Page 88 of Puck My Life

My eyes open wide, and I find him staring at me. Even as his lips keep caressing mine, he’s watching me fall apart.

Oh, God. What is this?

His thumb brushes my clit, and I explode, clenching and bearing down on his finger, my body shaking. I tear my mouth from his, gasping for air, but he shields me, keeps me hidden, and soaks in all the pleasure.

“We could make beautiful music together, Vae. You and I, we could be something special.”

“We are something special,” I whisper, gasping as he gently pulls his hand free.

To my shock, he pulls his hand up to his face and licks it clean.

I’m covered in slick, there’s no way I can go back in there, but everything in me wants to kick off my jeans and climb this alpha like a tree.

“Shall we go back in or do you want to go-”

“Home. We need to go home.”

“I’ll drive you,” Raynor says with a pleased purr.

I just hold on to the hand holding mine and follow him back to his car.

Raynor

PAST

Vae had been drifting away, but she’s back now. We can hug her and touch her without her flinching. She’s much happier as well, though I sometimes find myself wondering what happened.

I don’t know what caused her to disappear inside herself, but I’m relieved it’s over.

Someone knocks on the door.

I roll out of bed and open it. Vae stands in front of me with a guitar.

I blink at her.

“What’s this?”

“I know your other guitar got damaged, so I found you another one. It’s not brand new, but I gave someone a cake, and he liked it, so he gave me this on my birthday before he passed.”

She made cakes for other people?

“Wait, what friend?”

“He used to come down to the community centre.”

“You go to the community centre?”

“Yes, I bake in my spare time and give it to them,” she says with a chuckle.

“Why don’t we get any cake?” I’m not sulking. I’m not.

“You didn’t want any when I asked. Something about a cleansing diet and keeping your God-given abs.”

Yeah, that sounds like me.

“I’d like to try some cake next time.”

She looks startled. Have her eyes always been so green? The colour is extraordinary.