Vampires in America: The Vignettes, Volume 2 by D. B. Reynolds

Author:D. B. Reynolds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BelleBooks Inc.
Published: 2017-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

Vampire Vignette #19

Merry Christmas, Baby

Two weeks after the events in RELENTLESS

Malibu, CA

“WE NEED A VACATION.” Cyn lay on the bed, watching through the open bathroom door as Raphael finished shaving. He had a meeting tonight. Another meeting.

Raphael walked out of the bathroom and headed for his half of their walk-in closet. They were both clothes hounds. When she’d moved in permanently, they’d had to remodel his basement suite to accommodate the addition of her clothes. What had once been a second office for him—one that he’d never used—was now part of a closet that was nearly as big as the main bedroom. Raphael disappeared into that closet.

“Did you hear what I said?” she asked, knowing full well he had. Vampires had great hearing. “We just saved the world; doesn’t that deserve a vacation?”

He walked out of the closet, his suit pants zipped, but not buttoned, a crisp white shirt hanging open to show off his gorgeous chest. “Saying we saved the world might be a bit of an exaggeration,” he responded with a smile, as he sat on the bed to slip on his boots.

Cyn sat up and crawled down to the edge of the big bed. Coming up behind him, she bracketed his hips with her thighs and lifted the back of his shirt, pressing her naked breasts against his bare skin. “I didn’t hear a ‘no’ in there. We could go to Colorado and have a white Christmas.”

He turned enough to give her skeptical look over his shoulder. “Because I love cold weather.”

“Oh, don’t be such a fud. It’s not like we’ll be making snowmen by moonlight. Maybe a nice walk or two, but think of how romantic it would be. You and me and no one else, all cozy and warm by the fireplace, while it snows outside.”

“I’m not sure Juro would share your enthusiasm for the ‘just you and me’ part.”

“He can’t come. He has to stay home and help Luci plan their wedding. And don’t say it. I know you’ll still have to bring security, but it’s a big house. We could pretend it was just us.”

His expression turned serious and he stood, pulling her off the bed and into his arms. “Does it bother you? Always having my security team around?”

“No,” she said, but couldn’t make herself look at him. He was too good at detecting lies, and she didn’t want to lie to his face anyway.

“Cyn,” he chided. “Talk to me.”

She raised her eyes to meet his, taking in every detail of the face she loved so well. “It doesn’t bother me . . . mostly. And it’s not even that, it’s just . . . It feels sometimes like we’ve been fighting one war or another from the moment we met. Isn’t it time to let someone else do the fighting? Quinn’s all set to go in Ireland, and you have allies here at home. Let them handle the bad guys for a while.”

He kissed her forehead, then trailed his lips down to her mouth.

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