Page 12 of Demon's Savior
"Please...no... please Avery...no more," Kira screams as tears stream down her cheeks.
I place the safety back on the gun on the nightstand and move to her side to wake her.
"Kira...Kira..." I gently shake her. "Wake up, darlin’."
"No... no... please I'm begging you, Avery...you're hurting me," she croaks out as the tears continue to fall.
I try to squash the anger building in me as I witness her fighting for her life in her sleep. I focus on waking her up and whisper in her ear as calmly as possible. "It's me, Kira. It's Austin. Wake up baby. He can't hurt you anymore, wake up. It’s me here now."
Confusion is written all over her face when she opens her beautiful brown eyes. I assume she’s confused as to why I’m in her room. I give her a small smile, reassuring her that everything is fine.
"Austin...what...what happened? Why are you in here?"
"You had a nightmare, sweetheart. I'll bring you some water. Maybe it will help calm you down."
Panic-stricken and tears in her eyes, she stops me before I leave the room. "No! Please don't. Please don't leave me. Can you stay until I fall asleep, please?"
With a little hesitation on my part, especially since I'm starting to fantasize about her, I start to protest. I don't believe I can control myself being this close, this intimate with her. Shit, I just jacked off to her in my damn shower.
"Please, Austin. I'm scared. I’ve had trouble sleeping since the incident." Tears continue to fall. "Just until I fall asleep."
Pushing my thoughts to the back of my mind, I agree against my better judgment.
I slide behind her and wrap my arms around her waist. She instantly relaxes, and emotion fills my chest. Her body fits perfectly with mine.
Damn, I could get used to this.
"Austin, can I ask you something?"
Loving the feeling of my body against hers, I almost don’t realize she asked a question.
"Hmm," is all I manage to say, not sure what she’s about to ask.
She cuddles even further into my body. Her soft voice breaks me from the distraction of her body pushing into my crotch. I place my hand on her hip to keep her still so I can focus on her question.
"Why do they call you Demon?"
Without hesitation, I decide to be honest with her. Why, I don’t know, but I feel like she deserves the truth about who I am really am. The monster that’s in me.
"Because I'm not a nice man, Kira. I've done things that I shouldn't have. Some I regret, most I don't."
Shifting her body to face me, she places her hands on my chest, looking into my eyes. I gently run my hand up and down her back, pulling her closer to my body.What is she doing to me?
"But you have chosen to protect me, Austin. If you're not a nice man, why are you that way with me?"
I take a deep breath, move a piece of hair that fell in her face, and answer with honesty. And again, without hesitation. "Because you’re different."
And that is the truth. With the little time I’ve known this girl, she has done something to me. She has stirred feelings in me I’d thought were long gone. I knew the first time I laid eyes on her, when Mike had his arm gripping her waist, that she was going to change my life. I just don’t know if it will be for the better.
With a brief silence, she closes her eyes, mumbles, "Well, I'm glad I'm different."
Her breaths even out, and she drifts off to sleep.
"I'm glad you are too, baby," I whisper, placing a kiss on her forehead before I succumb to the darkness.
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