Chapter 9
CHAPTER NINE
WRAITH
Ipractically kick down the door to one of the empty apartments out back, then set my precious girl down before closing the door behind us. She peers up at me with questions, exhaustion, and more than a little lust in her green eyes.
I cup her face and press my lips into hers, savoring every inch of her and tying us together one soft kiss at a time.
Athena melts into my embrace and parts her lips, opening herself up to be loved in the way only I can love her.
One hand tangles in her hair, while the other slips up the back of her shirt, needing more of her skin on my skin.
A shudder ripples through her, and she exhales a deep breath between us.
“I’m so sorry for everything,” I whisper into her open mouth before kissing her again. “I’m sorry I failed to protect you. I’m sorry you’ve seen and experienced such violence. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you sooner,” I say between trailing kisses down her neck.
“I don’t want your apologies,” she whispers.
“What do you want? I’ll give you anything.” She answers by crushing her mouth over mine and tugging at my belt. I let her wrestle with my pants while I get lost in the taste of her kiss. Athena growls in frustration when she can’t get to what she wants. “Patience, my precious goddess,” I chuckle.
She pouts, but then gasps when I spin her around so her back is pressed against my front, and we're staring into the fireplace. I forgot how nice these new apartments are. Maybe we’ll have to make this a regular hookup spot.
I nibble at her exposed shoulder, then press kisses up her neck and suck on her earlobe.
“Strip for me, Athena,” I murmur, my voice low and scratchy.
Her breath hitches, and she tips her head back, tempting me to bite her creamy throat and leave my mark.
I nuzzle into her warm skin and scrape my teeth over her pulse point, groaning when she whimpers so sweetly for me.
I suck on her sweet flesh and nip her skin before kissing away the sting.
Athena nearly stumbles backward when I lean away from her to take my clothes off. I steady her with a hand on her hip and help her peel the rest of the fabric off her body. She tries spinning around in my arms, but I hold her in place, running my hands up and down her ample curves.
I palm her breasts, kneading the sensitive flesh and pinching her nipples.
Athena gasps and presses her ass into my solid erection, nestling it between her cheeks.
A growl rumbles through my chest as I rub against her.
Jesus, I love feeling her like this, skin against skin, both of us desperate, achy, on edge, yet wanting to draw out the sweet torture even longer.
One of my hands slides down her torso, playing with the soft curls covering her mound. A muffled, pinched moan escapes her mouth as I run my fingers up and down her slit, gathering her juices and pulling them up towards her sensitive little button.
“You’re soaking wet, baby. Does it hurt?”
“So bad,” she moans, nodding her head.
Athena takes in deep breath after deep breath, but it only takes a few moments for her breathing to become shallower, faster, as I keep stroking her pussy in tight circles.
Her back arches, and I lay my free arm over her breasts, crushing them and holding her close against my chest while blurring my fingers over her clit.
Athena trembles at my touch. I know she’s close, she’s right there, I can feel her climax rattling through her bones. Right before she comes, I thrust two fingers inside of her tight hole and grind my heel down on her clit.
“I…” She exhales on a ragged breath. “I think… oh, God, that feels so good. Wraith…”
I rock my hips, rubbing my cock against her ass, and sink my teeth into her shoulder, causing her orgasm to bear down on her and overwhelm her completely. I continue pumping my fingers in and out of her spasming little cunt, curling them up and tapping her most sensitive spot with each thrust.
Athena cries out as her release pours into my hand. Each jagged breath brings her more and more pleasure until her knees give out. I gently guide her onto the soft rug in front of the fireplace, positioning her on her hands and knees before standing up and getting a good look at my woman like this.
“Fucking Christ, Athena,” I growl, dropping to my knees behind her.
I run my hand between her shoulder blades and down her spine, following the trail with kisses until I get to her juicy ass.
I bite one cheek and then the other, making Athena gasp and look at me over her shoulder.
I grin and pull her cheeks apart, flattening my tongue and licking her from top to bottom.
“Oh, fuck!” she shrieks. I grunt and circle my tongue over her puckered asshole. “So… so g-good,” Athena moans breathlessly.
I harden my tongue into a point and press just inside the tight ring of muscles, causing Athena to twitch and jerk forward, resting on her forearms now instead of her hands. I grip her hips and eat out her ass, loving the uncontrollable moans falling from her lips.
My hands slide down her inner thighs, pushing them wider so I can taste more of her. I dip my head down and lick her clit, once, twice, three times, then spear my tongue in her pussy over and over.
I tease one entrance, then the other, before going back to her clit again.
Athena is fucking dripping for me, her cries muffled from where her face is buried in the rug.
I stare at her perfect little pussy as it clenches and releases a wave of cream just for me.
I give my goddess one last lingering lick and savor the way her entire body tenses and vibrates with the need to come.
Without warning, I slam my cock into her, setting off her long-awaited orgasm.
Her screams pierce the air, and I loop my arm underneath her hips, holding her up when her legs give out. Athena’s entire body throbs as her cunt squeezes me so damn tight. I hold myself still, wanting to feel her orgasm while buried deep inside her.
When it starts to fade, I pull back and steady her on her hands and knees again before thrusting into her over and over. I look between us and take in the sight of her pussy stretching around my thick dick, taking all of my inches like a good girl.
"Fuck, that's good, Athena. So fucking good," I grit out, wrapping my fist around her hair. I tug, causing her back to arch so she can take me even deeper.
“Ohmygod, ohmygod, Wraith…”
“Yeah? This what you need? Need your man to remind you who you belong to?”
“Y-Yes. I need… I need…”
“What do you need, Athena? Tell me,” I growl.
“I need you to remind me this is real.” It’s barely a whimper, but her words completely destroy me.
I fall down on top of her, catching myself on my hands and caging her in with my body. My chest presses into her back, my arms are on either side of hers, and our fingers are locked together. I rut into her, grinding down, and filling up every single inch of her wet, silky heat.
“You’re real, Athena. I’m real. What we have is every-fucking-thing to me. You’re safe. You’re free. You’re mine,” I say in between powerful thrusts.
“Yours, yours, yours,” she chants, throwing her head back and resting it on my shoulder as I tear her apart in the way she needs. In the way we both need. I want to rip out all her painful, lonely, dark memories and replace them with pleasure, joy, and light.
“That’s right, little goddess. Feel this with me.”
“Wraith,” she gasps, pressing her tear-stained cheek against mine. “Wraith, I’m gonna…”
“Fuck yes, come for me,” I groan, absolutely overwhelmed by how perfect and complete this moment feels.
Athena inhales sharply and holds her breath as her whole body goes stiff.
I pull out as far as I can from this angle and hammer into her as her pussy spasms and floods with her orgasm.
I feel her gushing for me, the sloppy sounds we’re making topped only by the broken whimpers Athena lets out with each breath.
My vision goes white as I wrap an arm around her hips and hold still inside of her.
Athena squirms and squeals, both of us crying out our release together, her slick cunt sucking up thick ropes of my cum.
I keep coming, squeezing my eyes shut as her pussy locks up, pulsing, fluttering, and creaming all over me yet again.
It lasts for fucking ever. She keeps coming, and when it seems as though I’ve taken everything she can give me, I lean back and grip her hips, fucking myself with her limp body.
“I love you,” I grunt, transfixed as I empty the last of my cum and pull out of her, my dick messy with our combined releases.
I collapse next to Athena on the rug and roll her over, draping her trembling body over my chest and wrapping her up in my arms. She snuggles closer, kissing my chest and tucking her face into the side of my neck.
We stay like that, curled up together, letting the sweat dry on our skin.
“I love you,” I say again, making sure she heard me. Athena confessed in front of my closest brothers, and I was too awestruck to say it back to her in the moment.
She props herself up on my chest, her hair a beautiful mess, her emerald eyes warm with satisfaction, and the knowledge that she is loved. I want her to always look at me like that. I’m damn proud that I make her feel this way.
“I love you so much, Wraith. I didn’t know I was capable of loving someone. I thought I was too broken, but then you… Thank you,” she says softly, pressing the sweetest of kisses to my forehead. This woman. I don’t know how I lived my life up until now without her.
“Why are you thanking me?”
“For…” she pauses, studying me intently. A thousand thoughts swirl in her eyes. I swear I can see each one as she decides what to tell me. For not giving up, for not hurting me like everyone else, for believing in me, for wanting me, for loving me, for making me real.
Tears form and fall before she can say anything. I wipe them away and tuck her into my side.
“I’ve got you, love. I’m right here.”
We stayed wrapped up in each other’s embrace for what feels like hours, talking about nothing and everything, and sometimes not talking at all. We don’t always need words. With Athena, even the silence is filled with love.
The fight to end Sons of Destruction and the auction they brought into town isn’t over, but these moments make the fight worthwhile. I’ve never had a woman to come home to or care for. I want to cook for her and feed her and give her everything her heart desires.
There will always be a new monster to vanquish, but with Athena by my side, I know we’ll slay every dragon.