Page 69 of Death Wish

As his tongue danced with mine, every hormone in my body ignited white hot. It had been so long since I had been touched like this, alive or not. The way the heat of him radiated off his skin warmed me to the bone. I was burning all over.

It made me feel…alive. But not like before when I had been given only a taste of life again. Something much more than that.

Heart drumming, breath heaving, skin tingling. The feeling of his body pressed against mine. It was a new but familiar sensation at the same time, but somehow amplified.

My head whirled from it all.

All I knew for sure was that suddenly I wanted nothing more than for him to devour every inch of me with his hands and mouth, all while stripping each other naked and doing my share to make him beg for mercy.

Wow, he had gotten my libido to go from zero to a hundred quick. But I didn’t care. I wanted him.

All of him.

“You’re infuriating.” I unbuttoned his fly and slid his zipper down so I could touch him. His cock all but burst out of his jeans as if the tight denim couldn’t contain it anymore. When I took hold of him, I was shocked to find that he wasn’t only rock hard and ready, he was more than a handful.

Glancing down, I saw how big he really was and bit my lip.

Oh, this was going to be fun.

He growled when I started stroking him—actually growled—an animalistic, guttural sound that made the hairs on my arms rise. Like the Halfling demon creatures we had just fought. But at the same time, it lit something else inside me, a heavy need clutching at my core.

As he buried his face in my neck and ran his tongue along the curve of my collarbone, I shuddered all over.

Should I be concerned a half demon had such an effect on me? Probably.

Did I care at the moment? Absolutely not.

I’d worry about that later. Along with all the other shit I had hovering over me.

He undid my jeans swiftly, and when he pushed his hand inside to touch the most private part of me, I moaned. I rose onto my tiptoes so he could slide a finger deep inside, and his palm rubbed my clit.

His skin was fiery hot, warming me with every stroke. Fireworks exploded behind my closed eyelids as the heat spread through me. My body wanted him inside me, but the last ounce of sanity screamed that was a bad idea. Everyone knew you never merged work with pleasure. You never got involved with a coworker. It would only make things complicated and slow us down. Kay didn’t have time to waste.

Before I could shove him away, Cole grabbed my thighs and moved us both across the small room. He dropped me on the dresser, knocking me back into the lamp in his haste. When it hit the ground, the bulb popped, cloaking the room in darkness.

Fuck it. It wasn’t important anyway. Not when my body was shaking with desire.

Cole didn’t seem to notice either. His kisses became harder as he grabbed the top of my jeans and yanked them down. They didn’t even make it all the way off before he was spreading my legs and pushing himself in between them.

Shit. His aggression was hot as Hell.

Who didn’t like it rough once in a while?

His hands were everywhere. All over me. Tangled in my hair, squeezing my breasts, running along my waist. Eventually, both hands ended up on my ass, his fingers digging in enough to bruise.

“Fuck.” His husky voice vibrated against my neck. “You feel so good.”

“What about your wounds?” I asked him.

“That aloe stuff really helped.”

I somehow doubted that, but when his kisses travelled along my shoulder, I realized I didn’t care. I was tired of waiting. “Well, shut up and get on with it already.”

He was part savage beast, and it made me wonder what it would be like to have him deep inside me.

I didn’t have to wonder long it seemed, because suddenly, Cole was jerking my body onto the edge of the dresser and sliding himself into me, filling me to the brim. We groaned in unison.

Gripping his hips, I encouraged him to move faster, and he did, not really needing my instruction. He slammed into me, withdrawing almost completely before driving himself back in. I wrapped my legs around his middle and locked them in place. Every thrust hurt at first but then added to a wave of pleasure that was growing bigger and bigger until it became too much to handle and I was riding the orgasm high and fast.

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