Page 21 of Wednesday

“A less preferred resting place,” he said.

"The others who came before me," I said. "Did you bring them here too?"

"No," Morrow said, his gaze fixed on me. "Only you."

"Why?" I asked. I had to know. I could feel myself opening up in a way I had never done before. I needed to know if I was alone in this.

Morrow was silent for a long moment, those black eyes studying me with unnerving intensity. "Because you didn't run," he said finally. "Because you see what I am and stay anyway." His lipless mouth curved in that unsettling approximation of a smile. "Because you offer all of yourself without conditions."

He moved closer, so close I could feel the unnatural chill radiating off of him. His elongated hand rose to my face, black nails tracing the line of my jaw.

"Dawn has come," he said softly. "I am at my weakest now. If you wished to destroy me, this would be the moment."

He brought me to his sanctuary, showed me his resting place, admitted his vulnerability. All acts that likely went against every predatory instinct he possessed. I gave him a wobbly smile.

"I don't want to destroy you," I whispered.

"What do you want, Carmen Ruiz?"

Dozens of answers drifted in and out of my mind. I wanted beauty and sadness and death and love. I wanted everything I had experienced since we met. I wanted it all. I wanted…

"You," I said finally and closed the distance between us.

The first touch of my lips against his was strange. His mouth was a thin line covering daggers, his lips cool, rough, and hard. For a heartbeat, he remained perfectly still. Then his arms came around me, hauling me against the angles of his body.

His sharp teeth nipped at my lips, swallowing my shocked gasps. And then his tongue was there. It snaked around my mouth, shoving my tongue aside to slither down my throat. Suddenly deprived of air, I choked and my eyes flashed open. All I could see was the bottomless black abyss of his stare.

I clung to him harder. He purred and his tongue pulled back to swipe over my panting mouth. I felt us moving, but I could not think of anything but his biting kisses trailing down my throat. My back hit the nest hard enough to knock the wind out of me. Morrow immediately began ripping at my clothes, as if desperate to get to skin.

I helped as much as I could with my hands shaking and all the warmth in my body pooling between my thighs. Together we got my jacket unzipped and my shirt pushed up out of the way. My bra was a lost cause. He ripped it in half with a snarl and hunched over me to suck my nipple into his mouth.

I arched, the shock of pleasure ripping a moan out of me. I ran my hands over the back of his skull and down his neck, pulling him closer. Begging for more. He sucked until my nipple was sensitive and aching before he switched to the other side. I squeezed my hands between our bodies to fumble with my belt.

My pussy was clenching in time with the hard pulls of his mouth. It had only been an hour, but I wanted his mouth on me again. I wanted him to suck my throbbing clit until I screamed. I must have mumbled something to that effect because he let my nipple go with a last hard pull.

“You will give me everything,” he growled.

I jerked my head in a nod. “Fuck me,” I begged. “Please, fuck me.”

He bared his teeth. “With pleasure.”

He ran his cool hands down my sides to curl his long fingers over the waistband of my pants and panties. He pulled both down at the same time. They tangled around my knees, but he did not seem to care.

“Turn over,” he rasped.

When I did not move fast enough, he gripped my hips and flipped me onto my front. I gasped, grabbing handfuls of his blankets. His fingers ran over my ass before he lifted me onto my knees. I felt the cool air on my pussy and his fingers were spreading me open for his tongue.

Unable to move, unable to even spread my legs, I could only whine into the blankets as he licked the length of my slit over and over. Wiggling between my folds and flicking teasingly over my clit. Everything was so slick and hot and tight. I gasped his name.

“Carmen Ruiz,” he said darkly. “My Carmen.”

“Please, Morrow!” I pleaded.

He laughed his rasping inhuman laugh. “I will give you everything you need, My Carmen. Everything.”

His tongue licked up to my ass and prodded. I choked on a gasp as he slowly eased me open. My ass clenched around the invader. I shuddered, unsure if I wanted more or less of the strange pleasurable fullness. Before I could decide either way, two of his impossibly long fingers plunged into my soaked pussy and curled.

I moaned, both holes clenching at the shock of pleasure. He massaged the front wall of my pussy as his tongue pushed deeper, spreading my ass wider. My thighs shook, so slick my trapped clothes were getting soaked. I struggled to spread my legs wider, but I could do nothing but kneel in the nest as my pussy hungrily sucked on his fingers.

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