I’d known he’d take care of me. That I didn’t have to keep fighting.
The lingering thoughts had tightened into certainty.
I loved him.
I never wanted to be in a world without him. I couldn’t survive returning to the cold emptiness that my life had been before him.
Sure, I had Gemma. Andthank Godshe was alright, but the fleeting moments of laughter and fun with her had been the only light in that gray world of fear I lived in.
With Dmitri, I'd learned how to smile with my whole heart. To say what I was thinking without fearing the repercussions.
And I justlikedhim. I liked the way his eyes danced when I sassed him. I liked the way he was so patient when he was teaching me something new, and how he never talked down to me like so many in my life had.
I even liked the way he walked in the front door. How his eyes seemed to soften when he caught sight of me waiting near thedoorframe. Or the way he instinctively pulled my body closer when he was asleep.
Those little things I liked–no,loved–about him were too numerous to count.
Yes, he didn’t hesitate to snap a man’s neck, and I knew he didn’t feel anything close to remorse. But in this world of darkness and violence, being with him was the only time I felt safe. Not just in body. Safe to finally be myself.
Somehow the man who I’d hated with all my heart had become the only man I’d ever love.
As Dmitri stared down at me with hooded eyes, I knew there was only one answer to his question.
“You.Alwaysyou.”
Dmitri blinked at my words, and his expression intensified into something beyond lust. I didn’t have time to discern it before his hand twisted in my hair, and his lips crashed against my own.
His tongue was possessive, and the hand digging into my skin even more so. I met his tongue stroke for stroke, letting him know I needed him just as badly. Dmitri’s animalistic groan was a balm to my soul, evaporating my thoughts of anything except him.
When he pulled away from me, I was breathless. And the feral expression in his eyes promised me this was just the beginning.
Chapter sixty-four
Alisa
Liquid was gushing from me, and Dmitri hadn’t even taken off his pants yet. Making me feel this needy from only a kiss should be illegal.
“Good girl,” he said. A heady shudder rushed through my body. “Time to let me take care of you.”
He leaned over the bathtub, caging me inside, and a low moan left my lips. After fighting against my mind and my attacker, all I wanted to do was submit to the one person I trusted completely.
“So needy for me,” he said with a hum of approval. “Just me.”
His words left embers across my skin, only growing more scorching when his eyes traveled across my bare body. It was like he was planning all the ways he’d defile me tonight.
Dmitri grabbed his belt, and there was a hurriedness in his movements that I didn’t miss. The man always slowly teased me, but the rough way he tossed his belt aside told me he needed me just as badly as I needed him.
Dmitri pushed down his pants and revealed his massive cock. It was so thick that I sometimes wondered how he shoved thatthing inside me without splitting me in half. Although, I guess you could argue that he alreadyhad.
He split my mind in half whenever he pounded into me.
“Drooling over my cock.” He tsked, roughly running his hand up and down the expanse of it. “Such a fucking slut.Myslut.”
Mindlessly, I ran my tongue across my lips. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down as he zeroed in on the movement. It was thrilling seeing the effect I had on him.
I reached for his cock wanting more of that reaction, but he caught my hand. When I pouted, a smirk dragged across his lips.
He clicked his tongue. “Not yet, kitten.”
