Page 26 of Revived (Lucky Ones #1)

Chapter eighteen

Sullivan Byrne

Babygirl: I wish you were off tonight.

Sully: Oh yeah? Why’s that?

Babygirl: Because I’m aching for you, Sul. I don’t know how I can wait until morning.

Sully: If I have to wait then so do you. No touching. You’ll just have to wait until I get home and wreck that pretty pink cunt of yours.

Babygirl: Sullivan! I’m in the same room as my father.

Sully: Don’t let him see your phone then. I can’t wait to wake you up in the morning with my head between those perfect thighs. Dammit baby girl, I can practically taste you already.

Babygirl: Stop… This is so uncomfortable.

Sully: This conversation or the fact that you’re aching and dripping for me in the same room as your Da?

Babygirl: The second one.

Sully: Just wait until you’re fighting to be quiet while he’s in the next room as I make you come on my face over and over.

Babygirl: Fuck, I need you.

***

I’m teetering between too tired to function and pure excitement to fulfill my promise to my girl when I drag myself up the front steps of Elle’s house.

We texted back and forth until she fell asleep last night, and while she was sleeping peacefully, I was pulling two victims out of an MVA before the car caught fire.

She spent hours teasing me between dirty texts and the sexiest pictures I’ve ever seen.

My mouth waters just thinking about it as I unlock her door and push it open.

Only to walk face first into the barrel of a Glock.

My eyes narrow on Rossi’s puppy, I mean his security. I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy has been instructed to blow my head off on sight. He doesn’t blink as he lowers his weapon slowly.

“You almost met your end, Byrne.” Elio smirks before holstering his gun .

“I promise, you would have met yours shortly after.” I ground out between clenched teeth.

“I don’t know. You and your brothers seem estranged, no?”

Where the fuck does this guy get off… Actually, no. I’m not doing this. I have more pressing matters right now. I pat his shoulder patronizingly.

“No, we aren’t. Besides, I wasn't talking about them. I’m talking about Elle. She’s a little territorial when it comes to me.” I push past him but throw out one last jab, “Oh, and Elio? I’d wear earplugs if I were you.”

Done toying with the security asshole who’s had a thing for Elle for years, I leave him in the living room as I push open the bedroom door and quietly sneak inside.

Like the angel she is, Elle is sleeping on her back with her head turned to the side.

Her hair is fanned out across the pillow, and she looks like the most stunning creature that’s ever existed.

Fuck, she’s perfect.

As quietly as possible, I toe off my station boots and shed my station uniform until my tactical pants, button up shirt, socks, and t-shirt are discarded on the floor.

She’s in the perfect position for me, and already my cock tents my boxers.

Lifting up the blanket, I carefully crawl under them and up the bed until my hands gently maneuver her so my upper body settles between her parted thighs.

She’s naked, just like I knew she would be, and her breathing remains deep and even, telling me she’s still sound asleep.

Using my fingers, I open her up to me, and with the tip of my tongue I circle her clit.

She shifts but otherwise stays asleep. I smirk into her as I begin to slowly stroke her pussy with my tongue, making sure to pay extra attention as she begins to moan and squirm.

I know the moment she wakes up because the soft and sleepy moans turn into a sharp gasp.

Her hands find my hair just as I nip at her pulsing clit.

“Sully.” She moans.

“Shh baby. We have visitors, remember?” Now that she’s awake, I’m not holding back anymore.

My mouth devours her, licking, sucking, and gently biting.

Her arousal coats my lips and tongue, but she holds back until I slide two fingers inside of her.

I curl them just as I feel her walls beginning to clamp down and flutter, holding my fingers hostage.

“Fuck.” She sighs before I hear her put something over her face to drown out her moans. I can’t help the smug satisfaction in knowing she can’t keep quiet.

I double my efforts and when she’s right on the precipice, I graze my teeth over her clit.

Her hips buck and her thighs squeeze the sides of my head.

Yeah, I’m in heaven. I lick her through her release until she’s pushing my head away from her.

Smirking, I kiss her pussy before kissing up her body until my lips meet hers.

After a few minutes she pulls back and smiles at me.

“Well, that was a good wake up call.” She smiles while catching her breath.

“Oh, no. That wasn’t a wake up call. That was ‘I missed eating this pussy over the past three days.’ Now we’re going to snuggle and go back to sleep.” I move her until she’s lying half on me with her ear laying over my heart.

“What about you though?” She reaches down and runs her fingers up the underside of my dick.

“Please know that I’d love nothing more than to sink into the slice of heaven between your thighs, baby girl. And I will… but I need to sleep first, or I’m going to collapse mid fuck.” I trail my fingers up and down her spine .

“Sullivan! You should have just come in here and went to sleep.” She looks up at me with concern before she runs her fingertips at what I know are purple smudges under my eyes.

It’s a curse I’ve always had. They turn so dark that they almost look like someone dotted my eyes when I’m tired or sick.

And right now I’m running on about eight hours of sleep across the past three days.

I lean up enough to press my lips to hers in a chaste kiss before laying back down and yawning.

“Stay with me?”

“Yeah, Monster. I’ll stay with you for a while.”

My fingers continue their path up and down her spine until I hear her breath even out, and then I follow right behind her. Kind of like I will for the rest of our lives.

***

The first thing I realize when consciousness floats to the surface is that my chest is cold.

I knew she wouldn’t be in here when I woke up, but it still feels like a shock to my system.

Sitting up, I rub my eyes and take a minute to get my bearings.

A yawn wracks my body as I stand and put on the pair of black sweatpants that magically appeared in the time that I was asleep.

I toss on my TVFD t-shirt, and quietly make my way out of the room and towards the living room.

Voices of Elle and her Da float down the hall as I make my way to them.

As soon as I catch sight of her, gone is the thought that her father is also in the room.

I’m honestly still too tired to care. She smiles up at me from the couch that she’s on as I make my way over to her.

Without a word I sit beside her and pull her in my lap.

My face finds the crook of her neck while my arms wrap around her middle.

Honestly, I expect Theo to throw a huge fit about our position, but to my surprise, he just chuckles softly before continuing with his conversation.

“I understand where you’re coming from, bambina. I just hate that you didn’t trust me with it.”

Elle’s hand comes up and strokes my hair as I hold her tighter and breathe in her addicting scent. “It’s not that I didn’t trust you, Papa. I just know how much you worry, and I didn’t want to worry you even more.”

“My baby was taken and had to fight for her life, Elena. That’s a perfectly logical reason to worry me.

You’ve always tried to shield me from more heartache, but you forget that every time you scraped your knee I was worried.

You’re my daughter, and that’s my job. Even if you’re an adult and have clearly grown a fondness to what appears to be a koala or sloth. ”

This time I can’t help it as I chuckle into her neck and grumble, “She’s had a fondness for me since Pre-K.”

Begrudgingly I pull my head back and sit more like an actual human man instead of a clingy half asleep marsupial.

Theo’s watching me closely with something akin to happiness shining in his eyes.

He’s always liked me, so it’s hard to tell if this was his hope all along or if he’s just happy to be in Elle’s presence again.

Honestly, it’s probably a little of both.

Elle’s fingers come up and trace under my eyes much like they did this morning. My dick twitches at the thought of this morning and her invading all of my senses. She smirks knowingly before wrapping her arms around me and settling her head on my chest.

“Your eyes are back to normal.” She smiles up at me .

“It’s a wonder what sleep does for the body.” I tease her before kissing the tip of her nose. Pulling back, I focus on Theo. “Mr. Rossi. It’s good to see you.”

“Sullivan. So, you sneak into my daughter’s room often?” His lips twitch in a teasing manner. If I were any other man, I’d be strung up by my balls by now. Thankfully I’ve proved my love and loyalty to this woman my whole life.

“Only the mornings that I get off shift, sir. When I’m off shift, she sneaks into my room.” I laugh playfully, only to laugh harder when Elle glares up at me.

“I knew this would happen one day. I know I’m supposed to be the broody and scary father.

I’m supposed to break out all my threats, reminding you that if a hair on her head is hurt, it falls solely on your shoulders for not protecting her well enough.

Make no mistake, if you were any other man in this world, I would.

But you know all of that already, and I’ve been watching you protect her since you were small. I know she’s in good hands with you.”

Respect and understanding pass between us in a way that I didn’t even realize was possible.

It makes sense that he’s chill about this entire thing, but it still makes me pause and let the gravity of this settle.

He trusts me with his only daughter. That’s not something that I’m going to take lightly.

It’s been Elle and Theo since we were fourteen.

Now he’s giving me the green light– that I didn’t need but appreciate– to be with his kid.

I don’t say that to leave Lee out of the equation. Quite the opposite actually. Lee’s happy with her family, and the relationship that she’s working on with Elle. She doesn’t want to be included in the Rossi’s affairs, and as her brother-in-law I wholeheartedly respect her decisions .

I nod to him silently in thanks. A ghost of a smile pulls at his lips as he nods in return.

With that settled, I’m content sitting back and watching Elle interact with her dad.

Her hands fly as she talks, and her face lights up.

She’s fucking perfect, and I’m the lucky bastard that she chose to let stand in her light.

***

“Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore.” Steel’s voice crackles over our radios.

We went from the middle of a shopping trip for groceries to standing inside of this burning building in less than five minutes.

We’ve been told a mom and two kids are inside, so we’re conducting our primary search.

We’re spread out over the expansive house, but no one’s found anyone yet.

I’m crawling through the back hallway when I hear soft crying.

“Fire department. Call out.” I yell above the roar of the fire.

I think I hear it again and make my way to where it’s coming from.

I test the door before pushing it open and quickly crawl inside before shutting it again.

Somehow there’s nothing aside from a thick layer of smoke in here.

“Fire department. If you’re in here, call out. ”

“Help.” I hear a small voice yell. It takes me a minute, but I finally find the little girl hiding in the corner of the closet. Her dark brown hair is soaked in sweat, and her scared navy eyes take me in silently.

“Hey, it’s okay, sweetheart. I’m Sully, and I’m going to get us out of here, okay?

” She’s still eyeing me wearily, but I don’t have time to focus on that right now.

Right now, all I can focus on is the soot covering her mouth and nose.

I can’t get her out of here with no fresh air in time.

Dammit, my Chief is going to kill me for this.

Without letting myself think too long about it, I remove my helmet and hood before taking one final deep breath of clean air and removing my mask. I try my best to secure it over her face before replacing my hood and helmet and scooping her up in my arms. She can’t be older than seven or so.

“I’ve got one kid. Female, about seven. Awake and alert We’re headed out. I need medics as close to the door as they can get.”

“I’ve got a male about nine or so. Awake and alert.” Hal calls over the radio immediately after me.

With the little girl in my arms and secure, I squat down and duck walk to her door.

I thought about going out the window, but one, I’m on the second story, and two, it could very easily create a flashover.

Thanking myself for all the PT I put in, I quickly maneuver us into the hall before beginning to duck walk to the stairs.

It’s imperative that I stay as close to the ground as possible. Heat and smoke rise.

I’ve got us down the steps and almost to the door when the fucking floor gives. In one last ditch effort to save the girl, I toss her as far as I can from where I am.

Shit, this is going to hurt.

I land on the concrete basement floor with a cry of agony. I force myself to put my mask back on over my hood just as my PASS alarm begins to go off to alert everyone where I am. With the last bit of strength I have, I grab the radio, and with a weak voice and shaky arms, I make the call.

“Mayday, mayday, mayday. Lieutenant Byrne down. Basement. Get the family out.” I’m cut off by my own cough before I can finish. My eyes are getting heavy, and the last thing I see before I pass out is Steel scoop up the girl and get her out. Good, she’s safe.

If this is the end for me, I hope Elle finds love again. She deserves it, even if I’m not here to give it to her.