“Let. Me. In.”
“Dexter!” she scolds. “Quit being an asshole. He loves his boy, whose brother—FYI—just fuckingdied. You want in, Fangster Hunkadoofalus? Then show some respect. He hasn’t blooded or touched me. He’s myboss—Iworkfor him. And he’s a friend. Chillax.”
My girl knows exactly what to say to calm me down, I’ll give her all credit for that. “My apologies.” I take a deep breath. “I am truly sorry for your loss. May Ipleasecome in and talk to Eilidh?”
“Hmm.” He looks down at her. Now the asshole’s just fucking with me because he’s smiling. “Do you wish for him to come in, Eilidh?”
“As long as he promises to behave himself and not act like a dick.”
She is soooo getting spanked. “I swear, I will respect this home and all within it.”
The vampire reminds me a little of Lucius in his mannerisms, the way he taps a finger against his lips, dragging this out before nodding. “Then yes, I suppose you may enter. I invite you in.” He reaches over and opens the storm door for me.
Eilidh lets out a squeal as I blur through the doorway, grab her, pin her against the wall with my body, and kiss the hell out of her.
Fuck.
I’ve.
Missed.
Her.
“You are getting onehellof a spanking, girl,” I mumble against her lips as her fingers twine in my hair, and she hooks a leg around the back of mine.
“But—”
“Shh. I’m not done kissing you yet. First the kissing,thenthe spanking.” With my lips slanted over hers, I take full ownership of her and her mouth. My erection strains the front of my jeans, and I press it along the notch in her thighs and start grinding. She moans into my mouth as her body molds against mine.
This. I’ve had nightmares about never holding her in my arms again, so this is blissful relief, to have her wrapped around my body once more. I grab her ass and hike her up so she can drape her legs around my waist.
Yessss. This ismuchbetter. The scent of her arousal fills my senses, and I’m already reaching down to unfasten her jeans when behind us, the vampire chuckles.
“Oh, no. Please, don’t mind me, Dexter. Make yourself right at home. Ravish my helper in my foyer. Go right ahead. It’s not like we have beds or anything for that purpose.”
I can’t quit kissing her, so she mumbles it against my lips. “Dexter, Chaldis Bianchi. Chaldis, Dexter Van Sussex.”
I blindly extend a hand behind me, and Chaldis shakes with me.
“I’ll give you two a moment,” he says, chuckling again as he steps out of the foyer.
She’s the most beautiful sight in the world. “Don’t youeverscare me like that again. You areforbiddento ever leave me again.”
Her beautiful violet eyes stare up at me, all humor draining from her. “It showed up at the club,” she quietly says. “Ihadto lead it away from you all.”
“Lucius and I watched the security camera footage. You areneverallowed to do that again. We face ittogether. Besides, I think we have a lead.” I lean in for another kiss, but she pushes on my chest and unwraps her legs from my waist.
“Wait,what? What lead?”
I steal another kiss and then tell her what we’ve discovered about the stone rings. “So, we need to return to Wales with your ring. I think maybe—”
“Wearing it might trigger the appearance of the thing?” she asks.
“Yes. Perhaps even during full moons. How did you know?”
“Lucky guess. You put it on that morning when we took our shower. And I think in the past that’s triggered it.”
I run her hair through my fingers. “We can leave tonight. Full moon in five days. We can try again right there.”
