Page 46 of Rising from the Depths

“Whatever people see when they look at us outside these walls,” he said, shifting his hand from her jaw to the back of her head as he rose and tipped his forehead against hers, “however we may feel out there…in here, we are just ourselves. Nothing more or less. You will never be judged here. You will never need to hide. Not from me. Justbe.”

She caught his face between her hands and kissed him. Her tears continued to fall, but she focused solely on him. His fingers slipped into her hair, claws lightly grazing her scalp, as he returned the kiss.

Pulling back, Eva rested her forehead against his and grinned. “Now, if we’re done with all this small talk, we should get cleaned up.”

He withdrew uncertainly, brow furrowed once again. Eva made no effort to contain her laughter this time as she brushed the moisture from her cheeks.

Kronus’s mouth curled into a smile that glittered in his golden eyes. She didn’t know if he’d understood her humor — he was serious almost all the time and seemed to have trouble telling when people were joking — but it didn’t matter. The happiness on his face was genuine, and she was glad for it no matter what had brought it about.

Without speaking, he moved his hands to her right foot, removed her shoe, and set it aside. Eva held his gaze as he grasped the hem of her shirt and slowly raised it. His fingers trailed tingles in their wake as they brushed over her skin. She lifted her arms when he pulled the garment over her head. His eyes fixated on her bared chest.

“Ishouldhave removed your clothing,” he muttered as he draped her shirt over the top of her prosthesis. Splaying his fingers and stretching the webbing between them, he covered her left breast with his palm.

Eva released a shuddering breath and reflexively arched into his touch. Her nipple hardened.

He shifted his hand to take her nipple between the pads of his forefinger and thumb. He lightly pinched, stroked, and squeezed her sensitive flesh, sending a thrill straight to her core. Her breath quickened with every brush of his fingertips. Fire sparked low in her belly, and her sex clenched in need.

“Take off the rest,” Eva heard herself say before she could stop.

She yelped as he suddenly slipped his hands beneath her backside and rose, lifting her off the stool. Tentacles coiled around her legs, supporting her weight, as he shifted his hands to her waist. He hooked his claws into the fabric of her skirt and already tattered panties and tore them apart with ease.

“Kronus!” Eva braced her hands on his shoulders as he pressed her back to the cold wall.

“You have other clothing,” he growled. His hand settled over her breast again to resume its prior movements. Lifting her higher, he dipped his head and closed his lips over her other breast.

The heat of his mouth made her gasp. She closed her eyes and settled her hands on his head, moaning at the suction as his tongue rasped over her sensitive nipple. His tentacles moved along her legs, warm and strong, and she could no longer tell how many of them were there.

He lifted his mouth and growled against her breast. “Your scent already has me starving for more of you, female.”

“Now,” she rasped. “I want you now.”

His hands fell to her backside again, gripping handfuls of flesh, as his tentacles positioned her legs to either side of his torso. He slid her down his body, her exposed sex brushing over his sculpted muscles until her legs were around his waist and the head of his cock pressed to her entrance. Without hesitation, he pulled her down and thrust deep inside her.

She dug her nails into his shoulders and opened her mouth in a silent cry that was cut off by a dominating kiss. His lips claimed hers, his breath filled her lungs, and his body branded her with searing heat.

Kronus lifted his hands and closed them around Eva’s wrists. He forced her arms up over her head and pressed them against the wall, shifting his hands up to twine their fingers as much as possible, palm-to-palm. Not once did his quick, powerful thrusts slow.

Kronus growled, breaking the kiss. “Look at me, female.”

Eva opened her eyes and met his burning gaze; its intensity had built to a frantic gleam.

“You aremine,” he snarled. “Nothing will take you from me.No onewill take you from me. Do you understand me, female?”

“Yes,” Eva breathed. She cried out as his tentacles angled her hips upward, making his cock sink even deeper.

He leaned closer, pressing his chest against her breasts, and brushed his flat nose against her cheek. “Tell me who you belong to.”

“You.” She gasped when he nipped her ear, the prick of pain adding to the growing pressure in her core.

“Louder,” he commanded. “Tell me who.”

The tendrils at the base of his cock fluttered around her clit, stroking it each time his pelvis met hers. Eva whimpered as she felt the first tingles of an oncoming climax. She fought against his hold, tightening her fingers on his. She was trapped against Kronus and the wall, forced to take everything he deigned to give, and she relished every moment of it.

“Tell me!” he bellowed.

“You!” she screamed. “Oh God, you!” Pleasure burst through her. Her sex clamped down, her inner walls quivering so intensely it almost hurt. Her moans rose in pitch as euphoric waves struck her like the ocean crashing against the seaside cliffs.

Kronus’s roar reverberated in the bathroom, filling up all the space that wasn’t occupied by their intertwined bodies. His heat blossomed inside Eva as he ground his hips against her pelvis, pushing his cock as deep as their bodies allowed. Her sex greedily drew him in, craving more.

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