Read And To Hold: Vampire Assassin League #20 for Free Online

overdrive. And that dress of hers was way too definitive. It clung to her backside like a glove, molding to feminine curves as she climbed. Zach fought the rubber band effect between them as it stretched. The pulling sensation got stronger. Almost physical.
    She reached the door, turned the handle, and pushed it open. Pink-toned mist spilled out, enveloping her, turning her dress into so much tissue paper. At least from his viewpoint. And...
wait.
    Were those garters on her upper thighs?
    Zach’s knees wobbled. He swallowed again.
    She might as well have opened a portal to a fancy European dance floor, complete with flickering lights and dry-ice fog. No.
Wait
. It was actually closer to a classic rock music video, designed to scare and titillate. It was doing both to Zach. Every cell was sounding an alarm, before getting smacked down by something bigger. Unbelievable. Vast. And wild.
    The pink smoke rolled down the stairs, engulfing his lower body, tying him closer to her, and adding another layer to this vision. The mist should have chilled. Dampened. Raised goose bumps. It did neither. It was akin to being wrapped in a downy essence. Warm. Soft. The rubber-band sensation grew stronger. Harder to fight.
    She looked over her shoulder and down at him, and
damn!
A perfectly groomed dark eyebrow rose next. There was the slightest smile on her mouth. That expression of hers had one hell of an impact. Zach’s heart dropped and his breath caught.
    “You coming?” she asked.
    “Not yet,” he replied, and bounded up the stairs.
    Oh.
    Shit.
    He didn’t mean that the way it sounded.
    Oh yes, he did.
    No. He didn’t have time for this kind of thing.
    Oh yes, you do, Zach
.
    The door shut behind him of its own accord. He didn’t look to see how. He’d worry about that later. When he went hunting for Leroy. After he latched onto Boss Lady’s mouth, tasted her lips. And then trailed his kiss down her throat toward that perfect cleavage—
    No
. What the hell was he thinking? He was not here for pleasure.
    Zach shook his head. It didn’t help. It just added a ringing noise to the buzz until he stopped. He narrowed his eyes and looked around. It was impossible to measure dimensions in the room. It was large. Dark loomed from every corner, the floor, the ceiling. Yet, despite the cavernous feel, it was intimate. Pinkish fog obscured the floor and walls. Diaphanous drapery, in the same rose hues, trailed from everywhere, wafting with every movement as if they had life. And at the center of this dreamscape was a bed. An enormous one. Set atop a platform, making it appear even larger. The light came from candles. Hundreds of them. They flickered from behind the curtains and mist stuff, roughly at his eye level. They sent light slithering through the area, highlighting gauzy drapery...and that bed.
    Oh man. Oh man. He was in trouble.
    But trouble had never looked so good.
    Zach’s dick was fully involved and ready. His jacket wasn’t quite long enough to hide that fact, and Boss Lady skimmed a hand along the footboard as she watched him, while her eyes glowed like jewels.
    “Well? What are you waiting for, Zachariah?”
    “Uh. I’m...not sure.” He wasn’t either. He should be up there, latched onto that mouth and finding out what a kiss felt like, not just wondering over it. “Aren’t we...um. Shouldn’t we...be doing some bargaining about now? Throw out some prices? I mean, I brought a lot with me, but...”
    He left it unfinished. She smiled slightly.
    “You look like you’re good for it,” she replied.
    Zach flushed. Bad move. That bit of physiology was a major violation when working undercover. Never give anything away, even subconsciously. And she did not mean that the way it sounded. She couldn’t. He opened his mouth and started talking again. “Yeah. You’re right. And I’ve got access to more funds if I fall short. So...maybe we should discuss the program? Decide on any uh...inclusionary options? I mean...um.