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Chapter 20
Trust
~Cassandra~
The trust I had for this man begins to transform in a blink of an eye. The lurking monster from my past bounds back. Depriving me of air, he laughs mockingly. He drags me deep into the water while stripping me of my dignity. My hands and legs start to beat in terrified jerks, trying to escape. My chest burns, needing oxygen. But before I even have time to resurface, his hands close around my body and yank me back.
My sole instinct is to survive, to claw my way back to safety.
I reach the surface and my terrified screams bounce from the walls. Logan’s arms close around my shoulders. My deprived body is gasping for air. Once I meet his intense eyes, I’m brought back from the nightmares. Relieved, I start to sob in sickening fear of the monster from my childhood.
“Shhh…Angel…I’m here not to hurt you. Calm down…breathe.” His voice soothes my nerves as the past still clings to me.
“We are going to do it again and again until you learn why we are here.”
In a panic, I grab onto him, encircling my arms and legs around him, unable to tell him to stop. His hands gently coil in my hair, and I latch onto his steady gaze. Slowly, he lowers us into the water again.
When my lungs start screaming for air, I push myself towards the surface, leaving him behind, but he grabs me before I can reach the surface. Fear is dripping until it’s a lake churning beneath a violent storm I try to hold back. Something nags my scattered mind. His gaze, before he lets me up for air. His hand, wound in my hair and around my torso. But I am too afraid to grasp it.
Next time around, when he keeps me under, I feel doubts start to snake in my mind. The burning sensation spreads through my lungs, which are demanding air. Wiggling, I try to slip from his strong arms. Escape. Finally, his hold slips and I get a chance to eme
rge from the water.
At the last moment, Logan curls his hands around my waist, turning me around to face him. He is giving me space, but not to escape him. I whimper, because I don’t want distance anymore. I’m so afraid to be alone in this nightmare threatening to unravel me. So, I attack his mouth for a taste of air trapped in his lungs.
Instead of fighting me for the treasure confined between his lips, he surrenders it to me. No hesitation. His tongue slips past my lips, coaxing me to respond. I’m hit with an intense longing. I don’t fight it anymore. Instead, I try to get closer to the man who makes my chest ache.
Above the water, I wrap myself around his waist as we both come up for air. His passionate mouth like a ravenous animal is drinking every sip of relief and fear. Soft lips sinfully coax me into giving him everything. My desperate cries and moans drift through the humid space.
I feel his feral molten desire beneath the skin. The impulse is urging me to claim his heat with my frantic lips.
Logan’s hot mouth closes on my neck where he bites gently, making me gasp. Then, his demanding mouth travels to my aroused nipple. I arch my back, giving him all the access he wants. He soothes it with suction and I grab his hair, tugging to get his attention. I demand the taste. His loud groans are an aphrodisiac to my senses. I whimper in his mouth as his hands move over my skin, molding me to him.
“Logan…please…” I am delirious with need.
His satisfied laugh makes me want to growl at him. I take hold of his damn sexy hair that glides through my fingers like silk. His gaze is searching mine to let him in.
They are like pools that compel me to fall into them and dream about adventure hidden. Fascinated, I watch them change their intensity and dance with a plea for more. So I press my center to his hardness, making Logan shiver, as his nostrils flare and eyes roll in pleasure. I move up and down his length in sensual abandon. His eyes snap to mine.
Gone is the civilized man who brought me here. In his stead is a wild, untamed beast, burning with need. I’m no longer able to think beyond this consuming lust.
“Angel, we must stop…you will regret this later…” he chokes out as I bite his sensitive spot close to his ear. Logan shivers and expels his breaths in sweet labored gasps.
“Please, stop…you’re torturing me…” Logan’s waiting for me to come to my senses, but his sharp inhalations urge me to keep going.
“Logan?” I try to get my bearings back, but I am a hot mess. The enticing shivers run up and down my spine. The elephant army stomps furiously in my stomach. My blood’s roaring in my ears with an unfulfilled need. Why did he stop?
Slowly, I come back from my lust-induced haze. My aroused man is holding back by only a single thread that I want to tear to pieces, to taste the ecstasy of savage need.
“Are you still afraid of me?” Patiently, he waits for me to answer, hope shining in his deep green pools.
“You won’t hurt me.” I have no doubts about it. My mind is spent and silent. The burning desire has erased the remains of the fright caused earlier.
“I want you to remember this day because I won’t forget it either.” He takes a few breaths. “Stay here and wait for me, will you?”
I nod as he leaves me in the pool alone. All of the sudden, after he exits, the lights shut off, plunging me into darkness. Only the red emergency light left by the exit is on, making me nervous.
“Logan?” I hear no one. “Logan…”
