Chapter 31 #2
“I’m sorry to say it so matter of fact, but now you’re back, I thought maybe you deserved the truth, or at least to know there could be more to her cold case.
I don’t have all the facts yet, Dove, but I’m working on it.
” She sucks in a deep breath then rolls her lips.
“I guess for now, I’m just saying be really careful.
I’m pretty positive Keller had something to do with your mother’s death, and I don’t want you to end up dead at the hands of his son. ”
A shiver slithers down my spine. This is a warning about Kasen. I take a shaky step back. “I don’t think he would really hurt me,” I whisper almost to myself. Would he?
“Yeah, and I bet your mum thought the same, and that’s why she so fearlessly stood up to him.”
The door behind us opens, and I jump, thinking it’s the man himself. A couple of girls come in with their arms around each other laughing loudly, clearly more than a little tipsy.
There is a new nervousness flashing in her eyes I don’t like. “Good luck with it all, you lucky girl. Guess I will be writing a story about your wedding next,” she says all perky, before leaving me alone, wondering what on earth just happened.
That was strange, freaky strange. Has she uncovered something while she’s been investigating the family?
Is that what she was trying to get at? She thinks Keller might have been the one to kill my mum, but what evidence does she have?
Shit, why didn’t I ask more questions. I was in shock and not prepared.
I’m going to need to track her down again, without the boys around.
With shaky hands, I shove open the door and flinch when I find the man himself waiting for me, leaning into the adjoining wall. “Took your time.” He smirks.
As much as my insides are churning uncomfortably, I narrow my eyes on him, trying to act normal. “Ah, creepy stalker much? Why are you waiting for me outside the women’s bathroom?”
He closes the gap between us so quickly it sends my heart into overdrive. “Because I don’t trust you. What chick runs off when she’s about to orgasm?” His eyes bore through me, dark and unhinged.
Shit, why is he being so intense? Does he somehow know what we were just talking about?
He couldn’t unless they have surveillance with sound in the bathrooms, and that is an icky thought.
He grabs my hand and pulls me behind a curtain with him into a backstage area.
From here the music Bodhi’s band is playing is even louder.
His voice is hypnotic, almost haunting as he belts out “Your Heart Is as Black as Night.” I wish I was in the crowd watching him.
Kasen backs me into a wall, one hand on my waist, the other fisted into my hair. “What did I tell you?” His eyes flash with darkness.
“If I took too long you would come find me and make it hurt. I’m pretty sure that’s what I heard.”
His lips twitch at the sides into an evil smile he does so well. “Yeah, it was something like that.”
His hand closes over my throat, and he tests out his grip like he’s about to strangle me. “You ready to stop running from me, birdie?”
Fuck, I should say no, especially after what Miss Arnott just told me, but with his hands on me like this, I’m useless. He’s about to make good on a promise. I can’t resist, even though I know it’s a terrible idea.
Every so often, Slater circles the stage, his eyes darting back toward us as if he expected to find us here. His eyes lock with mine when he does, just as dark and intense as Kasen’s, and I know he might be happy to watch what we’re up to, but he’s not going to save me from his mate.
“Eyes on me.” Kasen’s fingers tighten around my neck.
I flick my gaze back to him, a shiver running through me. I’m panting, so turned on I’m going to fall apart, and he’s not even done anything to me yet. I’m that pathetic for him. His other hand moves under my dress, and he tugs my panties down my legs, letting them fall to the floor.
“Where were we?” He pushes three fingers deep inside of me.
A cry flies from my mouth at the sudden fullness.
“Shhh, birdie, you don’t want all those nice people out there to hear you, do you?
” He pumps his fingers in and out of me roughly like he wants me to cry out and be heard.
Like this is an impossible challenge he’s setting me, and I’m sure it is.
This is him at his best, playing a game, toying with me.
“Fuck you,” I sneer.
He gets his knees in between my legs, knocking them out wide so he’s the only thing keeping me upright.
The grip on my neck constricts, making each shallow breath a desperate struggle to draw air.
“You’re going to cum for me just like this, with me controlling your body, literally having the power to cut off your air supply with the tightening of my fingers.
But you’re still going to cum for me because I own you and you know it. ”
Oh my God, he’s lost it. I shake my head; it only makes the pressure worse. His face blurs, and I regret every decision I made up to this point in my life. But I make no attempt to escape him.
His fingers take control, stretching me, curling inside of me deliciously just like they did last time he had me at his mercy like this. Tingles run through my body, making me feel crazy. I shouldn’t be into this. He’s an asshole. The worst kind of human. But I am.
The fingers deep inside of me move in a rhythm that has me in a frenzy. Just when I think I’m going to pass out, he releases his grip on my throat. “Now,” he demands, his voice laced with dark desire.
I try to fight it, I really do. I’m not about taking instructions from him, especially at a time like this, but my needy body wants his prayers, and the way his fingers are playing me like an instrument has me tumbling.
My pussy tightens, and I cum in a rush, trying with everything I have not to moan out loud and let him know.
He shakes his head as if disappointed. “Bodhi’s right, you’re a brat. Can’t even follow instructions when you’re filled with my fingers.”
I shake my head, but I can’t find words.
I find Slater watching us again as he reaches for a different guitar, beginning his band’s version of “Back to Black.” His brow rises, and his lips twist up at the sides like the two of us are in on an inside joke or some shit, but in reality, I think it’s him and Kasen who are.
When Kasen removes his fingers, they are covered in my juices. He shows me, studying them in fascination as my slickness glistens in the low light. My cheeks glow with heat. “You like what I can do with my hands, birdie?”
I swallow the lump in my throat, gaping back up at him in some sort of dazed state I don’t understand. Words, why can’t I find them?
“So good you’re lost for words. Just wait till I fuck you.
” He scrunches up my dress and in one move tugs it over my head, discarding it on the floor.
My bra is removed next before I even know what’s happening.
Then he takes a step back, studying my quivering naked body.
“You’re so fucking beautiful like this.”
I have no idea what he’s going to do next. I need to run, but I can’t like this, he’s made sure of it. “K…”
He shakes his head and places a finger to his lips. “Turn around, hands above your head on the wall.”
For a beat, I just stare back at him. Fuck, this is hot but so messed up. If we do this, I’m giving him another part of me. And he said so himself, he doesn’t trust me. I know I can’t trust him. So why do I obey and turn around? Even scarier, why does a stupid thrill run through me?
“Good girl.” His lips come to my neck as his fingers dance over my ass and up my back, tracing the line of my body.
Fresh arousal leaks down my inner thighs. I’m so hot for him.
“This body is mine to do with as I please.” He takes my hands and binds them with my bra. Leaning his head over my shoulder, he finds my earlobe where he sucks. “You got all of me tonight, birdie. I gave you a part of me no one else has seen. Now I’m going to take all of you.”
The whip of his belt unbuckling resonates in my ears, and without so much as a warning, he pushes his cock deep inside my pussy, a guttural growl coming from him.
“Fuck, Kasen,” I cry out, not able to help it. He is thick, and even though he had his fingers inside of me, I wasn’t quite ready to take all of him in one go. Not like this anyway, when it feels like so much more than fucking.
His hands come around the front of me, pulling my body closer to him.
His fingers toy with my breasts as he pumps in and out of me in slow controlled movements, hitting me right where it hurts the best every damn time.
His breath is hot on my neck. “No more hiding from me. From tonight on, you have to promise me.”
I shake my head. “I can’t do that,” I murmur, my voice so breathy it’s almost a whimper. I might be letting him have his way with me, but I’m not so fuck drunk that I will make promises I regret later.
His fingers dig into my nipples, sending a thrilling wave of arousal coursing through me.
He’s so rough in all the right ways. “Wrong answer.” He picks up the pace in a way that makes my head spin.
My nails scratch against the wall, trying to dig in so I’m not flung around like a rag doll, but it’s no use.
His body is so powerful, controlling mine exactly the way he wants to. “Try again.”
The wall in front of me blurs, my body turning to jelly in his hands. I’m too weak right now to fight him. “K… you’re not playing fair.”
He freezes, and from how close he is to me, I feel the way his heart races like crazy.
“I’m not playing fair?” Pulling out of me, he turns me around to face him.
Collecting me up at the waist, he deposits me down on a nearby table, glaring down at me like he’s angry.
He lifts my arms over a hook on the wall that’s meant for the curtain ropes, and it pins me in place for him so I can’t escape.