Page 69 of The Hollowed

With her last shred of self control, Luci pulled away and tried to ignore Alex’s pitiful moan. His eyes snapped back open to stare up at her with so much care that she felt every muscle in her body tremble.

“I want you inside of me,” Luci said in a whimper as she rested her forehead on his and raised her hips slightly.

Alex leaned back just enough against the tile wall so he could adjust Luci into a more comfortable position, still mindful of the wound on his side. “Take whatever you want, Luci,” he said. “I’m all yours. Every piece of me is yours.”

Luci couldn’t help but smile to herself at his declaration as she pushed her hair off her shoulder and leaned in closer. Her free hand slid back around his neck, fingers gliding into his hair to anchor herself to him, while the other reached between them and centered his length against her heated core. She shivered at the first brush of him along her sensitive folds before she sank down just enough that she could feel him start to fill her. Her chin dropped with a breathy gasp of pleasure. Needing to see, if only for a second, the place they were now so fully connected.

“You make me greedy,” Luci whispered, tipping her head back up and letting her stuttering breaths wash over his parted lips. He watched her through hooded eyes as he let her set the pace. Let her sink down another inch and swallow the moan that slipped from her mouth into his.

“You make me want everything,” she confessed as he filled herentirely.

Alex let out a deep growl as one of his hands ran up her back and through her hair while the other dug into her hip harder. He was far from the first man she’d ever been with, but being with him was different than it ever had been before. It was enthralling and all consuming, the roll of her hips against his felt as natural as breathing did. Every touch of his hands and gasp between their kisses flamed the fire he’d ignited in her until it felt like the pair of them would burn up long before they ever came back down.

Their bodies moved in perfect sync, each one anticipating the other’s moves. Alex’s fingers tightened in the strands of Luci’s hair until she was gasping with pleasure. The pleasant spike of shivers across her scalp made her body arch against his solid chest, their panting breaths coming out in uneven waves. The thin curtain and pounding water did little to hide the sounds they made.

Luci rolled her head back in pleasure as Alex’s hands shifted to her hips. His lips still wrapped around hers, swallowing every sound she made just for him, even as he gripped her tight enough for her body to still. One of her hands moved down to his shoulder and her nails dug into his skin hard enough to leave little red crescents the water couldn’t wash away. Before she could break away and ask what he was doing, his hips were pounding up into her from below. The new angle made stars begin to blur along her hazy vision and her core start to throb with a need she desperately wanted met.

“Oh god,” she gasped.

“Is that what you wanted?” Alex asked with a heavy breath.

Luci responded with a moan, her mind spinning far too fast to even register what he’d said clearly.

“Words, Luci,” Alex ordered, pausing his movements to forceher gaze to return to his. Her lips formed a pout as she whined. He ignored her complaints and continued on. “Be a good girl and use your words.”

Something in Luci snapped. She remembered wondering what it would be like to hear him give her orders and to willingly relinquish the authority she’d worked so hard to earn to follow him instead. To follow his lead without question or hesitation. There was no one in this world, or any other, that deserved her obedience more than him. No one at all.

“Yes,” Luci responded in a whimper. She moved her hand from his hair to his chest in an attempt to steady herself and force the friction she so desperately desired. “You feel so good inside of me — so fucking good,” she gasped, head falling against his.

After getting exactly what he wanted, Alex resumed his movements. His hips pounded up into her at a relentless pace that had every part of Luci sparking and flashing with a heat that enveloped her so completely, she didn’t even notice he’d moved his arm around to the small of her back. His rough palm pinning her close to him and holding her together as his other fingers slipped between her thighs and easily found the sensitive bundle of nerves that had her screaming his name until it echoed against every wall around them.

“Finish for me,” Alex demanded with a growl. His lips pressed against the underside of her jaw, ragged breaths gritted out between clenching teeth in a voice that dripped desperate need. “Cum for me, Luci.”

Luci had no other objective in her mind as she nodded slowly and rocked her hips, meeting his rhythm and pushing further and further until she could feel her climax begin to grow in her stomach. She pressed her lips to his again as her fingers curled against his chest and in his hair, trying to ground herself to him, to her only solid piece of ground in this whole messed up world.

Their bodies rocked together in the tight space of the shower, steam curling around them, sweat and water dripping down over their flushed skin, muscles burning under the relentless pounding they were putting themselves through. Each of them whispering words of love and devotion they tried to tattoo into the other’s skin with their messy kisses and trembling fingers.

Luci cried out Alex’s name as she pressed her lips over his with a finalI love youthat he echoed.Her climax crashed over her like a wave, clouding her mind and filling her with the most euphoric feeling she’d ever experienced. Alex followed her over the edge and painted her walls with sticky threads of cum as his hips continued to rock against hers. Neither of them willing to let the moment go, desperate to cling to this high as long as their bodies could take it. Luci now understood, fully and without a single doubt, that he was hers and she would forever be his.

Chapter 30

Lucilla

Luci wasn’t sure how much time had passed since they’d been taken to the room, but eventually a gentle knock came at the door. An older woman with kind eyes appeared, her arms full of folded clothes and a tray of food. She’d found them still in robes, their hair damp and cheeks flushed from the heat of the shower, but she didn’t comment on it. Instead, she simply smiled and placed everything down with care.

She urged them to let her know if the clothes didn’t fit and insisted they tell her if there was something they didn’t like. Luci nodded politely and offered her gratitude, but she knew she wouldn’t be able to bring herself to complain. Even if the sleeves were too long or the food too spicy, her heart wouldn’t allow her to seem ungrateful.

Not when someone had taken the time to care.

Luci tugged the soft cotton t-shirt down her frame and glanced at Alex, who had just finished tying the drawstring on a pair of gray sweatpants. The clothes were simple, loose and worn in, but they were clean. She hadn’t realized how foreign comfort had become until now — now that she was standing barefoot in clothes that didn’t stink or remind her of blood.

Alex’s gaze lingered on Luci for longer than necessary. She smiled in return before reaching down to scratch behind Luna’sear.

A knock at the door pulled their attention. Luci turned just as it creaked open and Elena stepped inside. “Time for your meeting,” she said gently. “Your friend will meet us there.”

Cipher appeared in the hallway behind her, already dressed, with his hands shoved into his pockets as he gave them a quick glance. “You two clean up nice,” he said with a grin before stepping back to let them pass.

Luci scooped up Luna’s leash, though the dog padded obediently at her side without needing it.