She does it again. And again. Her hand working the base, her mouth taking the rest, her tongue doing incredible things.
"Baby, I'm close. You need to pull off if you don't want..."
She doesn't pull off. Just looks up at me with those eyes and takes me deeper.
"Aurora, I'm... fuck... I'm coming..."
The orgasm rips through me. She swallows, her throat working around me, taking everything. When I'm finally done, she releases me slowly, looking incredibly pleased with herself.
"How was that?"
"Fucking incredible. Come here."
I pull her up, kiss her thoroughly, tasting myself on her tongue. We lie there on the platform as the sun sets, wrapped in each other.
And that's when it hits me. The truth I've been dancing around for days.
I'm in love with her.
Not just want. Not just need. Love. The kind that rewrites your entire life. The kind that makes you want to be better than you are.
The realization should terrify me. Instead, it feels right. Inevitable.
But I don't say it. Not yet. She's not ready to hear it, and I need to make sure we're safe first. Need to eliminate the threats circling us.
"What are you thinking?" Aurora asks, tracing patterns on my chest.
"About the future. About our life together. About teaching our kid to swim in this cove."
"That's a nice thought."
"It's more than a thought. It's a plan."
We stay until the sun is almost gone, then reluctantly get dressed. The drive back is quiet but comfortable. Aurora falls asleep with her head against the window, and I spend the whole ride thinking about how to keep this. How to protect what we're building.
Because I'm not losing this. Not losing her.
Whatever it takes, whoever I have to eliminate, I'm keeping her safe.
We get back to the estate around nine PM. Aurora's exhausted, already half-asleep as I carry her upstairs.
"I can walk," she mumbles.
"I know. Let me anyway."
I tuck her into bed, kiss her forehead. She's asleep before I leave the room.
I find Viktor in the security office.
"Any issues while we were gone?"
"Quiet day. Almost too quiet."
"What does that mean?"
"Just a feeling. Like we're in the eye of the storm." He pulls up camera feeds. "Look at this. South perimeter. Three times today, the motion sensors triggered but showed nothing."
"Malfunction?"
