Chapter 57
elaine
Vera stood at the edge of the roof, up here where the rest of the city rolled up the hill beyond us, holding onto the chain link fence looking up at the horizon. She turned back to me with a small smile as I came out of the door.
“Hey,” I said softly. “Are you okay? Standing over here at the—”
She took my hand, tugged me towards her, and kissed me passionately. Her lips crushed against mine, and she pulled back just enough to look me in the eyes with hers shining, brushing her thumb over my face, and just when it looked like she’d speak, she kissed me again.
“You scared me,” she said finally. I blushed, burying my face in her shoulder.
“I’m sorry… I just thought it was the only thing I could do.”
“No. It’s my fault.” She sighed. “Everything I said this morning… I wasn’t thinking.”
“Vera…”
“It’s just… Elaine, once this is done, you could do anything you want to. You don’t need to be a part of this. You could go, spread your wings, be free. Live your life. Be happy.”
“This is where I want to be, Vera,” I said. “With you. If I left to go live a safe, peaceful life somewhere else… all I’d ever do would be worrying about you. I could have all the money in the world, and it wouldn’t buy me one more minute with you.”
Her breath hitched, and her voice shuddered as she spoke. “I just don’t understand. I’m a monster, Elaine. I’m a killer.”
“No.” I stepped back, my hands on her arms, looking at her.
“You’re the woman who saved me. You’re the woman who put me first, no matter what.
You’re the woman who saw how much I wanted that dress, when nobody had ever seen that before.
And you never stopped seeing me since then.
You’re the one who threw everything away for me, for us.
The one who’s been by my side through everything. ”
She pressed her lips into a thin line, her eyes shining. I wiped the tears off my cheek.
“You’re not a monster, Vera. You’re my wife.”
She let out a shaking breath. “I don’t know… how to do this, Elaine.”
“We figure it out. One day at a time. I love you. And that’s enough.”
“I love you, too.” She put her hands on my hips, holding me. “I should have told you that earlier.”
I smiled through the tears. “It’s never too late to start what you thought would never happen, Vera.”
She kissed me again, greedy, hungry for me. I threw my arms around her and held her into me, and she pushed me back up against the fence as our lips moved together.
“I have a lot of adrenaline to work off,” she murmured against my lips. I let out a breath, nodding, my chest out.
“Then take what you need, Vera,” I whispered. She bit her lip, fire flashing in her eyes.
“There’s no contract anymore.”
“We don’t need a contract. I still… belong to you.”
She moved her hands down to my sides, grabbing me and grinding her hips against mine. “That’s what I like to hear. All mine… to do what I want with.”
Heat flashed through me, and I nodded breathlessly. “Anything you want. Whenever you want it.”
She slipped her hands higher, cupping over my breasts, possessive, claiming. Reminding me what my body was here for. “And I’m going to get my use out of you.”
“Of course,” I gasped. When her hand found its way down the front of my pants, I gasped, arching into her touch. She was quick—we didn’t have much time—but I didn’t need her to be slow. I was always ready for her. My body knew its purpose.
Her fingers against the front of my underwear sent ripples through my body.
Her lips on my neck made me shudder, taking me, owning me.
The sensation of being fully exposed, here on the roof like this—even with nobody around, it made me blossom with heat.
I wanted everybody to know what I was. That I was Vera’s. That my body belonged to her.
She pushed her fingers into my underwear, claiming me, and I moaned at the touch. She applied pressure expertly on my clit, gripping me with her other hand and holding me in place.
“Good girl,” she whispered. “What a good, obedient little slut you are for me.”
“I… o-of course, ma’am…”
“Be a good slut and come for me. Make sure everyone can hear you moaning like the needy little whore you are.”
I was falling apart in no time, her fingers unmaking me.
I pushed my head back against the fence, loud, needy moans spilling out of my lips, and a throbbing orgasm pulsed through me as I came so hard my hips rattled the fence behind me, slamming back into the metal involuntarily and grinding against her hand as I came explosively on her touch.
“Good girl,” she whispered. “God, it gets me so fucking wet seeing you come like that. Be a good girl and take care of it.”
“I… yes, ma’am.” I whispered it like I was in a dream as she pushed me down to my knees in front of her, opening her pants and pushing her underwear down.
I gripped her hips and took her obediently, opening my mouth for her and letting her take it, use it.
She pushed into my mouth, grinding against me, and I sucked on her clit, moved my tongue in the way she liked, anything for her, everything for her.
Her grip tightened on the back of my head as her movements intensified, progressing from gentle rocking to full-on thrusting into me, fucking my face, like I was just an object to make her feel good.
Anything for her. Everything for her.
“That’s it,” she growled just above a whisper. “I’m going to come on your face now. Be a good little slut and take it.”
I nodded, looking up at her, and she shoved herself into me, grinding against my mouth with a low, growled curse as she came. I took it, all of it, like a good little slut, being a good girl for her.
She leaned against the fence once she was finished, breathing hard, and she pulled me up to my feet and kissed me, deep and slow and hot.
“You’re still into that even without the contract, aren’t you?” she said, and I blushed intensely, looking down.
“I-I just want to, um… satisfy you.”
She laughed, hot and heavy. “If this mission all works out… I’m going to have a lot to get out of my system once we’re done.”
“Then it’s yours,” I whispered. “Take it.”
“Mm. That’s what I like to hear.” She paused. “You know I do… love you, though.”
“Of course,” I laughed, brushing her cheek. “And I love you too. That’s why I want to make sure you have everything you want.”
She smiled, a light flashing in her eyes, before she kissed me again. She pulled back when footsteps came from the stairwell behind her, and she closed her pants again just as the door swung open and Petra came out, holding Clara and giving Vera a look.
“They got the cat out of the safehouse too,” she said. “But she’s abjectly miserable without her moms.” She paused, looking at the two of us. “Am I interrupting you fucking?”
“No, no,” I blurted. “We were just talking. About what comes next.” Vera put a hand up.
“We just finished fucking.”
“Vera!” I put my hands over my face.
“In that case, I’m not handing you the cat until you’ve dealt with the other pussy on your hands.” Clara mewed happily now in Vera’s company, though, and Petra leaned against the fence. “Operation’s ready to come together. Rail’s prepped the security for Elaine to stay here.”
“No,” I said. “I’m coming with.”
They both shot me looks, but I stood up taller.
“They want me alive. They’ll be more careful what they do if I’m with the group. And I’m done with staying off to the side while everybody else puts themselves in danger for my sake. Vera’s my wife. I’m not letting her go into this place alone.”
Vera and Petra exchanged looks, and I saw the dry smile on Petra’s face before it spread to Vera’s. “Damn,” Petra said. “She really does love you. Guess I won’t be able to knock your lights out. I’d hate to make Elaine sad.”
I pouted. “If you hurt my wife, I’m going to be mad at you.”
“Elaine,” Vera said, her voice soft but serious. “We don’t know what’s waiting for us in there. You don’t have to do this. Are you sure?”
“I’m positive,” I said. “I promise. If you’re going, then I’m going with you. This is our mission.”
She slipped her hand into mine, eyes gleaming. “Then we’d better tell Rail. There’s no time to lose.”