Fang & Metal: A Science Fiction Vampire Detective Novel (Vampire Detective Midnight Book 4) by JC Andrijeski

Author:JC Andrijeski [Andrijeski, JC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Sun Press
Published: 2020-05-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Really Mad

Nick got up to answer the door.

He didn’t think about how he looked, or even whether he was fully dressed.

Maybe it was just an excuse to move, to shift the scenery in some way, to break them out of this damned deadlock they were in, a deadlock that was increasingly hitting at his fear buttons, and making him want to run––at least until he could clear his head.

“No shit,” Wynter muttered from behind him.

Nick glanced at her, then hardened his jaw, walking the rest of the way to the door. He fumbled briefly with the lock, flinging it open once he got the damned thing unlatched.

At that point, he had no idea how long they’d been in there.

He had no idea what time it was.

Worse, it occurred to him the first time just how loud they’d been, and not only while they were fucking––and the fact that this was Wynter’s work, it was her place of employment, and it was a damned school, where students could presumably walk by.

Unfortunately, he was a second too late on that clothing thing.

He flung open the door, found himself looking at Malek and Tai…

…and only then thought to look down at himself.

He had his pants on, at least.

Even so, his shirt was open, hanging from his shoulders, and his belt and shoes were gone. He couldn’t even remember taking off the anti-grav boots that were more or less standard issue for cops, even Midnights, but he supposed they must be under Wynter’s desk somewhere.

All of that flickered through his mind in less than a human heart beat.

Then he slid backwards, moving vampire-like behind the door, wanting speed more than to reassure the seers by mirroring human-style movements.

Once he was fully out of the doorway and behind the large slab of wood, he glanced at Wynter, even as he began buttoning up his shirt.

He was relieved to see she was decent, more decent than him.

“Decent,” she muttered. “You really do sound a thousand years old sometimes.”

Nick felt his jaw harden, but he didn’t answer.

He could feel through the blood she’d jabbed at him more out of emotion than because she meant her words. She still wanted to fight with him. She wanted to yell at him until he said or did something to make her feel better.

Unfortunately, Nick was pretty much out of ideas on what that thing might be.

He’d done that thing you were never, ever supposed to do.

He’d never even done that as a human, much less as a vampire.

He’d called out an ex-lover’s name in the middle of sex.

Jesus.

What the fuck was wrong with him.

Wynter emitted another hard grunt, even as she rose to her feet, folding her arms over that dress that still made Nick want to fuck, training her eyes on Malek and Tai as they entered her office. Nick watched her struggle to clear her expression, to erase every hint of the past however-long of fucking and fighting that they’d just been alternating between.

Mostly, she failed at that.

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