Page 77 of Realm of the Wicked

With a kiss, I began to thrust inside of her with smooth, steady strokes. I wasn’t going to last long. ‘You have the most perfect cunt, Bambi. So sweet. So warm. So wet. All for me, isn’t it, Stella? All of this delicious pleasure, it’s all mine.’

‘Damien, please, make me come,’ she begged softly.

‘Yes, Stella, beg for me. Beg for me to make you come, just like that.’ I drove up into her with harder thrusts, rocking my hips against her clit.

She was already shaking in my arms, still unable to wrap her arms around me, and twisted frantically from side to side.

I sloppily kissed her neck, sucking another mark into her skin. ‘I should mark you all up. Cover you in marks. Ruin you so that no one else would dare lay a hand on you. Would you like that, Bambi? Would you like me to ruin you?’

‘Please,’ she sobbed faintly, rolling her hips.

‘Ask me nicely, Bambi. Say, “Please, Damien, ruin me.”’ I groaned, trying to slow my thrusts to make it last, but I knew it was nearly impossible. I wanted her, wanted to see her shatter around me, and once she did, that would be it.

‘Please, Damien, ruin me,’ Stella repeated, voice shaky, tugging at the magic keeping her bound. ‘Please. You already ruined me. Everyone else should know it, too.’

I groaned, fucking her harder and faster, until she was shaking in my arms, her orgasm rocking through her. I fucked her through it, wanting to drag out her pleasure as long as possible. I wasn’t sure I had ever seen something as beautiful as Stella, in Hell or Heaven or Earth or any realm in-between. She had called me an angel once, but obviously, she had never seen herself, cheeks flushed from her release, dark hair tumbling down her back, breathing heavily, blissed out. Even here, she was the purest thing I’d ever laid eyes on.

Acknowledging just how good she was, far better than I could ever or would ever deserve, had my heart pumping harder. ‘I’m going to come, Bambi. Going to fill you up, leave you dripping with me, dripping so full, you’ll never forget you’re mine. We’ll run away, Bambi, just you and me.’

Stella tightened her legs around me, pressing her lips against my ear. ‘Show me, Damien.’

With a soft groan, far quieter than I wanted, my body exploded. I drove my cock into her, making sure every bit of my release stayed inside her, just like I promised it would. I rested my head against her forehead, both of us catching our breath. Finally, when I felt like we both could stand again, I slid out of her. My come spilled out of her, just like I told her it would. I watched as it stained my perfectly clean desk.

I released her arms, and she brought them around my neck, holding me close. Pressing my face into her neck, I sighed. This was all I needed to be happy. Just this. Stella, in my arms. Fuck the rest of it all. I had so many things to say to her; I just needed to find the right words. The ones she deserved.

‘Fucking disgusting.’

My head snapped up to see Clarissa standing over us, and whatever words I’d almost found were gone now. ‘I figured at some point, you’d have the decency to at least hide your obsession with this woman. But no, apparently, you are so overconfident you want to flaunt this filth in our faces. Instead, you feed Silas the most ridiculous lies and force me to find you like this, desecrating your office.’

I tore off my sweater, wrapping it around Stella’s body.

‘Clarissa.’ My greeting was polite, but I laced fury into every single word.

‘Yes, yes, good to see you and all that bullshit humans seem to appreciate.’ She landed her sharp gaze on Stella. ‘Seeing as you’re mostly intact, I guess we’ll be going now.’

She was less put together than before. Rougher around the edges, almost feral. Lars and Silas were nowhere to be seen, either.

‘Going?’ Stella repeated, curling into my sweater.

‘Yes.’ She rolled her eyes. ‘Come now. I don’t have all day.’

‘She’s not going anywhere with you, Clarissa.’

‘On the contrary, she will be.’ Clarissa offered me a tight smile, unfurling a scroll of paper. ‘Seeing as you seemed to be so interested in changing our sacred laws, I took it upon myself to confirm those laws for myself. The Council has recommended immediate removal of the human woman from your care.’

‘You’re not taking her,’ I repeated. Fear and anger intertwined in my chest, a weight I couldn’t escape. She’d gone around me to the Council. I should’ve been quicker. Should’ve done more. Shouldn’t have dragged my feet so fucking much.

I should’ve done what I needed to keep Stella safe.

Before I could react, Clarissa had her hand wrapped around Stella’s arm, dragging her off my desk, holding her like a shield. A plume of smoke escaped me, spiraling up into the air, but I stopped. If I went to hurt Clarissa, I could hurt Stella in the process. Fuck.

‘Say goodbye now.’

Clarissa smiled, snapped her fingers, and in a flash, the woman I’d do anything for disappeared in front of my eyes.

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