with a soft moan. I smiled. “That’s it, baby. Come.”
The headboard banged against the wall as Zeke took me harder. I raised up and bit his Adam’s apple, loving the rumble of his moan against my lips. He bucked into me and growled like a goddamn beast as he came. It was so fucking hot I nearly shot my load a second time. The hold on his form slipped a little, and his body flickered like static.
“Don’t disappear while you’re still inside me,” I said, laughing.
He echoed my laugh and stopped flickering. His hand moved to the side of my neck as he lowered his face for a soft kiss.
How many more kisses would we be allowed to have? My lips trembled against his.
“Do not think on it now,” Zeke whispered, somehow knowing my thoughts. “We are together now. Let’s not waste the time we have by worrying about the future.”
“The very near future,” I said. “If Philip doesn’t take me from you, then the person who moves in here will.”
“Philip won’t take you from me,” he growled, holding my face tighter. “I will not allow it. I will banish him myself if I must.”
“But you love him.”
“I do.” Zeke ran his thumb over my bottom lip. “But the Philip I love is dead. The part of him left behind is nothing more than a twisted version of who he used to be. And I’d be damned if I let him hurt you more than he already has.” He kissed my forehead before rolling to his side and tugging me to his chest. “Let us not speak on it anymore tonight.”
I nodded and closed my eyes, focusing on the feel of his arms around me. He once said that I grounded him… and he did the same for me.
“Ugh,” I said, lifting my head. “Nature calls. And I was comfortable too.”
A raspy laugh left him as he released me from his arms. “Oh, to be human again. I can always find you a chamber pot.”
“Ew. No.” I slid off the bed and pulled on my boxers. The only occupants in the mansion were ghosts, but I didn’t want to go around flashing my junk everywhere. “Be right back. Gonna take a leak off the back porch.”
“You’re going to walk all the way downstairs at this hour?”
I stopped before I reached the door. When I turned around to glare at him, he was smirking. The devil.
“You could always come with me,” I suggested, then fluttered my lashes at him. “Please? My baby, the light of my life, protect me from the ghosts.”
“Hmm. Why should I?”
“Because you adore me? Please, my sugarplum-Legolas-lookalike-sexy-elf-man.”
He cocked his head. “You think I look like Legolas?” He shrugged. “I’ll take it. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a favorite of mine to read.”
“It’s your long, pretty hair,” I said, wiggling my eyebrows. “And fine. Lie there with the sheet barely covering your beautiful cock, and I’ll be right back.”
I left the room, hearing his laugh echo out into the hall. My confidence wavered once I was met with darkness, though. I stared down the hallway, seeing shadows stretch as far as the eye could see. I stepped back into the room and walked over to the nightstand to grab the oil lamp.
“I’m taking this with me.”
“I hope you’re able to make it outside and don’t soil your britches first.”
“Ha ha, so funny. I’ll remember how mean you were later when you wanna fuck me again. I’ll tell you to use your hand.”
“You wouldn’t deny me,” he said with a challenging gleam in his eyes. God, he was too sexy when he got cocky.
Fighting the urge to stick my tongue out at him, I exited the room and turned to go down the hall. With the curtains pulled back from the windows, moonlight spilled into the otherwise dark mansion, and with my lamp it wasn’t too scary.
That is… until I heard steps behind me.
I flung around and searched the darkness. “Hello?”
Silence.
“If you’re trying to scare me, Ezekiel James Warren, I will kick your ghost ass. I got some awesome fight moves you haven’t seen yet.”
When more silence followed, I gave up. My bladder screamed in complaint, and I continued on my way to the first floor. I jogged down the curved staircase and took the shortcut to the back door instead of going through the maze of the corridors. I placed the lamp on a small table and went outside. The cold air nipped at my exposed