Reorganized Wolf (Seraphine Thomas Book 12)

by Erin R Flynn

  I nodded. Enzo’s team was working out well with our ancients and fitting in well with our dynamic. They’d all made it clear they wanted to make Chicago and our ancient coven their permanent home… Even Absolon after his finger regrew.

  So all the ancients were taking a night off and watching the fun. Of course Enzo wouldn’t miss that. Goran as well. Zlat wasn’t to join us but I wasn’t okay with other women seeing this side of me. Well, at least ones I didn’t know well or weren’t my friends like Simone or other sirens. They wouldn’t understand and rumors would fly about me.

  Well, more than I already had. I wasn’t completely oblivious. I knew women in other paranormal groups in Chicago had some choice words about me and my “hogging” all the best men.

  Enzo had been a good pal to Apollo and conferenced him in via Discord. Apparently we were switching video chat programs as a new one came out this year that was more secure and harder to hack than Skype. Well, according to Noah who was also there.

  On the call was also President Nuri. Yes, the leader of Iran was going to watch me be very dirty with my head of security and was thrilled to be included. Damn vampires. Damn ancients.

  Actually, just damn men as it wasn’t only vampires. Yes, the two other ancients we’d “stolen” were there—Niall and Rayne—who were doing well spying for us, but so were Eugene and Axel, looking very interested to get a deeper glimpse at how far I’d let the games go. Dain refused to let that many vampires around me—especially ancients—when I’d be giving blood if he wasn’t.

  Jonik was also on the call with Brian. I had a feeling Hagan and Reagan were watching as well but I wasn’t sure. So that pretty much covered everyone I regularly slept with or got a pass in my bed.

  “Virgil’s finally on,” Orson announced.

  Oh wait, yeah, Alpha Virgil from Memphis I played with. Geez, the list was getting longer than I could remember.

  “Hey, I’ll send them all away and end the call,” Carter murmured against my lips. “I got overexcited. I’m sorry.”

  “You’re so much work,” I sighed heavily. “You all are.”

  “Yeah, just us,” he chuckled, shooting at glance at my shoulder where I’d been shot but was completely healed. I kissed him, not wanting to bring up any bad or think about what we’d just been through.

  “Be sure,” I worried as I cupped his cheek, making him look at me.

  His pretty eyes darkened with desire. “I’m sure. I know the risks. I want this. I want you like this.” His fangs slowly slid out. “Experiencing you like this is worth the risk.”

  “You ancients are idiots,” I grumbled. Nothing was worth the risk of losing myself to someone. It had to be some combination of a new level of danger and adrenaline and the rarity for them wrapped up in power and thrill.

  “Yeah, we are,” he agreed, leaning in and running his nose along my neck. “You’re willing? I know you promised, but don’t do it just for that. I won’t force you.”

  “I’m not the one at risk. You want this, we can try it.” I gave my wolf and siren a last pep talk, both mentally nodding and knowing the line. Neither wanted to risk hurting Carter any more than I did. We cared for him and he was important to our lives and the pack.

  “I want it. I want you like no one else has had you. I want you like this first,” he said with a hiss as he pulled me closer. “Say yes.”

  “Yes. Just a sip.” I moaned as he sank his fangs in my neck. The moment he sucked my blood and swallowed I flared my siren’s power up to high to enthrall him, only him, and completely. I’d done both before and several times, even letting out my power to a whole room for fun.

  But never together and so focused. My blood was a drug to vampires and doing this together like we were… A “risk” didn’t seem to quite cover it but my siren was clear she wouldn’t permanently bond him to us.

  At least not yet. She was clear she wanted him to be one of ours, but I wasn’t ready so not yet.

  Glad she had learned some patience, given the first two she’d jumped the gun on had turned out so well.

  He stopped drinking and I shut down my power. He leaned his forehead against my shoulder, panting as his hands roamed over the satin robe until they were in my hair. I worried for only a moment but then he simply kissed his bite again. He leaned away and gave me a lopsided smile that was more goofy Hagan style after a bit too much to drink.

  Certainly not always serious and in control Carter.

  “Someone’s high,” I chuckled, reaching up and tapping his nose.

  He snapped his teeth like he was going to bite my finger but kept smiling at me. “High on you. Yeah, totally. Shit, this is unreal.” His fangs were retracted but he slowly licked his lips and teeth as if making sure he got every drop of me.

  Then he kissed me like he was dying for me. It set my body aflame and I kissed him back, wrapping my arms around his neck.

  “I don’t get why he would want what she did to Absolon,” someone muttered.

  “She didn’t,” Enzo explained. “Siren blood is a drug to us or the closest we get to a true, euphoric high, especially right from the source, warm and from one so lovely. Plus, Carter truly cares for her. Letting out her power not in punishment like she did with Absolon, but in pleasure—I cannot even imagine what he’s experiencing.”

  “But she’s young so there’s always a risk of permanent enthrallment,” someone added. “Or being tied to her for good.”

  Carter broke the kiss. “I wouldn’t mind that.” He untied my robe and pushed it off my shoulders, inhaling deeply as he took in what I wore. “There are such worse fates than being tied to such a woman.”

  He ran his fingers over the black eyelash lace trim lingerie set he’d bought for me. He didn’t like complicated or straps. It was a halter top and flatter cheeky bottoms with matching thigh-high stockings. That was it. No crazy heels or anything. He just wanted me wearing what he wanted.

  And permission to rip it off of me when he wanted.

  “I’m so high and hard for you,” he giggled, actually giggled.

  “I bet you are,” I purred, ready to get on with the fun. “Let’s hope it’s not permanent.”

  He shrugged as he leaned down so we were nose to nose. “I love you so it would be okay.”

  Oh, he would regret that later. “You love me tonight.”

  “Yeah, but maybe more than that. I don’t know. You’re special. You’re maybe the closest I’ll ever come if I can love.”

  I moved my fingers over his mouth. “Tell me when you’re sober and we’re alone. That’s not for others to hear.”

  “Yes, Mistress.” He kissed my fingers. “My Mistress is going to get dirty with me, isn’t she? She’s going to give me everything I’ve ever dreamed of a Mistress giving me.”

  “Yes. Yes, I am. Why is that?”

  “Because I’m your favorite vampire ever.”

  “Not sure I’d say that,” I hedged, not wanting to start a fight. “You’re one of them.”

  “Okay,” he accepted easily, shrugging his shoulders. “Will you start wearing what I bought for you? I love that you’ll let us dress you. No bullshit or games. We want it and you’ll just give us what we want. You’re so amazing, Sera. It’s why we all love you.”

  “You’re amazing too.” I gave him another kiss before dropping to my knees. I blinked and he was mostly naked. Damn, so he wanted his fun without clothes in the way while I was wearing his lingerie. Okay then.

  The moment he freed his hard dick and it slapped up against his ripped abs, I grabbed it and put it in my mouth. He moaned and fisted his hands at his sides. I caught one and moved it to my head, coaxing him on so he tangled his fingers in my hair. He got the idea and took out the clip holding up the curls I’d even taken the time to put in my mane.

  “Fuck, Sera, I’ve dreamed of this.”

  I gave him a look that said I know as I sucked him in deeper. I moved my hands to this thighs and moaned as he begged me for more. His other hand tangled i
n my hair as well and he was gentle but he helped guide me exactly where he wanted.

  I didn’t want him gentle for his reward. I slid my hands to the backs of his thighs and dug my nails into the flesh of his ass, egging him on and he got the idea, thrusting as he pulled me onto him.

  “Oh fuck,” he groaned. I started humming in approval but also just to drive him nuts. It worked because he stopped trying to be gentle and while not taking things too far, lost himself in the pleasure I was giving him. He didn’t even warn me, grunting my name as he finished down my throat and holding me to him so I swallowed it all. I could have broken his hold but I had no problem giving him what he wanted.

  I’d been egging him into taking it, after all.

  When he was done he blinked down at me like he couldn’t believe I’d just done that or maybe he couldn’t believe he’d done that.

  In a flash he had me up in his arms, growling at people to move who were sitting along the bar. He sat me on it and tore off the panties. I had a moment to worry I should have gotten myself prepared for his size when I knew he was going to be out of his head, but then I felt bad when he dropped to his knees.

  Yeah, even high as a kite or drunk as a skunk Carter could never be a selfish lover.

  He ate me and ate me some more until I was obnoxiously loud with back to back orgasms since he was doing so many crazy things to my body in between giving my inner thighs bites and taking tiny sips. When he stood, he wiped his mouth with the back of his arm and ripped off my top. He plunged in me hard and moved his arms behind my shoulders, tangling his fingers in my hair again as he owned every inch of me.

  “I love you, Sera,” he murmured, sounding too high and enthralled for me to take him seriously. I knew there were levels of love and I loved him too, but I knew we weren’t in love so I simply nodded to accept. It appeased him as he kissed me and fucked me much, much harder than he ever had before.

  The damn ancient had been seriously holding back.

  Why the fuck had he been holding back? I ended up biting him when I came yet again and he exploded in me.

  “Shit, he gets an Alpha bite too?” someone said with a thick French accent. “They get spoiled in this coven.”

  “Yes, we most certainly do,” Sander chuckled.

  “Again, fuck me like that again,” I begged, digging my nails in the back of his neck as I wrapped my legs around him. “Give me more, Carter. Fuck, give me more. Why have you been holding back with me?”

  “You’re so young and I couldn’t ever hurt you,” he worried, holding me tighter. “I shouldn’t have lost control. You just felt so good and I love you so fucking much. I’m so high on you, Sera.”

  “Show me. Fuck me. Own me. Own every inch of your Mistress, Carter.”

  “Fuck,” he groaned and picked me up. He moved us over to the wall and slammed me up against it hard enough that I knew we at least chipped the paint. “You are mine now.”

  He snarled and bit me, not drinking but lapping at the blood that dripped down my skin before the wound healed as he completely plowed me again. I couldn’t do anything but enjoy the ride, trapped between the onslaught of his body and the steel reinforced concrete wall. I couldn’t even get enough air to scream as he made my body fly apart and completely give to what he wanted.

  “You okay?” he asked when we were done.

  “Put me down,” I ordered, gasping for air.

  He gave me a worried look as he slowly pulled out of me but he did it, gently lowering me to the ground. I had to lean on his legs to keep up but I let my teeth shift into my wolf ones and then bit his hip, giving him another Alpha bite but deeper this time and somewhere intimate.

  Marking my territory basically as any woman who saw him naked would see it as that wouldn’t fade anytime soon.

  His eyes filled with heat as he licked his lips. “I’m fucking your ass next.”

  “Yes, you are but gently. You want to be gentle with me because I like it gentle there.”

  He narrowed his eyes but then gave me a goofy smile, still high. “Yeah, you do. And I’m too big to be rough with you there. Do you need a break? Do you hurt?”

  “No, you’ll take care of me.”

  “Always.”

  I blinked and I was up in his arms, his face nuzzling his neck. “You good, Carter?”

  “Yeah, this feels amazing and not just the sex. It’s like… It’s not just high or high on you. It’s… I can’t even—it’s almost like that new fledgling bond when Apollo made me but deeper but I know it’s not permanent but it’s opened something inside of me.”

  “We’ll see if that’s your answer tomorrow,” I worried.

  “Stop. I knew the risks.”

  “You did but I would never forgive myself if I fucked you up, Carter. You’re great the way you are,” I whispered.

  “Glad you think so but I’ve lived a long time. I’ve learned that what can be done can always, always be undone. You wouldn’t ever let something bad be done to me without finding a way to fix it.”

  Fair enough. Yeah, even Tristan I could undo the siren bond with and there had to be a way to un-enthrall someone or make it degrade over time. Besides, I didn’t think I had the real juice to do it permanently.

  Hate was too strong of an emotion to make love forever, after all.

  My stomach growled obnoxiously and he insisted that we take a break. I thought it was completely selfless but then I found he had a toy he wanted to do some of the work for him. So I sat on his lap with the robe half hanging off of me while he fed me and teased the toy in my ass, Enzo watching us with a bit too much focus for my liking.

  Or the liking of a few others the way Eugene, Dain, and even Axel kept blocking his view. Which I found amusing since Axel and I still hadn’t talked since everything had happened with Brian. One look with him and I saw we were okay and our conversation could wait. We had to handle it but we could work it out.

  Well, that was something and a relief for sure.

  I’d been so busy lately that everyone wanted a chance to speak with me. Unfortunately for others, President Nuri was president and yeah, that took priority.

  “Seraphine, I heard you might be having another American Paranormal Alliance event. Is this true?”

  “Yes, I just got the vacation time approved for the third week in January,” I answered. “Queen Laila was kind enough to agree to host this one. We’ve discussed several ideas and options but after the rumors and bullshit people have been pushing to sabotage us that the APA is a mob network, we decided that we’re not doing it anywhere we don’t know well or allowing a host we’re not tight with.”

  “No, that is very wise, very wise indeed,” he praised. “I heard from one of mine who still speaks with Lt. Commander Roberson that he is now welcome in Chicago with the protection of your pack. I found that shocking.”

  “I did as well but it’s personal,” I hedged. “Let’s just say I realized Jason did a lot more for me when we were younger than I understood. He was more worldly and grew up around games I was ignorant to. As much as I hated he uses people as pawns, his understanding of those games saved me from a few bad paths I never would have seen coming.”

  “Hindsight is a funny thing like that,” he agreed. He seemed to be thinking of something or conflicted as well because he shook his head and then sighed. “I think he might need that haven or reprieve. Forgive me if this is over the line, but I know he was being pushed to use his connection with you for the military to tighten bonds with us and for other purposes. He refused. I cannot imagine the pressure though.”

  I found myself smiling. “He finally found a line they tried to push him over that wasn’t for his mission that he couldn’t stomach. Good for him.” I sighed. That might be a headache for us later. “Thank you for warning me.”

  He nodded. “Thank you for always inviting me and our continued friendship.”

  It was hard not to blush. We both knew he didn’t mean friendship like my friendship with Simone. He meant h
e wanted to keep being friendly with me. Yeah, fine by me. Bijan Nuri was sexy as fuck and a fantastic lover. The man could have me anytime, anywhere, and in any way he wanted.

  Always.

  I knew when Carter was done with the time-out and I found Dain was there blocking him from my neck. I gave him a worried look.

  “You’re about to go over the line, my friend,” he warned. “I know it doesn’t feel like it, but she is not a potent liquor you are used to as an ancient or even an herbal drug you remember from your human life you took hits of. She is a different type of drug that compounds. You know this, but with her power riding you the effect is exponential. So is the addiction should you go over a certain line.”

  “You can feel it?” I asked.

  Dain gave a slow nod. “I feel something. It’s akin to how humans react differently to fairy nectar and what we watch for with them. It’s not simply alcohol addiction but something more given there’s magic in there. Certain people can slip over a line. I feel he’s about to.”

  “You don’t need more, right?” I checked with Carter. “We were having fun as we were.”

  He nodded. “No, yeah, I was just thirsty and you’re so tasty, plus you love when I bite you.”

  “Tomorrow. Bite me tomorrow then but drink from what we have here and then do everything else to me. I need more of the other stuff.” I waved over to Orson, who immediately handed me a glass of another blood blend that I knew wouldn’t have my blood. I gave it to Carter and he chugged it down. I mentally sighed in relief when that seemed to do the job.

  And got him wound up for more fun.

  Like a lot more fun. Next he took me over the pool table, gently so he got his anal sex. But that wasn’t even remotely the end of the night. Oh no, we started all over again. By the end I was completely spent and so was he, which I didn’t think could happen to an ancient vampire.

  Well, at least he would absolutely remember the night and think the reward was worth it.