Page 231 of Enemies

This is coming home.

The realization flips a switch, and suddenly, I’m the demanding one.

Every second he’s not inside me is too long.

I reach into his underwear for his cock, thick and hard. I wrap my fingers around him, rub my thumb over his crown.

“Raegan… fuck.”

He lifts me effortlessly, and I hitch my legs around his hips. His cock presses where I’m aching. I take a breath, change the angle, and he slides inside in an endless stroke.

He’s everywhere. His big hands hold me, his cock fills me. His mouth finds mine, and it’s like he’s finally home, too. There’s nothing gentle about what we’re doing, and I drag my nails across his skin, mark him.

For tonight, he’s mine. I want him to know it.

He moves fast, our mouths still pressed together. The world is spinning around us, the faintest hint of dawn teasing the sky.

He’s me. We’re inseparable. There’s nothing but us and the water washing over our slick skin.

His rough breathing falls on my lips. “Only you. Always you.”

His conviction has my heart swelling against my ribs.

The ocean ebbs and flows around us, but Harrison sets his own pace. One for us.

When we come, the sea trembles.

16

HARRISON

It’s possible to fall in love anywhere. But here, in the dark, I understand why it’s possible to fall here.

She’s floating on her back, and I’m holding her by the hand, both of us swaying gently with the waves.

I keep touching her, but it’s leisurely and not desperate like before.

I could touch her forever. The curves of her body, its secrets.

When I saw her tonight, I was pissed. And proud.

She’s stronger than I ever gave her credit for. This past year, she’s gotten stronger still.

My Queen.

I understand why she’s wary with her heart. She was before I met her, and now she has reason to be. I gave her reason to be.

“I realized something tonight.” My voice cuts through the rhythmic sounds of the beach.

Rae turns toward me, shifting so her feet are rooted in the sand once again.

I tuck a wet piece of hair gently behind her ear. “If Mischa keeps us apart, he’s already won. I don’t want to keep you at a distance.”

She exhales but doesn’t answer.

The water flows around us, between us.

“I found my mother’s wedding ring the other day. Sebastian and I did, technically. It says, ‘Through everything.’” I don’t know what they went through, what choices they made. But God, did they love one another.”

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