She cast him a sultry look. “Then let’s find a quiet spot.”Like right now.
Grinning, he leaned closer and licked her face. Gah. What was it with demons and licking?
Shadow swiped her jaw, his dark aura clawing at her. Usually, she got what she needed while dancing, but desperate times and all that. She had to make do.
The demon steered her past the small line near the restrooms to the locked back exit, his hand sliding down to her butt. He expected to havefun. Man, she didn’t have time to look for someone else to feed from instead of Handsy here, not with a certain Guardian on her ass.
Annoyance roiled through her. Darn immortal messed everything up. Now she’d have to take a little more than normal from this demon since finding a couple more males was out of the question.
At the darkened corner of the back exit, he pushed her against the wall. His mouth came down toward hers. Hastily, she dodged, angling her face, and his lips slid along her jaw instead. She tugged at his shirt, buttons popping free.
He laughed. “Feisty, aren’t you?”
“Yeah, I’m real horny.” She slapped her palms on his bare chest, letting her needs sweep to the forefront, devouring the darkness inside him, feeding on its life-giving sustenance.
Yes, she was a damn vampire.
Anenergyvampire.
“Hades—” He reared back, his red-streaked blue eyes widening. “Ye-aaah…” he groaned as if caught in the throes of a mind-numbing orgasm. “A succubus…”
In his dreams. But true, she did benefit from the similar side effect—succoring spread the donor wide open from pleasure so she could feed from her prey with ease. A second passed…two, three, just a little more—
And then he was gone, colliding against the wall.Nooo!Agony wrenched her like claws tearing her chest, the backlash at her interrupted feeding.
Nik’s blazing green eyes sliced her before he wheeled to the demon, a fist plowing into the male’s belly. He growled and head-butted Nik.
Before hell broke loose onher, Shadow lit out of there, evading the crowd getting in her way. Panting hard, she neared the crowded front exit and pushed through, rubbing the stinging pain on her chest from her broken feeding.
An impossibly strong hand seized her upper arm. She didn’t have to look to know who it was. Nik hauled her through the masses, past the bouncers at the door, and into the alley. He stopped at a quiet spot some distance away from the busy club.
Before he opened his mouth, she yanked free. “How dare you interfere?” she snarled.
“Have you so little care for your life?” he bit out. “You come onto me on the dance floor, then run off and make out with the hellscum?”
“What I do with my life is none of your business!” Like she could ever tell him the truth. “Of course, I know he’s a demon.” And wanting to taunt him, she smirked. “But they’resooomuch more fun. You can’t even dance.”
His nostrils flared. “Then find a fucking human if you need to get off.”
“Pfft. They’re all boring, like you. Now get outta my way. I need to find another for gratification since you ruined my playtime.”
“Not on my watch, you won’t.”
Damn him. She exhaled heavily, clamping down on her frustration. “Fine, I’ll find a human,” she muttered, fighting not to rub the stabbing sensation in her chest with his cutting stare fixed on her like some dark, rabid wolf.
She pivoted for the club. He hauled her back, and she crashed into his rock-hard chest—damn man. Before she opened her mouth, the alley they stood in disappeared, her scream caught in her throat as he dematerialized them.
Moments later, they took form back in her underground lodging. Shadow shoved away from him. He’d ruined everything. “How dare you!”
“I dare because you don’t seem to have any regard for your life or safety,” he snapped, his tone matching his icy eyes.
“Let’s get one thing straight. You’re only here to find a way to get to those assholes you’re after. I let you stay because you blackmailed me!”
“Don’t care. My priority is to keep your stubborn ass safe while I’m here.”
Priority? Safe?
Poker-hot frustration jabbing at her, Shadow threw her hands into the air and stomped away. “Just leave me the hell alone. I didn’t ask you about the bimbo you had stuck to your side, so why the heck are you badgering my choices?”
