Page 70 of Rawest Venom

The thumps of my heart make it difficult to hear anything else, and when I try, my body refuses to make a move. That full feeling of ecstasy hits me again in waves, tingling up and down my spine, and a muffled moan escapes my lips. Am I back off the cliff?

No. I can pry my eyelids open, but it takes some time to focus my vision.

Wild red hair flies in all directions like it’s been struckwith static, and the insane texture of my trance snares me, holding me firmly against the mattress. Veracity’s fucking me and I’m stuck. My body won’t move.

Warmth crawls slowly up my bare chest as her fingers dance toward my face, and then the drumbeats within my ears are replaced with her sweet, lilting voice. “Good morning, handsome.”

She’s breathless, riding me like a good cowgirl would.

And she’s drugged me. If I could smile, I would. Ah, my precious puppet is using my body for her own gratification. Just like I used hers last night. Within a few moments of her bouncing on me, tightening her thighs around my waist, she comes violently, beautifully, tossing her head back with a scream. The waves of her inner pulsations cause me to release myself within her just as my thumbs and toes gain more control.

Collapsing onto my chest, her red strands tickle my nose, my cock still buried in the safety near her womb. Her heart beats hard and fast into my bones as she gathers her breath.

“Turnabout fair play?” I ask as soon as I’m able.

The smile on her face is felt through my sternum as she replies, “Yep.”

Catapulting a heavy arm across my body, it lands on her back, and I caress her as gently as my tingly fingers will allow. “No wonder I slept so good last night.”

“Cal?” Her cheek tickles my chest hairs as she speaks.

“Yes, my love?”

“Was it Alpha in between the sequoias of Laurelwood?”

“I am fairly certain from what I can piece together in my mind, yes. Was it your old people? Have you talked with them?”

Sitting up, she gazes down at me, then rubs my arms vigorously between her palms to wake the muscles. Massaging her creamy thighs as I monitor her bright green eyes, she hesitates before speaking. “There was a cell phone in the bathroom with our code for killing you. For extraction from the mission. But if it were Dot or Dash, they would have shown themselves. They would have thought they had won when you almost died. So, I don’t think it was them at all. But I would like to ask them.”

“If Alpha was with Herodius…she would have access to those kinds of codes. It seems their organization can manipulate a lot of events.” Propping my back up on some pillows, I pull my bride up closer to my waist, so she sits on my flaccid cock, you know, in case it pops up again.

“You think Alpha was with them?”

With a nod, I answer affirmatively. “Absolutely. You were trained to seduce and kill me from a young age? She must have been as well, except…I never bought into it. She was certainly not working for another clan. Which leaves her to be working for one of the three unknowns here. Herodius being top of the list…”

“But who is Amalthea?”

Searching each other’s eyes for a long moment, Ifinally confess, “I don’t know. But it looks like we have our next mission.”

Veracity leans forward to brush the hairs off my clammy forehead, and I lift my legs as they gain their strength back. “Should we even buy what she said? About killing this Amalthea?”

“On the way home, that’s all I thought about... I believe so. Despite being a traitor, I believe she had genuine feelings for me and don’t think she would lie as she was dying. Else, what would be the point?”

V’s entire body collapses on me as she clutches around my neck. “I don’t want Herodius to send more people for you.”

Tightening my hold around my woman, I soothe her. “We’re always in danger. I always have been. But we’re foxes, clever. I’ve got plans, and now there are two of us. And V? I have a feeling that Strauss is on our side…”

Peeking up at me, her nose crinkles, causing her freckles to merge together. “How can we be sure?”

“We can’t, but if he’s not with the traffickers or is putting up some bare minimum resistance to their demands, then he needs allies. I’m not saying he’s not a piece of shit, but maybe he isn’t the one behind the trades. Behindyourtrade.”

She glances down, not looking at anything in particular. “How did you know it was her? How did you kill her?”

With a smile, I tap my lips to each of her flushed cheeks. “I knew I couldn’t trust her a long time ago. When I went to the meeting and no one was there, Ifigured she was in on it. At first, I considered she was just trying to get out of researching Herodius, but that wasn’t like Alpha. She always pretended to do her duty to its fullest. That’s when I knew…she was in on it.

“I was just waiting on timing, to see how far I could push her and, of course, I couldn’t be sure you weren’t in on it, too. But when I knew you weren’t, that you saved me, then I knew you were on my side.”

Vera nods rapidly. “Always, Cal. Always on your side.”

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