I wiggle my hips in anticipation, and he grabs them, yanking my ass to the edge. Then his tongue is gliding through my wetness. I’ve never done this before, and fuck does it feel good. My hips try to buck, but he keeps a tight grip on me. He licks me like he’s a man starved and has done this a million times—which he probably has. I can’t stop the whimpers and moans that slip past my lips.
Shadows snake up my body and cover my mouth. “Quiet, pretty little curse. Just because we’re all alone doesn’t mean I want anyone nearby to hear you either.”
I do my best to stay quiet, but when he continues his pursuit, he slips one thick finger into me and then another, and I can’t stop the screams. His shadows at my mouth thicken to quietmy screams, nearly suffocating me. The mix of his fingers and tongue is an exquisite feeling, taking me to heights my vibrator never could before. I won’t last long like this.
Lifting his head from me, he says, “That’s it. Come on my fingers and tongue. I want you soaked when I fuck your cunt.”
His tongue returns to my pussy, and he shoves it into me. It seems to elongate, reaching high up to the spot I can’t even seem to reach with my toy most of the time. He strokes it quickly, moving his fingers in time with it, and my toes curl.
I’m so fucking close.
My screams even out—still barely contained by the shadows over my mouth—so he shifts his hand, allowing his thumb to play with my clit. That’s all it takes for me to come undone. My back bows off the bed as my body convulses, wave after wave of pleasure rippling through me. His strokes slow as I come down from my high, and he pulls his tongue from my pussy to lap at my arousal.
When he stands, he licks his lips with his eyes still lingering on my pussy. “You taste so good—like the most succulent forbidden fruit I’ve ever bitten into. I can’t wait to sink my cock into your tight cunt and fill you with my cum while you squirm beneath me.”
My eyes widen, and I’m about to object when a feminine voice growls, “Over my dead body will thateverfucking happen.”
I shoot up in bed and dart my eyes around to look for the source. A woman steps out of the shadows where Merric had been watching me, skin literally rippling, changing shades before me. And her eyes… They’re going back and forth between glacial blue and pure black. I’ve never seen anything like it before.
Her gaze is fixed on Merric, whose eyes widen as he takes a step away from my bed. I watch, terror rising, while Merric takes on his demon form. He grows over a foot taller than hisalready massive frame, stretching out the muscle and fat of his body, making him look scrawny. At the same time, his skin turns ashen, and shadows curl around his limbs like he’s preparing to fight.
He clenches his hands, and an unfamiliar, deep, raspy voice leaves him, reverberating through my bedroom. “Who the fuck are you?”
A wicked smile crosses the woman’s lips. “Who I am doesn’t matter. I have a feeling you know the answer to that question, though. You demons don’t spook easily.”
“What do you want, hunter?” Merric asks.
Her lip curls as she takes a step toward him. “To relieve you of your fucking head.”
Merric laughs, which seems to make the woman even more furious. “Get in line. There are millions on this Earth who would like my head served to them on a platter because of something or another that I’ve done. You tend to piss a lot of people off when you’ve been alive as long as I have,” he says, rolling his eyes. “I must say, I don’t think I’ve ever pissed a hunter off before. How did I manage that?”
“First off, you touched what was not yours to touch. Then—“ she hisses before Merric barks out another laugh.
“Not mine to touch? I’ll do whatever I please with her. She walks around this house flaunting her body, begging to be fucked. We all know it’s exactly what she wants, but everyone else is too chickenshit to do it themselves. Even if she doesn’t, all I have to do is avoid her gaze, so she doesn’t turn me to stone. A blindfold would easily do the trick. Not like there’s been anyone around to stop me ever since her father died,” he says in a relaxed voice that makes my stomach turn.
Fury washes through me, boiling my blood until fire is rushing through my veins. I shoot to my feet, dropping my human glamour to let my snakes free, and bring myself face-to-face withMerric. He looks away from me, but I reach up and dig my nails into his cheeks, forcing him to look at me. His eyes slam shut, and I let out a menacing laugh.
“You’re fucking pathetic. Why don’t you open your eyes and face me like the man you seem to think you are?” I hiss along with my snakes.
He rips his face away from me, and dark, sticky blood streams from the spots where my nails dug into his skin. “You’re fucking crazy if you think I’d do that, especially while you’re in your gorgon form.”
The woman appears before Merric in the blink of an eye. She somehow manages to grow a couple of feet taller, making her eye level with him, and wraps her hand around his throat. “You were so eager to tell me you would take her however you pleased, even if it were against her will. Yet you don’t have the decency tolookat her when she is speaking to you. Even if it isn’t in the eyes, she deserves your entire fucking attention. You’re a fucking coward and a disgusting waste of space.”
“I’m not risking turning to stone for a fucking whore!” he yells, shadows tracking up his neck to grab at the woman’s hand on his throat.
My hands shake, and the snakes on my head hiss as they snap at Merric. When I speak, I don’t recognize my voice. “A whore? Because I want attention, which I’ve been deprived of for my entirelife,because of what I am? Iletyou touch me; I didn’t beg you to. There’s a big fucking difference. You were the one who showed up in my bedroom without an invitation. And then, when I was about to let you fuck me, you proceeded to tell me you’d fill me with your cum without making sure I was okay with it. I am not here for you to do with as you please, even though you seem to think that’s the case. I never want to see you again, Merric. You’re dismissed.”
The woman’s hand tightens around his throat. Her black eyes gleam with excitement, and the corner of her lips tips up into a taunting, dangerous smile. “You and I are about to have a lot of fun,Merric. Letting you look into her eyes would be a mercy too nice for you, especially after what you tried to do to her. I’m going to enjoy torturing you.”
My attention shifts to the woman, and I quirk my head. “Who the hell are you?”
“I’m a monster hunter—part of the organization D.A.M.N.E.D,” she says, features softening.
“Oh,” I whisper, my eyes widening. “Did he do something to warrant a hunter coming after him?” She shakes her head, her black wavy hair swaying back and forth across her back, and my brows furrow. “What are you doing here then?”
She sighs and clenches her jaw. “I’m here to make sure I don’t lose you again, Roxanna.”
I take a step back from her and Merric. “Again? What’s that supposed to mean?”
