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“Maybe so, but you never kill for the sake of killing. You don’t get a thrill out of it. It hurts you even if there isn’t any regret. There are so many people in this life who think nothing of killing someone, and there are many more that enjoy it.”
She presses her hand over my heart, fitting it perfectly within the tattoo. “You told me once that you were numb to killing people.”
“I am, and that’s a fuck ton better than getting kicks out of it,” I say pointedly. “We do this because we have to. You had to kill Mary to protect your brother, just like I had to kill your father to protect you.”
“Except you’re skirting the truth, Beast, because it’s convenient for you to do so.”
“What truth?”
“You cut out the hearts of my enemy, and I liked that you did that for me. That you cared enough to show me those men were dead. That you proved your loyalty.”
“You liked the meaning behind it, not the act itself.”
“Maybe so, but that’s still twisted. That’s still fucked-up. I’ve always been drawn to the darker side of life. I grew up on Grimms’ Fairy Tales, surrounded by violence for fuck’s sake.”
“The difference is you don’t beat on children and get a kick out of it. You wouldn’t dream of selling your own kid to a creepy cunt to pay off your debts. You took in Ford before you even knew he was your brother. You love Christy fiercely. You’renotthem.”
“I don’t know…”
“Well, I do. You’renotlike them,” I insist.
“Perhaps I should’ve listened to you,” she says after a while. “You gave me the chance to choose. Maybe I should’ve walked away when I had the opportunity.”
“It’s never too late. You could do that now, Kate.”
“I can’t do that. I don’t want to do that. I’ve fought too hard to get where I am. I refuse to back down.”
“But if you did ever want to, I’d come with you, you know that right?” I reply, pressing a kiss to the top of her head, hugging her close. “I’d follow you into the fires of Hell if you asked me to.”
“You’d do that for me?” she asks, twisting in my arms, searching my face.
“I’d do anything for you.Anythingyou understand?” I say, sliding my hands into the wet tendrils of her hair and cupping the back of her head.
“Anything?” she whispers, her vulnerability fucking killing me.
“Yes.”
“Then love me until I have no other thought in my head but you,” she begs, her fingernails digging into my skin as she turns to face me fully, the water sloshing as she moves. “Love me until all I feel is you. Make me forget. Just fucking love me, Beast.”
“I already do. I already fucking do,” I say fiercely, tugging her towards me and kissing her hard. My tongue slips past her lips as she climbs onto my lap, clawing at me as though she doesn’t ever want to let go.
I don’t want her to.
I don’t want to be anywhere but here with her, holding her close, loving her fierce, fucking her blind.
“Let me take care of you,” I mutter against her mouth as I shift in the bath, hauling her against my chest, a fierce protectiveness lighting up something primal inside of me.
We’ve fucked and we’ve made love, but this feels different.
This is more.
This is the moment when all bets are off.
This is the moment when every layer is stripped away.
This is when two bleeding hearts collide.
“Hurt me with your love, make me feel how much you want me. After so much death, I need to feel alive, Beast,” she replies, her legs wrapping around my waist, her pussy grinding against the hard shaft of my dick as she licks her way back into my mouth and fucks me with her tongue.
