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Her eyes opened wide. “You’re going to use it just like they would.”
“In an entirely different way if it’s necessary.” In exchange for her life.
She bristled as I knew she would. “But in the end, they’ll torture me until I re-create it.”
“Yes.”
As her face fell, I pulled her into my arms. “But that’s not going to happen. Promise me you won’t attempt anything.”
“Fine. I promise.” She pulled away, studying my eyes.
“This will be over soon, then you can return to a normal life.”
As she laughed, I could hear the same kind of bitterness I’d felt for so long.
“You loved someone before. Didn’t you? You lost her. That’s one reason you’re so protective of me.”
While her question wasn’t a surprise, it still provided a heavy hit I wasn’t certain I was ready to face. But she deserved the truth, at least as much as I could tell her at this point. The past was something I had to shove aside. Jeremy was right, even though I hated to admit it.
“Briefly, or at least I thought I loved her. I didn’t know Kista very well, but we had a strong connection. It was the first time I’d felt something other than anger and hatred in years. She was a special girl, but we both knew it wouldn’t last.”
“Kista was from where you were stationed?”
“Yes. She worked some for the American Embassy, so she spoke perfect English. We struck up a friendship that led to something else. I shouldn’t have allowed our relationship to happen, but it can get very lonely in the desert.”
“I can only imagine. You don’t have to tell me what happened, but I suspect that’s why you’re so closed off.” She pressed her hand against her mouth, moving closer. “That was terrible for me to say after everything you endured.”
“No, you can say anything to me. I’ve been closed off for far too many years. Maybe it’s time I live again. On the day of the enemy attack, I’d gone to see her. I went against orders, but it was the day I was planning on telling her that I was about to be sent home. The whole team was being dispersed, sent to other areas. We thought we’d conquered the area, making it safe enough to leave only a few soldiers behind. We were wrong. I was at the embassy when the attack started. The shit got bad quickly. The roads were blocked. I had to take a different route that pulled me into enemy territory.”
“That’s when you were captured.”
“Not immediately. I was able to take out several enemies, making my way back to the area. I saved several lives, but we were attacked again. I grabbed one of the vehicles, determined to take revenge. The truck was ambushed, the insurgents taking me several miles from the camp. I heard hundreds of explosions from where they kept me the first few days. I found out after my rescue that our camp was annihilated.”
“And the embassy?”
I faltered, trying to formulate the words. “It was blown up. She never made it out alive.”
She squeezed my arm. “I’m so sorry. I don’t know what to say.”
“You don’t have to say anything. If I’d remained with my team, maybe some of them would still be alive today.”
“Or maybe you’d be dead. Did you ever think that you were spared for a reason?”
Laughing bitterly, I knew she meant well, but it couldn’t ease the continuous pain. “I’ve been told that a few times. I didn’t care to listen.”
“And now?”
I brushed my fingers across her face, the shudder of electricity matching the hard crack of lightning flashing across the sky. All the pent-up energy I’d felt throughout the day came to a crashing halt. All I wanted to do was sink my cock deep inside, burying myself in her wetness. I needed to feel her swollen folds around me, providing the very joy that Jeremy had mentioned.
As I cupped both sides of her face, I felt the kind of hunger burning in my system that could never be sated, a fire in my belly that stretched from my groin to my chest. The rush of adrenaline was powerful, ripping at my insides while the touch of her burned holes in my skin.
“I need to fuck you. Right here. Right now.”
She nodded, tilting her head and nuzzling against my hand. I’d never felt so possessive, the need unfolding like a wave swirling in hurricane force winds. As I rubbed my thumb across her lips, the beast inside of me broke through the surface. I slashed my thumb back and forth, harder. Rougher. My chest rose and fell as pain tore through me.
Her whimper dragged me away from the need to consume her. I turned her around, tossing her against the iron railing, pushing my hand under her dress until I was able to wrap my fingers around the elastic portion of her panties. With a quick snap of my wrist, I ripped them away, both of us watching as they floated toward the ocean to be consumed by the darkness.
Gasping, she opened her legs, staring out at the sea. “I can’t wait any longer. I need you inside.”
