Page 17 of Cut Her Strings (Fractured Puppets #1)

Chapter 16

Lighthouse

“ I thought we needed to talk?” I gasped out as his hands found my hips in a bruising grip.

“We do. After,” Levi said. Using one hand, he tore down my sweats and dropped me back on the counter in one sweep of movement. Without any pause he removed all of his clothes, mask included. My mouth dried at the glorious sight of him. His ungodly thick cock bobbed upwards towards his belly button. His scars were a testament to all that he had gone through. Violet’s name was a beacon to the suffering he still indulged in.

He was a magnificent man with sharp edges and brutal strength, but his eyes enraptured me. I could see in their depths, his hurt and pain. I wanted to take it for my own. I wanted to own this man. I quickly removed my remaining garments. I watched his eyes take my nakedness in, the hurt and pain replaced with need and want.

“Levi,” I begged. I moved my hands to his neck and opened my legs greedily, willing him to take me.

He didn’t listen to me. Instead, he sank to his knees, and I let out my own growl.

He chuckled against my folds as he began working his ministrations. Flicking his tongue against my clit and bringing his broad fingers up to properly stretch me. I was still incredibly sore, but I savored the touch of pain. I mewled as the heat built up, the feeling leisurely spread throughout my body and intensifying as he continued.

“Now, I need you now!” I commanded.

He lapped for another moment against my core, and when he pulled back, my essence wet his face. Having this dangerous man on his knees for me was potent.

Standing, he lowered his lips to mine, and I sucked on the bottom greedily; the combination of my taste and his was carnal. I rocked my hips into him, seeking to find the friction I needed.

“Mmm, say my name again, and I will give you anything you ask of me,” Levi whispered fervently, ending the entanglement of our lips.

“Levi,” I blew out the word.

He grabbed hold of my hips, almost lifting me off the counter, and in a smooth motion, he lined up to my entrance and plunged in, fully seating himself.

My body instinctively tried to fight his, but he kept a firm hold on my hips.

“Fuck. You can take all of me. That’s a good girl,” he cooed into my ear, nipping it. “Remember, say red , and I will stop.” On that he began a furious rhythm, only his hands keeping me in place on the counter and stopping me from smashing into the mirror behind us. Three slow, long thrusts, one brutal, tortuous thrust, pause, a roll of his hips, repeat. It did not take long for the pleasure he had built inside me to begin to unfurl. He changed the pace, snapping into me incessantly.

He reached between us, pinching my clit, and all the tension that had built shattered. I came on a muffled scream into him. I convulsed on his length, and he slammed into me once more before he filled me.

His lips passionately met mine, and his hands returned to my hips. He lifted me, still fully inside, and began carrying us to the shower. “Now we talk,” he promised.

“Are you always going to manhandle me?” I grumbled against him as he balanced me with one hand and turned the shower on with the other.

“As long as you let me,” Levi paused. “I’m not expecting to be your everything. I know you and Jayce have quite a bit to work out, but darlin’? I’ll take as much of you as you will give me. I know it hasn’t been long since you’ve known me, but I promise I will do everything possible to ensure we make it out of here.”

I couldn’t disagree. We hadn’t known each other for long, but I could feel our connection. Maybe he was right; maybe I was just lost. Levi shone like a lighthouse in a storm, and I found myself wanting something I hadn’t given any thought to in quite some time: a future.

Maybe I didn’t need to escape this country to find my peace.

He walked us into the shower, finally pulling out of me and set me on my feet. My knees wobbled but held.

“Let me wash you,” Levi murmured.

I nodded my head; I was emotionally stunted due to years in my Faction, and this intimacy brought tears to my eyes.

Levi saw my face and squeezed me securely into him. “It’s going to be okay, darlin’. We are going to figure this out. We were all valuable members of our Factions and we have a unique set of skills. ”

“That doesn’t matter!” I let out. “These games aren’t fair. They are going to eventually use this against us. Anything can happen!” My anger at these games and our country simmered out.

He stroked down my spine. “I know.” He reached above my head for the soap, lathering it in his hands, and began to wash my body, taking extra care at the junction of my thighs. “But we are going to do what is in our control.”

I wanted to argue that we were powerless, but instead, I relaxed into his libations until I felt him harden once more. I raised a brow.

“Can’t help what you do to me, darlin’, and honestly? I want as much of you as you will allow me. I want to selfishly keep you to myself until the next one of these games .” I watched as he swallowed down his fury. He removed his hands from my body and stood to his full height. Typically, a man his size would leave me on edge. But with Levi? The dichotomy between our sizes was welcome. “But I know you and Jayce need to have a conversation. And we need to keep Enzo and Maverick from distrusting us both. Maybe spend some time with them? They were in a Government prison for quite some time before coming here.”

I mulled over the information. “And what about you?”

He studied me. “You really don’t know?”

“Should I?”

Levi laughed. “I guess not, but I was a traitor to the Resistance. They didn’t take too kindly to that. I stayed hidden for a few years, but eventually, they caught up to me. Decided capturin’ and keepin’ me alive would be a fitting punishment. They made an example of me, and I was dragged through all the Factions to endure their ire.”

“I wasn’t at our Faction’s headquarters much.” I shrugged. I was familiar with the practice to keep members of the Resistance from selling others out, but I couldn’t remember hearing about him specifically. “How did you end up here, then?” That’s the part I couldn’t understand.

Levi’s eyes darkened. “I can’t be sure, but a week before I woke up here, I got a visitor.”

“Who?”

Instead of answering, Levi turned the water off and reached for the towels, drying me first and then himself. When he was satisfied, he turned back to me and said, “Your sister.”