The Mercenary and the Mortician (The Silent Hollow #1)

89. Cal Walker

I don’t remember uncuffing him, but I blinked again, and we were lying in the bottom of the tub. He was holding me tightly against him as I shook in his arms. My face was buried in the side of his neck, and I was crying.

“Shh, I’ve got you, angel. You’re alright,” he whispered, stroking his fingers through my hair as I fell apart. “You’re so brave, baby. I love you so much. I’m so proud of you,” he cooed.

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.” I was babbling as he stroked me, but he shook his head.

“You have nothing to be sorry for. I consented to everything you did, Callum. You’re safe. I’m ok, and you’re safe,” he promised, and I shuddered against him, shocked at how much his words comforted me.

He dropped a kiss on my forehead and brushed away the tears on my cheek with his thumb. I looked up at him and found him smiling down at me, his brandy eyes warm and full of a gentle kind of love.

No one had ever looked at me like that before, and it made my heart ache.

“Kiss me,” I found myself ordering, and he complied as he always did when I asked something of him. He leaned down to catch my lips in his, and I groaned as his familiar taste flooded my mouth.

“I need you,” I groaned, and he whimpered as I sucked his tongue into my mouth.

Without breaking away from the kiss, I reached for the table and felt around for the lube Ryan had included before fumbling to get the cap off.

“ IneedyouIneedyouIneedyou, ” I chanted against him, squirting the lube between us, barely caring where it ended up.

Swiping through the slippery substance with my fingers, I hastily reached between Ryan’s legs, smearing it over his crack. Quickly, I coated my dick with some too.

He spread his legs wider for me, arching to give me access as I notched the head of my cock against his hole.

I was too desperate to be inside him to prep him properly, and he grunted as I pushed past the tight barrier of his ass and sank all the way in.

His scorching hot channel enveloped me, and my broken mind went blank for a long, blissful moment.

Home. I was home. I was safe.

“I love you, Callum. I’ll always love you,” Ryan whispered in my ear, and his words rushed through me, causing me to move.

I ground into him, slowly dragging my cock in and out, relishing in the breathy pants he was beginning to release as I fucked into him.

“Ryan…” I groaned, curling one arm around his neck so I could hold him against me while reaching between us to fist his cock in my other hand.

“I love you, baby; I’m so sorry I hurt you,” I whispered as I slowly made love to the only man that had ever made me feel safe.

“You hurt me so good, baby. Never stop hurting me.” He nipped my ear, and I relished in the quivering moan he released as I twisted his dick gently in my hand.

“Fuck, Ryan. You’re everything to me. Do you understand? You’re everything.”

“I know, baby, I know.” He panted, and I fucked him harder. The sound of flesh pounding into flesh competed with the mellow dubstep that was still playing, and I realized that his plan had worked.

The next time I heard this song, I wouldn’t be thinking of Damian. I would be thinking of this moment and how good it felt to slide in and out of the man I loved more than anything I had ever loved before.

“Fuck… Cal, I’m gonna… I’m gonna…”

“You gonna come for me, baby?” I whispered, sliding my hand up and down his shaft. “Show me. Show me how much you love me.”

“Fuckfuckfuckfuck. Baby, I’m coming . I’m coming for you… ” He gasped, and I followed him over the edge just as his cock began to throb in my hand.

Ryan’s hot cum spurt between us as I filled his ass up with my own release. I pumped into him through the duration of my orgasm before collapsing on top of him and showering him with kisses.

“Thank you,” I whispered, dropping several kisses over his mouth and his cheeks.

He cupped my face in his hands and kissed me back.

“No need to thank me, angel. I’ll always be what you need me to be. We’re in this together.”

I nodded, feeling myself smile. I brushed a thumb over his cheek and rubbed the tip of my nose against his.

“Together,” I agreed, and he nodded.

“Forever,” he breathed, and my eyes pricked with tears.

“Forever.”