“Did you really have to use that picture?” Alta asked again as Francel clicked on a link. It was the one of him with his tongue out.“What’s wrong with it?” Francel asked. “I like your tongue.”Alta smiled and licked Francel’s neck.“Hyungs,” Ciel Karhillaz said.“You know, Alta,” Ueda said, “I never thought that, out of all faeries, you’d be one of the ones to come to your senses.”“What’s that supposed to mean?” Alta demanded.Ueda smirked. “You almost didn’t even let me touch you because you knew that I had been with an elf, remember that?Alta scoffed. “True.”“The only faerie worse than you were is Heechul,” Hongki muttered.Alta looked over at him, really looked at him. Hongki was frowning, and if Alta remembered last night correctly, the young faerie hadn’t smiled as often as he usually did. It was very odd to see Hongki separated from Heechul. “What happened?”Hongki looked up, startled and then said, “Nothing, hyung.”“It wasn’t nothing,” Kei piped up. “My Hongki is not ugly
“Yeah, they’re more machines than people,” Ueda said. “Only turned for brute strength.”“Has Lexy done all of this?” Francel asked.“We think so,” Rachael replied. “Where’s your bathroom?”“Down there,” Francel said and pointed.“And the elf?”“Passed out.”“Damn it. I take it Bosy drained him for the power transfer.”“Yeah.”“Well, then I guess you’re about to become a donor, wolf, because if Bosy doesn’t get blood in him, he’s going to die.”Francel took a deep breath, but followed her down the hall.“Trust me. Bosy isn’t going to like it either. Werewolf blood is gross.”Rachael set Bosy in the tub. She finished ripping the tattered clothes off the battered body.“Wimer Aslix is going to be pissed,” Francel said. “That was his favorite jacket. Cost him three hundred dollars.”Rachael turned the shower on. The water swirled pink down the drain.“God, they really chewed him to pieces,” she said. “We’re lucky we got to him when we did.”“He’ll be alright?” Francel asked.Bosy’s whole
Ueda flicked his fingers and repaired the balcony door. Athena’s arms wrapped around him, long nails scraping across his stomach.“Are you sure you’re alright?” she whispered.“Yeah. Fighting vampires is never fun.”“You’ve done it before.” It wasn’t a question.“A few times. But only when I have to.”“How old are you?”Ueda laughed and turned in her arms. He spread his wings and flew them up in the tree. “Old enough.” He was kissing her before they hit the hammock. But just as her nails scratched across the skin of his lower back, there was frantic knocking on the door.“Damn it,” he muttered and pressed his face into Athena’s neck.“Time out,” Athena said.Ueda flew down to the door. He opened the door. It took a lot to surprise him, but the elusive Matriarch of the Korean vampires standing at the door was enough to render him speechless.“Your Excellence,” he finally said and bowed.“Bosy. Where is he? Is he okay?”“He’s fine. He’s in his room.” Ueda stepped aside. Daniela flew pas
And then there was Bosy, a vampire that no one could figure out. But Jun highly doubted that Bosy would offer himself up as vampire dinner just to cause a distraction.There was a tug on his brain.Don’t even think about it, Jun said.What? I’m giving you access, so you can see that I didn’t do it.Jun held his eyes for a few more seconds. He could feel that open abyss in Yamapi’s mind. I don’t need to check.Jun turned back to the others. “No one leaves. You understand me, Ryo, Shige. No one. Corral them in the mess hall or something, but no one leaves.”“What about your call to kill?” Shige asked with a frown.Jun smirked and tossed a mental note to every vampire that they were grounded until dawn.Ryo laughed. “Yes, Dad.”“I’m sure you two will find something to do with your time,” Jun said with a look at Jenni. “We’ll be back before dawn.”“You might want to splint that wrist, Pi,” Ryo said.Jun looked back at him sharply. “You’re hurt?”“Someone threw me against a wall.”Jun grab
Ueda rolled his eyes. He nudged Alta’s ass with his foot. “Go take that into your room.”Alta flipped him off, but supporting Francel and still managing to stay attached at the lips, Alta stood up and carried the weak werewolf back down the hall.“You should still be sleeping,” Alta said as he laid Francel back in bed.“I know, but you left and I was cold and I couldn’t get comfortable without you.”They rearranged the blankets, and comfort came after Alta curled up and laid his head at Francel’s shoulder. Francel hugged him, face buried in his hair, fingers playing with the edges of his wings.“I love you,” Francel whispered.“What?” Alta said, propping up a bit to look into golden eyes.“What do you mean what?” Francel asked, looking away.There was silence as Alta stared, eyes taking in the downward look, the biting of the lower lip. The frown.“You mean it?” Alta said.“Of course.”Alta reached and touched Francel’s cheeks, turning his face so their eyes met. “Say it again.”“Isn’
Rachael took deep breaths as she headed down the hall. As she opened the door to bosy’s bedroom, she thought she had prepared herself for what she would find. Her whole body froze, watching the two naked bodies on the bed. bosy’s mouth was attached to the elf’s neck. She shut her eyes and listened to sounds, inhaled the sweet scent of elf blood. When they opened, she found herself paralyzed by bosy’s stare. He smiled, licked blood off his teeth, and then turned his attention back to the squirming body beneath him.Rachael made a hasty retreat and leaned against the door. She took deep breaths again to hold back her tears and stalked back down the hallway.“They’re busy,” Rachael snapped.Jun’s eyebrows rose at the tone, and Rachael swallowed. Fuck. Jun pointed to a spot just behind him, and Rachael went there and dropped to her knees, head lowered.See? Jun said to Yamapi. Fun.Out loud he said, “Okay, well, I guess he doesn’t necessarily have to be here.”“Ciel Karhillaz!” Francel sh
“I know you’re still here. Where is everyone else? I know that Jun and Yamapi came into the building. And your werewolf, where is he to protect you? Maybe I should go and pay him a visit, since you seem to care more about the girl than you do him.”Alta shut his eyes in an attempt to keep his breathing under control. He couldn’t feel this vampire, or see her, or hear her or anything, and she didn’t say anything. Fuck, Alta thought. Calm down. Francel has Wimer Aslix and Rachael and a couple of those other vamps up there with him. He moved closer to the girl. All he had to do was touch her and disillusion her.A foot away he hit a wall of air.Fuck again.He lost control when something that felt like claws dug into his neck.“Nice try, faerie.”With the last bit of strength he could muster, Alta threw light around the room.The hand released him and there was a tiny scream and then more screams. Alta landed hard on his knees, eyes focused on the girl. He crawled to her, the barrier gon
At almost midnight, Bosy stared into the apartment from the balcony. None inside could see him. Even Francel hadn’t sensed him.Francel and Alta Presion were curled up on the couch. Ciel Karhillaz sat in the arm chair, eating ice cream. Wimer Aslix wasn’t in the living room, but it only took a moment to find his aura in their bedroom.Their? Bosy smiled. Yeah, theirs. He doubted that Wimer Aslix would go back to his and Francel’s room, and hell, even Alta Presion wasn’t using his room anymore.Only once during the height of the sun at noon had his skin prickled a bit. Bosy was pretty sure the only thing he couldn’t do now was fly. And considering how fast he could run and how high he could jump, not being able to fly hardly mattered.He took another deep breath. Just being around them was going to endanger them. Not from him, but Jun would not, would not, just let Bosy threaten him like he had.Bosy tried to convince himself that Jun would see sense, realize that Bosy had no desire at