Page 41 of Conflicted

I chuckled. “I’ve definitely been that. A fatherfucker too, if we’re being specific.”

“How about wedon’tmention other people you’ve been with?” Light was sparking around his fingers as he glared up at me.

Interesting.I’d never seen Micah’s control slip before. At the casino, the riot, even in the club, there hadn’t been even a hint of the power that I knew lurked within him.

“It’s okay. It’s only you I’m hate fucking now, I promise.”

Micah frowned, like he was going to say something, butI twisted my finger and he seemed to lose the ability to speak.

Removing my finger, I picked Micah up and moved him back a few inches. Before he could do more than give a small squeak in protest, I’d released him. “Relax, I’m not going to touch you more than necessary. I’m just making sure I have the room I need.”

Pushing on his chest, I encouraged him to lie back. Then I was shoving his knees up there too, raising an eyebrow at him until he begrudgingly held them there.

Rising to my full height, I bit my lip as I admired him. Even half dressed, there was no denying that Micah was the most beautiful creature to ever grace any plane.

“Well? Are you going to do something? Or just keep staring at me?”

“That depends,” I said, my voice gravelly as I sank to my knees. “Do you think rimming can be part of hate fucking?”

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Micah

“What about the lube?”

“It’s strawberry flavoured.” Nox sat back on his heels, fisting his cock. I propped myself up on my elbows so I could get a better look at him. Damn him for having the most delicious dick I’d ever seen. When I’d felt the metal studded along the underside earlier, I hadn’t been able to think about anything else but getting him inside me again. “Stop looking for reasons not to do it, just tell me if you want it.”

He was so straightforward all the time and it was infuriating. I was used to a world where lies were dressed up in pretty words and truths hidden in fields of barbs.

That wasn’t happening with Nox, and I didn’t know how to deal with it.

I considered his question. Did I want him to do that?

I probably shouldn’t have. It was too intimate for what we were.

But like fuck was I going to say no. Not with the lust now threatening to rip me in two. It wasn’t my fault. Nox on his knees could tempt even the saintliest being to sin.

Part of me wanted to beg him to get his mouth on me, but I couldn’t. My control might be slipping, but I couldn’t let Nox know that. I wasn’t giving him anything to hold over me. “If you must.”

Nox’s grin was predatory. “Oh, I must.”

I lay back flat, breathing through my nose as the pain from my wounds ricocheted through me.Breathe.I reminded myself.It’ll ease. And when Nox starts, you’ll forget all about them.

Thankfully, Nox didn’t make me wait. Spreading my cheeks with both of his big hands, he spat against my hole. I bit my lip, trying to hold the whimper in. It was like Nox was trying to shock me, to show me just how filthy he could be.

The joke was on him. I didn’t think I’d ever been this turned on.

I’d panicked when he’d touched my top earlier. The thought of him seeing my wounds was terrifying. I didn’t want him to see my failures. I didn’t want him to judge me for letting someone get the better of me.

Or worse, to tell me it was what I deserved. That it was a tiny example of the shit he’d been used to in Hell. Thankfully, I’d been able to goad him into letting me keep my clothes on, even if it wasn’t for the reason he thought.

I still wasn’t sure about being able to see him while he fucked me. I didn’t understand why he’d insisted on it, but it scared me.

I was starting to crave Nox in a way I’d never wanted anything else before. Seeing his expression as he pushed into me? How his lips parted while he moaned? The flush as the exertion of fucking me built?

It would lead me down a path I didn’t want to walk down. Not again.

The initial pain in my back had eased to a dull murmur. It wasn’t enough to make me want to stop this, but it was enough to remind me of what was at stake. I’d been punished enough simply for going into Hell. Imagine what they’d do to me if they knew my fated mate was a demon. What they’d do to my unit.

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