25. Wild and wanton

(ELYN)

I didn't expect it. I was waiting for him to refuse it, deny us of something that could bring both of us some pleasure, and reprieve, as he had always done, but...

"Well, maybe I will reveal my secret this one time!"

His voice was a deep, dark growl, that destroyed every piece of sanity that had hung in me. His hand was rough on my skin, demanding.

Did I hear it right? Or was I hallucinating?

I looked into his eyes, and my breath hitched from the power swirling in his eyes. The need. It was like a tornado, and I had to keep my feet firmly planted on the ground, or he would bring me to places I didn't want to go.

No heart. No feelings. Only pleasure.

Despite the need pulsing inside me, I knew I couldn't fully cross the line. Crossing the line meant heartbreaks I couldn't afford.

His jaws clenched as he gave me a look that made my legs tremble. My body chanted for more of him, and maybe this incessant, insane whorl of need would stop when I finally had him, the way I had