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“I’m not remembering anything. Iknowyou, Val.”
Val. Val. Only my closest friends have ever called me Val. But those friends aren’t so close anymore. No one is close anymore. It’s by design.
Push her away,the voice in my head says, the voice of all my fears.Push her away before you start falling for her all over again.
I close my eyes and breathe in deep, trying to gather the parts inside me that make me hard and cold and strong. I need to tell her to go, to walk, to leave. But I can’t. The pull she has on me is too great, even without remembering what we were to each other.
Then erase her again, the voice says.Help her get her brother back, destroy Bellamy, learn the rest of the book with her help. And when it seems like you’re falling over the edge, drink the vial and erase her once more.
I open my eyes and stare at her. The relief inside me is palpable.
Yes, yes that’s the only way I can do this.
I will erase you again, I think, keeping my thoughts on a short leash so that she can’t pick up on them even if she tried.I will give in to you and then I won’t know Rose Harper ever existed. And I will be free once more.
“Val,” she whispers, searching my face. “Help me.”
Such simple words and I’m already being undone.
You will be erased.
“I will do all that I can,” I tell her.
Rose breaks into the widest smile, so bright and brilliant that it nearly brings tears to my eyes. I can feel the hope in her expand, like a blooming flower in her chest, and then she’s kissing me back.
I let out a soft moan against her lips, unable to resist.
I spin her around and her hands go to my shirt, unbuttoning it, her movements fast and frantic and I’m taking off my pants, moving her backward until she’s pushed up against the end of the bed.
Then I’m on her, pressing her down against the mattress and her legs wrap around me, pulling me in close. We’re both naked together for the first time and I’m startled at how warm she feels, like a soft dream that I never want to wake from.
“You’re a dream,” I murmur to her and I can feel her heart thundering in her chest. I want to ruin her and I’m afraid she’s going to ruin me.
But I need to feel this.
I need to feel her just like this. To be deep inside her knowing that she truly does belong to me, not just now, but in so many times throughout my life.
I need to feel everything before I take it away.
I’m almost shaking as I cover her completely, my lips against hers, I’ve never wanted so much from anyone and suddenly I want it all from her.
You can erase her after this. It’s okay to let go.
“Are you okay?” she breathes, her fingers tangled into my hair as she stares up at me.
“Perfect,” I say, my voice rough. I break away to kiss her neck and Rose is wound so tight that she’s already whimpering, trembling slightly under my touch.
“Val…” she manages to say in a husky voice. “Fuck me.”
I move lower, kissing the swell of her breasts. Her fingers tighten in my hair, urging me further.
“Fuck me,my lord,” I remind her as I cover her nipple with my mouth. She quivers beneath me and I suck at her, roll my tongue against that perfect little bud.
“Fuck me, my lord,” she whispers as she arches beneath me, as if she can’t help herself. I move to her other nipple and her body is trembling. I blow against her nipple and she makes a sound that causes my cock to jerk.
I grin against her breast. “Say please.” I suck at her again, running my fingertips over her ribcage, drinking her in with my eyes. She’s so beautiful, so raw and open and pure and yet I know of the darkness underneath. I saw it today, this woman of mine with the power to destroy demons.
She might even destroy my own demons.
