by Spikesdeb
Chapter 1
The classic Aston Martin DB5 pulled up outside the nondescript facade of the Magic Box, Sunnydale. With an ease that spoke of long practice, the muscled forearm of the driver engaged the parking brake and flicked the gearlever to neutral. Turning off the ignition, the platinum blonde removed the keys and opened the door. Swinging his lean legs out of the low bucket seat, he smoothed nonexistent creases from his Saville Row suit and removed a miniscule speck of fluff marring the perfection of the cloth. His hands were masculine but manicured, not overly so, just clean and with well-trimmed nails. As he gripped the keys in his left hand he pushed off the seat with his right, the expensive watch with its luminous dial glinting in the moonlight.
Stepping
away from the silver sleekness of his automobile, he pushed the door closed
behind him and without looking back aimed the key-fob at the car and clicked.
The doors locked with a satisfying thunk and a faint buzz could be heard
around the vehicle as though the air surrounding it was ionised.
An unfortunate moth, drawn to the light the car reflected, fizzled out as
it hit the electrical current running through the bodywork. This was no ordinary car.
And this
was no ordinary man. Car and man
were well matched; both sleek and silver, both with an elegant exterior belying
the barely restrained primal energy within.
Pocketing the keys and adjusting the silk tie at his neck, he wore a wry
smile on his face as he pushed open the door and entered the unremarkable
interior of the shop.
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The blonde
behind the counter looked up and her heart lurched in her chest; she’d known
he was coming in, W had advised all senior staff to expect him.
But still, the sight of him striding with feline grace through the dusty
interior of this simple building, hands casually thrust in the pockets of his
trousers, cheekbones razor-sharp in the unforgiving light of the fluorescents
above, she forgot to breathe. If
she died now with his features imprinted on her memory - it would be enough.
Almost enough.
"Ah,
Miss Summerpenny, my night is now complete.
Your beauty sings to my heart!"
Clasping
her delicate hand in his, he slowly raised it to his lips, kissed the back and
then pressed his lips to her palm, all the while holding her eyes in a
diamond-blue gaze that turned her insides into molten lava.
The intensity of the moment made her gasp, her nipples sprang to
attention against the rough lace of her bra and the miniscule piece of lace
masquerading as her knickers was soaked with the flow of her sexual juices.
God, she had absolutely no control over her body whenever he was around. And he obviously had no idea of the way he made her feel.
Shaken by
the emotions he stirred up inside her, she instantly became all business and
snatched her hand from his cool grasp. Everything
about him was ice-cold; he was a 00 agent - his poise legendary, nothing could
affect him. Male and female suitors
alike pursued him, each intent on breaching his icy shell and being the one to
melt his reserve. None came close. Hell,
he would fuck anything that moved and if he had to shoot them in the head in the
morning, they died happy. It was
all just part of the job to him: nobody touched his soul.
That was
going to change: she intended to be his salvation.
But he
only saw her as the provider of missions, arranger of travel, and supplier of
false passports. He didn't see her
as a woman - at least not as a desirable woman. Sure, he flirted with her, threw innuendoes her way all the
time with a tilt of his head and a smirk on his face. But he never intended to follow through, and that really
pissed her off!
She knew
her figure was good and no way was she bad looking, in fact she was asked out
every day working in the shop which fronted for the mission.
She had even dated a few of the hopeful guys who had plucked up the
courage to speak to her. But they knew by the time the date had ended there was no
more to be had. Her heart belonged
to another. Despite everything she
tried - hypnotism, cognitive therapy, alcohol, and one memorable time with
marijuana, it still came back to this..........she wanted only him.
Every other male was a pale imitation of this perfect specimen of
manhood; well demonhood.
Emerging
from her reverie, she snapped her slack jaw shut. He had removed his jacket, slinging it over one shoulder as
he strolled towards the back of the shop. There
was an entrance to the secret chamber below to the left of the bookshelves; the
downstairs housed the brains of the operation.
Her heart did a two-step when he glanced back over his shoulder to wink
at her before disappearing into the darkness.
Ok, now
she needed to pay a visit to the little girl's room.
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"Come
in, Agent 00666, sit down. There's
been a development, and we need you to check it out."
"But
of course, W. I'm at
your................service."
He swept
his gaze over her pale features, taking in her glorious red hair and huge eyes.
It was strange having a female boss, even though he'd always been a huge
fan of womanly wiles; but she was a decent woman, straightforward and
intelligent, and he had a healthy respect for her.
Willow
became annoyed at the smirk on his face. Typical
man, five minutes in a room with a woman and they think they hold the stage.
Boy would he be shocked if he knew she didn't even drive stick; she was
more likely to ask his sister out than him, but it'd hurt his manly pride so she
didn't enlighten him. In point of
fact, she'd met his sister - Tara she recalled - and she was a definite hottie
in a very understated way, albeit an undead one.
She must ask him for her number.
Knocking
back the glass of diet coke, she slammed the glass down on the table.
"The
mission's this………...two days ago a consignment of holy water was taken
from under our noses. No warning,
no coded messages - just gone. Now
you know the fight's escalating against the enemy and a key part of that is our
ability to take them by surprise. I'd
say that was now a thing of the past. They
know what we were planning to do - we no longer have the means to carry that
out. Global drenching of the
vampire population of Sunnydale is off the menu."
Taking a
drag on the cheroot held between her middle fingers on her right hand, Willow
kicked back her chair and placed her well-polished shoes on the desk in front of
her. Fixing the agent with a steely
glare she spoke harshly, "The thing is, 00666, we're running out of
options. The ball of sunlight thing
- washout; turns out garlic is just a folk-tale and hardly any of them sleep on
sanctified soil."
"We
need the inside knowledge on the vamps of this town...and being one of them,
you're just the man, figuratively speaking."
The pale
figure of the vampire nodded in acknowledgement. Sprawling decadently in the leather chair, he spread his legs
wide, lifting his right foot to rest on the left knee and ran his hand
seductively up from ankle to knee where his hand now rested, a distracting
pointer for W’s determined stare.
"You
know me, W, I always like to oblige a lady."
That grin
could ignite damp tissue with its spark. Willow
batted for the other team but even her pulse raced at the blatant sexuality this
being exuded. Her eyes raked his
body, taking in the chiselled features, the strong hands and the muscular yet
compact physique. Heck, she could
appreciate a fine fiddle, even if she didn't want to play a tune on it.
Dragging
herself away from her aesthetic appreciation, she continued.
"Oh, please, 00666, - save your misogynistic posturing for the
mission. We need you to infiltrate
the local cadre of vampires and work against them from the inside.
You're unknown here, and if you can tone down your more flamboyant
tendencies, I'm sure you'll soon be a part of the action."
Again with
the double entendre! He seemed to
be holding her tongue captive and snaking it out at his will.
The raised right eyebrow fuelled her righteous anger.
"Well,
what are you waiting for? Go and
report to G; he's been working on a number of anti-sunlight devices which may
prove useful and also has a unique twist on the vampire reflection issue."
With
supple grace, the spy uncoiled from the club chair and shook himself.
Settling his clothing around him like a second skin, he leaned over W to
collect his discarded jacket, exposing her to the raw magic of his scent.
She inhaled sharply, in spite of herself, and found that she was leaning
towards him. She took in the salty
tang of his skin, cooler than her own, and the faint metallic scent of blood
that marked him as something other than human.
God, he was a sexual predator!
Thankfully,
once the jacket was hooked carelessly over his little finger he backed away and
with a swirl of expensive cloth he stalked out of the door.
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Stepping
across the corridor and swiping his key card along the entrance pad, he swung
open the heavy door that marked the inner sanctum of the entire operation.
Everything past this door was classified "Eyes Only" and had a Grade 1
clearance requirement. Naturally,
he was accredited with both. Striding
purposefully through the armoured doorway, he entered the body scanner which
registered him in a cold, dispassionate voice as "Room temperature - genre,
vampire; retinal scan identity confirmed - Agent 00666; licensed to kill."
"Thanks
ever so," he muttered and moved further into the hangar-sized room.
"Ah,
00666! You're here at last; I've
been expecting you. Well, come on,
come on - don't stand about. I need you over here."
"Didn't
realise you felt that way about me, G. I
mean, I know we're close and all..."
"What?
Oh, I see - humour! Your
charm won't work on me, old man; I'm immune.
So, to work. First, give me
your watch."
Holding
out his left hand whilst rummaging through a drawer with his right, the chief
provisioner tutted to himself. Locating
the replacement timepiece, he looked up again, just in time to see the vampire
reaching towards a bottle of scotch on the workbench.
"DON'T
TOUCH THAT!" he shouted, causing the spy to still his hand.
"It isn't what it seems; it'll melt the skin off you quicker than a
blowtorch on butter."
The
vampire retracted his hand slowly. "Good
call, G."
Swapping
the watch he had removed from his right wrist for the one being held out by the
master provisioner, he checked the usual functions and tilted his head in a
quizzical manner.
"Pay
attention, 00666. The watch is standard issue, of course, but with a few
enhancements especially for this mission. Now
- pull out the winder – carefully. Don't
jerk it. See?
Garrotte wire, handy for beheading the undead beggars...."
Noticing
the raised eyebrow, G continued, “No disrespect intended, old man."
Smoothly,
he continued to enumerate the extras he'd introduced; "Rotate the bezel
anticlockwise - the display becomes an infrared detector calibrated to seek
room-temperature bodies; rotate the other way - aaah, I see you hear it..."
William
had immediately covered his ears with his hands, inadvertently bringing the
source of the painful noise closer to his eardrums, and seemed incapable of
speech. G reached up to his right
wrist and flicked the bezel of the watch. The
vampire's tense stance relaxed and straightening up he fixed G with an icy
stare.
"Sorry
about that - we needed a final test on the frequency and you being the only
vampire agent... seems to work spiffingly!
Too high for human ears but as we can see, vampire hearing is more acute.
Absolutely marvellous!"
The look
on the vampire's face would have frozen mercury.
After
checking out the equipment he would need for the mission, standard and also some
specifically designed to deal with vampires, William headed back up into the
main store. Stopping by the
counter, he leaned over it scanning left and right. There was no sign of Miss Summerpenny, damn it.
Despite
his self-enforced isolation from women, there was something about the blonde PA
that piqued his interest. Over the
years they'd flirted shamelessly and his hands had brushed her flushed skin on
more than one occasion. He could
tell she was interested - his enhanced senses picked up her racing heartbeat,
quickened breathing and not least the aromatic scent of her arousal whenever
they met. If it wasn't for his
"never fish in the company pond" rule, he would love to take her for a
spin. What a delectable creature!
With a smirk he sauntered out of the door.
Buffy
Summerpenny was on her way back from the ladies room when she spotted William
striding across the floor to the counter. She
was still flushed from her restroom activities. Damn him – it wasn’t fair!
He made her crazy with desire and after his azure blue eyes had flashed
veiled promises of sexual fulfilment earlier, well - simply put she had an itch
and it demanded to be scratched. So
she had scratched it, biting her lip to silence her moans of ecstasy and all the
time seeing his sculpted face behind her closed eyelids.
After
adjusting her clothing, smoothing her hair and splashing her face with cold
water to stem the flush of post-orgasmic satisfaction creeping across her
cheeks, she returned to her station. Seeing
him nearby caused an atomic reaction in her panties despite her release of
moments before and she came to an abrupt halt to watch him, her hand over her
mouth. After pausing for a moment,
he exited the shop and she sighed deeply, disappointment at his departure
clouding her mood.
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Chapter 2
36
HOURS LATER
THE
BRONZE - SUNNYDALE
The beat
of the music made his body hum, an unfamiliar sensation since his heart had
stopped beating over 100 years before. He
stood and watched the clientele of the club, his pale form swathed in shadows,
taking stock of the bodies swaying, jumping and stomping to the rhythm of the
live band on stage.
He
mentally checked his supplies; he was wearing unfamiliar garb - black denim
jeans, Doc Marten boots, black t-shirt topped with a red button-down shirt and
finished off with a full length black leather duster that mimicked his body's
natural sleekness as he moved. He
adored undercover work - whenever he donned the costume of another character he
lost himself in the subterfuge and virtually became the imaginary person whose
persona he assumed. In the field he
was no longer William, elegant and cultured man-about-town; he became a killing
machine there to get the job done and get out.
To
complete his kit he also had the watch, a phial of holy water, the JD with the
quirky glass bottle, invisible gloves to protect his skin from the
blowtorch-through-butter effect of the said bottle and enough stakes to peg out
a marquee. Secreted in his duster
were also a number of other handy gadgets supplied by G.
To
infiltrate the primary cadre of vampires in Sunnydale he had to be bad.
He was, of course, utterly bad by nature, but as a result of a strictly
self-imposed ban against eating humans he restricted his violent tendencies to
the rampant and often extremely dim demon population.
In order to become a vital part of the resident vampire in-crowd he would
have to submerge that completely un-vampire like aspect of his character and
give off a ‘bad to the bone’ vibe. Assuming
the role, he set his features to show a disdainful sneer, sardonic and
threatening, and clasped the bottle of Bud he had purchased earlier loosely in
his left hand.
Pushing
himself away from the wall he’d been slouching against, he shouldered his way
towards the bar area through the crush of people dancing.
The majority of the crowd were human, their scent and heartbeats
overwhelming his vampire senses. Here and there he sensed a variety of demons as he continued
his swagger, scanning the crowd as he slid through with the ease of a predatory
shark. Eventually, he picked out
the concentrated essence of around 20 vampires, all grouped together.
That was his target, and if he sensed them it was a certainty that they
were sensing him right back.
He stopped
his stride and leaned against a pillar whilst he drank down the rest of the Bud,
considering his next step. It was
almost a given that in order to gain entry to the group he would have to face
down and eliminate at least one of the top-ranking vampires.
His demon revelled in the thought - 'bring it on'.
His plan of action became simple - swagger in, knock down the bugger with
the biggest wrinklies and don't turn to dust in the process.
Throwing
the empty bottle at the wall he stalked forwards - slap bang into collision with
the petite form of Buffy Summerpenny.
Shocked
hazel eyes looked up to meet shocked blue. Buffy held her breath; his hands were on her arms, steadying
her from the impact, and his gaze was burning into her. ‘My god, does he look edible… and he’s touching me.
Be cool. Be cool!!’ The
platinum hair was slicked back with gel, a few unruly curls still present at the
nape of his neck. Dressed all in
black save for the red shirt that peeked from under the leather duster, he oozed
sex appeal and bad boy attraction. Her
heart was hammering in her chest, her breath coming in short gasps; she couldn't
tear her eyes away from the intensity of his stare.
'Damn', he
thought, 'she needs to be told not to blow my cover.’
The vampire group were well within hearing range; he needed to take
charge. Holding her arms tightly he
fixed his eyes on hers and willed her to play along.
He was extremely aware of her racing heartbeat, which could have been
caused by fear, but the accompanying scent of her arousal told a different
story.
Buffy took
a deep breath and tried to drag a sensible thought out of her brain.
She stopped, mouth open, as he tilted his head and purred at her...
"The
name's Blond - Spike Blond."
She stared
at him, mouth still agape, the caramel sounds of his rich voice washing over
her. Puzzled she scanned his
features then quickly realised he must be undercover. He hadn't used his real first name but his fieldwork alias.
"So,
gorgeous, how's about you and me find a quiet corner and
get..................acquainted," he drawled, curling his tongue up behind
his teeth. He'd sensed the vampire
group avidly following the exchange between him and the, now he came to think
about it, scandalously dressed female in his arms. He needed to get her further away from them; if he simply let
her go it would be a sign of weakness and the mission would fail there and then.
He made a show of giving her the once-over. “That’s a nice little
nothing you’re almost wearing.” He
tugged her surprisingly compliant body towards him and dipped his head to
capture her lips.
Buffy
gasped against his kiss. This was
the wicked mouth that played such an energetic role in her nightly dreamathon.
She felt his lips quirk in a brief grin then he was whispering against
her, his tongue moving as he spoke into her mouth.
Her eyes widened at the surge of moisture that pooled in her tiny
panties; nothing had ever had this effect on her.
Without thought she pressed her flushed chest against his cool, muscular
torso. William was quietly
murmuring instructions, she realised, as she focused on him as best she could,
no easy task due to the sensation of his cold tongue tantalising her lips as he
vocalised softly.
Mentally
shaking herself, Buffy pieced together what he had actually been telling her.
He was explaining the mission, telling her that he had to come across as
a badass vampire and needed her to play the victim.
Play the victim? She was
already there, helpless to do anything other than follow him even to her death.
Bonelessly
she looked up into his pacific-blue eyes as he pushed her away from him, holding
her upper arms. He lifted his left
eyebrow and tilted his head, questioning her as to whether she understood.
Buffy nodded slightly, and he curved his mouth into an answering smile
causing her heart to miss a beat.
Buffy drew
in a cleansing breath – big mistake -- she just became more dizzy because now
she’d inhaled the scent of him; leather, alcohol, cigarettes, and William.
Her legs began to tremble.
Concerned
that the blonde in his arms was overcome with fear, he turned her so that she
was at his side; his left arm around her shoulders and pulling her close against
him, his right arm wrapping across his own body to clasp her tighter.
Bending his head he whispered in her ear “Don’t worry, luv.
I’m going to take good care of you.”
She melted.
William
marvelled at the sensations the petite woman at his side was causing throughout
his body. It wasn’t just a sexual
attraction, he knew what that felt like. He
loved sex; if there was a black belt for it, he’d have ten.
He’d slept with hundreds, possibly thousands of women in the course of
his career as a spy – all for the mother country of course.
He’d been subjected to the intricate and complex seductions of the best
Mata Haris in the business, but this feeling was very different.
He almost felt his heart beat as she snuggled against him, which of
course was impossible.
Her scent
was causing him problems in the groin area. At first he was worried that she was terrified, about to pass
out; his enhanced sense of smell could differentiate many human emotions and
there was definitely a tang of terror in her aroma. But the overriding scent, to his surprise and, he admitted,
his delight, was one of extreme sexual arousal.
As he analysed her reaction, his cock was ahead of him and was standing
proud and ready, causing him to shift uncomfortably as the head rubbed against
the zipper of his jeans.
He was
quite perturbed at his lack of control; he was on a mission for god’s sake, he
couldn’t afford to lose it and certainly not with his boss’s PA!
But she was something special, a mix of shy and naïve girl and hot
fuck-me woman that was making him harder than he’d thought possible.
He glanced
down at her, taking in what she wore. Well,
almost wore – she was as naked as you could get in public without being
arrested. Her blonde hair was
curled and disarrayed as if she’d just tumbled out of bed, huge hazel eyes
outlined in smoky grey kohl and layers of black mascara.
A faint blush graced her cheeks and décolletage, but whether this was
artificial or a result of her arousal, he couldn’t tell – which in itself
was a triumph. Her lips were red
and moist, her pink tongue snaking out every now and then to lick along the
swollen flesh left in the wake of his earlier attentions.
Flicking his hungry gaze along her body he took in the flimsy halter-top
in a rich ruby red shade; it was held around her neck with a thin drawstring,
likewise at her waist and he could feel her bare back beneath his arm as he held
her to him. Moving further down her
lithe form he marvelled at the miniscule leather skirt, black and slashed to the
hip on the right-hand side, it barely came below the cheeks of her ass.
Bare legs were sun kissed and gleaming, stretching long and lithe from
beneath the skirt to end in four-inch spike heels, peep-toed with straps which
wrapped around to halfway up her muscular calves.
He shook himself to break the spell, and started forwards seeking the
stairs to the upper level. Up above
the crowd they could hide in a dark corner whilst he outlined his plan.
Thoughts of hiding in a dark corner renewed the painful restriction in
his pants, but he gritted his teeth and pushed through the crowd.
On the
upper level of the Bronze the music was muted, although still loud and thumping.
There was hardly any light here and William allowed his demon to flash in
order to enhance his sight, checking out the deepest recesses for an appropriate
spot. In the far corner, away from
the stairs and tucked below the sloping eaves of the roof, there was a large
club chair hidden on one side by a wall. That
would suffice. He strode towards
it, releasing Buffy from his embrace but sliding his left arm across her back to
grab her right hand and carry her along with him.
Sinking
into the depths of the chair William, or more accurately Spike, in this persona,
pulled Buffy roughly onto his lap adding a lascivious leer for good measure.
He had to make it convincing; be the Big Bad for any watching golden
eyes. Buffy sat down on him hard,
not expecting the tug, which caused her to topple.
Despite himself, William groaned and closed his eyes in an attempt to
master his emotions.
He missed,
therefore, the delighted smile of surprise presently gracing the face of the
blonde woman. He wanted her.
Hell, she’d come out tonight with one purpose, and one purpose only –
to get laid. No reason that had to change now, was there?
In fact, now she had him cornered there was no way he was leaving without
her getting a glimpse of the good stuff. She’d
drunk enough beer to knock out her conscience and set free her little devil; and
the little devil had tied up her inhibitions with a tiny red thong.
Buffy put
out her right hand and used it to push herself along so that her back was
against the arm of the chair. Another
groan from the vampire – caused no doubt by the fact that her hand had found
the hardest part of his body to push against.
Teasing him, Buffy removed her hand but not before she had stroked it
lightly along the denim-clad bulge in his groin.
“So,”
she whispered into his ear, “exactly what do you want me to do?”
Spike
looked up at her, his head tilted to one side.
Was she playing with him? Getting
more interesting by the minute. He
raised his scarred left eyebrow quizzically then pressing his tongue behind his
upper teeth, he grinned at her. If
she was playing, he’d just decided to up the ante.
“Well,
honey, we’d better start with a kiss – you know, realistic, in case
anyone’s watching.”
Without
giving him time to think, Buffy enthusiastically smashed her lips against his,
threading her fingers through his hair to clamp him to her.
Spike sat for a second, stunned by her actions, his arms out at his
sides. Then instinct kicked in and
he embraced her tightly, crushing her barely covered breasts against his hard
chest. Buffy moaned into his mouth as lips and tongues sucked and his
rock hard cock threatened to burst out of his jeans.
“Fuck,
Buffy!” he muttered when she drew back to take a gasping breath.
Buffy smiled, looking at him from beneath lowered lashes.
“Mmmm.
Realistic enough for you? I
think I like this undercover work. Maybe
I can ask W about going out in the field.”
Spike felt
a stab of anger at the thought of Buffy playing secret agent with anybody else.
He stashed the feeling away for later analysis and pulled Buffy back
towards him for another tongue duel. Her
lips were soft and yielding, and she interspersed her kisses with nips to his
full lower lip with her sharp little teeth.
God, he was so horny with this hellcat filling his lap.
He really wanted to press her up against the wall and take her, hard.
He tried
to make his voice normal, “You certainly show initiative, Summerpenny.
Very promising.” But when
he felt her hand caressing his shaft through the denim, that was it – he lost
all control. Growling, he left her
lips and in one smooth movement stood and pushed her back against the wall. Buffy gasped, her eyes wide with lust and a little edge of
fear. The sound of the band from
downstairs was throbbing through her body as she leant against the pillar behind
her. Her heart was pounding, her
mouth dry but her panties completely drenched, again.
She could
glimpse shapes of couples huddled together in the darkness in various clinches.
No one was paying any attention to them.
She’d never had sex in a public place, but hell – he wanted her here
and now and she wasn’t going to push him away.
The little devil was well and truly in charge now.
Damn propriety; she had to have him!
Reaching
down between their bodies, Spike ran his hand up the inside of her thigh,
spreading her legs apart with his knee. The
heat of her pussy radiated towards his hand before he even touched the edge of
her thong. As he moved further up
the scent of her arousal flooded his senses.
Nostrils flaring to drink in the aroma, his eyes flashed yellow as his
demon demanded an outing. He moved the tiny gusset aside with his thumb and traced a
finger along the cleft of her sex sending a frisson throughout her entire body.
“You’re so wet, Buffy!” he hissed.
She closed her eyes in ecstasy, breathing erratically as he continued to
explore her with his cool digits. Slowly,
Spike slid one finger inside her, then two, and started pumping them in and out
rhythmically. At the same time he
ground his hard-on against her leg in an effort to relieve the ache in his
groin. Buffy was panting now, her
face flushed and her mouth open as she moaned softly.
Unable to
hold back, Spike hoisted her further up the wall and quickly moved in to grab
her legs and wrap them around his waist. The
spiked stiletto heels of her shoes dug into his ass arousing him even further.
Buffy’s arms were wrapped around his neck, her fingers twisting and
kneading his hair. Reaching back
down, he undid his belt, the jangling sound as the buckle fell open causing yet
another flood of juices to pool in her sodden curls.
The sound of the zipper intensified her arousal.
She needed him inside her. Leaning
forward, she brought her mouth alongside his ear and whispered, “Fuck me!
Now!”
Spike’s
demon growled as he ripped away the panties impeding his entrance and with one
thrust his cock was deep inside her. Buffy
yelled out as she immediately spiralled into a mind-numbing orgasm.
He stilled as he savoured the feeling of her tight pussy rippling around
him, allowing her to calm even as he longed to pummel her body against the wall
until she screamed his name. When
she finally opened her eyes and looked at him, she saw the face of the demon
shift into the features of the man who starred every night in Buffovision.
Fixing him
with her hazel eyes she growled, “Again.”
Spike
shoved her back against the wall, one arm wrapped around her to keep her in
place whilst he slipped his free hand to the front and under her top to caress
her swollen nipples. Delighting at
the feel of her firm and generous breast in his hand, he began fucking her
slowly withdrawing almost entirely out of her fire then pushing all the way back
in. When she threw her head back in
pleasure, her eyelashes fluttering, he bent his head to her neck and nibbled and
sucked alternately. She groaned and
writhed against him, almost sending him over the edge.
“I want
you to bite me.”
Spike
wasn’t sure he’d heard her right; she wanted him to bite her?
Licking up to her ear he whispered, “What was that, Buffy?
You want me to bite you? Like
this?” He nipped at the delicate
flesh with blunt human teeth and she pressed his head closer to her.
“No,
bite me. With your fangs.
Pleeease…….” She almost keened the last word, pulling his cock further
into her depths with her legs wrapped around him.
Spike
couldn’t help himself; his legendary control had gone AWOL and his demon
needed no further encouragement. Buffy
fluttered open her eyes and looked at him, fascinated, as she watched his fangs
descend and his brow ridges slide into place.
She gazed
into his golden eyes and said, slowly and deliberately, “BITE. ME.”
With
vampire speed his fangs were buried in her flesh, the pain of the bite quickly
replaced with pleasure as every draught he took of her blood tugged at her
pussy, intensifying the feeling of his cock deep inside her moving at the same
time he drank her down. God, this
was beyond erotic! She had no words
to describe the feeling of being pressed against his hard body, full of his long
and thick cock, his fangs and tongue playing a symphony on the tender skin at
the juncture of her shoulder and neck.
The
combination of her tight passage, the taste of her warm coppery blood and the
little kitten mewls she was making as he pounded into her brought him to the
brink quicker than he could have imagined.
As he reached the crescendo of his orgasm he withdrew his fangs and with
one final thrust came hard, sending spurt upon spurt of milky semen rocketing
into her. Buffy clenched around his
shaft as she hurtled over the edge with him, screaming his name as she came.
Of course, the name she screamed was “William”; Spike was just his
alias.
As Buffy
panted against his neck, Spike/William took the time to lick at the punctures
he’d left, cleaning away all trace of her delicious blood, savouring it.
He forced the demon down inside him, struggling for control as the taste
of her lingered on his tongue. God,
his cock was getting hard again!
Buffy’s
eyes widened as she felt him grow inside her.
Bingo! The rumour about
vampire recovery time wasn’t a myth.
“So
it’s true what they say about you guys?”
Delighted
with the discovery she wriggled against him.
He looked up at her flushed face and the smile playing round her mouth.
“Wanna
go another round, Big Bad?”
“Buffy,”
he growled, “goddammit, what have you done to me? Got to have you again, right now”.
“No,
William. I’ve got to have you.
Sit,” she commanded him.
Shocked at
the turnaround, he stared at her before backing away to the chair.
He didn’t want to lose contact with her heat and managed to sit with
her still impaled on his hardness. She
immediately began moving up and down his shaft, with soft little gasps and sighs
of pleasure leaving her lips. She
never took her eyes from his, not wanting to forget how he looked during this
undoubtedly once in a lifetime sexfest, fuel for her fantasies for years to
come.
He darted
his tongue out as she rode him, licking his lips before catching his lower one
between his perfect teeth, the sight of his face as he started heading to
another climax caused a flood of moisture to leave her body where they were
joined. Buffy’s breath caught as
she drank in the beauty of this being. The
cool shell was long gone and he was even more gorgeous in his abandon.
She reached down between their bodies to touch his cock as she slid up
and down its length, slick with their mingled juices and warmed by her heat.
As her hand caressed him along with her warm pussy, Spike moaned her name
hoarsely “Buffy, luv, gonna come if you carry on with that.”
Buffy
clenched tighter along his length and moved her hand away and up to his chest to
find his nipples. Tweaking them
each in turn so that they were hard and puckered she leaned into him catching
his lower lip in a bite and whispered against his mouth, “Come for me,
baby”.
Spike growled and wrapped his arms around her, settling his hands on her hips and gripping them tightly. Thrusting up into her he used his hands to bounce her up and down to meet every movement. When he felt the tremors start deep inside her, any thoughts of finesse vanished and they just fucked, both of them moving instinctively to obtain release, simultaneously toppling over into ecstasy and muffling their screams in a bruising kiss.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 3
Minutes
later, Buffy was still panting and still full of vampire.
“Does
that thing ever go down?” she
wondered aloud. Spike chuckled.
“It does
appear to have developed a mind of its own tonight.
Sorry about that, Buffy”
“Oh,
I’m not complaining, no complaints here!
Very satisfied, full to the brim even.”
Spike
raised his eyebrow and grinned at her. Moving
slightly to look over her shoulder, he spied a couple of the vampire group
coming up the stairs.
“We’ve
got company.”
He moved
back to look into her eyes and beckoned her down to him.
She moved her lips to his and he felt himself harden again.
God, she must be a witch to affect him this way.
Subduing his erection with great force of will, he pulled her head to one
side and whispered instructions. Spike
was back in mission mode. She
breathed her agreement to him and shifting his features to that of the vampire
once more, he sank his teeth into his mark, drinking a little but letting a
rivulet of blood trickle down her back, giving the watching vampires the
impression that he’d drunk his fill and was revelling in the destruction.
Buffy had reached inside his duster as he pierced her neck and retrieved
one of G’s little gadgets; the suppressor was the size of a band-aid and when
attached to human skin gave off a false reading mimicking the slowing and final
stopping of the heart. Activating
the device, she allowed her body to become limp and as he felt her false
heartbeat falter and then peter out, Spike withdrew his fangs and pushed her off
to one side. He was careful to
ensure that her real heartbeat was strong and steady as he laid her against the
chair arm, withdrawing his cock from her depths as he did so.
Making a
big show of wiping his mouth of her blood and licking his fingers with relish,
he turned towards the vampires who were staring at his “kill” and his open
flies with equal longing. ‘Bloody
minions’ he thought ‘no ambition but fuck and feed’.
Zipping
himself up, he swaggered towards the fledglings. “Had a good look? Need
a few pointers?” he drawled “Who do you kill for fun around here, anyway?”
The
vampire pair looked at each other and then back at the master vampire, who
radiated menace. Turning, they
headed off down the stairs checking nervously behind them to make sure he was
following. Spike strode
purposefully along behind them, plotting in his mind how to approach and
infiltrate the group. As he came
into view of the top dog he grabbed the two minions from behind and squeezing
them both around the neck with each hand, ripped their heads off.
As the dust cleared, Spike wiped his hands of the remains and fixing the
cadre leader with his golden gaze he snarled, “Don’t appreciate you sending
your rejects after me, mate. Disturbed
my feed and my fun; I don’t like that.”
“Well
maybe you shouldn’t have come to my town then.
I don’t recall giving you leave to feed here.”
“I
don’t recall asking for leave, mate.” Spike
drawled, spitting out the last word insolently, lighting his cigarette and
taking a long drag. “Your town?
I feed where I want, take what I want, kill who I want.
Don’t need permission, least of all from the likes of you……and
what’s with the Anne Rice get up? Don’t
you know that lace and ruffles are so last century?
Not very flattering, mate.”
The leader of the pack rose from his seat, shrugging off the vampire women who clung to him like barnacles. He was taller than Spike, about 6’ 2” or so, stocky with a crew cut. His eyes blazed golden as he strode menacingly towards his challenger. Looking down on the smaller vampire, he snarled letting out a stench of decay that made Spike turn away. Thinking that he had the upper hand, the Master of the cadre grabbed Spike by his lapels and pulled him forwards. Looking up at the unappealing form, Spike grinned and said, “Now, now, mind you don’t bruise the leather.”
“How
dare you presume to tell me what to do, I who am Master of Sunnydale!
You will bow down to me and swear allegiance or you will be dust blowing
in the wind!”
Figuring
that now was the time to play nice, and that it would be a useful entrance to
the gang, Spike bowed his head and muttered the age-old vow of allegiance.
His demon loathed bowing down to this inferior, younger and less pure
vampire and threatened to erupt but years of self-control helped him to beat it
back into submission. Accepting the
proffered vow, the vampire leader turned away and resumed his seat.
“I am
Auric, your master, and you will live or die at my hand.
You will feed when I give you leave and you will find pleasure when I say
you can. If I choose to take my
pleasure in you, you will submit willingly.
You are the lowest of my minions and you will dedicate yourself to my
service. Say it.”
“I am
yours, Master, to live and die at your hand.”
“Go from
my sight! I expect you to be back
within the hour with whatever meagre belongings you wish to bring with you.”
“Yes,
Master.”
Spike
backed away from Auric, subservience oozing out of his pores.
As he got out of earshot however he whirled in a spread of black leather
and muttered “Wanker!”
Doubling
back through the crowd, he leapt up to the upper storey to check on Buffy.
She wasn’t there. He prayed she’d recovered enough to get away but didn’t
have time to worry now; he had to concentrate on the mission. He breezed out of the Bronze and headed back to HQ to check
in with W. Playtime was over.
***************************
Buffy had
lain dead still on the chair for what felt like an eternity until she just had
to move due to the pain in her cricked neck. She scanned the area and seeing nothing untoward she upped
and scarpered as fast as she could. Her
thighs were sticky with the remains of the earlier lovemaking session and she
suppressed a thrill as she ran towards the Magic Box to report in.
She needed to focus on her job first; there would be ample time to bask
in her memories later. The first time she’d done any fieldwork.
‘Better make that wetwork,’ she snorted to herself, suddenly
light-headed. ‘Whoops -- I must be dehydrated’
As she
reached the shop she let herself in, using the key on her fob initially but then
submitting to the retinal scan and fingerprint id that allowed her to enter the
shop proper without being fried by the electrical security field.
Her first port of call was the washroom to take a shower and change into
the spare clothing she kept there. Resting
her head against the tiled back wall of the cubicle as the warm water washed
over her, she closed her eyes let her mind drift back to an hour or so ago when
she’d first bumped into William – well Spike.
The evening had certainly taken an unexpected turn.
The thought of his eyes, so blue, so intense, caused a tightening in her
womb and as she recalled the feeling of his arms wrapped around her, his cock
buried deep within her, she moaned a little.
She’d acted on impulse when he asked her to play along with him.
Something took her over and turned her into a vixen…..and god, she had
to do it again!
Dreams
paled before the reality of William. In a daze, her hand reached to finger the
crescent-shaped mark on her neck where he had bitten her; she’d wanted him to
devour her, drink her essence! Just
rubbing across the punctured skin caused tingles of pleasure to ripple through
her, her knees buckling at the remembered ecstasy of her orgasms. And the
knowledge that it was all part of the mission, just what a vampire was supposed
to do to his victim, made her feel empty with loss. Had it just been a job?
Her heart sank at the thought.
****************************
Racing
across rooftops to avoid any unwanted conflicts with local demons, William soon
came across the roof entrance to the Magic Box. It could only be opened by DNA
identification so he vamped out and bit his wrist to allow a few drops of blood
to fall on the scanner. Flashing a
green acceptance light, the window opened and he leapt down to the floor below,
coat billowing out behind him. Landing
in a crouch, he scanned the area out of habit then stood and strode off towards
W’s office; he didn’t have much time before he had to be back at the Bronze.
Barging
into her office without knocking, William was a little put out to find her
sitting behind her desk apparently waiting for him. Noting his frown, W pointed to the bank of monitors in the
wall opposite one of which was linked to a camera on the rooftop.
So, no magic – just science.
“Report,
00666. And make it snappy.”
“Well,
I’m in. Disappointingly easy,
actually. Tosser in charge thinks
I’m a good little pet demon and wants me back at the ranch within the hour
with my belongings. God, he makes
me ashamed to share species with him. Jumped
up little low-life scum; whoever turned him deserves a good stakin’ but not
before being forced to spend a few weeks locked in a box with him.”
“Very
colourful, William – but what do you plan to do next?”
“Get
into the lair, find the holy water, use the holy water, not get splashed by the
holy water; then a week or two nocturnal relaxing on a moonlit beach
somewhere.”
“How
amusing. I need specifics, 00666.
It’s not enough to simply slay the main cadre – the original plan was
to eradicate all the vamps in Sunnydale.”
“All in
hand, W, I don’t want to show my cards too early – if I tell you how I’m
going to do it, you won’t be astounded at my ingenuity and craft now will
you?”
So saying,
he tilted his head, smirked at her and headed to the door, coat a-swishing in
his wake. As he got to the door he
stopped, hand on the jamb.
Turning to
face her, he said “About Miss Summerpenny; I ran into her earlier, had to use
her as part of the “Big Bad” scenario to gain entry to the group.
Bit her a little; no permanent damage but I’d be obliged if you could
send someone to check on her.”
“No
need. She’s here already; just
gone to medical for a little patching up.”
“Oh;
right then. I’d best be off – I’ll just drop in on G before I go; need a
bit of help equipment-wise.”
“Report
back as soon as you can, 00666. And
William – take care.”
Nodding,
the vampire left the room. Willow
sighed and swilled the diet coke around in the heavy bottomed glass.
Shaking her head, she reached into the bottom drawer and took out the
vodka, topping up the glass.
*****************************
Checking
into the medical bay, Buffy caught sight of herself in the mirrored doors.
She looked normal – no apparent change in her at all yet she had just
reached the peak of her existence. Surely
there should be, like a glowy outline or something?
Ok, that would be the blood loss kicking in; insane thoughts and such. Sitting on the bed whilst the nurse swabbed her neck she felt
a sense of loss. She didn’t
really want his touch washed off her but W had insisted she had it seen to.
She received some blood to replace that she’d lost and when she was all
bandaged up, she smiled wanly at the nurse, promised to go straight to bed and
rest, and then left.
She was on
her way to see W to tell her she was going home when she bumped into William in
the corridor. Her pulse raced when
she saw him saunter round the corner; he was rubbing his temple as though he was
fretting about something but she supposed he was just thinking about the
mission.
Looking up
as he sensed somebody approaching him, he couldn’t stop himself exclaiming in
delight “Buffy! Are you all
right? Let me see you?
Have you had blood?”
He had
taken hold of her arms and was tipping her neck to look for the wound.
Buffy was taken aback by his obvious pleasure but she guessed it would be
bad form to actually damage a colleague whilst on a mission, it would blot his
copybook; that had to explain his reaction.
Replying
to his questions she said, “Blood? Why,
are you asking me to dinner, William?”
His look
of horror was priceless. “You
don’t think I’ve… you’re not…I didn’t feed you any of MY blood so
you can’t be….”
Taking
pity on him, she laughed “Relax; I know how you make a vampire.
No, I’m still 100% woman – no demon in me at all.”
‘More’s
the pity,’ he thought.
Smirking,
he released her and as he walked away he whispered, “Maybe later?”
Her eyes
widened and she spun round to catch his wink as he turned the corner.
**********************************
After
calling on G to collect the equipment he would need and arranging with him to
have a refit crew available at his signal, William departed the Magic Box and
headed back to the Bronze. As he
walked he resumed the persona of Spike, once again altering his walk to a strut
and fixing a disdainful sneer on his sculpted face. He’d grabbed together a duffle bag and a few black shirts,
extra pair of jeans and boots. Wouldn’t
do to turn up with nothing when he’d been gone for an hour.
Striding
through the crowds still present, he found the vampires still fawning at
Auric’s feet. Made him want to
heave. Chucking his duffle bag
amongst the crowd, he selected one of the newer fledglings and growled at him
“You – take that and make sure it’s stashed safe.”
Looking
fearfully at Auric, the fledgling hesitated, waiting for the imperceptible nod
that said he could obey. Once given
the go-ahead, he grabbed at the bag and scuttled off.
Sitting
down on the chair vacated by the fledgling, he placed his booted feet on the
table in front of him lighting up a cigarette as he did so.
“So……when do we lair up? And
where?”
“We go
when I say so. And I’m still
selecting my dinner. Go, find me an
entrée.” Auric addressed this to
Spike; he had to obey. If the plan
was going to succeed, he needed the vampire to trust him absolutely. So,
he would sacrifice the one for the good of the many and suffer the consequences
of his actions later. This would be
a test of his loyalty. Smirking, he
rose from the chair, puffing on his cigarette.
“Any preferences?”
“Hmmm;
well you had a delectable little morsel earlier. Bring me a blonde.”
Spike
swaggered off, his expression carefully disinterested.
A quick sweep of the club produced a likely candidate for dinner.
He kept his mind clinically detached as he picked her off from the herd,
whispering sweet nothings in her ear. He
took her by the hand, forcing down memories of doing the exact same thing to
Buffy earlier, and led her into the waiting arms of the vampire leader. His face remained impassive as the demon drained her dry, not
even a flicker of emotion as she cried out pitifully for help.
His hunger
sated, Auric rose and leading his entourage away from the crumpled body of the
young girl, he swept out of the club. William
swore he would make him pay for his actions, for making him a party to the
killing of an innocent girl and for reminding him of the reason he’d stopped
killing humans.
As he
walked he mused on the past; his first years as a vampire had been spent in
mindless, wanton killing. He
delighted in the power, the violence, the concept of “WANT, TAKE, HAVE”.
But all that came to an end when his sister was attacked by a vamp and
left for dead. No, not just any
vamp, his cruel, sadistic grand-sire Angelus.
His sister, a gentle cherubic girl, had searched for him for years and
had finally found his address in London. Returning
to his lodgings after a hunt as bloody and violent as every other night, he had
found her slumped and almost dead, artfully arranged with a bunch of roses and a
bible on her lap. Keening his grief
he had swept her up in his arms and heard her whisper his name.
Sensing her faltering heartbeat, he bit into his wrist and brought it to
her mouth, forcing her to drink. He
couldn’t lose her.
Later when
she awoke, she cried for the loss of her innocence and tried to walk out into
the daylight. William had to
restrain her, tie her to the bathtub and make her eat.
He brought fresh blood from the butcher but she refused to drink unless
he promised her he would too. So
they sat, drinking cold pig’s blood, side by side, both crying cold tears.
He
hadn’t killed a human since that time – not by draining them anyway.
He did, of course, have a licence to kill and in the course of his duty
sometimes he became an assassin. But
he never killed by biting.
Auric
stopped walking at the entrance to a mansion, derelict of course, but the
structure was sound. Minions
scuttled in front of him, opening the door and ushering him inside followed by
the rest of the vampires. As
William approached the doorway, the tosser turned with a dramatic flourish and
delivered a practiced speech.
“I give
you leave to enter and leave this abode freely. I ask of you only two things – do not reveal its
whereabouts to anyone not within the brethren and for every five kills you make,
you bring one back as tribute. Now,
give your name and promise and enter.”
Mentally
shaking himself at the bloody idiocy of Auric, he looked the git in the eyes and
said, “The name’s Blond, Spike Blond; I’ll honour the rules.”
He
didn’t say which rules.
*****************************
After
three tedious days spent sussing out the players in the cadre, he was ready to
execute his plan. Sending a
pre-arranged signal to G by his watch transmitter, he laid all the groundwork
then set out to bait the trap. Seeing
as Auric styled himself “Master of Sunnydale” and was so far up his own arse
he would need a ladder to get back out, he figured that he’d jump at the
chance to flaunt a little, dress up and posture.
So the
plan was simply this; butter up Auric, convince him that as a true Master he
must accept vows of fealty from all the vampires in Sunnydale.
A suitable gathering could be arranged for the ritual
- the Bronze would be ideal for William’s plan.
Once there, after G had hijacked the sprinkler system and replaced the
water with holy water, all William needed to do was turn on the sprinkler system
and not get wet. Simple.
Easy. Effective.
So he
spent time with Auric, pandering to his bloated ego, devouring his every word,
listening in apparent rapt awe to his tales of death and destruction.
He even had a few drinks with him, gagging every time he had to swig out
of the same bottle. His breath was
rank!
William
loathed and despised the creature with a fiery passion.
He was a friggin’ idiot, poncing about and tossing his shoulder length
hair back with his lace-cuffed hands. And
as it got nearer to the time when he was expected to present the poofter with
his fifth victim as part of his entry fee, he had to speed things along.
After dropping increasing larger hints about a ceremony without the
no-brain catching on, he’d finally had enough and just came out with it.
“Auric,
me old mate – don’t you think it’s about time you got some sort of respect
round here? Now I’m new, so I
might have this wrong, but you are supposed to be the Master of Sunnydale,
right? So where is the tribute and
honour due to you? The gifts of
virgins? You know what, pal, you
need to make your presence known with a statement.
Now, if I were you I’d get a public oath of fealty set up, get all the
vamps together and make ‘em swear loyalty.
Any that don’t wanna play, then me and the boys ‘n girls will pick
‘em off right quick. What d’ya
think?”
Well of
course, Auric couldn’t resist the idea of ceremonials and despatched minions
to summon every vamp, on pain of staking, to attend at the Bronze that very
night to swear the oath of fealty. As
Master of Sunnydale it was his right and his due so most of them would come,
even if they were grumbling as they did so.
William didn’t care as long as they turned up.
Telling
Auric that he wanted to go and prepare the Bronze, he swept by HQ for a final
talk to G and to check his equipment. He
felt oddly disappointed when Buffy was nowhere to be seen.
G advised him that all was ready, and answered his nonchalant enquiry
about Buffy’s whereabouts with a curious look on his face.
Heading to
the Bronze, William pondered his reaction to Buffy Summerpenny.
Like it or not, he’d already bent fishery by-laws, poaching was on the
menu and the company pond was going to see some more of his rod action.
He’d loved the nibble earlier but now he was determined he was going to
hook her and land her. And there he
ended the fish analogy because it was, quite frankly, gross.
The mission, focus on the mission.
In the
end, it was upsettingly easy to crowd the Bronze with hapless vampires.
Once all were inside, the doors were discreetly locked and guarded by 00
personnel. Only one demon would be
walking out of there tonight; the janitor could sweep the others up in the
morning. Ostensibly checking that
the vampires were all settled and happy, and in the mood to party, he circulated
amongst the crowd and shepherded them all to the best areas for the plan to
work. He would start the deluge
when all attention was on the vain prick on the stage.
Then, it
was time. Auric swept into view
swathed in a black cloak and stood, hands on hips, addressing the crowd.
‘Satin-lined velvet? What do
you think you look like,’ William thought.
“Bloody
hell, he’s gonna bore them to death, I’ll be doing them a favour putting
them out of their misery,” William muttered, then cringed as he heard Auric
refer to the assembly as his “immortal vassals”.
Right now,
everyone was focused on the stage, most with lethal intent.
William headed to the service area, slipped behind a pillar and raising
G’s ingenious watch above his head, activated it.
With a dull pop, a swathe of impermeable gossamer micro fibre shot out
and enveloped him from head to foot and bonding instantly with his lithe form .
Locating the sprinkler controls he pressed them on, and then stood back
to watch the lethal effect of the fine spray of holy water on unprotected vamp
skin. Hideous blisters smoked and
burst, the air was alive with screams and howls as one after the other the
vampires bubbled and combusted down to ash.
It didn’t take long.
When the
screams and sizzles had stopped, William activated his watch to scan the area
for vampire life signs, figuratively speaking. He found only one. He
was alone.
******************************
The
cleanup wasn’t his problem; he left the team behind to take care of damage,
soothe over any local doomwatchers that had come out of the woodwork.
The owner of the Bronze would be well compensated for the use of his
club. As he exited the building, he
sensed the approaching sunrise. He
quickened his pace, and then broke into a loping run, reaching HQ just in time.
He was surprised to see Buffy behind the counter.
Smiling to
himself he sauntered over to her, head tilted to sweep his eyes across her form.
She stopped her fingers from fiddling with the cash register and stared
at him.
“Didn’t
think to see you here so early, pet. Couldn’t
sleep?”
She
hadn’t slept well since that night at the Bronze. Every time she closed her eyes she felt his mouth on hers and
saw his face contorted with passion. She
writhed and bucked in her bed then woke up drenched with sweat, sobbing with
loss.
William
noticed her tired eyes and flushed skin. Her
heartbeat was off the scale and she looked haunted.
He moved closer and she took an involuntary step back.
William was puzzled. Was she
scared of him, because of the bite? He
had to know; he had big plans for Miss Summerpenny that didn’t involve her
scooting out of reach.
Vaulting
the counter, he grabbed her arms to prevent her escape.
Her eyes were tormented as they locked with his and tears began to spill
out of them and roll down her beautiful face.
“Hush
now, pet. What’s all this for?
Is it me, did I frighten you? Buffy,
please don’t cry, kitten, you’re tearing me up inside.
Hush, hush.”
All the
time he spoke to her he was rocking her gently and stroking her hair.
Despite herself, she leant into his embrace and nuzzled his shoulder.
She spoke against his chest, counting on his vampire hearing to
translate.
“I hate
it that I’m just another notch on the 00666 bedpost!
I hate that the only way I could have you was to make the mission work.
And I hate it that now I don’t want anybody else and I never will and
you’ll be going away with some exotic beauty and I just can’t bear it.”
William
laughed softly.
“Please
don’t laugh at me. I know I’m
pathetic but just for a little while I thought you really wanted me – ME!
Plain Buffy Summerpenny. You
seemed like you wanted me and not just for mission stuff … but I know it was
just an act, and I thought it would be enough but now I can’t sleep and my
dreams always end with you leaving me and I can’t stand the thought of never
touching you again, never kissing you again…”
He’d
been trying to interrupt her tirade and eventually managed to silence her by
grasping her face and pulling her mouth to his for a soft and gentle kiss.
“Kissing
me like this………” he whispered, “or like this…” as he sought her
mouth again, this time harder and more intense, wrapping his tongue around hers
and nibbling at her lips. Gasping
for breath, Buffy looked up at him as he continued to gaze at her, his hands
cupping her face.
“Buffy;
I don’t know what happened that night. I
never lose sight of the mission, I’m famous for it in fact; detached,
impersonal, cold. But that
night.” He shook his head,
“that night I didn’t care about anything but holding you, being inside you,
drinking you.”
Buffy drew
in a little breath. Could this be
true? He looked sincere enough, and
god knows she wanted to believe him. Oh
what the hell, she’d take anything he wanted to give. If this was a line…..reel her in. She was his, hook, line and sinker for as long as he wanted
her.
Picking
her up, he vaulted the counter again.
“Where
are we going?” she queried.
“Thought
we’d take the company ‘plane for a spin.
Where’d you fancy, pet? Where
do you want to paint the town red and see the sun come up – safely inside of
course with curtains drawn. In
fact, forget that. Where do you
want to scandalise the populace when I make you scream so loud you set off
alarms, ‘cause you won’t be leaving the room any time soon.”
She just
smiled at him. It didn’t matter.
Nothing mattered as long as she was here in his arms.
As he
swept out of the door he winked over Buffy’s shoulder at W who was standing at
the back of the shop, hidden in shadows. She
shook her head at him and grinned.
Goddamm
spies; they always got the girl. And
just once in a while, the girl got the spy.