Fire in the Smokies

right. You didn’t want to fuck me just now out of concern for my poor overused pussy.”

“And?” Jaxon narrowed his gaze. “No.” He shook his head.

“Yes.” She smiled demurely. Oh, if felt good to best him at one thing. “I so do want to watch.”

“Fine.” Jaxon tipped his head both directions as though stretching for the mile run. He popped the button on his jeans and lowered the zipper with a flourish. His cock sprang out, the tip dripping.

Brianna licked her lips. God how she wanted to suck his length into her mouth, but right now she wanted to watch him get himself off even more. Later…

Jaxon crept toward her and planted one hand on the wall behind her head. Leaning at an angle, his dick inches from her face, he took himself in his other hand and pumped.

She’d never seen anything so fucking sexy in her life. The man let his head fall back after about two strokes and sunk into his own world. She never took her gaze off his shaft, learning by example what would most pleasure her lover and storing the information away for future use.

Jaxon gripped himself gently at first, letting his hand graze tentatively up and down. Soon, he switched to a firmer grip and pumped himself with abandon. His abs tightened behind his cock, his entire stance rigid as he groaned toward the ceiling.

It took all Brianna’s restraint to keep from licking the come leaking from the head just a breath away from her mouth. She held firm, enjoying the show almost as much as she would later enjoy sucking him off. She imagined what he would taste like, how his cock would feel against her tongue and the roof of her mouth. The tight skin was so smooth. It would glide toward her throat with ease when she took him. She did nothing to block these images.

Before she could even finish the thought, he shot off, his come jetting out onto the floor beside her as he jerked to one side to avoid hitting her.

When he was spent, Jaxon leaned forward and claimed Brianna’s mouth. He grabbed her face with both hands and held her head still while he plundered her until she forgot the world around them.

When she no longer had any sense at all, he pulled back. “Don’t think for one minute that exchange was equal. Payback is a bitch and I can’t wait to watch you finger yourself to completion. I won’t be lenient.”

Jaxon stood, tucked his still-hard cock back into his jeans and fastened himself. He grabbed a section of toilet paper and wiped the floor of his come. “And, by the way, I didn’t miss that push of thoughts into my head, you little nymph.” He winked at her, a coy smile on his face. “Let’s go. I’m sure my family is wondering what happened to us.”

“I seriously doubt it,” she muttered as she stood.

Jaxon turned toward her and nailed her with his gaze as she rolled her eyes. “Did you sass me, mate of mine?” He grinned, but in a flash, before she even knew what hit her, Jaxon had grabbed her hands and pressed her face-first into the wall. He held her wrists above her head and licked a line up her neck.

“Baby, you tempt me.”

“Tempt you to what?” she taunted. Her heart beat rapidly. What the hell is wrong with me? No matter what Jaxon did, she grew even more aroused.

He nipped her earlobe and licked around her ear enough to make her shiver. “I’ll spank that sweet ass of yours in a heartbeat, baby. Would you like that?” He paused and then chuckled. “Fuck… You are going to kill me. Stop distracting me with your scent. I can’t concentrate.”

“Good, ’cause we’re even.” Brianna wiggled her ass against his groin. Probably not a good idea, because he ran his hand through her crotch, grazing over her clit and sex with just enough pressure to make her moan. With her arms above her head, the sweatshirt she wore climbed up her body, exposing her ass. A quick swat made her suck in a breath.

“Hell, I can’t even punish you without making you moan.” Jaxon released her, rubbing her ass where his hand had just landed. “Come on. We have to get out of here before I lose myself.”

As though nothing had happened and she wasn’t on the edge of an orgasm, he clutched her hand and dragged her from the bathroom, straight through the bedroom and down the hall.

Chapter Eight

“’Bout time you two showed up.” Sergius lay sprawled out as though bored on an overstuffed couch as Jaxon led his mate back into the living room.

Jaxon at least flushed, but he didn’t let his brother get to him. It had only been a few months since Sergius had been in exactly this same predicament. He remembered. There was no doubt.

Dragging his mate behind him, Jaxon found a seat on the couch across from his older brother. Juliana sat nestled under Sergius’s head. Micah relaxed in a recliner between the two facing couches.

“So tell me more about what happened this morning, Micah.” Jaxon tugged Brianna down next to him, holding her body so close she was practically on his lap. He wanted her. Even though he’d just come at his own hand, he still didn’t even take the edge off. But right now he needed to think.

Juliana cleared her throat. “Brianna, would you like a drink? Perhaps a glass of wine with me? It might drown out some of the testosterone in the room,” she joked.

“Thank you. That would be amazing.” Brianna moved to stand. Jaxon held her tight.

“I’ll get it.” Juliana shook her head as she wandered to the attached kitchen. “Chardonnay?” she asked over her shoulder.

“Sounds perfect.” Brianna glared at Jaxon, but he ignored her. “Little highhanded, don’t you think?”

“Nope. I just like having you near me.”

“And the kitchen is too far away?”

“Yep.” Jaxon looked down at his mate. She smelled so fucking good. He knew he was being a bit of an ass right now, but he wanted her next to him—touching him.

Juliana handed Brianna a glass while Micah spoke. “Seemed like McKinney was tracking you two. The way he circled that cave, not even paying a bit of attention to me and Serg on his tail—it was just weird.”

“When did you first notice him?” Jaxon squeezed Bri’s leg.

“Right after we split up and you found Brianna. Who knows how long he’d already been there.”

“Do you think it was a trap? Or a coincidence?”

“I’m not sure, but I wouldn’t rule anything out.” Micah stood and began to pace.

Sergius sat up next to his mate and rubbed his chin. “Should we go after him?”

Jaxon flinched. “I’d like nothing more than to kill that bastard, but I don’t think we have enough information. I’m not letting my guard down for an instant though.”

Sergius stood now too. “I think it’s time we put the word out to some other packs and see if anyone knows anything about other vampires in other parts of the world. This jackass is starting to royally piss me off. I had hoped we’d seen the last of him after he kidnapped Jules and tried to get away with her. If he threatens us again, I don’t think we can simply chase him off and assume we’re safe. Enough is enough.”

“After all these months, I secretly hoped he’d been killed in that mineshaft blast.” Jaxon cringed to think how lax they’d all gotten in recent weeks, silently hoping McKinney was out of their lives.

That bastard had rocked their world last spring when he’d lured Juliana off her hiking path with his mind games. And then, after Sergius determined the missing hiker was his mate and claimed her, the vamp still tried his best to get her back. He’d even set up an elaborate ruse, sending the three brothers in separate directions to hunt down three separate women. As soon as they’d fallen into his trap, he’d kidnapped Juliana from the sheriff and taken her to an abandoned mine shaft.

Luckily, Sergius had been sharp enough and quick enough to thwart McKinney’s designs and the vampire had found himself on the inside of the mine where he inadvertently set off his own antiquated dynamite.

God how Jaxon wished he’d died in that explosion. Such did not seem to be the case now. If that bloodsucker thought he was going to sink his teeth into Brianna…

Jaxon grit his teeth and squeezed Brianna’s thigh almost too tight. And his sweet mate wondered why he