Unable to stop myself, I dropped my head and pressed a kiss to her crown.
“Everything will be okay, baby,” I rasped.
“You can’t say that,” she whispered. “My entire life is a lie.”
“No. Not all of it. Just some.” I blew out a breath. “And that doesn’t define you either. You’re Lucifer. Doesn’t matter what your last name is, you were born to raise hell, and that’s exactly what you’re going to do.”
That had her lifting her head so she could look up at me. “The ghost guns?”
Amused that she’d known exactly where my mind was running, I shrugged. “I’m game. I just need to put it to a vote.”
Her eyelashes were spiky with tears, but she nodded solemnly at my words. “I want to pull my weight. I’m not lazy, Wolfe.”
Shit, I could be a mean motherfucker sometimes. I’d known that was one of her weaknesses, yet I’d used it anyway like the cunt I was. Bomber had always made a big deal about how she never pulled her weight, how she was a noose around his neck.
Jackass.
“I know, baby,” I told her on a sigh. “I’m a mean bastard.”
That had a startled laugh bursting from her. “Well, at least you can admit it.”
I winked at her, just happy to see that smile of hers, before I leaned down and pressed a kiss to her lips. The second our mouths touched, she whimpered deep at the back of her throat, and God help me, that sound annihilated me.
That this strong, kickass woman could make that noise for me? It blew my fucking mind.
Time, I figured, to blow hers.
❖
Lucie
The second his mouth touched mine, I felt the connection explode inside me like time hadn’t separated us, like hundreds of miles hadn’t kept us apart.
I felt him in my bones, in my soul, but even that wasn’t enough.
For a second, he nipped at my lips, teasing me, taunting me with his kiss. Just like he teased and taunted me in real life, always holding himself back, always denying me some intrinsic part that made me insecure.
I wasn’t sure if he did it on purpose, just knew that it drove me mad.
As Wolfe’s tongue thrust between my lips, I couldn’t stop myself. The little devil that lived inside me had me biting down on his tongue, and when he jerked in surprise, I reached up, slipped my hands up and around his neck, and forced him to kiss me how I needed to be kissed by him.
Hard.
I wanted him to fuck my mouth.
Now.
He grunted at the bite then gave me what I wanted. His tongue thrust against mine, fucking me like I needed, tearing my breath from me, robbing me of my willpower as I both melted into Dagger and soared into Wolfe’s kiss.
When he pulled back, I let him, and groaned as he instantly dove onto my throat. His teeth clenched down on a small patch of flesh, and I hissed as the pain roared through my body, making my pussy clench down hungrily on the emptiness that made me long for them both even more. When he reached for the hem of my shirt, I hoped he was going to tear it over my head, but he didn’t, instead, he lifted it enough to reveal the wolf I had on my side, just hovering on my ribcage.
It was masochistic of me, but I’d gone for sensitive areas where the placements of my ink were concerned. They’d hurt me, in more ways than one, but it had been cathartic. The ink was a reminder that they had been a huge part of my life whether or not they still were.
When his fingers traced the black and white, heavily shaded tattoo, I shivered as the rough, callused tips touched my sensitive belly.
“I want to cum all over you.”
His growl had my eyelids fluttering to half-mast. “Promises, promises,” I retorted, and when Dagger laughed, I tipped my head to the side and stared him down. “Something funny?”
“Just you two. You’re like watching live-action porn.” His hands were behind his head now, and he rocked in his chair, truly looking like he was settling down for the show.
Fuck, that made liquid fire pool in my belly.
“Wouldn’t you prefer to touch?” I countered, slowly trailing my tongue around the arch of my lips. When his eyes darkened, his handsome face tautening with desire, I knew I had him.
“I want to fuck you in the ass,” he ground out.
“Still a butt man, huh?” I retorted, twisting away