Chapter 44 #3
“You’re gorgeous,” I whispered. Her smile faded slightly. “So fucking pretty.” I couldn’t help but lean forward and kiss her. The movement pushed me even deeper inside her, and I sucked in a sharp breath as she giggled again.
“You can move,” she whispered, rolling her hips just barely and making my dick spasm.
“I’m gonna blow it so fast,” I muttered.
“Who cares?” Skye asked, shocking me. “No one’s coming home tonight.”
That…was true. I pulled out just slightly, not quite ready to let go of the tight warmth, but Skye moaned when I pushed back in, and I did it again and again and again until she was panting, crying out with each thrust.
I changed my pace, tried different rhythms, everything I did got a rise out of her. Skye was moaning and groaning and crying out at every movement I made, and soon I was slamming into her while her nails bit into my ass, pulling me into her harder.
Time was a blur. We flipped at some point, and I laid back against the pillows while she rode me hard, both her hands at the base of my throat.
“You’re mine,” Skye panted. “Tell me. You’re not leaving me.”
“I’m yours,” I whispered. “No leaving.”
“Good,” she replied, then leaned forward, her warm breath fanning across my face. “Because I won’t let you. You run, and I’m going to bring you right back. You can’t resist me.”
That should’ve been a terrifying statement.
It wasn’t.
“I can’t resist you,” I agreed.
I didn’t want to resist her anymore.
“But what about–”
“Stop,” she hissed. “Get out of your head for a minute, I’m literally on your dick right now.”
I huffed a laugh, then groaned as she settled on my hips and ground against me.
“You’re mine, River. No one will hurt you ever again. You’re safe with me, always.”
I sucked in another breath as my spine began to tingle. An orgasm was coming fast, and I didn’t think she’d come again. She clenched around me, making my hips jump.
“You’re amazing,” I groaned.
“Are you gonna come?” Skye asked, grinding her hips against me harder. “Seems like I’m not that amazing.”
I choked out a laugh, then took her hips in my hands, moving her the way I needed. Skye moaned, tossing her head back and exposing several bruised spots where I’d bitten and sucked on her. She wouldn’t be able to hide this lovemaking from anyone.
Neither could I. She’d scratched and bitten all over me like a wildcat.
“River,” Skye cried. “I’m gonna come. Come with me.”
I had no idea how to do that, but as soon as she clenched around me, I was done.
I came so hard, my vision went black.
I stared up at the ceiling, still in disbelief. My heart was still racing, my breathing still heavy. Skye’s breathing had evened out almost an hour ago. She was snuggled into my side, using my arm as a pillow and appeared to be completely asleep.
Avery had summoned me to the compound. Luckily, I was already awake so he didn’t go deeper into my mind to see what I was up to, and also luckily, he hadn’t given me a specific time to arrive. I’d learned a long time ago that the loophole to Avery’s bullshit was to read between the lines.
Now I didn’t know what to do.
This wasn’t a mistake. I felt it deep in my bones, deep in my soul. Skye had felt it before me, somehow, but this was…right. I’d read over a few accounts of affinates describing how it felt to connect with their Chain. How it was life-altering. Earth-shattering.
Is that how I felt now? Or was I finally relaxed because Avery’s command had stopped prodding at me?
Regardless of how things started, we were here now. She brought me into her space, let me into her body, trusted me not to hurt her…
If only I could get away from Avery. If only I could figure out how to cut off the hold he had in my mind. It was more complicated than just taking his voice, otherwise I’d do that. No, Avery was a strong Telepath. He’d just go inside my mind, leaving searing pain in his wake.
My breath stalled, my eyes darting back to Skye’s smooth hair, fanning over her back, dried in a wild tangle.
Maybe I didn’t have to be the one to cut off the hold he had on me.
I couldn’t ask her to do this. Or could I? She’d just told me I belonged to her. There was no getting away, she said she’d come drag me back…but I didn’t want to get away.
I made my decision.
Right there, in another Chain’s bed, holding someone else’s Key…
It all seemed so fucked up…and it was. The guys would be pissed when they found out, but…she told me she’d handle them. She told me I was safe with her…and I wanted to believe her.
But I still laid in silence, frozen in panic for a long time. Every time I tried to force myself to move, nothing happened. My voice was lost. My brain was fuzzy.
I’d made my decision. And it terrified me.
I finally began to move, and Skye’s silver eyes opened easily. She hadn’t been sleeping at all.
“You’re leaving,” she breathed. A statement, not a question.
I didn’t reply to that. “I have to ask you to do something for me.”
Skye stared at me, her expression betraying nothing. “And then you’re leaving,” she whispered.
“I can’t stay,” I said, hating how my stomach churned. “Not…right now. But this…I’m in, okay?”
Skye’s expression still didn’t change.
“What do you need from me?”
“It’ll hurt,” I whispered.
She didn’t even blink.