Tall, Dark & Heartless (Pyte/Sentinel #3)(139)

Chris already promised her that they were done making babies for a while and each time he hunted her down and held her as she sobbed in his arms he promised her again. It was one of those times that she hated have really sensitive hearing. Their pain was private and she felt like an intruder when she overheard them.

"I think Kale's coming tomorrow night," Caine grumbled, which was understandable since the shifter merely tolerated their presence. He didn't like Pytes and that would probably never change. Whenever Chris was away he usually dropped whatever he was doing to be here for Izzy and the babies. He'd take over helping with the babies, carry Izzy around like Chris did so that she didn't have to suffer and go to her when it became too much and she needed to stop putting on a brave face for everyone.

They all tried to help Izzy, but the attention seemed to embarrass her and make her self-conscious so they usually left it up to Chris and Kale to comfort her. The rest of them settled with helping with the babies and sneaking her junk food when Chris' back was turned which seemed to please her immensely. Of course, no one was stupid enough to sneak her Coke or anything caffeinated since that would set Chris off on an hour long lecture about not giving that type of shit to his unborn precious babies.

"Why don't we take the night off?" Caine suggested and normally she would kick his ass for saying such a thing, but right now all she could do was sigh in relief.

"Please."

He chuckled as he laid her on their bed and slowly undressed her. "I was thinking we'd eat, get some sleep, make love in the bath tub, against the wall, and a few other places before we settled in and made love on the bed. What do you think?"

"It sounds absolutely perfect," she murmured sleepily as she tried to roll over and curl up, but Caine wasn't about to let her go to sleep without feeding.

"Sorry, Danni," he said as she felt him lay down beside her. Seconds later he was pulling her into his arms and she nearly purred with contentment when she felt his warm na**d skin rub against hers. "But you need to eat," he explained as he positioned her on top of him.

"Fine," she mumbled sleepily as she nuzzled his neck as she allowed her fangs to drop and once they did she didn't hesitate. She was too damn tired and she knew that he wouldn't let her go to sleep until she drank from him and had at least one bag of the demon blood the Council supplied.

A few minutes later she was more alert and couldn't help but notice the delicious scent Caine was giving off or the large erection poking her. She shifted her hips, teasing his erection as she continued to feed.

"You know what, Danni?" Caine said as he shifted his h*ps and thrust home, slowly filling her with his length. "I think that we're going to have to move making love in bed up the list."

With a smile she pulled her teeth from his neck and pressed a kiss to the already healing skin as she moved back so that she could look down at him.

"If that's what you want," she said with a small moan as she pushed back.

"It's exactly what I want, Danni," he said, sitting up and wrapping his arms around her as he leaned in and kissed her, "and you're exactly what I need."

*******

Rerum, New Hampshire

"Hey, beautiful, wanna make all my dreams come true?" a cute guy asked as she walked past him and headed for the door.

"Maybe another night," she said with a smile as she sidestepped a couple coming out of the restaurant.

Her stomach rumbled, urging her on and reminding her that behind those double doors lay the best onion rings in town and that she of course skipped lunch. Well, she didn't so much as skip it as it was stolen out of the fridge, but that was fine with her. She'd found the little culprit minutes later, hiding beneath the employee sink as he finished off her roast beef sandwich. Bobby was five, cute as a button and unfortunately had a mother more interested in getting her next fix, than feeding him. Before she called it a night at the community center, where she now worked, she made sure that she found him a hot meal and a place to sleep. Hopefully the social worker she called tonight would be able to do more for him.

She couldn't believe how good things were going for her. She had a job that she really loved, a cute little apartment and once again she was useful. Here in Rerum she wasn't a disappointment or someone that needed help. But, most importantly she was no longer that weak woman that she'd been in Boston seven months back and she never wanted to be that woman again.

Here, she was a woman who was about to pig out on some onion rings and-

"Hey! Let go of me!" she snapped when several large men grabbed her and pulled her toward a parked car. Before she could fight back her hands were yanked back and cuffed and she found herself being pushed into the back of a dark car and onto someone's lap.

"What the hell is your problem?" she demanded as she pushed up on her knees and moved to kick the hell out of her assailant the way her brother taught her when the voice that still haunted her dreams stopped her, "Did you miss me, Angel?"