The Werewolf In Red by Mimi Riser

Author:Mimi Riser [Riser, Mimi]
Format: epub
Tags: Gay & Lesbian
ISBN: 9781611240344
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC

Chapter 4

Drink to me only...

"You did what you had to do," Hunter says with feline pragmatism.

It's an hour after the ugly event, but this is the first chance we've had to discuss it. Other tasks took priority over a postmortem. Like vacuuming up Vlad and scraping Hennie off the ceiling. A chicken sized dose of whiskey restored her to human form. A pint of the same turned out to be Freddy's real problem. Apparently, she spilled a bottle of her "nerve medicine" tonight, and he lapped it up before she could find a mop. Why, I don't know--he's not normally a drunk--but a weird little niggle tells me I should know...

Regardless, he's sleeping it off. We sent Hennie home in a taxi, and finally got Irving bedded down. He'd been more scared than he wanted to admit and took a while to settle. However, he's physically unharmed, and shifter kids are resilient. I think he'll be fine by morning.

Which is more than I can claim for myself. I just spent ten minutes puking my guts out while Hunter held my head to keep me from falling into the commode.

"You feel better now, though," he tells me.

Actually, no. But it's not for lack of his trying. We're back in the guestroom, in bed, loosely spooned together with his groin grazing my butt and his chest hair tickling my shoulder blades.

"Let me rephrase that." He sidles in closer, breathing steam on the nape of my neck, his voice a husky purr. "You feel good to me."

His arms snake around my middle, drawing me snug against him. His cock nestles lengthwise in the crease of my ass.

I'd respond if I had the strength. I'm caught in the curve of his body, surrounded by sizzle, the atmosphere so muggy it might be midsummer instead of early spring. But inside I'm Old Man Winter, weary and cold. I just want to sleep, but I can't even manage that. My mind keeps replaying the crunch of Vlad's vertebrae in my jaws, the way he disintegrated into grave dust beneath me. I've never destroyed a vampire before.

Do they all turn to dust, I wonder, or only the ancient ones? Given my heritage, I oughta know stuff like that. Maybe I did once and forgot it?

I keep thinking I've forgotten something...

"Yeah. How to relax. You need to stop thinking, period. And so do I."

Hunter exhales. A sultry sigh stirs my hair. He's had a difficult day, too, going from billionaire to broke. I remember that, at least. He must be exhausted, but on him fatigue looks and sounds sexy. Some guys can wear anything.

I twist around in his hold to face him. "I should be the one comforting you, shouldn't I?"

"I think the idea is we're supposed to comfort each other. Isn't that how love and marriage work?"

Gasp.

I've always thought so, but I never thought I'd live long enough to hear him say it. Am I on Candid Camera?

"Hell, part of my trouble I brought on myself by trying to handle too much alone.

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