Hi All!
I’m cheating… I’m giving you chapter five of Dead by Dawn since I had to write it anyway. 
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Between one heartbeat and then next, he enveloped her in his arms and called to the darkness. It wrapped around their entwined bodies, shielding them from the assailants while pulling them into another realm. His realm.
Shadow dwellers, the souls of those dispatched by Shadow Demons, swirled around them as he navigated the midnight black world of the shadows. He pulled her with him, fending off the hungry shadows, looking for a new body to inhabit. There was a reason humans feared the dark, the shadowy corners on a midnight street. Nothing a corporeal being could do would ever compare to the damage a hungry bodiless soul could impart on a human. Nothing.
Her curves molded to him as they traveled and her pulled her tighter against his chest. He could tell himself he wanted her close to protect her. He could… But that wasn’t why his cock throbbed and ached as the hardened nubs of her nipples dug into his chest. Protection had nothing to do with the way she seemed to try to crawl beneath his skin as their bodies danced along the darkness.
They were solid, yet they were… not. Something in between the two states. Aware and able to move with one another, but not within a passing human’s scope of vision. It was that anonymity that emboldened him, that let him take his pleasure while slinking among the soulless devils.
Isis slid her booted foot along his calf, wrapping her leg around his own. The movement furthered his cause. He tightened his hold around her waist, raising her the few precious inches until her hips cradled his dick. The hardened flesh pulsed as her hips rocked against him, as if welcoming his touch. And he wanted to touch.
She nibbled his neck, taking advantage of her new position and for once, he had to admit he liked a little bit of pain with his pleasure. The sharp sting took the edge off and he mentally thanked her for pulling him back a step.
A shadow approached, he could feel the being’s heartless hunger as it slunk toward them. He opened his eyes, letting the eerie white glow of his kind, well part of his kind, free to dispatch the would-be aggressor. He didn’t want some bit of evil interrupting him now. After all, Shadow Demons didn’t kill indiscriminately. They came after those that deserved their form of punishment.
Isis laved the side of his neck, her arms tightened around his shoulders and she seemed to be practically crawling up his body. He urged her leg higher to his hip, opening her to him fully.
Even with the layers of leather and jean that separated them, he could sense her heat. Vincent imagined her pussy, soaked, throbbing and open for him moments before he plunged in deep and hard. If possible, his cock lengthened further, hardened further. Never before had he been this turned on by a woman, when navigating the shadows no less.
Her lips brushed the underside of his jaw and he finally gave in to temptation. He tilted his chin and captured her lips with his own. He didn’t give her a moment to adjust to the new intimacy. He thrust his tongue between her lips into the warm cavern of her mouth. She didn’t retreat. No, she advanced and twined her tongue around his, stroking and sucking as she rubbed her pussy against his length.
Lord, any minute now he’d come in his jeans. The combination of her pussy, just out of reach, and her magical lips and mouth strained his control.
Vincent couldn’t lose control. Not know, at least. Maybe when they’d reached his home and were protected by his men they could get lost in each other’s bodies. Then thrust his cock deep into her pussy and freeze, reveling in the tight heat surrounding him. She’d be impatient and rock her hips, begging him to continue. He moaned as the image solidified in his mind. Yes.
But now… now he had to keep alert. Even with her tongue down his throat, he sensed another shadow approach. Again, the process was repeated. He released his inner demon to drive away the oncoming creature, driving it back to the darkness. A woman such as Isis was a tasty morsel to the beings which inhabited the shadows. Tasty indeed.
Before long, they neared his home. He materialized before the front door just long enough gain entrance to the building.
On the outside, it looked like a dilapidated warehouse, but as they say, appearances can be deceiving. His home, though bathed in darkness, never allowed souls into its walls. It was a home shrouded in shadows, yet safe to any Shadow Demon who entered.
In seconds they broached his security and he thrust them into the darkness again. Ah, the joys of being a Shadow Demon. Travel from one point to the next was only as far away as the next bit of dark.
Before he released his next breath they were upstairs in his bedroom. Then, and only then, did he release her, content that she was safe and that now he’d get what he’d been waiting for.
“Strip.” His voice sounded rough, even to his own ears, but arousal and need always seemed to that to him. Funny, with Isis, it seemed even worse than ever before. He couldn’t explain his attraction to the pure beauty, but he’d be damned if he’d fight it. Not if she was willing. And her heat pressed against him, stroking his length as they traveled, proved she was willing.
Her answer, when it came, warred with her breathless pants. “Yes.”
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January 30th, 2008 by 
Celia
Woot! This is my fave cover so far. True, it’s only my third, but still my fave. Maybe because so much work went into it…. I dunno. To the casual observer, they may think it’s a conglomeration of three or so images. In fact, it’s more like seven. Seven images and I don’t know how many layers, but the result is worth it, I think. *sigh* This has nothing to do with my books, but since I did the cover and simply like looking at it, I thought I’d post it for ya’ll. 
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