Page 2 of Love & Power

Again, my lower body clenched, and that sensation of exploding happened again. “Fuck yes, soak these goddamn sheets so there is no question that our queen isn’t getting taken care of properly.”

When he tried to go again, my hand grabbed his wrist. “You’re going to finger fuck me raw at this rate, and I have six other men who like to use this as much as you do.”

Luca’s smile was so smug I wanted to slap him, but I was riding the high he’d given me and didn’t want to ruin it. “Would you look at that? Our queen has seven dark knights to do her bidding. I wonder who called that one?”

Using all the strength I could muster, I flipped him off. He caught my finger and sucked it into his mouth, letting his tongue swirl around it before letting it pop free. “Don’t worry, I’m gonna do that in just a second.”

My sex-fogged brain didn’t catch the double meaning until he rolled me over and stripped me of all my clothing. Just as I was testing to see if my limbs still worked, hands wrapped around my ankles and dragged me half off the bed. With my feet on the floor, ass up in the air, and my upper body sprawled on the bed, Luca gripped my hips and thrust into me. I screamed as the sensitive flesh of my pussy submitted to his entry.

“Fucking hell, you’re squeezing me so tight,” Luca grunted as he slowly pulled back, only to ram right back in. “Not to mention you’re so wet it’s dripping down your legs as I fuck it out of you. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to fill you up with something real special so you don’t feel empty after I finish.”

When someone says they were fucked into the mattress, I now understand what they mean. Hound and I had some rough primal sex that had me questioning my life choices. However, it felt like Luca was making it his life’s mission to rearrange my guts with his cock as I was in heaven.

“Yes, yes, yes,” I chanted. “Fuck that pussy like you want to split me in half.”

Clearly enjoying my encouragement, he draped himself over my back, resting one knee on the bed, giving him a deeper angle. “Is this what you wanted? Just think, I’m deep enough now that I’m fucking your womb, and when I come, I’ll paint the walls white. Who knows if your birth control will be strong enough to stop me from fucking a baby right into you.”

“Give. It. Your. Best. Shot,” I gasped out between thrusts, knowing full well there was no chance Luca could do what he said. The man had made sure I was well aware of his kink and the lengths he went to ensure he protected his partners.

Luca slid an arm under my chest and hugged me tightly to him as his hips pistoned into me. His breath became more ragged, letting me know he was getting close. Knowing I wouldn’t be able to keep up with him being this aggressive for much longer, I clenched around his cock, causing him to hiss.

“Does my baby girl want my come that badly you’re willing to squeeze it out of me?” Luca asked, nipping at my ear. “Keep holding me tightly like that, and I’ll give you every single drop I’ve got.”

Finally, Luca roared as he slammed into me, forcing his cock as deeply as he could inside, sending me headlong into my climax. It might have been the euphoric state I was in, but I could feel every drop of his cum filling me. The warmth of it had me trembling as I came again with the pressure of his hand on my stomach so I could feel his cock rooted in my body.

“Holy fuck, can you feel that, baby girl?” Luca whispered in my ear. “Now I know for sure no matter what happens or however long we might go in between, your pussy will always remember me.”

Of that, I had no doubt, but right then my body wanted nothing more than a nap. He’d wrung every ounce of energy I had out of me in this sexcapade. Oh, it had been worth every second of it, but fuck, if I didn’t need a quick nap before even trying to move.

“If that was your goal, then I’d say mission accomplished,” I mumbled, attempting to brush some hair out of my face, but my arm wasn’t listening.

Lovingly, Luca combed his fingers through my hair then pressed kisses across my shoulders as he bundled me up. Without removing himself from me, he shuffled us farther onto the bed and pulled a blanket over us.

“Are you just going to leave it there?” I asked, shifting to look over my shoulder at him.

Leaning down, he kissed me languidly before answering, “I don’t want you spilling a drop of my cum until we shower. Call me selfish, but I’m making up for lost time right now. You’ve had six other men showering you with their attention when I couldn’t.”

“Lu—” He stopped me with another kiss.

“Don’t,” he warned. “There is nothing to apologize for. We have had this conversion numerous times, and my feelings on the matter aren’t going to change. The more you push the fact, it makes me dig in and find other ways to make you understand. Can we please move forward instead of being planted on this single moment in our relationship?”

I knew he was right but didn’t know how to let go. For most of my life, I only had Glenda to worry about, and now there were ten times that many people. “I hear you, Luca, and I don’t want to be stuck here feeling guilty every time I look at you, but I don’t know how to change that.”

Luca sighed as he nuzzled my neck, kissing the crook under my ear. “First, you have to accept that I don’t hold you responsible for how things turned out. Then you need to wrap your head around the fact that men who are madly in love with a woman will do anything to keep her safe.”

My whole body froze. “What?”

“Sorry, was that too subtle?” Luca asked as he slipped out of me, rolled me on my back, and boxed me in with his arms. “See, being in solitary gave me a lot of time to think and figure out if I was left to rot in the cell, what would I regret more than anything. Well, Astin Caprioni, if there is anything you need to take responsibility for, it’s making me love you. I’m not talking about lust that feels like love. Nor is it loving you for your power or position. It’s not that simple, shallow, or selfish. When I cut through all the bullshit and noise, I was left with one regret that would have had me doing anything to get out of that cell.”

When he didn’t elaborate, I took the bait and asked, “What was it?”

“Telling the woman who found the heart I didn’t know I still had that I love her,” Luca confessed, stroking his fingers along my jaw. “Trust me when I say I’m prepared to carve my heart out of my chest and hand it to you, just to be sure you believe me.”

At the mere thought of him daring to do that, my hand shot out to cover his heart, making sure I could still feel it beating in his chest. “You fucking say something like that to me ever again, I’ll cut everything out of you except your damn heart. Did you hear me when I told you I can’t lose you? I’m not joking when I say that, Luca.” My eyes burned with unshed tears as my throat tightened, making it impossible to speak.

He dropped his head to rest his forehead against mine. “That’s when I knew you loved me too, Astin. I promised myself I wouldn’t wait to tell you how I felt once you got me out. God forbid something ever keeps us apart again, but our world is full of twisted people and danger lurking in the shadows. Despite all that, I knew if I could tell you I loved you, it wouldn’t matter because you’d know how I felt. I won’t let a day go by when you don’t hear me say that to you.”

Tears slipped out, ignoring all my efforts to keep it together. “I love you too, Luca, and I’m sorry it took having you taken from me to realize it.”