Thrusting my hand between us, I wrapped my fingers around his cock and squeezed. I hummed in appreciation when he throbbed in my palm.
“You always want to make sure I’m fed, don’t you? Well...” I leaned up on tiptoe until my lips were a breath from his. “I’m hungry.”
I knew I won when my stomach hit his shoulder and the halls began to speed by once again.
Things didn’t return to normal speed until my back hit the bed and Lucifer gently closed the door behind us.
A slow prowl that would have made any predator sick with envy had my fingers curling in the silky bedding.
Those blue eyes were on the cusp of igniting, and I licked my lips in anticipation.
That did it.
“The things you do to me, Lily. I lack all control when you’re around. I become more beast than demon.”
“I like you like this.” It came out a whisper. My breathing was shallow and even I was slightly entranced by the way my breasts rose and fell.
“As an animal? With no ability to reason, no handle on what he’ll do from one moment to the next?”
“You may be a beast, but as long as you’remybeast, none of that matters.”
“Is that what you want me to be, Lilith? Yours?”
There was so much more in that question than what appeared on the surface. Sexually, hell the fuck yes! I wanted him to be mine in every way.
But outside of that?
I wasn’t sure. He was so volatile, the very definition of hot and cold. And there was no denying that he was slightly unhinged.
Only, he was unhingedfor me,not with me. He may give a mean cold shoulder, but his temper only slipped his reins with those who were a threat to me.
What was I supposed to make of all that?
My answer would carry so much weight in this moment, but I barely knew my own mind well enough to provide one.
So instead, I put the burden on him.
“Prove to me that my answer should be yes.”
He lunged.
Chapter16
Lucifer
The wolf inside me roared in approval as I pinned her writhing body beneath mine, his claws threatening to break loose and shred her flimsy dress right off her body.
From the way she arched against me, purring low in her throat when I ran my hands over her, I knew she was probably hoping I’d do just that.
Instead, I forced the wolf back so I could retake control.
Maybe she liked the beast, even considered it hers.
But I wanted it to be all me when I sank inside her again for the first time in decades.
Lilith’s nails left red crescent marks where she dug into my flesh. Her breath came short and sharp, dark eyes glittering under her lashes.
I leaned in and kissed the line of her jaw, slowly licking my way down her throat as I slipped the straps of her dress down over her shoulders.