Page 43 of Vicious in the Dark

“Where are you going, Maven? Looks like you’re trying to slip away.” Prowling toward me, Maddox suddenly lunged. His arm hooked around my waist, and he pulled me away from the door. “We’re not done here.”

Lifting me off my feet, he carried me to the bed where he threw me down in the middle and crawled up over me. With a hand on either side of my head he trapped me beneath him. Slowly he dragged one hand over my throat, tightening his fingers enough to hold me in place.

I braced myself with my hands splayed against his chest. “I don’t know if I can forgive you, Mads.”

It blurted out before I could stop it. For so long I’d buried my feelings about what happened. Since I’d returned home I’d been forced to face the emotions I’d locked away.

Maddox broke eye contact, keeping me from seeing how my confession made him feel. Ducking his head, he kissed the side of my neck and said, “Then I guess I’ll have to settle for making you come.”

His mouth was on mine before I could protest. Did I want to protest? Hell no. Was I afraid to let him get that close? Fuck yes.

He kissed me hard and deep, plunging his tongue into my mouth. I whimpered softly, unable to stop myself from kissing him back. There was no resisting Maddox Hale. I knew that. The moment I laid eyes on him at my parents’ house I knew I was done for. Try as I might to deny it, I’d always been his. I was theirs, all four of them. But things had changed. I didn’t know if we were strong enough to survive the past.

Frantically Maddox tugged at my clothes, doing his best to get them off me as fast as possible. He whisked my shirt over my head and tossed it off the bed. Tugging my bra down, he caught my nipple in his mouth. My back arched, and I bit my bottom lip.

Maddox’s hand traveled down my body, slipping inside my pants. He found me already growing wet for him. Dammit. Betrayed by my own pussy.

“Stop pretending you don’t want this,” he murmured against my flushed skin. “You hurt for it as bad as I do.”

I would admit no such thing. Call me stubborn but I couldn’t give him that one. Not even when he kissed a hot path down my stomach. Whisking my pants and underwear off, Maddox shoved my thighs apart and paused to take in the sight of me on display for him.

When he swirled his tongue around my clit, I groaned and muttered, “This changes nothing.”

“Whatever you say, Vixen.” Using his fingers, Maddox spread me open, dipping his tongue inside me. “Holy fuck, I’ve missed licking you. Don’t even think about running on me again. I’ll never let you go.”

The desperate need for Maddox made me feel like a traitor to myself. Why couldn’t I escape the way he made me feel? With his mouth on me, all I wanted was to be on my knees with him behind me.

As he sucked my clit into his mouth I had to keep myself from promising that I’d never leave again. In that moment I yearned to tell him everything he wanted to hear. But I just couldn’t do that. Not yet.

While Maddox tongued my clit, he reached up to cup my breasts with a grip that bordered on aggressive. Demanding. The sound of my heart thundering in my ears kicked up several notches when he teased me with a bite to my inner thigh. The sudden pain startled me in the most pleasurable way.

My moans grew louder when he pressed two fingers into my entrance, slowly pumping them in and out. Feeling eyes upon us, I turned my head to find Ruthless standing in the hallway outside the open door. His dark gaze smoldered with heat and fury. Being pissed off at me didn’t stop him from enjoying what he saw. There was no missing the bulge in his jeans.

Ruthless’s expression was murderous, like he wanted to choke the life out of me as bad as he wanted to fuck me. Unclasping my bra, I shed myself of my last piece of clothing. While Ruthless watched, I ran my hands slowly down my body and into Maddox’s hair, giving it a rough tug.

Eyes locked on mine, Ruthless shifted uneasily from one foot to the other. Before I could consider inviting him to join us, he sprang into motion and disappeared from sight. A moment later his heavy tread could be heard on the stairs.

For some reason Ruthless had taken my departure personally. I wasn’t sure why. He’d been part of the team responsible for my capture. If anything, I should be mad at him. I didn’t want to hold grudges though. I just wanted my life back.

With his back to the door, Maddox didn’t seem to know Ruthless had been there. Not that I’d expect him to have cared. He was too immersed in my pussy to notice anything else.

“I can’t fucking wait anymore,” Maddox said, pushing up onto his knees. He furiously tore at his clothes, frenzied in his desire for me. “It’s been too long since I’ve been inside you.”

A nervous tremor slid through my stomach as I watched him retrieve a condom from the nightstand and sheath his cock in record time. It had been so long. Was I strong enough to face this?

I took in all of him. From the V I’d cut into his chest all the way down to the thick erection I couldn’t have forgotten if I’d tried, I devoured the sight of Maddox as he positioned himself between my legs. He gave me no more than mere seconds to brace myself before thrusting inside me.

It shouldn’t have been so shocking, but it was. As Maddox filled me, I ceased to breathe. He peered down into my face, a dark brow raised.

“What’s wrong, Mave?” he asked, grinning like the devil. “Having a flashback?”

I spiraled into the past. Going back to times and places I’d thought I lost forever. Having Maddox inside me felt so damn good. My heart couldn’t take the danger that came with surrendering to him, but my mind and body were not about to stop.

“Feels kind of surreal is all,” I said, ending on a small cry as he thrust deep. “I mean, it’s you. It’s us.”

Maddox smirked, unable to keep his ego under wraps. “You missed my cock, huh? I want to hear how bad you need it. I’m going to make you scream, Vixen.”

Squashing down the nerves, I summoned my inner bad bitch and smiled up at him. “You fucking better.”

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