Damien was complete love bug, but I guessed that was because of his mating instincts which I didn’t fully understand yet. He explained that once wolf mates found each other, they were never separated and if one of them were hurt, the partner would feel the pain of the mate. Damien said that once we had sex, things would change, that I would feel exactly what he meant. I was nervous because I’d never had sex with a vampire, let alone with anyone else, which clearly meant I was still pure. I do admit, I was sexually attracted to Damien and it was still new and I was scared and excited at the same time. I was never left open and vulnerable before, not until I met Damien, it made me dislike him more but I couldn’t stay mad at him, not when he touched me so gently and caressed me with his big hands. My vampire strength and speed melted away when he was around me, making me feel weak. I summoned up my strength to open my eyes at the god sent sight before me. Damien lay with his face to me, eyes closed and face relaxed and it made my stomach twist a few times. I turned over so my back faced him, I couldn’t bring myself to look at him, not when I couldn’t feel the same feelings he was feeling for me. His arm circled my waist and brought me against him, his bare skin making my cool flesh tingle in ways I’d never experienced. “I thought wolves hated the scent of vampires.” I whispered, knowing that he was awake.
“And I thought vampires claimed we smelt like wet dog.” He mumbled against the base of my neck. His comment made me giggle and I turned to him, his facial features so inviting. “You smell different. Like honey and fresh earth.” I said and his dark eyes bore into mine with a lazy grin on his mouth. “You smell like berries, but I didn’t know you were my mate from your scent. That’s an old wolf’s tale, I knew you were the one because when I touched you, I saw our future flash before my eyes, well only the good parts at least. That only happens when two mates find each other and you’ll only see that when I mark you on our mating night.” He murmured softly, closing his eyes to fall into another round of peaceful slumber. It was long after that when his eyes shot open and he jumped up. “Get dressed.” He ordered, pulling up the zip of his jeans. “What…?” And then I heard it, my vampire hearing heard the shouting from the reception as bounty hunters made it up the stairs and up the elevator, blocking all exits. Damien must of realised that too because he sent me a look before tossing his sweater he’d worn and a pair of clean boxers.
I sent him a questionable glance. “Don’t waste any time, put those on and get into the linen cupboard.” He said, I could hear the alpha in him come out and did as I was told, slipping on the items and tossing my old clothes back to him. He went and hid them and my bag as I slipped into the cupboard inside the bathroom. When he came to close the door behind me, he gave me a quick but passionate kiss before letting the dark cupboard consume me. Once the door was closed, I heard the water from the shower run against the tiles. I looked through the key hole, watched as him muscular figure stepped behind the misted glass. Smart. He was using the shower as a detour so they wouldn’t find anything strange about his scent in the bathroom. Speaking of which, the whole cupboard smelt like him, he hid my scent under his clothes and it made me feel slightly warm inside that someone actually gave a shit. He must have felt my prying eyes as he looked straight at the cupboard door knowingly and gave me one of his cockish smirks which made me roll my eyes, forcing me to look away.
By now, the hunters were banging the door down as Damien walked out, drying his hair, with an expressionless look on his face. I lent my ears out as they started talking. “We know she was here Alpha.” Someone said and I knew it was a wolf because only wolves addressed their superiors as Alpha or Luna. I heard Damien chuckle to the wolf hunter. “She might have been in the hotel, but she definitely was not with me. I would’ve sent word if she was.” He said, oh boy was he good. His acting skills were definitely better than most people I’d seen lie. “Are you sure?” The hunter asked and I swore I heard Damien growl. “You questioning my authority young pup?” his voice was low and dangerous, setting my lower areas on fire. I bit my lip, trying not to think about it because wolves could smell arousal from distances away. The hunters around them were searching the room and one of them, a dragon, walked into the bathroom, stopping by the cupboard I was in. Vampires were not forced to breathe and didn’t have beating hearts, which made hiding much easier. Especially for situations like these, turning my attention back to Damien’s conversation, I heard the slightest quickening of the young hunter’s heart.
“No Alpha, of course not.” He said softly. He made a sharp whistle and the dragon hunter went to the door where Damien spoke, “Now if you’ll allow me to get dressed and rested for tonight, I’m assuming that is all?” Damien’s teeth grinded together and I let my vampire hearing drop as I heard the door close and a lock clicked in place. I heard his footsteps nearing until he swung the door open, towel still riding dangerously low on his hips. He looked at me with an intense gaze, pupils dilated, the black almost absorbing all the white. He bent down to pick me up, wrapping my legs around his wide waist and pushed me up against the cool wall gently. “I could smell your arousal from the door and boy does it smell sweet.” He said through gritted teeth. I couldn’t speak, not when his body against mine allowed my arousal to break free from its reins. I took a sharp intake of breath when he grazed his canines against the soft skin of my neck, causing my legs to involuntarily attempt to rub together to ease the ache. This made him growl deeply and he brought his smart mouth to my ear, “Now what brought this on suddenly?” His words sent shivers up my spine and I suddenly felt moist build up in my underwear. He made it impossible to resist him and I tugged on his hair slightly as his hands ran over my thighs in a feather like motion. “The Alpha in you is what caused this.” I said in a ragged voice, nothing he was doing was making this easier.
He smirked, taking me to the bedroom as if I was nothing and lay me gently on the bed. He climbed on top of me and bent his head down so our lips were just barely touching. “Can I help you take your mind off things?” He said, his voice so alluring and convincing, yet I still felt a bundle of nerves build in my stomach. He must of senses this because he bent his head down to kiss me passionately. “I am not going to take your purity away now.” He said with a smile and I hesitated before giving him a nod. He waited no more and went down to slip the boxers off before spreading my legs gently apart. I felt warm in my face. No one had seen me like this before, so open and naked. I heard him murmur for me to relax and I lay my head comfortably on the plush cushions, closing my eyes and allowing my body to relax. His hands massaged my thighs before he began kissing them with tender kisses, this caused my aching core to twitch and he must of seen this because I heard him laugh softly.
He murmured soft forbidden promises against my skin and an unrecognisable sound escaped my lips and I bit down, trying not to make a sound. His mouth suddenly found the spot where I needed him most and my back arched, planting my hip down with his hands, he continued his torture of darting out his tongue into my swollen core. My hands found his hair and I tugged as gently as I could, attempting to raise my hips harder against him. He obviously saw my shattered attempt and stuck his tongue in places that had me seeing stars. “Pease.” I whimpered, not sure what I was pleading for but did so anyways. He looked up at me, licked his lips and sent me one of his shockingly sexy smiles. I felt his finger circling around my wetness and jerked slightly, looking into my soul, he asked, “May I?” I nodded quickly and felt him insert a singular finger, causing my body to sizzle at the new sensation. I heard him hiss and whispered something about how tight I was.
He pumped slowly, letting my body get used to this new feeling before he used his mouth on my swollen nub, my body shook at these glorious sensations and I felt myself breathe raggedly. This was too good and before I could think twice, my body exploded into a mess as I reached my peak. I lay for what felt like forever, coming down from the high I was soaring on and he crawled on top of me, kissing my lips and neck. “How was that?” he said with a smirk and I gave him a lazy grin. ”That was so good.” I whispered as I felt my throat was dry. He smiled and turned me so I lay on my side and he crawled behind me, holding me as I drifted off into a blissful sleep. When I woke up, Damien was on his laptop, a small frown on his face. I noticed he was only in his boxers and I was still wearing his shirt. I got up from the bed and used my instincts to make my way through the dark room. I pulled out a chair across the small table from him and sat down with my hands in my lap. Curious to what he was looking at, I cleared my throat as I watched him reading something in deep thought.  “What’s keeping you up so late?” I asked and he looked up, giving me a small smile before turning his laptop to face me. It didn’t take my eyes long to get used to the light of the screen before I began reading the article, starting by its bold heading.
I read it to myself out loud, “The reward on The Black Rose has been raised.” I looked up at Damien before reading on. “Due to no one coming forward with any information regarding The Black Rose, King Jeremy, the werewolf king, has spoken to press earlier this evening about raising the reward to anyone who can bring forth the murderer of his young queen who was only nineteen when she died. He says that all rulers of the borders have agreed to now placing a one point five million in gold for the young vampire assassin. The bars are now raised because the king has opened the doors for everyone, not just the Bounty hunters to find this ruthless killer. They have also announced that the kings and queens who were at the party that night will be taking interviews to talk about their views on what happened that night.” I frowned, pushing the laptop away. “Did you know about this?” I asked him while looking at the table. He closed the device and shook his head, “No. How my brother rules his kingdom does not concern me and besides, he doesn’t talk to me. Especially since that brat died.” He mumbled the last bit under his breath. “What?” I asked him and his eyes found mine.
“So just before my brother found his mate, I caught his mate at a bar in the wolf borders stripping and pole dancing, totally wasted. When he found her about a week later, I warned him that she was no good and obviously, like the younger brother he is, didn’t listen.” I stopped him. “Your brother is younger than you?” he nodded and continued with the story. “No less than two weeks into them finding each other, she went and messed around with a few of his guards. He killed them of course, but her? He hit her around a few times and she turned into this innocent pup, like the bad part of her had vanished. Or so I thought. One day Jeremy left her at the castle and I was sleeping in. She’d snuck around the castle to try and get into my pants saying how she’d waited for me to fuck her brains out. I kicked her out and requested the cottage behind the castle because it’s really far from civilisation and it’s so quiet.” With that his face went into deep thought before looking up at me. “Pack your things. I’m going to take to my cottage, that way no one will even think to look there. Most of the hunters are here looking for you.” I shook my head and stood up walking to the cupboard where my things were in. “I can’t Damien. I have to look for the killer and I want to look him in the face when he realises he had lost.” I pulled on some black denims and my boots. He stood and came up from behind me and hugged me. “Let me come with.” He whispered and I turned to him, placing my small hands on his shoulders. “Everyone is now looking for me and I don’t want them looking for you too, besides I don’t want you to die on my behalf.” I smirked and he sent me a look that told me that he was up to no good before saying, “I wasn’t asking little one.” His dominant wolf made my lifeless body shiver by the way left me feeling so intimidated. “Careful now.” He whispered and I forced myself to push him away while my mouth twitched into a smile.
He told me to keep the shirt on as well as a grey hoodie he threw me. “We must try keep your scent hidden as much as possible.” He said as we jumped out of the window. At this time, most vampires were in their houses or at the bars and clubs, so escaping out of a window was not going to be a problem. He climbed down first and motioned for me to jump, I jumped down effortlessly and Damien caught me as if was weightless. And I was. We slipped through some alleyways until we were far enough to dump my things that held my scent. He helped me transfer my stacks of cash into his duffel that he carried around and led me to a garage where most creatures from the other borders parked their cars. We had to cross one of the busiest roads in the Darksyde, it being the main road to the castle. Before crossing, he turned and helped me tuck all my hair away and told me how to duck my head in a way that I could avoid any attention being drawn to me but not too much to look like I’m doing something illegal. We made it to what looked like an off road vehicle with massive tires and I realised it suited its owner very well. He helped me up into the truck before going around and sliding in with ease, tucking the duffel into a secret compartment under his seat. “Okay, so we need to find out who are the biggest crime lords here. Maybe they know anything or heard of anything to do with framing you for the murder. If they know anything and can give us some information, we trace the framers steps from there.” He said and the truck roared to life with the turn of a key.