Branded Wings

by S. I. Hayes

  SHE WAS SITTING ON the stoop when I came out, my bag with her stuff in her lap, reminding me of a little girl waiting for the school bus.

  “Ready to go?” She stood up, looking at me with a sly smirk.

  I leaned into the door frame, with a grunt. “I’m so sorry, about Keegan.”

  “It’s okay, I’ve gotta get ready for work anyhow. So which one is yours?”

  “The black pickup truck, but we’re not taking that, it’s in need of a cleaning.”

  “Sorry about that.”

  “Eh, it’s okay. We’re taking the Jeep. It’s not like Keegan’s going anywhere.” I put my hand on the small of her back and a small shock shot up my hand. She jumped forward almost falling, but I reach out and caught her about the chest, getting a good handful of boob.

  She laughed, righting herself, I pulled her against me not letting her go. “I kinda need those back.”

  “Nope, I call dibs.” I gave them a firm squeeze as she pried my hands off.

  “Later.”

  “Promise?”

  She walked to the Jeep, laughing as she got in with a shake of her head.

  I was addicted, that ass was going to be my downfall. I got into the Jeep and started it up. “Where to?”

  “Delaney Hall.” She put the bag between her legs and her hands in her lap, like the good girl that she was.

  “You got it.”

  She was quiet for a while, lacing her fingers together and apart like she wanted to say something but wasn’t sure. I caught her looking at me a few times but wasn’t sure what to say myself.

  “A penny for your thoughts,” I finally managed. It was stupid, but it was all I could think of that didn’t involve pulling over and stripping her down right there in the back seat.

  “I was just thinking that I’m beginning to suspect why they call us the Deviant Class.”

  “Oh?” I looked at her, she had turned toward me.

  “Well, I don’t suppose you’re a rock climber, so what’s with all the rope and rolls of tape?”

  I gripped the steering wheel tightly. “I like rope.”

  “Yeah, obviously, but for what purpose?”

  “Well, it’s certainly not for climbing rocks.”

  She nodded, sucking on her bottom lip. “So you like to tie people up, then what? You hit them and stuff?”

  “No, I’m not into discipline, or submission. That’s Keegan’s thing.”

  “So then what’s your thing?” Her voice was curious, but laced with nervousness.

  “Suspension, bondage and sensation play.”

  “What play?”

  “Sensation play, I like to touch and be touched with different things. Fur, feathers, nails raked across the skin with increasing pressure.” I ran my nails up her arm just hard enough to make it itch.

  “Hmm. I could be talked into that.” She grabbed my hand, putting it between her thighs.

  I looked around, there weren’t any cars in my rearview, I slammed the brakes, the tires squealed as I pulled off the road into a clearing of trees. As soon as the car stopped, she had me by the shirt, kissing me.

  “Get in the back and take your pants off,” I grunted. “I need to finish what I started.”

  She squeezed by me to the bench seat and I followed, pulling at the back of her sweatpants, I pushed her against the seat tearing them down her ass. I bit and kissed the ample flesh in front of me, my fingers finding her still nice and wet as I slipped them up under her. She let out an excited yelp as I thrust them into her. I put my back into the seat as I pulled her down to straddle my face.

  Chapter 46 Aella

  MY INSIDES BURNED AS his fingers worked on me, his tongue flicking at the tip of my clit. I could barely hold myself up as he licked and suckled at me. I twisted on top of him and he pulled his fingers free, replacing it with his long tongue. I dug my nails into the seat as my body was smashed with wave after wave, like reoccurring goose flesh. I was so hot and yet as the sweat dripped down my back it felt like there was a chill in the air. He grabbed me by my ass, moving me up and down in a forward rhythm. My whole body felt like it was about to explode as my hard nipples rubbed against the cold leather seat.

  “Oh, please. Stop... I’m gonna...” I tried to get him to back off, it was so intense, but my pleas only fueled his twisting tongue to dive deeply into me before circling my sensitive spot once again. I shook on top of him as stars broke behind my tightly clenched eyes, my muscles tightening and releasing over and over again. I throbbed as he slowed down, but didn’t immediately stop. Instead, he licked at my lips and teasingly bit my thighs. He crawled out from beneath me and I let out a satiated laugh, collapsing down onto the back of the seat. Still behind me, he kissed my shoulder through my top, his fingers running up my back, sending a mild shock through me again. I jumped. “Why does that keep happening?” I gasped, the vibration made my lower region twitch again.

  He lifted my shirt and touched one of the rings in my back, I felt a small vibration.

  “Gold is a conductor metal.” He kissed me between the shoulders. “Seems my electric ability is sensitive to it. But now that I know what it is, I can adjust my frequency. It shouldn’t happen again.”

  I rolled my shoulders to his touch and he wrapped his arms around me, turning me to him.

  “The Fey can be savages,” he whispered, nuzzling my chest. I wrapped my fingers into his hair as I thought about what had been done to me.

  “Yes, they are, but how did you know?”

  “Each group has their ways. Some do that and others brand.” He pulled off his shirt and turned his back to me. Down either side of his spine were raised impressions, six of them. I didn’t recognize the marks, but I understood their significance. I reached out, tracing one with my fingers and he leaned back toward me.

  “It’s monstrous that they do this to us.”

  He dropped his head. “I’ve had seven Masters, but only one has ever seen fit to leave me unscathed. The house of Teague is good to me.” He pulled his shirt back on, and handed me my pants, watching as I put them on.

  “Me as well, I have no master, this is punishment for unfurling and harming a member of the Winter Court. If it had not been for Collette and King Teague, I think I would be dead.”

  He nodded. “And this? The result of that unfurling?” He fingered my black and purple curls.

  “Yes. I don’t know how to fix it.”

  “You can’t. It’s like when someone’s hair goes white overnight. The stress you were under did this. Your Dragon was fighting to protect you and it left a permanency.” He helped me back into the front seat. “How long must you endure the bind? I’m sure it is not pleasant.”

  “I don’t really notice it all that often, to be truthful, but if I try to spread my wings again, it will be most unpleasant.” I laughed shortly. “I’d barely come into them and they were taken from me.”

  He raised an eyebrow at me. “You’ve just come into your wings? What of your weapon? Do you have that yet?”

  I nodded, there was no use in lying to him. “My weapon came last year.”

  “You really are a baby Dragon, aren’t you?”

  “You say it like it’s a bad thing. So what if I’m young.”

  “I’m like four times your age, is all.”

  “It’s only a number, in our world, it means little.”

  “True. I just don’t want to seem as though I’m pushing anything on you. You know, taking advantage in any way.”

  “I’d say since I’m the only one benefiting, I’m the one taking advantage.” I leaned over, kissed him and started the Jeep.

  “Right, you have work.” He didn’t move right away, only sighed very deeply. “Okay, let’s get you home.”

  I let out a laugh as he drove on. When we got to Delaney Hall I went to get out of the Jeep and he grabbed me into another kiss, then pulled away to lean his forehead against mine.

  “When can I see you again?”

  “I work the rest o
f the weekend, but if you want to meet me for lunch in the Quad Monday.”

  He nodded. “Fuck, I won’t be here,” he snarled, smoke puffing from his nostrils. “Keegan and the Senate.”

  “Right. I forgot. I guess it will depend on when you come back then.” I slid across the seat and he grabbed my hand.

  “I’m not ready to say goodbye yet. Come with me?”

  “Where? I gotta work.”

  “Not now, this week, come with me to New York. To the Senate. Tell the job tonight, you’ll be gone a few days tops.”

  I smiled at him, it was a sweet gesture. “I don’t- I don’t think I’m ready for a real sleep over with you.”

  “Nothing pressured, separate rooms even. I just am not ready to not be around you; we’re just getting started.”

  I nodded. “I know what you mean. You know what? Okay, fuck it, why not?”

  He hopped out of the Jeep and ran to my side, picked me up and kissed me again. “Fuck yeah!” He smiled broadly. “Have your bags packed, I’ll grab you from work tomorrow. You can crash with us and we can head out first thing Monday morning.”

  “Alright.” I smiled, grabbing the bag and walking away. “Siegfried!” I spun around, running back to him, and he met me half way.

  “Yeah?”

  I slipped my hand into his pocket and he froze for a second as I grasped his cell phone pulling it out. He breathed out hard as I laughed, inputting my number.

  “No more excuses for not calling me.” I handed him the phone and skipped away. I was probably out of my mind and completely bonkers, but as a familiar saying goes, all the best people are.

  Chapter 47 RYANE

  “HEY ARE YOU ALRIGHT?” Tawny found me as I fumbled with my synthetic kit in the walk in freezer. I’d tried twice to get a vein and missed. My anxiety over using the needle made my hands shake ferociously.

  “Fuck. I can’t seem to get it.” I looked up at her desperately, I couldn’t wait for Keegan to arrive. I needed it now.

  “Give it here.” She took the syringe and sat down on a milk crate next to me. “So you and Keegan?” She rubbed my arm getting the warmth back into it.

  “Yeah. We’re figuring it out.”

  “That’s good.” She stuck me, and let the serum go slowly into me.

  “I can’t see you anymore though. I hope you understand.”

  “Sweetie, I didn’t expect it to last forever.” She cupped my face, kissing me gently on the mouth. “I’ll be just fine. You gotta take care of yourself and your man. I get that.”

  I leaned back against the shelves as the synthetic coursed through me, my head getting light and my mood surrendering to its effects. “I’m glad it’s not going to be a problem, because I like working with you.”

  She patted my knee. “I know. “

  I leaned forward, I’d been having pains in my stomach and lower back since I had gotten up and they had yet to stop. I grunted, holding my side. “Fuck, what the Hell?”

  She furrowed her brow at me. “You having those pains on the regular?”

  I nodded. “Yeah, all morning. I thought I was just hungry. Keegan did a number on me last night. Took me to a level I haven’t been before. I’m sore all over, but these cramps are murderous.”

  Tawny laughed. “Welcome to the menstrual cycle of a Vampire.”

  “Huh?” I looked up at her, surprised and unsure if I’d heard her correctly. “But I’m not bleeding.”

  “And you won’t either.”

  “This is the first time this has happened, what about the last couple months?”

  “We only ovulate every few months. Were you close to your usual cycle when Keegan turned you?”

  “I’ve always been irregular.”

  “Well, that may still be the case, but it does prove my suspicions. I had suspected you were a Legacy.”

  I hadn’t been called that in a while and I took a fast breath. “Well, I.”

  “Ravencrest. I should have realized... You’re a Pureblood aren’t you?”

  I nodded in the affirmative, leaning into the cramps. She knelt down between my knees, pushing her black hair back from her smooth milk chocolate throat.

  “The synthetic isn’t gonna cut it. Not right now. Here, drink. My Pureblood will quell some of that pain and the deeper hunger. Your metabolism goes into overdrive when you’re like this. If you are not careful you can go feral.”

  I licked my lips, sliding my hand behind her head, my lips feather light against her flesh. I broke into her throat and she clung to me. Her hard nipples brushed against my own and my eyes rolled back as that warm tangy liquid ebbed into my mouth. As it settled into me, my pains receded, her fingers kneaded my thighs as she let out little gasps. I reached down under her skirt, finding her throwing heat and wet. My fingers pressed up against her clit through her panties and she moaned. Her blood tasted better when she came, so I slid the little strip of cotton aside, my fingers twisting and stroking her clit quickly. Her hips rocked into my hand, working my fingers deep inside as she dug her nails into my back, drawing blood as the orgasmic quivers wracked her body. She pushed me off as I closed the wound, knocking me off balance, pulling me down to the icy freezer floor, her lips finding mine as she slipped her hand down my pants.

  I pulled away. “Tawny I can’t,” I gasped as she plunged her fingers into me, thrusting into the flesh left sore by Keegan the night before.

  “You already are,” she purred. “It’s just you and me.” She kissed me with blood in her mouth, I sucked on her wounded tongue. Fuck me, she tasted so good. Her lips sought my flesh, lifting my top and suckling my tits as she drove me to orgasm. As I came, she smiled flicking her tongue along my stomach. She shoved her fingers into my open mouth and I licked them clean of my cum.

  “Consider this my parting gift.” She wrenched off my pants and my panties, putting my legs up over her shoulders, she pulled me open, stretching me. The heat coming off me mixed with the cold of the freezer made my skin prickle as her tongue and fingers pushed me into the abyss. I called out, feeling her teeth break the skin of my inner thigh. I grabbed her by the hair as she drank from me, still fucking me with her fingers, her thumb assaulting my clit. My whole body was shaking when I suddenly heard the freezer doors open. I looked up to see Keegan.

  “Shit.” He shook his head, pulling Tawny back. “You couldn’t keep your teeth to yourself, could you?” he half growled.

  She slapped his hands away. “Oh, shut up. I was just taking care of something you know nothing about.” I lay there panting as she held my legs apart with her body. “You should be thanking me with that huge cock of yours about now,” she leered, running her fingers up and down my exposed skin. “She’s in heat, for lack of a crasser term. It was this or let her suffer in pain.”

  Keegan’s eyes followed the motion of her hands as she slipped a finger back into me, I instinctively lifted my hips to meet her hard thrust. I moaned, my eyes locked on him as he finally looked at me. “You like that?”

  “Yes...”

  He let the freezer door shut, coming inside. He grabbed Tawny by the hair and she yelped. I watched as he knelt down, unbuckling his belt. He pushed her head down between my legs.

  “Well then, you shall have it.”

  Tawny was shoved forward, her tongue working past my folds and up into me as Keegan opened a condom, slid it on and thrust into her. She dug her nails into my thighs, deeper with each slide of his cock inside her. His eyes locked on mine, he fucked her hard and fast, jerking her head back with handfuls of her hair. As she came, he pulled her free of me, sliding her up and down and I realized he fucked her anally as she fingered herself, and he drove his fangs into her throat. I hungered for more of her as the scent of her blood hit me and I sat up, taking the other side of her neck. She moaned ravenously as we drained her and pushed her harder. Keegan pulled out of her, removing the condom and stroking his still hard cock.

  “Open your mouth, blood whore,” he groaned, and she did more than that.
She took his cock into her mouth and began to suck, her hands working what she could not fit down her throat. He smiled, pushed her head down and grabbed me, kissing me lustfully as he came, making her swallow every drop. She finished and rolled off of him, her chest heaving as she gasped for air.

  “This is the best way to say goodbyes,” she gasped, rubbing her still hard nipples. Keegan pulled himself together, handing me my clothes with a short chuckle.

  “This was goodbye.” His voice had no humor as he stared down at her.

  She nodded. “Yes, my Lord, it was.”

  He nodded, helping her to her feet. “Thank you for taking care of her when she needed it.”

  “Of course.”

  Their demeanor was strange, civil and thoroughly confusing. I thought he would be furious to find me spread open with someone else, yet here he was, going with it. Hell, he joined in. They both pulled me to my feet, my legs were like jelly and I nearly fell back down. I laughed as the tremors in them subsided.

  “How do you feel?” he asked me softly.

  “Better now. Apparently I’m on the rag.”

  “Which was why I allowed this.” Keegan opened the freezer door, escorting us both out into the heat of the Pepper Pot’s kitchen, where Sig was stuffing a macaroon into his mouth.

  “You all about done?” He sniggered. “I knew I should have brought the clicker!”

  I shook my head as my face went red hot. “For Christ’s sake, Keegan, has he been out here the whole time?”

  Keegan nodded. “Him and Gage. Where is Gage anyhow?”

  “Bar,” Sig mumbled, stuffing two more cookies into his mouth.

  “He’s gonna drink me out of business!” I squealed, running toward the bar to save my stash. “Siggy, stop eating all my cookies, you’re gonna get sick!”

  Chapter 48 Sig

  RYANE WAS LAUGHING hysterically, as Keegan informed her of just what he’d walked in on earlier in the day. She hung her head back in the seat, then turned around inspecting the back of it.