“You’re doing so good.” His voice is kind and smooth, causing me to loosen even more.
“Okay. This feels so intense.”
“It’s the piercings.” He smiles, proud of himself.
With each thrust, my breathing becomes more labored. Struggling to catch a full gulp of air, I try to focus on the tray ceilings above us. But it does nothing to dull the fierce sensations.
“Look at us.” River nuzzles my cheek with his nose, gesturing for me to glance down.
My eyelids fly open, curious to see what our two bodies look like molded into one. He pushes his hard length into me, then withdraws it, as if he belongs there.
“Goddamn, that’s hot,” I purr.
His mouth meets the sensitive skin on my neck. “You take me so well, Lux.”
Melting into his praise, I rock into his core, already approaching my climax. A short whimper escapes my lips as River moves his mouth tomine with a deep all-encompassing kiss which creates spots behind my closed eyes.
His movements pick up pace, but remain in rhythm with mine. “Come for me, Lux.”
Vibrating as I reach my peak, my chest and face tingle, and I can only respond with a “Mm-hmm.”
“Oh fuck.” His hands are suddenly at the sides of my face, cupping my cheeks as his lower body stiffens, followed by an echoing grunt that pulls an orgasm from me. Spots fill my vision in the surrounding space. I gasp for breath. My hands claw into the skin on his shoulder blades. And just like that with our mouths connected, we both finish together.
Something I have never experienced before. It’s intimate and fucking raw.
“You’re all mine,” River whispers into my collarbone between soft kisses. He holds himself up and bends elbows on either side of my head. From his rough nature and what I’ve witnessed with the murder of Richard and Nolen, he is surprisingly tender.
“I think I have been for a while.” I glide my fingertips along the grooves of his back. “My life has been turned upside for what feels like forever now. But you’ve become a bright light in all this darkness.”
River lifts his head, his dark eyes lowering as they meet mine. “I wouldn’t consider myself any sort of light, but for you I will be anything you want me to be.”
“You are unlike anyone I’ve ever met,” I say.
“I’ll gladly take that compliment.”
“And I’m grateful you opened up to me about your involvement with Andrew.”
River rolls off me and onto his side. With his head resting in his hand, I curl into him and bury my face into his hard muscular chest. I breathe in the scent of leather with a subtle sweetness.
“I would never let anything happen to you and that’s why I hid so much from you.”
“It might be hard for me, but I understand.”
River leans in and kisses the tip of my nose. “How about we hop in the shower, then have breakfast together?”
I pull my eyes away to hide my feelings, but fail miserably, because they’re written all over my face. “I would love that.”
River lifts me off the bed, startling me in the best way.
I laugh.What did I get myself into?
Chapter 24
River
Lux killed Nolen and she did it without a second thought. The way she came down from the high of taking a life, was worse than my first time, reminding me that even though she has a darkness within her, it only seeks revenge.
I may let myself indulge in the fantasy of our likeness, but deep down, I know this is only temporary for her.
