I don’t remember crossing the room. One moment, I was frozen in the doorway, and the next, I was standing in front of her, my heart thundering, my breath shallow, and consumed.
She gasped when she finally opened her eyes and saw me. But she didn’t stop. She didn’t hide. Her lips parted, and all I saw was need. Raw, aching need. “I shouldn’t be here,” I whispered, voice low, trembling with restraint. “But I can’t walk away.” Her answer was a breathless whisper. “Then don’t.” That was all I needed. I knelt between her trembling thighs and gently brushed her hand aside, replacing it with mine. My fingers slid through the heat she had created—slick and inviting—and when I slipped two fingers inside her, her back arched off the velvet seat, a cry catching in her throat. Her eyes never left mine, wide and wild with lust.VI moved slowly at first, curling my fingers just right. Her hips rolled, matching my rhythm, her breath falling in broken gasps that sounded like my name. I leaned closer, close enough to feel her heat on my lips, but I didn’t kiss her yet. I just watched as she came undone—biting her lip, clinging to the edge. Then I added a third finger. She cried out, her body tightening as I pushed deeper. “Jason!” she moaned, her hands fisting the cushion beside her, nails digging in. Her walls fluttered around me, her thighs trembling. “Look at me,” I said, my voice rough. “Say my name again.” Her eyes locked onto mine as she gasped, “Jason… please…” And when her release finally hit, it tore through her like a wave. Her body shook, lips parted in a silent scream as she clung to the moment—and to me. I held her there, gently easing her down from the high, brushing kisses along her inner thigh, her stomach, her trembling hip. I wanted more—God, I needed more—but I knew this moment wasn’t about claiming her. It was about showing her what it felt like to be wanted. To be worshipped. To be loved and desired. When I finally looked up, her eyes were glassy, lips swollen, chest rising and falling in shallow breaths. Neither of us spoke.VThere was only the sound of our hearts and the knowledge that everything had just changed. Forever. Fade to black. She was still trembling beneath my touch, her body slick with heat and want, her legs parted just enough for me to stay where I was—kneeling between them, my fingers still buried inside her, moving slowly now. Teasing. Worshipping. Her head lolled back, lips parted as she moaned softly, dragging my name from her throat like it belonged to her. And maybe it did. “Jason…” she breathed, her voice hoarse and shaking. She looked down at me with those heavy, lust-drunk eyes, and what I saw in them nearly undid me. Need. Longing. Trust. “Please…” she whispered. “Please, Jason… I need you.” I froze, my heart pounding so loud it drowned out everything else. I pulled my fingers free slowly, gently, and rose to my feet. She stayed sprawled on the chaise, her chest rising and falling, a thin sheen of sweat glistening on her skin. “You don’t know what you’re asking,” I said, my voice strained, but I was already unbuttoning my shirt. “If we cross this line, there’s no going back.” Her eyes never left mine. “Then let’s not go back.” I exhaled sharply, stepping out of my clothes. Every part of me was heavy with restraint and aching for her. I leaned down over her, our mouths just a breath apart. “Tell me this is real,” I whispered. “Tell me you want this. Not because you’re angry. Not because you’re hurting. Because you want me.” She reached for me, her hands trembling as they slid into my hair, pulling me closer. “I’ve always wanted you, Jason, even when I shouldn’t have. Even when I was pretending I didn’t.” That was it. The last thread of control snapped. I captured her mouth with mine, and it wasn’t gentle this time. It was messy and hungry and honest. She moaned into the kiss, her nails digging into my back as I laid her down completely, our bodies molding into each other like we’d done this a hundred times in another life. Our hips met—skin to skin—hot, desperate, real. I guided myself to her entrance, pausing just long enough to look into her eyes. “You’re sure?” I asked again, voice shaking. She nodded, breathless. “God, yes. Please, Jason… f*ck me. Make me feel like I’m yours.” And then I sank into her—slow, deep, inch by inch—until there was no space left between us. Her gasp turned into a moan, and I swallowed it with another kiss, thrusting slow and deep as her legs wrapped around me, pulling me closer. Pulling me home. We moved together like we were made for each other—years of silence, of longing, of what-ifs all melting into every stroke, every cry, every kiss. She clung to me like I was salvation, and I held her like she was the only thing that ever made sense. We made love in the silence of that old library, the air thick with secrets, and books watching like quiet witnesses. Her name left my lips like a prayer. Mine left hers like a cry of release. Again. And again. And when she finally shattered beneath me, I followed, burying myself inside her with a groan that came from somewhere far deeper than my body. We stayed wrapped in each other, breathless and still, hearts racing in perfect sync. I didn’t know what came next. But I knew one thing for sure. I wasn’t letting her go again.They said no one lived up here anymore.Not since the murders. Not since the fire.The cabin had been abandoned, forgotten, reclaimed by the woods. The trail leading to it was overgrown. The air grew colder the deeper she hiked, like the trees themselves were warning her back.But she’d seen something.A figure in her camera lens. A shape in the window. Something watching.Ghost hunting had started as a TikTok gimmick. But this? This was real. This was different.When she reached the clearing, the cabin stood in the center like a grave marker. Burnt at the edges. Windows boarded. Door half-hanging. Smoke rose faintly from the chimney.She crept up the steps and knocked once.Twice.The door creaked open.And there he was.Tall. Silent. Dressed in black from neck to boot. A hood hung low over his face, shadows hiding his eyes. His chest rose with breath. Broad. Quiet. Still.“I thought this place was abandoned,” she said.“It was,” he murmured.His voice was low. Velvet laced with stee
The sign outside read: JACK’S AUTO — NO BULLSHIT. NO CREDIT. CASH ONLY.It was the last working shop before the mountains swallowed the road completely. Her dashboard had started smoking an hour ago. Now the engine was hissing, the hood too hot to touch. Of course it would break down here. Of course her phone had no bars.She killed the ignition and stepped out.The sun had already dipped behind the hills. The garage bay was open, music blasting from a rusted speaker overhead. The scent of oil, sweat, and burnt rubber wrapped around her.Then he stepped out from under the car.Tall. Filthy. Covered in grease from his fingertips to his biceps. His jeans clung low on his hips, blackened by years of oil stains. His white tank top was soaked in sweat and motor fluid. A wrench hung from his hand like it belonged there more than she belonged anywhere.And his eyes?Dark. Sharp. Hungry.He looked at her like she wasn’t a customer… but a problem he intended to take apart.“You the one who dri
Locals called it the scarred mountain.Miners used to say the hills bled there. The shafts were sealed now, the tunnels abandoned decades ago after the last cave-in. No one hiked that way anymore. No tourists. No rangers. No cameras.But she wasn’t like most people.She liked things people were afraid of.And when a bartender told her there was still a man living up there — in the old mining house no one dared to enter — she grabbed her camera, laced her boots, and hiked straight into the story.She found the cabin at sunset.It leaned against the edge of the ravine like it might collapse with a hard wind. The wood was faded gray. The door hung crooked on rusted hinges. It looked dead.Still, she knocked.Nothing.She knocked again.Then she heard it — boots. Slow. Heavy.The door swung open.And she forgot how to breathe.He stood in the shadowed doorway like a warning. Broad. Bare-chested. His body was carved from muscle and pain, marred by thick scars that crisscrossed his chest, h
She’d never seen a sky so dark.The clouds had rolled in fast, swallowing the sun. Rain threatened on the edges of the wind. Her GPS was dead. The ranger map had led her to a dead end. And now she was alone, somewhere deep in the northern ranges.Then she saw it.A tower.Tall. Narrow. A silhouette against the coming storm.She climbed.Each step up the metal ladder was slick with mist. Her pack banged against her spine. The sky cracked with thunder above, and she was only halfway up.By the time she reached the top and knocked on the lookout door, her fingers were frozen and her teeth chattering.No answer.She tried again.Still nothing.Just as she turned to descend, the door creaked open.And there he was.Backlit by firelight. Shirtless. Silent.He had a hunter’s stillness — that quiet, lethal calm of someone who didn’t speak unless necessary. His hair was dark, his eyes darker. A thick line of hair trailed down his muscled chest. A cigarette hung from his lips. He didn’t ask why
The first thing she noticed was the blood.It dripped down the drain behind the glass counter. It stained the apron he wore. It painted his hands, dark red and thick.The second thing she noticed was him.Massive. Silent. Unbothered by her presence.He stood behind the butcher block with a cleaver in hand, chopping through bone like it was paper. His arms bulged beneath the rolled sleeves of his shirt. His beard was streaked with silver. His eyes? Focused. Unapologetically male.Lena hesitated at the entrance. The mountain market was almost empty, the lights flickering above her head. She was only supposed to pick up supplies for the cabin she rented.She wasn’t supposed to stop here.Definitely not supposed to stare.He looked up once. Met her gaze.Didn’t smile.Didn’t speak.Just watched her like he could see under her skin.“Need something?” His voice was deep, rough as rawhide.She cleared her throat. “I—yeah. Um… a few cuts of steak?”He turned without another word and moved tow
The cabin looked abandoned.Paint peeled off the sides like it had forgotten color. The porch sagged. The woods were too quiet.But Olivia had no choice.Her tire was shredded. Her phone was dead. And she hadn’t seen another car in over an hour.She climbed the creaking steps and knocked.No answer.Then she heard it — the click of a rifle behind the door.Her breath caught.The door opened slowly.And he stepped out.He was tall. Broader than the doorframe. His shirt hung open, revealing a chest covered in scars and ink. One eye was bruised. His beard looked days old. But it was his eyes that made her flinch — dark, unreadable, like he’d seen the world end and never came back.She tried to speak.Nothing came out.“Lost?” he said, voice rough as gravel.“My… my car. Back tire. Blew out. I don’t have signal.”He looked past her, toward the trail. Said nothing.“I just need to make a call,” she added. “Or borrow a radio?”He grunted.“You shouldn’t be here.”“I didn’t have a choice.”H