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ELI

He hates me.” I plopped face down onto our bed. “He will always hate me.”

Anna rolled her eyes. “That’s not true, in fact, I think he likes you.”

I lifted my head enough to glare at her. “He likes Walter now because he hates me so much.”

“That’s not true,” she said as she straddled me to sit on top of my butt.

“It is. Kaohs said those exact words to me at dinner tonight. Did you see him all buddy-buddy with Walter? If he knew the things he did to Eletha, he would not be so friendly toward him.” I plopped my head back down on top of the pillow.

“I like you,” Anna whispered in my ear coyly as she began to knead the muscles of my back. “One might even say I love you.”

I closed my eyes and let the tension of the night leave my body.

She better fucking love me with all of the trouble Kaohs had been causing me.

I knew he was testing me, making certain I was good enough for his daughter, so I dealt with it, but it was driving me mad.

When we returned from the tiers, Anna took over Tartarus.

She was perfect at the job. She was kind and sweet and empathetic, but the second someone got out of line she absolutely eviscerated them.

Fuck, she was so hot. “You better love me,” I mumbled with a moan as she continued to massage my back.

“Oh, I do,” she said as she attempted to pull up my shirt.

Eager to get the stiff dress shirt off, I rolled over and began to unbutton it, watching Anna as she straddled my legs. “Prove it,” I stated once my shirt was off. I laid back with my hands tucked under my head.

She was immaculate. Her eyes danced with lust as they crawled slowly over my chest and stomach muscles.

The Queen of the Underworld undid my belt slowly and tossed it to the floor before she returned to unbutton my pants.

I helped her slide them off, watching her eyes take in my cock as it sprung to attention as soon as it was freed.

Anna moved between my legs and began massaging my thighs with a wicked grin. Every time she touched me, I felt more alive. I would do anything for this woman; she was like the other side of my magnet, a force that I couldn’t, and didn’t, want to be away from ever again.

“How’s that?” she said seductively as she rubbed both of my thighs at the same time.

“Fuck, you are so sexy,” I rasped out huskily. “Higher, my queen.”

“Like this?” she whispered as she gripped the length of my rock-hard cock and held it with two hands, hovering her mouth just above the head, letting her warm breath torment me.

Unable to think or stay still another second, I reached my hands down to softly move her hair out of her face so that I could see every part of it.

I shifted her soft hair to one hand and gave a gentle, but firm tug as I tucked my other hand back behind my head.

My eyes flickered closed with pleasure when her hot mouth wrapped around my throbbing cock.

She moaned and the vibrations rumbled over my sensitive flesh as she continued to work her mouth over me as if my dick was the best tasting thing she’d ever put in her mouth .

“Slow down,” I whispered. If she kept up this pace, I would be done embarrassingly fast. She was so fucking sexy and amaz- ing.

My request only seemed to turn her on more as she sucked and moaned.

I couldn’t wait another second. I dropped my hold of her hair and grabbed her arms, pulling her up and onto me.

“Fuck, you’re too hot. Watching you suck my cock—I want inside of you. ”

“Oh, gods, Eli, fuck me, please fuck me,” she whined as she ground herself against me.

Her dress fanned out around me and my erection rubbed between her thighs. I felt the wet skin of her pussy and the thin fabric of her thong against my flesh. Impatient with need, I grabbed her panties and moved them to the side. She let out a hum of approval as she slid herself onto my cock.

“Fuuuuck,” I moaned as I began to thrust inside of her, feeling her wetness drip down my length.

I was already about to explode. I held her stare as I licked three fingers and began to rub Anna’s clit.

I felt her clench around me, knowing she was close too.

“Kiss me,” I ordered. “I want you to kiss me while I come in you.” She dropped her mouth to mine and I latched on to the back of her neck with my hand as I kept her in place.

Our kiss was filled with such tenderness and need, it sent us both over the edge as we came together, only breaking our lips apart when our cries of pleasure became too much to keep inside.

Anna crumpled onto my chest, exhausted. I grabbed the comforter and covered us with it, refusing to move her as she slept on my chest with me still inside of her.

As I wrapped my arms around her and looked at the ceiling, I was overcome with gratitude for everything that my life was and everything that it wasn’t.

Even though I couldn’t have predicted it, as so often seems the case, the Fates had given me all my dreams and desires in the most unusual and pain-filled path and I was grateful for every second of it.

Without it, I couldn’t have appreciated how amazing my life—and death really were.