Chapter Eighteen
As the door to his hotel room closed behind us, Shadow held me within his strong arms composed of thick-chorded muscle. I brushed up against his tight chest and my fingers found their way to the buttons of his shirt.
I undid each one with my eyes closed, my lips on his. They were gentle butterfly kisses at first that soon became eager. When the last of the buttons were undone, I practically tore off his shirt and my lips found their way onto his smooth body.
I ached for the two of us to be naked, so I could press my bare skin up against his.
My fingers explored every ridge of his chest and down to his perfectly chiseled six-pack abs. He was the epitome of the perfect physical man.
Our lips and tongues danced while our hands explored each other. His fingers moved deftly behind my back and soon, I found my dress slipping from around my breasts and down to the floor, leaving me with only my black laced bra and panties.
“Christ,” Shadow whispered, “You look amazing.” His words hit hard, abolishing any possible insecure thought or any part of my mind or heart that wasn’t sure how this would end.
“You’re not so bad yourself,” I said playfully as I pushed him down onto the bed. I wanted control of this alpha male, this secret king of the world.
“Aggressive aren’t you?” Shadow asked, lying on his back with pure heat in his eyes.
“You’ll enjoy it,” I purred as I gently bit his lip. “Trust me.”
I straightened myself and undid my bra, taking pleasure in the pur e hungry look on his face as I stood bare in front of him. Shadow reached for me, his strong hands cupping my breasts, now full and heavy with need. Shivers ran through my body at his touch and all I wanted was more.
He pinched my nipple lightly and I let out a soft moan as he tugged on it gently, before reaching up and taking it fully in his mouth.
I undid the top button of his shorts, and then unzipped him.
His erection stood tall, pushing from beneath his boxer-briefs. I pulled down his underwear, revealing the full length of his magnificent cock. I gripped it gently in between my hands and felt its warmth as it pulsated beneath my touch.
“You’re so hard,” I gasped. Shadow grinned and then in one swift motion, flipped me around. I found myself lying on my back with him now on top of me.
“Sorry Virgin, but now I’m in control,” he growled.
His hand found the sweet spot in between my legs, his fingers rubbing my mound underneath my panties. Why the fuck were those still on?
Take the damn thing s off already , I wanted to scream.
As if he were reading my thoughts, his fingers hooked around the side string. Shadow’s eyes focused in on me as he ripped them off my body in a seemingly effortless tug.
Fuck!
With my underwear a non-issue, Shadow spread my legs apart and slipped two fingers inside me and I immediately groaned and threw my head back. As he moved his fingers in and out of me while the pad of this thumb massaged my clit, I shivered and moaned. His touch alone was fucking incredible and I could only imagine what his cock would feel like inside me.
“Fuck me,” I practically begged.
“Not yet,” he smiled.
His tongue worked wonders around my sex, like nothing I had ever felt before, every gentle stroke driving me absolutely wild. Then his fingers were back inside me and I was lost. I grabbed the back of his head as I shamelessly thrusted my hips to meet his hand.
He made a sexy sound of approval against my clit as I felt the softness of his tongue.
“Shadow…” I gasped. He continued licking every inch of me. I shuddered every time his soft tongue brushed around my clit. As I began to climax, he lifted his head and looked at me.
“Please,” I begged. “Fuck me.”
“Say it again,” he groaned as he hovered over me. I pulled at his massive arms, willing him down on top of me. His solid hard body didn’t move. I arched my hips against his erection feeling the delicious friction and screamed with an insatiable need.
“Please…please.”
He pushed my legs apart and plunged into me.
His thrusts were slow at first, filling every inch of me, sending my body into a state of bliss.
Shadow leaned down, kissing me with a feverish desperation that I returned eagerly. He gave off a primal scent that was raw and animalistic. It was utterly intoxicating.
He quickened his pace, each penetration fueling me with hot desire. It didn’t take long before I felt my entire body seized by an orgasm and I arched my back and allowed the shockwaves of pleasure overtake my body
“Get on top,” he instructed.
I unleashed a deep-throaty moan as I glided down the full length of him and began sliding up and down his hardness.
Shadow’s grip on my hips and ass tightened while he told me to ride him harder and faster.
I did.
I felt myself beginning to climax again.
I moaned, shouting out some combination of Shadow’s name and something dirty–what exactly I couldn’t remember. I was enjoying my orgasm too much to recall anything else but his body, and the electrifying sensation I was feeling.
I suddenly felt Shadow tense up beneath me and he let out a groan of his own, filling me as he erupted.
When he was finished, I collapsed on top of him, and brushed his face with gentle kisses, before planting a long one firmly on his mouth.
He smiled at me and ran his strong hands through my hair, “Well if you were a virgin before, you definitely aren’t one now.”
I smacked him lightly on the shoulder. “Funny.”
“I feel comfortable around you,” he said, looking at me with reverence. “It’s been so long since I felt some type of peace. It almost makes me want to forget about –”
“Forget about what?” I asked.
Shadow shook his head.
“Nothing, forget I said anything,” he sighed.
“Come on you jerk, finish your sentences. Forget about what?” As always, he had piqued my interest, I wanted to know everything about him.
“Forgetting about the vow I made to myself—that I would sacrifice everything and anything to find my parents’ killer and ruin that man’s life.”
“There’s something about finding justice that is meaningful and noble,” I said. “It can be chivalrous even. But on the flip side, the pursuit of revenge is an obsession that isn’t healthy. It can turn even the purest of hearts into hard, black shit.”
The look on Shadow’s face was an inquisitive one. “I think I know what cliché you’re about to lead into,” he sighed.
“Can’t you find your parents’ killer without the entire ‘ruining their life’ part of it?” I asked.
He shook his head. “An eye for an eye,” Shadow said. “And fuck the entire saying of how it makes the world go blind. It’ll result in a bunch of eye patches, which I’m okay with.”
“I’m sorry,” I said sincerely, “I don’t mean to lecture you or anything. I just want you to find happiness…to be at peace.”
“I’ve found some of it with you,” Shadow said. “I promise, when this is over, I will leave it all behind us. Then it’ll be just you and me, exploring the world and making love in those places. How does that sound?”
His words moved me like a beautiful song.
“Wonderful,” I said as I laid my head down on his chest and listened to his strong heartbeat. “Do whatever makes you happy as long as in the end we wind up fucking on the beach somewhere. In the meantime, I’ll wait for you.”
“Until the end of the world?” Shadow asked.
“Until the end of the world,” I agreed.
We fell asleep in each other’s arms and that night, I dreamt of long lost kingdoms, breathtaking ancient ruins, and of a man who climbed up and out of the earth, in search of what he desired most.
When I awoke, Shadow was gone, but there was a note left behind where his warm body had laid beside me.
It read:
Will you go steady with me?
- Shadow
For a man tortured by invisible demons, it was good to know that he was still a goofball.
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