Just a Vampire [tribal Bonds 1] (5 page)

Luca sighed deeply as he watched Rowan bend to climb into the limo. His mate had the perfect ass—tight, rounded, and just large enough to fit into Luca’s hands. He had been thinking about it since Rowan had tried to climb into his lap when he learned they would be in a limo. Apparently, Rowan didn’t like being confined in cars. “I can feel you watching me,” Rowan said.
Luca chuckled. “You have a very nice ass, anamchara. I would

have to be dead not to notice it.”
“Well, it’s about damn time.” Rowan huffed. “I’ve been trying to
get you to notice for ages.”
Luca paused. He looked over at Rowan then swallowed hard when
he saw the invitation showing clearly in Rowan’s eyes. Fuck! Rowan
was a very attractive man. Rowan aroused was mind blowing. “Manu, sit up front.” Luca closed the door on the limo before
Manu could argue. A moment later, he heard the front door slam
closed, and the car started moving. “We have about ten minutes,
anamchara.”
“Perfect!”
Luca nearly swallowed his tongue when Rowan shoved his pants
down his legs. He kicked them away then moved to kneel on the floor
between Luca’s legs.
“Lube?”
Luca nodded and reached blindly for the small console hidden in
the armrest. He fumbled around for a moment until his fingers landed
on the small bottle of lube he kept there for emergencies. This was an
emergency.
Luca handed the bottle to Rowan then leaned back in the seat. His
breath caught in his throat when Rowan unzipped his pants. His hard
cock bounced free, slapping against his abdomen, leaving a small spot
of pre-cum against skin.
“Oh fuck, anamchara,” Luca groaned as Rowan swallowed the
full length of his cock in one gulp. Had anything ever felt as good as
Rowan’s mouth around his cock? So perfect?
Oh yeah, Rowan’s ass.
Luca wanted Rowan’s ass. He loved having Rowan’s mouth
wrapped around him, but he really wanted to feel Rowan’s ass
wrapped around him. “Anamchara.”
Luca swallowed hard at the soft pale green eyes that looked up at
him. There wasn’t an ounce of fear in those eyes. No trepidation or
hesitation, just pure need and longing. It tugged at Luca’s soul and
sent just a sliver of fear through him. Rowan could become his entire
world if he wasn’t careful.
Rowan suddenly pulled off of Luca’s cock with a small pop and
started climbing onto his lap. “Okay, I’m ready.”
Luca’s eyebrows shot up. “But—”
Rowan grinned. “I stretched myself out while I was sucking you.” Okay, Rowan could become his entire world. The man was
perfect for him. Luca grabbed Rowan by his hips and slowly lowered
the man down on his cock. The fit was a little tight, and Luca
suddenly worried that he might hurt Rowan until he saw the man’s
head fall back on his shoulders and a low groan fell from his lips. “Oh yeah, that’s good,” Rowan whispered.
“You like that, anamchara?” Luca asked as he pushed up into
Rowan’s ass. “You like a little pain with your pleasure?” Rowan’s
fingernails dug into Luca’s shoulders, sending streaks of ecstasy
down his arms and chest. Maybe he liked a little pain with his
pleasure as well.
“Yeah,” Rowan groaned as he started bouncing up and down,
impaling himself over and over again on Luca’s hard cock. Luca’s eyes fluttered closed as pleasure swamped him. “Fuck
yourself on my cock, anamchara. Take what you need.”
Luca whimpered at the feral grin Rowan gave him. His hands
clenched against Rowan’s hips as the man took him at his word and
proceeded to show him just how much he needed.
By the time they pulled up in front of the house ten minutes later,
Luca was neatly tucked back into his pants. Rowan was dressed again
and sitting quietly next to him. There wasn’t a sign that Luca’s world
had just been rocked by a little wolf shifter, just the lingering scent of
sex in the air and a very satisfied grin on Luca’s face.
Rowan chuckled as he took Luca’s hand and climbed out of the
limo. Luca grew concerned when Rowan suddenly stopped laughing
as soon as he stood up and took in the large building in front of them. “Anamchara?”
“This is really where you live?”
“This is where
we
live.”
“Here?” Rowan’s face was stricken as he turned to look at Luca.
“In a hotel?”
Luca just grinned. “Our suite is the top floor.”
Rowan’s eyebrows shot up. “The entire top floor?”
Luca nodded. “The penthouse.”
“Oh, you’d better have a fleet of people to clean this place
because I’m damn sure not doing it. It would take me a year.” “No, anamchara, I would never ask you to clean it. Your only duty
is to me.” Luca winked then glanced back at the limo with a fondness.
He would never ride in another car with Rowan again. Just the limo.
“And I think you have that covered quite well.”

Rowan swallowed hard and moved closer to Luca as they headed toward the private elevator that would take them to the penthouse. He felt incredibly nervous as he walked beside Luca. He was about to meet Luca’s tribe. Things might have been a bit different if he wasn’t a wolf shifter or if Luca wasn’t the electus of his tribe. But he was a wolf and Luca was the leader. That made things a bit stressful for everyone. Rowan could even now feel Luca tensing next to him.

“Luca.” Rowan slowed then stopped, hoping.
“Yes, anamchara?” Luca asked as he glanced over his shoulder. Rowan wrung his hands together as he glanced at the elevators

again. He hated feeling nervous. He didn’t like walking into situations he wasn’t prepared for. “Can I talk to you for just a moment before we head up?”

Luca’s eyebrows drew together, but he nodded and waved the others on ahead of him. Rowan noticed that all but Manu went inside the elevators. Manu paused at the entrance and leaned back against the wall, waiting.

“How—” Rowan swallowed past the lump in his throat. “How do you want me to behave when we see your tribe?”
Luca frowned for a moment then reached up and brushed his hand along the side of Rowan’s face. “I want you to be you, anamchara.”
Rowan snorted. “No, you don’t.”
“Anamchara—”
“I remember quite correctly you telling me not to forget where I was or who I was talking to.” He had been afraid for a moment when he heard those words, afraid of the other vampires and afraid of Luca.
Only after taking a long run had he been able to work things out in his head and figure out that Luca was reminding him that he was being disrespectful in a room full of vampires that might see his words as a challenge. Rowan was a wolf. He had grown up in a wolf pack. Even he understood a challenge.
Knowing he had been in the wrong was one of the things that had drawn him back to Luca. That, and the fact that he had to believe Luca felt the mating bond as much as he did—even if they were not fully bonded at the time.
“Rowan, I admit I don’t know everything about how things are done in a wolf pack, but in a vampire tribe, when one of us mates with a human, that human is a—” Luca licked his lips. “Well, they are—”
“Pets?” Rowan smirked. He remembered Luca referring to himself as
master
before the vampire knew he wasn’t human. He still hadn’t asked Luca about that, but it so wasn’t going to happen. He wouldn’t call anyone master, not even his mate.
Luca’s eyes darted away but not before Rowan saw the panic in their golden-amber depths. Luca was terrified. Rowan could smell the fear coming off the man in waves. It wasn’t a fear for his safety though. Luca feared losing Rowan. The ache accompanying Luca’s fear was almost tangible.
“Luca, look at me,” Rowan said softly.
When Luca glanced at him for just a brief moment then quickly away again, Rowan stepped forward until their bodies pressed together and grabbed Luca’s face between his hands. He brought Luca’s face down to his then placed a kiss on Luca’s stiff lips.
Rowan leaned his head forward until his forehead rested against Luca’s mouth. He smiled when he felt a small kiss being pressed against his skin. “I can’t promise to be perfect, Luca, but I will try to be what you want.”
“Oh, anamchara.” Rowan pressed closer to Luca when he felt his mate’s arms wrap around him. “I don’t want to make you into something you’re not.”
“Luca—”
“You’re not the submissive type, Rowan.”
“I can be.”
Luca chuckled. “No, you can’t. You could try, but the minute you opened your mouth…well…” Luca shrugged.
Rowan bit his lip to keep from laughing. Luca was coming to know him all too well in a short amount of time. Rowan had a long history of trying to keep his mouth buttoned shut, but it never really worked.
“For you, I’d try, Luca.”
“Rowan, I—”
Rowan pressed his finger over Luca’s mouth. “Just tell me what I’m supposed to do, and I’ll see if I can do it. I can’t promise that I’ll be able to do any of it, but I’d like the chance to try.”
Luca drew in a shaky breath. “You’re not going to like it.”
“I’m sure you’re right, but tell me anyway. If I have any hope of fitting in to your tribe, I have to learn some of your customs.”
“Being my anamchara, my pet, puts you in a unique position, Rowan, but a lot more will be expected where your behavior is concerned because of your position.”
“However?” Rowan knew there was a however.
The corner of Luca’s mouth tilted up. “However, there are certain behaviors that are expected of you, and many will not understand if they don’t happen.”
Rowan arched an eyebrow. “Like?”
“No one is allowed to touch you without my express permission. They cannot even shake your hand. The touching of an anamchara without permission is strictly forbidden.”
“Okay.” He could deal with that one. Rowan doubted he wanted anyone but Luca touching him anyway. Just the idea made his skin crawl. “Go on.”
“You’re not allowed to go anywhere without a guard, and that is specifically for your own protection. Even I want that one enforced.”
“We’re not talking the bathroom here, are we?”
“No!”
“Okay, then I suppose I can deal with that one as well. What else?”
“Most…uh…pets sit at the feet of their masters.”
Rowan’s eyes narrowed. “Am I expected to call you master?”
Luca’s face flushed.
Rowan stepped back and crossed his arms over his chest. “Yeah, I doubt that one is going to happen.”
Luca’s lips twitched with amusement. “I didn’t think it would.”
“I agree with no one touching me and having a guard wherever I go. I’ll even sit at your feet if that will make you happy. But be aware, Luca, if anyone gives me any shit, I will feed them their entrails.”
Luca grinned as if he was proud of Rowan’s words.
“That doesn’t bother you?”
“Not in the least.”
“Then you also need to know that as my mate, it is my duty to protect you from any threat I see, and I don’t care who it is. If I believe someone is trying to harm you in any fashion, I won’t ask questions.”
Rowan cocked an eyebrow when Luca’s grin grew wider. He was unsure if Luca truly understood what it meant to be mated to a wolf shifter. It wasn’t anywhere close to what being mated to a human would have been like. Luca was in for a surprise if he expected Rowan to act like a human mate.
“Once a month, I go into heat, the day before the full moon, the day of, and the day after. I won’t be able to keep my hands off of you, and I won’t care who sees us. I’ll need to fuck and fuck often.”
Luca’s breath stuttered in his chest loud enough for Rowan to hear it. “And…and if you don’t?”
“Do you really want to find out what will happen if I don’t get what I need once a month? Or would you rather just fuck me until my eyes cross?”
Luca blinked for a moment. “So a three-day fuck fest once a month then? Should I schedule it into my calendar?”
Rowan chuckled. “You might want to.”
“Is there anything else I need to worry about?”
“Just one.” Rowan frowned. This was the one thing he didn’t want to share considering what he had heard about vampires. “Wolves are very possessive creatures, Luca. If anyone attempts to take you from me, I will kill them, and I won’t feel an ounce of remorse when I do.”
Luca swallowed hard. “Okay. Anything else?”
Rowan held up his hand and extended his claws. “I wouldn’t take it very well if you were to be unfaithful to me in either thought or deed.” Rowan glanced down at the hard cock tenting Luca’s pants then winked and flicked his claws. “You don’t want to find out what I would do to your balls if you did.”
“Understood.”
“Good.”
Rowan started to turn away when Luca grabbed him and pulled him back. Rowan almost purred—if he purred—when Luca grabbed a handful of his hair and yanked his head back. There was a fierce glint in Luca’s golden-amber eyes that thrilled Rowan down to his toes. He quickly felt his cock tent his own pants, pressing up against Luca’s.
“Vampires are just as possessive as wolves, my sweet anamchara.” Luca growled. “I would never touch a hair on your beautiful head, but I would kill anyone that tried to take you from me, just as you would.”
“Understood.”
Luca grinned. “Good.”
Rowan couldn’t keep the smile off his face as Luca grabbed his hand and walked with him toward the elevators. Manu nodded to them both then stepped over to hit the button to call the elevators down to the first floor. As soon as it arrived, Manu checked inside then nodded to Luca. Rowan swallowed hard and followed Luca and Manu onto the elevator. It seemed to take forever to reach their floor, and no time at all.
Rowan kept his back straight and his head held high as he walked out of the elevator and onto the floor directly beneath the penthouse. He would try to defer to Luca, but he refused to be cowed by anyone else. As much as he liked being dominated by his larger mate, and he did love it, no one else had that right. It was reserved strictly for his mate.
“Welcome to your new home, Rowan.”
Rowan smiled at Luca then turned to take it all in. His heart beat a little faster when he saw all of the vampires in the large main room staring back at him. Some seemed accepting. Some were even curious. Others were hostile. And some had vivid hatred in their eyes.
One drew Rowan’s attention. He couldn’t exactly pinpoint who it was exactly, but he could feel the evil emanating from someone in the room. It was cold and malicious. And it wasn’t aimed totally at Rowan.
Rowan inhaled sharply and stepped closer to Luca. Someone in the room wanted his mate dead. He just knew it. He could feel the vile intentions like a vice in his head, making it start to ache. Rowan reached up and rubbed his temple, trying to make the pain go away. But the feelings of pure hatred beat against him like a drum.
“Anamchara?”
Rowan felt Luca’s arms wrap around him. He dropped his head against Luca’s chest and was immediately surrounded by the man’s strong scent. The moment Luca’s scent filled him, the pain began to subside until Rowan could lift his head without agony.
“Are you okay, anamchara?”