Page 35 of Demons in My Bed
“Ya know, I expected you to have a fancier boat,” Palmer called out, and I was pleased to see that she was standing exactly where I’d left her.
Roost and I both laughed. “Don’t worry about that, love. This?” I pointed to the little boat that was quite literally on its last legs. “This is what we like to call a corpse cruise.”
“A corpse cruise?” she repeated, her eyes looking at the boat with new interest.
I glanced over to the kid, giving him a nod, and he walked back inside without another word. I stopped in front of Palmer and pushed some of the loose strands of dark hair from her forehead. “We run this city. There isn’t anything off-limits to The Exiled. It’s taken years of work and dedication, but this is what we’ve built. My boys, and me. We created a new family, a new home. When someone threatens that…” I had to suppress my demon. “I can get a littleterritorial.Possessive.”
“And what? You just kill people who so much as look at you wrong?”
“Fuck no,” I all but growled. “We’re not heartless beasts, Palmer. However, stealing and lying? We have no use for liars and thieves.”
Her blue eyes shifted as she stared at something behind me. Was she looking away deliberately? That captivating gaze returned a split second later, and the paranoia dissipated as quickly as it had come on. Fucking Rhodes was getting in my head.
“Then we’re agreed on that at least. So what is a corpse cruise?”
I couldn’t stop the grin that took over. “Come with me, little rabbit.”
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“But there’s nobody on that boat! It’s going to—”
“Shhh,” I whispered, pulling her body against mine. Her little ass rubbed against my cock, and I swallowed a groan.
We watched as the boat sped further and further away from the docks, into deeper water. Closer to Scorpio’s city, just across the bay. I bent down and grazed my nose along Palmer’s neck, enjoying the shiver that worked its way through her body. My lips met her warm skin and all I wanted was to devour her. The sweetest little huff of desire, mixed with her irritation at wanting me, was all the encouragement I needed.
“Touch yourself,” I murmured into her ear. She twisted to look up at me, her cheeks flushed with need and perhaps a smidgen of embarrassment.
“Ashland,” she chastised, ready to pull away from me, but not yet.
“I want you to come on your fingers right here, with me and my fucking city at your back. I can’t think of anything hotter,” I whispered, pressing my hips against her ass so she could feel the truth of my words.
She blinked and looked away. “Someone might see us.”
“Good,” I growled. “I hope they fucking do. I hope they see what they’ll never fucking get. Now,touch yourself.”
Her breath came out shaky, but she obeyed. As she turned back to the water, I felt her slip her hand into her panties and heard the gasp from her lips as she played with her pussy.
“That’s it, love. Rub that wet pussy for me,” I rasped against her neck, my eyes on the boat that was getting smaller and smaller in the distance.
“Oh gods,” she moaned as I cupped one of her breasts and squeezed.
“Do you have any idea how badly I want to fuck you? From the moment I saw you last night…” I rolled her nipple between my fingers, and she arched her back. Almost there. “Seeing Talon’s cock disappearing into your tight little body? Fuck, I could come right now. Maybe I should paint your face, little rabbit? Mark my little whore so my crew knows who you belong to.”
“Ash,” she panted, her movements becoming jerky.
I reached into my pocket and flipped the little remote control over, letting my thumb rest against the button. “I can’t wait to see my cock fill up your ass.”
That did it. Her entire body stiffened as she cried out. At that exact moment, my thumb pressed down, and the boat in the distance blew up into a million pieces. Palmer jumped at the sound, her body still shuddering as she spun in my arms, staring up at me with her mouth open.
Smoke billowed up to the sky. I hoped that fuck, Scorpio, was staring at the wreckage, knowing that he’d just lost twenty-five soldiers. I hoped he realized that we knew what he was up to and that he’d started a fucking war.
Reaching down blindly, I took Palmer’s wrist and brought her fingers up to my mouth.Her fucking scent…My mouth watered as I took in two of them and sucked hard. My tongue lapped and teased, making sure I claimed all of that deliciousness for myself. With a groan of sexual frustration, I popped her fingers out of my mouth. There was no time to fuck her the way I wanted to right now, so this would have to wait.
“Let’s go find Felix.”
“But… what about the—” She turned to look out at the sea, but there was nothing left of that boat. Even the smoke was nearly gone.
“Oh, and love? They were definitely watching.” I winked and headed back inside, thoroughly enjoying the names she was calling me.
