Page 28 of Locked Down

Maybe the most humiliating thing was that she wanted to take the strong, silent man in front of her straight to her bed.

"Please tell my uncle I'm not feeling well and will be in tomorrow,"she said through clenched teeth.

Ryker made a noncommittal noise and continued to stare at her.

"What?"she demanded."What are you staring at?Ijustwant to be left alone, okay?I don't feel like being at my uncle's beck and call today. I don't feel like being a good little niece. Tell him I'll be there tomorrow but not today. Today is mine,"she said as she thumped herself in the chest."I'm doing whatever the hellIwant to do today, and I want is to sit in front of my damn TV and stuff my face with junk food. So tell him for me that I'm fucking taking the day off!"Her voice had risen to rockstar concert levels.

Chest heaving, she stared at Ryker. She'd been yelling the whole time.So the fuck what?She was allowed to rant. Someone had shot at her. Pitching the biggest shitfit seemed an appropriate response to that. She turned and started to storm out of the room, but Ryker caught her by the arm and pulled her to him. He wrapped her in a bear hug and crushed her to his chest.

"You're okay."His calm voice rumbled his chest under her cheek."You're going to be fine. It's just going to take a minute. Getting shot at is no joke. Just breathe."

Breathe. What the fuck washetalking aboutbreathe?"I'm breathing just fucking fine,"she said as she tried to push her way out of his arms.Thiswas not where she should be. She needed distance if she wasn't going to do something stupid."Let me go,"she said as she shoved against his chest."I'm fine."

He gave her some space but kept his arms around her."You are not fine. You're in shock and not dealing well with it. You're allowed to be pissed off, but you're starting to lose it."

"I am not,"she snarled."I'm fucking fine. Now, just fuck right off and leave me be."

Ryker shook his head."Vic, I've been through this and seena lot ofpeople go through it. You are not fine.You areso,so angry, which is fine, but you're about to lose your mind.You need to calm down and work through it."

"Idon't want to calm down. I want you to leave!"She pushed against his torso, but he refused to budge. Damn. He was too big and strong for her to get out of his grasp. He wasn't hurting her as much as he was pissing her off. She glared up at him.Fine.He didn't want to let her go? She'd make him regret that decision. She opened her mouth to yell at the top of her lungs.

Ryker lowered his head and captured her lips.Her yell was swallowed up by him.He ran his tongue over hers and brought her hard against his frame. She froze. She didn't want this, but she did at the same time.Thiswas bad. But her body betrayed her. Her nipples puckeredandher breasts got heavy. His tongue was doing crazy things to her, and there was no mistaking the telltale bulge behind his zipper. She couldn't help but kiss him back.

He picked her upandshe wrapped her legs around his waist as he set her down on the back of her sofa. She buried her fingers in his hair, and he shoved his hands under her t-shirt. She wasn't wearing a braandshe gasped when one large hand cupped her breast.

She rocked her hips closer to his and let out a moan as he tweaked her nipple. He kissed a fiery trail down her neck as he rolled her nipple between his thumb and finger. The other hand was in her hair, holding her in place. She pulled his shirt out of his jeans and started undoing the buttons. She wanted to feel him, taste him. She wanted to feel him inside of her, fucking her. She needed that.

She pulled his shirt off his shoulders and dropped it on the floor. He picked her up and carried her into her bedroom and then dropped her on the bed, putting his arms on either side of her head and lowering himself down on top of her.

He worked her t-shirt upward and sucked her nipple.

"Ryker,"she breathed as she wrapped her legs over the back of his. Arching her hips, she buried her hand in his hair and ran the other down his back. He was solid muscle and hot as hell. She was already wet for him.

He pulled the fabric still covering her breasts, and she curled up so he could pull the t-shirt off. He dropped it and went back to sucking her nipples. He worked his way down her stomach, placing strategic kisses as he grabbed the elastic waist of her sweats and pulled them off. She was left wearing only a black thong.

His gaze locked on hersandshe bit her lip. His eyes were the color of a stormy ocean.

"Ryker,"she said again as he ran a hand alongthe inside ofher thigh.

"Invicta,"he whispered,"tell me you want this."

"Fuck me, Ryker. I want you to fuck me.Makeme forget. I need you to fuck me hard."

He captured her mouth again as his fingers pushed her thong aside and circled her clit. She bucked against his hand. God, she wanted to ride him. She needed it. She reached for his belt buckle and undid it, and then the button of his jeans.He got upandshovedhis jeans off, and then returned tothebed.

She touched his cock through his tented underwear."I need you inside me, Ryker,"she said as she ground against him.

He pulled off her thong and rubbed her clit with his fingers."You're so wet,"he growled. He put two fingers inside herandher hips bucked. She pushed off his underwear and then wrapped her legs around him so her hot center was rubbing on his cock.

He growled as she rubbed against him."Invicta, you're killing me. Let me get a condom."

He reached for his jeans and pulled one out of his wallet, opened it, and rolled the thin covering over his cock. Then he settled over her on the bed, kissing her and running his hands over her nipples again. And then lower to rub her clit. She arched up toward himandhe entered her in one swift thrust.

"Oh God,"she moaned as he pulled all the way out and then slammed into her again. She bit her lip and begged him for more."Ryker, fuck me harder."

He obeyed her commandandthen they were locked in a crazy rhythm. Faster and harder. It was so damn good. She had never had sex with such abandon before. Not ever. Fucking amazing.

"I'm gonna come,"she said as she arched even higher.

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