Desperate fingers clawed at waistbands, shirt hems, and underwear until skin slid across skin. Avery’s body pressed into mine brought another growl from my throat. Lifting and twisting her until she was under me, I straddled her, never breaking eye contact.

My cock, already hard and throbbing, stood rigid. Avery curled her fingers around it and stroked me, drawing a moan from my lips. I took her nipple in my mouth, flicking my tongue over it. Cool, soft fingers glided up and down my shaft until the hunger inside me became an inferno. As I suckled at her breasts, Iimagined how I would take her. How she would cry out when I fucked her.

Avery looked up at me, eyes half-lidded with lust. “Give me your cock. I want to taste you.”

I spun, positioning my body to give her what she wanted, and buried my face in her pussy. She moaned and pulled me down onto her, sliding her mouth onto my shaft, her hands clutching my ass cheeks.

Groaning, I sucked on her swollen clit. Avery drew me down again and again, pulling on my ass, forcing me to fuck her mouth. The hedonism of that act made me hornier than I thought possible, and I slid two fingers into her soaking wet pussy, fucking her with my hand as I feasted on her clit.

As my fingers and tongue worked more feverishly, she writhed beneath me, sucking my cock harder and faster in eager anticipation of the orgasm I was drawing her toward. I moved my fingers faster as I thrust into her mouth. A few seconds later, she shuddered, releasing my cock as she cried out.

“Oh, God!”

Repositioning myself so I faced her, I kissed her. “Are you ready?” I whispered.

Gasping for breath, she nodded frantically. With a single thrust of my hips, my cock glided into her dripping entrance, and her body accepted mine. Her jaw dropped open, and she clenched around me. Collapsing down, I wrapped my arms around her, grinding my hips against her.

Avery wrapped her legs around my waist, heels digging into my ass. We rocked together, the only sounds our moaning, ourpanting, and the erotic sound of skin meeting skin. Our lips came together in a hungry kiss. I pulled out almost completely, then thrust into her again with wild abandon.

I’d never wanted something so much. I wished we could actually become one body. With each thrust, my own orgasm drew near.

“I love you,” I mumbled between kisses.

“I love you,” she answered, digging her nails into my back.

I plunged into her soft warmth, each stroke faster and harder. My body tensed as the first tendrils of pleasure inched outward, spreading from my cock down to my balls and into my stomach, the point of no return rapidly approaching.

Avery moaned as another orgasm crashed through her. I tilted her chin to meet her eyes.

“Look at me,” I gasped. “I want to look into your eyes when I come.”

Face flushed, she stared into my eyes. I slammed into her, and as pleasure exploded through me, I gasped, nearly choking at the power of it.

“Fuck. Oh, fuck.” I gritted my teeth and rammed my cock into her over and over until I was spent. Collapsing onto her, I sucked in great, heaving gulps of air as she ran her fingers lovingly across my back.

“Holy fuck, that was good,” I grunted, my lips muffled by the skin of her shoulder.

“Uh-huh,” she agreed, still breathing heavily.

The next evening, after over twenty-four hours of no news and no success in hacking Kyle’s phone, Langston and Porter returned from the safe house. They looked road-weary but otherwise ready to go.

“I need a damn drink. Preferably whiskey,” Porter said as he tossed his backpack on the floor.

I grinned. “The best I can do is beer.”

“Helluva world,” Porter grumbled, “but I’ll take it.”

Handing him a bottle from the fridge, I turned to Langston. “All good?”

“Yeah. He’s safe and sound.” He noticed Avery as she came down the stairs to greet them. “How are you doing, little lady?”

“Stressed out,” she said as she stepped into the kitchen. “I was about to make the big call.”

Langston’s eyes nearly bulged out of his head. “Tonight?”

I’d texted him the night before that Avery had agreed to try to get Kyle to challenge me, but we’d only decided to do it an hour ago.

“Yeah,” I said, giving him a grim smile. “I figured better sooner than later.”