Memories of my mother live inside me. They have a heartbeat and the uncanny ability to bring happiness or endless wells of pain. Days where the light in her eyes dimmed at best and flickered out completely at worst. A childhood spent trying everything to light her up again.
I see Lexi in my mind. She’s running, laughing, her dark hair flying behind her. She’s picking flowers, and when she brings them to me, her smile slips. Not all the way. Just a little. Because she sees the wistful void, the one she can’t fill, eating away at me. Because she’s young and hopeful, because life hasn’t broken her spirit yet, she tries.
God, how she tries.
Just like I did.
I won’t let him send us to that place. I refuse to let us turn into them. “You should be on your knees?—”
With a jagged growl, his face contorts. He rises off me, and his punishing fingertips bite into my hip as he flips me onto my stomach, the ring I’m tethered to conveniently swiveling with me.
“You want me on my knees, little girl?” he snarls. “Your wish is my fucking command.”
He kneels behind me, the sound of his zipper loud under the violent jerk of his hand. Gripping my hips, he hauls me to my knees.
The minute I try to push onto my elbows, he dives his hand into my hair, turns my head to the side, and pins me to the mattress. My blood pounds through my system, leaving me lightheaded.
“But you’re going to be on your knees with me because I’ll never bow down to you again.”
In one punishing thrust, he drives into me. I swallow the scream of agony just before a wave of pleasure explodes low in my belly. My eyes sink shut as a shudder ripples through me.
The sound of his labored breathing grows distant as I struggle to keep my eyes open. I’m swollen and soaking, the taste of his blood lingering in my mouth. Intoxicated on every wildly violent thrust, something primal surges to life.
With a roar, he brings his palm down on my ass, the sharp crack splitting the air. Pain explodes over my skin and I suck in a harsh breath. Before I can exhale, his brutal swing slices through the air again, his hand searing my skin like a brand as he lands a vengeful blow on the same spot.
Biting the sheets, I refuse to give him a reaction. Fuck him.
Lungs heaving, he drags his hard, heavy cock out of me completely before plunging back in with a stunningly barbaric shout.
“Do you…” he growls, his hips bottoming out with his thrust.
Pure aggression rolls off him. I drive my hips back, burying him deeper, his rage only fueling mine.
“Have any…” he pants, as he draws completely out of me, leaving me hollow. All of a sudden, with his every dirty word, his violent fucking, I want him to fill me up.
“Idea…” The word is a grunt as he impales me again.
“How exceptional…” He fists the flesh of my ass, spreading me open obscenely to his ravenous gaze.
I told him he’d have to take it, but fuck… I want this. I want him to make sure the whole fucking world knows just who I belong to.
“Her conception was…” His chest heaves as he savagely drags me back on his cock.
I tear my mouth from the sheets, my teeth ripping the cotton with the force. I can’t get enough air in my lungs.
“On that altar, where I promised to protect you.” The words graze over my ear with his hot breath as he looms over me.
“Your virgin blood drenching my cock,” he says before sinking his teeth into the delicate skin of my neck just below my ear. His hair drags along my cheek, teasing me, and I swear to myself I’ll get to fist those silver-streaked waves and bury his mouth between my thighs.
“Yeeeesssssss.” The word drags out on a low groan as my orgasm painfully throbs, demanding release. Tears stream from my eyes as helpless whimpers tug from my throat.
“You’re going to drip with my cum. All day, every day,” he promises, dragging biting kisses down my shoulder.
“And when my baby grows inside you, I’m going to keep you dripping with my cum.” He pulls me up, yanking me back on his cock by the hand locked in my hair.
On the sheet below me, two dark spots, wet with my milk. I gasp and my pussy spasms with the sight.
“You want to know why?”