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Nova

My body jolts upright in bed as I struggle to catch my breath.

I haven’t had a nightmare in a while. They’ve slowly gone away over this past year, only coming back when I’m really stressed.

Glancing around the room, loneliness surrounds me and my body shudders.

What am I doing?

I have a stone-cold killer in the other room who’s been stalking me and bought me a damn house.

Okay, it doesn’t sound that great when it’s put that way, but it means everything to me.

Fuck this.

Sliding out of bed, I muffle a squeak as my feet land on the very cold, hardwood floor. Quietly, I tip toe across the room, happy when the door is silent as I open it. Slipping from the room, I creep down the hall until I reach his door. I open it slowly and smile when I see the nightlight shining from his bathroom, lighting up the bedroom enough for me to see him.

Closing the door behind me, I approach the bed hesitantly, biting my lip to suppress my nerves. He’s facing me, his expression blank, peacefully sleeping. He looks younger without the stress of life weighing on him. Tattoos cover his chest, and my eyes trace them until they disappear beneath the blanket.

I debate going back to the spare room, not wanting to disturb him. But I need to be close to him.

Fuck it.

Pulling the blanket back gently, I climb into bed as carefully as I can, so I don’t wake him.

As soon as my head hits the pillow, his arm bands around my middle, pulling me into his chest. “I want you whether you live here or not. I’ll take you any way I can have you.” His rough voice is soothing, and his words chase away my anxiety.

I snuggle into him, burying my face in his neck. I feel his warm chest through my thin shirt, but it’s not enough. I want to feel him without barriers. I pull away, lifting my shirt over my head. His body tenses and I wonder if I made another mistake. “I want to feel you on my skin.”

His chest rumbles as his hold tightens around me, running his fingers through my hair. “Tell me.”

“Nightmare.”

He rises up on his elbow, hovering above me. His eyes darken in the dim light, his body trembling with rage, knowing what my nightmares are about. “When I’m finished with you tonight, you’ll only remember how my cock feels inside you.”

“Colt.” I whisper, tears springing to my eyes.

He cups my cheek in his palm, kissing me softly. This is different from the others we’ve shared. His hand travels down my throat, through the valley between my breasts, down my torso. My body lights up as he reaches for my panties. He pulls away, rising to his knees with more grace than what should be possible for a man his size. His gaze never leaves mine as he pulls them down my legs, tossing them across the room.

My heart’s racing as he crawls up my body, trailing kisses along my skin. I’m nervous as if I’m about to lose my virginity.

I am in a way.

This will be the first time I want to give my body to someone. Squeezing my eyes shut, I push those thoughts away. I won’t let anything ruin this moment with my devil.

My Colt.

My eyes snap open and he grins. “That’s my girl.”

His praise makes me feel invincible and sexy. Wrapping my legs around his waist, I reassure him I’m here, in this moment with him. The only place I want to be.

“You’ve always been mine.” He murmurs, our lips crashing together, desperate and hungry.

My hands dive into his dark hair, pulling him impossibly closer. Being here with him is the only thing in my life that has ever felt right. He growls into my mouth, his hand reaching between us, gripping his cock, pressing it against my opening.

This is it.

I gasp as he pushes inside me, his mouth hovering above mine as we’re finally claiming each other. His intense gaze never falters as he sinks deeper and deeper until we’re one being with no beginning and no end.

I’m so incredibly full, clenching around his length tightly, making him groan as his head drops into the crook of my neck.

Neither of us move, savoring what’s been denied to us for so long.

Fucking perfection.

“Fuck, Nova. You feel so damn good.” He pulls out to the tip, plunging inside me harder.

“Oh God!” I moan, my thighs clenching around his waist, my fingers tugging his hair.

He slams inside me again, my eyes rolling back as pleasure consumes me. “God isn’t here. The devil is fucking this tight little cunt.”

“Jesus.” I whisper, immediately realizing my mistake.

He rises to his knees, spreading me open wider, his fingers sure to leave bruises. He pins my thighs to the mattress, his big cock thrusting inside me faster, harder, deeper.

His hand circles my throat and I’m gasping for air as he pummels inside me over and over, ruthlessly claiming me like a feral beast.

“Say my name, little demon.” He growls, releasing my throat, his rough fingers pressing into the flesh of my thighs, keeping them pinned to the bed.

“Colt!” I scream, my lower belly coiling tightly, heat spreading across my skin. I’m about to erupt with something powerful and it scares the hell out of me.

“Who am I?” He grits out, sweat trailing down his chest and torso.

“The devil!”

“Whose devil?”

“Mine!” I sob, the sensations too much and I feel like I’m about to be obliterated into a million tiny pieces.

He falls on top of me, his forearms catching his weight as he savagely thrusts inside me. “Your what?”

“My fucking devil!” I cry out, my body detonating like a bomb. Stars burst behind my eyelids and my muscles tense. I’m locked in a moment of time where everything stops except the pleasure rolling through my body. In the blink of an eye, it all snaps back into place, like a jolt of lightning.

My back arches off the mattress, but he drops his weight, pinning me in place. My skin is on fire, our sweat slicked bodies sliding against each other as he uses me to chase his own release. My nails dig into his scalp, and he groans at the bite of pain.

His thrusts become erratic, and it drags out my own orgasm until he roars my name, filling me to the brim with his cum. He sucks and nips my neck, both his hands fisting my hair.

His warm breath caresses my ear as his pace slows. “Fuck, I can’t stop.”

He glides in and out of me with ease, our combined release leaking from my aching pussy. While I know I’ll be sore later, I don’t want him to stop.

“Nova.” He whispers, vulnerability and longing in his voice.

My eyes burn with what I feel for him, and I know without a doubt he feels the same way. We lost so much time together, but I can’t dwell on that anymore.

We’re together now.

“I know.” I whisper back, rolling my hips to take him deeper.

He groans, taking my mouth in a kiss that says everything we can’t vocalize. His fingers slip between us, rubbing my clit in slow circles, matching the pace of his tongue as it explores my mouth.

The orgasm builds slow and steady, and I know it’s going to rip me apart at the seams. “It’s too much.”

“Give me one more, baby. Let me feel you break while I’m inside you.”

I shatter into a million pieces as I sob his name, dragging my nails down his back. He groans in sweet agony, his back arching in pleasure, his cock swelling impossibly larger before releasing himself inside me once again.

Our heavy breathing is the only sound in the room, and I struggle to focus on him. He finds my gaze, pushing a few strands of hair away from my forehead. “I’ll never let you go.”

“Promise?” I grin and his cock twitches inside me.

“I vow to always protect you. To always take care of you. To fuck you senseless every day of our lives.”

Huffing a laugh at the last part, I smile. “It almost sounds like you love me, Colt Everly.”

“Love doesn’t come close to what I feel for you, Nova. From the first moment I laid eyes on you, I knew you were going to be my life. Even if I couldn’t be with you then, I never left. I was with you every day; I couldn’t stay away.”

Unexpected emotion hits me, tears leaking from the corners of my eyes, and I feel like I’m in a dream.

He loves me.

He’s always loved me.

My heart begs me to say it back while my damaged mind tells me to be cautious.

You’ve never experienced love. How do you know what it is?

I open my mouth, to say what, I don’t know. He presses his finger against my lips. “Sleep, baby.”

He kisses me softly to ease the sting of him pulling out of me. Laying on his side, he cradles me against his chest.

Cum leaks from my pussy and my body tenses. “Colt, we didn’t use protection.”

The asshole chuckles. “And?”

“There’s pregnancy and diseases to worry about.” My voice rises an octave.

“You’re on birth control and I know you’ve been tested.” He yawns.

“What about you?” I ask, irritated he’s being nonchalant about this.

“What about me?”

“Have you been tested?”

“No need.” He says sleepily. “You were my first.”

My body shoots up in the bed. “What?”

His eyes widen at my reaction, but I can’t believe what I’m hearing. He sits up, now fully awake. “I’ve never wanted anyone but you, little demon.”

This fucking man.

He saved himself for me.

If my past were different, I would’ve saved myself for him.

The pieces click into place, giving me clarity.

He’s everything to me and I’m a damn idiot if I don’t tell him. He’s watching me closely and I can’t stop the tears from falling again. I throw myself into his arms and he falls back, covering the top of my head so it doesn’t hit the headboard.

I devour him, my own beast surfacing, knowing without a doubt he’s my soulmate.

My killer.

My stalker.

My fucking lifeline and I’ll never be without him again.

His cock hardens against me as I straddle his hips, my sore pussy aching for him again. I grip his cock with my hand, notching him at my entrance. I sink down slowly, the twinge of pain only adding to the pleasure.

He grunts, his head falling back as his fingers dig into my hips. “Fuck.”

I have no idea what I’m doing, so I let my body take over, grinding down on his length as it hits the sweet spot deep inside me. “Colt.” I moan. “Your cock is the fucking devil too.”

His strained laugh reaches my ears as he sits up, wrapping his arms around me. “Your pussy is heaven, so we’re even.”

His hold around me disappears, but I don’t stop moving. He cups my tits, sucking my nipple into his warm mouth, his teeth grazing the tight bud. Electricity shoots through my nerve endings and I ride his cock harder and faster, rolling my hips to take him as deep as possible. He switches to the other one, and I lose control. Bracing my hands on his thighs, I’m frantically chasing my orgasm. One of his hands wraps around my throat, the other gripping my hip. His mouth continues to go back and forth, sucking and biting my sensitive nipples.

“You’re riding me so fucking hard, baby. I’m about to come.” He groans, his eyes scrunched closed like he’s in pain.

It takes me over the edge, and I combust, screaming his name over and over. A loud roar fills the room as he flips me on my back, driving as deep as he can inside me. His body shudders as he empties himself, my pussy contracting around him. He buries his face in my neck, dropping his weight, like an oversized security blanket bringing me comfort.

Running my fingers through his hair, my nails lazily scratch his scalp. His soft snores make me grin. I really need to get a shower, but I’m exhausted, and his cock is still inside me.

Listening to his steady breathing, and snoring , I smile to myself before drifting to sleep.