Eriq: A Shadow Inc. Novella Page 2

  “At least he called you and had you check on me,” Sofia continued. “I mean, he didn’t really leave me with zero options. He cared enough make sure I had some place to go.”

  And what a place it was. Sofia, though saddened with her current predicament, fully intended to take advantage of her time here.

  Amelia had offered Sofia a job, said she could help play hostess or have any open position she wanted. There was really only one thing Sofia wanted from Club Shadow.

  Amelia grimaced.

  “What?” Sofia asked.

  “Your father didn’t call me.”

  A crease formed between Sofia’s eyes.

  “But you said you’d gotten a phone call from someone saying you should check on me.”

  “I did, but it wasn’t from your father.”

  The wheels in Sofia’s head cranked into overdrive. There was only one guest staying at the resort who was connected to Andrei, Sofia, and Amelia.

  “Who called you Amelia?”

  The hairs on the back of Sofia’s neck stood on end when Amelia looked over Sofia’s shoulder.

  “I did, Koshenya,” rumbled a deep voice from the left.

  Adrenaline pumped through her veins. Wetness pooled between her thighs. She knew she’d run into him here, but she hadn’t expected her body to react so severely.

  “Give us a minute, Amelia,” he said.

  Amelia hesitated, concerned for Sofia, whom she considered family. Eriq hadn’t bothered to look at Amelia. He only had eyes for Sofia.

  Sofia blushed and held very still. Amelia debated interrogating Eriq about his sudden interest in Sofia, but, deep down, she knew Eriq was a good guy—one who had very adamantly told Amelia he wanted her to help Sofia.

  Intuition told her to let it go, and Amelia knew better than to go against her gut.

  “Alright. Check in with me later, Sofe.”

  Sofia nodded.

  Eriq took the seat Amelia vacated. He barely fit in it. Leaning back, with his arms crossed, he stared at Sofia, loving the way she was reacting to his presence.

  He could smell her arousal. It took more effort than he thought possible to not jerk her out of the chair and fuck her against the closest wall, like he should have done last night. Maybe then she’d be out of his system.

  “Thank you,” Sofia said, breaking the strained silence.

  She didn’t like being under Eriq’s microscope. With his immortal’s senses, he had to know what was going on under her dress.

  “You’re welcome. Are you okay?” he asked.

  She blew out air, not knowing how to answer. In a way, she was glad to be out from under her father’s thumb. But Andrei hurt her, had wounded her badly.

  Sofia didn’t understand what was so wrong with her behavior or how her father could so easily toss her out. She would never treat someone she loved so coldly.

  Sofia swallowed the lump in her throat, not wanting to discuss the details.

  “I’m okay. Or, I will be, at least.”

  Eriq leaned forward and put his forearms on the table. His erection pushed further into the seam of his jeans. Shit. He needed to get off.

  The hand jobs he gave himself last night and again this morning hadn’t done a damned thing for him. He had a training session with Lucy soon, thank goodness.

  “Listen Sofia, about last night, I—”

  Sofia held up a hand and shook her head.

  “Uh-uh. Nope. I don’t want to talk about it. I’m assuming you heard Father shouting and you called Amelia. For that, I thank you. But I really don’t want to dive into my family issues tonight.”

  Eriq smirked. Sofia wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. The more he was around her the more attractive she became.

  “That’s fine. But I wasn’t going to bring up Andrei.”

  He had plans for Andrei, but he wasn’t about to tell Sofia how he was going to deal with her asshole father. Few knew of his additional power. It was dangerous, and he didn’t like advertising his capabilities.

  Eriq was a lover, not a fighter. Normally, he wouldn’t get involved. But something about Sofia made him want to defend her honor, even if it had been someone else making her come on that lounger.

  He’d nearly chased after Andrei, so his fists could have a conversation with the daemon’s face. He’d held back after seeing the lone tear fall from Sofia’s eye, prioritizing Sofia’s needs by making arrangements for her to come to Charleston.

  Eriq wanted to make it all better, to lick the trail of the tear away. It wasn’t what she needed in that moment, so he called Amelia, which was convenient since he had also meant to see Sofia again, preferably while naked. If she was in Charleston, it would be easy enough to accomplish.

  “Oh,” she replied. “Sorry. What were you going to say?”

  “Only that I saw you,” his voice lowered an octave, “behind the cabana. I saw your pretty face when you came for someone else.”

  Her eyebrows shot up in surprise. She wasn’t embarrassed, just surprised. What in the hell was she supposed to say to that?

  Eriq looked pleased. Aroused, even. His pupils were dilated, there was no mistaking it. It made her nipples pebble and her core ache, having him look at her like this, remembering what his mouth and fingers could do.

  “And you know what, Koshenya?”

  “What?” she whispered, so turned on she couldn’t stop her hand from squeezing her thigh, from inching higher, right here at a table in the middle of the bar.

  “I loved it. At first, I was jealous as hell. Pissed I hadn’t been the one underneath you. But then you came, and I heard the sweetest thing from your lips.”

  Oh, gods. He’d heard her. He’d been there when she called his name instead of Mateo’s. Her hand slipped under the skirt of her dress, pressing on the front of her panties. She squeezed her eyes shut, imagining it was his hand between her legs.

  “Look at you, touching yourself right here where anyone can see. You need it, don’t you, Kitten? Your hand won’t be enough.”

  She exhaled, knowing he was right. She heard his chair scratch across the tiled floor, heard him move and crouch beside her.

  Eriq grabbed her other hand and put it on his crotch.

  “You feel this, Sofia? This is what you need. When I finally let you have it, you sure as fuck won’t be calling someone else’s name.”

  She whimpered, pressing hard on her mound and squeezing her thighs together.

  “You want to come, Sofia?”

  “Y-yes.”

  Eriq could scent how much she needed it. Damn her father for making her feel bad about her natural desires. At least she hadn’t given in to what Andrei wanted and denied herself what she so obviously craved.

  He checked his watch. Shit. He was late.

  “Come with me,” he stood, holding out his hand.

  Sofia’s eyes popped open, eagerly reaching her hand for his.

  “Where are we going?” she asked.

  “Oh, somewhere where we can have a little tit for tat, Kitty Cat,” Eriq grinned wickedly, hauling her off to another room in the manor.

  4

  Eriq pulled Sofia through the doorway of the training room. Lucy was already here, nude and ready to go. He did so enjoy an anxious pupil. She was submissive by nature, so he didn’t have much work to do.

  Sofia’s step faltered when she saw the raven-haired female seated on a dark stool in the center of the room. Her eyes were so dark they looked black.

  From scent, she could tell she was a tree nymph, one of the species who needed to feed from sex in order to live, much like the succubi.

  “Hello, Lucy,” Eriq greeted the nymph.

  “Good evening, Eriq. Your friend is beautiful. Is she part of my training tonight?”

  Sofia’s cheeks reddened, unused to being called beautiful. Had Lucy not looked in the mirror? She was the one with the looks.

  Sofia wondered what her cherry-red lips would feel like. She’d never kissed a female, but she was open to ne
w experiences, especially those involving Eriq.

  “This is Sofia. Sofia, this is Lucy. She is new to Club Shadow. As you know, I handle most of the training for the employees who wish to be a part of our members’ more carnal activities.”

  Club Shadow was a sex club, but not everyone who visited the manor arrived with the intention of having sex. Some simply wanted to mingle with other immortals.

  Quite a few meetings and business deals took place on the premises. The club’s privacy policies and security were popular among its members.

  The new hires trained by Eriq, like Lucy, had all requested to be allowed to have intercourse with members. Many of them needed it for sustenance and it was an easy way to fill that need without complications.

  It was why Lucy had come to the club and applied. She was having difficulty finding enough people to feed her. She could siphon from humans, but she had to be careful as they were physically weaker than immortals.

  Others who came to the club to work were more like Sofia, having unfulfilled sexual needs and desperately seeking partners to satisfy those needs.

  Amelia and Eriq ensured everything was safe and consensual. No one was asked to do anything he or she did not want to do. They wanted the environment to be mutually beneficial to all involved parties.

  Eriq looked at Sofia, who was still flush with desire. He was good at reading body language. Hers had already subtly agreed.

  “Sofia is my … guest. I’d like her to watch, if that’s okay with you, Lucy?”

  “Of course,” she replied.

  Eriq escorted Sofia to a narrow couch across the room.

  “Sit,” he commanded.

  “By myself?”

  “Sit, Sofia.”

  She frowned, but lowered herself to the cushion, sitting ramrod straight. She wasn’t sure what he was going to have her do—but she was definitely interested.

  Eriq went to his knees in front of Sofia. His large hands grasped her calves, then slid slowly up to her inner thighs.

  “Spread them, Koshenya.”

  When she hesitated, he roughly pushed them apart. Her eyes flashed angrily, and he grinned. Her disobedience excited him.

  He was used to hesitancy from those he trained. He wasn’t used to liking it. Sofia called to him on primitive level. She fascinated him. No one had ever plagued his thoughts the way Sofia did.

  “I want you to do what you were doing in the bar,” he told her.

  “You want me to touch myself?”

  “Yes.”

  “What will you be doing?”

  “Watching.”

  Her nostrils flared, and her mouth made a humming noise. Eriq swore he felt it in his cock. If Lucy wasn’t here, he’d destroy Sofia’s panties and fuck her raw.

  “What about Lucy?” she asked.

  “Why? Are you interested in Lucy?”

  “Well … I …” she tried to get her words in order, but it was very distracting with his hands on her thighs and Lucy watching intently.

  When she found her voice, she said, “I’m assuming you brought me to this room for a reason, Eriq. There’s a third person here, so I’m curious.”

  “Of course, you are. I brought you here so I could watch you touch yourself while I train Lucy. Tonight is her second go at something I really like doing—and I want you to be the one to see it.”

  Sofia’s breath hitched.

  “You like the idea of that, don’t you, Sofia? Would you like to see me shove my cock inside her? Make her scream? Maybe you’ll do what I did and picture yourself in her place?”

  Sofia was panting now. Everything he said was so naughty, so dirty. So perfect. Her father wanted to turn her into some puritanical version of what he thought a daemon should be.

  It wasn’t what she was or what she wanted. This was what she wanted—freedom to explore every possibility. To learn what she liked, to feed off energies produced by sex without shame.

  “In fact,” Eriq said, pulling her back to the present, “that’s what I want you to do, Koshenya.”

  Her thighs were shaking. She wanted him to touch her. She wished it had been him instead of Mateo. Sofia regretted walking away from Eriq.

  He leaned close, putting his mouth to her ear.

  “I have to say, I like the idea of it very much.”

  His finger slid under her panties, lightly grazing her sensitive skin. Her fingernails dug into her palms.

  “I had to watch you with that fuckwit who didn’t know how to give you what you need. I returned to my room and came all over my hand.”

  Sofia groaned, picturing it.

  “Now it’s your turn, Kitten. I want you to watch us, pretend it’s you under me. Then I want you to come all over your hand. Can you do that for me?”

  Sofia pushed her hips forward, seeking more from his fingers. He pinched her labia between his knuckles and she stilled.

  “Answer me Sofia. If you can’t do this, you can leave, and I won’t stop you.”

  He wasn’t sure if his words were true. At the very least he’d chase after her. Something told him she’d stay, but he wasn’t positive.

  “I want to stay,” she stated quietly.

  “Good. I want you to stay, too.”

  Eriq removed his hand from her panties, placing the tips of his fingers under his nose and inhaling. She smelled just as he remembered. Her tantalizing scent was imprinted on his brain.

  Sofia didn’t know it, but this was going to be her first lesson from Eriq.

  5

  Eriq rose to his feet.

  “Keep your eyes open, Sofia. Understood?”

  Sofia nodded, her gaze following him as he moved around the room. He pulled a small, padded table closer to where Sofia was seated.

  It looked similar to what would be in a doctor’s office, but this was lower and had straps attached to the legs. He laid a foam triangular-shaped pillow on the table.

  “Lucy, up here, please.”

  Lucy hopped off the stool and strolled to the table. Her movements were graceful, cat-like. Sofia wished she could move with such sensuality and confidence.

  Lucy positioned her body on all fours, with the block under her hips. Eriq had taken her in this position before, so she knew exactly what to do.

  She lowered her torso to the table and spread her arms out, towards the corners. Eriq secured her wrists. As he walked back around the table, he trailed his fingertips down Lucy’s spin. She shivered.

  The table was situated so both Lucy and Eriq were facing Sofia. She wouldn’t see him penetrate the nymph, which she thought was a little disappointing. But it did nothing to hamper her desire.

  Eriq pulled his shirt over his head, revealing a well-defined physique. He was big, but not bulky. Sofia wanted to bite into his pectorals and pull on the rings pierced through his nipples.

  The only hair on his trunk was the small line leading down into his fitted jeans. She could easily make out the line of his package bulging inside the denim.

  He was running his hands all over Lucy’s backside, getting close to her pink flesh, but never touching it. He wanted her worked up.

  Lucy, ever so slightly, pushed her hips back and he smacked her ass.

  “No. Don’t move, not unless I give permission.”

  Sofia gripped the hemline resting on her thighs and pulled it higher. She moved it little by little, following the slow movements of Eriq’s hands massaging Lucy’s lower body.

  Eriq could see Sofia lifting her dress in his peripheral. Holding out was going to be a challenge.

  He could now smell Lucy’s arousal. It was pleasant, but nothing compared to Sofia’s musk. Gods, he couldn’t wait to be inside his Koshenya.

  He was a bow strung too tight. If he didn’t curb his appetite soon he may very well snap in half.

  Impatient, he undid his jeans and lowered them to his hips. His shaft bobbed, happy to be unconfined.

  Since Lucy had special birth control designed for immortals, and they couldn’t catch sexu
al diseases, he didn’t bother with a condom.

  “Sofia, watch me as I fill Lucy’s pussy.”

  Without preamble, Eriq plunged inside. Lucy hissed, stretched wide with his huge member. Amelia had told her if she could handle Eriq, she could handle anyone at the club. Lucy didn’t doubt it.

  He withdrew and plunged inside again. Sofia could hear each slap of Eriq’s flesh on Lucy’s. She palmed her mound and pushed into it. Sofia was so wet the moisture had come through the fabric of her underwear.

  “Lucy, tell Sofia what your lesson is this evening.”

  Lucy wet her lips.

  “Getting used to being watched.”

  “That’s right. Do you like Sofia watching us?”

  “Oh, yes,” Lucy answered enthusiastically. He was hitting the exact right spot.

  “Good girl. I like it, too. Sofia, pull your panties to the side so I can see what’s underneath.”

  Sofia hooked the side of her underwear and pulled until she felt the cool air hit her scorching skin.

  “Touch it, Sofia.”

  Sofia carefully stroked at her flesh, feeling the wetness spread across her labia. Her eyes remained on Eriq as he pushed into Lucy steadily. His eyes were locked on the juncture of Sofia’s thighs.

  Lucy’s walls started to flex and Eriq withdrew. She pressed her mouth shut, knowing she’d be punished if she complained.

  “Now,” he said to both females as he gathered Lucy’s juices on his fingers and spread them around her back passage, “the second part of tonight’s lesson involves something I truly enjoy.”

  Lucy closed her eyes, remembering the last time he’d taken her in the ass. It was her first try and, as he promised, it was quite enjoyable.

  “At first, Lucy was rather timid, but did very well with it. This is her second time. I think she’s looking forward to it, don’t you Sofia?”

  Sofia could see and hear Lucy’s breathing increase. It wasn’t a fear response. She was excited.

  Sofia nodded.

  “What about you, Sofia? Do you like this position?”

  “I … well, I’ve never tried to …”