“You’re real,” I pant.“You’re really here…”
He growls, the sound so deep and feral it rattles through my bones.
I can’t take it anymore.“Let me see you,” I plead, reaching up.My fingers slide slowly to the strap of the mask.
He stiffens.I feel him suck in a breath like it hurts.
I stop though it breaks me wide open.“Please…” I whisper.“I need to know…”
But the mask stays on.His hand catches mine and presses it to his chest.His heart is racing, wild, frantic.Mine too.
“I won’t tell,” I swear.“Whoever you are.I won’t ruin it.”
Still no words.Just a shake of the head.
Then his hands roam lower to my thighs, my hips, my ass, gripping me like I’m his oxygen.I hook one leg around his waist, moaning as I feel his hard length press between us.He rocks once, slow and punishing, and I cry out.
“God… don’t stop,” I beg.“Legend.”
He does.
He stops.
Cold air hits me as he backs away like I’ve burned him.
“No!”I shout, reaching for him.
But he’s already gone, vanished into the trees like a ghost.
“Damn it!”
I stumble forward, body aching with unfinished heat.My lips are swollen from Frenching plastic.My jeans are wet.
I spin in circles, trying to spot him.
Nothing.
Only the woods.
Only the silence.
Only me.
I sink to my knees, breath steaming in the night.
“Whoareyou?”I whisper.
Only the wind answers.
And in the distance, the creek keeps rushing past.
Chapter 7
Royal
October 29–(Sometime after midnight)
She tastes like revenge and creek water.