The Stars Lie {Myrnin, Morganville Vampires}

Orders & Allies

Chapter 43 –Myrnin's POV– Orders & Allies

I listened to Claire's steady breathing as she slept, snuggled against my chest. I sighed, stroking the hair out of her face. Graphic images of the night before replayed in my mind.

After our little adventure at Common Grounds, I brought her home. We spent the next five hours exploring 'anything I wanted'. Shockingly, Claire was ready for everything I suggested. I even tried a few things, which I fully expected her to deny me. But she didn't. Quite the opposite in fact – she became more alive and more vibrant as my aggressiveness accelerated. A tremor ran through me as I remembered her eyes: complete trust...wanting more...and then stunning pleasure each time she climaxed. She held nothing back from me. I saw now how she could command such extreme power over me; why I would choose her over anything else in my life – I would stop at nothing to be with her.

She had only been asleep for a few hours and I knew I should let her rest, but I couldn't seem to stop myself. I felt a familiar hum rumble through me as I ran my fingers over her breast and down the curves of her body to grasp her hip.

Her eyelids fluttered as she awoke slowly. She opened her eyes and stared at me sleepily with a small smile on her lips. "What time is it?" she whispered; her voice scratchy, from sleep and also probably due to the repeated screaming from the night before. The girl had a set of lungs on her, for sure. And I couldn't get enough of listening to her scream my name, along with a string of many other expressions of her desires, needs and demands.

Her smile widened as she felt my desire for her grow. The response in her body was exquisite – heat and anticipation filled her, intoxicating my senses.

Suddenly, her phone rang; the shrill, unexpected noise startling her. She slapped the nightstand blindly trying to find her phone. I smiled and reached my body over hers to gather up the phone. She moaned as I leaned my weight on her and I briefly considered crushing the phone between my fingertips, so that we could continue uninterrupted. However, it was unusual for her to get a call at this hour. My concern was heightened when the caller ID reflected it was Amelie.

Claire frowned when she saw it as well. I felt a tremor of worry flow through her. "Hello?" she asked tentatively. I could hear Amelie's words perfectly. "I need to speak to Myrnin immediately; is he there?" she asked crisply.

"Ye...yes," Claire stuttered as her worry bordered on panic in response to Amelie's tone. She held the phone out to me.

"Why didn't you answer your phone?" Amelie asked impatiently. I briefly wondered where my phone had landed when we returned last night. It had been in my pocket; however, I was 100% focused on Claire's body and had no idea where any of our clothes where or even if they were still in one piece; I briefly recalled the tearing of fabric.

I ignored her question, irritated at the interruption. "What do you want?" I snapped.

"I need you here. Now. It's urgent."

Dread washed over me. I could sense something was very wrong in her voice. "Okay," I told her.

"And Myrnin, bring Claire," she spoke authoritatively as she hung up.

"What is it?" Claire stared at me with obvious fear in her eyes.

"It's okay love. She just wants the pleasure of my company," I tried to diffuse the tension. Claire wasn't buying it.

"What is going on?" she hissed.

"I don't' know. Let's just get dressed, so we can find out quicker. I suspect there is already a car waiting outside for us." I kissed her gently.