AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Arching my back, I pop my ass out a bit more, teasing and testing him, needing to see how he reacts to me. I know he was hesitant about the blow job and only let me because Alexander would’ve turned the situation against me, and I felt conflicted about it, but now? I’m dying to find out if he’d let me do it again. I want him to want me without all the other bullshit.
“I haven’t,” I finally say, sensually swaying my hips against his hard-on. “This is the first time I’ve been out of the Aris Hotel.” I study the red, white, and blue lights dancing up and down the towering monument across the way. Not far from it, a huge hot air balloon statue sparkles. I’ve never seen it outside of hotel pictures before.
“You’re shitting me?” Surprise lines Knox’s words, stealing away the breathiness of his desire. I hadn’t realized he’d be so fascinated by my life that I regret letting him in just a bit.
I shrug, bending my neck, testing to see if he’ll continue to explore my throat with his lips. “I was born there. My mom was a performer and my dad worked in maintenance before they died.”
Knox spins me around, his gaze roving over mine. Releasing one of my hands, he combs his fingers through my hair, cradling the back of my head. His tongue darts over his bottom lip, drawing my attention to his mouth, and I stretch up and kiss him.
“You tear me apart, beautiful vixen. My body craves you but my mind is enthralled by everything you say. I want to know everything about you. I had no idea how much. You’re so mysterious and raw. I have so many questions but I don’t want to push you.” He murmurs his words against my mouth, his admission digging deeply into my soul. No one has ever wanted to know me like this.
I ease my head back and look into his sapphire eyes, blinking with the silver of his hunger and desire. “You can push me. It’s okay.”
His eyes darken with my comment as he flares his nostrils. “I don’t think you realize what kind of permission you’re offering me. I have a problem with pushing boundaries with you. I’ve never had great control.”
“Is that why you tried to buy me from Alexander?” My body tingles with his closeness. “Why you didn’t put up a fight during his private offering? I know it made you uncomfortable.”
He chuckles, though his eyes don’t light up. Tugging me from the window, he guides me to a plush chair and gets me to sit with him. “I wasn’t. I should’ve been, vixen. I should’ve resisted your pleas. I could’ve figured out another way to please your master without letting you use that pouty mouth of yours, but...I wanted you too badly. I couldn’t resist. It’s hard for me to resist you even now despite knowing better.”
My body buzzes under his intensity. “You don’t have to feel bad. I liked it. I wanted to.”
Groaning, he rubs his thumb over my bottom lip like he’s thinking about my mouth on him again. “That’s my other problem. I don’t feel bad. I feel lucky. You’re my damn moral dilemma, testing me.”
I shift on his lap until I straddle his waist and rest my hands on his shoulders. “I should care too, but I don’t. I don’t care that you could possibly be my downfall. I know better than being this close. I know the risk and the punishment I will receive if Alexander ever finds out. I just...I don’t care anymore. He makes me feel like I’m standing on a cliff and about to be pushed off to fall to my death. But with you? With your crew? I feel like I can fly. For the first time, the pain is worth it as long as I get away from Alexander, even for just a day with you.”
“Fuck,” Knox breathes, tightening his hands on my hips. He guides my body to grind against him and moans. “Fuck. I’m bad for you. You need to push me away. Tell me to stop.”
But I can’t. In this moment, with my soul bared and my thoughts running wild, all I can think about is how good it would be to drown in them. At least if this all turns to shit, I can know I wasn’t pushed. I jumped head-first and dove off the damn cliff of my destruction. I’ll know whether or not I can summon wings and fly.
Bowing into Knox, I kiss him hard and passionately, refusing to do as he commands. I don’t have to obey him. That’s the one thing he’s made clear. I can rebel, and I’ve never so desperately wanted this kind of control. I want to know what it’s like to finally get my way for once. If he doesn’t stop me, I’m going to take my fill and know exactly what it’s like to be claimed and possessed by someone who will let me do the same to him.
Knox’s fangs click as he extends them, and I graze my tongue over one of the sharp points, giving him a taste of my blood. He moans and deepens our kiss, sliding his hands to my ass to squeeze my body.
I gasp for breath and pull away, sliding off his lap until my knees touch the floor between his legs. Grabbing my hands, he stops me from unbuckling his belt and lifts me into the air by my wrists only to swing me toward the bed. I land on my back and grip the blankets, my world blurring as he drags me to the edge of the bed.
My chest heaves as he towers over me, his eyes smoldering me and making me squirm as he hesitates. I glide my finger over the strap of my costume and drag it off my shoulder, slowly undressing for him. His eyes spark with silver and he licks his lips as I expose my boobs and push away my hair.
“You’re asking to be devoured, vixen,” he mutters, leaning down to get in my face. “Tell me to fuck off and stop.”
I narrow my gaze at him and press my lips into a line, refusing to listen to his command once again. “No.”
I never knew how good it would feel to not fear someone for disobeying. Knox hums deep in his throat, the sexy sound reverberating through my very being. I rub my thighs together, my body going wild with my anticipation. I never get to do things I truly want. Most of the affection I’ve gotten in my life was bought and easily disregarded. It was about pleasing men as quickly as possible and hoping for the best. I’ve fed them and once in a while gave someone a blow job. They’ve never touched me beyond my boobs and haven’t fucked me. I’ve always been good about giving them everything they need without them taking too much. Or maybe it had been Alexander protecting me all along, stopping assholes from trying to get more. I don’t like to think about it, but maybe it’s why things hurt me so deeply that he now put me at hostile, vile vampires’ mercy...
I shove the thought away, hoping that Knox doesn’t stop because my mind wanders. Everything in my past doesn’t deserve my head space, and I grab Knox’s hips and pull him closer to me, needing to distract myself with him and only him. I want something to think about to hold on to forever just in case this doesn’t last. And I’d be lying if I believed otherwise. Nothing good ever lasts.
Knox groans and grabs my hands, once again stopping me from trying to unzip his pants to give him something he desires. He kisses me hard and rough, his mouth battling for control but only because he wants to lead. He wants to be the one who kisses me and not me kissing him.
He tangles his fingers into my hair, tilting my head back. “Hayley, you need to push me away now—”
“No,” I say, my voice breathy. “You can’t make me obey.”
Knox play-growls and fingers my costume, yanking it down and tugging it off me completely. I gasp as he grins and glides his tongue over his lips, drinking me in like I’m the best thing he’s ever seen in his existence. The fire of his gaze lights my body aglow, and I grab the blankets in anticipation as he lowers himself to the floor at the edge of the bed.
“I need you to speak up with me, Hayley. It’s important to me that you know I will not want to stop, but I will always do so if you ask.” He kisses my knee, still staring into my gaze. “I want to know what you like and crave and want more of. Do not think about me. Just you.”
It’s hard for me to even grasp the concept. I don’t even know what I like really. “I—I don’t know. I’m not used to this. I—” I snap my mouth shut and swallow. Admitting it out loud angers me more than it should. My thoughts automatically want to go to a dark place, when I just want to feel what it’s like to be free.
Knox kisses my other knee, adjusting my body a bit more with his cool fingers, drawing them down the inside of my legs and to my thighs. “Just let me take care of you. We’ll find out together.”
