Bit the Jackpot (Vegas Vampires #2)(42)
Author: Erin McCarthy

They had kicked most of the bedding off and had traveled the whole length of the bed. Squashed against the headboard, Seamus found the barrier he was looking for. Wedged like this, Cara couldn’t scoot away from him by the sheer power of his thrusts. The headboard and wall kept her still, made her body take the full length of him. Somehow she had turned sideways, her bottom nestled in the crack between the mattress and board. But her chest was still front facing, and while the whole thing was probably spine breaking, Seamus buried a hand in her glossy thick hair, wrapped his fingers around and around, and poundedhimself to a finish.

He licked her blood off his bottom lip as she swatted at his arse and tried to shift, to move away from him or to bite him, he wasn’t sure. Either one he wasn’t going to tolerate. He locked her arms above her head, crushed her with his weight, and exploded, two hundred years of sexual restraint hurling out with a massive yell. It went on and on, until he was nothing but a shuddering mass of spent muscle,sweat on his forehead, throat raw.

"Damn," he managed, before he collapsed on her.

Cara was taking deep, uneven breaths and pushing her hair off her face, her eyes wide. Seamus knew he should get off her. Her thighs were going to be sore, not to mention more delicate parts, but he didn’t want to let her go.

So easing out of her body, he rolled onto his back and took her with him. She lay limply on his chest, though her fingers softly stroked his shoulder.

"Seamus?"

"Yeah?"He swallowed the excessive saliva in his mouth and wrapped his arms solidly around her back and bottom.

"Wow." She sighed. "I’ll think of something better to say later, but for right now just wow."

"That’s good enough for me," he said, though Cara was asleep before he even finished speaking.

Seamus closed his eyes and did the same.

When they stepped off the elevator, Alexis ran into Ethan’s back. "Why did you stop? Who’s in the hall?"

She was starting to get a little unnerved. Given that every time she turned around and blinked lately someone was being attacked, she was feeling a little cautious. "Get back in the elevator!"

Yanking on her husband’s arm and turning around to find the down button, it took her a second to realize Ethan was laughing.

"What’s so funny?" She let go of him, disgusted with both his reaction and hers. When had she become so quick to panic? She’d always prided herself on keeping her cool in all situations. Marriage had made her a wimp.

"I think we’ll have to wait to discuss the current situation with Seamus. Listen." Ethan jerked his head down the hall toward Sea- mus’sapartment. They were a good twenty feet away from the door, two other suites between the elevators and Seamus’s .

"I don’t hear anything." Alexis moved around Ethan, annoyed with her husband, annoyed that she couldn’t seem to stop worrying about hersister, annoyed that maybe Ethan’s political opponent wanted him dead. It was stressing her out. She just wanted a bag of blood and bed.

"You don’t hear that?" Ethan asked in amazement, rooted to the gray carpet in the hallway.

"No, Mr. Super-Cool-So-Much-Older-Than-Me Vampire.I don’t have your hearing skills." But now that she thought about it, she did hear something. "What is that? It sounds like pounding."

Ethan’s lip twitched. "You could call it that, I suppose."

Frowning, Alexis concentrated on listening. That pounding sound was accompanied by moans. Well. She was starting to get a clearer picture of what was happening down the hall.

Especially when Cara’s voice rang out, sharp as glass, "Oh, Sea- mus!More, more. Harder."

"She wants more," Alexis said to Ethan.

"And harder."

The male grunts joined in chorus with the female moans, the pounding increasing. Alexis started to feel a little jealous. They were rocking the casino down there. "Should we tell them that everyone on the thirty-second floor can hear them?"

"I doubt they care." Ethan was grinning.

"I guess not." Alexis headed toward their own apartment. "Though I have to admit I’m kind of surprised. I didn’t really think Cara liked Seamus all that much. Maybe it’s the high from winning all that money. Or maybe it’s the fear of almost being killed again tonight. Staring death in the face makes people do weird things."

"Having sex is a weird thing?" Ethan looked baffled. "Why wouldn’t they be sleeping with each other? They live together. They spend a great deal of time together. It seems perfectly natural that they would be, and I’m pleased for Seamus. He’s about a century past due for a girlfriend."

It didn’t seem that simple to Alexis. Cara had talked about wanting to escape. Have Seamus kick her out. It didn’t make sense to Alexis that she would suddenly change her mind. It made her start to wonder if Cara was actually a spy.

Alexis gave herself a mental eye roll. Geez , she was losing it. Cara was an exotic dancer, not a spy for Donatelli .

"I don’t think I’d like to date another vampire. What happens when you break up? You’d spend the next four hundred years avoiding each other. No thanks." Alexis opened their door and went inside, kicking off her sandals. She hated wearing shoes in the apartment.

"Sometimes the things you say make no sense, given that you’re married to a vampire," Ethan told her. "But I love you anyway."

That made her bristle. "Are you trying to start something with me?"

Ethan gave a lecherous smile. "Yes. Listening to Cara reminds me how I’d like to spend the rest of the night."

Alexis threw her purse up on the kitchen countertop."How? Begging Seamus for more?"

He made a face."Very funny. No, I want to make love to you, my beautiful wife."

Even though she felt tense, Alexis let him pull her into his arms.

"Ethan?" she asked, even as he kissed her neck and started to undo the buttons on her thin sweater.

"Hmm?"

"If Donatelli has a hit out on you, I’m going to rip his testicles off and make him eat them.Just to warn you."

Her husband pulled back, his blue eyes burning with desire. "Alexis, my love, you are hot when you get violent."

Alexis trailed her fingers over his crotch, suddenly feeling much better. "I’m going to have to teach Cara karate. She needs to know how to protect herself.Same with Kelsey."

"The three of you training together?"Ethan finished with her buttons and tossed her sweater to the floor. "That sounds brilliant, yet absolutely frightening. Now be quiet and let me make you scream."

She could do that.