Page 102 of Autumn Queens & Shadows

Maybe I didn’t feel so bad about lying to her. Because she was still hiding something.

Not something I would like from the way she was fighting to avoid my gaze.

“Sleep here,” she said. “That sofa must be uncomfortable.” Picking up a few pillows, she put them in the middle of the bed. “There.”

“What if I want to hold you?”

She shrugged, the tiny strap of her night gown falling down her shoulder. “They’re only pillows,” she said, the corner of her lip caught between her teeth as she nervously chewed on it.

Pulling my shirt over my head, I stood. “Get in, I’m having a shower first. I’ll be done in a minute.” When she peered up at me, all round forest eyes, swollen lips and flushed cheeks, I added, “Make that two.”

Not that it was hard to miss, but her eyes dropped down to my lower half. “Alright,” she muttered, swallowing.

I got under the shower like my body was on fire, half of my clothes coming off after they’d already been soaked by the spray.

“Fuck,” I hissed, fisting my hard cock.

There was no chance of containing my grin when she softly knocked on the door, my hand tightening around myself knowing she was so close.

“Yes, Rora?” I asked, looking over my shoulder.

She cracked the door open a little, leaning against the threshold, arms crossed over her chest. Even from where she stood, I could see her nipples poking through the thin, pink fabric. “I want to watch.”

Fuck me. “Yeah?”

Lifting a finger up, she motioned for me to turn. Her chest rose and fell harder and faster despite her calm expression. When I turned, her lips parted just a little and she swallowed hard, making me come up with too many vulgar thoughts that would have her running off the fastest she’d ever run.

Carefully, she took small steps inside the bathroom and sat on a bathtub corner, way too close to me.

“That wasn’t smart.”

“I wanted in on the details.” She pointed to my cock, squirming and pressing her thighs together. “Go on.” Swallowing, she added in that small, sweet voice of hers, “Pretty please.”

“Up at me,” I said, and her round, glassy eyes lifted to mine. “That’s it,” I breathed, stroking my painful erection root to tip, imagining those same eyes looking up at me when I would fuck her. “Do you like watching, little bird?”

She shrugged a shoulder, still looking up at me. “I like watching you. Don’t stop.” Clearing her throat, she added, “Please.”

This girl was going to be the path to my insanity. She was even giving me a damn tour of the road, like I was a tourist in my own damn mind.

My balls tightened as my hand quickened over my length. “Come here.”

Her green eyes widened just slightly before she did as told, standing about two feet away from me.

“Closer.”

Her lashes fluttered fast as she took another careful step towards me, and then another until she was almost under the shower spray and close enough for me to touch.

“One more step, sweetheart, come to me.”

Then she was there, the shower spray soaking her nightgown entirely.

My hand worked over my cock as I bent down to kiss her cheek, her jaw and down her neck where I pressed my face against to inhale that maddening scent of hers. Fuck, I would have come right then and there, but I had too much in my hands and I was starving to be satisfied with just a bite.

“Gods damn it, Thora,” I cursed, pressing my brow to hers.

“Do you want me to help?” Going on her toes, she pressed her mouth to my shoulder, her hands falling on my chest, trailing the line of muscle further down, the touch feeling like electricity. Her fingers brushed the V on my hips until they grazed the base of my cock, and my breaths came in shallow as I felt my balls tighten.

“Fuck, Thora.”