Page 9 of Odin

“How bad do you want to finish the movie?” I heard him whisper in my ear. I had seen this one a million times, but I wasn’t ready to let him off the hook. “This is my favorite,” I whispered back, not turning around.

"Liar. It'sSabrina. You thought they kept calling the main character Serena after you. It's stuck ever since." It was a random, useless tidbit, but it made me wonder what else my brother had told him about me.

“Shh,” I shushed him, still playing along. “No talking during the movie.”

“You have red lace panties on. If I had known that, we wouldn’t have left the house.” I didn't turn around, but I thought I heard a wince in his voice.

“I had to replace the pair I lost." I was trying to be coy when I whispered back, "Do you know anything about that?”

He chuckled in my ear. “If I tell you, can we leave?” I turned to look at him, but he was surveying the couples near us. No one was paying us any attention.

“Maybe. Depends on if the story’s good or not.” I laid my head back on his chest, not facing him. This conversation already felt dirty in public, but I didn't want it to stop. This was too much fun. Pretending to watch the movie, I waited for his next response.

He laid his chin on my shoulder, lining up his mouth perfectly with my ear. “I was dying for you. The last night I snuck in before the wedding, you were sleeping differently, and something about that didn't sit right with me. You should always sleep in peace. It was more to soothe myself than you, but I sat right next to you on the bed." He took a breath, as if remembering the night. I felt it as it blew past my ear, making me shiver.

"I should have won an award for patience because I wanted to pound you into the mattress. You left a small pile of clothes on the floor, and on top were the panties. Let’s just say that if I couldn’t have your pussy, they were the next best thing. Don’t expect to get them back. They’re dirty.”

What the fuck?

My mind recreated the scene he'd just described, and my body liked everything it heard. It liked it a lot. He had literally used my panties to jerk off into.

"It was one of the best ideas I have ever come up with.” He licked my ear, and when that wasn’t enough, he reached under the blanket and flicked my nipple through my shirt. A quiet moan slipped out between my lips. I finally turned to face him, my mouth dropping into the perfect O shape.

“Yup, we’re getting the fuck out of here," he whispered.

I wasn't the only one consumed by thoughts of where this could lead.

He packed me in my blanket and grabbed our things. One couple around us shot us a look as we stood. It was like they knew we were going home for nasty, sexy times. He looked at them, and simply stated, “My wife’s cold. Have a good night.”

I wasn’t cold. I was on fire, and he had caused it.

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Odin

Serena probably thought I was in a hurry to get home, and I was. She'd thrown a red flag at me, and I was the bull ready to charge her. However, I had another situation brewing that needed my attention first.

Carazzo had been at the outdoor movie theatre.

My first sighting of him had been when Serena hugged me outside in the parking lot. It was a coincidence that I had looked over her head and seen him behind the wheel of his Toyota. He had been looking down and missed my gaze. I didn’t have to question why he was there. I'd effectively cut off his access to Serena, and he needed to re-establish his dominance. Fucker wasn't ruining this date.

I was more than capable of protecting Serena on my own, but I had instructed her guards to blend into the background and scout for the cop. I'd just been lucky that I'd spotted him first. When he had come into the theatre, he'd been trying to hide among the couples and the families, but he had stuck out like a sore thumb. A single man didn't work in that environment, and I was pretty sure I wasn’t the only one who had noticed.

As we walked out of the theatre early, I tucked Serena underneath my arm, positioning my body between her and the cop. I didn't want her noticing that he was there watching us, and I pretended I didn't see him. Walking quickly, we looked like the newlywed couple we were, and I was hungry for her.

I packed her into the car and walked around the trunk to text her guards. I gave them the general area the cop was located and told them to watch and report. He was too stupid to give themthe slip. They could take care of this assignment tonight, and I looked forward to taking care of my wife.

Chapter 6

Serena

He drove us home in silence, with my hand in his.

Getting out of the car, he grabbed my hand and lead us straight to the elevator. The gentlemanly behavior from earlier was gone, but I didn't care. I enjoyed seeing this unhinged side of Odin. Knowing that I could do that to him was a boost to my confidence, and I was having a hard time hiding the smile that wanted to appear on my lips. Keying for the elevator, Odin stood back to look at me while we waited. "When we get home, walk straight to the bedroom and remove your shoes and socks. No questions asked."

I did as he said, but as I sat on the bed, the intrusive thoughts took over. Did he know that Luca Carazzo had raped me in the hallway of my father’s house? Could I go through with whatever Odin had planned? It was too quiet, which made my thoughts pound louder. It wasn't until I reminded myself that Odin would never hurt me that my mind went blank. Those thoughts calmed me enough that I made a definitive choice. I'd see this through asmuch as possible, and if it came down to it, I'd tell him the truth. Even if that meant I lost him to his own madness.

Odin eventually entered our bedroom. He walked to the chair that I had placed in the corner and brought it to the middle of the room. It was ironic. That was the same chair I'd brought from my room. The same one he'd sat in every night. I just hadn't known it then.

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