A flush creeps across my skin at the claim, tingles coursing through my veins as I bite the inside of my cheek to keep from smiling like a crazy person.
"I've gotta use the restroom," I lie, sliding off the stool.
He nods, the heat of his protective stare burning into me as I cross the room. But it's the stares coming from the two men at the table in the corner on the right that have anxiety bubbling in my chest.
What if they recognize me like the driver did?
Coming out to this bar was a mistake. I have to be more careful, I can't expect Nix and Rhett to just keep cleaning up my messes. I'm a fugitive in society's eyes– wild and deranged with a bounty on my head– and that makes me nothing but a liability for them.
My hackles raise, heart taking off at a gallop as I quicken my pace. Panic takes hold and I veer right at the bathroom doors, shove through the exterior ones instead.
Cool air brushes over my clammy skin as I step into the night. Before I can second guess myself, I start to run.
17
NIX
"Itold you what would happen if you ran from me again, Lennon!" I call out into the night, twisting my hat backwards as I step outside and the bar door slams shut behind. "I'm a man of my goddamn word."
A pole light buzzes overhead, the late night air crisp and charged as I watch her silhouette race across the parking lot toward the trees. My pulse kicks up, dick twitching in my sweats as the visceral need to hunt her down surges beneath my skin. Chestnut waves blur across her face as she casts a glance over her shoulder, stumbling a step before her head whips back around.
That's it, my perfect little prey. Run.
Gravel scrapes against the pavement with each thud of my boots as I start to give chase. She darts into the trees, the Deviant Devil's logo on the back of her shirt disappearing behind a dark veil of brush. The branches sway, leaves rustling and crunching underfoot as I follow her deeper into the forest.
"Go on and run, little killer," I call out, jumping over a fallen tree limb. "I'll keep chasing you. When I catch you–and I will catch you– I'll have you trembling beneath me in the sweetest surrender."
The smell of damp earth mixes with the scent of citrus motel soap as I suck in a deep breath, my long strides quickly erasing the distance between us. She's quicker with shoes on, but I'm still faster.
"Keep running," I taunt, rounding a bend as her spandex-clad ass comes into view. "It only makes me harder.
Lennon's breaths come out in ragged pants as she whips her head in my direction. Fear and lust mingle in her steely grey eyes, a frisson of desire crackling between us.
I've already had a taste of her, but I want– no, Icravemore. I have the faintest desire to savor her, but the urge to devour her– ruin her inch by fucking inch until I've fully consumed her– is far stronger.
Her feet skid across exposed rocks jutting out of the trail, head snapping forward as her balance falters and she pitches forward into a tree trunk. She's quick to push off, feet raking through the dirt as she rights herself.
But it's too late.
My hand shoots out, fist winding in her hair as I lunge forward and take her to the ground.
She gasps, ragged and breathless, my knees sinking into the dirt on either side of her as I straddle her thighs. I yank my t-shirt off overhead and fold forward, blanketing my body over hers, settling my erection against her ass. My teeth skim across her neck, nipping at her jaw line.
"Caught you…again."
She pushes back and a shaky moan rips from her throat, desperation clinging in the air between us as the soft curves of her ass brush against the outline of my throbbing cock. The sound, the touch, it's all too much– raw excitement andcarnal desire crash together and ignite. Heat ripples through my body as I rock back and curl my fingers around the waistband of her leggings. With a twist and a hard pull, they shred apart with ease.
She shivers as the tattered fabric pools in the dirt, cool air rushing over her flushed skin as I tear through her underwear next. Pocketing the damp shreds, I shove my sweatpants down, cock springing free.
A bead of precum leaks from my tip as I fist my length, staring at her bare cunt glistening in the moonlight in front of me.Mine.
Dragging the head of my dick through her slick folds, I position myself at her entrance from behind. "You didn't run to escape, did you?” I taunt. “No, you were just begging to be caught."
I dig my tattooed fingers into her creamy skin, gripping her ass cheeks and spreading them wide. Snapping my hips forward, I watch with feral fascination as I sink into her, relishing in the way she stretches around me. She's so warm, wet, and tight as I draw back, then thrust forward again, bottoming out inside her.
Banding an arm beneath her hips, I shift her ass higher in the air, changing the angle before slamming into her again.
"Oh god!" she cries out, voice laced with lust as my balls slap against her clit. "Fuck me, Nix.Harder," she demands.