Eternal Envy (The Seven Sin Sisters 2)

by Paloma Beck

  With their emotions swirling around them and her powers causing bursts of sparkling light, an incredible pleasure pounded in her veins. Her breathing sped up as she gave herself over to all the love she felt for this man. This felt right, better even than the other times they’d joined. It felt so good and perfect. Caedon’s lips stroked against hers, his teeth nipped at her upper lip and sucked at her lower one. The kiss grew steadily deeper and her body reacted with a flooding heat. Eloise was lost to him.

  Caedon’s hands trailed down her back and felt for the hem of her shirt. Eloise jumped when his cool hand met her warm stomach. He pulled away just long enough to get her shirt over her head and Eloise whimpered at the loss of contact. Caedon chuckled but returned to her lips before she could make another sound. His tongue pressed against her lips again, found her tongue and challenged her for submission. A deep need to submit to her mate overtook her as she relaxed and allowed him to explore her mouth.

  Crushing herself against him, Eloise felt his arousal thick through his trousers. She yearned to undress him since he’d always done this for her. She tugged at his shirt until he stretched his arms out above his head. Then Eloise slowly revealed his magnificent body as she pulled his shirt up his torso and over his head. She tossed the shirt and slid her fingers back down his stomach.

  He moved back into her again, running his lips along her jaw, down her neck. He scraped his teeth against her throat and waves of incredible sensation stole her ability to think. Eloise’s nipples grew more sensitive and the stiff peaks cried out for attention as Caedon moved his hands closer to where she wanted them. He was in a teasing mood tonight as his fingers stroked the underside of her breasts lightly. Eloise was completely overwhelmed with need for her mate.

  The sounds of the waves hitting against the shoreline grew louder until all she could hear were Caedon and her labored, heavy breaths and the ocean surrounding them. It was easy for Eloise to forget all the turmoil brewing around them and concentrate on Caedon. She began fumbling with his pants to get more of him.

  “I’ll lead, baby. You only need to follow,” Caedon spoke in between his gentle bites to the upper swells of her breasts. He continued to nip at her until her skin was so sensitive Eloise wanted to scream at him.

  “Please, Caedon. I’m ready. Please,” Eloise was too close to begging, but she didn’t seem to care. Why wouldn’t Caedon let her have what she wanted?

  Just as she was ready to stomp her pretty little foot, Caedon pulled his trousers down over his legs and stepped out of them. Eloise let out a gasp of surprise when she realized he wore nothing underneath them. Immediately, she stepped forward and her body molded against his. She felt the thick length of his cock against her stomach and craved more still.

  When Caedon bent his head and lapped his tongue against her straining nipples, Eloise’s knees weakened. Caedon balanced her with his arm across her back. He took her weight onto himself as if she were a feather. Pinching the hooks of her bra, Caedon removed it effortlessly before using his other arm to tug down her skirt while he continued to feast on her nipples as if he were a starved man. Eloise stood in only tiny lace panties and her red bow heels as his tongue stroked one nipple, his fingers worked the other and she rubbed herself against him like a damn kitten. Goddess, what this man could do to her. She absolutely craved him and wondered if that would ever change.

  “I smell your desire, baby.” Caedon used both hands now to tug at her nipples while he watched her. His voice was rough and Eloise knew he was fighting the need to take her quickly.

  Caedon kneeled before her then. Using his teeth, he dragged her panties down her legs slowly. She tried to step out of her shoes but he halted her, “leave them on.” Caedon nearly growled his command and it sent shivers up her spine.

  “So you like them now?” Eloise couldn’t resist the tease. Caedon dropped the panties with her other clothes. They were both naked now, standing on the terrace of his family home. Goddess, shouldn’t this feel wrong? But it so didn’t.

  “There’s a time and place for everything, baby. Now is a damn good time for fuck me shoes.”

  “Fuck me shoes? That’s what you think these are?” Eloise’s laugh was cut off by Caedon’s touch as he licked along her thigh on the way back up her leg. Holding back a moan, she shook with want. Every nerve in Eloise’s body screamed for attention but damned if she would beg. Eloise Sinster didn’t beg for anything, she reminded herself over and over, as he kissed along her inner thighs. Why wouldn’t he just move to where she wanted him?

  Caedon drew his large hands back up her legs to wrap his long fingers in the curves of her ass. He lifted her, moved back towards the stone wall and placed her on the ledge. He pushed her knees out to open her to his sight. Eloise could feel the cool air moving across her core. She threw her head back when Caedon sunk to his knees before her.

  “I have to taste you,” Caedon’s words shot through her. His fingers brushed along the outsides of her folds. He held her legs apart with his shoulders now as he used his fingers to open her and delve one finger sharply inside. One simple stroke and she trembled. Eloise called out his name while she clung to his head. Her fingers tugged at his soft waves as they fell around his head.

  Eloise closed her eyes and took in the sounds around them. She breathed in the salty air and simply enjoyed the intense vibrations shooting through her core. She moved against his hand, causing a delicious friction that had her thrusting and moaning.

  Caedon withdrew his fingers and Eloise saw the cream from her core run down them as he sucked them into his mouth. Eloise wanted to cry out when he again pumped his fingers in and out of her core. She gasped when he stroked her clit with his thumb. Then he circled it, rubbed vigorously back and forth and caused her to squirm under his hold. Goddess, she didn’t know if she could last and she whimpered out a plea.

  “Ssh,” Caedon assured her, “Come for me, baby. Don’t hold back this time.”

  Her eyes sprung open only to see the grin on Caedon’s face as he too understood the irony of his words. He pressed into her one more time and rubbed his thumb across her clit. Eloise let go and screamed out her orgasm. In that one moment, she didn’t care who saw or who heard. Eloise was exactly where she wanted to be. Her eyes rolled back in her head as she rested it back on the stone ledge. Caedon stroked her stomach, her calves, and moved back to her core gently at first as Eloise’s breathing returned to normal.

  “Not done yet.” At Caedon’s words, Eloise lifted her head to look at him. His soft brown eyes were now dark and intense. She could feel his gaze on her and felt the fire in the lowest part of her belly begin to rise again.

  Caedon picked her up and walked easily with her in his arms to the cushioned bench in the far corner. He sat and moved Eloise on top of him so she straddled his hips. They sat this way, core to core, for a long time simply looking at one another until Caedon spoke, “My mate, I give you everything I am. I promise to never hold anything from you. Ti voglio molto bene.”

  “Oh, Caedon,” Eloise spoke through tears, “I love you so much, too. I have waited a lifetime for a hero and you couldn’t be more perfect to me.”

  Kissing her tears from her face, Caedon lifted her slightly and brought her back down onto his cock. “I want us to drink from one another like this. Ho bisogno di te.”

  Eloise was ever grateful she’d learned Italian from her mother. Knowing he confessed his need for her in his native language touched something so deep within her, her powers came to life. Sparkles of color burst around them as Eloise moved up and down on his lap. She was ready to explode from the sensations. Her hands reached up to hold onto his shoulders as he brought his lips down, first to suck on one nipple and then the other. He drew the pebbled tip into his mouth. With each sucking motion, Eloise’s stomach tightened and the fire burning inside her grew.

  She cried out and her flesh quivered with her arousal. She felt desperate for him again, as if she hadn’t fed for him just that morning before th
ey had left for their shopping trip. And when he tilted his head to the side, she immediately latched on. With a few attempts to break his skin, Eloise finally found her prize. Caedon’s blood slid between her lips and down her dry throat. It was ambrosia. It tasted of chocolate and wine and all of her favorite things. Goddess, she needed this connection to her mate. Eloise could hear his thoughts. She knew the exact moment he decided where to bite but the alert did nothing to dim the initial shock.

  Caedon’s teeth sunk into her flesh and drew out her blood. His wavy brown hair, cut in a wispy style that hung around his neck tickled her skin where it dusted her. His eyes were molted into a darker shade of brown with an iridescent glow as they met hers with a hunger that would’ve scared Eloise had she not already known this man so well. She might’ve been frightened by the fervor in which he drank if she hadn’t been so familiar with his life’s story. The erotic sensation of flow—one from the other—was nearly stronger than any orgasm she’d ever had. Never before had they drank like this simultaneously and in such sync. Caedon filled her in two ways while she drew from him as well.

  They each slowed their drinking and lapped hungrily at one another’s necks while Caedon placed his hands below her arms and used his strength to bring her up and down his cock. He paused and looked down to where their bodies joined. Then Caedon pushed in slowly, inch by inch, and she could feel him stretching her. They fit perfectly. His cock was thick and her inner muscles fought to make room for the intrusion. She felt so full with Caedon. It mirrored the fullness in her heart.

  “Baby,” Caedon grimaced in warning. His teeth were clenched. Eloise raised her head from his neck to bat her eyelashes and grin before she shifted to take him in deeper. She grabbed at his arms and rubbed along them to find something to hold onto.

  “You are mine, baby,” he gasped as he closed his eyes. His voice was deep with desire and her nipples tightened more hearing his words. “You belong to me.” He grabbed onto her hips so she couldn’t move. Eloise was forced in place to take the pleasure Caedon gave.

  “Please, Caedon, I’m going to come,” Eloise cried out in a strained voice. She was silenced by his lips crushing down onto hers. He kissed her hard with clashing teeth and biting. A myriad of emotions came across their bond and overwhelmed her. Eloise moaned and twisted against him as he thrust in and out, never altering his rhythm.

  “Come for me again, baby,” Caedon whispered. Those final words were her undoing. Caedon’s command was always enough to push her over the edge. Eloise came hard around his cock. Her pussy tightened, and her clit pounded in a steady, hard throb until she convulsed with a burning pleasure and fire bursts of color erupted around them. She felt Caedon explode, too, and her inner muscles milked his cock. Each shot of his release drew her higher and higher. It seemed to last forever as Eloise sat cradled in Caedon’s arms watching the sparkles of light and breathing in her mate.

  “I’m so tired,” she sighed.

  “You should be,” Caedon chuckled. “Let’s eat and enjoy the quiet of our evening. Then we’ll sleep, baby,” Caedon’s voice comforted her in this moment when she felt most vulnerable and exposed. She felt their connection completely for the first time and wished she could talk to Layla.

  * * * *

  When the first light of morning rose in the sky, Caedon could feel Eloise’s alarm through their bond. Since he was no longer wrapped around her, she likely wondered where he’d gotten off to. Caedon called to her in his mind, “I’m in the kitchen. The mission team arrived and the briefing is soon.”

  “May I come?”

  “Of course, Eloise. Get dressed and come down.”

  “We have approximately thirty minutes before my mate gets down here,” Caedon told the men. “I want her filled in but not terrified. Are we clear?”

  Nods of agreement stretched around the table. Caedon, Seamus and Donovan had been joined by Lucas, Gage and Granger. Having two weapons specialists on the mission spoke to the potential dangers.

  “We have a concrete plan,” Lucas, the senior officer in the group spoke, “with the intel gathered yesterday, we know a lot about their behaviors. Most importantly, we know when they are at their weakest.”

  Lucas looked over at Caedon, “First priority is getting your parents out alive but we have no idea what condition they’re in, so Donovan will be part of the extraction crew. If they need any medical attention, he can provide it.”

  “And Caedon should stay close in case I need a blood transfer. It can only come from a blood relative,” Donovan interjected. Both Lucas and Caedon nodded.

  “I want the bastard who took them. You said you thought you knew who it was and that he’s on site. I want first chance to take him out,” Caedon demanded. His voice was fierce until he heard the gentle gasp behind him. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

  The men each acknowledged Eloise with nods or murmured good mornings while Caedon watched her cross the room to stand at his side. Caedon was angry with himself when he saw that Eloise’s hands shook. He’d frightened her.

  “Can I know the plan?” When no one responded to her request, she continued, “I know it includes me staying here out of harm’s way. I won’t argue that. I just want to know how you’ll go about the mission so I don’t worry as much.”

  Lucas turned to Caedon to ascertain his permission before sharing the mission plan with Eloise. When Caedon nodded, Lucas produced a smile that didn’t reach his eyes and cleared his throat.

  “Okay. Everyone grab a chair and pull it up around the table,” Lucas instructed.

  Caedon reached for Eloise’s hand and sat her on his lap, so grateful she was here with him. Being away from her during this period of Acclimation would have been dangerous for both of them. As their bond grew, they had needed to be near one another, to drink from each other as often as possible. Last night, Caedon felt their blood levels were finally in harmony.

  They spent the morning huddled in a circle as the men played out every possible contingency. To her credit, Eloise never complained or gave any indication of displeasure. She simply observed and he respected the hell out of her for that.

  Saying goodbye to her that evening at sundown was painful. He felt through their bond how scared she was, not for herself but for him. And he couldn’t do anything to reassure her but to remind her that the Valendite Breeds were stronger than anything they would come up against. But there was the fear of the unknown. The variable was why his parents had never escaped themselves. Something was definitely unusual and they were likely to walk head first into a scenario they couldn’t even imagine.

  Eloise stood on the boat dock with Micalena and Seamus who was left behind to guard her. She blew Caedon a kiss and he smiled until he spun around and saw each of the other men grinning like fools and laughing.

  “Just you wait,” Caedon warned, “When it happens, there’s not a single warning and it will knock you on your asses. And you can be damn sure I’ll be there to laugh at you.”

  The boat ride to shore took nearly double the usual time as they approached into the old harbor of Salivoli. They made a slow approach, concerned for keeping the location of their getaway secure. While Caedon pointed out key locations, the other men secured the boat and the team moved into the city from the northwest.

  The building under which Caedon’s parents were being held was no different from all others on the street. There were no pedestrians except for a few staff closing up the small café along the southern end of the cobblestone street. Silently, the team moved into the alley that circled to the back of the building and entered, one by one, down into the muddy basement.

  “On my count, team A follows left. Donovan leads team B,” Lucas whispered and counted off on his hand, “One. Two. Three.” Each man did exactly as instructed and moved as if synchronized.

  Within seconds, Caedon found the steel door, gave three firm pounds against the metal in warning and set about applying the explosive. There was no time to waste if they hoped to
make this a clean mission. They didn’t need any more suspicion falling on them. Madden’s directive given through Lucas was clear. They were to get in, recover Caedon’s parents and get out undetected.

  He backed away from the doorway. The explosive was developed to disintegrate the metal and was muted by specially designed putty, but the blast could still throw off some fierce heat. Donovan and Caedon ducked into another hallway and waited for the blast to clear.

  Once they could see into the room, Caedon followed Donovan in. His knees failed him when he saw his parents collared and chained to the stone wall. Caedon rushed towards them but was afraid to touch them for fear of hurting their bruised limbs. His heart was in his throat when he asked, “Mother, are you okay? Father, is it really you?”

  “Caedon?” His mother called out to him in a broken voice. She appeared so fragile, almost as if she were a human. Her pallor was gray. The stench in the room seemed to emanate from their direction. “After all these years, son, is it really you?”

  “Yes Mother. It’s me. We’ve just now found you. We thought… we thought you were…” Caedon’s voice broke. He couldn’t speak the word he thought so instead he reassured his mother. “We’ve come to take you home.”

  “No, son, you have to get out of here,” his father rushed to explain, “They gave up on trying to study us. They couldn’t break us no matter how weak we grew. This is their new plan now…” His father’s words were cut off by a blast from somewhere behind them.

  “Fuck!” Lucas’s voice echoed through their earpieces. “Incoming. We’ll pull in behind them and take them out. Watch your backs.”

  “Got it,” Caedon replied before turning back to his parents and surveying Donovan’s efforts. “I’ll watch the door while you keep working.” Caedon ignored his parents’ protests that he leave. A man rounded the corner. He appeared to be a doctor of some type in a white lab coat. Caedon almost dropped his gun to capture the man for information when he saw him remove his hand from his pocket and extract a pistol.