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His hands slip down my sides, capturing my waist. I lean in closer and then drop my hand to stroke the length of his erection over his jeans. He’s big and hard, and I imagine how he’ll feel when he pushes inside me.
“Fuck.” He releases me and steps away.
My heart drops.
“This can’t happen.” He shakes his head and turns away and storms off into the woods.
I stand on the porch, watching him go, holding back my tears.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Laney
WHAT HAPPENED BETWEENme and the boys at the river, and then my failed attempt to seduce Reed, doesn’t get mentioned again.
Cade and Darius act as though nothing has happened, treating me as their kid sister, and nothing more. Reed is different, though, and I can sense he’s still avoiding me and seems unable to meet my eye. The rejection hurts, but I don’t believe it’s what he really wants. I just need to convince him to give in.
We still sleep side by side on the mattresses on the floor, and when he’s sleeping, he forgets the distance he’s trying to put between us. I often wake with him wrapped around me, but the moment he wakes up and realizes, he releases me and turns his back on me.
It’s been a few days now since we last caught anything to eat, and we’re all feeling it. We’ve managed to forage berries and some edible roots from the woods, and we’ve collected freshwater mussels, but they haven’t gone far to filling us up. Finding food is our current priority, and so I do my best to push thoughts of sex and relationships out of my head. I know I have bigger things to worry about right now, but it’s hard not to have thoughts of them all crowding out my brain.
This morning, Cade and I take on the job of checking the traps. We’ve set out as many as our meagre supplies will allow us, and I’m praying that one will bear fruit. Everyone’s mood is low when we’re hungry, and conversations tend to revolvearound all the different foods we miss from home and what we’d order if were able to get takeout. Darius dreams of tacos, while Cade wants pizza. Reed fantasizes about a rare steak done on the grill, while I’d gorge myself on sushi. But all the dreams of the different foods we love only serve to make us hungrier.
We hike together through the woods, but each trap we’ve checked so far has come up empty. I can sense Cade’s mood growing darker with each empty trap, and it worries me.
I’m still a little wary of him and what our relationship is meant to be now. He’s not as hard on me as he was when I first came into his life, but I know he has the potential for cruelty inside him.
Up ahead, a loud squeal meets our ears.
We exchange a glance.
“That sounds like rabbit to me,” Cade says.
We pick up our pace, and sure enough, we discover a rabbit with a noose around its back legs. I feel bad for the poor thing, but we need to eat. This isn’t hunting for pleasure’s sake. Cade doesn’t hesitate, and dispatches the animal quickly and cleanly, breaking its neck.
“Looks like we’ll be eating tonight,” he says with a grin.
It’s a beauty, too. Big and fat.
I let out an almost primal whoop of joy and throw my arms around Cade’s neck. He swings me around before setting my feet back on the ground. I sweep my hair from my eyes, suddenly breathless. He doesn’t let go of me, his arms still around my waist. Something inside me tingles, heat flowing through my body. He stares down at me, his lips parted. The air seems to spark with tension between us. His touch burns through the thin material of my t-shirt.
I make a move, just a tiny, subtle lifting of my chin, a parting of my lips, and it’s all he needs. His mouth crashes onto mine, hungry, unforgiving. He yanks me back, so our bodies are sotightly meshed, it’s impossible to see where I end and he begins. My arms have already wound around his thick neck, and I jam myself even harder against him.
His tongue pushes between my lips, seeking mine. I nip at his lower lip, and he lets out a moan of desire.
Roughly, Cade grabs my hand and shoves it down the front of his sweatpants. Automatically, my fingers close around him. He’s impossibly hard, the skin silky soft. And hot. I run my fingers up the shaft to the head where I find the ring pierced through it. I can’t help myself. I’m curious, and I run my thumb over the top, applying pressure. His breathing grows ragged, and I can tell he likes it.
His mouth is on my throat, kissing, biting. I don’t want to experience the arousal surging up through my core, but I do. Cade can be a total asshole, but he’s also hot as fuck, and it’s not like I’m completely innocent anymore. I masturbate him, loving how big he is, feeling him grow even harder.
We part again, both breathing fast, staring at each other.
“Fuck, little Cuckoo,” he says. “I’ve wanted to fuck you from the first moment I laid eyes on you. Wanted to part your legs and taste you and push my fingers and cock inside you and watch you squirm and moan. My little sister.”
“Only by marriage,” I tell him, breathless. “A marriage that happened a very long time ago. It barely counts.”
I squeeze his shaft, then run my thumb over the head and lightly flick at the ring piercing he has through it.
“Do that again,” he says.
