Total pages in book: 266
Estimated words: 250787 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1254(@200wpm)___ 1003(@250wpm)___ 836(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 250787 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1254(@200wpm)___ 1003(@250wpm)___ 836(@300wpm)
His right hand slides under the covers to rest on my thigh that is over his waist. His thumb gently rubs back and forth, and I feel my body instantly heat. All of a sudden, I’m getting hot, and my breathing picks up.
I swallow nervously and break the awkward silence between us. “Did you find out anything?” My voice is softer than I meant it to be, and his silence makes me wonder if he even heard me.
After a long second, he lets out a deep breath, making his chest rise and fall. “No.”
He’s lying. I want to be mad, but maybe he’s protecting me? Trying to ease my mind about what could have happened in that bathroom. “I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you,” I say, my voice louder than before but still on the softer side.
His thumb stops on my thigh, and his hand moves up over my hip, my side, and then to my face. Cupping my cheek, he forces me to look up at him. I can barely see him in the dark room, but the lightning helps a little. “You’re okay,” he assures me.
“Why did you want me to wait on you?” I ask, needing to know.
His eyes search mine as he answers. “Because men will camp out in a women’s bathroom to attack them as they enter. They will rape and kill them. Then leave them there to rot as they get away.”
“Is that what you think he was going to do to me?”
He sighs but doesn’t answer the question. Instead, he says. “Why do you think he picked a gas station right off the busiest highway?”
I frown, not understanding.
“Because it’s loud. That highway has a lot of traffic coming and going—each way. Men are able to do whatever they want, and no one can hear the women screaming for help.”
“I screamed for you,” I whisper. “Did you hear me?”
I feel his heart pounding under my hand that rests on his chest. “No.”
“So…why did you come in there?” I ask.
“To check on you,” he replies simply. “I’m sorry it wasn’t sooner.”
“I…” Debate on whether to tell him this but I decide after what I saw him do to the guy that I might as well. “I checked underneath the stalls but saw nothing. I was just looking to see which ones were open, not thinking a man was hiding in them. But he obviously was.” I give a rough laugh, and he frowns. “I didn’t see any shoes, but they were locked. He must have been standing on the toilet. Hovering to go unseen. He had two doors locked knowing I’d have to use the only one available. I wonder how long he had been in there waiting for someone to enter.”
He remains quiet while I tell him what happened. He hadn’t asked for specifics, and I felt like they didn’t matter to him. He saw what was happening, and that was enough to make the guy pay for putting his hands on me in any way. But I wanted him to know. If I had not been throwing a fit and had listened to him...
I stop that train of thought because I did throw a fit and didn’t listen to him.
The lightning flashes again, and I get a look at his eyes on mine. He’s already looking down at me. His blue eyes appear so soft and caring, yet it’s an illusion. I’m feeling vulnerable and horny as fuck. Tonight could have gone very differently. I could have been raped, killed, or both. This man has proven that he’s going to protect me.
I lean up without thought and press my lips to his, not knowing if he’s going to push me away or kiss me back. When his hand slides to my hair, I moan against his lips, praying he’s going to make me his whore. Because I almost became someone else’s, and that terrifies me.
I thought the Lords were the ones to fear, but I forgot that there are monsters outside of our world as well. And they will tear you apart for no other reason than because they can.
HAIDYN
I push her onto her back, and she parts her lips for me while her legs wrap around my waist. I lower my hand and slide it between our bodies, needing to be inside her. I jacked off in the shower, needing a second. I wasn’t sure she wanted to be touched after what happened.
She was obviously grateful when she kissed me at Carnage, but that could have been the adrenaline alone. Time has passed, and I wanted to give her whatever space she needed, but the way her nails dig into my tatted back tells me she needs me right now as much as I need her.
I screamed for you.
Fuck, I never heard her. It was pure anger that had me entering the bathroom after her. I was going to tell her off for not waiting. A woman has to always be on guard. I’m not one of those men who live in a world that think the women aren’t different than the men. Maybe it’s because we’re brought up to see them as vulnerable at all times. Perhaps it’s because we’re the ones who are always watching their every move. I did it before I made her mine. She was oblivious to almost everything around her. Hell, I was in her house at the same time as her, and she never even knew it.