Page 10 of Shiny Things

Elias

Chapter 4

I couldn’t believe Kim was actually kissing me back. After years of keeping that hard friendship line, I felt as if I was finally breaking through to her.

She sighed against my lips, and I took full advantage and dipped my tongue in for a better taste. Her tongue swirled with mine eliciting a moan from her that made me instantly grow hard.

Without thinking, I pressed against her seeking some form of relief. The woman was positively intoxicating, and I wanted—no, I needed her—more than I needed air to breath.

I heard her gasp and felt her pulling away from me as reality came crashing in on both of us.

I was kissing my best friend, who just so happened to be the woman I loved.

But there was no denying that she had kissed me back too.

“We can’t,” she whispered before giving me one last quick peck on the lips and stepping away from me.

I wanted to scream in frustration, but sadly, I just stood there watching her shrink away from me. The look of passion in her eyes told me she wanted me too, but the stubborn resolve in the set of her shoulders let me know that she wasn’t going to budge on this. Not now at least.

“You should go. We’ll talk later, okay?”

Staring at her a moment longer and understanding this was what she needed right now, I nodded and turned to let myself out.

“I’m going to hold you to that, Kim,” I said before forcing my legs to keep moving forward, away from her. The exact opposite direction I desperately wanted to run.

The second I was outside, I shifted. For a moment I was stuck in my clothes, and it took me a second to get my bearings straight. Once I was freed, I left them there and flew home.

When I reached the rooftop patio of my upper floor apartment in the most prestigious complex in all of Ravenden, not that that was saying much, I shifted back into to my skin and let myself inside.

My body was still thrumming from the excitement of kissing Kim, and I knew I was going to be worthless until I took care of the situation. Since making love to her was currently out of the question, I headed straight for the shower.

Not even waiting for the water to heat up, I stepped inside. At first, I thought the shock of cold would be enough to tame me, but when steam started setting in around me and I was still uncomfortably hard, I knew I had to take matters into my own hands.

When I reached to fist myself, all I could think of was her.

I closed my eyes and imagined it was her hand on me, pumping me harder and harder as she kissed me just as she’d done only moments ago.

I’d been fantasizing about kissing her for far longer than I cared to admit. Maybe I was just a creep, no better than that stalker who had gone after my sister years back.

Shaking my head, I couldn’t let those thoughts invade this moment. No, here it was just me and Kim, or my vision of her at least.

I could see her big blue eyes staring up at me as I envisioned her dropping to her knees before me as the water dripped through her hair.

“Yes,” I said aloud as it echoed off the stone tile.

In my mind she gave me a shy little smile that made my heart race before taking me into her mouth, and I couldn’t look away as she sucked me into her mouth.

My fist pumped harder and harder as I imagined her sucking me until my balls exploded.

I cried out her name as I came hard with a shudder racking my body.

But when I opened my eyes again, it was just me alone in my shower. The disappointment of reality was real as I grabbed a bar of soap and cleaned myself up before turning off the shower and reaching for a towel to dry off before hunting up something fresh to wear since my clothes were now at Kim’s place.

I checked the time and knew I needed to make a mad dash back to The Diner to get my things. I had a meeting with the Congress Council that I couldn’t afford to miss.

I hated Flock politics. That was best left with my brother Ryan, who was mayor of Ravenden. But as the heir to the head of house of Davenport there were some things even I couldn’t just dismiss without consequence.

My apartment wasn’t as close to The Diner as Kim’s house, but it was just an easy couple miles walk away. My bike was already there too. I could have just flown and gathered up the clothes I’d left, but instead, I decided to walk.

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