Chapter 8
Chapter Eight
KILLIAN
The smell of sweet sticky cotton candy invades all my senses.
I slowly open my eyes and pray that my dream was not a nightmare.
When I see wild red hair spread out across my chest and partly in my face, I relax.
It was real, and she’s still here. Not only is she here, but she’s wrapped around me. She’s mine.
One of her legs is thrown over me, resting right on my cock.
Her arm is draped across my stomach and her head on my chest. My own arm is wrapped around her, keeping her snugly pressed into my side.
It’s as though we’ve slept together a million times.
There’s a strange familiarity to it, even though it is our first time.
But if I’m being honest, that’s how it’s been with my little Zolotse since the moment we met.
Last night I'd had to create space between us before I did something I couldn't take back.
I'm not a good man. When I want anything, I simply take it.
The thing is, I've never wanted to take a woman before, but what I want more than having my way with every inch of Teddy's soft, delicate body is to make her smile and oddly for her to like me.
No one likes me. I don't like myself most days.
I didn't want to do anything that would risk changing that. Anything that might stop her from crawling into my lap again of her own free will.
I've never been big into jacking off, but sometimes your body needs the release. A rush of adrenaline can do that to you, or waking up with a hard-on. It's the same as scratching an itch.
That is not what it was last night when I was beating off over the toilet, eyes closed as I thought about my dick being in Teddy's soft, welcoming pussy. I'd come so hard it was almost painful, and my dick still hadn't gone down.
When I came back out, she was already asleep.
I grabbed one of the chairs and pulled it over to her side of the bed and simply watched her for a few hours trying to figure out what spell she'd cast over me. Not that I wanted an antidote for it. This is the first time I've felt truly alive. I enjoy watching her, talking to her, and every other little detail about her. She’s one of a kind. She’s also mine.
Now that I’ve had a taste of her, there is no going back for either one of us. She sealed her fate when she pressed her soft lips to mine.
A small sigh comes from her, interrupting my thoughts of how I’m going to keep her forever, and she starts to move her legs. I grit my teeth, but a groan still manages to rip free, her leg rubbing against my cock. She has no fucking clue how sexy she is, which only adds to her appeal.
"Huh?" she asks, her head popping up but her eyes still closed.
Slowly she blinks them open, and I expect her to freak out, to forget where she is and why a man three times her size is in bed with her. Instead, I get a bright smile that warms even the darkest parts of my tainted soul.
I don’t deserve to be this close to her, to touch her, or to breathe the same air as this innocent creature. But that’s not going to stop me.
“Sleep okay?” I ask her, wishing she would have slept longer. I enjoy the feel of her body pressed to mine. She nods her head.
“Did I cuddle attack you?” With her hair a mess and her eyes still filled with sleep, she has to be the most adorable creature on this earth.
Her grandmother might have had the right idea keeping her tucked away from a world that would taint that.
Now that I am here, I can protect her innocence.
Any and all tainting will be done by me and only me.
“If this is what ‘cuddle attack’ means, then you can do it to me anytime.”
"I don't know." She strums her fingers on my chest. "Last night you ran from me." Her smile grows. "Which is kind of funny when I really think about it. How could you be scared of me?"
If anyone has the skill set to hurt me, it would be her and her alone. Fuck, I hadn't thought about that until this moment.
"I didn't want to scare you," I tell her, making her brows rise.
"How can I be scared of you? You're the best human ever," she tells me. "Wait, Lily Pad is too." She scrunches her nose. "I mean, it's a close race, but Lily might beat you by this much." She shows a tiny sliver between two fingers.
"Okay," I agree, uncertain about how to respond to that. I'm not anywhere close to a good human.
"Did I hurt your feelings?" Her bottom lip puffs out, making an uneasy feeling creep in.
"No."
"So you get it? She's my best friend."
"It's fine, Teddy Bear," I reassure her, making her smile come back. That uneasy sensation dissipates. Holy fuck. If she's smiling or not even fucks with me. I've lost it, but it doesn't matter. “I need to feed you,” I tell her.
"Okay." She scrambles out of bed, and I miss her warmth immediately. "I'm going to brush my teeth so maybe you'll kiss me again." She practically hops to the bathroom.
I close my eyes for a second, trying to calm my body down.
Never in my life have I felt so out of control.
Kiss her? That’s the least I want to do.
Fuck her into the mattress is more like it.
I sit up, gripping the back of my neck. A slight crunch caught my attention, the snapping sound coming from near the window.
I walk over to it and rip the curtain back, but no one is there.
I push open the window and look down at the ground, seeing a set of boot prints right outside it. The hell.
"I'm going to go check on something real quick," I tell Teddy, throwing on some clothes. She pops her head out of the door with a toothbrush in her mouth. "See about checking us out of the room and asking if there is anywhere local where we can grab breakfast."
She gives me a thumbs-up. I make sure the windows are secure before I head out toward the front desk.
There is a new woman behind the desk this morning.
"You guys have cameras in the parking lot?" I ask her.
"Ah, yeah." She was hesitant to answer me. I pull out a couple of hundreds and slide them across the desk.
"My SUV was messed up last night. I want to see if it's on tape."
"Come on back." She nods toward the office right behind the desk. It doesn't take her long to pull them up. A chime goes off. "Let me check them in." I nod as she gets up, going back to the front desk.
I drop down into the chair and rewind the feed until I see what I'm searching for. It makes my blood run cold.
"You found it?" the woman asks when I exit the office. I only grunt a response.
I make my way down the hallways, pausing at the room labeled maintenance. I test the knob, and it's locked. I quickly pop it and slip right in.
The bald maintenance man sits at his desk, his back to me. He is engrossed in footage he's taken of women without them ever knowing. I creep up behind him as he scrolls to another one. My blood boils when I see the footage is of my Teddy Bear in the bathroom.
A rage I’ve never felt before overtakes me. I’ve killed a lot of men in my life, but never has one deserved it more than this motherfucker.
I grab him by the back of the neck and throw him into the wall. I’m disappointed that when he hits the ground he’s already knocked out. I want to make him suffer a million times worse than this, but it will have to do. My Teddy Bear is waiting for me to return.
I kneel down beside him, and wrapping my hands around his face, I quickly snap his fucking neck. He’s lucky I’m in a rush. I go over to the computer and begin to work on wiping it clean of the footage of Teddy.
When I see footage of the front desk girl from the night before I debate if I should handle her as well. She upset Teddy, but my sweet Teddy would likely not be too happy if I took her out.
As for this fuckwit, I’m not letting that shit go. He has keys to all the rooms here, being a maintenance engineer, and his Peeping Tom tendencies would have only escalated. It’s better that I got rid of him now.
I double-check that all the footage from last night and any trace of myself and Teddy is gone and turn off the cameras so that we can leave without being recorded.
I could possibly call it in, but I'm under a fake name, and I'll change my plates at the next stop.
That's easier than getting pulled in and grilled.
When I step back into the room, Teddy is all ready to go. "Where's your crown?" I ask her, and she gives a small shrug.
"I put it back into my bag."
"You don't like it?"
She chews on her bottom lip, making me want to suck on it. "It's silly and childish."
Now it's me that shrugs. "I don't believe so, but who cares if it is?"
"You really don't think it is?"
I make my way over to her, needing to touch her. "It shouldn't matter what I think. If it pleases you, then it pleases me."
"Pleases?" A small laugh leaves her. "You're right." Her chin knocks up a few degrees. "You can help me pick one." I watch as she dumps part of her bag out. I'd gotten a quick peek into one, but holy fuck, she should not be carrying that amount of valuables around.
A couple of crowns and bracelets lie on the bed, along with a few small stacks of cash and miscellaneous items. She rifles through them like they're not real. They are. Other people would believe they're fake, however, because it's hard to believe otherwise.
"This one." I pick up a gold crown that has emerald jewels in it. "It suits you." I watch as she puts it on. The gold appears brighter against her red hair. The emeralds are a perfect match to her eyes.
"Now my kiss?" she asks. I cup the back of her neck with my hand and tug her into me. The same hand that I used to snap a man's neck not even five minutes ago.
Teddy’s whole body sinks right into mine as I press my mouth to hers.
How are her lips even softer now? She parts them for me so I can slide my tongue into her mouth.
A small moan leaves her that goes straight to my cock.
I have to pull myself away from her before this goes too far.
We need to get out of here before the dead body is found. If it hasn’t been already.
"I need to get food in you."
"You don't need any?" She smiles up at me. So trusting and pure. How am I not going to ruin that? There is no guarantee that I won’t, besides killing myself. I'm unwilling to do that or to let her go either.
"You come first."
“Killian.” Her cheeks flush a soft pink. “That sounds dirty.”
“Still stands,” I tell her as I start to pack her things back up for her. I offer her my hand, and she slips hers into mine without hesitation.
I’m never letting her go.