in the garage. In minutes he had the ladder out and we were on our way up. Jerry went first and did have to put his fist through the pane to unlock the window. He shoved it open then climbed inside, reaching out to pull me in.
His room was dark but we didn't need light. I reached for his hand and licked away the blood from the cut where the glass had sliced him.
"Mmm. Delicious." I smiled as he tried to unbutton my blouse clumsily with one hand.
"What's this? You know you were driving me mad with the way your breasts moved under your blouse."
"You told me I didn't need a bra. So I left it off. That's a camisole. Do you like it?" I sighed as he palmed my breasts through the silk and lace. I shoved my hands up under his shirt to touch his smooth skin. We always had this need for each other, this instant chemistry.
"I'll like it better once it's on the floor." Jerry leaned down to kiss my nipples through the sheer fabric and pulled first one and then the other into the warmth of his mouth. His fangs were a delicious torture as he ran them around the sensitive tips. I explored his chest, then pushed my hands into the back of his jeans, loving the flex of his hard muscles.
"Told you I heard something up here." Lily's voice made us jump apart. "Just the old man and his lady getting it on."
Jerry turned and hid me behind him. His daughter and two vampires I didn't recognize stood in the doorway.
"Lily. We didn't want to crash your party downstairs." Jerry reached down and grabbed my blouse, handing it back to me. I shrugged into it.
"Hey, Glory. Don't worry, Dad. We won't cramp your style. Just thought someone was breaking in." Lily turned around and said something to the men. They all laughed. "The guys and I were about to call it a night. Just go back to doing what you were doing."
"Maybe you should introduce us to your new friends." Jerry glanced back to make sure I was buttoned back into my blouse, then strode over to the door. He'd had issues with Lily's former friends. That's why he'd invited her to move in with him.
"This is Matthew and his pal Red." Lily waved a casual hand toward me. "My dad, Jeremy Blade, and his main squeeze, Glory St. Clair."
"Hey." The guys offered Jerry a fist bump, which he ignored. He was busy assessing them. Since they weren't drunk or stoned or cursing a blue streak I guess they passed muster.
Jerry just nodded. "It's fairly close to dawn. What are your plans?"
Lily grinned. "Well, Matt here is spending the night and Red is taking off. That was the plan, unless . . . Red?"
The men took one look at Jerry's stony face and straightened from their slouches. They made quick excuses and backed toward the stairs.
"Now what did you do? What mental message did you send them?" Lily cursed and threw up her hands. "I'm an adult, you know. I can do a threesome every night if I want." She turned and hurried down the stairs after the men. "I need my own place, Dad. This isn't working for either of us. Ask Glory."
"She's right, Jerry. The woman is several hundred years old. She can't be treated like a child." I walked over and wrapped my arms around his waist.
"I'm not treating her like a child, Gloriana. I'm asking her to value herself. You think I couldn't tell she only picked up those men tonight? She holds herself too cheaply." Jerry ran a hand through his hair. "Where's her pride?"
"You're right. And she's playing a dangerous game, bringing strangers into your home. But good luck playing the father card. She needs time to get used to you, Jer. Lily didn't even know you were her biological father until recently." I hugged him. "Maybe you can teach her to appreciate her own worth."
"Why in the hell does she act like this in front of me?" Jerry stared out at the hallway where Lily had disappeared. "Threesomes? I really didn't want to know that."
"She's hurt, Jerry. Confused. Since Mac died and she found out he wasn't really her father, Lily seems determined to punish her mother for lying to her and you for not figuring out she was yours. This wild behavior is the only way she knows how, I guess. Embarrassing you, an honorable