He massaged my tits and tugged at my nipples as he covered my body in kisses.

  I felt alive. Beautiful. Distracted from the horror movie I’d been tossed into. His lips traveled further south. Past my belly button and the curve of my stomach. He pressed my knees open and knelt before me, then his hands gripped my hips.

  He scooted me to the edge of the counter as I fell back onto my forearms, my pussy opened up for him.

  Even kneeling on the ground, he was eye-level with my body on the counter. This massive man, with muscles sculpted from the marble columns of Valhalla, looked up at me with his devilish stare before he placed a kiss against my dripping pussy lips.

  And I moaned as his tongue licked up my slit.

  11

  Grave

  She tasted like heaven. I knew I didn’t need to be doing this. I knew I was traveling down a nasty road. But she was crying and it stirred something inside of me and all I wanted was to protect her. And I wasn’t doing a good job of it. We were secluded in some small ass cabin in the middle of fucking nowhere with no television, no radio, and minimal fucking cell service. The fridge was stocked with food we’d tear through in three damn weeks and there was no way for us to get anything else except to take the fucking drive and risk someone seeing us in the process. It was all too much and then I felt her nose against my neck, and her heated breath drove me wild.

  Just like her scent did.

  I dipped my tongue between her folds and felt her jolt. The top of her clit pressed against my tongue and I could feel his throbbing. Her juices were already coating my shin as I stuck my tongue in further. Raking it along her most sensitive areas as her legs slid over my shoulders. Her luscious thighs folded around my cheeks and she locked her ankles behind me. Fuck. I loved a woman who enjoyed oral. I slid my tongue side to side, taking in how she tasted and how easily I could pull more from her.

  I looked up and saw her eyes screwed shut. Her chest panting for air. Her skin painted with a crimson red that mesmerized me.

  I wanted her sweating.

  Begging.

  Rocking against my lips.

  My hands slid from her lips to her thighs and I massaged every part of her. She rolled her hips, trying to get closer to my tongue. I closed my lips around her beautiful pussy and sucked her clean, gulping down her arousal and groaning into her skin. My hand slid underneath her thigh, trying to get close to her dripping entrance. Her juices were dripping down that thick ass of hers and I coated my finger, then slowly inched it into her body.

  “Grave. Shit. Holy hell. Ugh.”

  I moved my tongue up and done as I crooked my finger within her. I slid another in, slowly pressing her apart. Her hips were undulating. Fucking my fingers and descending perfectly into the palm of my hand. Her heels dug into my back as my pinky slid along her ass crack, trying to find the one last hole I wanted to plug.

  I felt her clench. I felt her trust for me waning. But the moment I pressed my pinky into her puckered little asshole, she snapped.

  In all the most beautiful ways.

  “Grave! Yes! Holy fuck!”

  Her hands gripped my hair and she pulled me as close as I could get. Her body fell out of control, bucking ravenously against my face. She was hungry. Wanton for so much of me. My fingers filled her body as my tongue danced across her clit, sending shivers and electricity flooding her body. My cock was leaking. Throbbing with the need to be inside of her. I could feel my own precum dripping to the kitchen floor as her arousal trickled down my neck.

  She was soaking wet for me, and I loved every second of it.

  She released my body and propped her heels up onto the kitchen counter. She opened her entire body up to me and I could see the whole of her beauty. Her stained thighs, glistening in the dim lighting of the sun streaming through the windows. Her curled toes and her shaking thighs. I could see her clit pulsing with every lick I took and I watched as my fingers disappeared into her body time and time again.

  Her chest was coating itself in a thin sheen of sweat, and I figured I would have mercy on her.

  Just this once.

  I pressed my tongue deep into her clit and it sent her over the edge. I licked it quickly, flicking her sensitive tip as her pussy clamped down around my fingers. Her ass was so tight and my cock throbbed with need. I licked from her asshole to her pussy, cleaning up her dripping juices so they wouldn’t go to waste. She was whimpering. Her hands were going lax against my head. Her back dropped to the counter and her head was cocked against the wall, and I slowly licked her clean until her pussy finally stopped pulling my hand closer.

  I slid out from her body before I gathered her in my arms, then I walked her back into my bedroom.

  I sat on the edge of the bed and staked her on my cock. Her legs parted ravenously for me and she shivered as I slid her down my length. Her arms wrapped around me as my hands gripped her hips, and I moved her body up and down, fucking my cock with her pussy. She was so tight for me. Her body was shaking against my skin. Her fingernails curled into my shoulders and she clung to me, forcing my hips to rock against her.

  She planted her knees on the bed and bounced on my hips. Spraying my skin with her beautiful scent as we both fell back. She rode my cock, planting her hands into my chest and leaving behind crescent marks with her wondrous nails. I sank my fingerprints into her skin as I growled, feeling my balls curling up into my body.

  She was breathtaking. A sea of lust and harmony as her tits bounced around in my face. She fell to me and I wrapped my arms around her as I pounded up into her body. My cock was growing and leaking deep within her. She was breathlessly moaning and chanting my name in my ear. Her body was hot and my muscles were aching for release and my toes began to curl into the wood of the cabin floor.

  I rolled us over and pinned Everly to the bed, then tossed her legs over my shoulders.

  I stood with my feet planted on the floor as I folded her in half. I crashed our lips together as I fucked her senseless, feeling her writing underneath me. Our fingers threaded together and I pinned her hands over her head, feeling her tits bounce freely against my chest. Our tongues collided and I could feel Everly licking herself off me. Drinking the taste of our intermingled scents as she groaned into my mouth.

  I swallowed every sound as I pounded into her. I could feel the bed scraping across the floor. Her body was shaking and her pussy was fluttering and her hands were gripping mine tightly. I was ready to burst. I dug my feet into the floor and slammed my hips against her. She was soft. A wonderful place to fall after I’d filled her with my cum. My eyes screwed shut and her teeth raked along my lower lip, and I growled at her as my cock stuffed her full.

  “Everly. Everly. What the… shit.”

  My hips stilled and my thighs contracted as my entire body shook. Her pussy was pulling me deeper into her warmth as her juices fell down my balls. Pump after pump filled her curves, until there was no room left for my offering. They spilled out of her with each pump of my dick, and the look of pleasure in Everly’s eyes drove me to one last thing. I released her hand and slid it between her legs, then pressed my skin against her clit.

  And it threw her over the edge one last time.

  “Grave. Grave. Yes. Oh my gosh. The things you… I haven’t… it feels…”

  Her body shook as her legs slid from my shoulders. Watching the pleasure course over her face made very single drop of sweat falling from my muscles worth it. I fell against her, breathing hard for air as my cock was squeezed by her softness. Milked for every drop of come I had as her toes ran down the backs of my legs. I slid my hands up her sides, feeling her shiver and whimper at my touch.

  She was too much.

  I was in too deep.

  My face fell into the crook of her neck and her lips turned into me. They kissed the side of my head before her hand stroked my hair, like I had hers in the kitchen. I was shaking against her and I could feel her still jumping from the electricity coursing through her system. I slowly slid my cock out and I groaned, feeling a jolt of lightning shoot up my spine.

  She giggled, and all the worries I’d had about getting involved with her fell to the wayside.

  Her laughter made every risk worth it.

  I pulled us both onto the bed and tugged Everly into my arms. The bed was at least seven inches from where it needed to be, but I didn’t give a shit. I maneuvered us underneath the covers and felt Everly melt into me. I felt her beautiful body drape its soft curves over me and fill every divot of my body with the feeling of her.

  The smell of her.

  The experience of her.

  I stroked my fingers through her hair as her cheek nuzzled into my chest. Her leg was tossed between mine and the smell of our escapades lingered in the room. I drew in a deep breath, committing the scent to memory. Then I bent my lips down mindlessly and kissed the top of Everly’s head.

  “I’ll do anything to keep you safe,” I said.

  “I know you will.”

  “No matter what happens from this, I’ll always be on your side.”

  “I really appreciate that, Grave.”

  I closed my eyes at the sound of my name in her voice.

  “Do I have to leave?”

  I furrowed my brow at her question and instinctively strengthened my grasp on her.

  “Where would you be going?” I asked.

  “Just back to my room. I don’t think this is my room,” she said.

  “Oh.”

  I released her body and it drew another giggle from her lips.

  “I was only saying that if you wanted to be-”

  “No,” I said. “It’s fine. You can stay here if it makes you feel better.”

  “But how does it make you feel?”

  I felt her tilt her head up to me and I craned my neck down so I could look at her. The sweat glistening on her forehead. The haze of ecstasy still in her eyes. The rosy redness of her blood-flooded cheeks.

  She was fucking gorgeous.

  “Stay,” I said.

  That seemed to satisfy her for the moment, and I was thankful for it. The last thing we needed to get into was talking about feelings. Emotions. I couldn’t afford feelings and emotions with The Black Saddles running amok like they were. They were shooting up fucking houses in the middle of the day in innocent fucking neighborhoods. They were out of control, and they needed to be pushed out for good.

  That was where my focus needed to be. Getting Everly to trial.

  And I couldn't afford emotions that didn’t center around that goal.

  Everly’s breathing evened out against my body and my eyes fell closed. Her warmth was soothing and the feel of her soft breaths against my chest were comforting. I tangled my hands in the soft tresses of her hair one last time, then fell asleep with her body pressed around the edge of mine.

  If only she wasn’t running for her damn life.

  If only I lived another life.

  12

  Everly

  I wish I could’ve woken up to the feeling of the sun against my face, but with the thick wooded area around us that wasn’t the case. I knew the sun was out. I could see splotches of it on the ground outside the cabin. But there were no thick streams of light pouring in anywhere. The dust in the rooms had finally found their way out the windows, but the cool wooded air had also found its way in.

  I shivered under the covers, and instinctively rolled over to find Grave.

  But he wasn’t there.

  I sat up in bed and pulled the comforter farther up my body. Fuck, this cabin was cold. I could hear a low voice talking down the hallway and I figured Grave was on the phone. I was shocked he could even get cell service out here. I hardly could. I wrapped the comforter around my body and walked across the hallway to find my bag so I could get changed, but I ended up grabbing my cell phone.

  No missed calls or messages, but it was almost noon.

  Noon?

  I’d slept the morning away?

  I dropped the comforter from my body and started digging through my duffel bag. I pulled out a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt before throwing my hair up into a bun. I pulled on socks and contemplated putting on a second pair, and the rumbling sound of thunder tumbling over gravel could be heard from my doorway.

  Grave was chuckling.

  “How long have you been standing there?” I asked.

  “Does it matter? Nothing I haven’t seen.”

  He grinned as me as he pushed his massive body off the edge of the doorway. I could’ve sworn I heard the cabin groan out in horror with every step he took across the wooden floor. His eyes were hooked onto mine and I felt drawn into his grasp. He wrapped his arm around me and planted a kiss onto my forehead and I felt myself immediately relax.

  He did have a calming effect on me.

  “Good morning,” I said.

  “I think you mean ‘afternoon’.”

  “You could’ve woken me up.”

  “You needed your rest,” he said. “But I have some news.”

  “What kind of news? Is everything okay?” I asked.

  “Yes and no. I have to go back into town.” I felt my heart drop to my stomach.

  “For what?”

  “Besides a few more groceries? I have to meet with the guys. I gotta get a status update on how things went when we left. From your house to the arrest of your brother and everything in between.”

  “Can’t you get that on the phone?” I asked.

  “It’s only one trip. I’ll make sure to pick up enough groceries to last us through this thing, but we do need more food. We’ll be lucky to make it three weeks with what we’ve got.”

  “The pantry’s full of food.”

  “That’s got dust on the top of it. You trust food with dust on it?”

  “It’s canned,” I said, murmuring.

  “I’ll be quick. You won’t be here by yourself long. No one knows we’re out here except for the guys, and I’ll call once I get into town.”

  “This is stupid.”

  “It’s for your safety,” he said.

  “There’s nothing I can do to convince you to stay?”

  “Nope.”

  “Then have a good trip,” I said.

  I backed away from Grave before he could get another word in or try to give me one of those warm kisses of his. I wasn’t happy with him. I didn’t want to be here by myself. I was out in the middle of the woods with no transportation, no way to entertain myself, and no one to talk to. I had a little bit of service, but it wasn’t enough to do anything substantial with. I might be able to get a text message out if I stood on my tiptoes and closed one eye.

  But that was it.

  “I’ll call you when I get into town and when I’m headed back,” Grave said. “Try to stay out of trouble.”

  “You mean don’t burn the cabin down, since that’s literally the only thing to do.”

  He shot me a grin and I shook my head to try and stifle a smile.

  “You’ll be fine. You’re stronger than you think.”

  “You haven’t seen me without my police procedurals.”

  “Don’t get any wise ideas,” he said coyly. “Cabin fever is after a few days. Not hours.”

  “I’ll do what I can,” I said.

  I watched Grave leave the cabin and I heard him lock the door behind him. I went and stood by the window, watching as he revved his bike. There was a rush I got from hearing that thing. It was a noise I used to think was annoying. But now? I found it to be just as soothing as Grave’s arm around my waist or his lips on my skin.

  I stood there and kept my eyes on him until he became one with the trees. Then I sighed and turned around to survey the cabin.

  The only thing I knew to do was to start cooking dinner once he told me he was headed back. But until then, I had no idea how to occupy myself. I wasn’t a technological nut or anything, but I did enjoy the entertainment it provided. There was a chill still lying against my bones, so I turned my head towards the fireplace and got an idea.

  My first task was to build a fire that would warm this damn place.

  I learned very quickly what a flue was and why it needed to be opened. Thankfully, the windows had still been opened so the smoke drifted quickly out into the forest. But the fire itself was easy to start. Some twigs. Some newspaper. A few matches for a decent flame. Then I slowly set three logs on it and got some really nice heat permeating throughout the living room.

  I walked around and shut all the windows so I could keep the heat in.

  I went back into my room and rummaged around for my phone charger. Then I grabbed my phone and took it back out to the living room. Sitting on the couch, I had two bars of service. I kept bouncing between having internet and not having internet, but I figured if I plugged it up and started downloading some books, they would eventually load. Even if it took two or so hours to complete, I’d have reading material for the rest of the time Grave was gone.

  And it was better than nothing.

  I wasn’t an avid reader, but I did enjoy it. I was picky about my books, though. If the synopsis of the book didn’t give me goosebumps for one reason or another, I didn’t waste my time with it. My friends thought that was me judging a book by its cover and I would always say ‘no, it’s me judging a book by its synopsis’.

  They never found the joke as funny as I did.

  I found three books that tingled my spine, so I set them all to download. And just like I thought, their download time was around two hours. I plugged my phone up and set it on the edge of the couch, then I set off to find something else to do.

  I rummaged around in the cabinets and took stock of what I could find. Some trash bags, some cleaning supplies, a few random toiletries. I went into my room and unpacked my clothes, placing them into drawers and changing the musty sheets on the bed. I went ahead and changed Grave’s as well, seeing as we sort of mussed them up the night before.

  I smiled at the memory as a shiver crept up the backs of my legs.

  I threw everything into the washing machine, then started it up. The laundry detergent was old, at best, but it would do for the purpose I needed it for. I went in search of some new sheets to put on either bed, then made quick work of tucking in the sheets and fluffling out the comforters. The dust that flew around made me cough, so I decided to take them outside and beat them around a little bit.

 

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