Page 89 of Light As A Feather
“Icanpromise that.” With one arm around my waist and the other wrapping around my inner thigh, he shifts me so I’m sitting up on my knees. “This…” His fingers sweep up my leg, collecting all the wetness there and bringing it to my clit. “Allthis cum, is going to keep you safe. Keep that fucker away from what’s mine.”
“Do it. I want everything you have to give.”
“That’s what you want? For me to fill you up with all my cum? I can do that. I can make sure that you’re all mine. Nobody else is going to fucking touch you, My Omen. You’remy fate, not his.” I melt under his words, going limp against him, falling apart.
Taking my wrists behind my back, Thorne pulls me flush against him, supporting my full weight as he continues to thrust into me faster and faster.
“I’m going to fill you up, I promise.” He kisses the tattoos on my cheek. “I promise, I promise, I promise,” he reiterates with each pump.
“Come for me, Thorne.”
With his fist in my hair, he bares my neck to him and bites down. No longer bothered with the care of my delicate existence and low pain threshold, he takes full advantage of this transcendent opportunity, pushing us to a new level of pleasure, unlocking that last hidden part of me to him with a moan that’s torn from the most ravenous depths within me. It shatters me, tearing through the last of my fears and reservations, making me anew as he empties himself inside of me.
A comfortable, exhausted silence passes between us as we sit there catching our breath, him still inside me. When he finally pulls out and sits back, I immediately move into his lap, chasing every moment I have with him.
“Where are you going?” I try not to pout, but I just got him back. I’m nowhere near ready to let him go.
“I think I’ve figured out how to get rid of Ivan, but I need…I need to find something first.” His tattooed hands cup my face. “I won’t be gone long. I’m not abandoning you, okay? I will never leave you, Sol. Not when we can still have this. One day, my corpse will join yours in that mausoleum, laid to rest right whereit belongs, and then we’ll live out our forever in this house. You and me, two souls intertwined for eternity. That’s the only option.” He seals the promise with a kiss. “I mean it, Sol. I willneverleave you.”
Seeking out that steady beat of his heart, I hold my hand there, reminding myself that this is what matters. That as long as he’s okay, I can handle whatever comes my way.
“I’ll be here,” I attempt a joke, but his smile is small, worry entering his eyes.
“Let yourself rest while I’m gone, okay? You’ve earned it. We’ll deal with him when I’m back.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.” He kisses the top of my head, then helps me to my feet.
While I dress, I watch him closely; I inventory every curl of his dark hair, memorize every detail from the piercing through his brow and the scar on his lip to the tattooed eyes that wrap around his arm.
As he buttons up the bottom half of his shirt, he pulls me into his arms once again. “Stay safe for me.” Our eyes lock, and I nod, because that much I owe him.
I can only hope it’s a promise he can also keep as I watch him gather his keys from the dish and walk out the door.
Pulling up to Mendez’s house, I cut the engine and give myself a moment to collect my thoughts. The entire way here, I’ve warred with myself over what I was going to say to Jayden.
He’s been through so much; he’s just as much a victim as Sol. And yet, I can’t get the images of him trying to stab her, chasing her,harmingher out of my head. Even though it wasn’t really him, it’s difficult to wrap my mind around.
I hope seeing him will help me move past this, but either way, I owe it to him to check on him. He only got dragged into this because of what a good friend he is to me. He never would have been a target if he hadn’t been around, if Ivan hadn’t known that this was something he could exploit to his own benefit.
With a heavy sigh, I swing open the door and walk up the drive. I don’t even get a chance to knock before Ozzie opens it—the man stays on those security alerts.
“Hey. You finally came.” He opens the door wider, letting me in. “How are you holding up?”
“I saw her today, so much better.”
“You found her?”
“Summoned her.”
“Dammit, Thorne. You know taking big risks like that is dangerous by yourself.”
“I wasn’t going to wait any longer to see her. She wasn’t coming to me. Whatever happened after…she passed, she wasn’t able to find me. I couldn’t stand the idea of her being lost somewhere; you know how disorienting death can be for some people.”
“I understand why you did it, but it doesn’t mean it was smart.”
“Never claimed to be.” I shrug. “Where is he?”
