He licked his lips as his eyes wandered down to her lips and then he pulled away and straightened his blazer. Without looking at Lisa, he waved her casually.“You can leave.”
“ S-Sure, sir. Please, call me if you need anything. ” The flight attendant quickly bowed and scurried away.
Amara averted her gaze to the window, fidgeting with her hands when she felt air knocking off of her. A surprised yelp escaped her lips, eyes instinctively closed. She felt herself being lifted and when she opened her eyes, Kaelith's grinning face greeted her.
“What are you doing?” She asked with wide eyes as he adjusted her on his lap, both of her legs dangling at one side.
He chuckled softly, his lips brushing against her ear.“You get cold easily, just trying to keep you warm.”
He shrugged as if it was the only reason. She swallowed hard as she felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach.
“You could ask for a blanket…” She instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck, feeling sudden that rising in her body as she muttered in a low yet soft voice.
He smirked, his finger trailing down her arms.
“This is better; don’t you think?” Kaelith bit his lips to stifle a laugh as she shyly lowered her head and pushed it against his chest. They remained like that for a moment. His hands slowly rubbing her arms, and whispering sweet coos in her ear.
Like a star separated from the moon, Kaelith felt this way without her all those years ago. Now that his arms had got used to her breaths, he wanted to live a little more. Now that her eyes drenched his deserted heart, he wanted to drink her a little more.
The mornings he eagerly awaited just to see her next to him, and the equally impatient nights he couldn’t get enough.
His eyes filled with possessiveness and longing as he caressed the edge of her jaw with the tip of his finger, delicately tracing the flesh.“You have no idea how much I crave you, Amara, how much I need you. You are the air that I breathe, the fire that burns within me. I want to possess you, consume you completely. Every moment without you is unbearable, and I will do anything to keep you by my side. You’re mine, and I will never let you go.”
“Even if I am broken?”
His grip slightly loosened on her chin, and his eyes softened. “Especially when you’re broken.”
“And thatdoesn’tchange the way I feel for you. These scares make you more mine, I want to kiss them, to replace them with my lips. You don’t know what you’re doing to me, little flower. I have lost all my senses, fuck, I am a fucking lunatic when it comes to you.”
Amara swallowed, suddenly feeling emotional for some reason. “You asked me why I didn’t say I love you? Well, I don’t think I have words to describe the... these sensations … I cannot imagine myself without you; I know this is wrong… but… why everything feels right when I’m with you? Why I can’t distinguish right from wrong?”
He tilted his head slightly.
“Well, that’s what love is, it defies logic, and reason.”
Amara paused for a moment. His words repeating in her head. It defies logic and reason. Her heart beating fast. This damned emotion drew her into its grasp, making her feel things she couldn’t explain. And with him, it was no different. The sensations she felt, the way everything seemed right when he was with her, were because they had blurred the boundaries between right and wrong.
And then looked up at him with a mix of longing and vulnerability in her eyes.“I… I am scared, Kaelith… I am scared of this… love. I don’t know what… what…”
“You’re scared of your past.”
Amara’s eyes widen in surprise and uncertainty. She swallowed the lump in her throat, her voice barely above a whisper.“It… haunts me, consumes me, I try to forget but the memories, linger likeshadowsthatneverfade,”shetookadeepbreath,hervoicetrembling.“Iamscaredof what I’d find there.”
Kaelith felt the strings of his heart-tugging as if he could feel her pain. The vulnerability in her eyes in her voice, was shattering him from within. In this momentary happiness, hehad almost forgotten the reason why they were together now. The horrors, the accident. His jaw clenched. She was fucking raped and then left on the road to die. Every cell in his body was pulsating with a murderous roar. He wanted to shed that motherfucker limb by limb, and no matter what, he’d stop at nothing till her tormentor was destroyed.
His hold tightened around her as he pushed his head into her neck. He didn’t want her to seethisanimalistichungerinhiseyes,heknewitwouldscareher,andthatwasthelastthinghe wanted to do.He held her close, his hold soft yet firm, his breath hot against her skin, his voice husky.“I love you, Amara.” He kissed her neck softly, his hands rubbing her arms.“You don’ t know the lengths I can go for you to make you more mine.”
Amara shivered as his lips trailed down her neck, her breaths coming out short and deep as she whispered.“I… I want to be more yours,” She breathed.“I want to replace those horrid memories with glimpses of you… I don’t…. ever want to go back to whatever past I had.”
A surge of possessiveness washed over him as his hold tightened. His kisses became fiercer as his lips traced her jaw.“I fucking need you, baby. Right now.” His hands roamed hungrily over her body, his voice deep.“You won’t leave me hanging, will you?”
Amara wanted to resist, yet she couldn’t. Her body betrayed her, skin heating up and trembling in his hold. As he pulled away, he looked at her. And her breath hitched. The hunger in his eyes both startled and surprised her. Like a predator looking at his prey, hypnotizing eyes she couldn’t say no to. Swallowing hard, she whispered.
“I will not.”
His eyes locked onto her lips, hunger raging within. He couldn’t resist the temptation any longer. With a low growl, heclaimed her lips taking her off guard as she gasped into the searing kiss, his tongue dancing with hers. His hands kneading her sides, as he pulled her impossibly closer. The primal urge was palpable, and no matter how many times, he couldn’t resist the lure, couldn’t wait to claim every inch of hers. When he pulled away, she was a panting mess, her eyes hazy and her head dizzy.
He cupped her chin and huskily whispered.
