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He follows me over the edge, and I collapse against him. He holds me close, stroking my back and kissing my forehead. I don’t know how long we stay like that. I only know it isn’t long enough.
Gio
I’m running through the docks, the salty air stinging my nostrils. Stacks of shipping containers loom around me like a maze, their metal sides reflecting the harsh sunlight. I hear Lucas’s laughter echoing off the containers, always just out of sight.
“Lucas,” I call, my voice cracking with desperation. He’s there. I know he is. Beyond my reach. “Where are you?” A blinding flash of white replaces his laughter. “No!” I scream, lunging forward. But I’m too late. Always, too late. The explosion engulfs Lucas, and I’m thrown backward, my skin searing with heat. I fight it off, swinging at the fire as it tries to wrestle me down. Hold me back. “No. Lucas. No. Got to get to Lucas.” I shout out again, but instead of reaching my brother, I’m yanked out of the nightmare. The fog ripped away, leaving me drenched in sweat, a scream dying in my throat. I blink, shaking away the worst of the nightmare, still clinging to me like a second skin.
Instinct takes over when a hand lands on my back, right over the worst scars. I react blindly, my body on autopilot. A sharp yelp clears the last of my disorientation. Taking me from one nightmare to another. This one is worse because it’s real. Jeniah is sprawled on the floor beside the bed, her eyes wide and mouth open.
“Fuck,” I gasp, horror washing over me as I help her from thefloor. “Jeniah, I—”
“I’m fine,” Jeniah insists. But the way she winces twists in my gut like a knife.
I slump back against the headboard, running a hand over my face. “Shit, Jeniah. Fuck, I didn’t mean to—I would never—”
“Hey,” she says. “It’s okay. I’m okay.” When I don’t answer, she adds, “You’re okay.”
But I see the red mark on her arm where she must have hit the floor. “No, I’m not. I’m a fucking monster, and you need to leave. Leave Jeniah before I hurt you anymore. I’ll see you in a little bit. I just need to—”
. “Gio,” she says. “I’m not going anywhere. Besides, if or when I leave you is up to me. My choice, remember?”
My brows lower. “It’s insane that you believe I’ll give you that choice.”
“But you said—”
“Fuck what I said,” I storm riled by her words. “I said I wouldn’t force you into marriage. You still have that choice. But leaving me… Taking this gorgeous ass to someone else… Okhi, that’s not happening.” She bites her lip, preparing to overthink it—to argue. But I’m done discussing it. I meant the shit I told her last night. She’s mine.
I pull her lip from her mouth and lick the slight indent of her teeth. “I want you. Want to take you soft and slow. Bury myselfinside your beautiful body and fucking live. Let your heat stroke me—”
“—then…”
Cupping the side of her face, I continue. “But I need something else. Harder. Rougher. The nightmare unleashed my demon—and he’s hungry. I’m not sure you’re ready for that. So if you aren’t… Go to your room or the kitchen. Get yourself something to eat…”
“I’m ready. If your demon’s hungry. Let’s feed him.”
“Jeniah, you don’t know what that means…”
“It means you need me. I’m here for whatever you need.”
Fire shoots through my body, and I close my eyes to hide the inferno. Fuck it. I warned her. The nightmare destroyed my gentle—leaving not a shred. “Spread your legs,” I growl, pushing her down onto the mattress.
She does, and I press my palm against her mound. Her panties are damp, and I howl like an animal. I want to taste her. I want to drink from her pussy and drown. But I want to fuck her more.
I slide her back and kneel over her. Yanking her panties off and tossing them aside. Her wide, glazed eyes never blink. Unzipping my pants, I free my cock. It’s already hard, throbbing with need.
“Are you sure?” I give her another chance to flee, not knowing how I’ll react if she does.
“Yes,” she breathes.
I pin her wrists above her head. Line my cock up with herentrance and thrust in, burying myself to the hilt. She cries out, and I take her moans with a kiss. Swallowing it down as I keep pumping in and out of her. She arches her hips, meeting me thrust for thrust.
“You’re mine,” I growl against her lips. “Say it.”
“Yours,” she gasps. “All yours.”
I speed up, slamming into her harder and faster. Her walls clench around me. She’s close.I’m not.Anger scratches under my skin. A million insatiable fire ants, determined to find their way out. I pull out and turn her over in one move. Dropping to her exposed neck—I bite.
She yelps and tries to twist away, even though I didn’t break the skin. But I hold her in place, my teeth nipping over her shoulder blades and down her spine. I want to mark her. Need to claim her. She’s not leaving my bed without knowing who fucking owns her. Owns her body—her orgasms. She won’t carrythe choicedown the hall. Pack it up and pull it out when she needs to. If I have to fuckthis choiceout of her, I will. Paint my semen on her body so it sinks into her fucking pores—I will.
