Passion For Hire (Passion #5) (28 page)

Faith

“So all the family is together again, well most of it.” Fabian said looking around the room, and I tried to hide my grin. Was our brooding, arrogant leader getting nostalgic? Surely he wasn’t suffering from empty nest syndrome? I sure as hell wasn’t going to ask him though. Adrian’s father could be very nice, charming, and even kind at times but he had a side to him that I didn’t ever want to have to deal with. He’d be scary. It didn’t pay to lose sight of the fact that he was the sire of nearly everyone in the room. Even some of the absent ones I thought, wondering where Lucas and Francesca were and if they were together.

Adrian

Adrian was restless. Although it was nice to see his parents, he never enjoyed being in the house with his entire family. Well, his son Lucas and the outspoken Francesca were absent and he just hoped if they were together that his sister went easy with him. Lucas had been locked away for two years and was learning his way in life as a vampire, but Francesca wasn’t his preferred choice for his son to be hanging around with. She used men like toys, they were nothing to her, mere pawns in her teasing little games sometimes. Lucas was too good and kind to handle someone like her.

His eyes shifted around the room and he realised everyone except for his son and Francesca were paired off now. They’d all found love, and that realisation was enough to make him turn his head and look across to where Faith was talking with her sister. Fortunately the fiery redhead had calmed down now and accepted that he and Faith were together, and she conceded that he did genuinely love her.

At that moment Faith looked over, catching him watching her and he was trapped in the vivid depths of her blue eyes. Suddenly she winked, and the action took him so much by surprise that he burst out laughing.

Fabian

Fabian’s eyes moved around the room and he felt an unexpected kind of contentment. In over six hundred years, he’d never felt the way he felt right now. Nearly all his family were here and paired off. Sadly Dominick and Allegra were absent as they were in Italy for a few months since his son owned a home there. His wild child Francesca and Adrian’s son Lucas were also absent, but would hopefully return soon. He wasn’t sure if anyone would ever be able to tame her and although she seemed to be showing an interest in Lucas, Fabian worried she might be simply playing with him.

His eyes drifted to Sirene, his beauty, his sexy little witch. He’d once hated witches and he knew she’d loathed vampires and in particular him. Still in the end, they’d fallen for one another and he was thankful for having her. She had done so much for them all including their son, and it pleased him to see that Adrian was finally allowing himself to enjoy life, to love and be happy. He’d found the perfect woman in Faith. She had an air of purity about her, despite now being vampire. She would always have that sweetness and that light in her despite being turned into what some might call a soulless being. That light could not be extinguished in her. It shone bright enough to encompass his son as well.

Sirene

Sirene looked over at her son and smiled to herself. Her beautiful child was happy and content. It reflected in his eyes, those eyes so like his father’s, and she loved to see him like that; to see the darkness, the sorrow and the strain gone from his expression. Everything was complete. Well almost. Now they all just needed to wait and see what transpired between Francesca and Lucas. Fran was a wild one and Sirene was sure Fabian knew why she was the way she was but if he did, he had never told her. Much as she was curious to find out if he knew, she would never ask him. Sometimes it was best to let some secrets stay with the people they were intended for, and not push for details on something that was not her business.

Her eyes strayed around the room and she met Fabian’s pale gaze. God she loved him so much. He was such a complex man and a formidable vampire, but he’d definitely softened lately and she knew from what she’d heard that everyone believed his gentler nature was thanks to her. She’d given him someone to love and he did love her. Sirene knew she would never have to doubt even for just one day how much her beautiful vampire loved her. Of course that love could only be rivalled by one thing, the depth of her love for him.

Lucian

Lucian was bored. Ok seeing his family was nice but he wanted to go home. He looked over to Arissa who was shyly hanging with Flame and Faith. God she was beautiful and she’d come so far since that night he’d first met her. Her father had nearly destroyed her with the abuse but his baby was strong, and she’d survived and now she was his. She was still a little shy with the others probably because they didn’t live with them so they didn’t see them as often, but she’d taken to life as a vampire beautifully. She’d also turned into a little wild cat in the bedroom too. Just thinking about her and the claw marks she’d left all over his back last night made him start to harden. Fortunately his accelerated healing meant his back was free of the damage she’d done, ready for her to do it again later tonight, he hoped.

Arissa

Arissa tried to find something to add to the conversation between Faith and Flame but her mind was blank. She still found it hard to be comfortable amongst all the other vampires in groups like this. She didn’t want to cling all the time to Lucian so she’d bravely left him to try and socialise, and let him hang with his brothers if he wanted to.

She glanced over at him to find him watching her and as soon as she saw the look in his eyes, she knew what he was thinking. When her eyes travelled south and saw the revealing bulge in his jeans, she knew he was hard for her. Instantly she wanted him. She always seemed to want him these days. For someone who had been so scared of men and sex, she’d taken to it with a passion.

Of course it wasn’t just sex, it was Lucian. She had no desire to be with anyone else but him. She loved him so much and suddenly she needed to tell him that. Breaking away from Flame and Faith, she hurried over to him and threw her arms around his neck, pressing her body to his.

Flame

Flame watched Arissa head back to Lucian and smiled. Those two were nauseatingly in love. Ok, she loved Damien but she didn’t need to be hanging off him constantly, and she still liked to challenge him as he did her. They fought frequently but loved passionately and she loved him with everything in her. To think she’d always said she’d never get involved with anyone and here she was, not just involved with someone, but living with a vampire. That worked out quite nicely with her being one too of course.

Her attention returned to her sister and she had to concede Faith looked deliriously happy, despite such a shaky start to her relationship with Adrian. Flame knew her hot headed behaviour nearly killed him, and things were strained in the house for a while after that, but it seemed it was all ok now fortunately.

She heard laughter and turned to see Damien laughing and pointing at Lucian’s groin. When she looked to see what was so amusing, it was clear that Lucian had an erection, but he did have Arissa in his arms, and those two could barely stay away from one another. Her vampire could be such a child at times. Obviously she needed to go to him and kiss him in that special spot on his neck that turned him on. Let him become the one everyone laughed at.

Damien

“Oh so baby bro’s hard for you babe.” He grinned over at Arissa and Lucian. “Take her home and fuck her. Don’t whip that thing out here.” He joked, enjoying teasing his younger brother.

“Fuck off Damien.” Lucian glared at him.

“Damien, leave him the fuck alone you fool, and stop giving him shit.” Flame appeared, curling her arms around his neck and reaching up to touch her lips to his.

He groaned at the sweet taste of his Firebird and deepened the kiss, pushing his tongue into her mouth. As he kissed her, his hands fastened on her hips, dragging her closer until her body was pressed firmly against his.

One of Flame’s hands caressed his chest before sliding down his stomach, over his belt, the zip of his jeans and he jumped when she palmed his cock through the denim, instantly making him harden for her.

Suddenly she pulled away and yelled triumphantly. “Aww so whose got the hard on now?” Managing to draw all attention to him and he realised at that moment that he’d been had.

Francesca

Francesca let herself into her father’s home to the sound of laughter coming from the living room. She wasn’t in the mood for socialising. She was shitty, shitty because she needed to fuck and had not found anyone that she felt like fucking tonight. She’d settled for some blood and mind control to make the man forget, but she wanted sex. She wanted a nice hard cock in her somewhere. She didn’t give a fuck where it was. Fucking Lucas had turned her down because he wanted to see his mother. Well fuck him. She didn’t need that simpering little mummy’s boy anyway.

When she entered the living room, everyone greeted her and she let loose with a round of her customary sarcasm and sardonic behaviour in the hope she would at least get the satisfaction of pissing everyone off. She enjoyed that. It kept things entertaining and if she kept the mask in place, no one would see beyond it to what was really inside her.

The sound of Fabian’s mobile phone interrupted the noisy family gathering and Francesca watched her sire pull it from his pocket and take the call. He spoke only for a few minutes but his expression was serious, she could see that. She knew immediately something was wrong, something was very wrong.

She watched him disconnect the call and pocket his phone again before turning to them all. He cleared his throat and opened his mouth as if to speak but then closed it again. Francesca tensed. This was bad; her sire never reacted like this to anything.

“Everyone shut the fuck up.” She shouted and all eyes turned to her, the room falling silent. “Now what’s wrong sire? I can see something is bothering you.”

Fabian’s eyes swept around the room. “That was Lucas. His mother’s just been admitted to hospital. She’s not expected to survive the night.”

At his words there was total silence. A pin falling to the carpet could have been heard over the silence but then suddenly as if a switch had been flicked, the room erupted with loud swearing.

The End

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