It didn't mean I needed to be mollycoddled for the rest of my life. I was no longer empty; roots had been growing deeper in me for a long time and now shoots were started to spring from the earth of my core. I was growing into a person I actually liked, who had needs and wishes beyond the deaths of The Five. Who wanted this man like she had never wanted anything. And who would happily spend the rest of her days loving him and being loved in return.
I broke the kiss, leaning back to look into his deep brown eyes, my palms still pressed to his chest. I could see the monster in him, peering out at me from behind his eyes and I longed to fall at its mercy once more. I wanted his worst, his darkest self tonight. The one he liked to hide from me more often than not. But he’d claimed me brutishly before and it was time for him to do so again.
"You know what I want," I told him, my lips quivering a little. "Remind me that I can’t shatter.”
He unbuckled his pants, a heathen in his gaze. "Your soul is made of iron, your spirit of steel and your body is a diamond, uncut, as sharp as a dagger. You're unbreakable, baby doll. But I'll always want to protect you, because you're also mine."
He grabbed my hips, caging me in with his powerful body and making sure I couldn't be seen beyond the tree shielding us from the window. He ran his palm over my bare ass and hooked the back of my thigh, tugging it up and wrapping it around his hip. He rolled his zipper down, taking his thick length into his grip as he freed it from his boxers. We didn’t need condoms anymore now my pill was working and I was glad because I craved his skin against mine more than anything right now.
"Eyes on me," he demanded and I looked up, biting into my lip as he guided himself to my entrance. He nudged my legs wider then pushed the head of his hard length into me, teasing me as he gripped the base of his dick, circling himself inside me until I moaned. Then he pushed a little deeper. My lips parted and my head fell back, but he released my leg and gripped the back of my head, making sure I kept my eyes on his. He eased in deeper still and a desperate groan escaped me as he claimed me tortuously slowly, his hips rolling as he did so to make me gasp and pant.
He clamped a hand to my mouth a second before he slammed his hips to mine, driving the rest of the way in and making me cry out. The sound came out muffled and he smirked as he gripped my thigh over his hip again, holding me in place as he started to claim me with merciless thrusts.
The more he pushed me, the more I wanted. This was the beast who'd murdered in cold blood just for me, the creature who'd found me in the dark and hunted my enemies with a callousness that frightened and excited me. He was ruthless and vengeful as much as he was protective and caring. Every spark of light in him was mirrored by a slice of darkness. He would always be as bad as he was good. And I ached for both sides of him, finding myself lost between the two halves of him which created a beautiful whole.
He kept his hand over my mouth, his forehead gleaming as he took control of me, claimed me with the full strength of his body and made me scream for more against his hand. All of him, every last scrap. I wanted it. No, I needed it.
He dropped his hand and swallowed my cries with a kiss that made me ache on the inside. It was over barely before my tongue met his and he pulled out of me, grabbing my hips and turning me around. I braced myself on the tree as he thrust himself inside me from behind, his hand covering my mouth again and I bit down on his fingers to hold back my screams. He laughed darkly, his other hand twisting into my hair and pulling me further upright so I was crushed between his body and the tree. The rough bark chafed any inch of bare flesh it could