Sooo...not really edited. I was in a hurry, but thought you guys would want it anyway. hehe
Chapter 126 –Until the Sun Comes Up– Cage's POV
I roared into the air. How the fuck had that happened?! I just had her back and now she was going to be in his filthy hands again, and this time, it meant a fight. She would fight him. I had no doubts. She probably would have fought him the first time, had Echo and I not been captured. Either way, I wasn't going to just stand by and let her get hurt.
I expected Killian to turn around, retrace his steps to Marku's estate, but he didn't. Instead he flew the opposite direction. What was that bastard doing? Wherever he was headed, I would follow.
"Let's go!" I hissed, and we jumped into motion. They were silent, running behind me. I hated that we had lost another one of Echo's men, but such was the case with war, and we were certainly at war with Marku.
I tracked Killian's movements, listening to the beat of their wings, fantasies of the many ways I wanted to end Marku, running rampant through my head. Thirty minutes in, I was certain of one thing. Killian wanted me to follow him. There was no other explanation for why he flew low and slow enough for me to easily stay with him.
Now I was really wary. But I guessed Marku wasn't going to be happy until he could face me as well. The corners of my lips curled up. That would be the fucker's last mistake.
Another two hours went by. We were almost out of Marku's territory. York traded off with Talon, each taking a turn carrying Queen Ileana, so they could conserve strength. Both knew a fight was coming. I snarled in York's direction, "Where the hell are they going?" He knew Marku's territory better than any of us.
His forehead creased. He responded shortly, "I don't know. Marku's holdings end in another hundred miles. After that, I don't know of any location he would be confident to keep her in."
There were lights on the horizon, a city. Just as we reached the border, Killian descended from the sky. I growled in frustration. Raine was close but I couldn't attack him, not with her still trapped in his arms. I kept my eyes trained on his every moment. She didn't appear to be fighting him anymore. Shit, what had he done to her? Most Fae had gifts, but I wasn't familiar with his. Abruptly, he shocked the fuck out of me, when he angled down sharply and called out, "Catch, Vampire!"
And then he dropped her!
Right into my arms!
What the fuck?!
My arms banded around her, holding her tight to my chest. Her eyes were wide as they met mine. She looked just as surprised. She clutched my shoulders in a death grip, pressing herself even closer to me. I struggled to control my trembling as relief rushed through me.
"Try not to lose her again, Vampire," Killian's words drifted through the air, as he spiraled upward. I couldn't see his face, but the amusement in his voice was unmistakable. What the hell?!
I was speechless.
Echo filled the void, "What the fuck just happened?"
"He just wanted to talk with me," Raine breathed.
My eyebrows shot up. "What did he say?"
"He wanted to know what I was, and he asked how much I knew about my history. I told him everything, which as you already know, isn't much. He listened and then told me to sleep." She yawned and murmured, "I fell asleep. I'm shocked I was able to fall asleep like that. How long were we flying? Where are we?"
Her first sentence caught my attention. I clarified, "You said he wanted to know what you were. Did you mean who you were?"
She shook her head, "No, he was specific. I told him I was a bloodline vampire."
"And what did he say?"
"Nothing. He just looked at me funny, and asked about my parents and where I came from. I told him and then I fell asleep."
I wasn't surprised he had been able to force her to sleep. I just didn't understand his line of questioning, and I sure as fuck didn't understand his allegiance to Marku. Of course, dark Fae were unpredictable. I probably shouldn't have been surprised that his actions didn't match my expectations.
"We need to go," York interjected, anxiety lacing his words. "The sun will be up in a few hours and we'll have no choice but to seek cover. Let's not wait too long."
I agreed. "It doesn't matter that we are out of Marku's territory. We are still close enough that we need to avoid the normal accommodations."
"Okay, so we find an available house and you compel the kind people living inside. We are going to need to eat as well," Echo said pointedly.
He was right. It had been too long and we needed to regain our strength. My tone was tight, "We hunt on the way. I want to put as much distance between us and Marku as possible, before we stop." I looked down at Raine. "How are feeling? In control?"
She nodded, "Yes, I need to feed, but I'm in control. Put me down. We'll move faster with me running."
"Are you sure?" I didn't like the idea of letting her out of my arms, but she was right, and distance was our friend right now.
.........
We ran for another hour, navigating stealthily through the darkened streets. "There," Echo nodded his head toward a pub down one of the side roads.
We changed course and headed in that direction. It would be the perfect place to satisfy our thirst. We walked inside, and were immediately assaulted by the foul air, thick with the stench of smoke, whisky and bad decisions. We had a captive audience, everyone turned to stare, and as drunk as they were, the bastards practically undressed Raine with their eyes. I pushed her behind me and let out a warning growl. Their eyes widened and they bumped into each other as they tried to shuffle farther away.
I looked around, searching. There was only one female in the entire place, the waitress. I pushed Raine in her direction. I didn't want Raine's mouth on any of these lowlife males. But she halted in her tracks and put her arm out to stop me from nudging her further. "No, Tobias needs to feed from her."
"What? Why?" I looked at her in confusion.
Her voice lowered, "Because he can't control his gift."
What the hell was she talking about? I glanced to Tobias who was currently studying the floor intently. I looked back to Raine. She answered my unspoken question, her voice lowering even more, "He has the gift of pleasure, but he can't control it. He can't stop it when he feeds. And men...have a tendency to come on him. He doesn't like that."
Oh!
Under other circumstances, I might have held tighter to my diplomacy and simply nodded with understanding. But the last few days had been too stressful, and I broke, unable to stop my laughter. Which of course, caused Echo's men, York and even Talon to join in. Instantly, the patrons relaxed by our good mood, and chuckled along with us, even though they had no idea what was so funny. Let's see how long their good mood lasted.
I turned to Tobias, "Hell, I wouldn't like that either."
Tobias cringed but gave me a small grin. It was obvious he was used to the ribbing. "Go ahead," I sighed, motioning toward the waitress.
His smile widened in relief, and he quickly made his way across the room, straight to her. She stared at him in shock, eyeing him up and down, her desire evident. I chuckled some more. She had no idea her lust was about to go through the roof.
I reached into the minds of all of them at once, compelling them to remain calm. We didn't need any running for the door, screaming. I muttered, "Their ready."
Raine looked at me in surprise. I smirked. She moved to cross the room, but I snatched her around the waist, keeping her close. "No, I may have to watch you feed from a male, but I am not going to do it from across the room."
"Fine, then pick someone and let's get started," she huffed impatiently.
I jerked the closest male from his seat, and held him still while she instantly latched on. A small groan of pleasure released from her throat. Oh fuck no. That wasn't going to work. I leaned down to her ear and threatened, "Make that noise again, and I am going to fuck you right here."
She gasped, her arousal flaring out of her, but then she masked it, which was a damn good thing, because I was serious. I was barely hanging on by a thread.
The room was mostly quiet, all of the vampires feeding. York assisted Queen Ileana and then began for himself. A few moments in, loud panting could be heard from the waitress. The poor thing had wrapped her body around Tobias and was literally humping his thigh. She let out stream of whimpers.
Tobias looked to Raine for permission.
She lifted from her own meal and said quickly, "Yes...please satisfy her." I noticed Raine was clenching her thighs together. The sounds of the waitress' pleasure affected her as well.
Tobias undid the girl's jeans and reached his hand down to her hot core. Instantly, she rocked her hips against his hand, and her whimpers changed to words as she cried out, "Yes!! Right there! Fuck yes!"
Shit, after listening to Raine moan and now this, my dick was painfully hard. I couldn't stop myself. I gripped Raine's hips and pressed my lower half against her backside, while she fed. She inhaled sharply, feeling my hard arousal grinding against her ass.
I wasn't going to make it much longer. We needed to get somewhere alone. At this point, it didn't really matter where. Abruptly, the gentlemen she was drinking from groaned. I pulled back knowing my actions were causing her to release pleasure into him. I wasn't looking for a threesome. I didn't need any help with what I planned to do to her.
The waitress called out again. I glanced over to see her drop her hand to Tobias' shaft and palm him through his pants, roughly rubbing him, as she bucked hard against his fingers, screaming out her pleasure now. Everyone in the bar watched as he brought her to completion. I wasn't sure how he didn't come in his pants, with the way her hand was stroking him, but he maintained control. Shit, I'd have come twice if Raine had done that to me. Of course, right now, I was out of my mind with desire for her.
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Finally, all of our thirst was satisfied. And we made our way out into the night once more. Thankfully, we stumbled on a decent sized home. It took no effort at all to sneak in and compel our new hosts. The lady of the home was really very nice. She was short, her hair pulled up into a white bun. She took one look at Raine and tsk'd, "What happened to you? A girl, such as yourself, shouldn't be walking around in dirty clothes. Look at your knees...covered in mud. And are those leaves in your hair?"
Raine reached her fingers to her hair, found the leaves in question and gave the woman a sheepish grin as she plucked them out. The woman grabbed her hand and tugged her toward another room, "Come with me, child. We'll get you washed up. And I think my Leah's clothes would fit you just perfectly."
"Oh, but I—" Raine began, only to be cut off. The woman completely ignored Raine's protest and prattled on, "Whatcha runnin' around in men's clothing for anyway? Let's get you into a pretty little dress." Raine gave in and followed her out of the room.
Twenty minutes later, Raine returned, her hair wet from a shower, wearing a short yellow dress with blue and white flowers on it. I nearly lost my damn mind. Instantly, I was on my feet, and swept her into the next room. For the moment, it was empty, but there were a lot of us crammed into this small house, so privacy wasn't really an option.
"Oh!" she gasped as I backed her against the wall and palmed her breast, my lips finding the soft skin on her neck and shoulders. The urge to mark her so everyone, including that bastard Marku, would know she belonged to me, and only me, was strong. I didn't try to fight it. I nipped and suckled softly, leaving pretty little purple spots behind.
She whimpered and melted into my body, her arousal coming out hard and strong. So strong, that she didn't even think to mask it. I growled, "I need you on my cock."
She moaned, "We can't. There isn't any place here."
My eyes flashed, and my dick twitched. "I'm not taking no for an answer, Tigru." I pulled back and looked around. She was right. I thought we were in a room, but it was actually a wide hallway. All of the rooms had multiple people in them already. I tugged her toward the back door.
"Where are we going?" she whispered as I pulled her along.
I didn't answer. There was a nice little patch of trees about thirty feet away. It was still dark. Private enough. When we reached the wooded area, I spun her around and backed her up against the nearest tree. I pressed my body into hers, moving my hips. I dropped my mouth to her neck, kissing around her to the back of her ear. Her wet hair smelled like cherry blossoms. A low groan released from my lips, "I am so fucking hard for you, Tigru."
She whined loudly, "Cage, please..."
"Please, what? What do you want from me, Tigru?" I motioned with my hips, pressing into her, and then reached down, running my hand slowly up her smooth revealed leg. I would have to kiss that nice woman for giving Raine a dress to wear. Such easy access.
My fingers traveled higher. I rubbed her soft thighs, running my hand up even more but never touching her pussy. Truly, I had no idea how I was holding back. I found her mouth, savoring her kiss, her scent. I breathed it in deeply, mandarin and spice. She met me back eagerly, whining her needs into my mouth. Our tongues met. It wouldn't be much longer. I demanded more forcefully this time, "Tell me, Dulce...what do you want?"
She whimpered, "I need your cock inside me. I need you to fill me, Cage."
Fuck, I could take it no more.
I grasped her panties and pulled them down her legs, and quickly undid my pants, letting my manhood spring free. I clutched her hips and lifted her, positioning my cock at her entrance and thrust into her hard, pushing myself all of the way to the hilt, until I felt her ass against my balls. I growled, pleasure coursing through my body.
She cried out against my lips. Our kiss reached a near fevered pitch, almost violent, as we took and gave what we had missed so much. She breathed, "Fuck me hard, Cage."
My balls tightened. I pulled back and slammed into her, the tree quivering from the force. She cried out again. I pinned her with my hips to hold her in place and undid the first few buttons of her dress, pushing the fabric to the side so that her breasts were revealed to me. She wasn't wearing a bra. Her nipples poke out taut and firm. I growled low, "Has that sweet little pussy of mine, missed me?"
"Yes, yes, yes," she chanted while I pulled back and pounded into her, not stopping this time. Stroke after stroke, thrust after thrust. I fucked her hard and deep, and watched her naked breasts jiggle in the moonlight. The sound of our breathing filled the air, soft grunts and gasps.
It didn't take her long. Her eyes glazed over. She panted, "Cage...I'm going to...Oh!" Her eyes rolled back slightly into her head and her body clenched down around me, her pleasure pulsing in waves.
There was no holding back for me. I roared again, feeling my orgasm shoot through my balls, into my hips and explode out of me. I held myself tight to her body, shook my head from the overwhelming pleasure and grunted, "Fuck!"
When we were finally still, I pulled out and set her back on her feet. But I wasn't finished. Not by a long shot. Apparently, neither was she, because she immediately grabbed my still partially hard dick. Her hand stroked down and back up, clenching tighter. That was all it took for me to be excruciating hard once again. I spun her around, so that she faced the tree. She gasped, "Oh!"
I pushed her dress up to her waist so I could see her flesh, palmed both of her butt cheeks and ordered, "Legs apart and ass out, Tigru."
A high-pitched whine came from her throat. She grasped onto the tree in front of her and repositioned her stance, opening her legs wider. She arched her back, poking her ass out and lifting it higher for me. I grabbed my cocked and stroked it between her wet folds, from her opening to her clit. She shuddered hard. I pulled back and on the third stroke, I pushed myself into her ready wet core.
"Cage!" she cried out, pushing back, trying to force me deeper inside of her.
My fingers dug into her hips, and I whispered in her ear, "Hold on, baby."
She moaned loudly and another hard shudder went down her spine. She gripped the tree for support, her nails chipping away the bark. I held her hips tightly, keeping her back arched and her ass positioned high in the air where I wanted it, driving in and out of her wet pussy relentlessly. A low feral moan released from her lips, "Holy fuck."
Her words and the heady scent of her arousal spurred me on. I pushed faster and harder, driving into her as deeply as I could, hitting that spot she loved inside on each stroke. She cried out again, coming around me. I didn't stop. I could hold out now and I intended to fuck her until the sun came up.
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Oh lookie, no cliffhanger! Shocking, I know. Lol.