Page 108 of Anywhere

“What?”

Laughing, I reached out and grabbed the book to show him the cover. Rook chuckled as I tossed it aside to join the other books scattered around. It looked like a miniature storm had suddenly erupted in the room, then left again just as quickly.

Staring at Rook’s handsome face, I couldn’t get over how lucky I was to be paired with him. We’d never met before he was forced to come here, and now it was as if we’d known one another forever. At least, that was the feeling I was getting, and it became way too confusing to analyze it too closely.

“I know what you’re thinking,” Rook said as he placed his arms behind his head.

“Did da connection grant ya mind readin’ now?” My greedy gaze tracked lines up and down his body. I didn’t think there was a sexier sight than his hard muscles on display and his still very hard cock laying against his stomach.

“No, but the look in your eyes tells me all I need to know,” Rook said, his voice gravelly as he slowly pushed himself up onto his elbows. The movement made his shoulders and abs flex deliciously. He was like a three-course meal. We’d just finished round one, but I was ready for the main course.

“Aye, what does me look tell ya?” I asked, tracing the tips of my fingers along his arm and the snake tattoo.

“Come here and I’ll show you,” Rook said, his blue eyes heated.

The aching muscles and tiredness disappeared as I cupped his face and kissed his lips softly. Rook tried to deepen the kiss, but I moved out of the way, keeping the contact light as I teased him. When I nipped his lower lip, he cocked his brow at me. Deepening the kiss for only a moment, Rook attempted to take control, but I backed away again, and he ended up licking his own lips.

“Oh, really? You wanna play games?”

Smiling, I sucked his lower lip into my mouth, loving the flare of desire in his eyes as he groaned. My tongue traced a line along his lush bottom lip before I finally allowed the kiss to deepen. Our tongues battled for dominance. I liked pushing Rook’s buttons, seeing just how far I could go before he yanked the control away.

I pushed him down to the ground and ravished his mouth. His hand found my ass and squeezed it as he pulled me harder against his body. Fuck, there wasn’t a single part of Rook that didn’t do it for me. Everything about him fit me and was what I needed. It was as if he’d truly been cut from the same cloth and made to be my mirror image. Breaking the kiss, I pushed his head to the side so I could even things up and give him a hickey to match the one he’d spent a great deal of time giving me.

“Fuck, yeah. Mark me, show everyone I’m yours,” he gasped as I bit down softly on the sensitive skin.

His hands roamed over my back and ass. Each touch sent another charge into the air around us as it raged through my body. Releasing his neck, I moved down his chest. My tongue traced lines along his skin until I could get to his nipple and sucked it into my mouth. I decided to make him squirm under my touch. My tongue lashed at the sensitive nipple as my teeth gently rolled it.

“Shit, Rhys.” Rook groaned and grabbed my hair as he pulled my head harder into his chest, forcing my teeth harder into his skin. I was definitely going to leave indents, and the idea of marking him with my teeth on such a sensitive area was as much of a turn-on as the act itself.

Making Rook swear and scream my name was becoming a new addiction. He pulled my hair hard, forcing me to look at him. It was the perfect amount of pain as he twisted his fist slightly and forced my head to tilt with the movement.

“Stop fucking teasing me,” he ordered.

My lip curled up in a knowing smirk. Licking a line from his chest to his lips, I looked into Rook’s hungry stare and loved that he broke the contest and attacked my mouth first.

Rook rolled me off his body with his hand still wrapped in my short hair until I was pinned on the ground under him. His body blanketed mine. The warmth that had been building erupted and turned the blood pumping through my veins into an inferno.

“Fuck me. You drive me crazy,” he said in between the kisses that steadily got rougher.

I gasped as Rook yanked my head to the side. “Look at that mark,” he growled possessively. My pulse jumped wildly under my skin. “I should’ve fucking done this before you went to the meeting, so everyone there would know who you belong to.” I shivered as he drew a line up the side of my neck with his tongue. “Maybe I’ll get a collar made for you.”

“I’ma no wearin’ a fuckin’ collar. Ya wanna pet, git a dog,” I challenged, and a smile broke out across his face before he laughed.

“Tell me. Did any of those fuckers at the meeting think they could have you?” Rook’s breath was hot as his mouth hovered over my ear.

I could barely focus on the question with the sound of my heart hammering in my head and the feel of his cock slowly rubbing back and forth across my stomach.

“Answer the question, Rhys. Did any of those fuckers think you were still fair game?” he growled.

Licking my lips, I tried to form a sentence that would make sense. “Caleb…He…Fuck!” I swore as Rook bit down hard on my shoulder at the mention of Caleb’s name. His sharp incisors clamped almost hard enough to break the skin, and my cock jumped between my legs.

“Yes, bite me. Fuck, dat feels good.”

“Finish the sentence. Caleb did what exactly?” Rook growled in my ear.

He was holding himself back from stomping out of the castle and finding Caleb to beat the shit out of him. At least that was how it felt in my chest. I could feel the jealousy burning inside of him, and I couldn’t help but groan. I wanted all of his jealousy. To anyone else, Rook was a fucking dick, but to me, he was a shot of whiskey with a beer chaser. The possessiveness that churned inside of him made my skin so hot that I was melting.

“He…” I panted. “He wanted me to join him in an orgy part—”