Chase pushed my leg up even higher and pushed against my clit. He took the little nub into his mouth and sucked. My screams were now gone, my eyes closed as the pleasure began to build inside me.
“Let me hear it,” Kellen demanded as he thrust hard. “Let me feel it.”
He knew me so well—recognized that I was on the brink. He lowered his head to my neck and ran his fangs along my skin. With a quick bite, he pierced my skin and drew the blood in a way that caused my utter surrender.
My body vibrated with pleasure—shook beneath Chase’s mouth and around Kellen’s shaft. With a loud roar of completion, Kellen ended with a final thrust as his cl**ax meshed with mine.
I yielded to Kellen and to Chase as I realized I had never truly lived, never really been satisfied or known pure love.
Until now.
Chapter Ten
The plane skidded across the runway. I glanced to my phone once again—ten missed calls, four texts, all between the hours of one and three, and all clearly displayed Mike’s frustrations.
“I didn’t even hear the phone at all.” I said to Chase.
He chuckled and his brow arched up sultry. “Wonder why that would be?”
I leaned up, took his lips in a soft butterfly kiss. “Hmm, I was a little preoccupied.”
When I backed away from Chase’s mouth, Kellen stretched his legs out in front of him. “A damn fine preoccupation it was.” I grinned as I leaned away from Chase. I felt like a woman who been taken to cloud nine and back again. When I settled back in my seat, I glanced down and dreaded the phone call ahead of me. “Better just get this over with.”
Just as I started tapping the keys, Chase put his hand over mine. “Let me.”
My gaze connected with his and I saw a very amused smile planted on his face. Of course, he would enjoy this. I wasn’t opposed to him taking the wheel here. The conversation with Mike wasn’t going to be a pleasant one.
Chase reached into his pocket, grabbed his phone to look at it, then grinned at me.
“Ten here too.” He dialled and raised the phone to his ear.
It only took two rings before Mike’s enrage voice blared through the speaker.
“Where the f**k are you?”
“I was helping Hadley and Kellen investigate the mental hospitals,” Chase answered, calm and collected. “Why? Have you been trying to reach us?”
“I have been trying to reach you both for two f**king hours,” Mike roared. Even without my super vamp hearing I’d still be able to hear him. The yelling might have had something to do with that.
Chase smiled wide at me, but his voice showed no hint of amusement. “Really? The reception must have been down.”
Mike grumbled something incoherent that sounded like a curse word. “Just get back to the station.” After a slight pause, he finished, “Now.”
“Ten-four.” Chase lowered the phone from his ear and ended the call.
“Ooohh, I’ve never heard him so pissed.” I laughed.
“Obviously, something’s up,” Chase agreed. “Well, other than the fact that two women are missing.”
Shame landed hard. I’d been so happy, so wrapped up in all this personal stuff, I forgot why we were all together in the first place. What had I been thinking? We were off gallivanting when we held the lives of two women in our hands. The reminder put a damper on my good mood and settled me into guilt.
Kellen sighed as the plane’s engine cut, quieting the hum in the air. “Hadley, you have nothing to feel guilty about. This had to be done.”
I stood immediately and followed Kellen out of the plane with Chase right on my heels. Of course, Kellen would sense my mood immediately. I said nothing in response. I did feel guilt and deservedly so.
“I hope you enjoyed your flight,” the pilot smiled at me as I stepped out of the cabin door.
I nodded.
Before I could say anything, Kellen interjected. “You went for a leisurely flight to test the speed of your jet.” The pilot’s eyes glazed over as he stared at Kellen. “You were thrilled with this mighty machine you have spent your life savings on.”
The pilot nodded. “Need for speed.”
“That is truly f**king incredible.” Chase snorted. He placed his hand on my lower back and ushered me toward Kellen’s waiting car. Once there, he opened the back door for me and I snuck into the backseat as he climbed into the front beside Kellen.
Guess the two were getting on very well now. I suppose seeing each other na**d could settle any remaining hostility between them. They shared and shared well. Maybe camaraderie had been born.
Suddenly distracting me from my thoughts, a beep came from my phone, quickly followed by another. I glanced to my phone. “You’re not f**king here yet,” the message read. I laughed, as did Chase. “He’s going to rip us a new one when he sees us.”
“I’m sure you can put a stop to that,” Chase offered. “Now that I know you can do such a thing—that just might come in handy.”
I raised my gaze from my phone to give him a stern look while I shook my finger at him. “No abusing it.”
He shrugged my words away as if my thoughts were meaningless. “If you got it, use it.”
Kellen nodded firmly as he put the car in drive and headed out of the driveway. “My sentiments exactly.”
“Men,” I grumbled with a shake of my head. Looking back to my phone, I typed away quickly to let Mike know we were on the way. “He’s got a right to be angry. Who knows what’s up and we were busy—well—getting busy.”
Kellen and Chase laughed.
The sound of their laughter warmed me. I looked at them and just marvelled for a moment, in awe this had all worked out. Kellen was happy, Chase was happy, and I was bursting out of myself with joy. Not only was Chase all right with it all, he and Kellen were getting along. I might have everything I’d ever dreamed of and more—something I wondered if I’d ever have. Now that I did, I would never let of any of it go. I had a great life, a job I loved and two men who adored me. They were mine to love, enjoy and savour. Kellen for all eternity and Chase for as long as time would allow.
Kellen drove with rapid speed as he manoeuvred the flashy car with ease through the streets of Milwaukee. Fast enough that within only ten minutes, the station appeared just ahead.
Chase groaned when we drew closer. “Here we go.”
It didn’t take much to understand what he was talking about. When we pulled into the parking lot, Mike waited at the front with his arms crossed on his chest and a scowl planted firm on his face.
Kellen sped into a parking spot then slammed on the breaks.
When the car stopped, I jumped out as a little grumble escaped my mouth. “Uh oh.” I planted an ashamed expression on my face, which wasn’t all that hard, I did feel guilty.
“Damn cell phones,” I muttered and gave the thing a shake in my hand.
Mike’s expression didn’t falter. “While you have been off doing God knows what, a discovery has been made.”
I stopped midstride as confusion raked me. “What discovery?”
“Kelly Lewis’ body was discovered an hour ago,” Mike answered in a curt tone.
Then, he stepped past me, heading toward a rented truck. “Get the f**k in. Nick is waiting at the scene for us.” He glanced back, glaring at both Chase and I. “I came back trying to locate you f**kers.”
Now I felt rotten. While we were getting down and dirty, the young woman, Kelly, had died. If we hadn’t gone to the Mistresses’ we could have gone to the see the doctor and discovered what we needed for me to interrogate him. Our hesitation had just cost this woman her life. Nothing about that felt good. I glanced at Chase. He smiled softly, however, guilt lived in his eyes too.
Kellen, of course, was just Kellen. Completely at ease with what had happened. But why would he care, mortals meant nothing to him. If this was a vampire and she’d been killed for no reason, Kellen would raise hell.
I sighed away the remorse as I got into the truck and situated myself beside Kellen in the backseat. What was done was done. Maybe Kelly had been dead for days. Therefore, my guilt was pointless. I’d wait to hear details before I punished myself. “Where was her body located?”
Mike’s tension still radiated off him as he started the ignition of the truck. His fists were clenched around the steering wheel as his pissed off gaze met mine in the rear-view mirror. “At the market.”
Chase’s gaze snapped to Mike from the front seat. Surprise filled his face. “Right out in the open?”
Mike took a deep breath, obviously in an attempt to regain himself. “The market is closed during the week, only open on Sunday. A security guard found her body under one of the vendors fruit stands.”
Okay, well that eased my guilt a little. It sounded like she’d been there a while. “So, she has been dead a few days then?”
Mike shook his head. My guilt returned. “I’m not sure until we get there. As I said, I was waiting to find you all.” His gaze met mine in the rear-view mirror and gave me another stern glance before he focused back on the road.