Page 106 of I Am Salvation

“I’m not stopping you.”

He draws in a breath. “Damn you. Fuck you. Fuck all of this.”

He turns.

“Hey!” I scramble back to my feet, keeping the bulk of my weight on my uninjured foot. “Don’t you dare walk away from me, Dragon. Not after this. You don’t have to tell me you love me. But you will not walk away.”

“I’m walking away for you, damn it.” He turns, his eyes on fire again. “I can’t touch you when I’m feeling this way. I can’t…”

“But you want to. I see it in your eyes. You want to take me. You want to find your peace inside my body.” I raise my arms. “I’m telling you to do it. Because I want it as much as you do.”

He looks at me for a moment. Then another. His eyes never leave mine. I’m not sure he even blinks.

Then he peels off his clothes until he’s standing before me, his huge cock jutting out, hard and ready.

“Get undressed,” he says.

There’s a touch of malice in his tone.

This is Dragon. He won’t hurt me. Not unless I tell him to. And he’ll be careful around my ankle. Already I know this. He thinks I’m frightened?

I’m so not frightened.

I’m aroused.

More aroused than I’ve been the last several times we were together.

Because now I see him for who he truly is. I know all his secrets. Perhaps not the details of what happened to him, but I know enough about what happened to my brothers and my father to wager a good guess.

I ache for the little boy he was.

But for the man that he is?

I have only desire.

“Go on, Teddy,” I say, nudging him off the bed.

He settles himself on the floor.

Then I take care of my clothes.

I take the boot off my ankle.

“You’re going too slow,” Dragon says.

“Fuck off,” I say.

He widens his eyes slightly. “What did you say to me?”

“I told you to fuck off, Dragon. If I’m not undressing fast enough for you, come do it for me.”

For a moment, I expect him to rip my clothes off me. He doesn’t. He just glares at me. So I take my time. Why not let him suffer a little?

Because right now? All I know is I love him. I want him. Right now my body is so ready to accept him, and I know it will ease his ache as well.

Once my clothes are all off, I lie naked, ready for him. My nipples are hard and puckered, my pussy wet and ready.

And even with my sore ankle, the heat and boiling honey running through my veins makes the pain negligible at best.

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