17. Dom
DOM
I went into the woods to be alone — to clear my head, to exorcize whatever demons were trapped in my chest far from anywhere they could hurt anyone else.
Or anywhere that my mother could chastise me.
The disappointment in Vivienne’s eyes was almost as bad as the way Kiera flinched when my fist met the dashboard.
Despite what Kiera might think, I didn’t want to be like this. I’d spent my entire life trying to avoid becoming my father. But his anger lived deep in my soul, something that felt like it had sunk its talons in the moment I saw Kiera on that bed in front of Kieth.
There was no escaping any of it. Especially not Kiera.
Maybe once they’re all dead it’ll go away.
I stared down at Kiera’s half-asleep body, blinking away sleep in the bed.
Her fucking dog had followed me into the woods, refusing to give me time to myself and instead haunting my shadow. Every time I met her big brown eyes, they pleaded with me to come home.
Eventually, I felt bad keeping the rottie out in the woods in the rain. She was built for it but I knew she wasn’t comfortable.
I’d have to come back to the house at some point. And all I could do was hope that the impromptu run through the forest had gotten some of it out.
At the very least, the house was going to be quiet.
Something that turned out to be true.
And as I prowled upstairs, I thought I’d calmed myself down enough.
But then I opened the door. And she looked so afraid and confused. Her skimpy pajamas left her vulnerable, soft skin ready for me.
And then all of those uncontrollable urges rushed back.
Need ate at the lining of my stomach — whether it was to have or destroy her, I couldn’t be sure.
But my chest heaved as the words left my chest. “I’ve been patient enough, Viper.”
She couldn’t even open her mouth, hardly registering the monster at the foot of her bed, before I had strode across the room and gripped her ankles. The rage made her feel like she was made of paper. Yanking her out from under the thin top sheet, I spread her legs and pressed myself between them.
“Dom…” she whimpered.
Ignoring her, I grabbed the silky fabric of her pajama shirt and tore away the buttons. A few of them clattered to the floor, exposing her chest to me.
Her perky nipples stood on edge as she half-assedly thrashed underneath me.
My mouth was clasped over one of her tits too quickly for her to stop me. But her moans told me to keep going.
This was our arrangement. We both wanted each other in some primal way. And we’d never admit it in the light of day, never to anyone else. Just to each other in these grunts and growls in the dark.
I let my teeth sink into the flesh of her nipples, hard.
Kiera’s hand flew to my head, making a fist in my hair as she tried to pull me away.
But I felt her hips buck against my center, shifting the strap in my pants.
“Oh, fuck.” She moaned, her grip on my skull loosening.
I liked her like this. Compliant. Too asleep to deny how badly she wanted it.
As if she could read my thoughts, Kiera’s eyes jolted wide open. “Fuck off, Dom.” She used her grip on my head to peel my mouth off of her tit. Her thrashing grew more violent, pressing a palm into my chest as she tried to squirm away.
It only made me want her more, that she was trying so hard to resist her natural urge to let me take her.
Gripping her wrists with one hand, I pressed her hands into the mattress. The other I brought to her mouth and covered it. “Shh. You don’t want them to know what we’re doing, do you?”
She snarled under my hands. “Fuck you.” A fire lived in her green eyes, even in the darkness of the witching hour. She egged me on, knowing I wouldn’t stop.
It just made me want to break her even more.
“Don’t lie to me, Viper. You’re desperate for my cock.”
“You wish.” Kiera bit back, jolting forward and testing my grip on her arms.
Pressing my body weight down into her wrists, I hissed as I brought my other hand to the hem of her piped pajamas, ripping at the fabric of the shorts and her thong.
The sound of the tearing elicited a moan from my little captive.
“See, you want me to take you.”
She shook her head, biting her lip as she thrashed. “And you want to share a bed, don’t you?”
Ignoring her, I licked my lips and shoved my hand between her legs. “If you really don’t want it, you wouldn’t be wet.”
A laugh ripped through my chest as I felt her dripping pussy. Coating my finger in her pleasure, she gasped as I teased her entrance, trying to sink her hips onto my fingers. But instead, I pulled it away and brought it to her face.
“You’re a bad fucking liar, Viper.” I snarled down at her, the sight of her come making my core ache for her.
She was awake now, the fire in her eyes strong as she tried to push me off. “So are you. Desperate to be in the same fucking room as me.”
In a growl, I pressed my excitement-soaked finger to her lips. “Desperate to make you submit.”
Licking her teeth, Kiera pulled my finger into her mouth. Her emerald eyes stayed on mine, sucking my finger into the back of her throat and cleaning her come off. My eyelids fluttered at the feeling, imagining my strap pressing into the back of her throat.
“FUCK!” I yelped as she sunk her teeth into the flesh.
Laughing, Kiera clicked her tongue. “Shh. Don’t want them to hear you, do you?”
A fire lit in my chest, she was only proving how badly she needed to be dominated. And I wasn’t going to back down.
But as I reached between my legs, freeing the strap from my pants, Kiera’s thighs tightened, holding me in place and squeezing air from my lungs.
“Tell me you want it.” Her eyes pierced mine in the darkness. As I was about to laugh in her face, Kiera kept going. “I’ll let you do whatever you want to me. Just say it. Say that you want me.”
My jaw tensed at the challenge. “Let me? I’ll fucking take you whenever I please.”
But Kiera’s thighs tightened, halting my movement. I tried to wedge them open with my hand but one wasn’t enough. If I wanted to pry her legs open, I’d have to drop my grip on her wrists, making it even easier for her to push me off.
Fucking Leo, teaching her to lift.
Kiera shook her head, stopping her body from moving entirely. “But I know what you really want, Dom.”
“Is that right, little whore?” Pressing her wrists harder into the duvet, I brought my mouth just centimeters from hers.
Nodding, Kiera breathed into my mouth. “For me to want it.”
The air in my lungs flushed out. I didn’t want her to know she was right. In all the times I’d had her, the desire had been quiet. An unspoken need that both of us couldn’t deny but we’d never admit.
Except for the garage. And she’d left me on the hook.
I wouldn’t let her do that to me again.
Not ready to quit, I took advantage of her vulnerability, pressing my hips into her thighs and forcing myself an inch closer to her center. I could feel the tip of my strap rub into her folds.
Another inch and I could sink inside her.
But Kiera used her knees to push me out again.
“Fuck.” I hissed, desperation starting to seep into my own voice.
“Just say it, Dom.” She winked at me, clearly proud of how long she’d held me off. “I won’t tell.”
My eyes caught on her lips, the sensation of her mouth on my fingers sending a jolt of electricity straight to my core.
I need her.
One final thrash proved that she wouldn’t give in. Not without screaming, alerting everyone to what we were up to.
She’d caught me.
Jaw clenched, I leaned into her ear and rumbled out a confession. “I want you, Kiera.”
“More.” She demanded.
“I need you. I need your body.”
“Not enough.” She turned her head away from me.
Releasing my grip on her wrists, I gripped her chin and pulled her ear back toward my lips, biting into the cartilage. “Kiera, I would travel to the depths of hell, let my flesh burn off into eternity, murder a thousand men — just to have you once.”
A deep moan ripped from her chest as she released her grip on my hips.
There were seconds before I slipped my cock into her pussy. Soaked, my strap pushed into her with one thrust.
“Fuck.” She whimpered as I filled her.
The dam broke, she brought her hands to my back, sinking her nails into my skin, as her head pressed into the pillows.
Groaning into her, I let my head fall to her chest. I held myself above her with one arm, bringing the other to her hips and gripping the soft flesh.
Another pathetic whimper slipped from her lips as I buried my fingers into her skin, pressing my cock deeper inside. I could feel her stretching around me, testing her limits.
“Dom,” Her words were breath caressing my ear as I pounded into her. “Oh, god.”
Trying to stop herself from reaching her climax, her eyelids fluttered as she felt my length.
I let myself look at her, to watch her face. I hadn’t let myself have her like this, face to face. Instead, I’d taken her from behind, unwilling to accept what I’d been feeling for her. But tonight, there was no denying it.
I needed her. Not just to let me ruin her — but to feel this closeness. In all of these years apart, I hadn’t let anyone in like this.
Whether we liked it or not, the two of us were stuck together. Fated by the decisions of our parents and the need for vengeance.
Her nails dug farther into my back, almost certainly drawing blood. A growl came from my throat as I felt the strap press into my hard clit at the same time. I wasn’t going to stop, not until I’d claimed her as my own.
And she was my little rag doll. A play thing for me to have when I demanded it.
Tightening my grip on her hip, I pulled her down onto my cock.
A shocked gasp forced her eyes open as she felt her body shudder underneath me. Her green eyes met mine, refusing to break as her body seized and shook.
She could hardly mutter out a, “fuck,” as she came on me.
I wasn’t done with her, desperate for relief. I hadn’t found it in the woods, but maybe I could find it in the Viper’s nest.
Limp from pleasure, Kiera’s head rolled into the pillow. But her arms wrapped tightly around my back. “Come in me, Dom. Please.”
In the light of day I would be embarrassed by how quickly that sent me rocketing toward my orgasm. In that moment, it was all I needed for my body to release inside of her. My jaw clenched tight enough to obliterate my teeth, my grip on her flesh sure to leave bloody bruises as my hips stilled.
“Shit.” I growled as my heart pounded to my climax.
As soon as I came, I felt the reality of what we’d done smack me in the face.
Pulling my strap out of her, I tucked it back into my pants and rolled off of her. I faced the wall, yanking blankets over my exposed body and stared at the wall.
I didn’t know if we would survive the next phase of our plan.
I shouldn’t have let her in, not like this.
But as my eyes grew heavy, one thought played over in my mind.
I should have kissed her.