Page 141 of Crucible
Shock ripples through me, and my grip loosens. It can’t be. I must have heard her wrong. She’s too goddamn good to be true. “Say that again,” I demand.
“If you want to scare me, choke me harder, Khalil. You had no problem hurting me before. Don’t pussy out on me now.”
My fingers flex around her neck with indecision, and then I make one. I tighten my hold until her eyes flare, and she bites into her bottom lip.
Fuck, she’s perfect.“Is this hard enough for you?” I ask while squeezing a little harder.
Her face turns red and then purple the longer I cut off her air supply.
Still, she doesn’t fight me or beg me to stop.
Instead, her hand finds the waistband of my pants, and she yanks me closer, nodding only when she feels my hard dick pressed against her stomach. Shoving my free hand down her thick knitted tights, I slip two fingers inside and slowly fuck her wet pussy while staring into her eyes.
“Goddammit, Goldilocks. Tell me you weren’t trying to run from us again.” Finally, she jerks her head left and then right. Curling my fingers, she makes a strangled sound that I cut off before Thorin and Seth can hear because this moment is just for us. “Are you lying to me?” She whimpers and shakes her head again, and then her lashes lower as she begins to lose consciousness. I can’t help but think about the night I fucked her on the kitchen table, how much I want to do it again, and if she will let me. “Are you going to come for me?”
Her nod is weak, but her pussy tightens around me like a vise, and I know she’s close. I grind the heel of my palm against her clit and let go of her throat.
Aurelia inhales, and then she lets out a wail as she comes, making a mess of my hand and her tights.
Seth pauses mid-word, and I can hear my brothers trying to be quiet as they sneak over, but I can’t look away from our girl.
Fucking beautiful.
So softly, I almost don’t hear it, Aurelia pants as she says, “I did miss you, Khalil.”
I kiss her again as I play with her pussy. I’m still kissing her when Seth whimpers like a sad puppy. Aurelia breaks the kiss and looks over at him while stroking my overgrown beard. “What’s the matter, Seth?”
“Khalil’s your favorite.”
Aurelia snorts. “No, he’s not. Thor is.”
I snatch my hand from her tights like I’ve been burned. “What the hell? I made you come!”
“So? I can do that myself.” Aurelia holds my gaze as she adjusts her tights. “Thor is giving me something useful. You want to be my favorite? Impress me.”
“Yeah, we’ll see how useless I am when you need to get off. Cabin rule number seven—keep those pretty fingers away from our pussy, Aurelia.”
Her miffed gaze flicks to me. “We’re notinthe cabin.”
“You heard what I said.”
I shove away from the tree and stalk away from Aurelia before I strangle her ass for real. Thorin comes after me while Seth stays with Aurelia. I hear her tell him that she has to use the ladies’ bush, and he cackles like her corny joke is hysterical. I don’t even realize I’m fighting a smile until I hear Thorin cough to hold back a laugh.
The moment we’re out of sight, I turn and hit Thorin in the jaw. Since he was expecting it, he’s quick to parry, and the next thing I know, we’re fucking each other up until there’s blood in the snow, and we can barely stand. After he sends a vicious knee to my gut, I roll several feet away and try to keep from coughing up my stomach.
Thorin groans in pain as he crawls to his feet while holding his shoulder. “You…” He pants. “Done?”
I don’t answer until I catch my breath and stand. “The fuck are you doing bringing her all the way out here, huh? Does she know how close she is?”
“No. Do you think I’m an idiot?”
“Yes!”
“Fuck you, Khalil. Aurelia doesn’t know shit, but she will if you keep bitching about it.”
“Don’t kid yourself anddon’tunderestimate her. Aurelia pays attention. You might as well have drawn her a fucking map. Anybody could walk by. Did you think about that?”
“Of course I did. I also promised her that I would kill anyone who tried to help her, and I’d make her watch.” His jaw, which is already turning red, clenches as he steps toward me. “Do you think we’ve given her any reason to doubt my word?”
