As she followed Yoanna into the living room area of the apartment and watched her open the door, Sinn tried really hard not to let the Vampire’s curvy body distract her. It was just about an impossible task though and it wasn’t until Marcus and Ella stepped through the doorway that she realised that Yoanna had even opened it for them.
The big Vampire didn’t look too impressed at all, in fact he looked like he was building up towards the kind of impressive rage that redheads were supposedly notorious for. Sinn braced herself and looked around to see which piece of furniture she could use or break a piece off to use to defend herself. As two guards followed the pair inside though, Sinn realised that it was the indignity of being escorted through what was his own home like a criminal was what had his blood boiling more than usual.
Ella for her part looked frustrated too as she moved from behind Marcus. Her look and position left Sinn in little doubt that
Despite the disapproval he could feel coming at him like daggers from Ella’s eyes, Marcus kept a close eye on Sinn. Although the young Hunter had said she had forgiven him, he still didn’t trust her fully and he knew that she trusted him even less. What game Yoanna was playing by making Sinn stay, he wasn’t sure, but Sinn didn’t look entirely happy to be playing it. Strangely though it seemed as though it was the other people she was having a problem with and not the Vampire that was responsible for her being there.She had been okay at first but since they had left the apartments and they had joined the others in the dining room she had become even more watchful than usual. He had expected that, it was Sinn after all. But even though she knew most of them there, every time anyone came close she showed signs of agitation. It didn’t seem to matter if it was Vampire, Werewolf or human either, if they came close she just didn’t l
For one long terrible second, Marcus thought he would see the blade going for Yoanna’s heart or throat but Sinn moved in a blur and put herself between them all and something she had seen or felt across the room. The small dagger lay in her hand, its two inch blade looking deadly within her skilled grasp. Poised ready to slash or stab, or to be flipped around in her fingers to be thrown.Trusting her instincts as a Hunter and a fighter if nothing else, Marcus followed the direction of her intent glare and looked across the room to whatever she had reacted to. His body stiffened, muscles coiling ready to spring into action as he spotted a shadowy figure lurking close to the door. He moved to confront whoever it was but Sinn shifted position subtly and blocked his way. “Sinn?”“Stay back! It’s nothing you or Yoanna can confront, Marcus.” Ella bit out tersely.“Ella?” Marcus shifted his gaze at his wife’s nervou
Marcus nodded to Yoanna as she gently and persistently guided the still protesting Sinn down into a chair. Her whole body was shaking in reaction to the fight and the adrenaline pumping through her. Every tremor tugged at the ragged wounds the spirit had cut into her and made her gasp a little. She looked like she had taken on a rampaging Werewolf with her bare hands and barely made it out alive. “Yoanna, I will get one of our healers in to take a look at her… They can make sure everything is okay before you…” he gestured vaguely, knowing that for whatever reason she was keeping her ability to heal Sinn secret.“Thank you, Marcus.” As the big Vampire left them, Yoanna gently eased the dagger out of Sinn’s shaking hand and replaced it with her hand to give them both something to hold on to.“Ella…”“I know, Sinn. That shouldn’t have been able to happen. All the magic defences around the gr
Yoanna licked and sucked the blood off Sinn’s tongue until she got to the fresh taste of her underneath. Kissing gently, mapping the plush curves of Sinn’s lips with her own, she drew back gradually. Their breathing was ragged, breath warming each other’s lips. “I want nothing more than to drink you down right now but… triple bad news time. Firstly, your blood is starting to get the kind of attention you don’t want. “Secondly, I want your other wounds checking out before I heal you and then maybe I can make some more pleasant ones. And thirdly…” “Thirdly?” “Ella is on her way over right now to make sure the second one happens. But, don’t you worry, once we get you all patched up, that blood you’re offering up so willingly, is mine.” Tucking a strand of hair back behind her ear, Yoanna trailed the tip of her finger over Sinn’s pulse and felt it jump in anticipation. The throatily purred words were full of dark promi
As soon as the door opened Ella was nearly knocked back by the wall of sound as voices rose and clashed together that made it impossible for her to believe there was only four people in the bedroom. But four there was. Three healers and one utterly furious Sinn in the middle of them trying determinedly to make her way towards the door.“Leave me the hell alone!”“You need to calm down!”“Don’t you fucking tell me what to do! And if you try and stab me with that goddamn needle again I’ll show you what I can do with one!”“Miss!”“It’s just to help calm you down!”“Get off me!”“Please! Your hand is still bleeding!”“We need to stop that for you!”“Get the hell out of my way!&rdquo
“Are you okay, Ella?” Stepping over a toppled lamp, which was surprisingly the only thing that seemed to have been knocked over in the whole room, Grace hurried to Ella’s side and steadied her as she pushed herself away from the wall where she had been pinned.“Better than I thought I would be after that went off… whatever that was.” Dragging her eyes away from the bed, Ella looked at Grace, checking that she really was okay and searching her eyes to see if she might know what had happened but the healer looked just as confused as she was.“Yeah,” Grace glanced at the bed nervously. All was quiet upon it but she couldn’t help but wonder if it wasn’t too quiet. “That was… a hell of a thing.”Ella touched Grace’s arm gently. “Are you okay? Jacob, Heather, how are you?”“We’re okay… well
“Sinn, what are you doing?” Striding into the back room of Eric’s security office, Ella looked in disbelief at the expertly opened gun lockers. They were supposed to be the best and most secure available, un-crackable and strong enough to withstand Werewolves and even the much stronger Vampires and yet Sinn had managed to open them all to get to her weapons.Turning, Sinn finished putting the magazine back in her gun, slapping it home so she was sure it was locked in before chambering a round and sliding the weapon into her shoulder holster. “I’m leaving, Ella. That’s what I’m doing.”“Does Yoanna know?”“I do now.”Sinn’s breath caught as Yoanna swept into the room looking every inch the Queen even dressed for bed, amazingly sexy and just a little pissed off as she took in what she was doing. “I thought…&rdquo
“Now, what is it you- Mmmm,” hands clutching at Sinn’s borrowed shirt, Yoanna hung on for dear life as Sinn’s mouth slanted down and claimed hers with even more hunger and passion than before. Warm hands stroked over her back, long fingers burning through the sheer fabric of her nightclothes and making her ache to feel their touch with nothing between them. The press of her strong muscular thigh sliding between her legs had her crying out, threatening to strip away all common sense.Bracing her hands against her, Yoanna reluctantly put some distance between herself and the temptation of her soft lips as they strained to get back to hers. “Sinn, I thought you wanted to wait?” she panted raggedly.“Next time,” Sinn growled as she reached for Yoanna again. “I want to do this… I need to do this.” She knew all too well what she’d said but she needed to feel the passion and c