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I let her sleep where she was, glad she was finally getting some rest. At some point before the sun came up, I fell asleep too. With Raven in my arms.

Where she belonged.

As I drifted off to sleep, I knew I had a decision to make. Risk Falcon’s wrath by making her mine or keep my distance and lose her forever.

Chapter Thirteen

Raven

My body trembled with need as masculine hands peeled off my clothes until I was completely naked, the night air cooling my overheated skin. “Fucking gorgeous,” he growled in that deep, familiar timbre.

My eyes fluttered open and I pushed up onto my elbows to see the man making me so turned on that my skin grew slick with sweat. “Hades.” It wasn’t a question, more like a plea.

He looked up at me and grinned, his eyes dark with desire and somehow both smug and smiling. “Next time you say my name, shout it a little louder. I wanna make you scream.”

Holy shit he did not just say that! My belly flipped and my breath hitched. Before I could come up with some smartass comeback, his lips were on me again and I forgot what words were. His kisses were fiery and slow, every touch of his mouth on my body made me feel like I did the first time I ate an edible, like I was outside of myself watching his lips and tongue drag across my skin.

I couldn’t remember ever being this turned on in my whole fucking life. Not before Viktor and there hasn’t been anyone since.

His mouth closed around my nipple and my back bowed. A moan slipped out, echoing off the walls. When he sucked, I moaned louder because it felt so fucking good. Who knew my nipples were so sensitive? I mean, I know dudes like tits, but my C cups were nothing to write home about, and most of my experiences included a few tongue flicks and a lot of kneading. “Oh fuck!” The words were ripped from my mouth when his teeth sank into the most sensitive part of my nipple. And then he moved back and forth, from one nipple to the next until I was so wound up, I thought I might come then and there.

I knew I was dreaming but it felt so real I couldn’t do anything but lean into the experience. Until this moment I didn’t think I missed sex all that much, but my skin was hot and I felt sweat on my brow, my legs and almost everywhere my clothes touched my skin. I clamped my legs tight and reached for Hades. His cock tented his boxers and I felt bold, a little bit brave.

“Fuck, Raven.” His jaw clenched tight and I looked up to see if he was mad, but the look in his eyes was desire, plain and simple.

Amazed, I gripped him through his boxers and stroked, slow at first because he was so big, long, and thick, but every grunt and groan that came out of his mouth made me bolder. I squeezed harder while I watched him, eager to see his face twisted in carnal agony.

Another groan sounded, louder and more guttural and my eyes snapped open.

I looked around and my gaze connected with the window where trees filled the space out to the lake beyond. The left side of my body was hotter than the rest of me and I realized it was because I was pressed against a hard, heavily muscled body. Hades. Shit.

Don’t look. Do not look.

Instead of looking at him, I looked at my arm and followed it to my hand, which gripped his cock, still fully covered in denim. Looking at him after that was unavoidable. Despite my mortification, I swallowed hard before I met his eyes.

His lips were curled slightly but his face was set in stone. “Good dream?” His words were pushed through gritted teeth.

My eyes closed as humiliation and horror swamped me. “I’m sorry,” I whispered as I tried to move my hand from his cock, but he wrapped his hand around my wrist to stop me.

“It’s okay,” he growled.

I was really fucking confused now. I groped him without his consent, and he was clearly upset about it, but he refused to say it. “Then why do you seem upset?”

His lips tugged into a crooked grin as he squeezed my hand around his cock, which was even harder now. “Not upset, just… trying to be a good guy here.” Another low growl escaped.

His words stole the breath from my lungs and I couldn’t believe it. “You like it?”

He shook his head and I tried to tug away again but his grip tightened. “I like you, Raven, so fuck yeah, I like it when you touch me. I shouldn’t, I know that, but I do.”

His words brought a smile to my face, which was fucking ridiculous because he said he shouldn’t like me. “Why shouldn’t you like me? I’m awesome.”

He grinned wider and nodded. “Yeah, but Falcon’s gonna kill me.”

“I knew it would be some bullshit answer like that.” I squeezed his cock again just because I could, enjoying the way his jaw clenched, and his eyes went black. “Besides all that, I am a grown-ass woman capable of making her own decisions. And Falcon isn’t here.”

His eyes rolled back in his head before he sank against the sofa with an anguished growl, and I’d never felt so powerful in my life.

There were men before the Viktor Era of my life, but it had never been like this, flirty and fun and just a little bit dark. It was always perfunctory for the sole purpose of getting off, which I hardly ever did. But this wasn’t like that at all, it made me feel hungry, which made me feel bold.