Page 103 of The Songbird's Shadow


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“You see, I may have chosen you at first, but tonight, you chose me.”I run my nose over the side of hers, my breath ghosting over her lips.“Because you need this.You crave this.”

I run my finger over the gold chain at her neck.The firelight dances over the metal, sending sparks of light glittering against her milky skin.“You love this collar, don’t you?”I ask.“You love being my perfect little pet.”

“Yes.”The word is barely a whisper, but it rings in my ears as clear as a bell.

Pulling my knee from between her thighs, I shove the scraps of her t-shirt aside, revealing the naked flesh beneath.Soot and blood from the tattered fabric smear across her skin and I suck in a breath.She’s gorgeous this way—her skin coated in the evidence of her freedom.The red and black slicks look like the strokes of a paintbrush on canvas.It’s a masterpiece given to her by the dead.It shows the way she fought, the way that she didn’t freeze in her fear.She never will again.

“Open your legs,” I demand.

Leaves crackles beneath her as she shuffles her feet, stepping her legs apart by mere inches.

A yelp jumps from her lips as I smack my palm down on her inner thigh.The flesh pinkens into a perfect rosy handprint and I grin.“Wider.Open your legs and let me see what’s mine.”

She steps her legs apart further, giving me a glimpse of her wet center.Moonlight and fire glimmer off of the arousal that coats her thighs, making it look pearlescent against her pale skin.I cup her dripping cunt and her lips part on a husky moan.

“You’re so wet for me,” I groan, pressing a finger inside of her and reaching my thumb toward her clit.Her eyes roll back as I circle the bundle of nerves.Pressing a second finger into her tight channel, I pump my fingers and feel her clench around them.She bucks her hips, grinding her cunt into my hand.

I press my lips against her ear.“And so needy for my attention.”

Ava wraps her arms around my neck, gripping the fabric of my jacket tightly between her fingers.I trail my lips down her neck, nipping and sucking on her soft skin.She whimpers, her hips writhing against my hand seeking her release.

“What do you need, precious?”I scrap my teeth over the sensitive skin below her ear.“Do you need your master to fuck you?To remind you who owns your body?”I pull my fingers from the tight grip of her pussy and she whines.Pressing my palm against her sternum, I kiss a line across her chin.“Who owns your heart?”

Her voice is hoarse and desperate.“Please.”

I open my zipper and let my cock spring free.Air fills my chest at the way her eyes widen and her tongue darts out to wet her lower lip.Her hungry gaze follows the movement of my hand as I stroke it over my hard length.Wrapping my hand around her thigh, I squeeze the supple flesh in a bruising grip and wrap her leg around my waist.An excited hum vibrates in her throat as I line myself up to her entrance.

I pause with my cock only inches from her dripping center.“Tell me what I want to hear, little bird.”

“Please, fuck me, master,” she begs.“Please.”

“That’s my good girl.I’m not going to be gentle with you.”The flash of trepidation in her eyes makes me groan.“I need to remind you that you’re mine.”

I thrust forward, slamming my cock deep inside of her.Ava screams and clenches around me.My tenuous grip on my self-control shatters and I pump into her wet heat with hard, fast strokes.The feral being inside of me purrs at the feeling of her cunt squeezing around my length.It relishes in the tears that dribble down her pink cheeks and the way her face pinches with pain.

“Fuck,” I grunt, “you feel so good.Such agood little slut.”I punctuate each word with a hard thrust.

I want to make this last, to make her come over and over until she can’t breathe, but I can’t.I can feel my body barreling toward orgasm.Every part of me knows that I almost lost her.My organs clench and my muscles twitch, all of them reaching for her.Tomorrow, I’ll give her more.I’ll drown her in pleasure until the only name she remembers is mine.But tonight, I need to claim her.I need to pummel into her and force my seed so deep inside of her that she’ll be marked forever with my essence.

Her body tenses and her moans drift through the air like a song.Reaching between her legs, I stroke my fingers over her swollen clit.She jerks in my hold, her body quivering with need.I pinch the bundle of nerves between my fingers and she cries out.

“Tell me you’re mine, little bird,” I demand, angling my cock to hit the spot that makes her writhe with pleasure.

“I’m yours,” she pants.“Please, please, I’m going to?—”

“Not yet, precious.”She screeches as I smack my fingers against her clit.“Tell me you need me.”

“I-I need you.”

I drag my cock against that sensitive spot deep inside of her, feeling her muscles squeeze me like a vise.“Tell me you love me.”

Her breath whispers across my face with her whimpered words.“I love you so much.”

I drag my fingers over her clit and pump into her with rough, even strokes.“Then come for me.”

Ava screams out her release into the night.The symphony of my little bird’s song reaches my ears and I quickly follow, pumping her full of my release until it drips down her luscious thighs.I scoop her into my arms, elevating her ass with my elbow to ensure that she keeps most of my cum inside of her.The organ thrashing in my chest is like a feral animal that settles with the knowledge that she’s marked by my scent.

Ava nestles into me, sighing happily and pressing her head into my shoulder.I press a kiss to the top of her head and wrap my jacket around her.

“Let’s go home.”She sighs.

Home.My heart expands within me, its beat thumping out her name.I carry her away from the burning ruins and a warm feeling ignites within me.After all of this, everything she’s been through here, she wants to go home with me.You are her home, the beast within me sighs.