Read Awakened (A Fairy Tales Novel) Online
Authors: Melanie Walker
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By the time they made it to the hotel Fangs was on edge and
Briar knew it had nothing to do with the long drive and everything to do with finding a vein so he could hang a fang. She had no desire to go and watch the feeding process of the man she loved while she fought the urge to kill the woman he chose. she knew what his bite would do, that the chemicals in his saliva would send the woman into an erotic fit of need, knew because she had watched it happen a thousand times before. The fact being this would be the first time she would see Fangs do it, knowing he had no tie to her any longer.
Yay fun.
They would be meeting with Delkon at sunset so she tried to tell herself that Fangs needed to feed, the stronger a Fangs the safer a Fangs. They had a little over an hour before sunrise and the closest feeding joint was at the local Denny's across the street from the hotel. Briar wouldn’t eat at Denny's no matter how hungry she was, the fact he
would
eat at Denny's, from a person who would eat at Denny's said that Fangs wasn’t a picky eater.
“Look I’ll be in and out in about fifteen minutes.” Fangs said classically avoiding eye contact with Briar. “Maybe grab a bite to eat.”
Briar laughed. “I’ll get some coffee or something, maybe saltines but I am not about to eat at Denny’s.”
Fangs snorted. “Of course not what was I thinking.” He said and stalked toward the door. “Are you coming?” He asked over his shoulders not breaking his stride.
He stopped at the door when he realized she wasn’t following him. Turning around he spoke in a calm but even tone. “Don’t choose this moment to pick a fight Bri.”
Shocked she took a step forward. “I’m not, I just need to make a call and check in with Ash and the girls so they know we made it and see if they found anything on their end.”
Fangs stalked forward and took her arm in his hand, his grip was strong but not painful not that it mattered to Bri. She hated being man handled, hated that after everything they had been through together, that he would think that now it was okay to demand and force her to do things his way. He had to know she would put up a fight.
“Text them and let them know we made it. Had they found anything they would have called you. I need fifteen minutes Bri and then you can make all the damn phone calls you want.”
Tugging her toward the door Bri dug her heels in and yanked her arm from his grip thinking she didn’t stand a shot in hell at breaking free of him and was shocked to see that she had an abundance of power she hadn’t tapped into for years. Fangs was not about to be taken down by a female, demon or not and moved faster than Bri’s eyes could follow. He wrapped an arm around her waist, his fingers digging into her hips.
“If you don’t let me go Fangs-“ She threatened when his laugh cut her off.
“You’ll what? Yell? Scream? I know, you will call daddy.” He began walking again and the son of a bitch didn’t even seem to mind that he was dragging a seven hundred year old demon, he even made it look like they were a couple. “Daddy is on my side remember Princess.”
When all her options were weighed Briar did what she knew would get him to stop. She stopped fighting and relaxed her entire body until she was nothing but a hundred and twenty pounds of dead weight. Sure it was nothing to a Vampire to lift a woman of her weight but it would definitely cause a scene.
He let her drop to the filthy truck-stop pavement and stood towering over her. “I am losing moonlight here Bri so decide how we do this because I will knock you out and stuff you in the back of my cruiser. You are not to leave my side and so help me I am not about to let you.”
Briar wanted just a little respect, something Fangs was hell bent against giving her. But looking at herself as she sat on the cold oily gravel she had to admit that this was a fight she would not win. She was making a fool of herself because Fangs wanted to make sure she was safe. And as badly as she wanted this to be about his grabbing her arm she knew it was simple jealousy. Briar didn’t want to see Fangs feeding off of a woman.
Picking her battles she crawled off of the ground and started for the door not looking back to Fangs who followed at her heels and said nothing as she went to take a seat at the counter.
Fangs caught the eye of a young waitress who by all accounts was attractive and wasted no time walking up and enchanting her into a stupor.
It was less than ten seconds when the waitress took her break and stepped to a closed section of the restaurant with Fangs. He didn’t go far and Bri knew from where he was he would be able to hear her heartbeat and verify that she didn’t leave or that she was in any danger.
At least he kept his promise to her that she wouldn’t be forced to watch it, though the way she was feeling now she couldn’t imagine that watching would be any worse. Knowing that the one you wanted was with another and they were doing things only you could dream of, well it made one…bat shit crazy.
Briar sipped her stale coffee and emptied another four packets of sugar into the black tar and requested the server get her a few more creamers. Something seriously needed to fix this coffee and perhaps the overdose of sweetener and cream would do the trick. The coffee was a distraction one she welcomed to keep the raunchy images out of her head. All the old feelings for Fangs were surfacing. She could remember the feel of his touch, the lick of his tongue, the thrust of his hips when he entered her. She could remember the sounds he retched from her, the sinful depraved things he whispered against her flesh while he drove her crazy with want. She could remember with absolute painful clarity all the things that had once been hers, knowing he would freely give them to another without a moment’s hesitation.
But most of all
she
wanted
him
at her vein, living off of her in the most primal of ways and because of the coward she was he was busy feeding off a woman who would might appreciate his mouth on her but would never remember when the deed was done.
As her mind wandered dangerously down the path of dreams about Fangs she didn’t notice the man who took a seat right next to her, only when the overwhelming surge of power he brought with him made her shudder did she look at the man.
Oh…
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Fil was not about to let her get her greedy little hands on that fucking knife. Come hell or high water he would make certain that she was dead at his feet, contract and the Blessed knife be damned. He took a seat behind the great oak desk and reclined in the leather chair that his receptionist Becky told him would relieve the pressure in his spine. It wasn’t Becky’s fault that she didn’t know nothing would relieve the pressure in his spine unless he let the evil out to play.
He never let the evil out.
As a an Incubus demon he managed to kill without the help of his silent partner, that, and he was saving the evil inside for the day he had Briar at his feet before him. The bitch had finally managed to make him sweat, he could appreciate her insistence and how adamant she was about killing him. He was after all a demon and demons appreciated a good fight.
But the knife was created by her father the Arch demon Gods’ sake, it was created to kill him. He created the damn things for his bastard daughter to ensure her freedom from Fil.
He needed to summon her, feed from her and learn what she knew, how close she was. She had no idea that when he fed from her he could read her, that little secret he kept for himself. When they had been married all those years ago he had fed from her to ensure her loyalty. He knew the instant he fed from her after she took a swan dive off the castle walls that her father saved her, matured her demon abilities and was from that point on taking her side.
How dare Ezek. Fil had been one of his most loyal demons, always showing him the respect he deserved and in return he assisted
Briar in planning his death. Fil would watch them both die only after he kicked them while they were down.
A knock on his office door broke him from his plotting as Tiny came in the room.
“Hey Fil.” She said and took a seat across from him, slowly crossing her legs letting her silk skirt ride high up on her thigh. Tiny was a pixie and pixie’s were some of the most dangerous creatures on the planet. Mainly because their beauty stunned their victims and Tiny was no exception.
Her long blonde hair felt over her shoulders, the ends curling in creating a beacon to her ample chest where the skin of a pixie was softest. Her green eyes were the color of shamrocks and her lips painted in the deepest of reds, blood red and she knew it was Fil’s favorite color.
It took every fiber in his being to keep to a professional level. He was hiring the Pixie for a job, and not the blow job kind. “Tiny. Good to see you again so soon. I assumed it would have taken longer to get approval from your commander.”
“Well Fil, don’t assume it makes an ass out of you and me.” She knew the joke was lame and that was why Fil smiled. She was proving a point. No matter what she said or did, it came from the lips of a seductress.
“Your right.” Fil said straitening his black tie and smoothing a hand over the expensive silk. “So I venture a guess that you have an answer for me?” He asked. Fil wasn’t one for small talk. In the human world, as he was at the moment, he had a shitload of work to do. As a demon he had even more so getting to the point was always the object of his game.
Tiny handed a manila folder to Fil and sat back to watch as he read the stipulations. She bit back her smile and watched the fury churn inside of the demon. “This is a joke and an insult Tiny.” He said calmly, his voice a complete fabrication to the emotions steaming from his giant frame.
Tiny said nothing as her eyes traveled over Fil. He was classically handsome but that wasn’t a shocker. He had incubus blood in him and all it took was a drop to make the demons so handsome that the opposite sex would turn to putty at their touch. “That’s the deal take it or leave it.” She said smoothly, letting her fingers twirl in the ends of her hair, her fingertips dragging gently over the smooth mound of her breasts.
Fil fought the need to fuck Tiny knowing it was all he could do. In the creation of fucking his life up royally, Ezek also made sure Fil couldn’t so much as touch Briar, let alone any other female. The Weaver was a fool to send his best asset in hopes she would succeed in seducing him. Fil was much smarter than that. “It’s a pile of shit this offer.” He said dropping the file on his desk and leaning back in the ergonomic chair.
Tiny smiled, her shamrock eyes sparkling. “Well think it over Fil. You have shit in one hand and a murderous ex wife hunting you and the weapons in the other. Weigh it out and call us when you come up with a tangible solution.” Tiny stood to leave but stopped when a growl came from Fil.