Page 125 of Dance of Thorns

To two heartbeats.

To the feel of his fingers laced with mine.

And then slowly, the breath I’ve been holding in for longer than I can remember releases, taking with it all the pain, shame, self-betrayal and self-destructiveness.

The desire foranyof this life to end.

I shudder as my fingers clench his tight.

“I don’t think I want to anymore,” I whisper, my voice breaking as a tear rolls down my face. A laugh chokes through the tears.

“I’m too fucking happy.”

Without a word, he’s yanking me to him and crushing my mouth with his.

“I had to know,” he groans, his voice rough. He kisses me so hard that I see stars and have to choke back a whimper.

His eyes are still locked with mine as he pulls away.

“…because I love you.”

Bane scoops me against him, lifting me off my feet as I gasp into his lips, knowing only the feeling of kissing him and losing myself in that kiss. He steps down from the edge of the parapet and onto the veranda, then we’re crashing onto one of the chaise lounges.

I moan as he flips us, pushing me down onto my back and kissing me fiercely as he pulls away my sarong and bikini. His mouth slides down my neck, over my collarbone, nipping and sucking down the slope of my breasts until he finds an aching, pebbled nipple.

I cry out as he bites down, his teeth sending both pleasure and pain ricochetting through my core. His hand pushes between my thighs, forcing them apart before he cups my throbbing pussy.

“Fuck!”

I moan loudly when he swirls his tongue around my nipple and sinks two fingers into my slickness, teasing against my g-spot as I writhe and shudder.

His mouth trails down my body, licking over my stomach as it caves beneath his tongue. He keeps his fingers deep inside me, scissoring them, stroking in and out before he shoves my legs apart and lowers his mouth between them.

Oh shit…

A broken, needy sound tumbles from my lips when Bane’s tongue swirls over my clit. He sucks on it, dancing the tip of his tongue over the swollen nub as I arch my back, screaming in pleasure. My fingers tangle in his hair, my face scrunched up in sweet agony as he devours my pussy.

His fingers saw in and out, stroking against that one spot over and over, until my legs are shaking and my stomach is clenched so tight it almost hurts.

My head lolls back, my mouth open, my eyes shut, my hands gripping his hair as Banedevoursmy fucking pussy.

I come so quickly it takes my breath away. The orgasm explodes through my core, spreading through my veins until I can feel it in the tips of my fingers and toes. Down my spine. In my bones. In my fuckingteeth.

I barely have a chance to catch my breath before Bane rolls me over. He shoves my legs apart, making me cry out as he slaps my ass hard over and over until I’m sobbing in pleasure and pain and never wanting it to stop.

I shudder, moaning as Bane’s knees move to either side of my hips, keeping me prone on the lounger. His hot, swollen cock sinks between my thighs from behind and the head pushes against my slick opening. His hand wraps my hair in a fist, tugging my head backjustas he thrusts into me.

Hard.

Rough.

Deep.

I let out a wrenched sob of pleasure as his palm cracks down on my bruised ass again. He draws out, then rams right back in ashe tugs my head back again, dragging his teeth over my neck and the shell of my ear.

“You don’tgetto fucking jump,” he chokes into my ear as his muscled hips crash into me. “Not now, not fucking ever.”

My eyes roll back as his gorgeous, delicious cock rams deeply into me, every thick, swollen inch stretching me to my limit in a way that has my skin on fire and my toes curling.