Page 19 of Not a Gift

“Tell me to stop,” he says staring into my eyes.“I’m not him.”

I shake my head.I don’t want to think about Thomas now.I want to let the man I’ve craved for years do whatever he wants.Consequences be damned.I’m not traumatized anymore.Years of therapy helped me fix that.Now, I want to forget my past, forget we were ever related by marriage, and just give into what I’ve wanted for years.

His calloused hand slips into the band of my tights before cupping my overheated sex.

“No panties.Jesus Christ, woman,” he growls against my throat where his head now rests on my shoulder.“You’re fucking dripping.”

His thick finger slips through the slickness that has gathered there before spearing me.My head tips back on a moan at the feel of him pressed against me, a single finger fucking in and out of me.

“So fucking sexy.”His lips run along the column of my neck, kissing and nipping.“Your pussy is on fire, Princess.”

“We shouldn’t be doing this,” I say, trying to be the voice of reason in this situation even though I don’t want to.My brain is screaming that this is wrong no matter how good it feels but I don’t try to push him away.

Malichai straightens from me and removes his fingers from between my thighs before sucking them into his mouth, his gaze locked on mine.It is the sexiest, dirtiest thing I have ever seen in my life.Beneath his skin I see the green scales of his dragon shimmer and I can’t hold back the shudder that wracks my body.

Is it wrong to be turned on by his beast dancing just below the surface?I don’t know and to be honest I’m not really sure I care.

“Tell me why I shouldn’t take what I have always wanted?”Malichai asks, his voice low and demanding.

His words wrap around me.Could he really feel the way I do?Is that even possible?

“You’re my stepbrother,” I say weakly.“I’m damaged goods.”

“I haven’t been your stepbrother for many years, as you yourself pointed out the other day.I’m honestly beyond the point of caring either way.”He stares at me, looking for something before he continues.“I joined the Fighting Forces to give you a chance at a normal life.Away from me.I should have stayed, claimed you, and kept you safe.But the truth is, you’re the only one I’ve ever wanted.You’re the only woman I have ever loved.I don’t care what happened while I was gone, I’m here now.”

“Malichai...”My head spins at theLword.

He cuts me off, covering my mouth with his hand.“Either tell me you don’t want me or you let me do what we both want.”

Chapter Twelve

Confessions

Malichai

Laying out my truth for her isn’t easy but I have to take the chance.If I never tell her how I feel, I will always wonder what could have been.It’s not like I am going to fuck up a friendship between us because it doesn’t exist.I watch her process my words before she smiles softly behind my palm.I remove my hand so she can speak, praying she’ll say the words I want to hear.

---