“You liked knowing others could see us,” he growled as he planted his hands on either side of my head.
“Yes,” I admitted.
I couldn’t quite read his expression to tell if he was amused or astounded by this revelation.
“I didn’t want to openly fuck you in front of everyone.” I wiggled my hips and groaned when the movement teased my clit again. “But I enjoyed our little secret beneath the blanket.”
“We’re going to have to explore that,” he murmured.
He shifted his hold on me to clasp both my wrists in one massive hand. He pinned them to the wall to keep me restrained.
Leisurely, his hand traveled down my belly to slide between my legs. I bucked against his finger when he stroked my clit.
He caressed me until I was thrusting against him and pleading for more. As I neared climax, I dug my heels into his ass.
The ravenous hunger in his gaze sent my pulse racing as his eyes settled on my chest and the nipples begging for his attention. He didn’t deny them as he bent his head to lick one before sucking it into his mouth and giving a gentle bite.
I gasped as he teased me. He pushed me toward the edge before pulling his hand away and skimming it further up my belly.
Despite all the torment he unleashed on me, he didn’t move within me, which had to be killing him. He had all the restraintin the world while I felt like a wild animal, desperate to break free of its cage.
When I wiggled impatiently against him and pulled back before sliding down him again, he seized my hip with his free hand. He held me in place as he lifted his head from my breast. “Uh uh. It’s my turn to tease now.”
I frowned at him as he used the finger he’d been doing the most delicious things to my clit to pull down on my bottom lip. He bent forward to nibble it while he spoke. “You’re cute when denied the ability to come.”
“You’re not.”
He chuckled before fully claiming my mouth. I lost myself to his kiss as he pulled his hips back to slide his shaft leisurely out of me before plunging deep again.
I sighed into his mouth as he moved with much more restraint than I was in the mood for, but each thrust sent a spiral of pleasure from my clit to my whole body. He was propelling me to the brink of insanity and the edge of ecstasy.
I wasn’t sure which would come first.
Then he released my wrists and settled both hands on my hips to drive himself deeper into me. I cried out as my head tipped back.
I loved it when he went slow, but oh, how I loved it when he fucked me like he owned me… and he did. He really and truly did.
One of his hands slid from my hip to where our bodies joined, and he used his thumb to stroke my clit. I came apart with a loud cry as pleasure seared through my veins and curled my toes, and my body tightened with the orgasm gripping me.
Driving into me once more, Ryker’s shout mingled with mine as his shaft pulsed within me when he came.
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Ryker
Ellery wasasleep when I slipped from our bed, dressed, and climbed down the ladder to examine the encampment. She had a way of easing my anger, soothing the ragged edges of my soul, and bringing joy where there was none.
Once I was away from her, the rage I’d felt while watching the forest burn started creeping in again. For years, I’d kept the animosity I felt for my father buried because it was necessary to survive in this realm.
Instead of taking it out on him, I unleashed it on the ghouls and every other monster who attacked Tempest over the centuries. But they were gone, the aristocrats had sealed the realm off from all outside enemies, and I didn’t have to play the role of dutiful son.
Without a horde of monsters to destroy, all the hatred I felt toward my father only had one way to go… at him. It pulsed within me, festering as it grew stronger with every passing moment.
I’d known ambushing the caravan would infuriate him, but I hadn’t expected him to set fire to the woods. He wouldn’t stop now.
He’d lost a lot of guards, but he’d keep attacking, hammering, and tearing away little pieces until there was nowhere left for us to hide. The woods would fight back, they already had, but I wasn’t sure it would be enough.
I had to find a way to attackhim.
