A Kiss That Bites

Alexander glared at the woman before him, while he contemplated what she just said.

"What do you mean? You came here with some friends?"

"Yes, I did. Now where the fuck are they?" Angerona stomped her foot in agitation at the perplexed look thrown her way.

Alexander was very confused and slowly uncrossed his arms, letting them rest his sides. He turned slightly over to look at Cedric. The dumb ass blond was whistling innocently and rubbing the back of his neck. The little fucker knew something and he intended to get to the bottom of this. He turned back to the beautiful irate woman and sighed softly.

"It looks like my help is a couple of dumb shits." Alexander growled softly before grabbing Angerona by the wrist and yanking her closer to him. "However, I will not tolerate you speaking to me thusly. For that, I think, you will help out here at the bar. At least until I get this situation sorted out."

"What? Come again? You want me to work here? Oh, hell no!" The very idea of working in this drab place and so close to this sexy god was almost more than Angerona could handle. Besides she so did not do crowds of any sort.

She shoved against his chest with the palm of her hand, but he did not budge. Not even a small bit. It was like a fly trying to shove an adult male lion. It was impossible. The man was made of sheer muscle and it was heady stuff. However, Angerona tried to pretend the knowledge of those hard muscles had no effect on her.

Alexander just grinned at her pitiful attempt to shove him away and brought her body flush up against his with small jerk of his hand. He heard her gasp softly at the feel of the sudden contact and his grin got wider with the knowledge of the affect he had on her. Alex could smell her desire for him and the scent of lilies and spice got ever stronger now.

Alex took a deep drink of her scent and slowly released his breath. She had the most delectable scent he had ever come across in all his years. At first he thought it was maybe something she had bathed in, but up close he could tell that it was her own personal scent. The Lycki in him growled in response and he felt the stirrings of desire in his blood. It was the first time in nearly a century he felt the urge to bed a female.

Angerona glanced up to those dark sunglasses and saw the smirking smile on his arrogant, handsome face. If she wasn't so set on finding her friends, she would slap that smile right off his face in an instance and leave. To make matters worse he pretty much sniffed her right in front of god and everybody. Obviously he liked what he smelled. The guy pretty growled after he let go of his breath and she could feel the evidence of his desire through his leather pants.

That earthy, smoky scent was back again and much stronger now. Angerona had to resist the urge to take a deep breath like he did. She refused to let him know he affected her in kind. That would just make his head swell some more and probably give the go ahead to ravish her body.

At the thought, her body began to tingle all over. As if she was liking the fantasy inside her head right now. Both of them entangled in black silk sheets and having lots and lots of hot, steamy sex.

Angerona could feel her cheeks burning and knew she was blushing. She tried yanking herself away from him, but he refused to let her go. She watched in horror as his nostrils began flaring as he came in closer to her neck. He took several deep breaths and released them slowly over her right ear. Angerona had to clamp her mouth tightly shut or else she would have let the moan escape that was lodged in her throat.

The man was dangerous. She had to get far away from him before she did something she was going to regret later. Like jumping his bones and fucking him seven ways till Sunday. Angerona knew nothing about him. She also did not believe in one night stands. So, the best thing to do was find her friends and get the hell out of here.

Alexander vaguely felt the woman begin to struggle against him while he continued to nuzzle and drink in her wonderful scent. Her scent caused a strange buzzing in his head. Almost as if he was drunk. Which was odd because he has never been drunk before. Lycki blood filtered out the toxins pretty quickly and made Lycki almost nearly immune to all types of alcohol.

The sensation was addictive and he could spend all night nuzzling the woman before him. However, he detected a slight increase in her pulse and the scent that was drugging him was slowly diminishing. Slowly his head began to clear and he realized what he had done. Alex quickly jerked away from the woman and quickly let go of her as if burned.

Now with a clear head again, he resumed glaring at the woman standing in front of him.

"You will work here. That is the final say on the matter. Cedric and Drystan will get you all set up."

Alexander spun around sharply and quickly went behind the bar. Where he promptly disappeared behind the door that lead into the back area of the club.

Angerona stood there for several moments stunned. She could not believe he let go of her as if she had some disease or something. He was just nuzzling her and causing all sorts of enjoyable sensations. Of course her mind chose the wrong moment to remind her she needed to find her friends and that caused her to panic. Which resulted in a hastily retreating sex god and left her aching oddly for more of those little nuzzles. Maybe even something more if she was completely truthful with herself.

Cedric saw the stunned look on her face and figured it was due to the fact Alexander let go of her like a hot potato and ran off.

"Sorry lass. You will have to 'cuse the mon. He normally isn't so… moody." Drystan said hesitantly.

Cedric just snorted and said, "Yeah right Dry. He is always moody."

"Shut yer trap English. Canna ya see the lass is upset?"

"Hey, I am just telling it how it is. No need to sugar coat it. Specially if Alex wants her working here." Cedric said while throwing up his hands in pacification.

Angerona was listening to the conversation with interest and finally squared her shoulders. If he wanted her to work here, fine. She would work here, but she would make sure she gave the worse service possible. Maybe that would hurry him up about the whole situation. So her friends and herself could leave Colorado and never look back.

"Fine. I will work here, but I don't have to like it. However, I will make one thing clear… if I so much as get grabbed, groped, or otherwise touched without my permission again… I will make y'all lives a living hell. Are we clear?"

"First, you will have to understand that threats are taken very seriously around here. So think before you say things like that. Second, we are your bosses unless Alexander is here. That means you do what we say. Not the other way around missy." Cedric said on a soft growl.

The woman was prickly and he did not like it one bit. He knew she was going to cause nothing but trouble. Her attitude said it all and Cedric wasn't going to put up with. Drystan may have a soft heart where women are concerned, but himself, not so much. He would never hurt a woman, but by damn he wouldn't be walked all over by them either.

Angerona open and closed her mouth several times in shock. The blond had seem friendly enough but now he was being a down right bastard. Of course the one named Drystan did not say a single word to defend her against his harsh tone. Instead he just narrowed his eyes and then shook his head.

In that moment Angerona felt like the loneliest person in the world. Her friends were missing, obviously someone here knew where they were, and she was attracted to a man that obviously thought she was beneath him in some way. If she wasn't so in shock, she would break down into tears for the first time since her parent's death.

"Any way… normally I do the paper work for new hires, but I don't have patience for it today. Drystan will deal with you instead." Cedric said with a dismissive wave of his hand while turning around and heading in the same direction as Alexander went.

Drystan rubbed the bridge of his nose with his thumb and looked over at the female. She looked as if she was close to tears. Sighing softly, he put a gentle hand on her shoulder to gain her attention.

"Sorry lass. Seems we all are a tad moody today. Any way, come with me. I will get your paperwork in order." He said as he took his hand off of her shoulder and started heading in another direction.

Angerona could only assume the office was close to the bar, but not exactly next to it. Also, the angle in which the doorway was situated, you would never see it. Specially in a dark club. Angerona had to resist the urge to rub her arms at the foreboding feeling she got and began following the Scotsman as quickly as she was able. The entire time she fought the tears that threatened to fall and believed today was the worse day of her life.

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Alexander went about half way down the steps before stopping and propping up against one of the cold stone walls. However, the cold air nor the stone could kill the desire running so hotly through his veins. He shouldn't want the woman as much as he does, but his body was being traitorous tonight it would seem.

No matter what he tried to imagine, he could not get her bed room eyes and lush lips out of his mind. He wanted to kiss every inch of her skin and drink in her scent for days. Shaking his head he tried to clear his thoughts, but the image persisted. Cursing softly he ran his hand over his face as he heard Cedric make his way behind the bar. The blond had a lot to answer for, but that would have to wait.

"Hey boss. You ready?" Cedric said carefully to the man in front of him.

"Yeah. After this… me and you got to talk."

"Fine. I figured it was coming any way."

Alexander just shook his head and began walking down the stairs again. Three more flights of rough cut stone stairs took them into the bowels of the holding area under the club. Here they held crazed Lycki, Rogues, and any other thing that rubbed Alex the wrong way. However, tonight they were going to question a couple of League hunters and send them on their way. No need to hold them longer than necessary and have their club crawling with the League.

Alex stopped in front of the blond one and glanced over at Cedric.

"We will start with her. Get her strapped in and woke up."

"Sure thing."

Cedric didn't balk at doing the dirty work and that made Alex raise an elegant brow at his friend. In most cases the blond would try everything he could to get out of the dirty work of the job and try to do the questioning. Most of the time Alex let him have his way, but tonight Cedric did what he asked with no back talk.

"You okay Ric?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Cedric asked while he hauled the blond out of the cell gently and towards a chair that had various leather straps on it.

"Well, for one… you didn't argue about the dirty work this time. What gives?" Alex said confused.

"Maybe I am no mood to argue?"

"Heh. Whatever. Just get her strapped in." Was all Alex said while he watched Cedric handle the blond as if she would break and slowly put her in the wooden chair.

Once the woman was strapped in, Cedric went over the medical cabinet and pulled out a syringe filled with the necessary drug to speed up the wake up process. He was looking for some alcohol swabs, but didn't see any.

"What in the world is taking you so long Cedric?" Alex said irritably.

"Uh… nothing. I was just doing a quick inventory." Cedric said in a rush as he grabbed the needle and went over the blond woman. Slowly he found a vein and administered the drug.

"Now we wait. It shouldn't take to long." Cedric said more to himself than to Alex.

Alex just snorted and crossed his arms. Tonight was going to be a long night and now his friend was besotted with a hunter. Things just got better and better.