Page 68 of The Kingdom of Ruin

“Because…”

Nothing follows but silence. She can’t even finish the damn sentence. Her gaze travels back to my lips, her fingertips dancing over my skin as she tries to find a reason not to.

“Say yes, Dagger.”

“Then I’ll be out of your system?” Her eyes meet mine, sending me into a spiral because right now, I don’t think I ever want this feeling to end. I can’t lie and agree to that.

“Say yes, Dagger,” I repeat, refusing to confirm or deny.

“Just this once, Brody,” she states, breathless, and I raise an eyebrow at her, refusing to agree to anything at all. Taking my hand, she guides me to her core, her combat pants separating me from her pussy, but the heat against my touch is undeniable. “Yes.”

We collide together at her admission, control flicking between us as we take and take. Our cloaks fall first, our lips still fused together as I chant against her mouth. I sense the shift around us. If she does, she doesn’t utter a word about it, but the magic ensures we’re protected from any stray observers.

It’s just the two of us, the grass beneath our feet, and the bark at her back.

Grabbing her waist, she understands what I want, letting me lift her into the air as she wraps her legs around my hips. Fuck. I’m closer, but not close enough.

I fall to my knees with a thud, laying the sinful beauty before me. Hands roaming, I slip under her fitted black top, hissing at the feel of goosebumps along her skin as I search out her tits. Taut nipples pebble beneath my touch and I bite back a groan, kissing her harder as I try to get my fill of her.

“Hate fucking doesn’t involve getting me ready, Brody. Just take,” she snaps against my mouth as she shuffles to her elbows, peering at me with challenge in her eyes.

If I don’t take, then she will, and as tempting as the latter sounds, I’m going to get exactly what I want from her.

I reach for the button of her combat pants, yanking without care as the button pops. She gasps but doesn’t utter a word. If she wants this rough and fast, then that’s what she gets, but on my terms.

Grabbing the waistband of her pants, I pull them to midthigh before I hook my arms under her legs, hoisting her in the air again as I stand. Her hands wrap around my neck as she squeals, and a moment later, she’s back pressed against the tree with her legs splayed, dangling over my arms.

At this height, her eyes are level with mine and my dick is mere inches from her core. Using the tree to hold her in place, I blindly dig a condom from my pocket and unbuckle my pants just enough to free my length before sheathing my cock.

Her movements are restricted by her pants, which are still mostly on, and I like having her at my mercy like that. Pulling the material of her panties to the side, I line my cock up with her entrance, but before I push inside and find Heaven, I meet her gaze once again.

Pupils blown, jaw slack, and pulse vibrating at her neck, she looks so fucking hot I could come without ever getting inside her.

As if sensing her final opportunity to back out, she rolls her eyes before dropping in my hold, pressing my dick at her entrance, and I hiss at the immediate heat that consumes me.

Hot fuck.

I slam all the way inside her, my lips crashing against hers again as my body thrums with ecstasy. She’s so fucking tight, so fucking hot. It’s too much.

Too fucking much.

I can’t think.

“Please move, you have to move,” she pleads against my mouth, and I lean back enough to look down at where we’re truly connected. Slowly, so damn slowly, I retreat until only the tip remains before slamming back inside her hard and fast.

Her head falls back on a groan, her nails piercing the flesh at my neck as I repeat the motion again and again.

All I can hear are her breaths, all I can see is the euphoria in her eyes, all I can feel is her hot pussy claiming me, and all I can taste are the sweet remnants of her lips against mine.

Adjusting my hold on her, pressing her into the tree even more until I’m certain there will be marks along her back once we’re done, I shift angles slightly.

“Holy fuck. There. Right there,” she chants, her voice light and almost whimsical, moments before she cries out with pleasure. Her core clenches around my dick, taking everything from me as she climaxes.

The sight of her, the sound of her, the feel of her as she comes apart is too much. Never in my wildest fucking dreams has anything ever been so…this.

I can’t hold back. I don’t want to.

My forehead falls to her shoulder and my fingers dig into her thighs as I find my release. My movements turn jagged, desperate, and intoxicated as we ride out wave after wave of pleasure.

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