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I buried every inch of myself in her, then rocked my body against her up and down, making her knees try to give out. I took her by the waist, keeping her upright as I drove her right to the edge and then forced her to linger there.
Maybe it was cruel to edge a virgin like this, but I wasn’t ready to be done so soon. I didn’t want her coming yet. I wanted her to come with me because I was a selfish bastard.
She kept looking back over her shoulder like she wanted to watch me, then her eyes would squeeze shut and she’d gasp, letting her head fall to the pillow where her hair would spill all around her.
I finally couldn’t hold myself back any longer. No more games. No more teasing.
I took her ass in both hands, gripping until her skin went red around my fingertips as I pulled her into me, groaning with enjoyment.
My orgasm rushed out with surprising force. I gasped, squeezing her tighter as I came and felt her body start to tremble as well. I leaned over her back, kissing her neck while I was still inside her, still filling her with my seed.
My seed that was useless in her body.
For some reason, that thought hit me with a sour note.
I kissed the back of her neck, trying to shake that disturbing feeling loose. I didn’t care if my seed was useless in her because this was just sex. Except that rang hollow, even in my own head.
Fuck. What was I getting myself into?
27
Sylvie
The sound of Riggs’ steady heartbeat filled my ears. It was shockingly slow.
I ran my fingertips idly through the short hair on his chest, then tilted my chin up to look at his face. He was watching me with a grin.
“Does this mean you’re going to be nicer to me, now?” I asked.
“I’ve been nice to you since the start.”
I sat up beside him, lifting the sheets to cover my bare breasts. It was silly to be self-conscious, but without the thick flow of chemicals from my brain, I didn’t feel quite as cavalier about my nudity anymore. “You literally introduced yourself to me by calling me an idiot.”
“To protect you,” he countered.
“And then you tried to break into my apartment and scare the living shit out of me.”
“To protect you,” he echoed.
I smirked. “Just admit it. You’re a sour grump who is mean to everybody.”
“I’m not grumpy. Everybody else just needs to learn to stop being such dumbasses.”
“Hm,” I said. “So you’re saying other people should think more before they act? That they shouldn’t do things that serve no logical purpose? That they should remember the goal their trying to accomplish before they let emotions get in the way?”
Riggs narrowed his eyes. “Why do I feel like this question is a trap?”
I smiled sweetly. “Well?”
“Yes. People should do all those things.”
I jabbed my finger at his chest in triumph. “Then welcome to the dumbass club, Riggs. Because the way you’ve been talking to the vampires here checks all the boxes on your application. Congratulations. You’re an honorary member.”
The corner of his mouth twitched in amusement, but a darkness passed over his eyes a moment later. “It’s not safe to trust these vampires, Sylvie.”
“But we have to. They have my sister. If we don’t trust them, then we should’ve never brought her here. So we either trust them, or we made a mistake.”
He shook his head. “We can use them, even if we don’t trust them. That’s all we’re doing. We’re taking advantage of the help they can offer, but we’re not letting ourselves get lulled into thinking of them as allies. Believe me, they’d offer us up in a heartbeat if it furthered their cause.”
“And that makes them the bad guys? Because wouldn’t you do the same for them? What would you do if the Coven vampires said they’d trade me and Maisey’s freedom for the lives of every vampire here?”
“Then this place would burn.”
A wave of anger flashed through me. “You can’t be serious.”
He didn’t flinch. “I’d watch them all burn.”
“Your sister is one of them. My sister is one of them.”
“It doesn’t matter, anyway. The Coven isn’t going to offer that up.”
“Yes, it does matter. Because so far, vampires have been hospitable towards us and they’ve saved my sister. On the other hand, there’s you who would happily stab them in the back if you could. I’m not sure your side is the one I want to be on.”
Riggs reached out for my hand. “Sylvie. You’ve got to understand-”
“I think I do,” I said. My voice caught, because the enormity of how stupid I’d been felt like it was crashing down on me. “You’re hateful and you never plan to change, do you? You’re going to wish death on vampires, no matter what happens. And if I was one of them, you’d probably kill me yourself, wouldn’t you?”
