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Zarek stood outside on the upper crosswalk of Jackson Brewery, looking down Wilkinson Street He had his hands braced on the iron banister as he stared at the people beloere walking along Decatur Street, drifting in and out of shops, restaurants, and clubs

Word had come down from Acheron that he was supposed to stay inside his townhouse until Mardi Gras He probably should have listened, but taking orders wasn&039;t exactly so he excelled at anymore

Besides, the harsh February climate in Alaska kept hi trapped

When he&039;d left Fairbanks, it had been fourteen below zero It was currently fifty-seven degrees in New Orleans and even with the chill wind co like what he was used to

This was a balh late June and July days in Fairbanks could get as high as the low nineties, by the tiht that never turned coht as warm as this one

And of course, in the dead of suo outside for ain and forced him back indoors

For nine hundred years, he&039;d been banished to that harsh, extre his eyes, Zarek inhaled the air, which was thick with life He shter and revelry

He really liked this city No wonder Talon and Kyrian had claimed it

He only wished that he could stay here for a little while longer Stay where there were others of his kind Where there were people ould talk to his he couldn&039;t have

The door on his right opened and a sh for an ankle-biter He had short brown hair and was sobbing The kid pulled up sharply at the sight of Zarek standing there

Zarek ignored hi "Can you help me? I&039;m lost"

Zarek took a deep breath and pushed hi

He tucked his clawed hand into his pants pocket and turned around "Believe "

He offered the child his bare hand and was stunned at how s the boy was He couldn&039;t remember a time in his life he would have ever reached out to someone and trusted the for? Your mo"

Zarek nodded "What&039;s her name?"

"Mommy"

Now that was really helpful not "How old are you, kid?"

"I&039;m this ers "How old are you?"

"A lot ers"

The boy held up all ten "This many?"

Zarek s the door "I&039;m sure there&039;s someone inside who can help you find your mommy"

The boy wiped his face with his sleeve as Zarek led hione far when he heard a wo with rabbed the child up and the feral, suspicious look she cast Zarek let hihts it didn&039;t pay to appear dark and sinister

"Security!" she shrieked

Zarek cursed and ran back out the door He leapt over the banister, to the stairs a story below, and quickly lost hiht

As soon as he was halfway down Wilkinson, he saw Acheron waiting in the shadows

This was just what he friggin&039; needed-Acheron to chew hi the house while he was under orders to stay put

Zarek snarled "Don&039;t start on me, Ash"

Acheron cocked a brow at that "Start on you for what?"

The hair on the back of his neck rose Acheron was too relaxed and there was no tensing of his shoulders like Acheron always got when they came into contact with each other

They had declared their o

Theas if Zarek were one of the Dark-Hunters Acheron was friendly with

It sent a chill up his spine

Hatred and anger he could take, a friendly Acheron made him nervous

"Aren&039;t you here to chew me out?" Zarek asked

"Noould I do that?" He clapped him on the shoulder

Zarek hissed as he moved away fro, Zarek?"

There was no way this was Acheron

Zarek used his telekinesis to pull the sunglasses off theer narrowed his hu Zarek knew, he was hit with a god-bolt

Talon was strapped to his exercise bar, doing inverted sit-ups when Sunshine finally cauidly "It&039;s so hot in here," she said, her voice low and throaty

Talon relaxed his body as he watched her, letting hiertips brushed the floor "How are you feeling?"

She pulled her shirt off, over her head, and he instantly tensed at the sight of the black lace bra cupping her breasts

"Hungry," she breathed, releasing the front catch on her bra "And not for food"

He arched a brow at that, and at the way she trailed her hands over her breasts, down to her pants

Oh, this was cruel

She pulled her pants off slowly, sensually "I need you, Talon"

"I think you need a cold shower"

Shelioness

Mesmerized, Talon didn&039;t hs She bent her head to nuzzle and lick the back of his knees

Talon ood she felt His body hardened and throbbed as he pulled hi to unhook his boots froot the chance Sunshine waylaid his lips and kissed hiht as she pulled back and stared into his ht-black eyes Her body was alive On fire All she could focus on was her throbbing need to have hi itch to have his hands on her body

She&039;d never felt such potent lust Such a hunger to taste and feel every tiny morsel of a man&039;s body

Oh, how she wanted him

She took his hands and led them to her breasts "Make love to me, Talon Please"

Talon hesitated "I don&039;t knoe should do this while you&039;re under the infl-" He stopped mid-sentence as she pushed his shorts up to his knees

Possessed with a powerful lust she&039;d never known, Sunshine gently nibbled his sensitive hipbone Heher on while she raked her hand through his short curls, letting theers until she cupped him in her hand

Talon couldn&039;t move as wave after wave of pleasure racked hi him harden even more "Hmm," she breathed "What have we here?"

She took the tip of his shaft into herhirowled in pleasure and pulled her closer to hiers stroked his sac, sending spikes of pleasure through his entire body

It was a daood as she felt, had he been standing he would no doubt have been on the floor right now

Closing his eyes, Talon savored the feel of her tongue andhierous level

Talon encircled her waist with his arm and nibbled the tender spot of her hipbone She moaned deep in her throat The vibration of it reverberated through his entire body

Sunshine shivered as Talon nudged her legs apart She wrapped her ar on hiers She could feel his stomach muscles flex with his every move The steeliness of them made her delirious, and when he took her into his , she continued to tease hiic on her body with hisThe ive each other pleasure

His tongue slid over her core, caressing her, stoking her to such a height that her knees felt weak She ran her hands down his back, to his shoulders, pressing hiainst hi the saltiness of his body

Her body quivered in bliss an instant before waves of pleasure tore through her Crying out, she let her release wash over her

Still he nibbled and teased until he had wrung the very last tremor from her body

Only then did Sunshine pull back He looked up at her and smiled "I love the way you taste," he said, his voice hoarse

She returned his shed as he pulled himself up and unhooked his feet from the bar "And I have a headache from it, but I don&039;t really care if my head explodes You are more than worth it"

He started to pull his shorts up, but she stopped hi her hands and lips down his steely abs, to his legs, she re to lick you froers between his toes, sending chills all over hi to h with you"

Now there was a proroaned as she licked his toes, one by one Her tongue slid sensually between the his body even harder Stiffer

Then, she ainst his flesh "You are mine to toy with," she said in a bad Slavic-style accent

Talon hissed as she nibbled her way back up his legs Her tongue and teeth teased the flesh of his legs, his inner thighs

With a throaty laugh, she pulled back and smiled up at him

Talon watched her heatedly as she cupped her breasts in her hands and wrapped them around his shaft He fisted his hands while she rubbed herself up and down him

"You like that?" she asked in an evil tone

"Yes," he said, his voice deep and ragged

"Then let&039;s see what else I can find that you like"

Sunshineposition, then she crawled slowly up his body, and straddled his hips

She gasped as he slid his fingers inside her She was so wet for hiainst the , she stared up at him

"Put your feet on the wall behind me"

She did as he asked

He lifted her hips, then drove himself inside

Sunshine cried out as he filled her with pleasure He was so thick and full, his strokes s From this position, he was able to penetrate her completely while she was able to lift her hipshiood she felt He placed his hands on her hips,faster

He braced himself over her with one arm on the mattress, and kissed her lips while he trailed his free hand down so that he could slide his fingers through the le of dark hair and stroke her cleft

Her entire body quivered as he used his fingers to stroke her in time to his thrusts He drove hi the feel of her moist heat Oh, how he needed this woman Needed this connection to her

This wasn&039;t just physical between them It was soherself against him

"That&039;s it, baby," he whispered in her ear "Ride round his teeth to stave off his orgas pleasure fro She was completely sharateful he was to have her again

He wanted to possess her To chain her to him for the rest of eternity

If only he kne

Desperate with need, he sat back on his knees and took control again

Sunshine groith ecstasy as Talon slammed himself into her, even deeper than before She ain, she h deep in her ear before he joined her

She smiled as he pulled away fro him, she placed herself over him like a blanket

"Mmm," she breathed "This is what I wanted to do to you the first night we met"

"What? Screw my brains out?"

She punched playfully at his stomach "That too, but no, I wanted to be your blanket"

He ran his hands through her hair, cupping her head "Baby, you can be e"

She definitely felt the urge Save hih with you?" she said, using his words

"No?"

She shook her head "I&039; started"

By dawn, Talon eaty and exhausted And he was sore in places he hadn&039;t known a et sore

He wasn&039;t sure if he ever wanted to have sex again

Talon laughed at the thought Yeah, right But he at least wanted a few hours of rest before they had anotherheavily as Sunshine finally drifted off to sleep, lying by his side with her hand tangled in his hair and her leg draped over his bare thighs

Jeez, Ash hadn&039;t been kidding about her appetite She had contorted his body into positions he hadn&039;t known he was capable of Right now, he had no energy whatsoever In fact, he never wanted to leave this bed again, and if she had rolled over one ht even have whiht-stand, grabbed his phone, and called Acheron to check in He only hoped that this time the phone actually worked

It did

As always, Acheron answered on the first ring

"Hey, is it the good Ash or the bad Ash?"

"Good, bad, I&039;un"

Talon snorted at the answer It was a quote from the campy movie Army of Darkness that Acheron adored "Only the real Ash would be weird enough to pull that quote"

"Gee, thanks, Celt So what&039;s up? Has Sunshine come awake yet?"

"Yes, she did"

"And you&039;re still able to walk and ave a short half-laugh "Yeah, okay So what do you need?"

"I got a call froot back here with Sunshine"

Total silence answered him He couldn&039;t even hear static on the cell line

"Hey, T-Rex, you there?"

"I&039;m here What did he say?"

"Mostly that he hates you At first I thought it was you, but he said a couple of things I knew didn&039;t sound right"

"Such as?"

"He said he- he fed Sunshine Getting anything that personal out of you is like reain Acheron was totally silent

"Hey, bud, you still withelse?"

"Yeah, he said you had a sister you let die I called hi up onfor Ash while Zarek growled for Nick to let go of hiht Zarek in He&039;s hurt Let o"

"Okay, but call back and leton"

"Will do" The phone went dead

Now that eird too Frowning, Talon set his phone down and returned to Sunshine

Sunshine carabbed her as she thrashed about on the futon

"Shh," he breathed against her hair "It&039;s ainst hihtened her arer pierced his heart "I&039;m sorry I couldn&039;t protect you Did they hurt you?"

She shook her head "They just scared me Especially the one they called Styxx"

"Styxx? Like the Greek river?"

She nodded "He had this crazy look to him Spooky His eyes were so full of hatred and he had a constant snarl Caround his teeth He fully intended to find both assholes and put a major hurt on theet their hands on you again"

Sunshine tightened her arlad you found me, but how did you knohere I was?"

"Camulus called me"

The news stunned her "Why?"

"I don&039;t know I think he just wants to play withsick to her sto An aphrodisiac Did they use it with you?"

"No," she said "They forced me to drink it, then left htheaded and strange" She looked at him and smiled "But I rehed and her body protested the movement "Are you as sore as I aet out of bed"

Sunshine traced his tattoo as she took coood to just feel hiain To hear the sound of his voice She reunshots they had fired into him and how terrified she had been that he would son at all that he had ever been shot

"I&039;lad they didn&039;t kill you," she breathed

"Believe me, I feel the same way about you"

She ran her hand over his nipple and then froze as she felt suddenly sick

"Sunshine?"

She left the bed and rushed for the bathroom

Talon followed after her and then held her while she unloaded the rest of the drug fro she was in there It see

Talon stayed with her the entire ti her face with a cold, damp cloth