Twice Bitten Not Shy [Vampires of Eternity] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour)

by Lynne St. James

  Sebastian was between her legs, and she could feel his lips and tongue moving closer and closer to her pussy. It was her turn to shiver with arousal, and she felt Sebastian chuckle against her. Trying to regain a little control, she concentrated on stroking Christian’s marble-like cock. It was so hard and hot, and she wanted to taste it.

  Christian straddled her upper body, and she took him into her mouth. Mmmm, definitely an advantage to having your mind read.

  Christian sucked in a breath as she licked him from base to head and back again. “Yes, a definite advantage.”

  Gwen continued to tease Christian’s cock with her tongue, alternating between licking and sucking. She caressed his balls with one hand and continued sucking on his throbbing cock. She nibbled around the head and licked down the shaft over and over again, relishing in each of his indrawn breaths. Concentrating as she was, she almost bit him when his tongue joined Sebastian’s on her clit and pussy. They were alternating licking and sucking on her hard nub. She felt fingers in her pussy and pressure at her rear. She couldn’t think, only savor the sensations.

  Christian moved off of her, probably afraid she was going to bite him, and Sebastian slowly pushed his cock into her ass. She hadn’t touched him yet, but he felt huge. She arched her back and tried to take him deeper, wanting to have all of him.

  “Bloody hell, she’s tight, Christian. I don’t want to hurt her.”

  “Please don’t stop. It feels incredible. Please, Sebastian.” Gwen implored him with her eyes as well as her words, looking into eyes which were no longer as blue as the ocean but black as pools at midnight. “I want this.”

  “As you wish, but I will not hurt you. You only have to think it, and I will know.”

  “Yes, I understand. Please, I want all of you, all of both of you.”

  Christian leaned down and kissed her, taking her breath away. She wanted this and had dreamed about it and fantasized about it for years.

  “We will be happy to fulfill your every fantasy, Gwendolyn,” Christian whispered against her lips as he kissed her.

  Sebastian was fully embedded in her with one more thrust, and he looked down at her. Gwen smiled up at him, her gaze filled with passion. Slowly, he pulled partly out and thrust back in, building a steady rhythm. Christian sucked on her breasts and teased her nipples with his tongue and teeth, while his fingers pinched and rubbed her hard clit.

  “Oh, my goddess…” Gwen could barely put two words together. Every nerve in her body was singing in ecstasy. With every touch and every thrust, her excitement grew until it reached the crescendo, and she screamed out her release.

  As Gwen worked to catch her breath, Sebastian and Christian moved to either side of her. She wanted more and wanted to feel Christian inside her, but they all knew she needed time to recover. They caressed her with firm, cool hands. The soft pads of their fingers slowly massaged down her long, shapely legs and across her shoulders and then down her smooth back, easing her tight muscles. Her body still tingled all the way down to her toes, but she was on cloud nine. It was unlike anything she had experienced before, and being at the center of so much attention was incredible, and much better than anything she had ever imagined.

  “Would you like something to drink, Gwendolyn? You must be parched.” Sebastian hadn’t waited for a response. He was already heading toward the bedroom door. It was then she realized that he looked much better.

  “Wait, Sebastian.”

  “Yes?”

  “You were ill earlier, weren’t you?”

  “I was.”

  “But how, especially with all the exercise you just had?”

  “Let me get you something to drink. When I get back, I’ll explain.”

  Christian leaned over and gave her a kiss. “Don’t worry, we’ll explain, and it will all make sense.”

  Gwen nodded as she watched Christian follow Sebastian out of the room. She hopped up and headed to the bathroom to clean herself up a little. She was glad she kept a toothbrush and some makeup in her bag. One look in the mirror told her she had seen better days. It was then that she noticed.

  “What the hell?” Gwen was dumped from pure bliss to extremely pissed off as soon as she saw the bruising around her nipples. Both breasts had the same little puncture marks in the same exact place. “They freakin’ bit me?” They promised not to, but they bit me anyway? Am I going to be a vampire now?

  Chapter 13

  “Bloody hell,” Sebastian sighed. Both of them knew as soon as she noticed the bite marks. Now that they had some of her blood, they would have to work hard to block her thoughts and feelings. However, now wasn’t the time for that. They needed to know what she thought and felt, especially now. The bond could be completed if she would just agree. They couldn’t lose her now. Sebastian quickly poured a glass of ice water, and they headed for the bedroom.

  But they never got there. Gwendolyn had managed to surprise them. Instead of being in bed, waiting, they found her fully dressed and in the living room on the leather sofa. The look on her face and the way she sat stiffly, with her legs and arms crossed, was not a good sign. They didn’t have to read her mind. It was obvious that they were in trouble.

  Sebastian handed her the glass of water. “Here you go, my dear. But why are you out here? We expected…”

  Gwen took the glass and slowly lifted it to the cherry-red lips they had kissed only moments ago. “Yes, well I didn’t expect to be bitten, either. Am I going to be a vampire now?”

  “No,” Christian replied. They both hoped his voice would soothe the situation, at least enough for her to listen with an open mind.

  “Well, thank the goddess for small favors. I trusted you not to bite me, at least not without asking first. You had promised. How could you?”

  “It was not our intention, but we got carried away. There is so much more we have to tell you,” Sebastian said, trying to explain. But apparently, from the thoughts loud and clear in her head, she was not having any of it.

  “Gwendolyn, please, let us try to explain.” Sebastian knew it was futile. She was not going to listen. She was too pissed off and scared. So much had happened this evening. It was a lot for her to have to process. It was amazing she hadn’t already run screaming from the building.

  “Actually, I don’t think I can handle any more tonight. Honestly. The opening is only a few days away. I have a lot of work to do. So I think it is best if I go home now.” She stood and gathered her jacket and slung her purse over her shoulder.

  “As you wish.” Neither of them wanted her to leave, but maybe it was for the best. She needed time to grasp the enormity of what she had learned tonight. To tell her the rest might scare her away permanently.

  Christian stood up. “Let me walk you to your car at least. It’s late.”

  “Fine.” She nodded and then turned her gaze one more time on Sebastian. “I’ll talk to you soon, Sebastian. I can honestly say that this was one fucked-up night.”

  Sebastian took her hand, turned it over, and kissed her palm. “I can’t tell you how sorry we are, Gwendolyn, but it has been our pleasure to have you here. I hope you’ll grace our home again soon.”

  “We’ll see. Good night,” she said as she extricated her hand from his and waited to follow Christian to her car.

  Christian glanced at Sebastian, quirking an eyebrow. Sebastian just shrugged in return. He watched him lead Gwendolyn out of their apartment. Then he went to the library to see what, if anything else, he could find on the curse. He vaguely remembered Christian saying he found something before Gwendolyn had shown up this evening.

  Sebastian found the tome that Christian had left on the desk. He was still reading through it when Christian returned.

  “Well, that didn’t go as planned, did it?”

  “Not exactly, but then we didn’t expect her to return this evening. Hells bells, I tell you. Just once in our existence I wish things would go as planned.”

  Christian laughed. “Please, if we have learned no
thing else, Sebastian, it is that nothing goes as planned. This is not like you.”

  “I know, but that one taste of her blood was indescribable. I know you felt it as well.”

  “True, it was amazing.”

  “God’s blood it was. We know she’s the one. I just hope we haven’t done irreparable damage tonight.”

  “Sebastian, it’s not like we had much choice. You were weakened, and she showed up here totally unexpectedly.”

  “Yes, but we should have been stronger.”

  Shaking his head, Christian walked over and sat in the other chair, stretching out his muscular, long legs. Gwendolyn was amazing, that much they both knew, and she was the one, but would she make the choice they needed her to make?

  “I just wish I had been able to make love to her this evening as well. Her soft touch and sweet taste were hypnotic.” Sebastian just smiled at him. There was nothing to say.

  Christian leaned forward to see what Sebastian was studying. “How much have you read from that passage?”

  “Enough to know we’re pretty much fucked if Gwendolyn doesn’t decide to give her life for us.”

  Sebastian was surprised by Christian’s choice of words. But then, they were under a lot of stress. “I suppose you could say that. But then, we always knew it was a possibility.”

  “Agreed, but I figured we were both persuasive enough that this wouldn’t be an issue.”

  Now it was Sebastian’s turn to laugh. “Persuasive? Have you interacted with many women from this century, or are you still thinking we’re in the 1800s?”

  “Damn it. I guess I just figured that once we found her, she would fall into our arms and be ours forever.”

  Sebastian raised his eyebrows. “You have definitely been reading too many fairy tales.”

  Christian threw a book at him. For a few minutes it felt like the old days before they became vampires, when they were the carefree sons of noblemen. Back then their biggest worry was who they were going to bed that evening.

  “Anyway, the gypsy who placed the curse is the only one who can lift it. I doubt she is alive. She would have to be over five hundred years old. So I don’t think she’ll be of much help to us.”

  “Agreed.” Christian’s emotions mirrored the helplessness Sebastian was feeling. They knew Gwendolyn really was their last chance. After Sebastian’s episode this evening, it looked like they were just about out of time.

  Chapter 14

  Brianna looked up as Gwen walked in the door.

  “Holy shit, you look terrible,” Bree remarked as she took the cup of Beans ’n’ Buns chai tea from Gwen.

  “Good morning to you, too,” Gwen answered as she rolled her eyes. “This is how you greet your boss?”

  “Well, you do. What happened to you last night?”

  “I really don’t feel like talking about it, at least not now.” Gwen took a long drink of her own coffee. She was not ready to discuss her eventful evening with Bree, definitely not the way to go. But Gwen knew she needed to talk to someone about it, just not yet. Not when she didn’t understand it all herself. There was also that little oath she had taken about not discussing anything. Ugh, what the hell am I going to do?

  “Fine, be that way.”

  “It’s not like that. I’m sorry, but I just can’t right now.”

  “Why are you shutting me out? Did something bad happen? Did you kill someone?”

  “Geesh, Bree. I am just not ready to discuss any of this right now.” Brianna’s displeasure was written all over her face, but Bree would just have to deal with it. It wasn’t that Gwen didn’t trust her, and with Brianna’s lifestyle, she knew Bree would be thrilled that there were really vampires in this world. Hell, she’d want one of her own. Gwen smirked to herself. One of her own…she had two if she wanted them, but did she really want them?

  “Fine.”

  “Good, can we get on with our day now? Or do you want to hound me some more?” Gwen resisted the urge to stick her tongue out at her petulant assistant. But she knew better.

  “No more hounding, but dammit, Gwen, something’s going on. I can tell.”

  “I’m fine, honestly. But we have a ton of things to finish up before the opening on Friday night for Eternity. Did we hear back from the vendors yet?”

  “Yeah, the phone’s been ringing off the hook all morning.”

  “We should be able to send out the invites today. Can you give the messenger service a call? We’ll need to have the invites picked up by lunchtime. We should have them ready and waiting by then.”

  “Sure, no problem. Do you want me to start working on them?”

  “Yes, please, in your best calligraphy.”

  “Yes, boss lady, I’ll hop right to it.” Bree stuck her tongue out.

  Gwen laughed and felt human for the first time since she got out of bed after her sleepless night. She had so much to do, and there was no time for being tired. No matter what, she had an obligation to make sure the opening of Eternity was a smashing success. She’d deal with the vampires later.

  “How about we order in Chinese for lunch? Who knows, maybe we can actually get out of here on time for a change?”

  “Hell yeah. I guess I can forgive you for keeping secrets if you’re going to buy?”

  “Yes, I’ll buy. Go ahead and order the usual. I have some calls to make, and then we’ll get through the rest of this in the conference room.”

  “Gotcha, boss lady. I’ll have them deliver for noon. Do you need anything now?”

  “I’ll let you know. I’ll want to change a few things after having a tour of the club last night. I’ll need to place some calls to the vendors to make sure they can give us what we want.”

  “I can’t wait to see it. Was it really cool?”

  Gwen shook her head. It was easy to forget that Brianna was a good ten years younger than her until she got excited about things like this. “Yes, it was pretty cool. I’ll tell you over lunch, and you’ll see it on Friday, anyway.”

  “Yay. I went shopping last night for a new dress for Friday.”

  Gwen answered, “Cool, you can tell me about it at lunch.” But she kept walking toward her office. With her chatty-Cathy assistant in overdrive, she’d never get her work done. Closing the door to the office, she sat down at her desk, but instead of getting to work, she turned to look out the window. The sunlight was pouring in. It was a truly beautiful day. The guys said they could be out in sunlight, but they were vampires. There had to be some truth to the tales, didn’t there?

  With a deep sigh, she turned back around and reached for the phone. It rang before she had a chance to make her first call. Figures. It was her private line, so Bree wouldn’t be answering it.

  “This is Gwen.”

  “Hi, sweetie.”

  Roger sounded way too cheerful this morning. He had an uncanny way of knowing the worst times to call.

  “Morning, Roger. What’s up? But I’m warning you now, I’m swamped.”

  “Good morning. What crawled up your butt?”

  “Nothing, I’m just busy.”

  “Gwen, you can’t bullshit me. I know you too well. What’s wrong?”

  “I really don’t have time for this. Did you need something?”

  “No, not really. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Is that a crime now?”

  Gwen sighed loudly into the phone. “No, it’s not a crime. But really, Roger, if you want to help me, you’ll let me get back to work.”

  “Okay, fine, but you have to have dinner with me tonight, then. I won’t take no for an answer.”

  Gwen was shaking her head even though she knew he couldn’t see her. He wasn’t going to go away unless she agreed. Ten years of marriage taught her that. “Fine, fine, what time and where?”

  “How’s six at our favorite Mexican restaurant?”

  “OK, fine.”

  “Great. See you later then, hun,” Roger said as he clicked off the line.

  All Gwen could do was groan. Roger coul
d be so damn annoying, and he always knew the worst time to call. Sometimes she’d swear that there was a button in her office that buzzed him as soon as she was overloaded.

  She checked her watch and realized that it was almost lunchtime already. Time was flying, and she had so much to get done before this day could come to a close. She pulled the vendor list from the file in front of her and began making her calls to confirm everything for Friday’s grand opening of Eternity. Sebastian and Christian kept coming to the front of her mind, but she would push them back into the corner again. Before she knew it, Bree was standing in the doorway to let her know lunch had been delivered.

  “Already?”

  “Yup, I have it set up in the conference room. I’ll meet you in there.”

  “Let me make this last call, and I’ll be right there.”

  Brianna had everything ready when she walked in. The aroma of General Tsao’s chicken wafted over her, and she realized she hadn’t eaten since dinner last night. No wonder I’m so discombobulated. Oh yeah, and that’s the only reason. She would have rolled her eyes at herself if she could, but hey, it was her story, and she was going to stick to it.

  “Mmm, I’m starving.”

  Brianna smiled. “Well, that’s the Gwen I know and love. You never could resist Chinese food and some chopsticks.”

  “Ha, you’re a funny girl. Maybe I should fire you for insubordination.”

  “Well, that would be about the tenth time. I could use some time off. So just let me know. But I’ll be at the opening, fired or not.”

  “Oh, I have no doubt about that.” Gwen laughed as Brianna batted her long eyelashes at her. She was beautiful, even with the ten-plus piercings in her ears and nose, and the tattoos that were usually uncovered. She always dressed in black and wore clunky heels, but she was smart and efficient, and she was her sounding board for most things. But not this time. The vampires were going to have to stay off-limits, at least for now. She had promised them.