“Oh, Spring, you are one of two that would be able to take me, if only you, were fully trained.”
“Why don’t you try me, big boy,” I taunt. Looking over his shoulders, I see my guardians trying to get to me. They will, but I’m going to have to hold my own until they do. They are outnumbered ten to one.
Maddox, he rushes me and slams me into the wall. Hard. Kneeing him in the balls, he bends down making so I can knee him in the nose and push him away. I have to get away from this wall. Or I’m in big trouble. He comes at me swinging; I block most of his hits only a few getting through, this last one got me right in the jaw and ribs. Falling on one knee, I spit blood out on the ground. Maddox stands there watching me for a few minutes. Come on, you son-of-a-bitch, a little closer is all I need. I’m hurting severely, and I know I have a few broken ribs and a split lip for sure.
“Stop,” Maddox yells at his men, all eyes are on us. Blocked, my guardians aren’t coming to me. Looking at Nick, he’s trying to get past them. Grinning a little, I shake my head slightly at him. He stops, but he’s tense ready to pounce.
“Ah shit, things are about to get real.” I hear Sammy mummer.
“What now, Maddox?” I ask. Looking out of the corner of my eyes I can see Nick, Mick, and Sammy to the left, the other guardians are on the other side watching me. I don’t know who they are. But I can tell you I’m not bonding with them all. I have three more, I think.
“Kiss me, Spring!” he says, looking at the guys they are fighting again.
“Stop,” I yell, “enough.” Maddox pulls me to stand which makes me winch, from the pain in my ribs and head. Moving closer, I wind my arms around Maddox. He stiffens at first but then relaxes. Pulling me roughly into him, grabbing his shirt, I pull his head down to me. Looking him in the eyes, I let my lips softly touch his. I go to pull back, but he grabs me by the back of the head and kisses me hard. Kissing him back I relax into him and pull all my power into the kiss, looking over at Nick I see that he is shaking I send to him, “Now.” Letting my power go out of my mouth to his I feel him trying to pull away, holding on as tight as I can I know I’m burning him from the inside out. He is struggling to get away from me. Finally breaking off the kiss, I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand. Grinning at him, he’s doubling over in pain.
“I will never come to you willingly; you prick, I snarl.
“You will pay for that, bitch.” He backhands me so hard that I see stars falling to the ground. “When I take you, you will feel pain only.” I hear him say something and they all start to leave. I begin to see black spots and I know I’m going to pass out. I feel cold than before I know it I’m warm. I’m being shaken, blinking my eyes I open them to see Nick sitting next to me. As I look around, I’m in my house but not in my bedroom; I’m in one of the others.
“Spring, Spring, can you hear me?”
“Yeah, I hear you,” I say coughing, blood coming out of my mouth. “Aw shit, I’m dying, I’m going to kill that bastard,” I whimper.
“Listen to me. You need new blood to heal. I’m going to send in Sammy; you don’t have to bond with him right now. Just feed on him, fool around but you don’t have to bond do you hear me?”
“Yes, I do, but I don’t want—” He puts his fingers over my mouth stopping me.
“For me, please, I don’t want to lose you, I have to go take care of the other guardians they are coming in five at a time. He’s a healer, Spring.” Nodding, he gets up and kisses me gently on the lips. Watching him walk out the door and talk to someone, Sammy walks in shutting the door behind him, he comes right over to the bed and sits down. He’s young maybe twenty-five if he’s lucky.
“I’m not going to hurt you, Spring, I would like nothing more than to bond with you, but I won’t take advantage of you because you are hurt. I want you to make that decision because you want to, not because you have to.” I watched him unbutton his shirt and placed it over the back of the chair, looking at him he is not as big as Nick is. But he’s not small, either.
“I know you don’t know that much about this so let me explain this a little, we’re not going to bond now, but there will be heavy touching it can’t be helped. All I can promise is I won’t take you,” he whispers. With that, he gently takes me into his arms, careful not to hurt me. He cradles me in his lap, trying to keep me covered with the blanket. Taking a knife, he cuts a small line into his neck, watching the blood run down his chest, I feel him bring my head to his neck. I push away from him, a little.
“Why not your wrist?” I whisper.
“This way is better, Spring. What you got the hots for me? Drink, Spring, I’ll take care of you,” he whispers into my ear laughing. Running my tongue over the cut it awakens something in me, and I bite down making him groan, I suck on his neck letting the blood fill my mouth swallowing and allowing it to heal me. After a while of feeding, I start to get a tingle in my belly. Licking his neck, I pull away. My stomach starts hurting.
“What’s wrong? Why am I hurting, Sammy?” Looking up at him, he gently lays me down moving over me he brings his lips down to mine, kissing me lightly at first. Opening my mouth, he teases my tongue with his.
“Stop this Sammy.” I struggle to get away from him. I don’t want this. My stomach starts to feel better, and now I know the two go together. He runs his hand down my chest to the hem of my shirt. Pulling it up, he pins my arms above my head, laughing. He looks down at me his eyes roaming over my breasts. He bends down pulling one nipple into his mouth sucking gently, making my breath hitch. Moving to the other one he does the same thing. He comes back up kissing me hard; I can hear him breathing hard with each swipe of his tongue. Running his hands down he slips his hand under my panties and rubs my pussy. Arching up moaning I move my hips wanting more. He breaks off the kiss watching me as he slowly sticks a finger inside of me. My eyes flutter closed at the incredible feeling as he moves his fingers in and out of me faster. Breathing hard he picks up the speed, thrusting his fingers in and out, arching my hips toward him, I come hard, my body shakes with it. He kisses me for a while on the lips, after a while he tucks me into the side of him and covers us up.
“You’re an asshole,” I whisper as he turns off the lights. He squeezes me gently chuckling low.
“Anytime, Spring, you’re welcome. Now let’s get some sleep, busy day tomorrow.” I feel him let out the breath he was holding. I run my arm across his abs and snuggle him. It’s the least I can do, after what he did for me. He kisses my forehead.
“Good night, Spring.”
Chapter 14
Turning over, I lay my head on Sammy's chest snuggling in close. He wraps his arms around me, smiling I can’t believe all that happened yesterday. I don’t hurt so I think I’m healed up. Hearing noises downstairs it sounds like a house full. Whatever is about to go down I’m sure it’s not going to be a favorable outcome. Moving slowly, so I don’t wake Sammy when I get out of bed. Looking down, I see I still have a button-down shirt and my undies on, but that’s it. Looking down at the bed, I gently move a piece of hair out of his face. I tiptoe to the door, I open it to look down the hallway turning my head both ways. Screw it, it’s my house, and I need a cup of coffee, walking down the stairs I see that the house is indeed full. The talking stops and all eyes are on me as I walk through the great room to the kitchen, how they are acting you would think they’ve never seen a woman in a button-down before. Rolling my eyes, I make myself a cup of coffee and think I better bring one for Sammy too.
I hear the guys talking, I make out my name here and there. Laughing to myself, I make my way back to the stairs. I feel eyes burning into the back of me—I know it’s Nick. He smiles and shakes his head. I don’t see Mick anywhere; I wonder where he is.
“My Queen, we will be having a meeting in an hour and a half. If you could please be here for it, that’d be great,” Nick says grinning. He knows I hate this Queen shit, but seeing there are so many others I will play the part.
“My Nick, if you’l
l excuse me, I’ll go get ready, and grace you with my presence at the appointed time,” I say grinning bowing low. I know that he has gotten an eye full seeing that my shirt is unbuttoned. I hear a few gasps, looking over at them, they are looking between Nick and me. He’s trying to hold back a grin and having a hard time doing it.
“As you please, my Queen,” he murmurs. Turning, I head up the stairs with the two cups of coffee I can feel many sets of eyes on me. I hope my ass isn’t sticking out. Walking back into Sammy’s room I see that he’s sitting up in bed. Smiling, he looks at the mugs in my hand. Blushing, I hand him one.
“I figure you’d want a cup before having to deal with the madhouse downstairs.”
“That many, huh?” he asks, taking a drink of his coffee, “You sure it’s safe to drink?”
“Yep, way too much testosterone under one roof if you ask me.” Sammy laughs deep which makes me smile. “By the way, I didn’t put anything in it, this time.”
“I’m going to take a shower we need to be down there in an hour,” I say looking over my shoulder reaching for the door I open it, Sammy is starting to get up, looking over at me.
“Coming?” I ask, with a smile on my face. I don’t stop to see if he’s following me or not; I make it to the door before looking back. I open it walking in; I hear it close softly behind me, unbuttoning my shirt I let it fall to the ground as I walk to the bathroom. I turn the water on then slide my hands down the back of me hooking my undies and slowly take them off they land on the floor. Sammy walks up behind me already naked. He trails his hand down my side, and we enter the shower, letting the water run down my back, I turn to face him. He grabs my hips pulling me close to him. Looking up to meet his eyes, I wind my hands through his hair pulling his lips to mine. Nipping his lower lip, he deepens the kiss. Our tongues tangle, groaning softly he picks me up so that I can wrap my legs around his waist.
“I know we're not bonding right now, but thank you.” he murmurs in my ear. “Why the change of heart?”
“If we had the time now, I’d like to,” I say, licking his neck, making him growl. His hand slides over my breast, causing me arch into him.
“Then I’m promised?” he asks with a look of hope in his eyes. He pinches my nipple making me yelp. Smiling up at him, I nod, and he kisses me harder. After about ten minutes of kissing, he slowly lets me down.
“As much as I’d like to spend the entire morning in here with you, we need to get moving,” he says, grinning at me.
“I know.” Pushing away from him, I hurry and wash my hair and the rest of my body; he does the same, as we finish at the same time. Turning off the water, he reaches out and grabs us towels. Looking at his back, I notice scars all over him, moving closer to him I trace one with my fingers. He stiffens up.
“Let me turn around so that you don’t have to see those,” he says quietly. Grabbing his arms, I don’t let him turn.
“What happened?” I ask. He takes a while to answer.
“I was caught by the enemy and beaten until I would tell them where the last Queen was hiding.” He said.
Tracing a few of the other ones, I ask, “Did you tell them where she was?”
“No, and the thanks I got was to be banned from her on her orders. The others don’t have respect for me now because of it, I have a limp, but it doesn’t or wouldn’t get in the way of me protecting you, Spring.”
“I never had any doubt, Sammy,” I murmur. I let him turn around, and I stand on tiptoe to kiss him, he has to bend down. Still, the kiss is gentle. Walking around him I get out and head to my closet, grabbing a new pair of jeans and a hoodie I walk out to my bedroom, Sammy is getting dressed by the bedside. He puts on low fitting jeans and tight long-sleeve shirt. Sitting down on the bed, he works on his boots. Dropping the towel, I put my panties and bra on, looking through my lashes I see he’s stopped what he was doing and watching me. Wiggling into my jeans and buttoning them, I look up smiling.
“What?” I ask.
“You’re beautiful is all.” Standing up, he comes over and wraps his arms around my waist. Looking up at him, he kisses me on the head. “I’m going down we have training this morning, see you later?”
“You bet.” Touching his cheek, I drop my hand and pull my hoodie over my head. Hearing the door close, I know that he has left. Going to the bathroom, I brush my teeth and do my hair. I’ve pulled it back and did two small braids on each side of my face. I put makeup on, and then I head downstairs. The great room is empty, so I make my way into the kitchen, where I get jumped by Tanner. Kneeling down so that I can pet him for a while. Picking him up, I walk over to the laundry room and get his food. The little guy wiggles in my arms, so I let him down. He runs for his bowl. Laughing, I feel a set of hands wrap around me, I lean back. “I’ve missed you,” I murmur.
Nick leans down and nips my ear. “Not as much as I’ve missed you,” he whispers in my ear. I feel him gently pull the left side of my hoodie down; he looks to see if I’ve bonded with Sammy. Hearing him let out a hard breath, I turn around smiling.
“What’s wrong, Nick?” I say grinning, wrapping my arms around his waist.
“I was just looking to see if you had bonded with Sammy, yet. You know he would die for you just because he’s scared and …”
“Stop, Nick,” I ordered. He freezes. “That doesn’t matter to me, and I know he would. What I want to know is why are you sticking up for him and do you think I’m that shallow?”
“I’m sorry, Spring, I know you’re not. It’s just that he’s been through a lot, and well the guys treat him bad most of the time. I tell ya that kid's got balls. He keeps his chin up.”
“I know he’s got balls,” I say grinning. Nick busts out laughing.
“It’s not any of my business but are you going to bond with him?” Looking up at him, I see that he cares for the younger guardian.
“Yes, I am, and he knows it. He said he’s promised?” I asked. Looking at Nick, he bends down and kisses me hard taking my breath away. Opening my mouth his tongue rushes in, milking mine. Nipping his lip, I break the kiss off and run my hands up through his hair pulling down so that his face is in my neck. He stiffens and starts to shake.
“Go on, I whisper.” I feel his fangs sink into my neck, moaning he pushes me into the laundry room up against the wall. He grinds his hips against mine, oh how I wish we can do it right now. He sucks harder for a few minutes then licks my neck healing it. He kisses me gently on the lips, his tasting like my blood, which opens up my hunger. Leaning back, I look up at him.
“You didn’t have to do that, Spring. I would have healed on my own it just takes longer,” he says pulling up his shirt. Looking down, I see a gash that is knitting back together right before my eyes.
“Nick, I didn’t do it to heal you, I didn’t know you were hurt,” I say softly.
“Are you saying you just freely gave it to me?” Looking at him, I can see tons of emotions running over his face.
“Always, Nick,” I whisper. He grabs me in a huge hug and doesn’t let go even when some guys walk in. Letting me go, he walks into the kitchen
“The kid will just get in the way, Nick, he’s a disgrace. He’s bleeding all over the place,” The guardian said. “I’m not taking him anywhere to get blood.” Watching Nick, I can see that he’s pissed. He storms out of the kitchen I follow them out to the open field to the right of the house. Stopping, I watch the guys practicing with all kinds of weapons. I walk over to where Nick is kneeling in front of Sammy. He asks what happened, and from what I can tell a few guys did this on purpose to get him out of here. It was twelve to one. By now most of the men are in a circle around us. I see Nick look over his shoulder at me. Something needs to be done about this. I could have Nick take care of it, but I’m the Queen. Stepping forward, the guys move so that I can come to the front.
“Nick, no,” I command. He stops and stands up looking at me. He looks pissed. I see Sammy looking at me with confusion then betrayal on his face. He think
s I’m betraying him. I look at few of the guys that are in my way.
“Move!” I say, and they part like the Red Sea. I kneel down where Sammy is.
“Guardian, take mine,” I say loud enough for everyone to here. I see Sammy's eyes go big.
“You do not need to do this in front of everyone Spring I might not be able to …”
I know what he’s trying to say. Straddling his hips, I sit on his lap and pull my hair away from my neck. I could have offered my wrist, but this makes it more personal coming from the Queen. Leaning forward, I pull his head to my neck gently.
“It’s given freely,” I whisper in his ear. I feel his tongue stroke my neck then his fangs enter my neck gently, he’s trying not to hurt me. My stomach clenches from the feeling of him sucking. Closing my eyes, I get lost in the sensation, his hands grip my hips so that I don’t embarrass myself in front of everyone. I feel him growing hard under me, and this is what he was afraid would happen. I’ve got him covered. After ten minutes of him s feeding from me, he finally licks the wounds to seal them., I pull to sit up. I don’t leave his lap until I know that he’s calmed down. Looking into his eyes, I stand up slowly, and he does the same. Fixing my hair and hoodie, I turn and see Nick smiling, and he gives me a nod.
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