Infinity (7 page)

He didn’t move, just smirked at his entourage like I just offered to perform oral sex on him.
As if.

I raised my voice to be heard over the music. “Kir, I’m sorry. It’s just not going to work. Size is very important to me and....” I looked down at his groin area with sympathy, “It was like false advertising...” I held up a pinky. Some people just stopped pretending not to be listening and stared with open amusement.

His eyes flashed angrily, “That was really fucked up, Infinity.” He marched over to the corner with me strolling behind him with a wide smile. That will teach him to fuck with me.

I launched into my one woman tirade. “Really? You come to my pre-concert party and pretend that you don’t know why I’m pissed off?”

He looked at me with a smug expression that made me want to jack slap him for being so damn cocky. “Okay, let’s start with the fact that you haven’t made any of the agreed upon rehearsals, including today’s.”

Kir gave me a ‘so what’ look before responding. “I told your handlers that I don’t do rehearsals before eight PM. It’s written in the contract.”

My fists clenched. “And that’s why I changed the rehearsal time not once, but multiple times.” Now I really wanted to smack him because I had to pay my employees overtime because of the rehearsal accommodations made just for him. On top of that, he made so many stupid ass requests on his rider that I was so close to pulling his act from my concert. The only reason I didn’t was because he had such a huge fanatical fan base that when I announced he was opening for me, the social networking sites blew-up with the buzz. But right now, I was so through with him. I stepped in real close so that the interested crowd wouldn’t overhear what I had to say.

“Okay, cut the shit, Kir. Are you opening for me tomorrow night or what?” I jabbed his chest.

He licked his lips, giving me one of his icky grins that I’ve grown to hate. “That depends.”

“Depends?”

“On you and me in the VIP lounge. Discussing my opening act tomorrow night, our next collaboration song...and” he looked at me from head-to-toe, “other possibilities.”

He had absolutely lost his ever loving mind. “You slimy son of a bitch! Do I look like some desperate singer looking for a record contract?”

His eyes narrowed. “Look Ice Princess, I was only willing to do the fucking concert hoping that I would get a taste of the much talked about, Infinity. But since you cut me off before I had a chance to....”

“Seriously? How did I not know that you were such a major ass? Leave my party now before I have security throw your sorry ass out.” I strolled back to Zoe who was laughing hysterically, “Men! It’s like I’m stuck on some incestuous planet where they keep creating super idiots.”

“Forget super idiot” Zoe mumbled before nodding over at two hot, drool-worthy guys that looked useless in the brain department, but more than capable in the bed department. “You know how I love guy candy.”

“Well, let’s do what we do best....rope them in and ride them hard,” I responded.

Zoe smiled wickedly. “Giddy up, sugar.”

I wiggled my finger playfully, smiling when they eagerly surrounded us. We gyrated letting the beat of the music slam into us. My hair swung around in perfect rhythm as I drank more drinks than I could count. Testing the waters, I moved my body to the beat pressing against one of them to see if I felt anything remotely near lust or attraction, and just as I expected, it felt like hurl city. My stomach lurched, and my legs felt wobbly.

Shit!
I bumped him off, yelling in Zoe’s ear. “I’m going to the restroom. I’ll be back.”

She looked at me with concern. “Are you okay?”

“I’m good. I just need some air.” I nodded towards Nick who was watching me inconspicuously from the shadows. “He’s got me covered.”

Weaving my way through the crowd, stopping periodically to say hi to my guests or take photos with them, the Security detail alternated between lingering in the shadows and trailing me. “Please guys. I think that I can handle using the bathroom by myself.”

The shortest one looked at me with cold eyes. “Sorry, Infinity. Mason gave us explicit instructions not to let you out of our sight.”

I gritted my teeth. This was exactly why I didn’t use his men as my security detail; he controlled them like mindless robots. It would be like having his lackey’s reporting my every move twenty-four/seven. One more way for him to dig his controlling claws into my back.

“I don’t give a flying fuck what Mason said. You stay here and I will be back.” They looked at me with cold eyes and reluctantly stepped back allowing me to pass as one whipped out his cell, no doubt to call Mason.

Pissed off, I sauntered away with my stilettos clicking in rhythm on the marble floors. I was mumbling to myself about how many tiny pieces I could cut his balls off in, only to walk into the bathroom to find two women that I was pretty sure were too young to be partying this late, and definitely too young to be snorting Rejuvenator.

One looked at me all glazed eyed, asking in a slurred voice. “You want some?”

The other girl had Rejuvenator caked on one nostril while her other nostril dripped blood, giggled uncontrollably.

“Hell no!” I respond.
Note to self, have security escort them out of my party.
I refused to have a media scandal centered on a salacious story about drug use at my party. This was the last thing I needed right now. I stepped into the stall, slamming the door which made them giggle louder before exiting the bathroom. The door opened again. I hoped to all that was holy that it wasn’t some rabid fan wanting an autograph so bad that they totally disregarded my space and privacy by sticking a paper for an autograph under the stall door.

I rolled my eyes when the person knocked on the stall door. Well at least they were polite enough to knock. “Uh, what the hell. No autographs.”

The person knocked on it again, this time so hard that door vibrated violently. Something was wrong. Really wrong, which was confirmed when my heart started hammering, and bile rushed up my throat.

My hand trembled on the door, dreading what I would see on the other side. I pushed it open with trepidation, only to see one woman crumpled on the floor with lifeless eyes, and another with her eyes glazed over and mouth hanging open as she clutched the broad chest of a tall, chiseled faced, dark haired man whose dark predator eyes stalked me as he leaned against the marble countertop like he actually belonged there.

What. The. Hell? Oh, this couldn’t be good. Which was confirmed when he smiled at me displaying wicked sharp incisors.

“About time you got here. Just think, you almost missed out on all of the fun,” his voice rumbled with a light accent that I couldn’t place.

I arched a brow at his cocky smirk, wondering what in the world could he find remotely amusing about this freaky situation.

He continued. “We need to talk. Frankly, I think it’s way overdue, don’t you?” His brow arched.

“What? Why would you think any conversation is required? I don’t know you.” I scrambled back towards the door with a cloying instinct to escape. I knew this was a mistake when my brain started to feel foggy.

I shook my head in vain to clear it. “Stop fucking with my mind, vampire.”

His response was a sneer. Okay, maybe it wasn’t the best decision to piss off vampire man, but I knew from his sly look, he was the type of man that would pick any weakness, my weakness, like a vulture.

His eyes transformed to heat and determination as he boldly took me in from head-to-toe making me shiver deliciously. “Good, so you know what I am.”

I rolled my eyes. “You have fangs. I’m not stupid. You’re a bloodthirsty leech.”

His hooded eyes locked on me. “Name calling? My name is Alik, use it.”

My nerve endings tingled as I swallowed my sudden anxiousness. My voice was annoyingly breathy as I asked, “What?”

He arched a brow, sneering. “Do I look like I’m playing, Infinity? Use my fucking name.”

I held up my hands in a placating gesture, “Okay, relax.” I swallowed hard when the woman mewed, rubbing against him suggestively. “Alik, what are you doing to her?” Whatever it was looked like a prelude to an X-rated movie.

“Amusing myself,” He looked down at her smugly. “She’s a pretty little thing, isn’t she?”

I tried to laugh but it fell short. “Well, I’m not into women, and I’m definitely not into her like you seem to be.” For the first time in my life, I was scared to death as I watched the woman swaying and mewing as he ran his fingers over her breasts then tweaked her nipples, which she seemed to enjoy by their pebbling.

“Alik, let her go. If you want to talk to me, then let’s talk.”

“What makes you think that you’re in any fucking position to make demands, Infinity?”

He looked at me with icy eyes. “Do I look like a man that negotiates or takes orders?” He scraped his incisors along her pale throat. “Delicious,” his eyes transformed to a blood-red color as he looked at me menacingly. “Now back to us,” his rough gravelly voice caressed me in a way that made me shudder with a lust that shamed me.

“I said let her go.” I put more strength in my voice, forcing the confidence that I did not feel. Gawd, please let this be over soon, because I didn’t know if I could hold out much longer without succumbing to his dark enticement.

He smiled like freaking sex on a platter. He knew that I was fighting my attraction to him. Shit, he could probably smell it on me like perfume.

“I’m feeling indulgent today. So, let’s play a game shall we? If you get her to come to you, then she’s free to go. If not…”

“Hey! Come over here.” I snapped my fingers sharply while she smiled at me goofily.

“Get your ass over here right now or vampire man is going to suck you dry, and I don’t mean in the earth shattering going to make you come way either.”

Alik leaned down smelling her hair causing her to spin around clutching his shirt, looking up at him adoringly as she slithered down to her knees, groping at his crotch.

“Oh hell to the no! There is no way I’m standing here while you get a blow job. Really?”

My face pinched with insane anger and I wasn’t sure if it was ridiculous jealousy or actually being grossed out.

He chuckled, a sly sound that grated on my nerves. “No need for jealousy. The only one I want on their knees before me is you. And don’t worry, I do reciprocate.”

Fuck!
Now my panties were wet. My arousal unfurled with a snap. This was irrational, but I wanted him so bad that I could taste him on the tip of my tongue. The feel of his mark running through my veins. He was like my drug and I definitely needed a fix, bad. I was totally not focused here.
Damn, keep your mind off his penis, Infinity.

The woman fumbled to unzip his pants. I actually felt a pout forming before he snatched her hand away, pulling her up roughly. “Game over, Infinity. I win.” He pulled her hair aside, sinking his sharp incisors into her neck. She struggled, clawing at his chest as he drunk deeply until she stopped moving, making soft gurgling sounds before lying limply in his arms. Looking at me darkly, he licked the last drop of blood that clung to his lower lip allowing her to slump to the floor.

“You. Here. Now!” He barked.

My body trembled, struggling to resist him. He was my test. He was what I feared most, yet wanted so badly.
‘The darkness will consume me because I was his to claim’
the mad rant of the strange woman from my dreams repeated in my mind. I knew that I failed as soon as my feet moved and I was standing so close that I smelled his mouth-watering aftershave. His presence surrounded me and the world fell away. There was nothing but Alik, and he knew it.

He backed me against the wall, grabbing my chin with surprising softness, tilting it up. “This game ceases. I am no longer willing to play.”

My hands fisted in his black shirt. “I swear, Alik,” my head felt cloudy, limbs heavy. I panted, fully enjoying the possessiveness of his grip. “I’m not playing games with you.” All I could literally think about was the word ‘three’ over and over again. My body trembled as I dug deep to find the strength to pull away from him and I failed. “Why? She had nothing to do with this. With us. Nothing.”

He stepped closer, brushing my jet-black hair away from my cheek, his finger wrapping around a curl before trailing down my neck. “Do you really think I give a shit about her? Or any human for that matter? I’m here for you. You’re mine and nothing you can do or say will change that now.”

He stroked my cheek. “You’ve been reckless, Infinity. Did you really think that you could thumb your nose at the Collective and live? You disregarded all of my warnings. You are naive and reckless. I did all that I could to prevent this exact moment.”

I tilted my head, looking at him through my eyelashes, whispering, “What moment?”

He pulled me against his chest digging his hand into my shoulder painfully. “This fucking moment, Infinity. The moment of me standing here before you, not as your consort, but as the man sent here to kill you.” He sighed, “You pushed them too far, and the decision has been made to destroy you for the betterment of the Vampire Collective.”

“No, I, you can’t.” I rasped and swallowed, “She said that you wouldn’t.”

His hands gripped my body as he leaned his forehead against mine. “I don’t know who
she
is but
she
can’t save your ass right now. Only I can. You’re mine. Come with me and all will be forgiven. As my consort you will be untouchable, but on your own you are dead.”

My lust started to slowly cool and logic finally started to slowly kick in. Fuck, what was I doing? I was standing in a bathroom panting over a vampire who may or may not be some crazy ass stalker assassin for a corporation of vampires. This was some crazy shit.

“No!” He held me tight as I tried to back away. “I won’t. I will never choose to be with a monster like you. You might as well kill me now.”

“You’re already with a monster.” He leaned down scrapping his incisors against my throat. “You just haven’t accepted it.”

Burning coursed down my neck. The panic set in, causing me to kick with futility against his brute strength. I was going to die. The strange woman lied.