Chapter 22
Legacy
Lying in bed with Kate and not touching her was hell. Pure and simple. It wasn’t even that she didn’t want me to touch her because she did. She was curled up into my side, her fingers tracing up and down my chest and stomach. Every now and then, she would move her hand lower before I caught her wrist and placed her hand back over my heart.
It was safer that way. If I let her touch me anywhere else, then I would lose control and take her. She was healing, but she wasn’t healed. I didn’t want to be the asshole that took advantage of her.
Oh hell, who was I kidding? I so wanted to be that asshole.
“Will you stop trying to feel me up, Kate?” Again, I caught her wrist.
“Will you stop stopping me, then?” She giggled. I glanced at her, loving every tiny movement on her face. The pretty way her lips tilted up at the edges because she was trying not to belly laugh, the peaceful way her eyes were half closed. She looked like a goddess. And she was all mine.
I was a lucky son of a bitch.
Shifting my weight, I leant over her, keeping my weight on my hands. “I am not just here for your sexual gratification, Kate,” I admonished, but I couldn’t keep the smile from my face.
“You’re not?” Several emotions swept across her face in quick succession. “In that case, I should probably go.” She burst into fits of giggles.
“Woman,” I growled out. I liked her teasing, but that was enough. I didn’t want to talk anymore. Kissing her seemed like a much better thing to be doing with our mouths. So I pressed my lips against hers, my tongue sliding into her mouth.
Instantly, she kissed me back, her arms pulling me down more firmly on top of her.
God, I wanted to get lost in her. Sink so far into her that she forgot her own name and screamed only mine.
“You’re killing me, Kate.” With a groan, I rolled off of her, throwing my arm over my face.
“You could just give in.” She smiled sweetly, and I groaned again, louder this time. She was killing me. With her sweet face and come to bed eyes and that body that just seemed to beg me to kiss it.
“You need to rest.”
She turned, and it was her turn to groan. “I need you, Legacy. I’m not dying and I’m not made of glass. You’re not going to break me.”
Turning on my side, I let my forehead rest against hers. This close, she was blurry, but it didn’t matter. I had memorised every feature a long time ago.
“Oh, I’m going to ruin you, Kate. Have you begging and pleading and even then, I’m not going to stop until you’ve cum one last time.”
She exhaled, her lashes fluttering. “Yes, please.”
I walked into that one. And how was I meant to tell her no when she was looking at me like she was?
“I’ll make you a deal.” Softly, I ran my hand up her thigh. She trembled under my touch. Her legs parted to give me easy access, but I didn’t go that far. “If you sleep and rest tonight, then tomorrow…”
Her eyes twinkled. “Tomorrow you will what?”
“I’ll wake you up with the best orgasm of your life.”
“You will, huh?”
Pushing at her shoulders until she was on her back with her head in the pillows. “Yes, but only if you close your eyes and sleep now.”
She did what I asked instantly, and I found myself smiling down at her.
“You promise?”
“Cross my heart, babe.” I settled next to her, pulling her into my arms. “Tomorrow I am going to…” I trailed off as Kate’s soft snores filled the quiet room and I smiled. “Just sleep, baby girl.” Smoothing back her hair, I kissed her head.
I was tired as well. But I didn’t want to drift off. I wanted to lie and watch her as she did. I’d almost lost her. How close I’d actually come to never holding her again filled me with dread. If I had my way, I would never let her out of my sight ever again.
I didn’t know how long I lay with her in my arms, but I had almost dropped off when I heard a soft rap of knuckles on the door. They were so quiet that at first I thought I had imagined them.
Until it happened again.
Untangling myself from Kate’s arms, I swung open the door just enough to see Duke staring back at me. He didn’t seem fazed that I was naked.
“Tell me.” I knew there had to be a good reason if he was knocking on my door in the middle of the night.
“We’ve found him.”
Oh, it was a good reason alright. There couldn’t be a better one. Glancing over my shoulder at Kate, I found myself smiling.
Tonight, her nightmare would be over once and for all. She would be free of the fear of Tristan Hunter. We could start living our lives properly.
“If you want to stay here with her, I can handle it for you.”
I shook my head. I wanted to stay with Kate, I really did, but I wouldn’t be able to rest until I knew the threat was gone forever.
“No, I need to do this myself.”
My hair was still wet from the shower when I crawled back into bed and into the arms of the woman I loved just before dawn.
It was over. We ended it quickly. Much faster than Tristan had deserved. I would have liked to have drawn it out a little more. But I needed to get back to Kate.
Her body was warm and soft next to mine. Comforting.
She was exactly what I needed. Not just in my life in general, but right then and there. I needed her goodness in my life after the blood that had just coated my hands.
“Legacy?” she said sleepily, her hands reaching for me.
“I’m here, baby.” Planting a kiss just below her ear, I suddenly remembered what I had promised her.
I needed that as well.
I needed to make her cum.
Kissing my way down her body, I took my time. Her little moans and whimpers were like music to my ears. Throwing one of her slender legs over my shoulder, I settled myself between her legs. I lapped at her, keeping my tongue flat and hard.
“Legacy,” she moaned my name again, louder this time.
“I’m right here, baby.” Parting her with my fingers, I licked her from ass to clit, swirling my tongue around it.
“Mmhmmm.” Her hands clutched at my hair. “I am aware.” There was no sleepiness in her voice. “Where have you been?”
“Sorting out business.” I sucked the little bundle of nerves into my mouth hard. “I’ll tell you about it after I’ve made you cum, just like I promised.”
Twisting my fingers inside of her, I worked her body until I felt her start to quiver around me. Pulsating. Even the way she breathed told me how close she was.
I loved that. How quickly I could make her lose control with just a few licks and sucks.
“Come here.” Kate’s hands tugged at my shoulders, drawing me up and away from her sweet pussy. I growled out something that sounded like no and her giggles filled the room around me.
“I need you inside of me, Legacy,” she whimpered. “I need you in my body when I cum.”
I closed my eyes. Those filthy words coming from that sweet mouth were everything.
“I’ll be anywhere you want me to be, Kate.” Holding my weight off of her, I found her lips with mine and kissed her over and over again. Back and forth between her wet pussy, I coated my cock in her juices. But I didn’t push my way into her body. I wanted to tease her some more, first.
“Where were you, Legacy?”
I slipped into her an inch, swallowing down her moans as she stretched around me. “I was sorting something out.” Another inch and I closed my eyes as her wet heat gripped me tightly. “It’s all over now.”
Her nails scratched at my ass, pulling me into her, and I sank in deep. My balls drew up tight as I forced myself not to give into the temptation of fucking her silly.
“Over?” She bit at my shoulder, muffling her cries, which echoed in time with my thrusts. “Do you mean…?”
“Yeah.” I found her lips again, kissing her deeply. “It’s over now, Kate. No one will ever hurt you again. From now on, it’s just you and me.” And Conner, I added silently.
“Just…you and…and me.” Her words were jumbled. She was losing herself in pleasure just like I wanted her to. “You promise?”
Capturing her wrists, I pinned them to the bed. “I promise.”