Page 44 of Of Flesh & Bone

"Ada."I'm wary but I try not to show it on my face.

"I'm sorry, Eve.I know there's nothing that I can say that will undo the cold shoulder I've been giving you all this time but-"

I cut her off at the but."First of all, saying but negates everything you said before it.Second, you didn't just give me the cold shoulder.You talked shit daily.I'm actually surprised that you even know my name, considering I'm nothing more than volleyball."Ada winces at this comment.Yeah.I heard you."Also, you didn't just decide that you weren't going to be friendly to me.You made sure that it was categorically uncool to associate with me.I don't give a shit that you think I'm funny.I don't give a shit about how bad you feel now that you've found a way to see me as a real person.You've already shown me who you are, and I believe you."

I walk past her without saying another word.Soon, I hear the siblings talking behind me, but I don't pause to listen, instead walking straight inside Eden House.

"Heyyyy, Belle!The Beast must've found you.Glad to have you back."

I can't help but laugh.

"So, is it full on Stockholm syndrome or a straightforward abduction?"Cal is the biggest of the trio and still the least intimidating.His joyful demeanor is impossible to hide.

"Jury's still out."

Cal sighs heavily."I sure wish I could help you princess but, I've never seen him this attached to anything before.I'm honestly afraid that he might cut my hands off and feed them to me if I assist you in another escape.That first one put me right in the shit."

"It's okay.He feeds me well.Maybe you can provide me with an IOU to be used at a later date.This may not be the last time I'm abducted."

Cal thinks this over and nods."Seems reasonable."

He goes to the kitchen and rifles through a drawer.He scribbles on a piece of paper and hands it to me.

IOU

To: Belle

From: Unlikely Hero

Expiration: upon the death of either party.

He hands me the paper and I look it over.

"It needs a signature."

Cal snaps his fingers and snatches the paper back, scrawling his signature at the bottom before handing it back.

"Your selfish refusal to assist me in regaining my freedom is officially water under the bridge."

He raises his hand to high five me and our hands are nearly connected when Adam comes through the door.We both pause with our hands mid-air.Adam takes in the scene, looking first at Cal and then at me.His eyes are narrowed to slits.

He looks to Cal."Didn't I already say no touching?"

He looks back at me."Do you truly think you aren't in enough trouble already?"

We both tuck our hands back into our bodies, looking sheepish and thoroughly scolded.

We walk through the bedroom door and Adam begins hastily undressing me and then himself.With one arm around my back, he lays me down on the bed and slides his body over the top of me.Just the sight of his beautiful form makes my body hum.When he slides on top of me, I am instantly wet.Reaching down between my legs, he swipes two fingers from my entrance to my throbbing clit and it isn't clear what he's doing until he lines his huge shaft up with my opening.He's checking to see if I'm wet, I realize.He slides into me so slowly.Painfully slow.

Pushing my thighs apart, opening me wider to him, he pushes in further, harder.Once he's seated fully inside of me, he stills, wrapping both arms around me tightly and burying his face in my neck.My body is on fire!I need him to move.I need him to do...something.Anything.I roll my hips into him.His lightning-fast response is to roll me slightly so he can slap my naked ass hard.

"Ah!"My cry is half pain, half want.

"You're not going to cum, Eve.I don't know when you'll ever cum again."

"Is this my punishment?"

He chuckles softly and there's no amusement in the sound."You.Left.Me.This is just the beginning.This is still my body however."He says this as he runs one rough hand from my collarbone to my breast and stomach and finally settling in a painful grip on my ass."So, I will use it as I please...when I please.You will never forget this feeling...just as I will never forget the feeling of you leaving.I have to make sure that you'll never do it again."

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