Kade's Dark Embrace (Immortals of New Orleans) by Kym Grosso Page B

chair and unzipped his pants pulling out his rock hard cock. She was touching herself. Thinking of him? He stroked himself, harder and harder. He could not believe he was doing this in the den, but shit, she made a man lose his mind. Another moan from upstairs. He could sense she was close. He stroked faster, up and down his length. She was coming. He was coming. His seed went flying onto his pants. “Ah...fuck. What a fucking mess. What are you doing?” What was he doing? Great, now he was talking aloud to himself, just fucking great. He was going to need to see a therapist after this little incident. He grabbed a wad of tissues, jumped up, and stomped up the stairs to his bedroom. He needed to get changed before she saw him.
    Kade jumped in the shower, washed, and quickly dressed in a worn pair of jeans and a white cotton t-shirt. He could sense she was still in the shower. If he hurried, he could get downstairs first. He was just about down the flight of stairs when the doorbell rang, the Chinese food. He quickly paid the driver and set off to get things ready in the kitchen.
    Sydney padded into the kitchen wearing just his robe, and sat at the granite counter bar. Relaxed from her shower, Sydney smiled at Kade. “So, Kade, not to be rude or anything, but vampires and Chinese food? What gives? Thought you guys only had blood on the menu. Unless you got that delivered too?”
    Kade laughed, “Sydney love, you do have quite a bit to learn about us, and I would love to be the one to teach you.” He winked at her. She felt herself blush. Kade continued, “Vampires do need blood to survive, but we only need to feed a couple of times a week. We can eat food, and it tastes great, but it will not keep us alive, only blood does that. My favorite is Peking duck, but also I got Szechuan shrimp, dumplings, moo shu chicken, and garlic broccoli. I wasn’t sure what you liked.”
    Sydney laughed out loud. “So, are we having company?”
    Kade shook his head, no.
    She was touched that he was so thoughtful to get a variety. “Well, it smells wonderful. I'm so hungry. And just so you know, I love everything you ordered...it's as if you knew what I’d like.”
    “You are very welcome. And Sydney love, I do believe I know what you would like.” He was not talking about her food.
    Looking down into her shrimp, she tried to hide her embarrassment. He knew she wanted him. Then it occurred to her that he might have known what she was doing in the shower. Shit. She was hoping that he wouldn’t hear or smell anything with the shower going and that delicious strawberry shampoo. Guess she was wrong.
    Kade loved the way she blushed. He knew she could be a hard ass on the streets, but she had a sexy, soft side that he fully intended to explore when this mess was over. For now, he could not resist the urge to tease her. “So, you like it spicy? I must confess that I love it that way as well. I just can’t seem to get mine hot enough.”
    Syd looked straight into his sexy blue eyes and smiled. She would have loved to have had some pithy, response but her mouth was full of duck and she enjoyed his play on words. Oh yeah, she loved it hot all right.
    After they finished, he poured her a glass of brandy. He lit a fire, and they sat on twin leather recliners that faced the fireplace. She wanted to sit back and relax, but knew it was time to get down to business. The man had secrets, and she was going to find out what the hell was going on. “So Kade, what's the deal with the note? I know you're keeping something from me. We’re partners. It's time to talk.” She stared at the crackling fire hoping it would make it easier for him to tell her if she wasn’t looking at him.
    Kade knew he needed to tell her. Things had gone too far with Simone appearing to Sydney. He sighed, this would not be easy. “You know Sydney; we live a very long time. There is a specific vampire I suspect is involved in these murders. Luca found her scent at the