Page 36 of A Descent Into Darkness

Her back arched as my hand caressed her perfect breasts.She groaned as I rolled her nipple between my thumb and forefinger, gently squeezing. I dipped my head down, pulling her nipple into my mouth. I teased her sensitive flesh with my tongue before pinching it with my teeth, eliciting a guttural moan. She liked the pain, and it excited me even more. My cock begged for release. The careful control I had on the raw hunger was slipping, but I wasn’t done playing with her yet. My pleasure would come once she’d had hers.

I kissed my way down her soft belly, pressing her thighs back, exposing her beautiful sex. She was slick with desire, practically writhing with need. I slowly dragged my tongue along her wetness. I tasted her sweet excitement and realized I’d been a starved man. Her hands gripped my hair and pressed my face deeper into her core. I was awash in her desire and surrounded by her scent. I began to tease her clit, drawing out cries of pleasure. I was completely under her spell, lost in her ecstasy.

I massaged her opening with two fingers, gently stretching her before sliding them deep inside her.

“James,” she cried out as pleasure consumed her. Hearing her say my name while she writhed beneath me was something I’d never tire of.

“That’s my good girl,” I purred as her sex clamped around my fingers.

“More,” she begged. I obliged, sliding in yet another finger, my tongue circling her swollen clit. “Yes,” she groaned as her thighs pulled in, locking around my head. She bucked her hips, lost in the throes of orgasm, riding out thesensation on my fingers. Her pleasure only fanned my desire. I needed to be inside her, now. I ripped open my breeches and freed my cock from its prison.

Sliding the head of my length through her wetness, coating myself in her warm release. I aligned myself at her entrance, teasing her with just the tip, circling the tender skin.

“James, please,” she begged. “Take me now.”

Her words drove my need to the brink of desperation. I buried myself to the hilt in one deep thrust, groaning with my own pleasure. We fit together perfectly. She was warm and tight—everything I had ever imagined. She was made for me. I reveled in the rawness of the moment. Her emerald eyes peered up at me, naked with emotion from the years that had been stolen from us, but time be damned, now she was truly mine.

Slowly, I began to thrust in and out. I had waited so long for this moment that I couldn’t control myself. My pace quickened, and Katherine cried out, begging for more. My thrusting became pounding as I lost all control of my body. Our breathing became ragged, my movements animalistic as I ground my hips into hers. I pulled her leg up, angling so I could take her deeper. The sound of her pleasure, the feel of her warmth around me, pushed me to the precipice until together we fell into momentary delirium. Her sex gripped my cock, milking every ounce of desire I had built up over the years. I collapsed on top of her, breathless. Our breathing synchronized in the aftermath of our bliss.

“I love you, Miss Katherine Hawkins,” I whispered into her ear.

“I love you too, Mr. James.” She smiled as I kissed her forehead.

“I would have waited lifetimes for that moment.” I’d never known such pleasure, such love. To be truly desired by a woman. I wanted to stay in this moment forever, never having to fear being without her again. I allowed us to be indulgent for a moment while we enjoyed each other’s embrace, but we couldn’t linger here for long. The island gave me pause, and I didn’t trust it to be the paradise it portrayed. There were secrets hidden here.

“I would love nothing more than to spend the day worshiping your divine body, but I do not trust this island. I don’t think we should stay in one place for too long. We should start searching for the ruby. We don’t want to lose daylight.”

“James, relax. The sun has just now shown us his face. We have the entire day. Can’t we spend some time exploring each other?” Her words were thick with lust and threatened to pull me from my endeavors.

“Katherine, I promise you, once we are in Neverland, I will spend my days bringing you endless pleasure.” I stood up, pulling my breeches back on. “We need to keep moving. It’s not safe here.”

She sighed, clearly annoyed with my need to move. “Once we make it to Neverland, I’ll hold you to that promise.”

I chuckled at her mocking response. “I promise you’ll bebegging for reprieve.”

Smirking at me, she began to pull on her damp clothes.

“Leave your wet dress behind. It will only hinder your movement. Besides if you only wear your shift, I can stare at your perfect breasts.” I waggled my eyebrows at her suggestively. “Now, what exactly did you see in your vision with Manann?”

“The ruby is in a dark place, somewhere hidden from the sun. A cave maybe?”

“Perfect! There is a peak at the center of the island. Let’s go find us a cave.”

The island forestwas thick with shrubs and sprawling vines, making it difficult to trek through. With each swing of my cutlass, I imagined cleaving Pan. Hacking off his limbs, one by one, in blood soaked bedlam. We were so close I could taste it. The ruby was with in reach. Revenge would be mine.

“James! Look! Through the vines, is that an opening in the mountainside?”

My pace quickened. Just ahead, along the sheer wall of rock, hiding behind the dense vines, was indeed an opening. Excitement took over as I hacked away at the vegetation. It was small, just large enough to crawl through, and covered with spider webs. It appeared to open up at the end. More ofa chute than an actual cave. “It looks like there’s water down there. I can see light reflecting off the surface.” I tossed a pebble and listened for the splash. It wasn’t a long drop. I had routinely taken worse in Neverland just to get to the mermaid lagoon.

“This has to be it. I can feel power surging here.” Kat began to wring her hands and pace back and forth.

“I’m going in. You wait here until I tell you it’s safe.”

“I don’t like this, James. What if it’s a trap? How will we get you out?”

“It’s a risk I’m willing to take… for us.” I would risk it all to get back to Pan. Having Katherine by my side shone a light in the darkness. But the hard truth was, if she had chosen not to come back with me, I would have carried on without her. It would have broken my heart, ripped a hole in my soul, but I would have gone on without her. There was no choice. Nothing would stop me. I was going in.

“Be careful. I’m not ready to say goodbye to you yet. We just?—”

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