“And why should I be afraid of the darkness?” I shot back, my voice steady, though my heart raced. “Have we not already danced with the demons of our past?”
He looked at me, his eyes merging with the shadowy contours of the room, reflecting that same wildness I felt surging inside me. “This isn’t just a dance, sweetheart. It’s a fight. One you might not win.”
“I’ve never been one to back down from a fight,” I fired back, emboldened by the blood still staining my skin, by the chaos that colored my world. “And I’m not about to start now.”
“Then let’s find out just how fierce you can be,” he whispered, sliding his hands down until they gripped my thighs tightly, pulling me closer to the edge of the bed.
In a swift movement, he turned us so that I was pinned beneath him, my heart hammering as he towered over me. There was something intoxicating about the way he captured me—his body blocking out the light, creating a world where it was just us against everything else. The line between agony and ecstasy began to blur as his lips met the bruise on my neck, sending jolts of pleasure shooting through me, awakening a primal side I never knew existed.
“Do you want to be saved, or do you want to be destroyed?” he rasped, his breath sending shivers down my spine.
“Doesn’t have to be one or the other,” I replied, lifting my chin defiantly. “I want both. Show me what it means to thrive in chaos.”
With that simple challenge hanging between us, Hunter’s gaze darkened, a predatory look settling into his features. He leaned closer, his lips brushing mine tantalizingly before pulling back,creating a tension that felt electric. “Keep that fire alive, Bones. You’ll need it.”
Then, he began to work his way down my body, kissing and biting, every touch igniting me further. I gasped as he reached the hem of my shirt, pulling it up and over my head, baring my skin to the cool air. The contrast left me gasping but also yearning for the heat that only he could provide.
“Do you like being exposed?” Hunter inquired, his voice thick with desire as he reached under the pillow to pull something out, but he wouldn’t let me see it.
“Only to you,” I replied honestly, the vulnerability surfacing as our eyes locked in a moment of fierce understanding.
There was no one else who could see me like this—not the girl lost amid chaos, nor the one terrified of the ghosts of my past. As he claimed my body with tantalizing kisses, I closed my eyes, surrendering to the pleasure washing over me. Every moment felt like a reckoning—a summons of my shattered soul into a glorious chaos, while the ghosts of my past, muddied and tangled, faded into the background. This was our universe, a world defined by our own wicked design.
“Now, let me show you what destruction really looks like,” he murmured, grabbing the knife from the bed, its handle warm in his grip. I shivered in anticipation, exhilaration coursing through my veins, drowning out any hesitation.
“Only if you promise to pull me back before it’s too late,” I dared, trusting the wildness in a mixture that felt impossibly intoxicating.
“Trust me,” he said, instinctively knowing how to balance the fragile line we were about to tread. “I won’t let you fall too far.”
And as he positioned the edge of the blade with delicate care against my skin, I gasped at the familiar thrill it evoked. Every raw wound and scar displayed the truth of who I had been, and with every second, I felt the pieces inside me realigning,transforming. Our dark world spun with every gradual motion—intuitive, deliberate, and maddeningly delicious.
In that moment—beneath the weight of his body, the tingling anticipation of danger, and the frenzied connection that electrified us—I understood: my soul would rise and fall with him, forever dancing in the eye of chaos amid a love marked by loss, passion, and survival.
He pulls a bone out, tracing it down the front of me, a devious grin tugging at his lips.
“This is just the beginning, Bones,” Hunter murmurs, his voice low and gravelly, igniting a wild spark in my belly.
The bone feels cool against my heated skin, painting a line of tension and anticipation from my collarbone down to my navel. I shudder beneath his touch, my breath hitching as I grapple with the delicious tension spiraling between us.
“I want to feel every bit of it,” I challenge, leaning into the sensation, hungry for what he offers.
Every fiber of my being thrums with life as the boundaries of pleasure and pain blur right before my eyes. This was what I craved—a plunge into reckless abandon where nothing outside of these walls mattered.
With a slight flick of his wrist, Hunter drags the bone down, the hardness of it contrasting sharply with the softness of my flesh, while he leans down to plant soft kisses along my jaw. Each kiss feels like a brand, pressing deep into my psyche, a mark of ownership that sends me spiraling deeper into this new reality.
“Don’t you ever wonder if the pain is worth it?” he asks breathily, eyes glimmering with wicked intent, watching my reaction.
“Every fucking second of it," I confess, the truth spilling from me with fervor, “because it reminds me I’m alive. And I’m alive because of you.”
My admission hangs heavily, yet it liberates me in ways I can't fully grasp. I’m not just a casualty of circumstance anymore—I’m something more, fierce and unyielding, capable of wielding my own darkness. There’s a raw, potent energy swirling in the air—a beacon guiding us toward something far beyond desire.
“Then let’s make sure we never forget that,” he replies, his fingers tightening around my waist. “I’ll take you places you never knew existed, and you’ll beg for more, trust me.”
With that, he slides a condom over the bone and plunges the bone deep, carving into me not just physically but emotionally, pulling forth each fear and insecurity I’ve buried beneath layers of survival with each thrust. I gasp, the sharp pain mingling with an unexpected rush of exhilaration.
“Hunter—” He silences me with a fierce kiss, preventing my thoughts from spiraling, grounding me in this chaotic symphony of flesh and bone surrounding us.
I can taste the metallic tang of my own blood on his lips as he ravages me with insatiable need, pinning me down like a predator claims its prey.
