“I beg to differ, Ambrosía,” he groans.
Ambrosía? What does that even mean?
I can’t focus on his words because of what he’s doing to me.
Right as the pad of his thumb touches my nub, his lips cover the wound on my shoulder, and he bites down again, his teeth even more painful than before. I can’t differentiate between the mounting pain and the aching pleasure between my legs as he slowly circles around, making me want to squeeze my legs together.
But the moment I flinch, there’s that knife again, reminding me of my place.
Knock his teeth out.
Kick him.
Punch him.
Stab him with his own knife.
Beg for more.
Every violent thought coursing through my head is replaced by desire with each stroke of his fingers.
His tongue dips out once more, circling the fresh wound, sucking up the blood as his fingers go faster and faster. And it’s becoming harder and harder to hold on. To resist. To exist without wantonness.
Too late.
“See how wet you are for me?” he whispers into my ear. “Even when I hurt you, you still want for nothing more than to come on my fingers right now.”
“F-fuck,” I groan, unable to keep the moan from slipping out too. “Why are you doing this?”
“You call me insane, yet you’re the one driven to insanity,” he muses.
“Toying with me isn’t going to make me fear you,” I say, breathing heavy breaths to try to keep the orgasm at bay.
“You think fear can only be achieved through terror and violence?” His finger circles around faster and faster. “I will make you fear the day you come for me. Because you will never want for anything more than an orgasm from my touch.”
I gasp as he suddenly retracts his fingers, my heart practically screaming at me when he pulls them from underneath my dress dripping with my wetness.
“See for yourself how badly you wanted that,” he whispers, bringing them closer to my face.
“Remember my teeth, Crystal. Remember how they felt as they sank into your skin. Remember what you felt when I penetrated you with my fingers, because the next time you feel it, it will be the cock of a god thrusting into your wet, aching pussy.”
“Crystal! I’ve been looking everywhere for you!”
Kayla’s voice makes my eyes widen, and I glance at her over my shoulder, pleading with her in my head not to get close.
What if he kills her too?
Suddenly, he steps aside, and the knife disappears from my waist. I look around, confused. He now stands next to me on the terrace, clutching the banister as though he was never messing with me.
And the knife is nowhere to be seen.
What the …?
“Are you okay?” Kayla asks. “You look a bit pale.”
My eyes flutter over to Ares. He glances at me over his shoulder through his ghostly mask, and my whole body heats from that one look.
Kayla hooks her arm around mine and drags me away from him. “What were you doing there? Did you recognize that dude? That was Ares.”