Page 84 of River of Deceit

“Hope you used a condom,” I tell him, unable to keep myself from fucking with him as I pull out with a wet, obscene sound.

“Uh…” Blaze pulls out of Pandora. “No. Did you?”

Pandora laughs and rests her head against my thigh. I look down and notice that she dripped my cum all over me. “Better hope I haven’t picked up any new STIs.”

Blaze shakes his head. “You’re one cra?—”

“Don’t you fucking dare call her that,” I snap at him.

I don’t know why I’m defending her.

Sheiscrazy.

But no one gets to call her that, not to her face.

“Yeah. Better be careful, babe. Blaze. Blabe?” Pandora makes a contented sound and sits back onto her haunches. She looks at me with an extremely fucked out expression.

This is what she should have looked like that first time we had sex.

I stare at her, trying to catch my breath. She’s beautiful like this, and it twists something inside of me because I shouldn’t think so. I should see her for the snake she is.

“Ugh.” Blaze pulls his pants back up, then pulls his phone out. “Shit. We should probably get back. Zayden wants to know where we are.”

“Ooh, not Zayden.” Pandora crawls over to Blaze and drapes herarms over his shoulders. Apparently, she’s forgotten she’s pretending to hate him—or that he might be the reason Rachel disappeared.

Shit.Ialmost forgot that.

“Christ, Pandora. Don’t read over my shoulder.” Blaze hides his phone and glares at her. “Why are you here, anyway? You aren’t a Nyxie pledge.”

Pandora smiles. “Can’t a girl look out for her bestie? I had to make sure River wouldn’t end up in trouble.” She glances around. “No Asch, though. Too bad.”

I’m going to end up getting reamed out for this, I think, but I don’t particularly care. I still have her drool on my cock, reminding me of how good she can be when she wants to be. I don’t like that I had to share her with Blaze, but at the same time, double-teaming her was far from unpleasant.

The fact that she liked it doesn’t detract from the experience.

“You need to fuck off,” I tell Pandora. “Before someone else decides to give you a second load for the night.”

“Eh. This is a decent spot to bury a body, if they do try,” Pandora says.

Blaze stares at her, his eyes wide, like he isn’t sure he heard her correctly.

“I think there’s a shovel in the maintenance shed at the greenhouse,” I say, deadpan. “I could go grab it so you have it on hand.”

“Don’t be silly, River. You’d get lost at this time of night.” Pandora finally stands up and pulls her jeans up. She didn’t even bother to wipe herself clean. “Are you going to find your way back all right? I’ll help you navigate if not.”

“My phone’s got GPS, and we parked like right over there,” Blaze waves in a vague direction. “Should you be offering to help us? Where’s the screaming about how much you hate me?”

Pandora smiles as she pulls her shirt and hoodie back on. “Got bored of that. I’m way too sated right now to pretend.” She walks up to me and kisses my jaw. “See you later, River.”

“Thanks for the warning,” I tell her, my voice still dry. I grab herby the back of the neck and pull her in for a real kiss before shoving her away. “Get out of here.”

Pandora smiles at me, then blows a kiss at Blaze. “See you later! I can keep pretending you scare me if it’ll make you feel better.”

She walks off into the forest, Blaze still staring after her.

“Who the fuck is she?” Blaze asks once she’s out of sight.

I huff out a laugh. “You’ve fucked her…” How many timeshashe fucked her? She didn’t even seem surprised tonight. Jealousy roils within me, but I keep my voice level. “And you don’t even know who she is?” I meet his eyes. “That, myfriend, is Pandora fucking Pavone.”