Author's Notes: ohhhhhhhh finally! _ I've updated. sigh… My work has started again and yeah sometimes life just get in the way of writing.
Things you need to know: I'll try to update after two weeks. Why does it take long? (T_T) I cant write fast sniff sniff. Aside from the fact that English isn't my first Language, I'm not exactly a gifted writer (T_T). Sometimes it will take me 3 hours to produce a darn paragraph sniff sniff.
Ok, Let's get on with this!
Chapter 7: Off Limits
Her boss's nature was something that gave Lauren more trouble than the average secretaries who put up with their devious bosses. She had started to feel the heavy 'responsibility' of being a succubus' secretary when she had to let her feed off of her. Lauren knew herself well; very professional and dedicated employee. She didn't mind being an emergency substitute-meal for her succubus boss. Not to mention she was putting up with Bo's flirty gestures which normally would be taken as sexual harassment if Lauren hadn't been 'understanding' of her boss's Fae nature but today was different. The day was strange for Lauren or should we say that Lauren found herself feeling strange. She had been working for the succubus for more than a month and grew to 'tolerate' her bitchy and succubus side but these last few days, she had to put up with Bo's strange behavior she had identified as 'jealousy'. The way her boss looked at her with electric hungry blue eyes; the way she closed their distance yesterday in the office and in the fitting room today; Lauren had finally began considering the idea that her boss was flirting with her and it's not just because her boss's Fae nature. Whether it was real flirting or not, Lauren wanted to rip out the strange butterflies swarming around her belly today and it was expressed on how tight she was fitting her high-heeled strappy black sandals.
"You're strapping them too tight. Are you planning to kill your feet?" Bo had been standing in front of her crossed arms as she sat on the comfy couch fitting her shoes.
"Seriously? Do I have to do everything for you?" Bo rolled her eyes, uncrossed her arms impatiently and knelt in front of Lauren. Bo shooed Lauren's hands away ignoring the blonde's protest and began to unfasten the shoes adjusting the straps carefully making sure Lauren's feet were comfortable but were secured well.
Lauren bit her lip wiping her forehead with her fingers still seemingly confused why her boss was doing these things. Lauren understood very well that she really needed to be more 'presentable' for tonight's dinner party but her bitchy boss kneeling fixing her shoes was just too much.
"What are you doing?" Lauren swallowed hard and shut her eyes for a few seconds to try and calm her butterflies.
Bo's hand went to Lauren's other feet after the other."What do you mean? Are you blind? I'm fixing your shoes." Her voice was with her usual bossy voice.
"I mean.. why are you.." Lauren was interrupted by the staff who told Bo's dress was ready in the fitting area.
Bo put her hands on the couch, her hands almost brushing on Lauren's hips and pushed herself up giving a smile as her face slowly passed Lauren's upon standing up. Lauren's eyes had met hers and tilted her head up mirroring Bo's gaze. Bo held out a hand with her palm welcoming Lauren's and helped the blonde stand.
Bo made a few steps back letting Lauren's hand go and gazed at her from head to foot. A smirk crept up on Bo's face satisfied with Lauren's make-over. "Perfect." Bo breathlessly said making Lauren looked down on the floor fidgeting with her fingers feeling embarrassed.
Bo snapped a finger signaling one of the staff to motion over Lauren to present a pair of sapphire diamond-drop earrings.
"I'll let you wear them on your own. As much as I wanted to put them on your ears, I might end up giving your ear more than just a soft bite unlike last time." There was something about Bo's breathily voice that made Lauren feel embarrassed even more. Bo winked at her and went to the fitting room.
Lauren had an instant flashback and remembered the time her boss put her earlobe in between her teeth in the office waking her up from sleep. She gently caressed her ear with her fingers trying to relieve the flush creeping from her neck to her cheeks. The staff looked at her with curious eyes. She lifted up her hands making an invisible wall between her and the staff stopping possible queries. "Please, don't ask." The staff wouldn't ask even if they wanted to but Lauren wanted to make sure that they wouldn't as she did not exactly know how to respond without blushing red as a tomato.
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In front of a body mirror, Lauren had attached the pair of earrings onto her ears amazed how it went well with the black dress. She was amazed on the dress itself. Though it seemed tailored to tease any man or woman's primitive instincts as it revealed a little bit more of a lean woman's features, it was still very elegant. Lauren had to admit that it had been a while since she was so elegantly dressed up. She pursed her lips thinking about her wardrobe that was basically composed of her old-fashioned secretary outfits that put off the people around her and; her casual clothes—mostly plain blouses, jeans, and jackets—that made her almost unrecognizable at first glance in a good way. It was proven the other day by Lachlan and Bo's reaction with the help of the rain of course.
"Ms. Lewis, we took the liberty in transferring necessary items here in this purse." A staff handed Lauren an elegantly embellished black purse. Lauren took the purse and pulled the flap up to check the contents. She found her wallet, phone, new lipstick and a new compact foundation. Lauren looked up to thank the staff when she noticed that they were staring at something behind her.
"Miss Dennis.." Some of the staff whispered. The others were just plain breathless as if the air was sucked out of their lungs.
Lauren turned and she, herself, gasped at the sight of the brunette in a long décolleté black dress. She watched Bo walk and reveal a soft flawless leg all the way up to her thigh a few inches below her hip. Lauren bit her lip as her eyes gazed on Bo's teasing plunging neckline imagining the perfectly round breasts she had seen the other night. Lauren closed her mouth and swallowed a large gulp of saliva just before it could leak out at the corner of her mouth.
Bo stopped midway across the floor amused at Lauren's expression. She raised her brow as a smirk crept from one corner showing a dimple. She slowly turned allowing Lauren to get a little view of her well toned but still quite feminine back and shoulder muscles teasingly hidden under Bo's loosened long hair. The back zipper was still unzipped giving Lauren a view of Bo's lower back just a few centimeters before the cut between her upper buttocks.
"Can you zip it up for me?" Bo seductively asked Lauren.
Lauren felt the heat rise from her body. It was the familiar heat when she was under a succubus' trance. It was as if Bo was transmitting her pulse through the air around Lauren but of course she wasn't. It was all coming from Lauren. The blonde let out a heated sigh then swallowed hard. She stepped towards the brunette. Lauren's hands were trembling as her fingers reached for the zipper.
"Your hair.. It's in the way.." Lauren said it almost breathlessly. It was getting hard for her to breathe.
"Brush them off my back." Bo, enjoying herself, instructed Lauren.
Lauren's hand moved from the zipper to Bo's hair brushing them off her back and settling them over her shoulder. Now her back was in full view, Lauren inhaled so deep that Bo swore she felt the air behind her move making the brunette giggle softly.
Her fingers reached again for the zipper and agonizingly zipped it up. Lauren had no power to take off her gaze from the flawless skin of the brunette. She imagined what it would feel like tracing and feeling that back with her bare hands. When Bo turned facing her, she was rewarded with a different view "What are you wearing.." Lauren's eyes gazed from Bo's plunging neckline, up to her beautiful neck, to her soft smirking lips, and finally to her dark brown eyes.
"Thanks.." Bo held her gaze as she slowly walked pass by Lauren towards the hairstylist and the make-up artist at the corner of the room.
It took quite an effort before Lauren could break her gaze from the brunette who was now looking at the hairstylist signaling for her to fix her hair.
She turned to a staff behind her who was obviously excreting traces of sweat. "May I have a glass of COLD water?" Lauren asked, almost like a plea. It took a few seconds before the staff broke her gaze from the succubus not after Lauren asked for the second time. The staff, embarrassed, nodded and walked briskly to get the drink.
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Bo and the hairstylist just exchanged a few gestures, winks, and nods. They understood each other well on what to do with Bo's long black hair. Bo watched Lauren through the mirror who was sitting on a couch fidgeting with her second glass of water. Whenever their gaze met, Lauren would be the one who would pull away. Each eye contact would have been longer if Bo didn't wink an eye or didn't lick her lips each time.
Lauren sighed after finishing her second glass. Her senses were finally calming down, the butterflies finally lessened. She took a quick glance on her watch. "Just an hour left before the dinner party." Lauren tapped open her phone and began browsing the data of the client, venue and guests. So far, Lauren hadn't picked up any possible trouble for the succubus. She was somehow hoping she would find anything so she could at least get herself prepared and avoid getting caught off guard like with what had happened during dinner with Mr. San Antonio and his wife. In the middle of her browsing, her phone vibrated. She received a text. Lauren's eyes widened and her heart skipped a beat as the name of the sender popped on her screen—Nadia. She was Lauren's ex-girlfriend. Their two year relationship had ended when Nadia flew to Africa last year for work. A year of no communication had made Lauren think that they would never see or hear from each other again but here came a text from her.
"All set.." The hairstylist and the make-up artist said in sync making Lauren turn her eyes once again to her boss just before her finger tapped the text message open. Bo stood up still facing the mirror. Bo's hair was all coiffed up revealing Bo's back and shoulders and allowing Lauren to finally see a good full view of her back and shoulders. Yes, they were toned but still beautifully very feminine. Bo stepped away from the chair and turned to Lauren. Her eye make-up didn't look as heavy as her usual making her stunningly look younger. A staff motioned to Bo's side opening another box of necklace. "I don't wear necklaces." Bo shook her head.
"She doesn't wear necklaces?" Lauren traced the necklace on her neck wondering why her boss, obviously from an elite class, prefer not to wear any necklace.
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In the car, Lauren still hadn't open the text message from Nadia and chose to recall the details about the guests by memory leaving her phone hidden in her purse. Meanwhile, Bo had been giving Bruce a death stare whenever she caught him glancing at Lauren through the rear-view mirror. Poor Bruce, he's a guy after all, whose eyes were wired to gaze at beautiful women with his boss as an exception of course. Aside from Lauren's body, he was actually looking at her necklace. "Off limits.." Bruce sighed.
Finally arriving at the venue, the Valkyrie Hotel, Bo gracefully walked up the stairs with Lauren a few steps behind her. Upon entering the floor, most of the guests who turned their heads towards the two ladies gaped with either lust filled eyes or envious stare. Lauren watched Bo elegantly interact with each guest addressing them correctly and flawlessly. Some of them were quite touchy than the others as they were once or had been a meal for the succubus and Bo expertly turned them down without being rude but still had that flirty feel. "So.. this is how a succubus would dance around her meals." Lauren told to herself.
There was this particular blonde dressed in white who casually approached Bo and planted a soft kiss directly on Bo's lips giving Lauren a strange feeling which was different from the butterflies she felt earlier this day. What surprised Lauren was Bo's reaction, she gave the blonde a smile she never gave the other guests. "Just who is this?" Lauren recalled the data she gathered and remembered "Thomasina Jensen—the daughter of the company's top client and to whom this party is dedicated to."
"Hmm.." Bo moaned a little after parting lips with the blonde. "Congratulations Tamsin." Bo rubbed the lightly smudged lipstick from the corner of the other woman's mouth by her thumb. It was the first time Lauren heard Bo call someone by nickname which made Lauren feel more uncomfortable. "How does it feel now that you are now the official successor and future owner of the Valkyrie Hotels."
"It's a strange feeling Bo. I'm happy at the same time it's.. sad. You know.. about mom." She looked down and faked up a smile.
"Acacia Jensen, Thomasina's mother and the owner of the Valkyrie Hotels. She has been ill for quite a while and has decided to name her successor and present her tonight to everyone." Lauren recited the information in her head. "Jensen Family, they have strong and friendly ties with the Dennis Family."
"I will find time to spend time with you and Acacia." Bo's voice was tender hinting that they were really close.
"You better be. We miss you.." Tamsin leaned for another kiss but stopped and slowly pulled away upon noticing Lauren behind Bo.
"..and who is this.. beauty.." Tamsin's eyes met Lauren's. Tamsin's voice was sincere with the compliment but there was something with those beautiful light blue eyes that seemed to be piercing right through Lauren. Lauren inhaled a deep breath as she felt a strange feeling of anxiety suddenly gushing out of her being. Tamsin's stare changed after she noticed the butterfly necklace hanging on Lauren's neck. Lauren felt the sudden shift of emotion from anxiety to simple nervousness. Tamsin then looked at Bo with a strange gape. Bo smiled "She's off limits even for you my friend." The succubus gave a light peck on Tamsin's cheek. Pulling away, she excused herself and took Lauren gently by her arm leaving her friend with a brow raised and a smirk. " Is she finally serious? This is going to be interesting.." Tamsin turned to the other guests.
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"Are you ok?" Bo whispered in Lauren's ear as she guided her through the crowd without failing to smile at the clients meeting her gaze.
"Umm.. yeah.. I guess. Maybe it's the champagne." Lauren's eyes squinted a little feeling strangely dizzy.
"It's not the champagne. It's Tamsin." Bo pulled Lauren towards the table.
The two ladies finally reached their table. Bo pulled out a chair and gestured for Lauren to have a seat. Lauren sat and took a few sip of water from a glass on the table. Bo pulled her own chair and sat beside the blonde.
"You seemed pretty close." Lauren swallowed hard after her comment.
Bo smiled at noticing the little jealousy in Lauren's voice. "We've been friends since we were teenagers. We shared a lot of mischievous activities as growing teens with raging hormones. If you know what I mean."
Lauren forced a smile on her face. "I see.."
"Her mother, Acacia, is my godmother who has been there for me for as long as I can remember. Tamsin and I are nothing but good friends." Bo made her statement clear and polished.
Bo paused and observed Lauren who gave a smile of certain relief. "Tamsin's fae. She's a valkyrie and she gave you that anxiety building gaze." Bo began explaining.
Lauren's eyes fixed on Bo in disbelief "A valkyrie? You mean the valkyrie from the Norse legends?"
Bo laughed and shook her head "Yes but probably very different from the legends. You don't see any armor or swords do you?"
Bo then looked around the party pointing out several people by normally offensive description. "That pig with a glass of red juice is a vampire. Over there is a bipolar nymph. That one over there is an oversized leprechaun.." The list went on making Lauren realize that almost half of the guests were fae.
Lauren took a huge gulp of water trying to calm herself "Am I…safe here?" It was a rational question for any human to ask. The legends didn't give a good impression about the majority of the Faes Bo mentioned and the Hollywood movies surely made some of them the gruesome stereotype.
"I told you before.. Faes don't kill humans. It's taboo. We only feed off of you." Bo leaned closer and her finger traced Lauren's neck down to the necklace "No fae will touch you as long as.. you're wearing this."
"Is this some kind of amulet? Does it have magic?" Lauren glanced down at the necklace below and back to Bo's eyes.
"No.. It's more of a mark. Part of Fae rules.."
"Mark." Lauren raised a brow making Bo pull away giggling.
Bo took a glass of champagne from a passing waiter. "Have you forgotten, I claimed you. So you're mine. PERIOD."
Lauren watched her boss take a sip of her drink and blushed at the succubus' statement. The butterflies were swarming in again.
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Bo had been chatting with some of the guests for a while without her secretary behind her. Most of them showered her with compliments she heard for the nth time tonight and was growing tired and bored of them. She excused herself from another group of guest to roam around to spot her secretary somewhere noticing she had been gone for quite a long while.
"Looking for someone Ms. Dennis?" Bo heard a familiar irritating voice from behind her. She rolled her eyes and saw a man holding two champagne glasses with a huge smile on his face.
"Hello, Mr. Lambert." Ryan Lambert was one of the directors of her company's rival, Morrigan Inc. The two companies had some clashes in the past but they maintained balanced transactions to keep an eye on each other. They weren't enemies but they weren't exactly friends.
The man handed her one the glasses which Bo took with a smirk. "You look great as usual." Whenever they saw each other, Ryan would flirt with her and she would maintain a healthy distance between them.
With one arm across her chest and the other holding the glass, she looked around. "If you're here, it means, Evony's also here. Where is she?"
Ryan chuckled and looked around as well. "Well you know her, she's a swinger."
Evony was the managing director of the Morrigan Inc. and was known for being a swinger and notorious on 'tasting' Fae claimed properties which includes humans. "She must have found someone she wants to take home tonight. The last time I saw her she was eyeing at a gorgeous blonde."
There was only one gorgeous blonde in her mind. SHIT. Bo handed Ryan the glass and motioned through the crowd towards the ladies' room.
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Not exactly sure what to say about her boss's 'claim' on her, Lauren had excused herself and was now in the ladies' room. She let the water run and soothe her hands to calm herself. She took of the necklace and placed it on the sink as she sprinkled her neck with water using her fingers. It relaxed her together with the strange perfume she smelled in the room. Lauren wanted to stay in the ladies' room longer but she thought of Bo who might need her in the party to take note of something important. Flipping the flap of her purse open, she quickly retouched her lipstick and took a quick glance at her phone. She still hadn't read Nadia's text and had no plans of reading them right now during the party. Lauren shut off the faucet and dried her hands. She held the knob and pushed the door. It's stuck. "What?" Lauren pushed again this time with her body weight. It didn't budge. The knob was broken. "Hello? Anybody there?" Lauren called out. She took out her phone and called her boss but she wasn't picking up. She remembered that Bo didn't carry anything with her. "Great.."
"Hi." A female voice crept from behind her startling Lauren. She turned and saw a short haired brunette dressed in short slim-fit red dress. Of course, Lauren recognized her, she's Evony Marquise from Morrigan Inc. "Great. I'm stuck with her. Of all people." Lauren had heard rumors about her and they weren't very pretty. She was known for being a genius in business but played dirty and she heard that Evony was as a playgirl as Bo making her wonder now if she was a Fae succubus.
"By the way, I'm Evony. And you are?" Evony reached for a casual handshake.
Lauren was hesitant but reached for her hand anyway, confident as she was wearing Bo's mark. Her other hand traced for the necklace and to her surprise it wasn't there. Before Lauren realized the necklace wasn't on her neck, Evony had already taken hold of her hand and gave her a familiar succubus pulse.
Evony pulled Lauren away from the door. "Aren't you a pretty one..." and began to plant soft kisses on Lauren's neck.
"What's going on? I can't control.. my urge.." Lauren's will wavered at the strong pulse Evony was giving her through kisses.
Evony carried Lauren and settled her on the washroom sink. Her kisses began to trail from her neck down her collar bone. Evony's tongue grazed Lauren's collar bone earning her a soft moan from the blonde. Lauren bit her lip and tried to push Evony away whose body was now in between her legs. "Stop resisting.. you can't" Evony whispered in Lauren's ear and licked her earlobe sending shivers to Lauren's body. She then reached for Lauren's lips and began to drain her. Lauren rolled her eyes as she jerked her body one more time in futile resistance before it surrendered to the ecstasy.
Smash. The pulse stopped as Evony turned her head and eyes widened at sight of the broken door on the floor. Bo literally had punched the door open unscrewing the door from its place.
"HANDS OFF!" With her eyes bright blue, Bo demanded and came in before Evony could even fully turn. She grabbed Evony by the neck pulling her away from Lauren and pushing her hard against the wall.
"HOW DARE YOU LAY YOUR HANDS ON MY CLAIM?" Bo grumbled.
Evony smirk and while struggling. She grabbed Bo's wrist that was on her neck and said "RELAX." She choked. "I DIDN'T KNOW."
"HELL YOU DON'T." Bo gripped her neck tighter and Evony gripped Bo's wrist tighter in response.
"SHE'S NOT WEARING ANY MARK!" Evony choked again.
Bo turned her attention towards Lauren who was now off of the sink still dizzy from the pulse and barely could stand weakened from the drain. Bo saw no necklace hanging on her neck.
Bo wanted to snap Evony's neck right there and then but she composed herself. Bo slowly loosened her grip on Evony's neck and stepped back. Evony choked a few times and massaged her sore neck tracing if Bo's nails left any mark. Ryan came in surprised to see the door knocked down on the floor. He immediately wrapped his arm protectively around Evony.
Bo saw the necklace on the sink and grabbed it. Her one arm wrapped around the recovering Lauren and guided her out of the ladies room.
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Lauren was too weak to even walk. "Shit. That bitch took too much energy from you." Bo gently placed the weak Lauren against the wall as she spotted a hotel staff. She asked for a room they could use for a few minutes. The staff, familiar with Bo, nodded and guided the two women into the nearest room. In the middle of the hallway, Bo had to carry Lauren using her strong arms as the blonde completely fainted. As soon as the staff opened the door, Bo entered and shut the door with a tap of her foot. She carried Lauren across the room. She placed her gently on the bed and knelt down on one side. Bo hovered over Lauren and held her cheeks giving her a strong pulse waking her up, Lauren groaning at the pulse. Bo reached for Lauren's lips and began transferring some of her energy. She cut the transfer and pulled away feeling that she had given enough. Lauren, came back to her senses, squinted her eyes allowing a few drops of tears to fall. She wasn't exactly sure why she felt like crying but all she knew was that she didn't like Evony's touch.
The thought of another succubus touching her body was unbearable. Bo's finger gently wiped the tears off her face. "It's alright. I'm here.." Hearing Bo's tender voice soothed her. Lauren pushed herself up and wrapped her arms around the succubus hugging her tight. Bo wrapped her arms slowly and returned the tight hug. The two women rested their chin on each other's shoulders. Bo drew in a scent from her shoulders smelling Evony. "Damn it.." Bo caressed Lauren's back hugging her tighter trying to control her own overflowing jealousy. Bo slightly bit Lauren's shoulder not minding the strands of hair on the way making Lauren let out a sigh. The succubus shifted her weight pushing Lauren back on the bed and loosened the hug pulling Lauren's arms to let her loose. Bo lifted one of her knees to Lauren's other side as her eyes gazed at hers. Bo's eyes trailed from her eyes down to her lips and neck seeing a few red marks that weren't hers. "DAMN IT" Bo said aloud and grazed at the red marks one by one nibbling on them as if reclaiming what was hers. Lauren closed her eyes tilted her neck allowing Bo more access. Bo's lips went up to her chin sucking it gently and finally reaching Lauren's lips. Lauren could feel Bo's frustration but even so, Bo's kisses seemed to be very gentle. Lauren began opening her mouth a bit allowing Bo's tongue to enter. The blonde wrapped her arms around the succubus' neck not wanting her to stop the slow dance going on in her mouth. There was no succubus pulse or draining. It was just a plain wonderful kiss. Lauren finding comfort. Bo finding relief. Both women were too focused on each other that they didn't even notice the audible vibration of Lauren's cell phone tucked in her purse on the bed.
~end of OFF LIMITS~
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Special thanks to JB again, Nikki and to msmukamo for their amazing support; to the wonderful members of The House of Lauren Lewis.
PS.
Things you don't need to know but I just want you to know: After my fanfic marathon of Sydney563's works and Hhomba's works (I LOVE THEIR EVERY WORK! YES I'm ADVERTISING THEM although I think they don't need any!).. I just developed the urge to write not just for the sake of writing and enjoyment but for the sake of improving myself.
