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I opened my eyes and glanced along the hallway to the other closed doors. But this wing didn’t look familiar. I tried to think, but my thoughts were slow and murky, hidden somewhere under the heavy throb at the base of my skull. The guard opened the door and stepped aside, motioning for us to enter a room.
Caleb stepped inside, scanning the room without so much as a snarl of anger. His hold tightened under my ass, drawing me harder against him. I hadn’t forgotten that he was living on borrowed time, that any moment he’d be taken from me, just like Tobias.
Right now, we had a better chance at surviving if we complied. The door closed with abangbehind us. We both flinched and I lowered my feet to the floor.
“There’s warm clothes here.” Caleb pulled away, leaving me with that chattering sound in my ears. He crossed the room, sinking into the gloom, and returned. The red light blinked from the corner of the ceiling. I knew without a doubt they were watching our every move.
“I’ll take care of you.” Caleb reassured as he came back to me. He reached up, grasped his shirt and pushed it off my shoulders. I caught the wince as he stared at the red negligee. The one Killion had ripped from me before he…before he…
My teeth gnashed harder.
“Easy now,” Caleb urged, moving to stand in front of me.
His dark eyes bored into mine. He knew what he was doing, shielding me with his body as he reached up and slipped the straps of my negligee down. “You shouldn’t have to wear this.None of youshould have to wear this.”
He knew…
He knew.
I stared into that dark abyss and saw the truth. Of course he knew.How many?I wanted to ask the question.How many women wearing white, black, and red had he seen?
But I couldn’t hear the truth. The blow of that would be too brutal.
So I let him slide the straps down and move close, covering me with his body instead as he slipped my hands into the fleece sweatshirt and pulled it down.
I found that blinking red light again as he sank to his knees, pushing the negligee low. Cold moved between my thighs as satin and lace fell around my feet until Caleb dropped his head forward, resting it on my stomach. His breath hitched as desperation flowed out of him. The sound of that was more wounding than anything they’d ever done to me. I lifted my hand and ran my fingers through his hair.
The touch so tender…
And more powerful than a bullet.
His hands slid along the backs of my thighs to grip my ass. The kiss was tender on my stomach, then a brush of his lips on my abdomen…electricity coursed through me as he looked down.
“Christ, you feel good,” he murmured, lowering his head to kiss the top of my mound, then he stopped. His brow furrowed before he pulled away. I winced at the brush of his hand on my hip. “Does this hurt?” He lifted his gaze.
The muscles of his jaw flexed as I nodded.
He swallowed and turned back, sliding his hand over my thigh. As though he marked me by his touch alone.Mine…it said.Mine.
He'd beat that message into Killion by his fists alone. The image of that rose as he found every bruise and every scrape. He leaned in and brushed his lips against my tender flesh. I closed my eyes as he whispered. “Just let me take care of you.” And brushed the inside of my thigh.
“Caleb,” I whispered, my throat blazing to life.
“Just give me this, princess.” He gripped the backs of my knees and pulled me against him. I buckled, but he caught my fall, lowering me to the floor.
He cupped the back of my head and kissed me. I closed my eyes, engulfed by the warmth of his mouth. He was hungry. So goddamn hungry, and I was an empty well he could fill by his mouth alone. My ass hit the cold, hard floor before he pushed me back.
That’s how it was with Caleb. Dark. Desperate. Consuming, until there was nothing else but him.
He broke the kiss, sliding his hands over the warm fleece of the gray sweatshirt until he pushed underneath the fabric. “I’ll take care of you,” he whispered. “Just let me…give you what you need.”
He lowered his head, pressing his face against my breasts. I melted at the brush of his fingers over my nipples, my body taking over from my mind.Yes…I closed my eyes as his hands travelled down, skimming over my thighs until he stroked my core.
“Watch me, princess. Watch us. The way I sink into you. The way I work your body.”
He pulled me back from the emptiness, making me look down. In the gloom, my focus sharpened, finding his fingers as he slid them over my clit.
“I’ll take you away from here…” he promised. “The only way I know how.”
