I sank deeper inside her. “Say you’re mine like you said you were his.”
“No. I’m not yours, Tirone. That wasn’t the deal.”
“You’ve always been mine. Always.”
Her gaze bounced around and settled toward the bathroom. “I only did this so you can leave me alone. You said you hated me, and you wanted me dead. You saidthiswould make you let go of me and never think about me again.”
And she believed me? How could she believe me? Even I couldn’t believe me. “I don’t want to let you go. I want you, and I can’t get enough. I can’t let you go, Jo. I just can’t.”
“No.” She squirmed, pushing at my chest. “You can’t do this to me. I won’t let you. Never again. I’m done. I’m fucking done.”
“Listen to me, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for hurting you. I’m sorry for the horrible things I’ve done to you in my rage. But you hurt me so much, Jo. You don’t know what you’ve done to me.”
“You’ve been abusing me, and then you’ve been fucking that bitch just to humiliate me.”
“I never did. I never fucked her I swear. I couldn’t. I’ve never been inside another girl since I met you, baby. I can’t even get it up for anyone but you.” I’d never sounded so pathetic, but I didn’t give a shit. If I thought I could live in this world without her, tonight proved me wrong.
“I don’t believe you. Even if I did, that won’t make me forget that you’ve been raping me. I can’t forgive you, Tirone.”
“You have to. You’re mine, and you said you still loved me.”
“I wish I never did. I wish I was dead before I met you and fell for you. My feelings for you don’t matter. Not anymore. I love Laius, and I want to be with him. I’m done with you.”
“You’ll never be done with me.” I thrust harder into her, owning her. “You wanna be with him? Fine. I’ll fucking take it. Hurt me all you want with him. Have your own revenge on me. Congratulations, Jo, you brought me to my fucking knees once again. I don’t care, but I’ll never leave you.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
“I’ll share you. That’s how much I love you. I’ll sacrifice everything and share you with him just so that you can be mine, too.”
“You’re out of your mind.”
“If you’re worried about him, he doesn’t have to know. We’ll date in secret like the old days. Remember the old days, little faerie? Do you remember how much I made you happy, Jo? Remember how hot our secret taboo turned us both on? Look at our new prohibited story now. It doesn’t even begin to compare. You’d love that, Jo, wouldn’t you? The dirty slut in you would love that forbidden attention. All that dicking from two men who are crazy for you, who would worship that body of yours however you liked whenever you liked.”
Her eyes widened, her pupils dilating, and sweat suddenly covered her as her breath accelerated.
“Jo?”
Her body trembled, and her breathing turned so loud and rapid.
“Jo? What the fuck is happening? What’s wrong? Talk to me.” I checked her temperature. Fuck she was ice cold. I pulled out of her, jumped into my pants and listened for her heart. It was frantic. “Did I hurt you? What the fuck is happening, baby? Tell me what to do.”
Her eyes rolled in their cavities. Her heartbeat and breath wouldn’t slow down.
“Jo, baby, please, what did I do? Tell me what’s wrong. How can I fix it? Tell me what to do, please.”
She couldn’t say anything, and then her eyes just shut.
I tapped her cheek, panic flooding my body. She didn’t move. Did she pass out? What the fuck? “Jo!”
The water stopped running.
What the fuck?What the fuck?!I couldn’t just leave her like that. But I couldn’t stay either. If he saw me here, she’d hate me forever. If I left, whatever condition she was having could get worse.
Fuck it. Her life was worth more than anything. I didn’t care what Furore or she did to me. I had to save her life. I dashed to the door and called for Doc.
He hurried to the room, and when we both spun to enter, Furore was there, staring between Jo’s unconscious body and me. “What the fuck did you do to my wife?”
