Page 44 of Madness & Mercy

Then I stop.

His eyes fly open: glazed, wide, and panicked.

“Say it,” I whisper. “Tell me what you want.”

“I want to come,” he breathes, his voice barely audible.

I lean in, my lips at his ear.

“Louder.”

“I want to come,” he says again, his voice raw now. “Please.”

I pull back and look down at him. His skin flushed, his body trembling, every ounce of resistance stripped down to nothing but need.

“That’s better,” I murmur. “But not yet.”

He groans like he’s in pain. His hips chase my hand even as I pull it away.

“You will,” I promise. “But not until you’re completely mine.”

And then I slide down his body again, mouth parting, ready to make himscream.

He’swrecked.

Flushed. Gasping. His chest rising like he’s been drowning in want and I’m the only air left in the room.

And I haven’t even finished with him yet.

“Breathe,cucciolo,” I murmur as I settle between his thighs again, hands sliding under the backs of his knees, pushing his legs wider. “You’ll need it.”

He makes a strangled sound that’s half plea, half warning, but he doesn’t stop me. He never does.

And when I lean in, licking a slow, filthy stripe up the underside of his cock, heshudders.

“You’ve been so good,” I whisper, kissing the head, tasting the salt of his desperation. “Begging so sweetly. Maybe you’ve earned it.”

“Nico—fuck—please,”he groans, his voice wrecked beyond recognition. “I can’t take anymore.”

“You can.” I grin against him. “And youwill.”

And then I take him into my mouth again, slow and deep, tongue swirling, lips sealing around him like I’ve done this a thousand times. Like Iwas madeto make this man come undone.

Julian cries out, fists tangled in the sheets, his whole body trembling.

I hum around him, the vibration making him thrash. One hand presses hard against his hip to keep him grounded, the other sliding lower, stroking gently, just enough to tip him into oblivion.

He’s panting now, legs trembling on either side of me, every muscle locked and ready to snap.

And then I do it. I take him all the way down.

That’s all it takes.

Heshatters.

“Fuck—Nico—Nico—”

His voice breaks as his whole body bows off the bed, cock pulsing in my throat as he comes hard, the force of it wringing a cry from deep in his chest.