Page 51 of Huntress Unleashed

“Or maybe we just gel because we’re meant to be together. I feel like I’ve been taking lessons for years.”

“Me also. This is so nice. I want to dance all night long,” she said.

He did too, but they still had to worry that they were going to have trouble with some of the hunters once the club began to fill up. But the distance between them soon changed and he was holding her close, the dancing become much more intimate, sexy, turning her on. God, was he a hottie. She swore when he looked at her with his heated gaze, he was seducing her with his piercing eyes.

More than that, she felt his arousal growing and he pulled away a little in a gentlemanly gesture, but she wanted the heat between them and dragged him close again, telling him she was enjoying that part of the dance and not to distance himself from her.

He smiled with that sexy smile of his that bordered on total seduction. “You’re a captivating dancer, so sexual, so beautiful.”

She smiled at him and wrapped her arms around his neck. “You make it easy to feel that way—and believe me, I’ve never felt this way while dancing with any other guy.”

“The same with me with any other woman, and I don’t believe it all has to do with being vampires.”

“I agree. I’m just so…I don’t know, attuned to you,” she said.

“I feel that way about you and feel so much more spontaneous. I normally wouldn’t be this…forward with a woman I had just met, but with you…”

“No holds barred.”

He smiled and leaned down to kiss her. “Yeah, no holds barred.”

Their lips were nearly touching again, their eyes focused on each other’s mouth and then they were kissing again.

* * *

Then Lettie and Van walked into the club with two other couples. Jacqueline pulled her mouth from Dane’s, and he felt Jacqueline tense in his arms. He ran his hand down her back, and she quickly relaxed.

“Sorry about that,” she said.

“Don’t be sorry about it. If my ex walked in with a new guy on her arm, I would be tensing too.”

“You’re so good for me. I never thought I would be dancing with anyone, or spending the night in his bed, any of this, so soon after being turned and after the breakup,” she said.

“Ditto for me. But spending time with you has been great. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. You have really opened my eyes to what being with someone as special as you is like.”

“Thanks so much. I really feel the same way about you. Not at first when you came into the meeting half dressed, but I overcame that pretty quickly.”

He laughed. “I had gotten that impression.”

“I couldn’t believe you would ask me if I thought you should remove your bloody shirt at the meeting.”

He smiled. “I couldn’t help but want to get your reaction. All I’ve got to say is that you are so beautiful. This gown on you, the color and style, are just gorgeous.”

“We look good together.”

“I agree.”

“I love your teal shirt. You look very dashing.”

“Thanks.” Dane glanced at Van sitting with Lettie and their friends at one of the tables. They were drinking their cocktails and watching him dancing so intimately with Jacqueline.

“I want to tell them to get a life,” Jacqueline said. “I mean, we can’t be all that interesting to them, can we?”

Dane leaned down and kissed her. “Apparently so. Maybe your ex is not so over you.” But as soon as Jacqueline gave him a deep kiss back, her hands cupping his face, he felt his teeth extending. He tried to pull his mouth from hers, not wanting to worry her that he was losing control, but she held him tight and caressed his fangs with her tongue. When he deepened the kiss, he felt her own canines had extended and he measured them with his tongue, intrigued. Maybe she was just as fascinated with his as he was with hers.

Then they pulled their mouths away from each other, smiled a little, their hearts pumping hard, their breathing fast. The song ended and she cleared her throat. “Would you like to get another drink and cool down a bit?”

He nodded, afraid to show off his extended canines further. As soon as they returned to their table, Adonis and Rachael smiled at them. The others were still dancing.