Sydney was excited by the plan. Finally, she had a chance to get out of this damn mansion and look for Simone. She still worried about the fact that she didn’t have any weapons, nor did she have many clothes. Especially the kind she would wear out to a night club. “Kade, I need to get out tomorrow. And before you say no, which I know is coming, I need clothes and shoes. This has got to be believable. I need to look like the kind of girl who is looking for a little adventure, if you know what I mean. These sweats aren’t going to cut it.”
Kade knew she was correct, but she could not go alone. He had a few meetings in the early morning. He would send someone with her to shop. “Okay, you’ll go shopping in the morning. But you go with someone. I will send Xavier with you. Even though vampires have weakened powers during daylight, Simone could be out looking for you, or have human minions spying about.”
Sydney wasn’t foolish. She may not want to stay in a house full of vampires, but if this Simone chick was out to get her, she wasn’t going without backup. “Thanks Kade. I'll need a few weapons too: stakes, crossbow. Tristan is bringing my gear, but he may not be down before we leave tomorrow night.”
Kade came over and sat on the ottoman once again. “They will not allow weapons into the club. For your shopping trip tomorrow, Luca will give you a gun with silver bullets and a few stakes that you can easily stash in your purse. Tomorrow night, we will need to give you a few special accessories before we leave...undetectable weapons that you can wear into the club. You should be safe with us, but should you have any issues, you’ll have the protection you need.”
After Luca left them alone, Kade let his hands roam up Sydney’s thighs to settle on her waist. He pulled her up, so they were standing close. “Sydney, I know you are mad that I called your boss. But if you want to stay on the case, we need to do this my way. I want you to know that I am sorry I have to put so many restrictions in place. We will go downtown tomorrow night and get more information about Simone’s whereabouts. I promise that this will be over soon.”
Sydney’s body was alive as she felt the strength of his hands on her waist. She didn’t want to forgive him so quickly for bossing her around, but my God, she still wanted him. She found herself justifying why he did what he did. He cared about the people he worked with and wanted them safe. Instinctively, she knew he would keep her safe too. She had no one, but for now, it felt like she had him. Her body responded to his as she allowed the palms of her hands to lie flat on his chest. She wanted to know what it would be like to be flesh to flesh with him, tasting him.
He leaned into her and held her tight against his chest. She breathed in his male scent and allowed herself to imagine what it would be like to have him inside her. A rush of heat caused her sex to ache. He looked down at her wantonly, searching her eyes for permission. She whispered, “Kade, this thing between us...I don’t know what to think...” She didn’t get a chance to finish her thoughts.
“Don’t think, Sydney, just feel.” Kade brought his mouth to hers and she opened for him allowing him to sweep his tongue into, over and around hers. He was demanding, passionate. Kade was tired of waiting. He wanted this human woman so badly, and he was finding it difficult to make excuses for why he shouldn’t just take her. Sydney moaned and kept pace with Kade as she ran her fingers through his hair, possessively pulling his head down to meet hers.
Kade refused to let Sydney think that she would control this kiss between them. He slowly pushed her back up against the wall and held her hands above her head with one of his hands. With his other hand, he pushed up her shirt, feeling the soft skin of her belly and then slid his hand up slowly cupping her breast. Shoving up her bra, he freed her breast from its confines. Kade’s breath quickened. He was overwhelmed with excitement, finally touching her silky peaks. He tore his mouth away from hers, lowered his head to her ripe flesh and licked her rosy tip.
Sydney shivered and groaned under his touch, and submitted to his need to dominate. She wanted to be dominated by him: so strong, sexy. “Kade, yes, please.” Sydney couldn’t keep silent in the throes of their passion. Kade sucked the nipple harder until Sydney felt a twinge of pain, then pleasure. She couldn’t believe she was letting him do this to her but she felt helpless to stop him. The desire she felt overrode any sense of logic she had. He pushed up the other side of her bra and gave her other hardened peak equal attention. He released her hands, and she held onto his shoulders for dear life as he made love to her breasts. “I want you so much, Kade. Please, don’t stop.”
Sydney heard the click of heels on the floor. Dazed and swollen-lipped, she opened her eyes to see 'Ginger', the redheaded vamp, watching her and Kade. Voyeur much? Refusing to be intimidated, Sydney glared at her, all the while Kade clutched to her body. Kade must have noticed her presence, because he slowly lowered Sydney’s shirt. Clearly irritated about being interrupted, Kade blew out a breath, “Dominique, you must learn to knock. This is my home, not the office. And as you can see, I am quite busy. What do you want?”
“Kade darling, I just came by to see how things were going with your lovely human.”
“As you can see, she is quite well. Now it is getting late, anything else?”
“Yes, Ilsbeth contacted Luca. He asked me to come by and tell you. She is coming into see you tomorrow night before we go to the club. She’s nervous about coming here. So Luca and I will go to her coven, secure her and bring her in safely. We should be here around seven. I would like to discuss the details, if you have time.”
Sydney felt oddly out of place during this discussion. Instead of getting pushed out of the conversation, she decided to remove herself. She was tired again anyway and needed a break from the vampires who seemed to be crawling everywhere in this house. “Kade, uh, I think I am going to head upstairs. I wanna give Ada a call.” She placed a kiss to his cheek and pulled away from him.
“Okay love. Oh and Sydney, remember our discussion earlier. No running off without me.” His face was stone serious. She needed to follow the rules if she wanted to stay alive.
Sydney walked out of the room ignoring Dominique. She wasn’t sure what kind of relationship Kade had with her, but that woman irritated Sydney. Dominique was not going out of her way to make Sydney comfortable. If anything, it felt as though she had interrupted them on purpose.
Kade wanted to go after Sydney, but was torn. Business needed to come first. If Ilsbeth was concerned about her safety, then his suspicions about Simone’s presence in New Orleans was confirmed. He also wanted to get things straight with Dominique. He would not tolerate her interrupting his personal business. Kade would not allow anyone to hurt Sydney, and his friends needed to get used to the idea that his detective would be around for a very long time.
Chapter Eleven
Sydney locked the door to her bedroom and started searching for her phone. Logically, she knew a locked door was not enough to keep a vampire out of her room, but it gave her a small comfort knowing she wouldn’t make it easy for them. Even though no one had tried to bite her yet, all the strange vampires milling about the house made her a little nervous. Finally locating her cell in the mess she called her purse, she dialed Adalee at the lab. Sydney wanted to get the latest autopsy results and hoped they’d get an additional clue to help stop the killings.