Page 49 of Screwed

Dogberry turned back to his card game. “Whatever. Just don’t make a mess.”

I left Dogberry in the common room and went into the kitchen, which was thankfully empty. The cupboard that held all the small snack foods was relatively full, so I began picking through to get some protein bars and jerky that would be easy to pack and travel with. Digging through the cupboard meant my back was to the door, and when a hand stroked my back, I had to bite back a scream.

Fucking Dogberry. I took a deep breath, ignoring the loud racing of my heart. I was going to have to take him out before Ray got here.

Hopefully it wouldn’t throw off our plans too much. I whirled around, ready to defend myself, only to see Ray standing in front of me.

“Jesus, Ray, you scared the shit out of me.” I clutched my chest, sure my heart was going to beat right out of my ribs. “You shouldn’t sneak up on me like that.”

“I’m sorry, I thought you saw me.” He rubbed my shoulders. “Are you all packed?”

I nodded, holding up my handful of snacks. “Just came down for a few more food bits we could bring with us. If we swing by my old camp in the forest, we can grab the rest of my supplies too.”

“Good thinking.” He smiled, a genuine grin filled with excitement. “The girls are hidden in the shed, and all the supplies are ready. I just need to take care of Dogberry, and then we can go. It’s a little bit earlier than we thought we were going to leave. Do you think Hannah will be ready?”

I frowned, ignoring his question. “You didn’t see him out in the common room? He was just there a second ago when I came down.”

“No. He’s probably doing his walkaround. Gives us five minutes to take care of some last-minute business.” Ray leaned over me, pushing my back against the hard edge of the countertop. “Some really important business.”

“I donotthink we have time for this.” I laughed, already distracted by his gray, wanting eyes. Ray wouldn’t take chances unless it was absolutely safe, so I knew he had to be feeling fairly comfortable with the current situation.

“Give me two minutes,” he breathed. “Two minutes, babydoll. This might be the last chance I ever get to have you, and I’ll never forgive myself if I don’t take the opportunity.”

“Don’t talk like that.” I narrowed my eyes, and he stroked his hand down my neck. “We’re all getting out of here.”

“Just in case, then. I have so much nervous energy. I need to do something with it.” His hand dipped lower, trailing the outline of my collarbone beneath my shirt. “The girls are safe. I can’t remember the last time someone ventured into that shed. Everything is in place. We have a moment to steal for ourselves.”

I already knew I couldn’t deny him, but I looked up and nodded my assent anyways. He turned me around, pushing me so my chest pressed against the cool countertops. My pants hit the floor, and I heard his do the same a moment later. “You weren’t kidding about two minutes,” I murmured.

Not that I minded. It was damn hot when Ray took control like this. I clenched my legs together to ease the ache between them.

“Shut up,” he whispered, nudging my legs wider with his knee. “I already know you’re mine, babydoll. This is just to get it out of our system. Hold tight.”

I gripped the other side of the narrow island, just as Ray sank deeply inside me. “Fuck,” I cursed. My body was already spiraling. “Some warning would’ve been nice.”

“You got a warning,” he muttered, gripping my hips tightly with either hand. “I told you to hold tight. Now I’m telling you to not let go.”

With that cautionary sentence, Ray pulled himself back and then slammed deep inside of me once more. And again. And again. Until all I felt was Ray claiming me, thrusting deeper and deeper until there was nowhere left for him to go. Until I was begging for release, for him to let me shatter around his cock, and ride the waves of pleasure I knew were so close.

“Promise me we’ll get out of here together. All of us.” I needed to hear it, the same way I needed air, and the way I needed him to fuck me until nothing hurt anymore.

“I promise.” He continued to rock his hips, thrusting inside me, and slipped his hand around my front so he could press on my clit. “Show me you’re mine, babydoll. Kingsnakes or no, you’ve always been mine.”

He promised. I clung to that, and my body toppled over the edge of ecstasy, crying out his name like I wasn’t supposed to be quiet. I shook through my orgasm as Ray continued to drive deep into my pussy, until he too was trembling, whispering my name as he came.

Ray pulled out and I turned around to see him looking for a dish towel to clean himself off with. Then he turned to me, doing the same between my legs. “Well,” I whispered. Ray was on his knees in front of me, a reflection of the first time I had seen him in the motel. “Guess it’s a good thing we’re leaving, because that wasnotquiet.”

“Knock knock!” The sound of Dogberry’s voice in the common room had us separating, both of us rolling our eyes. I pulled up my pants and straightened my shirt, and Ray did the same, making sure his mask was in place.

“Guess that’s our cue. Are you ready?” he whispered. “I’ll take care of Dogberry while you sneak up the stairs. Go the back way, past the laundry room.”

I nodded. “Go do what you need to do, and I’ll make sure Hannah is good to go.” Ray grabbed either side of my cheeks, kissing me deeply. His kiss was filled with longing and regret, but above all else, the slightest taste of hope. A chance of something good. “I love you, Mila. No matter what.”

“I know.” I pushed him back. “Now go!”

He gave me a small smile and stepped out into the common room. I turned to go out the back exit like he had instructed, but before I took a step Ray’s snarl filled the kitchen and I knew something was horribly wrong.

“What the actual hell?” he growled.

Dogberry was loud and cheerful, ignorant of the fury clear in Ray’s voice. “Surprise, surprise! What do we have here?”

Immediately, I thought Dogberry had seen Ray and I fucking in the kitchen. It wouldn’t matter too much, because I knew Dogberry’s time on this Earth was limited. But as I stepped through the kitchen’s back door to round up Hannah, I heard a little girl’s cough. It took me a second to realize, Dogberry wasn’t talking about Ray and I.

Dogberry had found the girls. “Imagine my surprise when I caught these two hiding in our shed during my walkaround!”

I knew right then, all hell was about to break loose, but I didn’t have a chance to turn around and rush to their aid, because a hand covered my mouth from behind.

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