Page 24 of Venom Within Her

“Larz! Why would you do that? Do you want to get yourself killed?!”

“I couldn’t help it.” My skin prickled with heat. She cared.

“Couldn’t help it?” Her tone was skeptical, “couldn’t help what? Your jealousy? Was that really worth your safety?”

The heat rose into a raging fire, burning all of my resistance to ash in my bones. I closed the space between us, her small kitchen pressing in around us as I towered over her. I pulled her into me, the feeling of her soft body on mine threatened to drive me crazy.

“Yes, Ilona. You will always be worth my safety. Worth my life.”

“But, why?” She looked up at me like she couldn’t believe anyone would give her the time of day. It broke my heart and boiled in my chest.

“Because that’s my job,” I tucked a curl behind her ear and laced my fingers in her hair, tugging her closer. “You are my responsibility. My life. My mate.”

Fuck. I didn’t want to tell her about us being mates so soon. I was afraid the claiming ritual would freak her out. But having her so close to me altered my brain function. So before she could respond, I pulled her in, claiming her with my mouth.

She huffed in protest, but as soon as my tongue passed her lips, she sighed into me. We fell into a natural rhythm and before I knew it, I had Ilona in my arms, carrying her up the stairs.

She stared up at me with desire as I tossed her on the bed and ripped off my clothes. The need was growing and I couldn’t wait another second to have her.

Pieces of her clothing hit me in the chest one by one as she tossed them off.

“You’re trying to distract me, aren’t you?”

“Is it working?”

She perched at the end of the bed and crossed her legs, shrugging with a cute, little smirk.

I took a step towards her, and she craned her neck to look up at me.

“Open for me,” I demanded.

She obeyed, lying back on her elbows and letting her knees fall to the side. The way she listened was dangerously arousing.

“Keep your eyes on me.”

Her eyelids fell, hooding her eyes with a dark desire as she nodded.

“Now, play with that pretty pussy like you do when you’re alone. When you’re reading one of your dirty books.” I took another step forward so I was standing between her open legs. “When you’re thinking about me.”

She pressed light circles onto her clit, keeping her eyes on me just like I’d asked.

“That’s good, baby.”

The little, breathy moans that past her lips emboldened me.

“Now, I want you to think about the other night, when you were reading Into the Fire and you were moaning my name.”

Her eyes widened, but she didn’t stop. Instead, her fingers disappeared into her glistening cunt. The sound of her pumping into herself filled the room.

My own fingers found my throbbing clit, “Did you know I was watching you, little stinger?”

She gasped, thrusting into herself faster, moans drifting through the air and kissing my ears like a spell. I let my eyes roll back as pleasure overtook me. I could come off the sound of her alone.

“Did you feel me right outside your window, fucking myself alongside you. Did you feel the pull when we came together?” The confession that I never planned to reveal fell from my lips as easily as a breath.

Instead of scaring her off, it only seemed to fuel her. She pumped her fingers faster inside herself, keeping her eyes on me.

“Fuck, daddy. I need you. Please.”