Dawn, Dakota - Vampire's Mate [Vamp Mates] (Siren Publishing Classic ManLove)

Vamp Mates

Vampire’s Mate

Renny Woolsey’s first night at his new job of bartender’s assistant
ends with him running for his life. He wouldn’t have even taken
the job if his college grant money hadn’t been almost depleted.

Sprinting through the woods at night to escape two vampires
wasn’t something he would have ever guessed he’d be doing. His
mom had raised him to believe that humans shared the earth with
other beings. The truth of her belief is now chasing him. Just when
he thought he couldn’t go on, Renny comes to a cabin. An owl
hoots eerily and Renny bounds up the cabin’s steps. To his horror,
a huge owl flies right onto the porch. In a panic, Renny rushes into
the unlocked cabin.

As Renny tries to figure out how he’s going to escape two evil
vamps and one freaky owl, a light comes on. He is instantly
mesmerized by Zavier Thorpe's pale green eyes.

If Renny lives through the night, his life will be changed forever.

Genre: Alternative (M/M or F/F), BDSM, Paranormal
Length: 22,394 words

VAMPIRE’S MATE

Vamp Mates

Dakota Dawn

EROTIC ROMANCE

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DAKOTA DAWN

Chapter One

Renny smoothed his fingers through his hair then blew a breath

into his cupped hand. Sniffing his hand, he decided his breath wasn’t
too bad. Having second thoughts, he popped a breath mint into his
mouth and slid some more mints into his pocket. He needed this job.

A master’s in political science was almost his. Jake, a coworker at

a used car dealership, had given him Lina Cantu’s name. To him, she
was the best college counselor in the world. In no time at all, he had
gone from a twenty-three-year-old starving car salesman to a starving
student  with  a  bright  light  at  the  end  of  a  long,  exciting  tunnel.  His
honesty had killed many car deals, but it would help him one day in
his  new  profession.  Lina  had  taken  him  under  her  wing  and  gotten
him more grant money than he’d thought possible. On a miserly tight
budget,  he’d been able to eke by while he studied his  ass  off.  It had
taken him seven  years to complete a little over five years of college.
He was glad those years were behind him.

All he had to do was make it through one more year.

Unfortunately, this one was going to be the hardest. With his grant
money almost depleted, he was going to have to work as well as
study. He wasn’t naturally smart enough to work and go to school, but

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all he had left was one year. He took a breath and mentally chanted.
I’m smart enough. I can do this, I can do this.

To get paid for studying governments, laws, and their effects on

the  common  people  was  well  worth  the  next  hellish  year.  It  was  his
dream  to  prevent  others  from  living  the  life  he’d  led.  His  years  of
living  in  a  run-down  efficiency  apartment  and  eating  mostly  cheap
soup would end up being a worthwhile endeavor.

One day he hoped to be able to improve relationships between

leaders, businesses, and regular everyday people. If he could get these
three groups of people to work together, he could change the lives of
many  adults  and  a  lot  of  children  that  were  in  need.  It  was  a  shame
life  was  so  short.  Given  time  he  was  sure  he  could  make  some
changes. Help the little man as well as the big man for the betterment
of all people, especially the children.

Memories of his life in foster care flashed before his eyes. Barry,

the  son  of  his  second  foster  parents,  had  been  a  nightmare  with  his
swift-moving  fist.  Renny  cringed  as  he  remembered  the  pain.  He’d
never known when Barry was going to decide to hit him, and that had
made  his  time  with  them  horrible.  Ben,  Barry’s  dad,  had  seen  it
happen  many  times,  but  had  said  it  would  make  Renny  tough.  The
pain of a new bruise had woken him many times throughout the long
nights. Eventually he’d learned not to roll around in his sleep.

Then there had been Rod, the son of his fourth foster parents. Rod

would beat him up every Saturday morning because he thought Renny
was  too  girly.  In  Rod’s  eyes  any  man  that  didn’t  weigh  at  least  one
hundred  and  ninety  pounds  wasn’t  a  man  at  all.  His  ignorant,  two-
hundred-and-fifty-pound bully of a father had taught him that.

He mentally shook himself and promised to do all he could to

improve  the  system.  Being  orphaned  or  abandoned  was  bad  enough.
The  last  thing  a  mourning  child  needed  was  to  be  placed  in  a  home
where the family looked at orphaned kids as a free punching bag or an
easy way to get a check. He knew that happened a lot.

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A loud pounding on his door jerked him from his thoughts.

Grabbing his wallet, he put it in his back pocket as he opened the
door.

“You ready to go?” Ellis, his job-finding friend, asked.
“Yeah.” Renny quickly flicked the lights off and locked his door.
The drive to Bloodsuckers Bar was long and nerve-wracking. His

stomach  churned  as  he  followed  Ellis.  They  weren’t  able  to  ride
together  because  Ellis  had  a  hot  date  when  he  got  off  work.  Ellis
always had a hot date. Being a bartender seemed to open up a lot of
opportunities for him.

Renny wasn’t looking for opportunities of that nature. He was just

looking for rent and food money. Being just a bartender’s  helper, he
hoped he didn’t draw any attention. He didn’t like attention. Usually it
led  to  him  getting  beat  up.  Some  things  in  life  never  seemed  to
change. At five feet seven, one hundred thirty-five pounds, he didn’t
stand a chance  against the big, rough  guys that  seemed to  always  be
attracted to him or irritated by him for whatever reason they dreamed
up.

His body seemed to scream “masochist,” but that was the furthest

thing  from  the  truth.  One  round  of  hard,  painful  sex  was  all  it  had
taken for him to  realize that. Why couldn’t he draw  a gentle, caring
lover? Neither of the men he had been fucked by had cared about him.

His first lover, Slim, would kiss him for a minute or two, then

he’d lube Renny’s ass up and thrust into him until he came. Then he’d
get  up  and  leave  Renny  to  finish  himself  off.  That  relationship  had
lasted  for  one  long  year.  It  hadn’t  hurt  his  feelings  at  all  when  Slim
had left town. His second, Sam, had been a one night stand. One that
he would always regret. Sam had turned mean the second he’d closed
the  hotel  door.  Sam  had  beaten  him,  then  fucked  him.  When  it  was
over  Sam  had  held  him  close  and  crooned  about  how  good  it  was
between them. The second Sam started snoring, he had painfully slid
from the bed and limped away. Since then Renny’s hand had been his
only lover. It was much easier.

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Michael suddenly entered his mind. He had almost forgotten

about  his  third  sex  partner.  He’d  met  Michael  on  a  blind  date  two
years ago. They’d hit it off well enough and gone to a hotel to have
sex. Michael’s touch had been so gentle that he’d barely felt it. Extra
light  kisses  and  touches  were  Michael’s  style.  Their  night  together
had been all right, but not memorable.

Renny was more confused than ever. He didn’t like totally painful

sex any more than he liked overly gentle sex. Being used wasn’t any
fun  for  him  either.  Maybe  he  was  too  picky.  He  sighed  and  decided
his  hand  had  given  him  all  the  pleasure  he’d  needed  in  the  last  two
years, and it could continue to satisfy him for life if necessary.

His senses alerting him of trouble drew Renny from his

wonderings.  A  feeling  of  dread  descended  on  him  as  he  pulled  into
the  parking  lot  of  Bloodsuckers  Bar.  What  kind  of  crazy  name  was
that?  Worse  yet,  what  kind  of  people  went  to  a  bar  with  that  name?
He  mentally  punched  himself.  He  was  being  judgmental.  Ellis
wouldn’t work at a bad bar. Ellis was a good guy. Your gut instincts
have never failed you, his mind whispered. That was true, but it was
also  true  that  Ellis  had  never  done  him  any  harm,  and  he’d  never
gotten bad vibes from Ellis, either.

For as long as he could remember he had always had a freakish

ability to sense when people standing close to him were good or bad.
Some people were harder to read, but it always worked if he touched
them. He’d learned as a child not to let others know what he could
feel. Renny had told a couple of bad kids and one good kid about the
feeling he received from them. One of the girls had screamed “witch”
and one of the boys had punched him in the nose. They had all looked
at him as if he were a freak. To this day, he didn’t let people get too
emotionally close to him. Books were much easier to deal with. They
never hit you or called you names.

Renny took a cleansing breath and climbed out of his car. He

quickly locked it and hurried over to Ellis. Outside the back door,
Ellis put his hand on Renny’s shoulder. “Hey, this place is different

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than other bars. Don’t look into the eyes of any of the customers. Just
keep the glasses washed and dried, the limes cut, and whatever prep
work I ask you to do. Got it?”

Dread was steadily building in his chest, but he tamped it. Ellis

wouldn’t lead him to his doom. This was probably just a tough biker
bar  or  something  similar  to  one.  “Yeah,  I  got  it.  Don’t  look  at  the
customers  and  do  what  you  need  me  to  do.”  He  hoped  they  didn’t
have a lot of homophobic customers.

It took him a full thirty minutes for his eyes to adjust to the dim

lighting  of  the  bar.  Most  of  the  customers  didn’t  seem  to  have  the
same  problem.  More  than  once  he’d  glanced  up  to  see  a  customer
enter the dark bar and go smoothly to wherever they wanted to go. No
adjustment necessary. Those folks must have damn good night vision.
He  felt  a  little  better  when  he’d  occasionally  see  a  customer  bump
into a table or a chair. At least he wasn’t the only one affected by the
darkness.

He glanced around the bar. It looked nice, with upscale tables,

leather chairs and booths, top-of-the-line pool tables. The music had a
good beat and a few people were dancing their asses off on the highly
polished  dance  floor.  It  all  looked  normal,  but  there  was  something
different  about  the  place.  Renny  couldn’t  put  his  finger  on  it,  but  he
felt  it.  Shrugging  off  the  feeling,  he  focused  on  doing  his  job.  With
time all things were revealed. Having patience was a must in Renny’s
world. He’d learned that a long time ago.

Within an hour he knew his way around the dimly lit area behind

the bar. Ellis was easy to work with. Renny was grateful for that. His
buddy was also excellent at putting on a show as he made the drinks.
He  tossed  the  shakers  in  the  air  and  easily  caught  them  behind  his
back.  He  could  roll  them  down  his  arm  or  over  his  wrist  with  a
graceful flow. Not once did he drop a shaker. No wonder women and
men  wanted  his  number.  A  small  part  of  him  wished  he  was  more
athletic.  Strong,  graceful  people  were  admired  and  loved  by  almost
everyone.

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Five hours into the shift Ellis started looking ill. Like white-as-a-

ghost ill. It was midnight. They still had three more hours before the
bar  closed.  If  Ellis  could  hang  in  there  a  little  longer  all  would  be
well.  His  mouth  started  feeling  dry  so  Renny  took  a  mint  from  his
pocket  and  popped  it  into  his  mouth.  The  refreshing  flavor  brought
him a measure of calm.

Hale, the big-ass bar owner, kept coming over and checking on

Ellis. Almost like a gruff mother hen.

When Ellis started sweating, Hale sent him home. He then turned

to Renny and ordered, “Prep-boy, get back to work.”

Renny nodded and went back to washing the glasses.
Ellis nudged his side and when Renny looked up Ellis tried to

smile. “Sorry, Renny. I feel like shit. I’d stay if I could. Just do what
Hale says, and you’ll be fine.”

“No problem. I hope you get better soon.” When Ellis hesitated,

Renny grinned and urged him on, “Go on. I’ll be fine. I’ll call you
tomorrow to see how you’re doing. Maybe I’ll even come by and
open a can of chicken soup for you.”

“Ellis, get your sick ass out of here, and go get some sleep,” Hale

commanded in a gravelly tone.

Ellis nodded at Hale and gave Renny an apologetic look, then

turned  and  left.  Renny  wasn’t  sure  why  Ellis  was  giving  him  that
look.  Hale  was  rough  sounding,  but  inside  he  was  a  good  man.  The
bar  wasn’t  that  bad  either.  He  knew  it  had  a  different  vibe  from
anything he’d felt before, but so far everyone had ignored him. Well,
except for the one drunken man who’d winked at him, then fallen off
his barstool. One of his friends had rushed over and guided him back
to  their  table,  thank  goodness.  The  last  thing  he  needed  on  his  first
night at work was a drunken man trying to get in his pants.

Hale took over the bar, and he didn’t take any shit. A couple of

guys walked in and straight up to the bar. After they’d spotted Renny
they had demanded that Hale make him dance on the bar. Apparently

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one of the other prep-boys did that. Hale glanced at him then looked
back at the men and firmly told them no.

When they grumbled, Hale glared at them and mimed slicing their

throats. They backed off at that.

Renny could still feel their heavy gazes an hour later. He hoped

they left soon. The last thing he wanted was to get beat up and
possibly raped when he got off work. Maybe Hale would walk him to
his car. He wasn’t a total chicken, but he wasn’t a fool either.

A couple of rough-cut mountain men walked in and the

atmosphere went from bad to worse. Everyone in the bar quieted and
a  few  of  the  customers  left.  Renny  sensed  that  they  didn’t  want  to
anger the huge newcomers.  Their fear was  affecting  him.  His nerves
jumped,  making  him  jerky.  He  sliced  his  finger  while  cutting  limes.
Blood  poured  from  his  aching  finger.  He  heard  Hale  gasp.  Looking
over at Hale, Renny blanched at the fearful look on Hale’s face.

Hale rushed to him and whispered, “Get out of here, boy, and

don’t look back.”

As he backed toward the swinging doors that led to the storage

room and the exit, he saw several customers sniff the air and grin with
feral delight. Hale shot him a warning look. He bolted through the
storage room and rushed out the back door. He heard a loud crashing
sound behind him, but he didn’t look back.

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Chapter Two

Fumbling with his keys, he nervously opened his car door and

jumped into his vehicle. He cursed when his head hit metal. Ignoring
the  pain  shooting  through  his  head,  he  started  the  car  and  quickly
pulled out of the parking lot. Renny put the pedal to the metal. His car
shot  forward,  taking  him  away  from  the  danger  that  had  steadily
escalated  in  the  bar.  He  glanced  at  the  rearview  mirror  and  saw
nothing but blackness.

Whew, that had felt like a close one, but maybe it hadn’t been that

bad after all. Renny hoped Hale was all right. The crashing sound was
hopefully nothing more than a chair being thrown. That was a normal
occurrence in a bar, right? He wasn’t sure what had caused Hale to
send him away, but he figured he’d ask his boss later today.

Headlights appeared ahead of him, and he tensed for a second and

then laughed at himself. The car was coming from the way he was
going, not where he was coming from. The car passed him, and within
a minute its taillights disappeared. He was just about to breathe a sigh
of relief when he saw a vehicle speeding up behind him.

Fear gripped him in a brutally strong hold. Needing to get away,

he  sped  up.  His  four-cylinder  engine  didn’t  have  enough  power  to
escape the vehicle closing in on him. His optimistic side told him the
vehicle  bearing  down  on  him  could  be  someone  in  a  hurry  and  that
they would soon be passing him up.

He pictured a man rushing his in-labor wife to the hospital so their

precious baby could be born with the help of her doctor. He hoped
they lived happily ever after.

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Speaking of happily ever after…The driver could also be a horny

male rushing his man home to tie him down and fuck him. Renny felt
his cheeks heating up. He’d never been tied down by a lover, but he’d
seen it done on some porn sites. The scenes with dominating males
that truly cared about their lovers’ needs always gave him a hard-on.
Once he was that hard it didn’t take much effort on his part to have
him blowing his load and sighing with relief.

He looked into his rearview mirror again and noted that the

speeding vehicle was closer. His pessimistic side drew a mental
picture of a hungry wolf passing its prey up then turning quickly and
eating it.

Renny groaned and tried to clear his mind. Glancing into his

rearview mirror again, he saw that the vehicle was just a few feet
from him. Please pass me and keep on going.

Adrenaline spiked in his veins as the vehicle behind him lunged

forward and rammed into the back of his slow-ass car. He had a death
grip on the steering wheel as his car spun around and skidded off the
road. His car crashed into the bottom of the four-foot-deep bar-ditch,
and his head hit the steering wheel with stunning force.

Fuck!
Flood waters be damned. The city should never have created these

deep-ass things. He made a mental note to complain about them if he
lived to do it.

His door was forced open, and his seatbelt was released before he

could  even try to  get away.  He  was  roughly pulled  from  the car  and
held at arm’s length by one of the men from the bar that had wanted
him  to  dance.  Trepidation  burned  fiercely  in  his  stomach.  In  a  flash
the guy’s buddy from the bar was standing next to Renny’s captor. He
opened his senses and shuddered when he was touched by evil. This
was  bad,  real  bad.  Renny  had  never  encountered  anyone  with  this
level of darkness before.

The greasy-haired newcomer rubbed his hands and licked his fat

lips. “I see you’ve caught our supper. Let me be the first to taste him.”

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“No, Marvin.” His captor’s voice was so loud and sharp that he

cringed.

Marvin’s eyes narrowed and he fisted his beefy hands. “It’s my

turn. You got first taste last night. I want it tonight. Give him to me,
Karl.”

“No. He smells better than the guy last night. His blood is special.

It  smells  magical.  I  want  him,  and  I’m  going  to  have  him  first.  Get
back  in  the  truck  if  you  don’t  want  to  watch.”  Karl’s  words  sent  a
shiver snaking up Renny’s spine.

A loud growl was the last thing Renny heard before he was

dropped.  He  hit  the  ground  hard.  Ignoring  the  pain  in  his  feet  and
hands, he inched his way around his car. Peeking through the window
he  saw  Marvin  hiss  as  his  incisors  extended  into  dangerous-looking
fangs. Renny covered his mouth with his hands in an effort to silence
the scream that desperately wanted out.

Marvin suddenly lurched forward and dragged Karl to the ground,

and all hell broke loose. They were each showing their fangs as they
hissed and struggled to defeat the other. The forceful blows they were
striking each other with would have killed Renny in no time, yet they
seemed to barely feel them.

Making an effort to live, Renny got up and started running

through the woods. His mind repeatedly replayed the way their sharp
fangs  had  descended  and  how  deadly  they’d  looked.  Vampires  must
really exist. He’d always thought they might. His mom had raised him
to  believe  that  other  beings  shared  the  earth  with  humans.  Until
tonight,  he’d  never  encountered  anything  but  humans.  As  far  as  he
knew, that is.  If  all vampires were evil like the  ones  he was  running
from, he hoped he never saw one again.

As he ran, Renny wondered what Karl had meant when he’d said

that his blood smelled magical? Had Hale sensed it, too? Was that
why Hale had told him to run?

The moon cast just enough light for him to see the scary black

outline of trees and low-growing plants. His overactive mind pulled

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up scenes of commercials for horror movies. Too many times people
were being chased through spooky  woods just like these.  Didn’t  the
killer always  win in  those movies?  His  heart faltered for a second at
that thought.

Witch-like branches reached out at him from all angles,

heightening his fear. He held back a yelp when one of the claw-like
branches tore his shirt and cut deeply into his skin. That’s just what he
needed, a blood trail for Karl and Marvin to follow. He’d have to try
to be more careful.

Eyes darting from side to side, he looked for an escape from this

dense, skin-tearing section of the woods. Hearing water, he fought his
way toward it. As soon as he saw the welcoming liquid, he wasted no
time  getting  into  the  stream.  His  arms  and  face  were  covered  with
scratches,  and his  head throbbed  with  every frantic beat  of his  heart.
Reaching up, he touched the golf-ball-sized knot on his forehead.

A fish jumped from the water, scaring the crap out of him. It

flapped  its  body  a  couple  of  times  before  landing  back  in  the  water
with a splash. A noise behind him had him looking over his shoulder.
The  sight  of  a  deer  crossing  the  stream  had  his  shoulders  sagging  in
relief.  If  the  vamps  didn’t  kill  him  soon,  he  feared  the  wildlife  was
going to give him a fatal heart attack.

As Renny trekked on, his thigh muscles screamed for him to stop,

but his gut told him if he quit moving it would be the last time he ever
did.  Trudging  on,  he  went  what  he  guessed  was  about  a  fourth  of  a
mile.  After  finding  a  flat,  grassy  spot,  he  left  the  stream  and  hoped
he’d gone far enough to throw the vampires off his trail.  Moving as
quietly as he could, Renny made his way through the woods.

Thirty minutes later, he was so lost he hoped he wasn’t heading

back toward the vamps he was running away from. His blood was
pounding in his ears, and his head hurt like a son of a bitch. He tried
to calm down so he could focus on the night sounds around him. A
twig snapped somewhere behind him. He turned to look. Nothing was
there. The next snap he heard had him running and imagining his gory

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death  at  the  fangs  of  Karl  and  Marvin.  Branches  slapped  his  body
painfully  as  he  sprinted  onward.  Fear  shadowed  his  every  step  and
prodded him forward. His  breath  was  turning into ragged  gasps,  and
he was afraid every creature within a mile could hear him.

Just when he thought he couldn’t go on, he ran into a clearing that

had a cabin in the center of it. An owl hooted eerily, spurring him into
action.  He’d  seen  more  than  his  fair  share  of  wild  creatures  tonight.
Renny  practically  flew  up  the  stairs.  In  four  large  leaping  steps,  he
crossed the porch. He looked over his shoulder as he knocked on the
door.

The owl hooted again, and to his horror, flew right onto the porch.

He squealed and turned the doorknob. To his relief the door opened.
He glanced warily at the big-ass owl. It hooted again and flapped its
five-foot wings.

Fuck this. I’ve just escaped two brawling vampires. There is no

way I’m going to stand out here and let owlzilla eat me.

With the sound of another hoot ringing in his ears, Renny slipped

uninvited into the cabin  and slammed the door shut.  Leaning against
the door, he slid to the floor. He covered his eyes with his scratched
hands and took several deep breaths. Once he was relatively calm his
curiosity  got  the  better  of  him.  He  had  to  know  if  that  monster  of  a
bird was still waiting outside to eat him.

Standing, he saw a window close to the door. Stepping over to it,

he pulled the heavy curtain back and looked out. In a flash, huge gold
and black eyes were staring at him. The creature was a mere inch
from the window.

He leapt back. “Fuck!” It didn’t look like he’d be going anywhere

soon. “Surely that freaky owl will go to his roosting spot by morning.
I just have to hang tight until then,” Renny murmured to himself.

“Actually, I’ve seen him hang out on my porch for several days at

a time.”

The rich, deep voice had him squealing and looking around the

dark room for its owner.

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A light overhead switched on, and Renny’s heartbeat escalated to

ten times its normal rate. He was so mesmerized by the pale green
eyes staring at him that it took him a minute or two to realize he’d just
been caught trespassing.

He swallowed hard then cleared his throat. “I’m sorry about

busting in here. I knocked, but then owlzilla flew onto the porch and I
freaked out.  I’ve had somewhat  of  a rough night.” Renny licked his
dry, scratched lips,  and then  asked, “Is  it all right  if  I stay here until
daylight?”

“Sure. You look like you could use a break. My name is Zavier

Thorpe. What’s yours?”

Renny felt a blast of heat surge through his whole body when he

heard the man’s name. “Zavier.” Mmm, the name felt heavenly when
he said it out loud.

“Yes, that’s right. Can you tell me your name and what happened

to you?” Zavier spoke softly and slowly.

Focusing was becoming harder by the second. Renny’s groin felt

like  colorful  fireworks  were  going  off  in  his  balls.  His  cock  was  so
hard  it  was  starting  to  hurt.  Looking  up,  he  noticed  that  Zavier  was
slowly  getting  closer  to  him.  Each  step  he  took  added  to  Renny’s
sweet agony. What the hell was happening to him?

Another blast of heated desire swept through his body. He closed

his eyes and tried to will the feeling away. It didn’t work. His breath
started  coming  out  in  short  pants.  If  he  didn’t  have  sex  soon  he  felt
like  his  balls  were  going  to  explode.  As  he  panted,  he  crazily
wondered if a person could  turn into a sexual maniac in  the blink of
an eye. His body screamed that it was happening to him right fucking
now!

“Hey, what’s the matter?”
The sound of Zavier’s voice triggered something in Renny’s soul.

He suddenly had a passionate need to please Zavier in every way
possible. Preferably sexually first, but it was wrong to jump strangers,
wasn’t it? His body didn’t care what his mind thought about right

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from wrong, it wanted Zavier. Renny groaned as his body and mind
battled.

A touch on his shoulder had him jumping back. He instantly

regretted moving away from Zavier. His heart ached to have the man
touch him again. Needing some kind of contact, Renny looked up into
Zavier’s  marvelous  eyes.  He  noted  that  they  had  changed  from  pale
green  to  dark  green.  Taking  in  the  other  facial  changes,  he  saw  that
the  man’s  nostrils  were  flared  and  that  he  was  panting.  The  tips  of
beautiful white teeth peeked out past Zavier’s chiseled lips. Before his
eyes, fangs slowly extended.

Oh, shit! Renny quickly realized he’d run away from two vamps,

and then taken refuge in another vamp’s home. Fear should have had
him running, but all he felt was peace and lust. He closed his eyes and
let his spirit guide him. This vampire wasn’t like the others. This one
was good. Renny sniffed the air. Spicy, hot male filled his lungs. Oh
yeah, this one was deliciously good. His scent made Renny long to
wrap himself around Zavier’s tall frame.

Each breath he took revealed new emotions. Relief hummed

through every pore of his body. Feelings of contentment, love, peace,
being home, and desire flooded his system. He hadn’t felt most of
these feelings since the death of his mom. Opening his eyes, he stared
into Zavier’s handsome face. Zavier smiled and the feeling of colorful
fireworks exploding started at Renny’s toes and steadily made its way
to the top of his head. Relief and lust spiraled through his system.

His headache went away and his scratches and cuts no longer hurt.

All he could do was stare into Zavier’s lovely eyes. Eyes that now
looked a little worried. What did he have to worry about? He was a
vampire. Renny was just a puny human. He felt compelled to comfort
the man, so he took a step forward.

Zavier held up his hands. “Whoa. Easy there…little thing. Do you

need to sit down or something?”

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Chapter Three

Zavier couldn’t believe what he was seeing and feeling. Desire

like  he’d  never  known  was  strumming  every  nerve  in  his  body.  He
literally ached to make love to the man before him.  He’d watched in
amazement as a bright golden light moved up from the man’s toes and
didn’t stop  until  it covered his  whole body. The  light  must be some
kind  of  healing  thing.  Right  before  his  eyes  all  the  man’s  wounds
healed, leaving a glowing, glorious man standing in front of him.

Confusion filled the man’s dark brown eyes. “Why would I need

to sit down?”

He proceeded with caution. “No offense intended. I’ve never met

one of your kind before. At least not that I know of.”

“You’ve never met a human?” Doubt flavored the man’s words.
“Not one that had a golden glow and healed itself.”
“What?” Confusion clouded the little man’s eyes once again.
Zavier watched the man look at his hands. His eyebrows rose

comically high. He reached up and touched the spot on his forehead
where the lump had been.

Big, scared eyes raced to Zavier’s “What’s happening to me? I’ve

never done this before.”

Aw, shit! He was a changeling of some sort. “I don’t know, but

since you’re healing yourself it can’t be a bad thing.” He tried to calm
the man. “I have a friend that can help you. Why don’t we start with
you telling me your name?”

“Renny. Renny Woolsey.” He looked back at his glowing hands,

and a wild look entered his eyes.

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Seeing Renny’s panic was dimming Zavier’s lust and bringing out

his protective side. His fangs retracted as sympathy and something
pure and wonderful bloomed in his chest.

Renny turned and flung the door open. Oscar, his ever faithful

owl, flapped his wings and turned his head 360 degrees as he hooted.
Renny jumped back and slammed the door shut. Zavier was mystified
by Oscar’s actions.

That was the first time he had ever seen Oscar stop someone from

leaving. Something mysterious and possibly magical was happening.
He looked down and into a pair of confused and fearful brown eyes.
The little guy stood there trembling and taking in deep, heaving
breaths. The poor man looked like he was about to have a breakdown.
Going through a supernatural change was never easy.

Unable to stop himself, Zavier closed the distance between them

and wrapped his arms around Renny. The delicate blond shuddered
then melted in his arms. He loved the way Renny fit comfortably
under his chin.

Sexual desire flared back to life. His cock hardened even though

he  didn’t  want  it  to.  He  felt  bad  about  needing  a  man  who  was
obviously  going through some kind  of  change and had been through
hell earlier tonight. Some of the bad feelings went away when he felt
Renny’s  cock  swelling.  Not  being  accustomed  to  lusting  after
confused beings, he reluctantly released Renny.

He smiled when he saw that Renny had changed back to normal.

“Your glow is gone. Looks like you are back to normal. How do you
feel?”

Renny looked at his hands. “Better.” Renny smiled up at him. It

was the most adorable smile Zavier had ever seen.

Their eyes met, and in the span of one heartbeat Renny’s eyes

went from happy to hungry. Zavier felt like a turkey on Thanksgiving
Day. The man’s eyes sharpened, and Zavier felt like he was about to
be devoured. Lust was coming off Renny in waves of pure heat.
Damn, it was an awesome feeling. His fangs extended again. Renny

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seemed to bring out his primitive side. His wild half tried to take over.
It wanted to claim Renny right now.

The man’s brown eyes widened, and then softened. “I need you.”

Renny stared pointedly at Zavier’s fangs. “All of you.”

That was it. All of his restraint disappeared, and the beast in him

reared its head. “I don’t know what you’re doing to me, but I like it.”
He grabbed Renny and slanted his mouth across his mysterious
guest’s soft lips. His kiss was hard and demanding.

Zavier didn’t know where the need to dominate the enchanting

man  was  coming  from,  and  right  now  he  didn’t  care.  As  he
thoroughly  enjoyed  Renny’s  flavorful  mouth,  he  guided  him  toward
the  plush  rug  in  front  of  the  dormant  fireplace.  In  a  swift  move  he
pulled  the  blond’s  shirt  off  and  ran  his  hands  along  his  new  lover’s
firm, smooth chest. Dusky nipples hardened and pebbled in response
to  his  touch. Needing more,  he tore his  shirt  off and urged Renny to
lie down on the rug.

He spread the man’s legs and settled his body between them. He

pressed  his  lips  to  Renny’s  and  groaned  at  the  pure  pleasure  of  the
contact. Cupping the blond’s head, he licked and nipped at his golden
boy’s  soft  lips.  For  several  delightful  minutes,  he  explored  Renny’s
sweet, minty mouth. He tightened his grip on Renny’s hair when the
awesome man’s tongue darted out and did a slow investigation of his
mouth. Renny’s hands ran over his back, causing his erection to thrum
with lust. With a pounding heart, he pulled back.

Looming over Renny, he looked deeply into his eyes. “If you

don’t want me to dominate you sexually you have to tell me now.
Something about you is driving my libido sky high. All I want to do is
make you mine. Nothing else matters, just our pleasure.”

Need sparkled in Renny’s eyes. “I need you to take me any way

you want. I’m yours.”

“I accept your offer.” Glowing gold flecks appeared in Renny’s

eyes. He didn’t have time to wonder why they had appeared. The

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desirable man bucked his slender hips, grinding his swollen cock into
Zavier’s.

Lusty fire licked at his entire body. It urged him to take Renny,

now.  He  jumped  to  his  feet  and  headed  for  his  lube  stash  in  the  end
table.  “Take  your  jeans  off,  and  don’t  be  slow  about  it.”  He  didn’t
mean to sound so harsh, but he couldn’t control himself. The sight of
Renny hurriedly sliding out of his jeans let him know his lover hadn’t
taken  offense.  He  quickly  pushed  his  own  jeans  down  his  legs  and
kicked  them  aside.  The  only  thing  he  had  on  was  the  warrior’s
necklace he always wore. The small beaded creation looked innocent
with the cross but was a deadly weapon he had used more than once.

With his cock jutting forward eagerly, he ordered, “I want you to

move so that your hands when placed over your head will touch the
rock retaining wall of the fireplace. You will use that wall to brace
yourself while I take you. Never take your hands off it.”

He watched as Renny moved into position. “Good. Now spread

your legs wide. Stay just like that. Don’t move from this position at
all.” The beast in Zavier growled as he took in Renny’s submissive
pose. It took all his willpower not to jump the man and viciously take
him.

Stepping between Renny’s legs, Zavier stared down at the sight of

male  perfection  in  front  of  him.  From  the  way  his  light-blond  hair
contrasted  with  his  dark-brown,  golden-flecked  eyes  to  his  slender,
muscular  body,  Zavier  was  attracted  to  every  inch  of  Renny.  His
beautiful  cock  was  swollen  and  begging  to  be  touched.  Unable  to
resist any longer, he sank to his knees and stroked Renny’s cock from
weeping  tip  to  trembling  balls.  The  man  groaned  and  jerked  in
response.  His  golden  boy  was  beautifully  receptive  to  his  touch.
Zavier ran his hand down Renny’s shaft and rolled his balls until they
tightened.  He  ran  his  thumb  across  Renny’s  puckered  opening  and
bounced his balls a few times. A gasp escaped Renny, but he stayed in
position. Zavier slid his hand back up his lover’s shaft and gloried in
the silky yet hard flesh.

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Steadily stroking Renny’s throbbing cock, Zavier praised him,

“I’m proud of you for not taking your hands off the stone. You’re
such a good little lover.” Pride shone in Renny’s eyes, and he thought
they glowed a little brighter.

Upping the stakes, he leaned forward and sucked the crown of

Renny’s cock into his mouth. The spicy flavor of his pre-cum burst
across Zavier’s tongue.

“Oh! Th–that feels amazing. Please don’t stop.” Renny’s voice

was low and filled with wonder as he begged so sweetly.

He lapped at Renny’s erection until he could feel the blood

pounding through it. His own need escalated when Renny bucked his
hips and sank deeper into his mouth. Taking his lover’s hard erection
to the back of his throat, Zavier sucked and turned his head slowly
back and forth. It didn’t take Renny long to start panting and moaning
uncontrollably.

“Oh, God, please, Zav,” Renny pleaded with his voice and

glowing eyes.

Zavier was more than ready, but he needed to make sure Renny’s

body was ready as well. After one last suck he released his lover’s
cock. Retrieving the oil he’d placed on the rug next to him, he opened
it and drizzled it over Renny’s tiny entrance. Renny shuddered and
rolled his hips. A low moan slid from his parted lips.

Pouring more oil on his fingers, he slid a finger inside Renny and

gloried  in  the  feel  of  his  tight  little  body.  Using  his  free  hand,  he
stroked Renny’s cock. He admired its gorgeous shape. In all his years,
he couldn’t remember ever seeing such a perfectly proportioned cock.
The light-purple head was flawless, and the vessels that twined under
the  thick  shaft’s  velvety  skin  were  artfully  placed.  He  couldn’t  help
but  notice  that  the  vessels  had  one  characteristic  he’d  never  seen
before. They were almost twice the normal size. They were perfect for
feeding from, and the rush would be pure bliss for Renny. He’d save
that experience for another night, though.

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Renny groaned and rocked his hips, making Zavier’s finger slide

in  and out.  He  slid  another finger in  when Renny  rocked downward.
His lover shivered and groaned. Twisting his fingers, Zavier loosened
him up even more. Renny’s breath started coming out in harsh gasps.
Feeling Renny was  getting close to erupting, he  stopped stroking the
man’s  erection  and  removed  his  fingers  from  their  hot  sheath.  He
poured  oil  onto  his  own  cock  and  lined  it  up  with  Renny’s  perfect
hole.

He pressed his cock just a little way in, then moved one hand to

Renny’s hip and the other to his pulsating penis. Zavier looked into
the man’s glowing eyes and saw raw desire in them.

“Do it,” Renny begged.
“Keep your hands in place. This is going to get rough.” The

sudden rocking motion of Renny’s hips made something wild snap in
him.  He  growled  as  his  hands  tightened  on  Renny’s  body  and  he
drove his  throbbing dick deep into  his  lover’s  hot  hole. Golden stars
danced  before  his  eyes.  Passionate  heat  swirled  around  his  balls  and
shot  to  the  tip  of  his  cock.  Renny’s  tight  tunnel  spasmed  around  his
cock, driving Zavier’s need to animalistic heights.

He pounded in and out of his lover’s snug ass. For several long

moments  Zavier  was  lost  in  the  euphoric  feel  of  his  body  taking
pleasure from Renny’s tantalizingly lithe form. So good. Renny’s soft,
hot channel felt so damn good. His vise-like body fisted Zavier’s cock
perfectly.  He  thrust  repeatedly  into  his  lover.  He  relished  the  feel  of
his erection sinking into his golden boy’s magnificent passage.

A loud moan from Renny brought him back to reality. Needing to

give  as  much  pleasure  as  he  received,  he  started  stroking  his  lover’s
dick.  Renny  gasped,  and  his  whole  body  tightened.  He  savored  the
sight  of  the  muscles  in  Renny’s  arms  bulging  as  he  held  himself  in
place,  letting  Zavier  take  him  roughly  and  passionately.  Renny’s
obedience fueled the fire that raged in him.

Zavier gripped Renny’s hip tighter as he tunneled deeply into his

little body. Moving his hand downward, he rolled Renny’s balls. He

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stared  at  Renny’s  face  as  he  slowly  began  squeezing  the  small
sensitive  globes.  Zavier  tightened  his  grip  some  more,  and  Renny’s
eyes  glazed  over  and  the  vessels  in  his  thick  dick  pulsed  wildly.  To
his  satisfaction,  Renny  cried  out,  and  his  body  tightened  even  more.
His  hands  never  left  the  stone.  Oh,  yes,  Renny  could  handle  the
painful pleasure of having his nuts tortured. His obedient lover’s arms
began  to  tremble,  and  his  breath  was  ragged.  Zavier  squeezed  some
more and pounded harder into Renny’s tight ass.

A smile curled Zavier’s lips when Renny screamed as ropes of his

seed  shot  from  his  pulsating  cock  and  splashed  across  his  belly  and
shoulder.  The  smile  disappeared  though,  when  Renny  convulsed
beneath him, and his whole body was taken over by the golden glow
he’d had earlier.

He looked at where their bodies were joined. The sight was

intoxicating.  A  shudder  shook  his  body  when  he  thought  about  his
cock being captured in  Renny’s  golden  glow.  Molten desire stabbed
the  crown  of  his  cock  and  raced  down  his  shaft.  It  tore  through  his
body  with  the  power  of  a  wild  beast.  Zavier  couldn’t  pull  out  of
Renny’s  sweet  channel  to  save  their  lives.  It  felt  like  something
magical  was  binding  them  together.  Zavier’s  fangs  started  to  ache.
The need to feed overwhelmed him.

Renny moved his head to the side, totally opening himself to

Zavier’s domination. “Oh God, Zavier. I’m burning up and feel like
my veins are too full. Like they’re about to explode from the pressure.
I need you to feed from me. Please hurry, Zav.” The flecks in Renny’s
eyes brightened, and he growled, “Do it.”

All of his primitive instincts drove him forward. In a blurred

motion,  he  struck  his  glowing  boy’s  neck.  The  second  he  tasted
Renny’s blood his desire went into overdrive. Sliding his hands under
Renny’s  hips,  he  tilted  his  man’s  pelvis  and  drove  even  deeper  into
him. Out of control,  he sucked  and savored  Renny’s  addicting blood
as he continued to tunnel in and out of Renny’s soft, snug hole. Renny

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whimpered, and Zavier froze. What the fuck was he doing? He wasn’t
a feral vamp that took pleasure from hurting innocent beings.

He was just getting ready to pull out and away from the delicious

man beneath him when Renny wrapped his legs around his hips and
ground his hard cock into his body. “Please, don’t stop. It feels so
good. I’m so close to coming again. God, you’re great at this.”

Relief washed over him a split second before the hunger came

back  stronger  than  before.  He  sucked  hard,  and  Renny  groaned  and
tightened  his  legs  around  Zavier’s  hips.  That  was  all  the  urging  he
needed.  Renny’s  cock  jerked  when  he  resumed  ramming  into  his
body.  He  feasted  on  Renny’s  delectable  body  as  if  Renny  was  a
delicacy  placed  before  a  king.  As  he  plundered  his  golden  lover’s
fluttering channel, he felt Renny’s body tighten, and he knew the man
was about to come again. Zavier angled his body so that his stomach
muscles rubbed heavily up and down Renny’s cock with every stroke
of  his  hard  shaft  into  Renny’s  gloriously  tight  ass.  His  necklace
danced over his lover’s chest, keeping the small nipples taut.

With his bloodlust waning, Zavier continued the pounding of his

cock  into  Renny’s  hot,  oil-slicked  ass  as  he  retracted  his  fangs  and
licked  Renny’s  neck,  healing  it  with  his  saliva.  Zavier  switched  his
focus to stroking his lover’s inner sweet spots.  It didn’t take long. A
few thrusts at  one sensitive spot,  and Renny was screaming again  as
he  came.  This  time  when  his  body  turned  into  a  vise  grip  around
Zavier’s  throbbing  cock,  he  threw  his  head  back  and  cried  out  as  he
released  his  seed  deep  within  Renny’s  quivering  body.  The  golden
stars were back, and Zavier loved them. As he collapsed on Renny, he
realized the stars were the exact color of Renny’s glowing skin.

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Chapter Four

While he caught his breath, it dawned on Zavier that he’d never

fucked  anyone  until  they  glowed.  His  sweet  Renny  was  full  of
mystery  and  wonder.  Not  wanting  to  crush  the  wonderful  man,  he
rolled them until Renny was on top of him. His lover lay on his chest
as limp as a wet noodle.

Fear spread through him. What if he’d taken too much of Renny’s

delicious blood? He carefully ran his fingers through his lover’s hair.
“Hey, are you okay?”

Renny raised his head off Zavier’s chest and gave him a lopsided

grin. “I’ve never been better.”

Profound relief swept over him. “You don’t feel extremely weak,

do you?”

“No. I feel more relaxed than I’ve ever felt in my life.” Renny

placed a kiss on Zavier’s left nipple then rested his head on Zavier’s
chest again. “I had rough sex once, and it was horrible, but with you it
was awesome. Can we do it again?”

A flash of anger zipped through him at the thought of some

asshole hurting Renny. He made a mental note to find out who the
prick was and pay him a visit.

“I’m sorry to hear about your bad experience, but I’m glad you

like it rough with me.” He ran his hand over Renny’s back, loving the
feel of his smooth skin. “Yes is the answer to your question about us
doing it again. First I want to get to know you a little better, though.”
He slid Renny off him and onto the plush rug. “Stay here while I get
us some drinks.”

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Within minutes he returned to find Renny relaxing on the rug. He

handed him a glass of wine and set his drink on an end table. Going to
the  fireplace,  he  built  a  fire.  He  dimmed  the  lights,  and  the  flames
became more pronounced. The dancing flames reflected on the walls,
giving  the  room  a  sensual  ambiance.  Zavier  hoped  Renny  would
become  relaxed  enough  to  answer  all  of  his  questions.  He  retrieved
his drink, then went over to Renny and sat next to him.

Renny was now lounging on his side, sipping his wine. Zavier

took a drink and watched his new lover over the edge of his glass. The
young  man  was  an  adorable  mystery.  He  resisted  the  urge  to  haul
Renny  to  his  bedroom  and  chain  his  golden  boy  to  his  bed  for  all
eternity.  Three  hundred  years  ago  that’s  just  what  he  would  have
done.

“What are you drinking?” Renny asked as he stared at the dark

liquid in Zavier’s glass.

Giving up his deliciously dark thoughts, he answered, “It’s a wine

mix some friends of mine make. They blend wine, blood, and spices
to make one superior and satisfying drink.”

“Can I try it?” Renny asked curiously.
“Sure.” He handed Renny his glass. Secretly, he was glad the man

wasn’t totally turned off by the blood in the mix, but then some
humans loved bloody foods like blood pudding and blood sausage.

Renny took a sip and nodded his head approvingly. “It’s good.

Not as good as the wine, but definitely interesting. Does it come in
different flavors?”

“Oh, yeah. They have several blends. Each is made with different

blood types and different spice combos. Most vampires love it. Some,
like me, drink it as our main source of food. The Wyckoff brothers are
like gourmet chefs in the vampire world.”

“I wouldn’t have ever thought about vamps creating businesses

that cater to their own kind. That’s smart. How many brothers are
there? Do they have a large company?” Renny asked as he swirled the
wine mix before taking a second sip.

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“Three. Tristan, Caleb, and Drake. They have a medium-sized

company. It’s relatively new. It’s growing quickly, and I expect that
growth to continue. Maybe one day you can meet them. They are
good friends of mine. I think you’d like them.” Zavier liked how
intrigued Renny was. How open he was to the new world he was now
learning about. Possibly that was because Renny wasn’t fully human.

“I’d like that.” Renny said as he passed the glass back to Zavier.

Their fingers touched, and both men started from the sparks that
zapped them.

Desire flared in Zavier’s groin. He took both of their glasses and

put them on the step that surrounded the fireplace. He then lay on the
rug and pulled his lover on top of him. “I’m not sure why, but I need
to feel your naked body touching mine,” Zavier whispered.

“I can’t explain it either, but I need it too.” Renny settled his body

on Zavier’s and started lightly caressing his arms.

The soothing hands worked their way up to his shoulders, and his

lover’s right hand started playing with his necklace.

Curious brown-and-gold eyes looked up. “This is nice. I like the

way it feels against my skin when we have sex. Where did you get it?
The polished natural beads and cross are beautiful.”

To him the man’s inquisitive nature was adorable. “An ancient

vampire king gave it to me after I helped save his life. It looks
innocent, but when I twist one of the beads, they slide, revealing a
section of diamond-encrusted cable.”

Renny dropped the necklace. “That sounds deadly.”
“Only to my enemies.”
“You like me, right?”
Zavier couldn’t stop the chuckle that rose up from deep within his

chest. “I like you a lot. You don’t have to fear me.”

“That’s good to know.” Resting his head on Zavier’s chest, he

sighed and then murmured, “I like the sound of your heartbeat. It’s
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“I’m glad it makes you feel that way.” Zavier had a surprising

need to make Renny feel welcome and happy. That was unusual, but
so was everything else tonight.

“Wait. I thought vamps didn’t have hearts. Why do I hear one

beating so strongly in your chest?” Renny questioned. A cute little
line formed between his brows.

“That’s because we do have hearts. Think about it. If a stake

through the heart can kill us, then we must have life-giving hearts. We
eat and breathe just like all living creatures,” Zavier explained. His
hands cupped Renny’s buttocks lovingly. Damn, he loved the feel of
his boy’s firm body. Thoughts of keeping him for a long time entered
his mind.

“Oh, that makes sense. How could you be fast and strong if you

were dead? Plus, you wouldn’t drink blood if you were dead. Death
stops hunger pains, doesn’t it?” Renny’s tone was filled with sudden
understanding and wonder.

He grinned at Renny’s sincere words. “I don’t know. I’m not dead

yet, but I believe it stops them and everything else, including pain and
desire.” Zavier paused to sniff Renny’s heady scent. “It’s wise of you
to figure all of that out. Most people hold tightly to what they’re told
and never question the information given to them.” He lightly
squeezed Renny, thoroughly enjoying his slight weight.

“We are very much alive. We also eat food, but blood is more

nutritious for our bodies. Much like a salad is more nutritious for you
than a candy bar.” Zavier patted Renny’s rounded cheeks and then
slid his hands up and stroked his slender man’s back, loving the dips
and grooves.

“Really! That explains how you can live among humans and not

stand out,” Renny exclaimed excitedly. “Do you have any siblings? I
want to know everything about you.”

Pain fluttered through Zavier’s heart. “I have one brother,

Yarom.”

“Does he live near here?”

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“No, he’s lost.”
“What do you mean by lost?” Renny asked, concern evident in his

tone. The sweet little line reformed between his eyes.

Zavier liked the caring side of Renny as much as he liked Renny’s

ability to adapt to the changes in his life. He’d known very few beings
over the centuries that managed to do it as gracefully as Renny was
doing it.

“I haven’t seen him in sixty years. Yarom and two of our friends

disappeared. I searched for them in the last area they were in for forty
years. All I found was Oscar. Some say Yarom is dead, but I don’t
believe them. I’d know if he was dead. Besides, he was named well.
He’ll be back.”

Curiosity removed Ren’s frown. “What do you mean he was

named well?”

“Yarom means he will rise up. I firmly believe he will overcome

whatever has happened to him and come back home. Several times a
year I go to different places he used to hang out and ask around about
him and our friends. Eventually Yarom will come home or I’ll find
him.”

“I hope one day you two find each other.” Renny gestured toward

the porch. “Oscar’s quite scary, but at least you have him until Yarom
is found.”

“Yeah, he’s a good companion. I also have a handful of friends.

We all stay on the lookout for all of them.” Zavier’s heart ached for
his lost brother and their good friends. Looking at Renny eased some
of his heartache.

“What does your name mean?” Renny asked, as he drew figure

eights on Zavier’s shoulder.

“Bright.”
Renny sat up with his legs straddling Zavier’s hips. He wiggled

until their groins touched. A shiver shook his body the second their
balls met. “Mmm. You were named well too. You’re a bright light to

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me.” Renny leaned forward, bracing his hands on either side of
Zavier’s head. He ground his cock into Zavier’s.

Zavier slapped the gyrating man’s ass and then grabbed his hips

and stilled them. “Later. First tell me about your family.” There was
no way he was going to let his golden boy distract him right now.

“I’m alone. My dad died when I was two and my mom died in a

car crash when I was ten. That’s it.”

He could sense that there was much more. “Who raised you after

your mom died?” He had a desperate need to know everything about
his delicate lover.

“I went to foster care,” Renny answered with a shrug of his

shoulders.

“Were the people nice to you?”
“Some were. Some weren’t.” The golden flecks in Renny’s eyes

dimmed.

Zavier’s chest hurt from the pain he heard in Renny’s voice.
“It’s all right. I’m going to school to get my degree in political

science. With it I plan on making some much-needed changes. I have
to  study  the  whole  system  and  find  the  flaws  that  most  affect  the
foster  care  system.  Then  I’ll  need  to  create  a  solution.  I  hope  I  live
long enough to pull it off.” He waved his hands as he spoke, and the
gold in his eyes brightened.

He loved how excited Renny got when he talked about helping

others. His hard life hadn’t beaten him down. It had inspired him.
“I’m beginning to admire your soft heart and brain as much as your
delectable body.”

Renny’s eyes started glowing brighter, and he leaned down to

brush his lips across Zavier’s. Lusty electricity shot through him, and
he suspected it shot through his lover as well, because the man started
hungrily kissing him. Their mouths nipped, sucked, and explored each
other’s in a passionate dance. Renny started humping Zavier, grinding
their cocks together.

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Renny moved to pin Zavier’s hands to the rug, and he went wild.

He slid the delicate man off him and face down onto the rug. A voice
inside him whispered that he was Renny’s keeper and always would
be.

Needing to establish his role in their relationship, Zavier boldly

stated,  “I  don’t  think  so.  I’m  the  dominant,  not  you.”  He  spread
Renny’s  legs  and  knelt  between  them  as  he  pressed  his  hand  down
firmly between Renny’s shoulders, and commanded, “On your knees.
Raise that ass high for me.” Renny immediately complied, and his lust
jumped  up  another  level.  “Good  job.  Now  stretch  your  arms  out  on
the rug above your head. Submit to me.” Renny started panting as he
slid his arms out.

Reaching down between Renny’s legs, Zavier touched the tip of

his lover’s cock. Sure enough, his hard flesh was already weeping.
The handsome man’s whole body shuddered when Zavier started
stroking his hot, solid erection.

“Please Zav, take me.”
Zavier wanted to make Renny wait, but sparks fired off in his

balls and made his cock start to ache. He grabbed the oil and poured
some down Renny’s crack and on his throbbing cock. Not able to hold
off any longer, he spread Renny’s perfect cheeks and speared into his
puckered entrance. Renny cried out and backed into Zavier’s thrust.

He tightened his grip on Renny’s hips, stopping all movement

from  the man. He  gloried in  the feel  of Renny’s  hot,  slick, tight  ass.
Nothing  felt  better  than  Renny’s  sweet,  trembling  body  fisting  his
dick.  The  animal  in  him  rose,  and  he  mercilessly  started  driving  in
and  out  of  Renny’s  tiny  hole.  The  moans  coming  from  Renny  told
Zavier that he didn’t want mercy. Renny bowed his back and tried to
wiggle  his  hips.  Zavier  allowed  the  movement  and  was  rewarded
when  his  lover  groaned  loudly  and  his  inner  muscles  rippled  in
pleasure.

Shifting under him, Renny tried to move his right hand toward his

cock.

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Zavier slapped his ass hard and pressed the squirming man’s

shoulders into the rug. “Keep your shoulders down and your hands
overhead. I’ll let you know when you can come.”

Groaning miserably, Renny returned his hand to its place and

relaxed  his  shoulders.  His  submission  made  the  fire  in  Zavier  blaze
out  of  control.  He  lightly  raked  his  nails  down  Renny’s  back  as  he
returned  his  hand  to  his  hip.  The  sight  of  his  possessive  pink  nail
marks running down his lover’s back felt right. Renny shuddered and
backed into Zavier’s cock, sinking it balls deep.

A loud hiss escaped Zavier’s lips, and he started wildly pumping

his  hips.  Renny  grabbed  handfuls  of  the  plush  rug  and  began
mewling.  His  little  body  tightened,  and  his  inner  muscles  pulsed
around  Zavier’s  aching  cock.  The  slapping  of  their  bodies  mingled
with Renny’s sweet sounds. The erotic symphony mixed with the feel
of  his  lover’s  slick,  searing  channel  pushed  Zavier  over  the  edge.
Golden  stars  filled  his  vision  as  his  seed  spewed  from  his  body  and
deeply into Renny’s, marking Renny as his. He dropped down on his
blond  lover,  pushing  him  to  the  rug.  He  thrust  lightly  a  few  more
times  into  Renny’s  ass  as  he  caught  his  breath.  Pleasure  coursed
through his whole body. Renny satisfied him in  ways his past lovers
never had.

Once his strength was back, he pulled out of Renny and flipped

him over. “Your turn.” He crawled between his lover’s legs and
cupped his trembling sac.

Renny yelped when Zavier gently raked his teeth over the crown

of  his  beautiful  cock.  He  massaged  and  pulled  Renny’s  balls  as  he
swallowed his whole cock. Zavier felt the vessels in Renny’s erection
swell. He beat down the desire to sink his fangs  into Renny’s plump
vessels  and  gorge  on  his  divine,  crimson-colored,  life-giving  liquid.
He bobbed his head up and down Renny’s length, never breaking the
suction.  One  of  his  top  priorities  was  making  sure  Renny  had  good
memories of their time together.

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He gave a hard tug to Renny’s sac and took his cock deeply down

his  throat  and  swallowed.  Renny  screamed  louder,  and  his  cum  shot
down Zavier’s throat. He drank it all down without releasing Renny’s
delicious  cock.  Shudders  rocked  Renny’s  body  for  several  minutes,
much to his delight.

When his lover’s body totally relaxed, Zavier released his cock

and placed a kiss on the sensitive tip. Renny gave him a lopsided grin.
Zavier loved that dazed grin. He was ecstatic about being the cause of
it.

“You are the sweetest lover I’ve ever had,” he confessed as he lay

down  on  the  rug  and  pulled  Renny  on  top  of  his  body.  He  anchored
his  arms  around  him,  loving  the  feel  of  the  small  blond  in  his
embrace.  They  stayed  just  like  that,  in  contented  silence.  It  felt  like
they were living in endless bliss.

Their bliss only lasted about an hour. Zavier tensed when he

sensed two vamps approaching his cabin.

He gently shook Renny’s shoulder. “Ren, someone’s coming. I

need you to go into the bathroom and lock the door. Don’t come out
until I tell you to.” In a swift, powerful move he stood up, bringing
Renny with him.

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Chapter Five

Renny’s senses rang with warning bells. He stared up at Zavier. “I

escaped two mean vampires tonight. I think they’re here. What are we
going to do? They are not nice at all.” He leaned closer to Zavier and
whispered, “I think they want to eat me.”

Zavier took him by the shoulders and turned him toward the hall.

“I’m sure they do, but I’m not going to let them. Go down the hall.
The first door to the left is the bathroom. Go in it and lock the door.”
He gave Renny a little push. “Go.”

A loud knock sounded on the door. “The little human in there is

ours. Send him out or you’ll be sorry.”

Renny recognized Karl’s voice and froze in place. He’d brought

trouble to Zavier’s door. His stomach churned painfully. The last
thing he wanted to do was hurt Zavier. He took a deep breath and
mentally had a little talk with himself. Be a man, Renny. Save Zavier.

Turning to Zavier, he blinked when he saw him retrieving a bad-

ass sword. The sword was four feet of awesomeness, but two against
one was not good odds.

He cast a sorrowful look at Zavier and rushed to the door. Just

after he turned the doorknob and opened the door, Zavier sped over
and pushed Renny behind him. “We will talk about this later. Stay.
Back.”

The two vamps looked briefly at Zavier then cut their eyes to him.

They  smiled  evilly.  “We  don’t  want  any  trouble.  Just  send  him  out.
We  saw  him  first.  That  makes  him  ours.”  Karl’s  menacing  voice
raked over Renny’s nerves and made him shiver in fear.

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“He’s mine. You can’t have him. Go back where you came from.”

Zavier paused, then added threateningly, “Don’t come back, ever.
You won’t survive another visit.”

Karl looked over at Marvin, and then cut his eyes back to Zavier.

“You’re not very friendly. Didn’t your mother teach you to feed your
guests? Especially when they sent the food your way.” Karl looked at
him and licked his lips.

“Yeah.” Marvin looked at Zavier’s naked body then looked at

Renny’s bare flesh. Heat inflamed his cheeks. He covered his dick
with his hands. Marvin laughed and swung his gaze to Zavier. “Looks
to me like you enjoy playing with the food we sent.”

Karl’s nostrils flared. “He is pretty enough to fuck. Share him like

your mother taught you.”

“My mother died when I was young. My father taught me to kill

anyone who tried to take what belongs to me.” Zavier’s voice dripped
with venom.

“I think you need to learn some manners,” Karl spit out with a

growl.

Both men pulled out their swords, and Renny almost fainted. Karl

swung his weapon at Zavier as he stepped in the house. Shock stabbed
at Renny. He didn’t know they could enter a house uninvited. He
briefly wondered what other misinformation he had.

Zavier blocked the blow and pushed Karl out onto the porch. Both

villainous  vamps  rushed  Zavier  at  once.  As  Zavier  clashed  swords
with  Karl,  Oscar,  bless  his  freakish  heart,  swooped  in  and  latched
onto  the  other  vamp’s  sword  arm  and  jerked  him  back  with  a  fast,
hard flap of his huge wings. The vamp went tumbling off the porch.

Renny hoped he broke his neck. The thought of anyone trying to

kill Zavier made his blood surge angrily through his veins. He wished
he was bigger than Zavier. Karl and Marvin would already be dead if
he were.

Karl hesitated to fight Zavier without Marvin by his side. “Are

you all right, Marvin?” Karl yelled over his shoulder.

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Zavier swung his sword, and Karl just raised his own in time to

block the blow. Renny noticed that Karl was panting, but Zavier
wasn’t winded at all. Karl must have realized that fact as well.

“Marvin, get your dumb ass up here and help me get our supper,

or you won’t get any.” Karl lunged at Zavier and missed because he
moved quickly and gracefully out of the way. He yelled when Zavier
brought down his sword and cut a gash in his shoulder.

Marvin jumped onto the porch and charged Zavier. Their swords

clashed and Zavier pushed Marvin back as Karl swung his blade.
Zavier blocked the blow and Oscar hooted as he swooped in again.

He watched in amazement as Oscar landed on Marvin’s sword

arm  and  clamped  his  claws  deeply  into  the  vampire’s  arm.  Marvin
screamed as Oscar flew up into the sky. Once he was about fifty feet
up,  Marvin  started  kicking  his  legs  wildly.  Oscar  hooted  as  he
dropped  him.  The  vamp  landed  with  a  thud,  and  Renny  hoped  he
wouldn’t get up this time.

Zavier blocked another of Karl’s strikes, then every muscle in his

fine, naked body tensed and bulged as he delivered a death blow to
the evil vampire. The vamp’s jaw dropped and his eyes widened with
shock.

Renny stared in horror as Karl’s head tilted slowly and then fell to

the ground with a sickening thud, the nightmarish sight forever etched
in his mind.

Within seconds the dead vamp’s body dissolved until nothing was

left except a pile of dust. The other vamp cried out and rushed Zavier.
Obviously the fall hadn’t hurt him. Tough bastard.

In a flash, Zavier turned to Marvin and quickly lopped his head

off. After Marvin’s body turned to dust, Zavier turned to stare at him
with icy green eyes. Renny swallowed hard and took a few steps back
into the house.

Through gritted teeth, Zavier said, “I told you to lock yourself in

the bathroom. Did you do that? No. You headed straight to the
fucking door instead. Straight toward the enemy.”

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Taking another step back, he held up his hands. “I…I did it to

save you.” Zavier raised a brow as he entered the house and closed
the door. He put his sword up, then turned back to Renny. “It was two
against one. I couldn’t let you get killed because of me. I didn’t know
Oscar would help you,” Renny stammered.

A frown drew Zavier’s dark brows together. “Number one: I

didn’t need Oscar’s help to defeat them. He just can’t resist a fight.
Number two: You disobeyed me. That can’t happen again.”

Renny gasped in shock when Zavier grabbed him by the arm and

hauled  him  over  to  the  couch.  He  pulled  him  across  his  lap,  and
before  Renny  could  react,  Zavier’s  hand  was  coming  down  hard  on
his bare buttocks.

Pain shot through his ass. He squirmed and tried to get off the

suddenly mean vamp’s lap. Zavier pressed his hand firmly against
Renny’s back. His other hand kept on raining blows across Renny’s
ass.

“Stop it, motherfucker!” Renny demanded. Burning heat

encompassed his whole backside. He’d never been spanked so hard in
his  entire  life,  and  he  didn’t  like  it.  Anger  boiled  in  his  belly.  He
remembered  all  the  beatings  he’d  taken  in  his  life,  but  this  one  was
the worst because Zavier was the one hitting him. His heart broke into
a million pieces. Not able to handle any more, he kicked and tried to
roll off Zavier’s lap.

Clamping his hand down hard on Renny’s neck, Zavier hissed,

“Be still before you get hurt.”

Renny clawed at his leg, leaving long scratch marks from his

ankle  to  his  knee.  He  wasn’t  about  to  be  bullied  another  second.  At
the  sight  of  Zavier’s  blood,  Renny’s  stomach  churned  and  he  was
sorry  he’d  scratched  Zavier.  An  extra  hard  hit  to  his  tormented  ass
removed some of his sorrow for drawing Zavier’s blood. “I’m already
hurting,  you  prick.”  He  flattened  his  hands  on  the  floor  and  tried  to
push himself off Zavier’s lap.

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In a heartbeat, Zavier grabbed both of his hands and pinned them

to his back and held them with one of his own. Zavier’s other hand
continued to rain blows on his ass.

Renny snarled his displeasure and wished he’d never met the

dominating  vamp  that  had  him  pinned  with  such  ease.  Zavier  had
given  him  more  pleasure  than  he’d  ever  known.  As  his  ass  started
going  numb,  he  acknowledged  that  Zavier  was  now  ruining
everything. Zavier was souring all of  his memories of their beautiful
lovemaking.  His  actions  were  shredding  Renny’s  heart.  Bitter
disappointment  stabbed  his  chest  with  every  bruising  hit  to  his
backside.

There was no way he could just take it and not fight back. The

pain in Renny’s heart was too sharp. “You better never fall asleep,
you sadistic bastard,” he yelled, and struggled some more.

The blows kept coming. “It doesn’t sound like you’ve learned

obedience yet, but you will. While you are mine you will do as I say.
You are never to put your life in danger again.”

His words pierced Renny’s aching heart. Could the vamp have

feared Karl and Marvin were going to eat him? Feared the loss of his
new  human  lover?  He  opened  his  senses  and  was  struck  by  the
emotions  pouring  off  Zavier.  There  was  sorrow,  fear,  frustration,  a
little anger, and a lot of love. Love!

Zavier loved him. Did all vamps fall this hard and fast? He didn’t

know, and right now he didn’t care. He hadn’t been loved in so long
he’d forgotten what it felt like. Zavier’s hand came down harder than
before, and he flinched. Love was one tough bitch at times.

Remorse filled his heart, making it ache dreadfully. If he’d trusted

Zavier, this wouldn’t be happening. He was to blame. He went slack
across Zavier’s lap and took his punishment as well as he could. Tears
filled his eyes and slid down his cheeks.

Pain flared viciously in his chest. He had hurt and scared Zavier.

The only person in the world who had given him such pleasure. As
fear and love continued to roll off the emotionally distraught vampire,

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Renny knew he’d have to trust his warrior vamp from here on out.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered.

The second the words left his mouth Zavier quit spanking him.

With great care, he released Renny and turned him over. To his
surprise, Zavier hugged him tightly. With just as much care, he stood
and carried Renny to his bedroom.

Zavier settled them in his king-sized bed and stroked Renny’s

hair. “You do something to me. I can’t stand the thought of you being
hurt. Never disobey me again.” Zavier kissed Renny’s lips gently, and
then softly said, “Go to sleep. We both need the rest.”

Renny knew that “something” was love, but he’d let Zavier figure

that one out on his own. He closed his eyes and basked in the peace
and love that surrounded him. It was a feeling he hadn’t felt in too
many years. Tonight he’d savor it.

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Chapter Six

Renny woke several hours later to the smell of…stew, he guessed.

Where would a vamp get meat? Oscar was the first thought that came
to his mind. Before the bad vampires had shown up, owl stew would
have  sounded  very  appealing.  After  seeing  Oscar  attack  one  of  their
enemies,  owl  stew  didn’t  sound  good  at  all.  He  grinned  when  he
remembered that Zavier could eat food. A frown formed on his brow
when he recalled that Zavier’s main source of food was the wine mix
his friends made. Had Zavier gone to the store while he slept? Renny
was so lost though, he didn’t know if Zavier’s cabin was even within
ten miles of a store.

When his stomach growled, he knew he needed to get up. He

flinched  the  second  he  moved.  His  butt  stung  like  fire.  If  he  hadn’t
been  able  to  sense  Zavier’s  turmoil  and  love  as  he’d  spanked  him,
Renny would have resented him for hitting him so hard. Big warrior
vamps could dole out a serious whipping when they experienced fear.
He would make sure he didn’t scare Zavier often.

Finding his jeans folded in a chair, he slid into them carefully, and

left  the  room.  He  heard  voices  and  searched  them  out.  Zavier  was
wearing  hip-hugging  jeans  and  an  unbuttoned  shirt.  Renny  admired
the magnificent male in front of him. Zavier was more delicious than
a chocolate  chip  cookie  fresh  out  of the oven.  He was  at  the kitchen
counter  pouring  two  glasses  of  the  dark  red  wine  mix  he  enjoyed  so
much.

Zavier saw him and smiled. “There you are. I’ve made you some

stew. Get a bowl and come to the table. I have a friend I want you to
meet. His eyes swung to the table and then widened. A handsome

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man who looked like he was in his forties sat at the table. The
stranger’s blue eyes entranced him. He felt like the man was reading
his soul.

“Renny, get your stew and come to the table. Don’t make me tell

you again,” Zavier commanded.

He jumped and quickly did as he was told. The last thing he

wanted was another spanking. Although he didn’t know if that was
the punishment Zavier had in mind, he wasn’t about to chance it.

Once he was settled at the table, Zavier said, “Renny, I’d like you

to  meet  Zotikos.  He’s  a  friend  of  mine.  He’s  also  very  wise.  Once
you’re finished eating he’s going to test you.” At Renny’s questioning
look,  he  added,  “He  can  tell  us  what  you  are  and  more  about  your
kind.  He’s  the  friend  I  told  you  could  help  you.  I  called  him  this
morning.”

A flash of their earlier conversation came to him and he nodded,

but he wasn’t totally happy. Not sure how to take “your kind,” Renny
decided he couldn’t very well say he was a normal human. Zavier had
seen him heal himself and glow, for chrissake.

Wanting to know what Zotikos could tell him, he spooned up

some stew. He glanced in the direction he knew the porch was in, and
then asked, “This isn’t owl stew, is it?”

Zavier laughed and shook his head. “I’d never cook Oscar. He’s a

friend of mine. That is beef stew.” At his doubtful look, Zavier added,
“I keep some food on hand because I have some friends that aren’t
vampires, and sometimes I like a rare steak or burger. Even vamps get
tired of eating the same food too often.”

He was relieved and curious all at the same time. One taste of the

stew,  and  he  was  hooked.  It  was  some  of  the  best  stew  he’d  ever
eaten,  or  he  was  just  starving.  He’d  give  Zavier  the  benefit  of  the
doubt and say it was damn fine stew. When he was finished he leaned
back  in  his  chair  and  smiled.  “That  was  great.”  Keeping  the  cook
happy was always a smart move.

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“I’m glad to hear I still have the touch,” Zavier replied with a

wink.

Passion swirled throughout his groin. “Oh, you have the touch, all

right.”

Zotikos cleared his throat. “Speaking of touch, I think we should

get on with this before you two continue reinforcing the mating
bond.”

“Mating bond?” Zavier and Renny questioned at the same time,

but for two different reasons.

Zotikos chuckled. “I believe so. I’ll know for sure in a few

minutes.”

Nervous energy zinged through him. He didn’t know what a

mating bond was, but it sounded serious. “What do I need to do?” He
hoped it wasn’t anything too difficult. He wasn’t good at pop quizzes.
Quinn, his third foster parent, tried to help him overcome his  fear of
pop  quizzes  but  had  failed.  She  had  been  the  nicest  of  his  foster
parents.

“Just let Zotikos hold your hands and look into your eyes. He’s

three-quarters vampire and one-quarter elf,” Zavier answered.

“How’s that possible?” Renny asked. His world tilted for a

second. How could he have made it this far in life and still be so
naïve?

“Elves are very fertile beings. They can have children with any

genus. Let’s go to the living room and let Zotikos work his magic.”
Zavier stood and motioned for Renny to do the same.

Once in the living room, he opened his senses and closed his eyes.

He felt wisdom, comfort, and power roll off Zotikos. When he opened
his eyes, he found the older man staring at him.

Zotikos gave him a knowing smile. He held out his hands, palms

up. “Place your hands in mine, please.”

The second their hands touched, Renny felt something stir within

him. He looked up and was instantly snared by Zotikos’s gaze. His
stomach churned and he tried to look away, but he couldn’t. A surge

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of  power  sped  from  their  connected  hands  and  raced  through  every
cell  in  his  body.  He  felt  as  though  his  very  essence  had  just  been
thoroughly  inspected.  Humans  being  probed  on  an  alien  spaceship
popped into his mind. Did that really happen?

A smile curled Zotikos’s lips as he released Renny and stepped

back. He turned to Zavier. “Renny is three-quarters human and one-
quarter elf. He’s quite impressive.”

Shock roiled in his stomach. He was part elf! It all made a crazy

kind of sense. His mom had repeatedly told him he was special and
that his dad had been special, too. He had thought she’d just said that
because her love was so strong for them.

“Has he given off the glow yet? He should have. The glow is a

magic healing power. It will heal his injuries and replenish his blood,”
Zotikos said as he rubbed his square chin.

“Twice,” Zavier responded thoughtfully.
“Was it shortly after you met and the first time you mated?”

Zotikos asked Zavier.

“Yes, and that’s not all that happened. When we were…mating,

his eyes started glowing brightly and beautiful golden flecks appeared
in them.” Zavier looked over at Renny. “He still has them. Will they
stay or will they disappear?”

He was starting to get pissed. They were talking about him as if he

wasn’t standing right next to them. Before he went ballistic on them,
their  words  struck  him.  Golden  flecks.  His  eyes  had  always  been
solid,  dark  brown.  Going  to  a  decorative  mirror  that  hung  on  the
living room wall, Renny stared at his eyes. Holy crap! His dark eyes
had  golden  flecks  sprinkled  throughout  them.  They  looked  like  tiny
bits of shiny gold trapped in dark chocolate.

As he walked back to the men he heard Zotikos say, “No, they

won’t disappear. They are a sign to all that Renny is mated.”

“Mated? Are you sure? I just met him,” Zavier said in a concerned

tone. Too concerned, in Renny’s mind.

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“Oh, yes. I’m positive. When elves find their mate the bonding

starts  immediately.  You  are  fortunate  to  have  him  as  a  mate.  His
blood  will  strengthen  you  beyond  the  normal  vampire.  Your  saliva
mixed with his elfin blood will keep him alive for centuries to come.
Renny  also  has  the  ability  to  replenish  his  own  blood  quickly.  That
ability will make it impossible for you to drink too much.”

Zavier snapped his fingers. “That must be why he didn’t seem

drained when I drank from him. I was afraid I’d taken too much, but
he didn’t seem fazed.”

Zotikos nodded his head wisely. “He was named properly. Renny

means  small  but  strong.  He  will  also  be  very  loyal  to  you,  and  his
empathic abilities can come in handy. The negative, though, is that he
will  put  himself  in  harm’s  way  if  you  don’t  train  him  to  control  his
need  to  save  you.  Elves  are  natural  protectors  of  their  mates.  No
matter their size.”

Zavier nodded his head. “We’ve already been through one

training session. I hope there won’t be many more.” He glanced at
Renny then back at Zotikos. “You say he’s an empath?”

“Yes, he can feel the difference between good and evil. His

empathic powers will grow now that he’s mated,” Zotikos responded
excitedly.

“That would explain him not being afraid of me and his knowing

that vampires were outside,” Zavier stated with a slight nod of his
head.

Anger licked every inch of Renny’s flesh. He was hearing answers

to  questions  he’d  always  had.  While  he  was  standing  there  feeling
overwhelmed,  they  were  ignoring  him  completely.  “Stop  it.”  When
both men looked at him with puzzled expressions, he felt like he was
about to explode. “I’m standing right here. It’s rude of you two to talk
about  me  as  if  I’m  some  ignorant  animal.”  He  shifted  his  gaze  to
Zotikos. “You’ve been telling Zavier how lucky he is. Now I want to
know  what  I  get  out  of  this  deal.  Why  should  I  stay  here  and  be
treated this way?”

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Zotikos’s smile was as patient as if he were talking to a child.

That burned Renny’s butt almost as much as the spanking Zavier had
given him earlier.

“I feel your resentment and anger. I’m sorry I caused you to feel

that way. I’m just not used to talking to someone as young as you.”

Renny frowned at that. “I’m no child. I’m thirty years old.”
Zotikos grinned. “I’m nine hundred fifty-three years old. To me

you’re still a baby, but I’ll try to respect your feelings from now on.
Truce?”

Renny nodded grudgingly. “Truce.” He looked over at Zavier.

“How old are you?”

An impish grin lit Zavier’s face. “Four hundred and twenty.”
Renny’s eyebrows shot up. “I’m mated to Grandpa?” That

brought a frown to Zavier’s face. He held back a smirk. In his eyes,
Zavier deserved a little prodding.

Laughter spilled from Zotikos.
“Hardly. We can live for thousands of years,” Zavier grumbled.

He kept on frowning at Renny.

Once again, he felt no remorse. Zavier and Zotikos had treated

him poorly, so he felt justified when he verbally poked at Zavier.
Soon he would learn that Renny wasn’t a total doormat.

“Be gentle with him. He’s not accustomed to our ways yet,”

Zotikos calmly reminded Zavier.

Renny flushed when Zotikos raised a brow at him. Damn empath

must know what I was doing.

Zavier sighed like a man about to embark on a long arduous

journey.

“Trust me, you’ll survive this mating, my friend.” Zotikos patted

his shoulder sympathetically.

Zotikos turned back to Renny. “You are lucky to have Zavier as

your mate. He is strong, kind, and smart, but you know that, don’t
you? Your elfin blood chose well.”

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Curiosity once again getting the better of him, Renny asked, “Is

being mated the same as marriage? Do you guys have vamp and elf
lawyers to settle divorces? This all seems a little shotgunnish to me.”

With a chuckle and a shake of his head, Zotikos explained, “It’s

deeper than that. When elves choose a mate, it’s for life. At first sight,
elves know their mate and immediately start bonding. You’ll never
need a divorce lawyer, trust me.”

He remembered his mom telling him that his father had instantly

fallen for her and that she had fallen for him just as fast. He wished
they were still alive.

“What happened to your father?” Zotikos asked intuitively.
“I don’t know. All I remember is my mom crying and saying

someone had killed him. We moved to a new city the next day. I was
so young I’m surprised I even remember that. I guess I can because it
was  so  painful  for  my  mom.  It’s  my  first  memory.”  Renny  quickly
searched all of his memories that were related to his dad. “Once when
she  was  real  sick  she  had  a  bad  dream.  When  I  got  close  enough  to
wake  her,  she  sobbed  and  murmured  ‘my  mate,  they  drained  his
blood.’  When  I  woke  her  and  asked  her  what  she’d  meant,  she  said
she’d just had a nightmare and not to listen to her ramblings. I always
wondered if she’d been talking about my dad.”

“It sounds like your father could have been murdered by a

vampire addicted to elfin blood.” Zotikos’s face turned stern. “You
must always be careful. Let Zavier protect you. Your blood will give
him the strength to do it.”

He shivered, and Zavier stepped closer to him and held his hand.
“I’ll see what I can find out about your family. What’s your

father’s name?”

Swallowing the lump that had formed in his throat, he answered,

“Rafferty Woolsey. Did you know him?”

“No, but I’ll see if I can locate any remaining relatives of yours.”
“My mom never mentioned him having any family.”

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“Sometimes foolishly proud families will turn their backs on a

family member mated to a human.”

Renny’s heart sank. “Oh.”
“Don’t be sad, Ren. He may be able to find a few kindhearted

relatives of yours. Do you have any questions for him?” Zavier asked.

He nodded. “Where do elves come from?”
“We are magical beings created by a powerful entity just like

every other creature on the earth. We’ve all been here for so long no
one personally knows the being that made us. Like all other species,
we have good and bad people. Some are more powerful than others,
but one thing we all do is keep our supernatural abilities hidden from
the humans as well as other creatures.”

“Does a full-blooded elf have pointed ears?”
A smile ghosted Zotikos’s lips. “Most of them do.” He stroked

one of his rounded ears. “We halflings usually don’t.”

Zavier caressed his ear and a shiver of desire shot down his spine

and sparked a flame in his groin. Heat infused his cheeks as his cock
stirred.

Zotikos’s expression softened. “I best be on my way. You two

need some time alone. Give me a call if you need any help.”

A mixture of emotions swamped his system. Part of him wanted

to know more about his father’s people, but another part of him
needed to be alone with his sexier-than-sin vamp.

They all stepped out on the porch. Zotikos hugged Zavier, then

turned to Renny. He wrapped his arms around Renny and gave him a
big hug. “Welcome to the family.”

A feeling of belonging swept through him. For the first time in his

adult life he felt connected to those around him. He glanced over at
Oscar, who was perched on a rail, and was surprised by the emotions
that swept through him. Oscar felt like family, too.

He looked up at the brightly shining sun and then cut his eyes to

Zavier and Zotikos. “Why isn’t the sun hurting you?”

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“That’s just a myth. We are nocturnal, but the sun doesn’t hurt us

any more than it does a raccoon.”

“Oh.” Renny was struck by how much he still needed to learn. He

was a baby in his new world. It was scary and exciting as well. Just
meeting Zotikos made him feel closer to his father’s people. Closer to
being part of a family again.

“Don’t worry, with time all your questions will be answered,”

Zotikos said kindly. He then turned to Zavier and said, “Remember to
call if you need any help.”

“Thanks. I’m sure we will.” Zavier patted Zotikos on the shoulder

and then took Renny in his arms.

Renny sank into his embrace. He relished the love and

protectiveness he felt coming off Zavier, and soul deep he knew he
always would.

Zotikos nodded to Oscar and then simply turned into mist. The

mist swirled around them then disappeared.  He  realized it was going
to  take some time to  get  used to  his  new family.  Time seemed to  be
something  he  was  going  to  have  plenty  of.  He  looked  up  at  Zavier,
and  his  heart  thrummed  happily.  Zavier  winked  at  him,  and  he  was
glad he had hundreds of years to get to know and love his mate.

* * * *

Oscar watched Zavier and Renny go inside. His heart sang with

happiness. Zavier had found his mate. The second he’d seen Renny in
the woods he’d known the small, totally scared man was special. Now
he knew just how special. Mates were precious.

Life was good.
After taking flight, he circled the house several times. A

movement at the edge of the yard caught his attention. A poisonous
rattlesnake was slithering toward the cabin. Anger ruffled his feathers
as it whipped through his body.

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Not wanting to give the snake any warning, he stealthily

approached  his  prey  and  then  swooped  down  with  the  speed  of  a
lightning  bolt.  His  sharp  right  claw  powerfully  closed  around  the
snake  a  half  inch  from  its  head.  Oscar’s  left  claw  pierced  the  snake
several  inches  lower.  With  a  few  flaps  of  his  wings,  he  was  soaring
through  the  air.  He  carried  his  squirming  prey  a  few  miles  from  the
cabin.

Landing on a massive boulder, he tightened his right claw angrily

and released the snake with his left claw. The snake whipped around,
trying to get free. He raised his right claw and quickly used his strong
beak to sever the snake’s head. The body dropped to the boulder, and
he flung the head away. Within a second he took flight.

Until Renny was more powerful and had a deeper bond with

Zavier, nothing deadly could get near him. Oscar would make sure of
that.

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Chapter Seven

One year later

Zavier pulled into a parking space at Slink’s nightclub. He turned

off  the  engine  and  faced  Ren.  Pride  and  love  for  his  mate  pulsed
through  his  heart.  He  wanted  to  say  the  words,  but  he  didn’t  know
how to say them. Taking Ren’s hand in his, he stared at their hands as
he  rubbed  his  thumb  across  Ren’s  knuckles.  He  marveled  at  the
difference  in  their  hand  sizes.  His  hand  completely  enveloped
Renny’s  fine-boned  one.  The  sight  always  triggered  his  protective
side. He loved everything about Renny, from his big heart to his small
physique.

They’d been together for a year, and it had been the best year of

his life. He’d thought his heart was going to burst with pride tonight
when Ren had crossed the stage in his cap and gown to receive his
master’s in political science.

School wasn’t easy for Ren. To get his degree he’d spent hours a

day  studying.  Several  times  over  the  last  year  Zavier  had  found  him
asleep, using a text book for a pillow. No, school was not simple for
Ren.  That’s  what  made  today  so  amazing  and  rewarding.  Ren’s
dedication  to  making  a  difference  had  driven  the  softhearted  man  to
complete his education. He knew his special little mate was going to
do great things.

Deciding to bite the bullet, he looked up into Renny’s striking

eyes and prepared to pour his heart out. He opened his mouth and
started to express his love. “Ren, I—”

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“Come on, guys, it’s time to p-a-r-t-y.” Tony’s voice boomed

from right outside Zavier’s truck door, effectively cutting him off.

He forced a smile, but didn’t take his eyes off Ren. “We’ll talk

later.”

“That’s probably for the best. Tony is unstoppable when he wants

something,” Renny commented as he opened his door and slid out of
the truck.

Dreaming of sucking Tony dry, he got out of the truck and looked

Renny’s friends over. There was Tony with fake innocence shining in
his  eyes.  Tony’s  shirt  tightly  hugged  the  muscles  of  his  arms,  and
Zavier didn’t like how snug his jeans were. Was he trying to impress
Ren?  Zavier didn’t  like the way he looked  at  his  mate.  Tonight  he’d
be keeping an eye on Tony.

Moving on, Zavier watched the way Zac took Raul’s hand and

brought it to his lips. They had been a couple for three years, he
believed. Raul was running on high. He’d just received his associate’s
in performing arts. No amount of acting could hide his love for Zac,
though. The two were a good match.

Ellis was inside holding a table for them. Some girl he’d met at

Bloodsuckers was supposed to be keeping him company.

A car zipped into the parking lot and into a space. They all

watched  Ren’s  cousin,  Reagan,  and  her  mate,  Shea,  get  out  of  the
sports  car  and  join  their  group.  Both  women  made  their  rounds
hugging  everyone.  Shea’s  fragrance  lingered  on  his  shirt,  and  he
smiled as he sniffed. The cute brunette never failed to make everyone
around her smile. Reagan was lucky to have such an adorable mate.

Reagan was currently squeezing Ren.
“I’m so proud of you, cuz. Shea and I never doubted you’d make

it.” She kissed Ren on the cheek and took Shea’s hand lovingly in
hers.

“Thanks. I’m so glad Zotikos found you. You and Shea are the

light of my life.” Zavier tugged Ren’s hair. His mate flushed and
quickly added, “Zav here is the flame that keeps me going, of course.”

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“That’s more like it,” he said into his mate’s ear.
While rubbing his stomach, Raul said, “Let’s go inside. I’m

starving.”

“Me too,” Renny chimed in.
He took Ren’s hand as they all entered the club. A rare burger

sounded good tonight.

“Does anyone see Ellis? He’s supposed to holding a table for us.

A girl named Savanna is with him.” Tony turned and searched the
room.

Renny muffled a giggle as best he could. “Oh, he’s holding a table

for us all right. Holding it down. Literally.”

“Holy smoke, that’s hot,” Tony exclaimed as he ran his fingers

through his hair.

They all headed to the table and surrounded it. Nobody said

anything, they just watched and waited.

He had to give Ellis credit. When he saved a table, he saved the

whole thing. Ellis and Savanna were laid out on top of the table,
kissing like crazy. He couldn’t help but grin when she started wildly
hunching her hips against Ellis’s leg. Her short skirt rose up to reveal
a lacy black thong. It looked good against her skin and bared her ass,
making it easy for Ellis to stroke her rounded flesh.

“Oh, yeah, that’s it, babe. Let me know how good it feels,” Ellis

encouraged softly as he kissed her neck and kneaded her ass.

“Yeah, let him know,” Tony said as he took a seat.
Ellis flinched, then relaxed after he looked around. “You startled

me, jerk. Why didn’t you guys say you were here?” Ellis slid from the
table and pulled his lust-dazed date with him.

“And ruin a perfectly good show? No way. The only reason I’m

not mad at Tony is because I’m hungry,” Raul answered.

Ren moved closer to Tony’s chair, and Zavier’s nostrils flared

when Tony touched his lower back. He waited for Ren to tell Tony
not to touch him. That never happened.

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“Sit next to me.” Tony pulled out the chair next to him, and Ren

sat down like nothing had happened.

He glared at Tony, but Tony wasn’t looking at him. He was

waving a waitress over. Trying to let it go, he sat on the other side of
Ren. He leaned in close to Ren’s ear and whispered, “Don’t let Tony
touch you anymore.”

With a roll of his eyes, Ren replied, “It’s not sexual.”
To his shocked surprise, Tony tugged on Ren’s ear and said, “You

want to share some oysters?”

It took all of his willpower to keep up a calm appearance. It took

even more strength to stop himself from draining Tony, then throwing
his useless carcass out of the club.

“Sounds great. You know I never pass up food that can give me a

rise,” Ren replied, then looked at Zavier and wiggled his eyebrows.

Zavier made sure Ren couldn’t feel his emotions. Bless Zotikos

for sharing his knowledge with him. “Maybe you should eat a whole
serving  by  yourself,”  he  suggested.  Mentally  he  started  planning
Ren’s  punishment  if  he  let  Tony  touch  him  one  more  time.  Every
fiber  of  his  being  told  him  to  make  sure  Renny  understood  who  he
belonged to.

He watched everyone order, then ordered a rare burger and a beer.

Talk  flowed  over  and  around  him.  He  tried  not  to  focus  on  the  way
Tony  kept  drawing  Ren’s  attention  to  him.  Putting  more  effort  into
looking at his surroundings, he noted that Savanna was stroking Ellis
under  the  table.  That  was  interesting,  and  it  had  nothing  to  do  with
that snake, Tony.

Reagan and Shea were discussing the drink menu. Shea leaned in

closer to her mate and whispered something. A golden glow
brightened Reagan’s brown eyes, reminding him of Ren’s eyes.

Zotikos had found out Ren had four mated cousins and five

unmated ones. Of them all, his mate had bonded with Reagan and her
mate. There was even some talk of Ren fathering a few children with

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Shea. Her being full-blooded elf, their children would be powerful
and cute as a button.

He looked forward to the day they had children. As a vampire, it

was unlikely he’d sire a child, but Ren could easily do it with his elf
heritage.

Zotikos had also found out some information on what most likely

happened to Ren’s father. A vampire named Bruno Chaim had gone
on  a  killing  spell,  and  there  was  proof  he  had  hunted  in  the  area
Rafferty  had  been  murdered  in.  Rafferty  Woolsey  was  added  to  the
list of people killed for the taste of their magical blood.

Zavier didn’t get a chance to hunt and kill Bruno because a

brother of one of his victims had done it fifteen years ago. The
information, though, had given Ren the closure he needed.

His gaze wandered over the group again. Raul and Zac went to the

dance  floor  and  started  strutting  their  stuff.  He  noticed  that  they
moved with  the beautiful  rhythm he’d seen another couple do  about
one  hundred  twenty  years  ago.  Their  passion  and  timing  was
mesmerizing.  The  flow  of  their  bodies  to  the  beat  of  the  music  was
seamless. Utterly beautiful.

Goose bumps danced across his arms as he watched them. He was

a little sad when the song ended and the men stepped from the dance
floor. Several people stood and clapped their hands while others
hooted and begged them to dance some more. Raul beamed and took
a bow and then said that they would dance again in a bit. Zac blushed
brightly and guided Raul back to their table.

The waitress, Chassidy, brought the drinks and oysters to the

table. Zavier barely noticed the way Chassidy had rubbed against him.
She wasn’t his type.

Ren dug into one of the three plates of oysters they’d ordered. He

plopped one in his mouth and closed his eyes in delight. Zavier loved
it when he made Ren look like that. His cock started to swell. He
shifted in his seat trying to get more comfortable. By the time
everyone had eaten the oysters, their food was delivered. Zavier was

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glad about that. He hated it when a place took forty-five minutes or
more to bring out the food.

Although the food turned out to be quite good, he wasn’t into the

club  scene at  all anymore.  Each moment  he  sat  in the club  the more
agitated he became. The waitress kept coming over, brushing against
him,  and Tony had already touched  Renny’s lower back three times.
He  scanned  the  place  for  danger  and  saw  a  man  that  resembled
Tristan Wyckoff. He’d much rather be sitting on Tristan’s front porch,
drinking  one  of  his  special  wine  blends  while  talking  about  any  and
all things. They’d had their fair share of wine and men together, some
on the porch he’d been thinking about. Those were the good ole days.

Zavier glanced over at Ren and hoped Tristan found his own true

mate someday soon. Forever felt real good. He scowled when he saw
Tony touch Ren on the back again. He hoped Tristan’s man didn’t
have touchy friends. Ren didn’t seem to mind Tony’s touch at all, but
he would when they got home. He continued to plan Ren’s lesson.

Savanna was the last one to finish eating. Sure enough, Chassidy

came  by  and  brushed  against  him  as  she  reached  across  the  table  to
retrieve Savanna’s plate. Ren raised a brow at  him. With a shrug of
his  shoulder,  Zavier  dismissed  his  pointed  look.  Chassidy  wasn’t  a
threat.

He looked around the club as he sipped his beer. Two men were in

a  cage  on  the  edge  of  the  dance  floor.  One  was  holding  the  other’s
leash  as  he  buried  the  sub’s  face  in  his  crotch.  The  sub  was  steadily
humping  his  Dom’s  biker  boot.  The  Dom  pressed  the  sub’s  face
deeper into his crotch and whipped his back with the leash. About ten
lashes  in,  the  sub  bowed  his  back  and  shuddered  violently.  He
watched the Dom pet  his  sub’s head,  then tug the leash and lead the
crawling  sub  out  of  the  cage.  The  sub  must  have  done  something
really good to be allowed to come in the cage. Slink’s had tagged that
cage as Reward or Punishment. That scene had screamed ‘reward.’

A couple of women danced into the cage and started making out.

The shorter, spiked-haired one pulled out a vibrator and ran it

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between the taller, nearly naked one’s legs. Just when the tall one was
about to come, the shorter one pulled the vibrator away. She did this
three more times and then led her sad-looking partner out of the cage.
No reward that time.

He admired the owners. Not many people ran clubs that catered to

almost everyone. From a past experience in the club, he knew anyone
who bashed another person’s sexual lifestyle was immediately shown
the door. Ninety-nine percent of the heterosexuals that came here
weren’t afraid. They knew that gays didn’t lust after every man on the
earth any more than lesbians desired every woman they saw.

The conversation moved on to the latest movies and then to which

ones were the best. Ren, Shea, and Raul liked all types of movies. He
and  Reagan  liked  action  and  humorous  ones.  Zac  insisted  action
movies  were  the  best,  and  Tony  was  adamant  in  his  belief  that
suspense was  superior.  Ren ended the battle of  wills  by  asking them
what  they  thought  about  musicals.  Both  men  agreed  that  musicals
were the worst. Peace once again reigned. Ren was good at bringing it
about.  Zavier was  sure  he  was  going to  bring on  some much-needed
changes. His heart overflowed with pride in Ren, his little softhearted
mate.

Tony leaned in close to Ren and told him something. Zavier

wished the myth about vamps having superhearing was true. His
hearing was better than a human’s, but it wasn’t good enough to make
out a whisper while loud music pounded from the speakers and people
talked and laughed all around him. Ren laughed and Tony touched his
back, again. He growled, but Ren didn’t hear him.

His phone vibrating in his pocket drew Zavier away from his

planning of Ren’s punishment. “Hello.” He could barely hear Tristan,
so he nudged Ren and motioned that he was going to step away to
take his call outside. Ren nodded and shooed him away. He figured
his face must have shown his reluctance to leave him because Renny
shooed him a second time. Not wanting to be gone long, he explained
the situation to Tristan and hurriedly finished the call.

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He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Renny was right

where he’d left him. As he sat down he leaned in close to Renny’s
ear. “Tristan and his brothers send their congratulations.”

“That’s sweet of them. I hope I get to meet them soon now that I

don’t have to study all the time,” Renny said with excitement dancing
in his golden-flecked eyes.

“You will. They sent you a special wine blend as a graduation

present.  It  should  arrive  tomorrow.  Tristan  said  not  to  worry.  It
doesn’t  contain  any  blood.”  He  sniffed  Renny’s  hair  and  almost
groaned when his cock stirred. His man always smelled divine.

“That’s nice of them. I feel special having them make a wine

blend with just me in mind.” Renny’s smile lit his heart.

He’d have to make sure he thanked the Wyckoff brothers for

making  his  mate  feel  special.  He  was  just  about  to  tell  Renny  how
special  he  was  when  Tony  drew  his  attention  away  to  tell  him  some
stupid joke. Renny’s laughter at the joke rubbed his nerves raw.

Zavier watched and waited as the evening progressed. Not once

did Tony go to the restroom. Zavier really wanted him to. If he caught
the bastard in there he’d make sure Tony never touched Ren again.
The conversation went from music to college teachers and the classes
they taught. He wanted to teach Tony a thing or two, but the man
must have had the bladder of a camel.

Ellis took a last gulp of his tea, stood, and helped Savanna up.

“Well, guys, it’s been fun, but it’s time for us to leave.” He looked at
Raul and Ren. “Congrats on graduating. You’ve worked hard, and it’s
paid off. I wish you both much success.” Everyone at the table raised
their drink in agreement.

Zavier jumped at the chance to leave. He stood and Ren followed

suit, thank goodness. “We’re going to head out, too,” he stated as he
pushed his chair under the table. Tony rose and placed his hand on
Ren’s lower back. To his horror, the fool started rubbing small circles
on his man’s back. He gritted his teeth when Ren once again did
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“Are you ready to leave?” Tony asked Ren in a tone that raked

over Zavier’s nerves.

It sounded to him as if Tony was trying to protect Ren from him.

That  little  bastard  better  watch  his  next  words  very  carefully.  The
only reason he was still breathing was because he was Ren’s friend.
He  was  tempted  to  kill  Tony,  but  he  feared  Ren  would  figure  it  out
and nag him about it for centuries.

Ren glanced at him and something flickered in his eyes. Zavier

realized he was letting his emotions show, but this time he didn’t care.
He and Ren had business to take care of. It was about time Ren found
out.

Turning back to Tony, Ren said, “Yes, I’m ready. It’s been a long,

exciting day, and I’m starting to drag.”

Shea and Reagan stood and hugged them. Shea whispered, “Go

easy on him. He’s such a cute innocent.”

The truth of her words cooled his jets a little, but not much. He

nodded at her and moved to hug Reagan.

“You two staying?” Ren asked.
Reagan plopped back down in her seat and pulled Shea into her

lap. “Yep. We’ll see you soon. Congrats again, cuz. Your parents
would be as proud of you as we are.”

“Thanks, Rea. Come by tomorrow. You two have to try a piece of

my graduation cake. Zav couldn’t have picked a better one. It’s divine
perfection.”

“We’ll be there. You know how much Shea loves cake.”
“Have a seat, Tony. Raul and I are going to stay for a bit longer,

too. Besides, you can’t leave yet. The cutie two tables over keeps
eyeing you,” Zac said with a big grin.

Tony looked at the table Zac pointed out to him and a smile

transformed his face. A hot little brunette waved at him, and Tony
waved back at her. He leaned in and hugged Ren tightly. “See ya
later. I’ve got some seduction to do.” That said, Tony headed over to
her table.

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They said their goodbyes, and Zavier eyeballed Tony one last

time, even though he was too absorbed in the female to notice. He had
to be bisexual, and that sure as shit made Tony a threat.

Zavier breathed a sigh of relief the minute he and Ren were in his

truck and heading home.

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Chapter Eight

Jealousy somewhat under control, Zavier pulled up to his cabin

and got out of the truck. He waited for Ren to make his  way around
the  truck.  Ren  saw  Oscar  perched  on  the  porch  rail  and  waved  his
academic  degree  at  him.  He  melted  a  little  at  the  smile  that  was
plastered to Ren’s face.

Oscar flapped his wings and took flight. He circled Zavier and

Renny several times, all the while hooting happily.

Renny’s eyes sparkled as he asked, “What’s gotten into him? Do

you think he understands that I graduated tonight?”

“He may. I believe he’s quite happy. That’s probably because he

doesn’t know you earned a punishment tonight by letting Tony touch
you.”

With a roll of his eyes, Renny retorted, “I told you his touch

wasn’t sexual. I think you wanted it to be so you could punish me.”
Renny blew out a heavy puff of air. “I didn’t get mad at you when
Chassidy was drooling over you and brushing against you. Leash your
dark side, man.”

“She’s not my type, that’s why you didn’t have a problem with

it.”  He  looked  up  at  the  large  owl.  “Did  you  hear  that,  Oscar?  He’s
questioning  my  motives  and  giving  me  commands.  That  I  won’t
tolerate.”  He  scooped  Ren  up  and  tossed  him  over  his  shoulder.
“Never challenge me. I’ll always win.”

“I’m sorry, Zav. You have every right to be mad. I shouldn’t have

let Tony touch me.” Ren smoothed over his back muscles with a
warm and gentle touch. “Put me down, please. I promise to be good. I

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need a kiss to make it all right,” Ren pleaded prettily as his hands
continued to stroke lovingly over Zavier’s back.

Caving to the need in Ren’s voice and touch, he let his mate slide

down his body.

Once Ren had his feet firmly planted on the ground, he taunted,

“Sucker!” Ren laughed out loud as he turned and bolted for the cabin.
He only made it two steps before Zavier twirled him around and flung
him across his shoulder.

“I take it Raul has been giving you acting lessons. Too bad he

didn’t give you some tips on running faster. Now that I’ve got you it’s
time to pay.”

Oscar hooted and flew up to them. He flapped his wing hard and

swatted Ren on his upturned ass.

Renny yelped, and Zavier laughed before saying, “See, even

Oscar agrees that you need some discipline.”

“That’s not fair. I was just playing around,” Renny muttered.
“Life is never fair. The best you can do at this point is take your

punishment like a man.” Oscar hooted again and this time is sounded
like he was agreeing with Zavier.

“I don’t like the sound of that hoot. I’m not going to give him any

steak  for  at  least  a  week.”  Ren  wiggled,  and  Zavier  slapped  his  ass
and  started  walking  up  the  porch  steps.  “I  wouldn’t  give  you  any
blood if it didn’t feel so good,” he grumbled.

He stepped in the house, then closed and locked the door.

Turning, he headed for their bedroom. “I’m glad you like giving me
blood, because I’m taking some of it tonight. Get ready for more than
one bite. All this fighting with you is making me hungry.” Ren
groaned, and Zavier smiled. Damn, he loved his spirited little mate.

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Renny shivered at the threat and promise in Zav’s voice. Zavier

went through their bedroom and into their playroom. He slid Renny
down his solid body and turned him to face the wall.

“Take your clothes off. You wanted to be touched so you will be

touched.” The heated purr in Zavier’s voice had him hurrying to do as
he was told.

As soon as he was naked, Zavier cuffed his hands overhead to the

wall-mounted cuffs. He  was  stretched out  to  the  point that he had to
stand on the balls of his feet.  Zavier had stepped away, and he could
hear him going through the toy cabinet. He knew Zav was frustrated
with him for letting Tony touch him. To  him it hadn’t been a sexual
touch,  so  he’d  let  it  go  on.  Tony  was  just  that  way.  He  touched
everyone. Apparently, Zav didn’t want anyone touching him, not even
touchy friends with calming intentions.

Deciding to plead his case so they could get on to the orgasms, he

said, “Look, Zav. Tony  touches everyone. It doesn’t mean anything.
You understand that, right?” He had to really focus on how Zav was
feeling.  If  he  was  lucky,  Zav  would  let  his  guard  down.  He  tried
harder,  and  Zav  chuckled.  Damned  vampire  blood  made  him  one
strong-willed  man.  Renny  didn’t  like  how  powerful  he  had  become
over the last year.

Hiding his feelings, like he was doing right now, drove Renny

crazy. He liked to be able to read people anytime he wanted, not just
when they’d let him. He was pretty sure Zotikos was the one who’d
taught Zav to control his emotions. Damned vamp-elf.

“You understand, right?” he asked Zav again.
His mate grunted in answer. Renny didn’t like that at all. He

tugged on the cuffs as he waited to see what Zav had planned for him.

Zavier slipped a blindfold over his eyes and tied it securely.
“You like to be touched, huh? Well, I like to touch you. Let’s see

how many ways I can touch you tonight,” Zavier whispered into his
ear as his rough hands skimmed his body from his cuffed hands to his
toes. Zavier slowly let his hands roam up the back of his legs and then

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moved them to his ass. He massaged Renny’s globes until he moaned
and  relaxed  beneath  his  touch.  Zavier  slid  his  hands  around  to
Renny’s  semi-erect  cock.  He  loved  the  feel  of  Zav’s  hands  on  his
cock. Pleasure had him moaning with even more enthusiasm.

“You sound so sweet when you moan like that, but this is a lesson.

You are being disciplined.”

Shock tore through him when he felt his balls being lifted and

then felt leather circling behind his sac and around to the base of his
shaft. In one tightly secured snap, his balls and cock were forced to jut
forward. Renny shifted his hips unhappily, and Zavier slapped his ass.
He was sure he was in trouble now. Zavier never withheld orgasms
unless a real lesson was being taught. Shit! Renny knew he was in for
a long, torture-filled night.

“Mmm. I don’t have to be empathic to know you’re afraid. I can

smell it radiating off you. Fear is a great teacher.” Zavier lightly raked
his nails down Renny’s back. He circled his palm around Renny’s
butt cheek several times before pulling his hand back and quickly
delivering six hard hits to Renny’s right cheek.

He jerked and gasped as pain bloomed across his tormented

cheek.

“That was one hit for each time you allowed Tony to touch your

lower back. You will get a set of six blows from each toy I choose. I
want  you  to  feel  my  discipline  for  several  days.”  Zavier  glided  his
hand  softly  over  Renny’s  heated  cheek  and  kissed  the  back  of  his
neck.

He almost moaned when Zavier lightly cupped his hand and

started spanking his buttocks until they were both warmed up nicely.
He tensed for a second when his mate stepped away from him. Renny
could hear him retrieving something. Not being able to see what he
was doing was terrible. His mind came up with all sorts of dark
thoughts. Zav’s jealousy was making him think scary thoughts. How
far would his mate take this lesson?

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He groaned when he heard Zav strike his own palm with a paddle.

Renny  knew  that  sound  well.  Mentally  he  prepared  himself  for  the
blows, expecting them to be the six hard ones. Instead Zav swung the
paddle  with  medium  pressure.  It  felt  wonderful.  Each  blow  vibrated
through his groin and brought pleasure mixed with pain. He was just
starting  to  melt  when  Zav  struck  hard  and  fast.  Six  fiery,  hot  hits.
They had him crying out and going up on his toes.

“I showed great restraint tonight. When I was a young vampire I

never  tolerated  anyone  touching  what  belonged  to  me.  Back  then  I
would  have  drained  Tony  after  he  touched  you  the  first  time.  Never
forget  that  you  belong  to  me.”  Zavier’s  voice  was  startlingly
possessive.

Ren wasn’t used to seeing his jealous side at all. Even though Zav

had  made  him  immediately  quit  his  job  at  Bloodsuckers  and  had
instantly moved Renny in with him, he had studied hard for the year
they’d been together, and that had left them almost no time to go out.
The fire streaking across his ass told Renny he’d best not let anyone
touch  him  unnecessarily  again.  It  wasn’t  smart  to  poke  a  protective,
possessive beast.

Something soft touching his shoulder jerked him back into the

moment.  With  a  back-and-forth  motion  the  softness  turned  into  a
tickle. He tried to pull away when the soft object tickled his neck and
then  his  ear.  When  the  item  stopped,  he  turned  his  head  to  the  side
and  into  the  softness.  He  noted  the  fluffy  feel  of  the  new  item  of
torture and realized it must be a long feather.

For what felt like an eternity, Zav tickled him. Every time it ran

up his inner thighs he was forced to laugh. He was just about to plead
with  Zav  when  he  felt  six  swats  to  his  balls.  Normally  a  feather
wouldn’t  faze  him,  but  with  the  cuff  making  him  super  sensitive  he
jumped  at  the  sudden  contact  to  his  private  parts.  His  dick  bounced,
wanting  more  of  Zav’s  attention.  Hot  breath  caressed  his  neck  right
before  his  mate  licked  a  path  from  his  shoulder  to  his  ear.  A  shiver
danced across his skin when Zav moaned into his ear.

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Zav reached around and cupped the head of Renny’s cock as he

struck.  He  quivered  and  moaned  when  he  felt  the  endorphin  rush  he
could  only  get  from  Zav’s  precious  bite.  As  his  vamp  fed  from  his
shoulder, he pinched Renny’s cockhead and pulled it lightly. Embers
flared to  life in  his  balls, but  the  cuff wouldn’t  let  him come.  It  was
glorious  torture.  He  whimpered  when  the  need  for  release  stabbed
through  his  groin.  He  didn’t  know  how  much  more  he  could  take.
When  Zav  retracted  his  fangs  and  sealed  the  wound  then  backed
away, Ren sagged in relief. The relief didn’t last long.

He heard Zav retrieving something else and wondered what it

was. Zav hit Renny’s right butt cheek once with the flogger and he
knew it was the flogger that had a knot tied to the center strand of
leather. Shit! This was not going to be nice. Instead of getting it over
with, Zav ran the leather all over Renny’s body and then kissed a path
up his spine.

Renny wanted to yell when Zav moved away. Something cold

touched his shoulder, causing him to shiver. Zav shook it and he
realized it was a bottle of water. “I’m not thirsty.”

“That’s too bad, because you are going to drink half of this bottle

before we continue. You can drag this out or hurry it along,” Zavier
said as he lifted the bottle to Renny’s lips.

Renny wanted to turn his head, but thought better of it. It was

smarter to get it over with.

“Good boy,” Zav said after he drank the amount he’d been told to

drink. “I like my mate well hydrated.” Zav put the bottle down and
picked up the flogger.

Without warning, Zav struck Renny’s right cheek. He didn’t hit

hard, but that damned knot stung like fire. In slow, controlled moves,
Zav swung the flogger across his back and buttocks. Once again, Ren
was just starting to love it when Zavier blasted each of his ass cheeks
with three hard hits apiece. Gritting his teeth, he went up on his toes.
Liquid fire inflamed his whole ass. As Zavier moved away from him,
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under control. Play was good, punishment was bad. Making his vamp
mate jealous was a bad thing. Blindfolds were a bad thing too. They
made your punishment ten times worse.

A hiss escaped his teeth when he felt something hot run over his

left  ass  cheek  and  then  continue  to  circle  it  several  times  before
moving  on  to  his  right  cheek.  Liquid  ran  down  his  legs,  and  he
realized  that  his  ass  was  cooling  down.  Ice.  Zav  was  coating  his  hot
flesh  with  ice.  He  shivered  when  Zav  moved  the  ice  up  to  his  back
and started cooling it down.

Changing his tactic, Zav starting touching the ice to Renny’s back

for a few seconds, then lapping the cold flesh with his warm tongue,
erotically  reheating  his  tormented  flesh.  He  loved  it  when  Zavier
moved  down  and  froze,  then  passionately  heated  every  inch  of  his
aching ass.

He didn’t start to worry until Zavier spread his legs wider and slid

between  them  to  rest  his  back  against  the  wall  that  Ren  was  facing.
The second the ice touched the crown of his cock, he yelled and tried
to  back  away.  Tied  as  he  was,  it  was  a  fruitless  venture.  Zavier
touched  and  held  the  dreaded  ice  to  the  top  of  his  cock  six  times
before he moved the ice to his balls and sucked his cold cock into his
hot mouth. Renny jerked and didn’t know if he wanted to cry or groan
at  the  dual  administrations  happening  between  his  legs.  The  ice  was
both  heaven and hell to  his  cuffed balls,  and the  sucking of  Zavier’s
mouth was heating his entire shaft. Zavier didn’t stop tormenting him
until he was quivering and keening like an animal.

Zavier placed a light kiss to his cold balls and slid from between

his legs. As he stood he ran his hands up Renny’s legs, over his butt,
and finally circled his body in a big hug. Zavier held him until he
stopped trembling from unfulfilled need. To his relief, Zav reached up
and removed the blindfold and then released his wrists.

“I’m so glad you let me go. I don’t know how much more I could

have handled. I’m forgiven now, right?” Renny asked as he reached
out to touch Zav. He really needed to feel his mate’s hard muscles,

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needed to be made love to. One look into Zav’s eyes and he knew the
lesson was still on. Damn.

“Handstand against the wall, now,” Zav ordered with a wicked

gleam in his green eyes.

He hesitated, and Zav raised a perfectly shaped brow. “All right,”

he grumbled. His spirits rose when he remembered the last time Zav
had  ordered  him  to  do  a  handstand.  His  mate  had  pinned  his  legs  to
the  wall  and  sucked  his  dick  until  he  thought  he’d  explode.  Right
before  he  could  come,  Zav  had released his  legs  and helped him  get
on  all  fours.  To  his  delight,  Zav  had  dropped  down  behind  him  and
thrust deeply into his hungry ass. Both had found paradise in seconds.

This time Zav helped him get into the position because his legs

were too weak and his butt was throbbing. He expected Zav to
remove the cock ring and start sucking him off, but what he got was
his ankles cuffed and the chains cranked up until his fingertips were
all that touched the floor.

“Zav, what are you doing?” he questioned. He instantly regretted

the frustration that rang in his words. It wasn’t good to let Zav know
he wasn’t happy with his punishment.

Zav nipped the crown of his hard cock, causing him to yelp. “I see

you need more time to understand that you’re not in control here. I
am.”

Feeling too vulnerable, he tried to nudge Zav into releasing him.

“You know humans can’t be hung upside down for very long. We’re
weak.” Zav smiled. The smile didn’t reassure him at all.

“You’re part elf, and you have my powerful saliva running

through your system. You’ll be fine,” Zavier told him as he reached
out and pinched his nipples six times. “Don’t forget you’re the one
who wanted to be touched.”

With throbbing nipples, he watched Zav pick up the fluffy feather.

He ran it along Renny’s feet, causing him to curl his toes in an effort
to avoid the tormenting object. He didn’t know when Zav had added

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the feather to their stock of sensual toys, but he was quickly finding
out that he didn’t like feather play. He was too damned ticklish.

Zav chuckled and said, “I see your feet are very ticklish. Let’s see

where else you are ticklish.”

Focusing on his breathing, he tried to ignore the sensations that

swamped his body. His back and butt still held the pleasurable pain of
being spanked and flogged, his balls ached to release a heavy load of
cum, his whole body was starting to tremble from being strung upside
down  with  his  legs  spread  wide,  and  his  fingertips  were  starting  to
tingle  from  having  to  hold  his  body  steady.  Most  of  all,  he  tried  to
block  out  the  way  his  dick  was  rock  hard  and  begging  for  Zav’s
attention. He wasn’t successful at the last one.

His cock bobbed as he relived the feel of Zav’s hot mouth sucking

his throbbing erection. The wet haven of his mate’s throat closing
around the tip of his hard flesh. Pleasure coursing through his cock as
he fucked Zav’s slick, warm mouth.

He jerked when Zav swatted his cuff-tightened balls with the

feather. “Don’t try going into a zone right now. I want to see and feel
your undivided response to my touch.” Zavier licked his sac and made
it feel better.

“Am I forgiven yet?” he asked with hope in his voice.
“Yes, you are forgiven.” Zav ran the feather along his inner thigh

and chuckled when Renny giggled and tried to get away from the
light touch. “That’s more like it.”

“Please, Zav, make me come.” He didn’t care if he was begging.

All of his senses were alight, and he needed sexual relief badly. He
needed to be licked and sucked.

Zavier didn’t listen. He retrieved another feather and ran them

over Renny’s whole body. Renny wanted to scream when  he started
licking  his  balls  while  gliding  the  ticklish  feathers  across  his  hyper-
sensitive  skin.  The  damn  feathers  were  making  it  hard  for  him  to
focus on the wonderful things Zav was doing to his balls.

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Gritting his teeth, he tightened all his muscles as the torture went

on and on.

It wasn’t until he started sweating and moaning loudly that Zav

said, “I’ll release your dick and balls from the cock ring as soon as
you suck me off.”

Hanging as he was, Ren noted that Zav’s thick cock was several

inches above his head. “You’re too tall,” he pointed out.

“Not if you grab hold of my legs and use your abdominal muscles

to help hold  yourself up.” Zav ran one of the feathers across his left
foot and the other along his cock. He couldn’t help but make a sound
that was a cross between a laugh and a groan. “The faster you get me
off  the  better  for  you.  I  could  do  this  all  night.”  He  ran  the  feather
over Renny’s foot again.

“You’re a bastard, you know that?” Renny’s voice was filled with

forced laughter and frustration. He never wanted to make Zav mad
again.

“I’ve been called worse.” Zav tickled both of Renny’s feet this

time as he licked his erection.

Renny laughed and tried to move his feet away from the feathers.

His hips thrust forward, needing more of Zav’s wild tongue. By the
time Zav stopped tickling his feet and licking his cock he was panting,
and his sides were aching from laughter.

“I don’t feel your mouth on me. Does that mean you aren’t ready

to come yet?” Zav asked.

Hardly, you sadistic bastard, Renny thought to himself as his cock

twitched in need. “You know I’m ready, asshole,” he spit out in a
snarky way. He instantly regretted not being able to hold his tongue.

Zavier immediately started running the feather across both of his

feet.

Between gasps of breath, he begged, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. You’re

not an asshole.” Zav stopped the movement of the feathers and sucked
on the tip of Renny’s weeping dick. The moment Zav released his
swollen flesh, Renny pushed his hips forward, seeking Zav’s mouth

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once again. God, he loved the feel of his mate’s mouth sucking and
nibbling his rigid erection.

To his dismay, Zav ran the feathers over the back of his knees and

had him twisting to escape the torment. “Please, Zav, stop tickling me
so I can get to your dick.”

“I can do that,” Zav answered triumphantly.
It took Renny a minute, but with effort he worked his way up

Zav’s  body  and  released  his  delicious  member  from  his  jeans.  He
curled  up  high,  ignoring  his  straining  stomach  muscles,  and  started
inching  Zav’s  cock  into  his  mouth.  Satisfaction  flowed  through  him
when his lover shuddered and moaned. Fire burned through his groin,
making  his  balls  throb.  Needing  his  own  sweet  release,  he  started
sucking Zav’s cock hard as he bobbed up and down the thick length.
Flicking his tongue, he tried to make his mate come quickly.

He lost his groove when Zav started tickling his feet again.

“St…stop. You’re ma…making this hard. I…I thought I was
forgiven.”

Zav laughed. “You are forgiven, but that doesn’t mean I have to

make  this  easy  for  you.  I  want  you  to  remember  this.”  He  ran  the
feather  down  Renny’s  inner  thighs  and  chuckled  when  he  squirmed
and started panting again.

With renewed determination, he laved and sucked Zav’s hard

flesh,  but  he  didn’t  stop  there.  As  soon  as  he  felt  the  vessels  that
trekked across Zav’s cock swell, he parted his man’s butt cheeks and
slid  a  finger  in  his  small  entrance.  Within  a  few  seconds  he  started
finger fucking him in quick, sure strokes. He knew his mate loved the
feel of his fingers fucking his ass. Zav’s muscles tightened and Renny
knew his tough vamp was about to blow his load. It was exhilarating
to bring his mate such pleasure.

Zav cursed as his piquant seed splashed over Renny’s tongue.

Making it last, Renny slowed his finger’s in-and-out pace and lightly
sucked his mate’s cock dry. He relished the feel of his lover’s silky
flesh on his tongue.

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Trembling, Zav rested his forehead on Renny’s balls. Blood

pounded through them as heat burned its way from his balls to the
crown of his dick. Need sliced through him, making his cock bounce.

He slid his fingers from Zav’s hot hole and slowly released his

deliciously spent cock.

Zav shuddered and then rooted his nose in Renny’s quivering sac.

He sniffed loudly. “I love your scent and taste.” His tongue ran across
Renny’s balls, then lapped its way to his cockhead.

“Suck it, Zav. Please.” He loved it when Zav worshiped his cock

with his masterful mouth.

With a groan vibrating in his throat, Zav nibbled his plum-shaped

head for a minute. He mewled, and Zav rewarded him by swallowing
his  cock.  Puffy  clouds  of  bliss  floated  through  his  body  as  Zav  ate
him  hungrily.  The  longer  it  went  on  the  closer  to  ecstasy  he  came.
Passionate  fire  burned  through  his  core.  Renny’s  body  started
convulsing  with  the  need  to  come.  Zav  swatted  his  balls  and  thrust
two fingers deeply into his yielding ass. He cried out as pleasure raced
through every cell in his quivering body.

In a startling move, Zav unsnapped the cock ring and sank his

fangs  into a swollen vessel in  Renny’s pulsating cock.  The rush was
too  much  for  his  highly  stimulated  body  to  handle.  He  bucked  and
screamed as his semen rocketed up his shaft and burst from his body.
Stars clouded his vision when Zav started milking the sensitive tip of
his  dick  with  his  rough  hand  as  he  drank  from  Renny’s  shaft.
Wonderful endorphins flooded his body, giving him gust after gust of
ecstasy. As the world went dark, Renny  decided he liked making his
vamp jealous.

* * * *

Renny came to as Zav was laying them both down in their bed.

The feel of his mate’s strong arms wrapping around him was pure
paradise.

Vampire’s Mate

“You are better than any mate I could have ever dreamed up,” Zav

said as he stroked Renny’s chest. “I’m proud of you for finishing
school. Now that you’re out, you can start accomplishing your goals.
I’ll help you anyway I can.”

“I’m glad I’ll live long enough to make a difference.” He stared

into Zav’s eyes and felt love pouring from his handsome mate.
“Although I plan to achieve my goals, my main goal will always be to
make you happy, Zav.”

“That’s something you do better than anyone else in the world.”

Zav took a deep breath and ran his fingers through Renny’s hair. “I
love you.”

Renny waved his hand. “I know. I love you, too,” he stated

confidently. But deep inside, his heart felt like bursting. This was the
first time Zav had ever said the words aloud.

Zav’s eyes rounded for a split second and then softened as he

muttered, “Empaths.” A gleam entered his vamp’s green eyes. “At
least you’re not a seer. I’d hate for you to know what I’m going to do
to you before I even do it.”

Not liking the sound of that, he asked, “What do you have

planned?”

His mate’s voice was low and filled with promise and passion.

“Centuries of loving you and making love to you in thousands of
different ways.”

Renny liked the sound of that a whole lot. He eagerly embraced

the future with his vampire mate.

THE END

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Reading romance has been a passion of mine for a long time. To

me, love comes in all shapes and sizes. I write stories that are erotic,
fun, and purely fictitious.

I’m not known for being the sharpest tool in the shed. But if I can

make a person laugh, cry, grumble, sigh, or fan themselves, that
means I’ve touched them—goal accomplished.

If you want to take a break from reality, my stories could be just

what you’re looking for.

The trip through fantasyland to happily-ever-after is always a

fascinating ride. Thank goodness it’s a ride you can take over and
over again!

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