—Kneel—I command.
He blinks hard then pushes his legs beneath him, gets into position and tangles his hands in my hair.
My mouth barely loses contact with his body for a second. I swirl my tongue around the ridge of the head, watching his reaction.
It’s more than I could have dreamed of, a look of ecstasy appears on his face. I pause and very gently scrape my teeth on the underside of his shaft. His body convulses.
—N-n-nymph—
Taking him deep once again I hollow my cheeks as I suck and lick. Up and down, up and down, my fist constantly rotating around his shaft. Ludo’s hips buck in rhythm. He’s trying to hold back.
That’s not what I want.
—Take control, Lu…fuck my mouth—
—Nymph—
—I demand it—
I stop moving completely, so after a moment he has no choice but to comply. His thrusts are not tentative but a full claiming. My eyes water, and breathing is hard but I love it. Every. Fucking. Second.
—nnnnn—
Hot, salty cum floods the back of my throat. I swallow again and again, greedily keeping every drop. My Ludo.
Mine.
Collapsing against his warm broad chest, the steady beat of his heart thrums against my ear, the sweetest sound in the world.
“Lu?”
—Yes, Nymph?—
“Wes and Donovan’s parents ordered me to the sickbay earlier,” I whisper.
—Nymph? Dangerous…what happened?—
“They were checking I was still under their spell. Gods, Lu, it was awful. I acted completely passive while they talked about howWes is going to be discarded like worthless trash. And then they discussed how I’d be used over and over in the ascension.”
Ludo sits up, his mismatched eyes darkening dangerously.—They will not touch you…I will tear their bodies to shreds and bury them deep in this earth before they lay a finger on your skin—
“There’s more. Janine Hart said no one could wield the dark energy apart from her. Without her, there would be no more ascensions.” I look at Ludo, and a sense of peace comes over me. He’ll help me through this. “So, if she was gone, it would all be over.” A lump forms in my throat. “I think we have to…” I choke a little, “...kill her.”
—Yes, Nymph. I see that—
“But she’s their mother, Lu.” This is the conflict tearing me apart. “Donovan and Wes... how could I ever look them in the eye again? Even if she’s a monster, she’s their blood. Murdering her... it feels like I’m becoming the very thing we’re all afraid of.”
Ludo cups my jaw tenderly, forcing me to look into his steady gaze.
—Am I a monster for the lives I took at the facility?—
“Of course not, but that was different. Those guards were killed in a battle, not murdered after carefully plotting. The idea of that feels so wrong…like it will make a stain on my soul that will never go.”
—That female doctor is part of this war…a general in the war….take out the general and the war is won. Your twins were born from a rotten womb…free them from that final umbilical thread—
Closing my eyes, I allow our breath to mingle in the cool basement air. “That’s very well said, but the other thing to consider is she’s probably got more dark energy in her thananyone else we’ve encountered. She may be near impossible to kill.”
He presses his forehead against mine. —Nothing is impossible for you, Nymph. You are our miracle and an army of beasts at your back…—
