Deceptive Changes: Kat LaMond Book 1

by R A Baker

  We walked outside and two vampires stepped from the side of the building. They were big, muscular, and mean looking. They each had scars on their faces which meant that before they died they’d been in a lot of fights. They weren’t going to be easy to kill.

  We continued to walk as if they weren’t even there. I slowed down to let my guys go in front of me. I was the ‘enforcer’ after all and my men were my main priority. I slipped the knives from their sheaths and kept them hidden until one of the vampires stood in front of me. He grinned viciously and hit me in the stomach. I went down to my knees with the breath knocked out.

  “Get back,” I said when I had enough breath. I wasn’t saying the words to the bad guys, I was saying it my guys. The bad vamps laughed and the one that had hit me pulled me up by my collar.

  I stabbed him in the heart with my knife. He looked down at it like he didn’t understand. I twisted the blade and he let me go. I dropped to the ground and rolled away from the other vampire. He was on me in a second. I had just enough time to bring the blade up and stab him but I missed the heart and for that I got bitten on the neck. He worried at it like a rabid dog. I felt my skin tear loose and as it did I let out a blood curdling scream. I saw Haven rip the bad vampire’s head off as I lost consciousness.

  Chapter Thirty-Eight

  I blinked into Haven’s silver eyes as blood flowed down my throat, making me swallow convulsively. He sighed with relief as I grabbed his wrist and drank down more of his blood. He pulled back and helped me sit up. We were in the truck. Todd and Trace weren’t in the truck with us. “Where’s Todd and Trace?”

  “They had to deal with the cops. People heard you scream and called the authorities. They should be back momentarily.”

  I sighed and hugged Haven. “Thank you for saving my life.”

  “You’re welcome, Katja.” He kissed me gently and held me close.

  >< ><

  Two hours later, Todd and Trace were back in the truck. None would answer my questions, the whole way home. I huffed and puffed but didn’t really want to blow the house down so I stayed quiet after the first few attempts to get information.

  Todd parked in front of the house and slammed out of the vehicle with all of us close behind. He turned on me the instant we walked into the house and bawled me out. “You did it again, Kat. Why didn’t you let the vampires take them out? Why do you always have to be the protector?”

  I gawked at him. I gained some control over my surprise and said, “It’s my job, Todd. I know you don’t like it but it’s what I’m meant to do. I thought we had this talk already?”

  “We did. I also thought you understood that I didn’t want you to be doing this more than necessary.” Todd’s brown eyes were angry and I couldn’t blame him. I should have let the vampires take them out but I couldn’t. I had to protect them all.

  “I have to protect them, Todd. I know they’re stronger than I am but I’m also strong enough to deal with the threat.”

  He chuckled harshly. “You almost died, Kat.”

  “I didn’t say I wasn’t accident prone. The fights never really go the way I want them to but I make do.” He rolled his eyes and blew out a sigh.

  He marched up to me and kissed me roughly, crushing me to him. I melted into him and kissed him until his kisses turned from angry to passionate. He ran his hands down my back and pulled back, letting me see that his brown eyes were dark with desire. He picked me up and carried me to the bedroom. Not our bedroom but the guest room with the broken door. He kicked the door closed and shoved me against the wall. I let out my breath as I heard the dry wall crunch under my back.

  He unsnapped my jeans and pushed them down, my underwear disappeared as well. He unsnapped his jeans and slid inside me without pretense, not that there was ever a need for such a thing between us. I moaned softly and ran my hands through his hair. We kissed and moved against each other.

  “Oh, God, Kat, I love you so much,” he whispered against my mouth.

  “I’m here, Todd. I love you, too.” He changed his rhythm, and that was all we needed to come together. gasping and crying out. We breathed and relaxed and finally just slid to the ground when neither of our legs could hold us. He leaned his head against my shoulder and wrapped his arms around my waist.

  When we could stand, we dressed and walked out of the room, on still wobbly legs. We chuckled softly as we tripped a little.

  We walked into the kitchen and grabbed bottles of water for Trace, Erick, and ourselves. I sat on Todd’s lap and looked at Sven and Thorn. They were still playing the game but it was Sven’s turn. Haven was sitting beside Thorn who had Sven in his lap. Thorn bit Sven’s shoulder and had him bucking and moaning softly in seconds.

  I blinked at the game and said, “It’s not risky if you aren’t in public.”

  Thorn pulled back from Sven and said, “Oh, but it is fun, though. I’m going to make Sven go as many times as I went in the restaurant and then I’m going to drag his writhing body into the bedroom and do it some more. And then it will be Haven’s turn.” Todd gasped and tightened his arm around my waist. I looked at him. His eyes were wide but dark.

  I looked back as I caught writhing out of the corner of my eye. Haven had placed his hand on Sven’s arm. Sven let out a breath as Haven released him. Thorn smiled and took Sven’s wrist and brought it slowly to his mouth. Sven leaned back and moved his hips against Thorn’s groin, whimpering and trying to stay quiet. He succeeded until Thorn removed his mouth from Sven’s wrist and bit his neck. Sven bucked wildly and cried out. I heard the table groan under the pressure Sven was applying with his fingers. Thorn pulled back and grinned at me. He lifted Sven’s writhing body in his arms and carried him out of the kitchen.

  “Come on, guys,” he called back to us as he walked toward the hallway. We followed slowly and found them in the guest room. I guess this was the sex room or at least the really physical sex room.

  Thorn had stripped Sven and had him pinned to the floor with his body. Thorn was still dressed from the waist down. Sven thrashed against Thorn’s body as another orgasm rolled through him. Haven sat to the side of them and against the wall. Thorn slid down Sven’s body and took him into his mouth. He sucked on him until Sven shivered and cried out. Thorn let him go and slid a bit further down, taking Sven’s balls in his mouth and biting him. Sven cried out and fisted his hands but hadn’t orgasmed. Thorn played with his balls individually and then slipped his fangs into the tender flesh. Sven lifted off the ground and screamed in pleasure, his hands clawing at the ground. Haven slid over and bit Sven’s neck lightly and without fangs. Sven orgasmed again, crying out and writhing against Thorn. Haven’s fangs slid into Sven’s neck, he sucked on him for a few moments, and then Sven was screaming his pleasure and pounding his fists into the floor. Haven pulled back, licked his lips, and grinned. Thorn grabbed Haven’s hand and bit Sven’s thigh. Sven cried out softly as Thorn brought him and a second later Haven was writhing against the wall.

  Thorn stood up and undressed. He threw the jeans aside and laid on top of Sven, rubbing hips against Sven’s. They kissed softly and then Thorn slid down and used his tongue ring to bring Sven’s nipple to pebble hardness. Thorn slid his fangs into the nipple and drank him down. Sven writhed against Thorn’s body and cried out softly. Thorn pulled back and chuckled softly. “Do you need more blood, love?” Sven nodded. Thorn looked at me with gold eyes and I gulped.

  I walked slowly over to them and kneeled down. I held out my wrist. Sven shook his head. I looked at Thorn. “Did you not want my blood?”

  “I do but not from your wrist, Katja.”

  I swallowed loudly. “Where then?” I whispered. Thorn slid off Sven’s body. Sven grabbed me in his arms and lifted my shirt. He unclasped the bra which was easy since it was a front clasp bra, and freed my breasts. He bit around the nipple and sucked hard. The orgasm hit hard and I was writhing against Sven, moaning.

  He pulled back after a few moments of taking in my blood and grinned
at me. I smiled lazily as he slid my shirt down and kissed the inside of my wrist.

  I slid back and leaned against the closet door. Todd sat next to me and Trace and Erick sat on the other side.

  Thorn laid Sven back down and bit his elbow. Sven moaned softly as another orgasm hit. Thorn slid off Sven’s body and turned him over onto his stomach. Haven held Sven’s arms above his head on the floor as Thorn bit Sven’s shoulder. Sven writhed and whimpered, struggling half-heartedly against Haven’s grasp. Thorn removed his fangs from Sven’s back and pressed his groin against Sven’s backside. Thorn gyrated his hips but didn’t enter Sven. Haven used his touch to bring Sven convulsing in pleasure. Thorn scratched lightly across Sven’s back and neck. Sven murmured and twisted in Haven’s hands but couldn’t get far. Thorn moved down Sven’s body all the way to his feet. He kissed the bottom of each foot and sank his fangs into Sven’s Achilles’ tendon and sent him shuddering and gasping.

  Thorn worked up to the bottom part of the calf muscle and bit him and moved further up to his knee and did the same all the way to the crease between butt and thigh, then he worked down on the other leg, bringing him each time Thorn bit him. Sven was whimpering, whispering, screaming, moaning, and gasping by the time Thorn had reached Sven’s foot. Sven was whispering, “Oh, please don’t stop,” even as he whispered in the next sentence, “Please stop.” Just like what they had told me about asking for more and wanting it to stop.

  Thorn held his place at the bottom of Sven’s foot and asked, “Do you want me to stop, love?” Sven shook his head. Thorn ran his hands up Sven’s body, massaging and clawing. Sven sighed and laid his head against the floor. He looked at me and I saw that his eyes had bled to cobalt blue. Cobalt? I’d never seen his eyes change more than different shades of sapphire.

  He closed his eyes as Thorn ran his hands over his butt and spread him. Thorn slid in slowly and waited for Sven to adjust. When Thorn was in as far as he could go he carefully slid in and out of him until Sven caught the rhythm and moved with him. Haven still had Sven’s arms, which wasn’t necessary, but he used the contact to full advantage. As their rhythm sped up, Haven gripped Sven tighter and sent both of them screaming and moving almost viciously. Thorn collapsed on Sven’s body. Haven tightened his hold once more and they cried out simultaneously and collapsed. Haven smiled, as if satisfied, and backed off.

  Thorn slid from Sven’s body and gasped in breath. Sven was breathing hard and turned into Thorn, curling his arm around the other man’s body. They were trembling and breathing hard. I could hear Sven whisper, “That was by far the best one yet.”

  Thorn smiled and whispered, “I’ll have to try harder next time, love.” They kissed softly and held each other. After that performance, I would have needed a damn cigarette even though I don’t smoke.

  Todd was the first to speak. “Holy crap. That was…” He paused, apparently trying to search for words and could only come up with, “Fucking amazing.” Thorn and Sven sat up and beamed with satisfaction at us. My heart was still pounding in my chest from the performance and they could hear it. They turned their eyes to me.

  Thorn’s eyes were still gold and Sven’s were cobalt blue. “I didn’t know your eyes turned any other color than sapphire.”

  He gave me a Cheshire grin and said, “It takes a lot for my vampire eyes to come alive.” He kissed Thorn’s cheek and licked his lips. He swiveled his head and looked at Haven, whose eyes were silver. “Your turn, Haven.” Haven nodded but didn’t move. I couldn’t tell if he was afraid or what because his silver eyes were nearly impossible to read.

  “Um, maybe we should take a break,” I said and climbed the closet door to stand up. My legs were weak and I’d only watched. They nodded. I left the room and grabbed clean clothes for the vampires. They changed and we went into the kitchen.

  I grabbed the bottle of wine from the restaurant and the bag with the dinners in it and set them on the table. I dished out food and nuked our meals. I could nuke meals but I couldn’t cook.

  We sat down and ate our food and drank some wine. The vampires had pulled in a couple of chairs from the dining room and were sitting at the table with us. I stopped eating before my stomach was full, just in case.

  We chatted about the performance. Thorn moved off his chair and sat on Sven’s lap, hugging him close and kissing his forehead. “Mmm, I want to do that again.”

  They shared a smile and Sven said, “Only if we get to involve the rest of them.” Thorn smiled and nodded his head.

  I heard silverware drop onto plates and this time with good reason. They had just offered to do orgy-sized marathon orgasms. I tossed back my wine and poured another glass. Yup, they were so driving me to being an alcoholic.

  Haven pulled the glass from my hand and sipped some. I looked at him and found that he was nervous. His eyes were still silver but the skin was tight around his eyes and he was nibbling on the inside of his mouth. I grabbed his hand and pulled him to me. He lifted me and sat me on his lap. I wrapped my arm around his shoulders and gulped down some wine before setting the glass down and kissing Haven. I could taste blood and started to pull away. He wrapped his arms around my back and kept me against him. He bit my lip and suckled but didn’t turn the bite. I pulled back and smiled. Much happier now.

  >< ><

  The guys finished dinner and when Thorn suggested we go back into the bedroom, Haven tightened his arms around my waist. “Maybe we should finish this tomorrow when we aren’t so tired,” I suggested.

  Thorn mocked a frown and discussed it with Sven using his hands and making a big production out of the talk. They turned to us and smiled. “Sounds fair. Tomorrow will be Katja and Haven for our star performance.” We groaned softly and that got us bigger smiles.

  We ambled into the bedroom and changed into pj’s and fell into bed. I was almost asleep when a soft knock came at the door.

  I extricated myself from Todd and Haven’s arms and opened the door to find Beatrice standing on the other side. I stepped out of the room and shut the door. “Beatrice?”

  “I was wondering if I could talk with you,” she whispered.

  I nodded and guided her into the living room. “What’s up?” I asked as we sat across from each other.

  “Do you mind if Ardeness and I go out and find us some men?”

  I blinked at her. “Of course not. If you want to find a boyfriend, I don’t have a problem with it. Why do you ask?”

  “Because of Thorn. I wanted to make sure you weren’t going to…” She stopped talking for a moment and looked at me. I could only look at her without expression or feelings in my eyes.

  I finished her sentence, “Steal him?” She nodded. “I promise I won’t.” I bit my tongue as I said it. I hadn’t stolen Thorn from her anyway so why did I feel so damn guilty over it? Oh, yeah, because she made me. I intended to keep that promise though. I didn’t need nor want any more men in my bed. She stood up and thanked me for the conversation. I stretched out on the couch and fell asleep.

  Chapter Thirty-Nine

  A few hours later I was woken up by banging. I got off the couch in a hurry and went to find the source. I found the source, it was Thorn and Sven in the guestroom. I muttered an apology and walked away.

  I went into the bedroom and found the others still asleep. I burned their sleeping faces into my memory before going into the bathroom. I found that the curse of nature had blessed me with her horrible presence and cringed. This would be the first time I would have my monthly with vampires around. I wondered what would happen, not that I really wanted to find out. I walked out after showering and drying off.

  I shouldn’t have wondered what would happen because I got my answer almost immediately. Thorn was standing by the door and he was looking at me with gold eyes. He leaned into me and sniffed from my head to my crotch and groaned. “What are you, a dog or something?” I asked.

  He stood up and pulled me into his arms. “You have your…”

  I cut him off. “Yeah,
I do. So, what?”

  He pressed his body against me and bit my neck. I gasped as pleasure rolled through me and then cringed in pain as my stomach flashed to life.

  Oh, boy, I was around sex-fiends and I had my period, this was going to be wonderful. He pulled back and licked his lips. “Oh, no,” I said with my hand on his chest. “We are sooo not doing that.”

  He pouted and asked, “Why not? Do you even know what I have in mind?”

  “I don’t want to know, Thorn.” I pushed at him and he moved for me.

  I walked out of the bedroom, with Thorn following close at my heels, and found everyone in the kitchen. The two other vampires turned their heads and looked at me. I shied away from them and sat next to Todd. I knew he wouldn’t look at me like I was dinner.

  Todd leaned over to me and whispered, “Why are the vampires looking at you like your lunch?” I rolled my eyes and clicked my tongue. Understanding dawned on him and he chuckled.

  “It’s not funny, Todd.”

  “Oh, yes, it is, Kat.” He started chuckling and the other two looked at him. Todd filled them in and they started to snicker as they looked from the vampires to me.

  I groaned and started to leave. Thorn blocked the door. “Get out of my way, Thorn.”

  “No, Katja-love. You promised today would be yours and Haven’s performance and we intend to honor that deal.”

  “That deal will have to wait. I am sooo not performing tonight or for the next few nights, it’ll just have to be postponed.”

  Thorn pulled out the mean card and said, “What if we die before the few days are up?”

  I paled and fisted my hands. “That was low,” I whispered through clenched teeth. He nodded and smiled. “Doesn’t it bother you?” I asked.

  “Why? It’s blood, just sweeter.”

  I gagged a little and backed up. I didn’t get far before I bumped into someone else. Sven. I shut my eyes for a moment and clenched my hands and stepped back from them both. “Look, I’m sure you guys think it’s great and wonderful but it’s really not. Have you ever done anything like this before?”