Markus handed her a gun. “Are you going to be able to use it?”
“Yes… if I have to.”
“Chances are you will have to. I don’t want you going in there without a way to defend yourself.”
“Isn’t that what my knife is for?”
“No, your knife is for people who try to kill you. Your gun is for the vampires who try to kill you.”
Paige didn’t say anything. She thought about something the old man had said. “Have either of you ever met a vampire you didn’t try to kill? You know, because they were nice or something.”
“No.”
“Honestly,” Ben paused. “It never even occurred to me that they might be nice… until I saw a werewolf take on a pack of zombies.”
Paige looked away, her cheeks flushed. That had been how they met.
They had been hunting zombies in the town she was working in. She had been hunting rabbits until she smelt the zombies.
She’d chased them and taken them out, for the second time in a week, before she realized there were men hunting her. They’d smelt like death themselves but when she had realized they were only human and had refused to hurt them. They followed her because she was bleeding so badly and, as they say, the rest was history.
The truck came to a stop in the middle of nowhere. “See that,” Ben pointed in front of them. A small brick house. Paige could just make out the stained glass on the door. “I’d bet my soul that’s the house we are looking for.”
Markus scowled but didn’t say anything until he popped his door open and jumped out of the truck. “Then we better get going.”
Ben popped his door open, slid out of the truck and turned to help Paige drop down from their jacked up truck.
“Why did you guys think it was a good idea to jack your truck up so high?” Paige frowned. It’s not that she was opposed to a little height, it was that she didn’t like trucks that were almost as tall as her.
“Have you ever tried to take a normal truck through a forest while chasing a pack of werewolves who have been eating little kids?” After 30 seconds of silence Ben smirked. “It sucks when you get stuck and have to turn around.”
“Okay, I guess that makes sense.” Paige held her gun tightly as they made their way to the house. Markus and Ben were close beside her. The gravel crunched under their feet.
“Every aspect of our life goes back to the job. Everything has a reason or two that relates to this life.” Ben explained. Paige nodded. She was beginning to realize that. “Does that make you uncomfortable?” he asked.
“Only a little.” Paige confessed. The idea that they had so many tools and resources to kill her was scary. She’d be crazy if she wasn’t scared but that didn’t mean she was scared of them. She wasn’t. She saw through their demon hunting personality. She knew how kind they were.
Hell, as they came to the door of the house Markus pulled the door open for her. Ben stepped in front of her to make sure she wasn’t the first one to enter the house.
It was dead quiet. Thankfully, there was still a little sunlight left. “When exactly do vampires wake up?” Paige knew she didn’t have to whisper but she still did.
“Just relax, we’ve got a couple minutes.”
A couple minutes? Did they actually plan on being out of here within a couple of minutes? Were they dreaming?
Paige gripped the gun as tight as she could. She raised it to normal chest level as they looked around the large room. It was empty, but there were clear footprints through the dusty carpet. Paige’s heart hammered in her chest. She wasn’t used to this kind of thing. She wasn’t used to being in a vampire’s house right before he woke up. Markus and Ben on the other hand, seemed completely relaxed with the idea. When Paige glanced at Markus he was smiling widely as they stepped into a retro kitchen that didn’t look like it had been used in decades.
“Oh,” Ben wrinkled his nose in disgust.
Paige stared down at a foot long pile of dust.
“Dammit it, he was right.” Ben swore.
“What? Who?” Paige asked
“The old man. He knew something was wrong and fuck, he was right.”
“What do you mean?”
“When a vampire dies by sun light the myth and them burning to death…. Well it’s true.”
Paige’s stomach turned. There were somethings she wished she didn’t know about the paranormal world.
“I’ve never met a vampire before.” Paige whispered.
“Well… I’m honored to be your first.” Came a deep voice from behind them.
All three of them turned to where the voice came from. A tall man stood before them. Paige could just make out his shadow as he reached out for the wall.
Paige blinked as the light came on above their heads. She got a good look at the man standing in front of her. Two others stood behind him.
He had caramel skin and blonde hair. His green eyes looked her up and down. A grin came over his face that made Paige’s gut turn. Her mouth went dry as he stepped towards her.
“The werewolf gene. Such a beautiful gene,” He closed in on her. She could feel Ben and Markus get tense on either side of her. “So tasty.” He stopped in front of her.
Paige’s eyes locked on his, refusing to look away and show her submission. Back off! The wolf screamed. He was much stronger and much more deadly than she was. In all reality she should be backing off. No, she should be running for her life.
“Let me make you a deal… you come with me and I promise not to kill your friends. Behave yourself and I’ll even keep you alive and conscious.” He reached out to touch her. Paige flinched and he stopped in midair. The smile on his face grew larger and more sickening. “What do you say, dog? Will you spare your lovers’ lives or will you force them to die, only to delay me from having you?”
How does everyone know we’re lovers? She knew now wasn’t the time to be thinking it but she couldn’t help it. Was it that obvious?
Paige mentally shook herself. She stared at the vampire in front of her for a fraction of a second before her body moved, separate from her mind.
She didn’t realize what she was doing until she was staring at the gun. It was aimed dead center of his head.
The vampires smile vanished. “I’m warning you mutt, lower that toy and come with me.”
A growl escaped Paige, her lips pulled back and her teeth bared. In human form it probably looked ridiculous.
Something resembling a growl escaped the vampire as he lunged towards her. Paige froze. She didn’t pull the trigger like she should have.
Instead she felt her back hit the hard floor under her.
“Paige!” Markus shouted.
“Kill them all!” the vampire’s voiced raised over everything that was going on around them. Paige could hear the other vampires move into the room. She heard shots fire. Her gun. Where was her gun?
The vampire’s fingers curled around her throat. “You should have just come with me.” He hissed. “Now your lovers will die and I will make your life hell.” He snarled as he crawled on top of her. He bared his fangs.
Let me take over. The wolf demanded. The wolf was right. Paige took a deep breath and let the wolf side have total control.
Chapter 3
Ben’s hands were sweaty. They never sweat.
Now , here he was facing down a vampire while Paige’s life was in danger. The vampire in front of him was female with long black hair and a black dress on. She wore high heels that made Ben wonder how she could walk, let alone kick him in the gut, and not fall over. He rolled out of the way as she reached for him. His gun… where was it?
He caught a glimpse of it on the other side of her. Shit. He pushed himself to his feet reaching for the knife in his pocket. Okay, it wasn’t a knife it was more like a small dagger.
The woman laughed as he readied himself for their fight.
“Stupid human.” She cooed as she reached for him. He ducked, thrust the sword towards her. It hit her arm. She scre
amed in pain. He thrust towards her again, she screamed in anger this time as her fingers wrapped around his wrist.
“Stupid, stupid human.” She hissed.
Ben didn’t scream as he felt his wrist snap in two. He would have, but it hurt so damn much he couldn’t speak as he dropped to the floor. The woman laughed.
Fuck, fuck, fuck. It hurt so bad. He could feel the tears rolling down his cheeks.
Markus. He glanced over but there was no sign of his friend. Paige. She lay on the floor, the vampire on top of her. He bent down as his fangs grew.
The girl in front of Ben tangled her fingers into his hair and yanked his face towards her. She bent down. Her lips curled into a snarl. “Your girlfriend is going to die. And there is nothing you can do to save her.” A high pitched laugh escaped her as she tossed him to the ground.
He heard the clink of her heels as she walked away. No. Ben tried to push himself to his feet. His hand throbbed with pain and his legs wouldn’t budge.
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Dodge. Markus’s body listened to his brain as he ducked out of the way and backed up. He led the vampire into the living room. There was a lot of space and hardly anything to get in their way.
The vampire followed him in. This one was short, with black hair and he wore an old leather jacket with scuffed jeans. Markus stepped aside as the vampire grabbed at him. He was still young, still coming into his new life. Markus took advantage of it. He let the vampire lunge towards him again. Markus dodged the vampire and waited for it to lunge again. Even vampires had little stamina and Markus planned on taking advantage of that. He fired his gun, not really caring if it hit the vampire or not. It snarled and lunged towards him again.
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Paige gasped for breath. The vampire’s fingers tightened around her neck.
She grabbed his wrist, struggled against him. She could feel her nails dig into his flesh, smell it when she started to draw blood and yet he still sat there. Laughing he tightened his hold against her neck, stood up and pulled her onto her feet and into the air.
“Yes. Get the blood pumping and your adrenaline running.” He whispered next to her ear.
This was what he wanted? To scare her? No.
Paige closed her eyes. She focused on her pounding heart. He wanted her scared she wouldn’t be scared.
She heard the sound of bones crack. They weren’t hers. She knew that much.
Paige tried to take a deep breath. Relax. She told her wolf. It fought. No, don’t relax. Fight. Kill him. Paige refused to listen to the wolf. She took a deep breath to slow her heart rate. It was working. She could feel the wolf calming down, she could feel herself calming down but this wasn’t going to work for much longer.
Paige forced her eyes open and stared into the vampire’s eyes. A smile spread over her lips. “Fuck you.” She gasped.
His fingers tightened around her but not before she could draw in a deep breath. She forced her leg to work as she lifted it and forced it back down against him.
It didn’t do much but it did just enough to make him lose his focus. His grip loosened on her neck. Paige reached towards him. She had just enough reach to poke his eye.
That warranted a scream from him. He released her and Paige fell to the ground. She scrambled away from him.
Shit. Her back touched the back of someone’s legs. Please say it’s one of the boys. Paige forced herself to look up. It wasn’t one of the boys.
A girl smiled down at her as her fingers tangled into Paige’s hair. “Don’t run.” She wasn’t gentle as she pulled Paige to her feet by the root of her hair.
Paige groaned as the male vampire closed the distance between them. Shit, shit, shit. How was she going to get out of this?
Paige heard the gunshot before she felt the girl stumble and fall backwards.
“Down!” Markus shouted.
Paige dropped to the ground covering her head. She heard three more shots. She looked up just in time to see the vampire drop to the ground.
She looked around. Ben. Paige forced herself towards him. He was laying there unconscious. Please, please don’t be dead.
“Ben,” Paige pleaded as she touched him. There was no blood, just dirt and… a broken wrist.
“Is he okay?” Markus dropped down beside her.
“He’s… I think he’s okay.”
Paige watched as Markus ran his fingers over Ben’s forehead. “He’ll need a doctor but he’ll be okay.” It sounded more like he was talking to himself then to Paige.
Chapter 4
“Just relax already. I’m alright.”
“Your wrist is broken.” Paige reminded Ben.
“It’s not the first time it has happened and it won’t be the last. Just quit worrying and staring at me like that.” he looked angry but he voice was kind.
“Sorry.” Paige looked down.
Ben took her hand and pulled her down onto the bed with him. “Don’t be sorry babe.” He kissed her gently. “But quit worrying so much, alright?”
“Fine.” Paige couldn’t help but smile as Ben pulled her down into his arms.
Markus emerged from the bathroom in nothing but a towel. He looked them both over. Paige sighed at the view as he came towards them.
“How are you feeling?” she asked.
“I didn’t get a scratch.” Markus grinned slightly. “How are you feeling?” Markus stared at the bruise forming around Paige’s neck.
“I’m fine, my neck hurts a little but I’ll heal soon and then it will just be something else in the past.”
Ben kissed the top of her head. “You’re a tough little wolf.” He praised.
The wolf side of Paige was thrilled. She liked making others happy. She liked making her family and her friends proud. But Paige refused to let that show.
She felt Ben’s uninjured hand slide over the curves of her body. Markus watched as Ben’s lips touched her neck.
For the first little while it felt weird to have another man watch as someone turned her on, whether it was Ben or Markus depended on the night. But now, after a few weeks it felt… erotic to have another man watch. Markus wasn’t going for that though.
He grabbed Paige and pulled her away from Ben. A grin spread over his mouth as Paige fell face first onto his bare chest.
“You’re hurt.” Markus teased. “You have to be careful tonight.”
Markus’s hand ran from Paige’s neck, along the curves of her body and to her butt, his nails dragging gently. He lifted her chin until their lips met. But it wasn’t a soft kiss and it was nowhere near sweet. It was passionate and aggressive.
Paige moaned against his kiss, her arms wrapping around him and pulling him closer. Markus scooped her legs up, wrapped them around his waist and guided her back down onto the bed. His fingers brushed her hair out of their face before they worked their way down to the hem of her shirt.
He pulled away, his eyes sparkling as he watched Paige grab the bottom of her shirt and slowly, teasingly pull it up and over her head. Without hesitation Ben reached for her front clipping bra. It took him less than a second to unhook it. Paige rolled away.
“You’re hurt. You have to be careful.” She placed her hands on her hips, a soft grin coming over her face. “Now lie down so I can take care of you.”
Ben grinned as he flopped back against the pillows. Paige moved towards him on her hands and knees. She crawled between his legs and kissed him gently.
Markus closed the distanced between them. She could feel his hands on her thighs, creeping their way closer and closer to her pussy.
Ben let out a soft moan as Paige chewed at his lower lip gently. She let her hands wander down his chest to the belt that held his pants on. It took a couple seconds of trying but she managed to get the belt undone without breaking the kiss. Markus reached his arms around her waist.
She felt the button on her own pants pop as he pulled away. His fingers hooked around the waist of her pants and a split second later she felt cold air touch her skin
.
Paige unzipped Ben’s pants and reached into them. Her fingers curled around his already hard member and she pulled it out.
Ben’s hand that wasn’t injured made its way to her head, his fingers finding a perfect home between the strands of hair. He guided her head down until her lips touched his cock.
A moan escaped Paige as her she mouthed him, but it wasn’t because of him it was because of Markus. Hs hand slipped between her legs, rubbing gently he pushed her panties aside and let one finger run between her folds.
He made a sound of approval before pulling away. She heard the sound of him unzip his pants. They fell down around his knees and he moved closer to her.
Paige looked up at Ben, who wasn’t staring at her. Instead he was staring at Markus, his eyes glazed over with lust. “Fuck her.”
Paige gasped as she felt Markus’s cock against her, pushing into her gently. Paige felt Ben’s fingers pull her hair. He guided her head up and down his shaft as fast as he wanted her to go, deeper and deeper into her mouth he went until Paige took over.
She worked his cock in and out of her faster and faster. He moaned gently.
Markus pushed into her, no longer gently, faster and faster. His hands rested on her lower back, pushing her down against the bed.
“Make him cum.” He ordered her.
The order made Paige’s blood boil. She sucked Ben faster, her tongue playing with the tip of his head.
“Oh fuck,” Ben muttered, his fingers tightening around her hair.
Paige mouthed him perfectly, quietly humming against him until Markus pushed into her as hard as he could. Paige let out a scream muffled against Ben. Ben gasped gently.
Markus pushed into her again, as hard as he could. His fingers pushing her lower and his cock feeling better the lower she went. She moaned loudly.
Ben gasped. Paige looked up just in time to see his eyes roll back as his hips thrust towards her. She moaned louder as Markus pushed in and out of her, swallowing every ounce of Ben’s cum that came into her mouth.
Finally, when every last drop was swallowed Ben let out a shaky breath. His eyes were glazed over, this time because he was tired, as he pulled Paige off his cock. He fell back against the pillows, his eyes half closed.
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