sheet tighter around her body. “What do you mean, Viper? Just how do you resolve problems?” When he didn’t answer, Melanie grew colder. Her stomach tightened so much she thought she might throw up. “I’m not going anywhere with you.”
“You haven’t any choice. Even if you don’t like me, you aren’t safe here anymore.” His hand swung out to encompass the room. “I have no doubt that if I was able to track you, Zachary’s people are too. And if you think I’m scary, you haven’t seen the worst yet.”
“You’re forgettin’ something.”
They both turned to Moses.
His gaze fell to his cock, which pushed hard against the crocheted throw. “This isn’t going away.”
Viper shook his head then smirked. “Guess you better suit up, bro. The only cure is her, and she has to do it in succubus-mode.”
“Fuck me.”
Suddenly, Melanie didn’t feel quite so frightened, despite the fact the thing sitting next to her couldn’t be human either. He was too strong. And she’d recognized him the instant he’d lifted her into his arms as the man who’d murdered the oily charmer in the club earlier that night.
However, she wasn’t afraid anymore. Moses knew him, seemed to have a relationship with him, and she knew in her heart that Moses was good guy. He’d told her so. “I’m the cure?” she asked, her voice sounding suspiciously husky.
Both men’s gazes narrowed on her. A corner of Viper’s lips curled.
She shrugged. “Just saying. He can’t walk around like that forever.”
“You volunteering to relieve this?” Moses asked, cupping his cock.
“I made you that way.”
Moses growled.
And she wouldn’t lie, not even to herself, but she liked having this little bit of power to wield. “I’m willing to help you out.”
Viper snorted. “We’ll take precautions.”
Brawny arms crossed over a dark chest. “Goddamn it, buddy, you are not watching us fuck.”
“Relax. I won’t be in the room with you.”
“And watching us via camera makes it better?”
Melanie’s gaze stopped on Viper. “Does it mean he’ll come with us?”
Viper nodded.
“Then I’m in.”
Both men stared. Viper began to laugh, his face transforming, becoming instantly more handsome. Despite that fact, she was glad Moses was the one in the predicament only she could solve. Viper was too damn scary. He’d never make her feel safe.
Glancing up from beneath her eyelashes, she said, “Moses Brown, it looks like you’re stuck with me for a while.”
Chapter Four
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“M iss, is there anything I might bring you?”
Melanie eyed the manservant, Inigo, still bemused by everything she’d seen over the last hour. She shook her head, marveling at how swiftly her life view was changing.
Vampires crept in the darkness, and she was a succubus. Part of her was horrified, but deep down inside she felt like something had clicked on. Like she’d finally plugged into the world. And she didn’t have time to carefully sift through everything she was learning, or the luxury of poring through a book for answers. She could either wallow in self-pity or hold tight for the wild ride.
As soon as she’d packed a small bag, she’d been hustled by Viper to the garage beneath her building and into a limo with dark, tinted windows. Then they’d sped through the city, ignoring traffic lights—which hadn’t mattered because few cars were on the road that early in the morning. They’d driven to one of the richest and oldest neighborhoods in Seattle, passing through the gates of a large brick estate.
Because Viper couldn’t tolerate sunlight, he’d run from the garage to the side pantry door with a blanket wrapped around him while she and Moses followed at a more sedate pace.
She’d peered curiously at her new surroundings. At the door, she’d met Inigo, a tall, cadaverously thin old man with a rasping voice, who’d been very gracious but also efficient in getting her quickly to the second-floor bedroom. A cell,