“I’d rather stick my dick in a meat grinder,” he said without looking at her.
Phoebe’s innocent face flushed with anger. “Stupid man!” she shouted and pulled her arm back to slam the butt of the gun into Justin’s temple. That was a stupid move while he was stitching her arm. Justin collapsed to the ground, blood oozing from the side of his head.
Rage flowed through Caitlin’s body as she stepped into view. It filled the room. “How dare you touch him,” she said in a low voice.
The anger flowing around obviously affected Phoebe too, making her more aggressive. She lifted the gun and aimed at Caitlin’s head.
That’s when Caitlin channeled her power and sent terror ripping through Phoebe’s body. She also sent images of fire ants crawling all over the woman’s flesh.
Phoebe dropped the gun as she screamed and clawed at her own arms. Caitlin was torn when Phoebe scrambled out of the room and raced down the hall. There was a part of her that wanted to go after the woman, but she wasn’t stupid enough to risk going up against a serial killer twice in one day, besides Justin was bleeding and needed her.
When she crouched down beside Justin he smiled at her. “You’re a total badass.”
Grabbing gauze pads from the table, she pressed them against his head wound. “Don’t forget that next time you’re considering pulling some macho crap like this, you stupid prick.”
He chuckled softly. “I love you too, baby. Now stop worrying; you know head wounds bleed a lot. I went down on purpose, hoping to get a chance to disarm her.”
“Whatever you say,” she said with a snort.
Justin yanked her down on top of his chest and kissed her soundly right before the room filled with people.
Chapter Twenty-Two
Caitlin’s phone woke her the next morning, and she was seriously tempted to ignore it until she saw Lydia was calling. It had been a long night, and she’d only gotten back to sleep a couple of hours ago. After Phoebe had gotten away, they’d needed to answer dozens of questions from a frustrated Alek. Nathaniel had been surprisingly nice and insisted on getting Isaiah out there right away to change the security code. Isaiah could have done that remotely, but he’d insisted on double checking the security system. After all of that, Caitlin was sure she could sleep until noon. Still, Lyd wasn’t a morning person, which meant it was either well past ten or something was wrong.
“Hello,” Caitlin said sleepily.
“You bitch!” Lydia hissed into the phone.
“Excuse you,” Caitlin said in a more arrogant sleepy voice.
“Your mother is at my house in her power suit,” Lydia continued quietly. “As we speak she’s interrogating Roman. What did I do to deserve this?”
“Why are you blaming me?” Caitlin asked. “You know I have no control over what my mom does.”
“Why would you tell her I married a freakin’ vampire?” Lydia was doing this crazy cross between a whisper and a screech. It was kind of impressive.
“Sorry, but I was thrown off by the fact that my mom already knew about vampires and could somehow tell me Justin’s age just by looking at him.”
“Really?” Now Lydia sounded intrigued. “That’s pretty damn cool. I wonder if she could do that with Roman.”
“Probably,” Caitlin said. “When things slow down, I need to figure out how she did that. There seems to be quite a bit she’s been keeping from me.”
“Good idea! Throw the woman off guard by attacking first.”
“Do you honestly believe I could throw my mom off guard?” Caitlin asked in a bland tone. Well, her mom had been thrown off guard by Justin, but that was a once in a lifetime experience.
Lydia sighed. “No, but it was fun imagining it.”
“How did she find out where you live?” Caitlin asked. “I’m having a hard time picturing her getting the information out of Trish. Of course, Trish told her where to find me, but that’s because she’s my mom. Trish would never do that to you.”
“I forgot to mention that Justin’s mom is with her,” Lydia added. “Oh my God! She is just the sweetest thing! I can’t believe she’s related to Justin. They are nothing alike. Then again, she mentioned her husband a couple times, and he sounds like a real jackass.”
Caitlin nudged Justin. She knew he was awake, but he kept his eyes closed and pretended not to listen to her conversation. “My mother showed up at your house with Justin’s mother?”
Justin sat straight up in bed. “Whose house are they at? How did they even meet?”
Lydia laughed. “Looks like that woke Dr. Hottie up. Apparently they’re staying at the same hotel. Hell, Roman’s calling me, so I’d better go rescue him from your mom. Seriously, you owe me big time.”
“Call me as soon as she leaves,” Caitlin said.
“Okay,” Lydia said. “Talk to you soon, I hope.”
“Bye,” Caitlin said and then set the phone on the bedside table.
“How did our moms end up together?” Justin asked.
“Guess they’re staying at the same hotel,” Caitlin explained.
“Of all the hotel options in the bay area our moms are at the same one,” Justin grumbled and laid back down.
“We both knew they’d have to meet eventually,” Caitlin reminded him.
“Can I assume your mom is terrorizing Roman right now?” Justin asked.
“Yes,” Caitlin said with a frown, and then she had a funny thought. “I wonder if we could get Ursula and Sofia to stop by too.”
Justin chuckled. “Don’t even think about it. Roman would somehow find out you’d done it and make my life hell.”
“But it’s my job to make your life hell,” she said and snuggled into his chest. “I suppose it’s good that the moms have already met. Now we don’t have to deal with any awkward introductions.”
“True,” Justin said and pretended to study something on the far wall. “They’d have to meet at the wedding.”
Caitlin smiled at the nervous way he brought up marriage. This was obviously his way of testing the waters on the subject of matrimony. “Yeah, but hopefully we won’t have one of those long drawn out affairs where they harass me about details. Simple is best.”
“No big wedding for you?” Justin asked.
“Nope,” she said and made circles on his chest with her finger. “I’d be happy with something fast. No long engagement either. I have no interest in one of those girly parties where we sit around and giggle about my pending nuptials. No, it’s best to just do it when you’re ready.”
“Exactly!” he agreed. “If you know you want to spend the rest of your life together, why spend years saying you’re going to do it? Have I ever told you how much I love your practical nature?”
Caitlin smiled. “I figured that out on my own.”
“You know what we should do?” Justin asked.
“I’m sure I could come up with a few good ideas,” Caitlin teased, “but what did you have in mind?”
“We should head to Tahoe for the weekend,” he said and sounded almost shy.
“Why is that?” she asked even though she already knew the answer.
“We should get married,” he said. “Our moms are already out here, so it only makes sense to do this now.”
“Was that your idea of a romantic proposal?” she asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Did you want a romantic proposal?”
“Hell no!” she said. “I’ll call my mom. That should get her out of Lydia’s hair. She’ll want to get my dad and brother out there for the wedding. It’s Friday, right?”
Justin nodded and looked like he was afraid she’d tell him she was joking at any moment.
“How does Sunday work for you?” she asked.
Justin was grinning like an idiot. “Perfect! I’ll find a chapel.”
“Nothing cheesy,” Caitlin warned, “and I am not wearing some pretty princess gown. I’ll go shopping to pick something out today.”
“After,” Justin murmured as he rolle
d on top of her.
Caitlin smiled up at him. “Definitely after.”
Epilogue
Their small wedding in Tahoe was proving to be anything but small. They’d settled on Caesar’s because the chapel was available at a convenient time, and they’d gone up a day early to get their marriage license. With them eloping on such short notice, Caitlin expected only a few people to attend. Her mother had informed her she’d notify everyone on their side of the family, which included all of her friends. Justin’s mother had taken care of notifying his side of the family.
Caitlin peaked into the chapel which they had for all of thirty minutes and spun around to look at her mother. “That is family and a few close friends?”
Her mother shrugged. “Lydia and Trish had quite a few numbers for your friends.”
Caitlin wasn’t sure how she felt when she looked out and saw not only her friends, but many of her pre‑med classmates. Well, at least she wouldn’t have to explain her marriage to them when she started classes again. Every member of Justin’s family Caitlin had ever met and some she hadn’t were in the chapel.
“Apparently a lot of people have been waiting for you and Justin to realize you belonged together,” her mom explained with a smile.
Caitlin let out an exasperated sigh and considered trying her new empath skills on a bigger scale to scare the hell out of everyone in the chapel. Of course, that would just delay the whole thing.
“You’re nervous,” her mom said.
Caitlin looked at her mom like she was crazy. “Duh! I’m about to marry a fucking vampire.”
The couple signing forms behind them jerked around and looked confused, but Caitlin ignored them.
“I wasn’t happy about your relationship when I first showed up, but he really is good for you,” her mom said. “Now, they’re ready, so I’m going to take my seat.”
Caitlin took a deep breath as the music started to play. Her father walked out and smiled affectionately at her. At nearly fifty, her father was still an attractive man, even with the lines on his face and the grey in his black hair. At six foot five, he was one of the few men who made her feel short.
“Ready?” he asked as he put out an arm for her to hold.
Her hand shook ever so slightly as she placed it on her father’s sleeve.
There were a combination of gasps and chuckles as she walked down the aisle wearing a black leather corset dress and four inch bondage shoes. That’s what she called these shoes because of the lacing up the front and the zipper on the back. Her hair hung loose down her back. Justin’s heated gaze made her give in to the desire to shake her ass back and forth as she walked down the aisle.
Justin wore a black suit that made him look formidable. The bright blue of his shirt added some color and should have made him appear less intimidating, but it had the opposite effect. Caitlin’s panties were so wet she was a little embarrassed, but now all nervousness was gone. All she could think about was taking that suit off Justin.
When she got to the front, Justin leaned in to kiss her. “That is the sexiest wedding dress I’ve ever seen,” he said and then turned to the minister. “Make this quick.”
Thankfully the minister did and before Caitlin knew it they were pronounced husband and wife. Justin didn’t wait for permission to kiss her; he fisted her hair at the back of her head and claimed her mouth in a kiss that left her nearly shaking with lust.
When Justin finally pulled away, he was grinning like an idiot. “Let’s get those papers signed quickly so we can consummate our marriage.”
There was a subtle gasp from the minister.
“Roman’s reserved a banquet hall for our wedding dinner,” she reminded him.
Justin leaned forward until his lips were less than an inch from hers and spoke softly. “We’ll go to the wedding dinner,” he assured her, “after.”
Caitlin gave him a sexy smile. “Definitely after.”
Author’s Note
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Cassandra Lawson lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and her two youngest children. When she is not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, listening to music, or curling up with a good book.
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