Opal (Rare Gems Series Book 4) (13 page)

Her climax grabbed her tightly
around her body and then tore from her. She couldn’t have held back her scream if her very life depended on it. As she drew in a breath to come a second time, he rocked against her clit and she came three more times. Even as her body begged her to stop—it was too weak to go again—Rufus pulled away and helped her to the chair.

“
Christ, you can make a man forget about promises.” She reached for him again, his thick cock straining against the front of his pants. He took a step back and put this hand over himself. “You touch me like I can see you wanna and we’re both gonna be fucked. You with my cock and your family will kill me. I’ll take care of this later. Right now…well, did you get what you wanted? Did you enjoy that more’n that vibrating dick?”

“
That was amazing.” He grinned at her and she smiled back. “Do you make women want to swoon when you fuck them? Is it always like that with you?”

“
Nope, better when we both are nekked and rolling in a big bed fucking. And so’s you know, I like to have my women tied up and panting for me too. I don’t do vanilla sex that often, but I’d do it with you right quick if I wasn’t afraid of dying because of it.” He looked her over and she felt as if he was truly seeing her as naked as the day she’d been born. “Course, you keep looking at me like that and I’ll forget that sister and alpha of your’n. I might even go so far as to fuck that no doubt pretty pussy of your’n too.”

Ruby wasn
’t sure if she should believe him about being better in the bed. But the rest of what he’d said had her heating up. When he asked her if she was satisfied, she smiled at him and was delighted to see him blush. Ruby thought that if sex could be better with him, she wasn’t sure she wanted any more. Her entire being was still vibrating with her climaxes.

“
I’m going to take you back now,” he told her with a sort of gruff voice. “If’n you’d do me a big favor and not lean too hard into me, I’ll get you there still intact.”

Nodding
once, she was suddenly standing in the small cubical she’d first taken him to. And she was alone. It was probably better that way. She had embarrassed him as much as he had her, and she might need a few days, or months, to be able to look him in the eye again.

Ruby sat on the bed and
tried to think if she’d ever felt this wonderful before. She decided that she hadn’t, and smiled as she made her way to the cafeteria. Suddenly she wasn’t just hungry but starved, and she also needed something to drink. Ruby decided that her vibrator just wasn’t going to cut it any longer and tried to think how much bigger she should go. Her body was still humming an hour later when she entered the trauma unit again.

~~~

Sloan watched Opal sleep. She was resting so deeply that he’d checked her breathing three times before he finally laid down beside her. He felt Rufus touch his mind and nearly told him to leave them alone when he remembered that he, too, had been hurt.

I
’m going to be fine,
he said in way of greeting.
But I got me something to confess. You’re not going to like it one little bit and might even leave that cozy little bed you got yourself there and come after me. So’s I’m telling you now before you find out afore hand.

What have you done?
Sloan felt his body tense up knowing that if he said confess rather than just tell him, it was going to be bad.
Rufus?

I done went and saw that Gem you been telling me about. The one that
’s a doc? She fixed me up right good. Then I bit her. And made her come.
Sloan stood up and reached for the man to see where he was.
Don’t come here. I done had to find me a safe-like place to rest, and you coming here and killing me is just going to piss me off. And I feel too good for you to fuck me up like that. I didn’t hurt her.

You bit into m
y sister-in-law? An innocent? Do you have any idea what the penalty is for that? Not to mention what Blair and the…holy Christ, Sapphire is going to fucking kill you. And right now, I’m inclined to help her do it.
Sloan tried to think how he could save his friend, but he could only think how her family was going to murder them both, simply because they were both vampires.
Rufus, what the hell were you thinking? And for that matter, what was Ruby thinking? You two aren’t mates, are you?

Hell no
, we ain’t mates. Christ, and I didn’t have sex with her. She wanted to come and I helped her. Did you know them there vibrating dicks don’t really satisfy like a man will? And I told her, I told her a few times she could have a man go on down on her, but she said she didn’t want his scent.
Sloan started to point out that she had his now, but Rufus continued
. She kinda tricked me into it. Said she’d help me if’n I traded her. I’m thinking to myself, ‘Rufus, man, you’re so going to regret this’ and damned if I didn’t tell it like it was. It was more’n I bargained for, even when I helped out your missus, but then she only had a few hundred questions. Even though she only said it was two. But I think that I—

Rufus.
Sloan tried to think when he’d been more frustrated with the man and couldn’t think beyond what he’d just said.
You helped Opal out? When was this? You know what, I don’t think I want to get into that with you right now. Where did you have this nonsexual encounter with Ruby?

My bedroom.
Sloan wanted to bang his head against the wall. They’d been doing this in his house. In the room he had given Rufus when he’d purchased the house.
She would’ve brought the house down had we did it at her work. That girl has a set of lungs on her.

Sloan said his name again to shut him up.
What did you do to her? And I mean, exactly what did you do to her?

I fed from her. She offered up her own vein for that.
And the deal was, she’d take the pike out of my arm and I’d help her with something. I didn’t know what I agreed to until it was done too late. I told her she was more related to you than she thought. Didn’t ‘spect that from her, her being all quiet and all. She’s slick like that.
Sloan was going to kill them both.
Then when she said why she needed me, I couldn’t turn her down. Did you know that she’s taken precautions so her mate never finds her? How does one get something like that done? I’d be willing to pay just about anything for me not to be a sap like you are right about now.

Sloan
looked at the bed and into the dark brown eyes of Opal. The woman was simply the most gorgeous thing he’d ever seen. And when Rufus laughed, he had to turn from her or close out his friend and take her again and again.

You should know that I
’m going to tell Opal. And she’ll more than likely hunt you down before any of them. I’m telling you this because if you have a desire to leave the country, now would be a good time to do so.
Rufus said he was staying
. Then heaven help you. They are going to be after your ass in no time.

She doctored me right up, you know.
Did it without a single hesitation as to what I am and what I might have done to get that way. She’s a good kid.
Sloan hoped she was understanding too, and thought about him having a conversation with Blair and decided that he’d rather be dead.
Sloan, she’s not hurt in any way. I’m only telling you so’s you know when you smell her on me. And you will. But she’s planning on telling everybody she helped me out and I needed to feed. Which is true enough. I wasn’t going to make it without her help.

Sloan looked back a
t Opal, who reached for him. He told Rufus he had to go and pulled Opal into his arms. She laughed when he simply held her.

“
She told me.” He lifted her chin up. “I already spoke to Ruby and she told me what happened. She said to tell you, but I’m guessing that Rufus already did.”

“
He did. Are you upset? I can kill him if you want. I’d rather see him dead than anyone in your family hurt. And while I think the world of my friend, I’m terrified of Sapphire and the rest of them, but mostly her.”

“
No. It’s fine. Ruby has been planning something like this for years, I think. She told me a few weeks ago. And Sapphire is a sweetheart so long as you’re up front and honest with her. She’s only seeing to us, as she has always felt she should.” She stretched over him and he rocked into her heat. When she moved up and over his lap, he decided that being a sap, as Rufus called him, wasn’t all that bad.

“
Can I ride you now? You said that the next time you had me naked I could ride you. And in the event you didn’t notice, I’m very naked.” He nodded but she was way ahead of him, pulling the sheet off her so that she was now showing him how gloriously naked she was. “I think that if Rufus had made love to her like you do me, she’d never leave the bedroom again. As it was, he nearly took her head off with her enjoyment. I’m thinking I’d very much like to see if I can do that for you. Make your head explode in pleasure.”

“
He said she won’t tell. Will she?” He forgot to listen for her answer when Opal sat up and he helped her take his cock into her. “Christ, you’re so wet. And I think if you keep this up, not only will my head explode but my cock will empty into you before you get any pleasure at all.”

Her
ride was slow at first. As much as he wanted to guide her, he also didn’t want to have her stopping anytime soon. So he held off from touching her, knowing the moment he did he was going to roll her to her back and take her hard. When she threw back her head, rolling her nipples between her fingers, Sloan leaned up and took one of the pert tips into his mouth and nibbled. She curled her fingers into his hair and held him to her as her ride grew harder, faster until he knew she was close. When he bit her, sinking his fangs deep into her, and nursed, her movements took on a very desperate gait.

“
I want to fuck you.” She shook her head, and he pulled her harder down over him. “Baby, I need to come too. Let me pound that pretty pussy of yours.”

She leaned forward
, and he let her have his throat. He wanted to feel her bite him while he took her, and rolled her to her back anyway. Even as she drank from him, he took her deeper than he’d ever done before, and she tightened around him before he could reach his own peak. Her coming had him taking her harder even as he took her wrist to his mouth. Sloan felt as if he’d finally come home when he released, her body holding his heart along with his body. Her being didn’t just accept him but seemed to need him as much as he did her, and Sloan needed her very much. Sloan was in love with his mate.

Falling atop her
, he tried to catch his breath. Christ, she was amazing. He lifted his head to tell her again how much he loved her. But the tears falling down her cheeks had him kissing her gently. Sloan felt his heart, so freshly mended with his realization that he loved her, tear into tiny bits.

“
What is it? Have I hurt you?” He started to pull away from her when she tightened her legs and held him. “Opal, what is it, honey?”

“
I love you.” He felt as if he had just won the lotto and nearly cried out with joy, but he stilled when she continued. “I didn’t want to. I know that you’ll tire of me and someday leave me, but I’ve fallen in love with you and I don’t know what to do. I just…I never wanted anyone to love me, never wanted to be hurt by love. And now, now I’m in love with you.”

Sloan held her. He had no idea what he could to do prove to her how much he honestly loved her
, so he held her to his body. When she was relaxed, her body claimed in sleep, he held her still. Sloan knew for as long as he lived he’d make sure she knew daily how much he loved her. And he’d try to show her that she could love him without any fear of him leaving or tiring of her.

Chapter
8

Fletcher woke slowly. He had a hard time thinking where he was, and when he stretched out, the burning pain of the sun touching his bare skin made it all come rushing back. Opening his eyes, he looked down at the dead man that lay over him. Tossing him away, Fletcher took a quick inventory of his body.

His arm was mending but still pained him terribly.
He knew that breaks like he’d had would take a few more feedings to heal completely, so that didn’t worry him overly much. His belly was still tender as well, but he thought he could stand now if necessary. But there would be no more running from crazed shifters anytime soon. Using the wall as support, Fletcher made his way to a standing position only to fall back again. His legs simply would not hold his weight. It took him nearly an hour of breathing slowly and moving even more slowly for him to be able to move back deeper into the building so he wouldn’t burn before the sun completely went down. He would have to rest before he could try to move out again, and feed. And try as hard as he could, no other humans came to him.

It took him nearly all his strength and over three hours before he felt as if he could move on his own. The loss of his fingers bothered him
, and he hoped that Sloan was sick on them, assuming he was the one who had bitten him. Things were a blur now that he’d had time to think. And he was pretty sure that he’d killed one, maybe even as many as two of his attackers before it was all done. He was nearly to his house when he realized that something was off about the scene in front of him. He just stared at the house that he’d been living in for so long, as if it were a surreal painting that he just didn’t get.