Den: the lair of a wild usually predatory animal. Nero Tessa should be finished with her job by now, maybe she was already on her way back to my apartment. I was not worried, because I have eyes on her. When Aldrich came to see me at the den, I was supposed to go back to the penthouse in less than an hour so I could spend time with Tessa before she ends her day and goes to sleep. "Tell me, what did you find?" "Writings on her wall," Aldrich said, giving me his tablet with a picture of her wall. "It was spray painted red the writing read, forty-five days. Her room was ruined, all spray-painted red in random chaos. Someone really hated her." My anger flared seconds after seeing her personal belongings trashed, and her personal space violated. I need more from my best guard, and when he told me that the wolf scent was not familiar I almost lost it. "I thought you brought in your wolf friend, what did he say?" "Exactly that," Aldrich said, "the scent was not familiar, he said the w
Oblivious: not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.TessaOkay, so turns out there was no specific job that the big boss wanted me to do. Yep, Chad lied, and the worst thing was I did not catch his deception. I fell right into it. I was so gullible while getting pumped for my kill."Chad, you better pay me more for wasting my time." I pouted and put my hands together, I really don't want to kill my handler. Not yet, anyway."You're so full of yourself as always, beauty, that's what I like about you. But there won't be any money coming out of my pocket. My woman had me drained and my other woman...ugh, enough, we're not here about me... I think I might have a lead on your assassination.""Aww... Chad, you make it sound as if I'm the president." I smirked and bumped my shoulder into his, trying to get him to loosen up and spill more than he might want to. This wasn't the first time Chad had held important information for me. The man likes saying stuff in riddles
Playground: a place where a particular group of people chooses to enjoy themselves.Tessa"Yeah, I have a parents' issue for sure. My dad was never a role model, I was never close. I was practically raised by my grandparents." Nero and I were talking in his apartment. He decided to stay and accompany me while waiting for Vesper. We talked about my half-brother yesterday, though somehow I had a feeling that something was off like he knew something that I don't. I did not expect that from him. I have no idea why he would keep things from me. Maybe I should just ask, but I have trust issues."Come on, little killer, Vesper is here." Nero kissed my temple and tugged me out of the bed. I didn't even hear the front door opening. I still envied their vampire sense and Nero knows it."Father, I was summoned. I thought you'd be at the den. I should've known by now that you'd be with my future mother." Vesper announced himself when he entered Nero's living space with Aldrich following behind h
Throne: a decorative chair or seat on which a monarch, a king or queen, sits.NeroThe way she looked at me was full of lust, and I kept on sucking the guy, holding his jugular until his body went limp and I satisfied my thirst for blood.Tessa still locked her eyes on me, intensely watching as I licked my lips clean of the man's blood. I could smell her arousal in the damp dark alley and I tugged her by the waist and claimed her mouth and groaned the second she moaned my name. "Oh, God, this is how it feels watching your parents making out," I could feel Vesper shudder behind me and it took all of my wills to unlatch myself from my little killer. Aldrich had just finished with his meal and piled the guy on top of the others. He pulled out his phone to call the cleaners, these were humans working for us to literally clean after us. We don't always do it, but when there were multiple dead humans with blood drained from their bodies we prefer not to cause drama."Hey, be nice. She just
Compulsion: an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes.Vesper"Stop looking at me like I'm about to do something wrong. I'll get it done. You know I will." I couldn't help but defend myself in front of Aldrich. Sure, we had been sexual in the past. With all the centuries there's bound to be intimacy between us."But we should get back to the den, not visit your omega."I huffed and told him that Snow was not my omega. Though she is one, very pliant, bendy, and willing omega who thrives on supernatural beings between her legs."Give me an hour? Oh, come on, father is busy and Tessa still has forty-something days before the newly shifted werewolf half-brother tries to kill her. And we all know she's more than capable to defend herself." I may have sounded a bit more on the whiney side but after smelling how aroused Tessa was after the blood-draining activities I know I needed to get her scent out of my head. It was too cringy for my taste.
Domination: The exercise of control or influence over someone or something, or the state of being so controlled.VesperYep, I was still hard when I reached the den and Aldrich looked at me with a smugness plastered on his face and very sexy lips that I want to punish with my cock."Did your Omega finally come to her senses?""No, she was conveniently tucked into bed after a thorough tongue fuck by your truly." I practically purred as I said the words and was satisfied when his facial expression slipped. "Come with me, I have stuff I need to tell you," I put my hand on his arm hurrying him to follow me."But, you're obviously still hard, wait... is she making you hold out?" The amusing tone of his voice was teasing me to show him my dominant side that he liked so much. Who knew the great Aldrich, the strongest bodyguard of the great Vampire king likes to be dominated by his sire's young dramatic Prince?His teasing was gone when I roughly pulled Aldrich into my room and quickly pushed
Cult: is considered pejorative by some, for a relatively small group that is typically led by a charismatic and self-appointed leader, who excessively controls its members, requiring unwavering devotion to a set of acts and practices which are considered deviant (outside the norms of society).TessaI was not nervous about going to his den and meeting his peeps. I was curious and maybe a bit too excited.The monstrosity of the mansion was what alarmed me. I lived with my grandparents and grew up mingling with the wealthy. I've seen big houses and ridiculously too-big mansions for people to flaunt their riches. But this... Nero's so-called den blew those houses off the market. Hell, the whole complex can occupy one of the small private islands I visited when I was younger. Mm...maybe I was exaggerating but sure does look like it."Well, this is not the den I was imagining. But given you cheated your way in piling money over the centuries I guess it was expected." I whistled appreciative
Emotion: a complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation, and behavior that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event, or a state of affairs.Ammar"You and Aldrich, huh?" Tessa's voice snapped me back from my gaze. I was pissed at my younger brother and the mentioning of the guard's name just made me irked more on the inside.So, instead of answering her question, I decided to ask her back. "Good evening, I assumed you are enjoying your stroll?" I politely questioned, thinking father cherished his human lover and I need to respect her while she was staying at the den.Tessa giggled as if my words were somehow a little too ancient for her taste. Humans... I'm too important for this, I need to get back to my territory."Hey, wait, sorry that didn't come out right," she put her hand on my arm and I look at it with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, come on, I know you're the emotionally unavailable one. What? Your daddy shares stuff. We are intimate, you know?" It was her turn