Luce stood there shaking staring after him. She turned to Pete. “Gun range in 5.” She told him and walked back into her office looking for her gun. She needed to kill something badly, even if it was just a paper target. Dipping under her desk for her gun case she realised the room was unusually quiet. She looked round and found everyone looking at her. There were a few open mouths. “Ok I’m human I like cock and he’s good at it ok.” She told them. “Gun range lets go.” Grabbing her gun she headed out the room down to the range. She needed to work this out.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“I’m not sure if I should say congratulations or commiserations.” Bit told her kindly touching her arm. “You ok Luce?” She asked her. Luce kept walking. “I don’t know how this all went tits up so quickly. I don’t do complicated you know that. And I’ve gone from annoying him to marrying him? It’s too much.” She told her calmly. “Well, it was pretty simple. Job done no 6 months of wedding stress.” Bits told her banging into her arm with a grin. She gave a half-hearted one back. “Do you love him Luce?” Bits asked her quietly. She thought about that for a minute following Pete into the gun range. “Dam it yeah I do.”
Pete set her up in one of the booths and she went to town firing her clip until it click click clicked. She’d lost count of her rounds. Pete wouldn’t like that but she needed release. Reaching down she grabbed another loaded magazine and slammed it home, released the safety and went at it again. As that one clicked empty she felt better. Placing her gun on the shelf in front of her she turned around and rolled her shoulders. “Feeling better?” Pete asked her. “A bit.” She told him. “I don’t care what Alex says, I can’t stay here Pete. Seriously. Everyone knows your business, I can’t stand it.” She told him slumping down on the bench.
Pete moved over to give Liv a second gun to match the first. “You can handle both right?” He asked her. “Yeah I prefer to use both,” she told him. “Better balance in a fight.” She said offhandedly. Luce wondered how she knew that and put it down to her Dad. Pete moved across to the boys. Liv was poetry in motion. She handled a gun like a makeup brush. They held no question marks for her. Luce watched as Liv slid in a new magazine to both guns, raise them and hit her target dead on. Luce noticed Chris hoovering in the background watching. “You had better not be here for me buddy.” She told him annoyed.
“Not entirely My Lady.” He told her moving behind Liv. Luce threw her gaze back to Pete and the guys. It was clear they weren’t taking it seriously. They were acting like it was a vid game and Pete was having to reign them in. It was amusing to see their antics. But Luce was too pissed off to really enjoy it. Dam that male. She gazed back at Liv. She ejected both clips and reloaded putting her guns on the shelf, pulling her target in towards her to look at her score. “You use the weapons well.” Chris told her. Liv turned around and shrugged. “I prefer my Glock 17 9mm’s but these are nice.” She told him. Chris moved nearer to Liv. She turned back and put down the score sheet and attached another sending it back to the wall.
“You know about guns?” He asked her. “Yep, my Dad made sure I could protect myself. He was insistent on it.” She said with a sad smile looking over at Luce then turning back and firing off both loads. “That is good,” Chris told her, “but vamps are fast. You need to aim 2 clicks ahead and keep moving forward if you are going to hit us. You also need Regins specials. Bring your guns tomorrow and I will check with Regin for you.” Liv frowned at Chris. “Why do I need Regins rounds?” Chris took one gun then the other, reloaded them and handed them back. “They kill vamps.” He told her. Luce noticed Bill and Ben arrive. Just great, the baby sitters had arrived.
Chris came over and bowed. “Your security is here. Good evening My Lady.” Luce nodded resigned throwing her hand out at him with a dismissal. They were bowing now. Bloody male. “Pete, I need a word.” She pinned her two body guards with her eyes. “In private.” Luce walked to the side office and sat down. And watched Pete removed the guns from the guys, wise move thought Luce and lock them away. Liv was still going for it. That girl was so good. Pete picked up her own gun and placed it in its box bringing it to her. “You need to clean that.” He told her coming into the office and closing the door. Luce took the gun. “I will. Thanks. Look I know this is putting you in a difficult position but I can’t stay here. I need my privacy. It’s too much. Too many people. Their bowing for god’s sake. I’m no Lady Pete. You know me. I can’t do this. I feel crowded. Can’t breathe. I hate everyone knowing my business. You told me when I came on board I’d have my freedom to do what I want. I don’t. This sucks.” She told him with a pout.
“You changed the rules Luce when you went with Alex.” He told her quietly. “No one said don’t go screwing the staff you’ll get burned.” She told him crossly. Pete raised his eyes at her. She instantly regretted that. “Sorry that was uncalled for. Alex is not staff and I’m just pissed off.” “We did go over the ownership thing already Luce. I gave you the out and then you stepped right back in. Maybe you’re not as annoyed with the system as you are with yourself.” He told her. “I just need some space.” Luce told him leaning back in her chair. “Maybe you should be telling Alex that.” He told her. Luce scoffed. “Yeah, cos he’s really big into the listening thing.” “Well you need to sort it out and fast. I can’t help you with this Luce. It’s you and him.” Shit. What had she done. “Yeah, yeah I know. Shit.”
Pete walked out the office and gathered up her staff and Liv. “Right, self-defence. This way.” He told them leading them towards the gym. Luce couldn’t find the energy to make the move. She’d had enough of people around her. She needed some space and time more. It was quiet here, she looked round the office. It was a nice office out the way. She closed her eyes and tried to turn her brain off. She would have fried Alex earlier. Her temper was out of control. But dam, married? He said nothing about mating her, marrying her. That was out of order. Even with all the dominate sex that was bloody wonderful that went over that line. You can’t dominate someone into marriage her head told her. What the hell was she thinking, course they could, it happened in the human world all the time. She was being stupid. Ok, he didn’t give her full disclosure but he was right, he had asked, he had told her no going back and he had brought her alive in a way she had never felt before. Luce’s body started to relax. She just a few minutes of shut eye and she’d feel better she told herself drifting off.
“Our Lady in there?” He asked his security walking up to the gun range entrance. “Yes My Lord.” Alex went to move passed them but they blocked his way. “My Lord if I may.” Alex stopped abruptly. He gave a nod. “My Lady, she is resting in side. She has expressed needing the space.” His warrior Dave told him. Alex felt close to losing his composure. It was not for his men to tell him how to best serve his mate and yet, they felt the need to. He was angered by their interference and reason told him they did so out of concern for her, knowing it was likely his rage would consume them all. “Keep watch.” He told them. “Do not leave her alone.” And headed into the gym.
Taking a seat in the back he watched Pete work with the humans. Chris followed him in. They both took up positions along the wall with a clear view of the gym. Pete was working with the three human males and two females. One in particular could handle herself well. The other a novice, as were the males but they had fighting spirit thought Alex. The males were finding it hard to understand the technical elements of defence. Pete called over the new female Liv to demonstrate. Pete came at her, she threw out an elbow and caught him grabbing onto his clothing and throwing him over her shoulder coming down on his neck with her knee. Pete double tapped Liv’s leg and Liv got up. Impressive thought Alex.
Chris growled and rose from his seat, his hands in fists. “Are you in control?” Alex asked him. Chris shock him head. “It is difficult, I cannot see her hurt.” Chris told him sitting back down. “Then you need to leave. She will get hurt, that is how they will learn.” Chris nodded and rubbed his face with his hand. “
I understand that My Lord, but I cannot leave her.” Chris told him. “Do we have a problem here Chris?” Alex asked him. “Mating bond. I feel it. It …. Is difficult to ignore.” “Then you must leave. She is not ready for this.” Chris got up and without looking back left the room.
Pete walked over to him and sat down watching his new pupils. “Luce.” Pete began quietly for Alex’s ears only. “She feels stifled. Suffocated. She is a very private person and hates people knowing her business. She likes the freedom her life gives her and feels the need to be in control of her life. She does not like it taken away from her, she reacts badly. She is your mate but she is asking for space and for me to provide it. I do not wish to come between you and this is not my place. But from a human perspective if you push her you are likely to lose her and I do not mean that the mating bond will break, I know it can’t but you will lose the person if you push her and do not find a compromise.” Pete turned to face him and gave a nod and got up and went back to his charges. Alex sighed. He had done this all wrong.
Alex left the gym and contacted Steven. He’d be moving out tonight. There were other places he could stay until the property was completed next door. The pressure was off with Marcus here, he could move his people without too much of a problem. He just needed to speak with Arturo and let him know. His people were about to hit the streets and go to work. Luce would be back up for that with her team. Alex moved forward through the house in search of Arturo and found him in his office. “Do you have a moment. I know we are about to move out on tonight’s hunt.” “Come in,” Arturo told him. Alex got straight to the point. “After tonight’s hunt, I’m moving out with my people. Now that Marcus is here the risk is lower and I need to give Luce some space before she explodes. I’ll leave her here if I may until I have breached her latest defences. I know she will be safe and well cared for.” He told Arturo. “Can you leave her?” Arturo asked him honestly. Alex shook his head. “I do not know but I have to try or I might lose her. I did this all wrong. She is not like other women and not the women of our time.”
“She may stay as long as you need. But, mend the bridges Alex. Don’t leave it too long that it cannot be breached.” His friend told him kindly. Alex knew there to be wisdom in those words.
Luce woke with a crick in her neck and tapping on a window. She opened her eyes and looked around her to see Bill and Ben the other side of the office door. She beckoned them in. “Hi boys, what’s up?” She asked stretching. “Field ops in 10.” Bill told her. Dam. She’d been asleep for nearly an hour. Grabbing her phone she checked the time. Shit. “The others?” She asked. “They left 10 minutes ago heading for the showers. Should be making their way to the office in a few.” Ben told her. “Ok. Time to go to work.” She told them getting up out of her chair and walking out the range heading to her office.
Luce was the first one in. Walking over to the phone she called down to Alice. “Hi Alice, could we have dinner for 6 sent up please and some milkshake?” She asked. Alice was laughing on the other end. “Good evening Luce, you that hungry? I’ll have it sent up shortly.” Luce put the phone down and pulled up her screens. “I know your busy but I would request a moment of your time?” Luce looked up to see Alex standing in the doorway. Her breath caught in her throat. He looked so delicious her mouth started to water.
Feeling her body tingle just at the sight of him Luce sighed and waved her hand telling him to come in. Bill and Ben closed the door behind him and stayed in the hallway. Guess they would have some semblance of privacy. Suddenly overcome with emotion Luce struggled to control her body. She felt achy her breasts heavy. Her nipples pearled and her clit pulsed almost painfully. Heat rushed through her body. She gripped the arms of her chair as Alex approached. Luce looked up panting. “Alex. I need …. What is happening?” She whispered. Her body was on fire. It was painful in its need for release. She had never experienced this kind of thing before. Her body was screaming for release for ….. Alex.
Alex came around the desk. He couldn’t miss the burn of desire flare to life within her. “It’s the mating pull Luce. It is stronger in some than others. For us it seems to ignite the moment we are together,” he told her leaning down, pulling her chair away from the desk. Alex watched her struggle for control. “I can’t control it Alex, I need you to fuck me. I do not understand. Now I need you now.” She told him begging. Alex rose and Luce whimpered. “Don’t leave me like this.” “I’m not leaving Luce, I’m going to pull these cabinets around behind you, to give us some privacy no one will come in until I give them notice they can.” He told her moving to the two large tall filing cabinets that were against the wall. He pulled them into the room creating a barrier of sorts from the view of the door. Coming back to Luce he pushed her chair against the wall behind the cabinets now blocking any view of them should someone have a death wish and come in the door. They were now effectively blocked from the door even though it was closed.
Alex lifted Luce from the chair and took her place in it and with a crazed urgency that Luce was setting, helped her take her jeans and panties off. As she started to climb him he slipped the button on his own jeans and yanking his zipper down he pulled his hard cock free. Positioning Luce above his cock he held it for her and ran it along the inside of her lips. “Luce?” He asked stroking himself. “I need it Alex. Need you.” She told him breathless. “Then take it.” He told her positioning himself at the crest of her entrance and pushed up slipping in.
Luce dropped onto his cock and flung her head back at the invasion. “So dam good Alex.” She started to ride him. Grabbing her shirt he opened the buttons in haste exposing her skin and bra. Pulling it up out of his way he bent his head and sucked in her hard nipple. Luce cried out again. Popping the nipple out, “quiet Luce they will hear you remember.” Alex tonged her nipple and nipped it with his teeth. Luce moaned and increased her pace. “I need….” She trailed off. Alex opened his mouth and bit down hard on her breast taking her nipple into his mouth and sucked. Luce exploded. Alex grabbed her head and pulled it into his shoulder to muffle her climax. Alex went back to suckling on her. Teasing her nipple with his tongue as his mouth sucked in her essence.
He’d never tasted anything like it. It was like nectar pure unadulterated joy filled him. Luce leaned back pushing her breast into his mouth begging him to take more and picked up her pace. Alex withdrew his teeth and sealed the marks closed and kissed his way across to her other pearled nipple begging for his attention. His thumb nail grazed across it. Luce murmured and whimpered as she sat down harder on his cock. Alex nicked the bud with his incisor and blood rose to the surface, he took it between his lips and sucked the nipple in using his tongue to tweak it over and over in an ever increasing pace. Luce cried out again. “I’m so close Alex need you to finish me. Need more.” She told him.
Alex released her nipple with his mouth and ran both thumb nails over both nipples, Luce shuddered. Holding her hips he took over pounding her from below. Luce tried to match his pace but failed. He piston fucked her taking all the frustration of early out of his system. Luce’s voice rose, “yes, god yes, so fucking close Alex please I need more.” She ground out. Alex leaned forward and at the same time, shoved his hand down between them and pinched her clit as he bit her nipple and slammed up into her pussy sending shot semen deep inside her. Alex put his hand over her mouth as she started to scream his name.
Alex held her to him. He had not expected this. A mating pull was unusual. Its creation unique in vamp society. They would have a chance of having children he mused and smiled. No way was Luce ready for that. Just as well it was not easy for them to conceive. Luce moved against him and snuggled closer. Resting his head on the back of the chair, he knew she would hear him now.
“I wanted to apologise.” He told her stoking her back. “I know I did this all wrong. My nature, vamp nature is to show no shame and as the world around me can see and hear everything for miles, privacy is a luxury I have not had in centuries. I forget how valuable it
can be. I know you are a private person and do share your sentiment that our time together should be for us and not everyone else. That is not easy to achieve but I will try to provide that for you. I was wrong to mate you, marry you without your consent. You are right about that and that I lost control. I would like to say in my defence that you brought out the beast in me and I couldn’t hold back but, in all honestly, I didn’t want to. I do not regret it and hope you do not either. I am a strong passionate male and will not apologise for that. I will dominate and take. It is something we both enjoy Luce. But I will try to give you the space you crave and I will be leaving tonight after the hunt for a few days. I will be here in the evenings and for the party to support Arturo. After that, we have some decisions to make. Is that alright with you?”
He did sound sorry thought Luce and sad. She guessed this wasn’t going how he expected it either. “Thank you for that.” She told him meaning it kissing his neck. Luce felt she needed, wanted to give him something back. “I blamed you earlier but in truth, I would not have had it any other way. I wanted it as much as you did, clearly still do and you were honest in asking me first, I do remember the ‘no going back’ speech and my answer. I do not regret it either.” She told him stroking his chest, “but this is not easy for me. It was….. perfect. I just need some time, space that is sound proofed.” She told him grinning coming up to look at him. She raised her hand and caressed his face. Bloody male was too dam hot. “To get used to the idea. Get use to this. It doesn’t feel real Alex. No more surprises would also be nice.” She asked. “I’ll be leaving the boys with you.” He told her caressing her breast and running his fingers over it. “Arturo is in agreement. You’ll be safe here. And you can get me on the phone if you need me.” Luce felt like he was trying to convince himself she would be ok without him. She frowned did she really want him to leave her? A knock at the door brought them back to reality.
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