about to bust through his trousers, but despite the intense need it was as if a weight lifted off his chest. Jayden kissed the soft skin of her lower stomach. “How are you doing?”

  She panted, her eyes unfocused, her pupils dilated.

  He chuckled and cupped her quivering pussy, the ball of his thumb resting against her clit.

  Sydney shivered and groaned. “Give me a moment.”

  Jayden laughed. “Sorry, love, I owe you one more.”

  She groaned, but when he changed his grip and thrust two fingers inside her she welcomed him. With every orgasm he’d ensured he didn’t let her come down all the way but kept her just that little bit on edge. It made it that much easier to push her over into the abyss again.

  And she responded beautifully.

  Knowing her clit was highly sensitive after two orgasms he focused on pushing his fingers in and out of her, in long, slow, deep thrusts. Intermittently he added a third and circled his thumb around her clit. In his explorations he discovered that every time he put a little bit of pressure on the area of skin just above the bundle of nerves Sydney responded with a rush of moisture and a tensing of her leg muscles.

  Never one to waste an opportunity, he kept coming back to just that spot. Within moments Sydney panted and twisted her head back and forth on the pillow.

  Jayden added slow licks and sucks of her inner lips and finally replaced his circling thumb with his tongue. A deep groan escaped her.

  He circled her clit, coming close but never quite touching the sensitive peak. He cupped her tight ass with one hand and with the other caressed her hip and stroked along her side until he reached her breast.

  He teased her areola, but same as with her clit he avoided the responsive tip of her breast.

  Sydney’s movements grew more restless, her moans and whimpers more vocal. In the end Jayden timed it perfectly. As he tweaked her nipple between two fingers he sucked her clit.

  She screamed and exploded beneath him.

  He came close to losing it himself and hung on by a mere thread. He clung to his control as he helped her to slowly come back to herself.

  When their gazes met, her sea-blue eyes, still slightly hazy, studied him as if he was the most intriguing mystery in the universe. He didn’t know what went through her mind and for a minute he wished she was his lifemate so they could share their minds, read each other’s thoughts and experience the deep intimacy as only two matched souls could.

  “How are you holding up?”

  She chuckled. “I’ve never tried drugs, but I believe the way I feel mirrors being high as a kite.”

  He laughed and pulled her close. “There are very few things I haven’t tried, so I’ll take this as a compliment.”

  She rubbed her cheek against his chest. “Bit of a rebel, eh?”

  He stroked his fingers up and down her neck. “Of course. It was in the job description.”

  Sydney turned until she was on her stomach and could look at him. “Mercenary?”

  He shook his head. “I was the lead singer in a band.” He stayed close to the truth when he built this persona. At one point he had been in a band, so he used it. “Drugs and rock ’n’ roll still go together, no matter how far we’ve come since old Earth. I tried most everything once, just to see.” And he’d needed to know the effect the drugs had on his body.

  She gaped.

  Jayden laughed and kissed her. Then he started to sing one of the latest intergalactic chart toppers.

  She stared at him.

  Heat radiated through his chest and his hands tingled. He wanted to capture this moment in time and not let go. It was complete insanity, but he didn’t care.

  “How did you go from bad-boy singer to badass Feral?”

  Her question was like a punch reminding him where he was. He grimaced and looked away. “Life happened.”

  Before she could ask more questions Miguel interrupted. “I believe it is my turn now.”

  Jayden didn’t want to release Sydney. For a moment he wanted to hold her close and never let go.

  But he couldn’t. Not now. Not here.

  He needed to figure out how to stop himself from getting emotionally entangled with a woman who would most likely be the death of him.

  Chapter Four

  Miguel was more than one thousand years old. He had seen and done everything at least once, but the torture of watching Jayden pleasure Sydney was like nothing he had ever experienced.

  After her initial hesitation she had given herself over to the pleasure Jayden bestowed on her with everything she had. She was
like a solar storm, beautiful and dangerous. But it wasn’t just she who held him on the edge of the abyss. Watching Jayden had been equally delightful. Miguel wasn’t opposed to sex with men, had enjoyed it a number of times throughout his life, but had always felt more drawn to women.

  Jayden changed that. Miguel wanted to touch the pale skin peeking out from under the short-sleeved shirt, wanted to cup the firm ass and squeeze. The image of himself thrusting deep into Jayden while the other man pleasured Sydney with his mouth had not left his mind.

  He would make it so, but first he needed to establish his dominance in this trio. He could not allow anything else. Especially as they shared a look that didn’t seem to want to come to an end.

  Miguel rubbed the surprising ache in his chest and rose. “I believe it is my turn now.”

  Jayden flinched but slowed his caresses and gently released Sydney. She turned her head and met his gaze. He saw hesitation and uncertainty before her expression grew blank.

  Surprising anger curled though him. She had allowed Jayden to see her, had allowed herself to be vulnerable with the other Vampire, but now she planned to shut down? Not something he would permit.

  He pulled an old-fashioned metal key out of his pocket and opened the narrow door that led to his private toy room. He walked past the swing and the rack to his wall of whips and floggers. He picked up a flogger with medium long double tails made from Botannia elk and a smaller one made from deer leather, also originating on Botannia. Miguel didn’t yet know if he would use the smaller for genital play, but he want to have it at hand if the opportunity arose. On his way out he picked up thick leather cuffs lined with soft morago fur. The connected chains clattered as he carried his collection into the room.

  Jayden waited beside the door, his eyes sparkling with curiosity and need. Miguel forced himself to walk by but then shifted the cuffs into the same hand as the floggers. He grabbed the other man’s neck with his free hand and devoured him with a deep and forceful kiss. Jayden didn’t even hesitate but opened his lips and welcomed Miguel. Their tongues dueled and Miguel’s hand tightened in Jayden’s hair.