Fallen by Suzanne Wright
CHAPTER NINE
Standing at the foot of the bed in the shadowy room, Maddox watched his anchor sleep. She was sprawled on her back with her arms above her head, her body twisted at the hips so that her joined legs tipped to the side. Not a single line creased her face. She looked peaceful. Serene. And sexy as fucking hell in nothing but pink lacy underwear.
He’d known when he touched her mind that she wasn’t awake, but he’d come anyway. His demon had badgered him all day to seek her out. It had wanted to check on her—the telepathic contact hadn’t been enough, nor had Carmen’s reports confirming that Raini was fine. The entity had needed to see her. And now, looking at all that flawless skin, it wanted to touch her. Taste her. Fuck her.
Maddox could relate. His cock was rock fucking hard and throbbing like a bitch. He wanted to flick open the clasp on her bra. Wanted to peel off her panties. Wanted every inch of her bare to his view.
A deep sense of possession gripped him tight. This beautiful creature was his. Not in every way, no, but he had rights to her that no other person would ever have—those rights were his alone, and no one could take them from him. No one else could be who he was to her.
He’d never felt possessive of someone before. It had taken some getting used to. In general, he wasn’t particularly territorial—unusual for his kind, really. If asked, he would have said he didn’t have such a depth of territorialism in him. And he would have been wrong.
Raini slowly turned her head, still sleeping, and one finger twitched slightly. He knew she’d had a hectic day. He knew he should leave and let her rest.
He also knew he wouldn’t.
The truth was he hadn’t come here simply to placate his demon. He’d come for her; come to take what he’d wanted since the moment he first laid eyes on her. He’d waited long enough.
He’d given her the time she needed to get comfortable around him—or as comfortable as she could ever hope to feel around him. She’d come to realize that she was safe with him. She trusted that he wouldn’t harm her. She knew that his determination to have her was real and that he wasn’t under some preternatural influence.
Of course, there was a chance that her demon would surface and tell him to fuck off. He would, if that was what it wanted. He wouldn’t force the entity any more than he would Raini. They both belonged to him.
Moving slow and easy, Maddox righted her hips and parted her legs, watching as a little line formed between her brows. Kneeling on the bed, he ghosted his hands up her toned legs, soaking in the feel of her warm, butter-smooth skin.
She shifted slightly, turning her head on the pillow, and her eyelids began to flicker open. Languid amber eyes glanced around then settled on him, punching him right in the gut. She double-blinked and then squinted, as if not sure she was truly seeing right. “Am I dreaming?”
“No.” He took a moment to admire the delicate vine tattoo that began on her outer thigh, curled over her hipbone, swirled diagonally across her body, and disappeared under her bra. He wondered if it ended there or continued around her back. She had some other tattoos here and there, and all were striking. But the vine was exquisite.
She swallowed. “What are you doing here?”
Maddox caught the waistband of her panties. “I would have thought that was obvious. Should I leave?”
For a long moment, she looked at him, biting her lip.
“If you want me to go, just say it, and I’ll go. I will. All you need to do is say it.”
She bit her lip harder, still staring. Finally, she said, “Stay.”
His demon grinned, triumphant. Maddox used flickers of hellfire to burn the seams of her waistband until each side tore open. That done, he tossed the scraps of lace on the floor.
He spread her thighs wider and settled himself between them on the mattress, his cock twitching at the perfect view he now had of her pussy. “So pretty and pink.” He licked the crease of her thigh and dipped his thumb between her folds just enough to whisper it over her clit.
Her hips jerked, and she sucked in a breath.
“So very responsive, too.” He parted her soft folds with his thumbs and blatantly dipped his tongue inside her core, needing a taste, loving her little gasp. Sweetness and spice. He hummed. “I’m going to enjoy this.” He spread her folds a little wider and all but buried his face in her pussy.
Oh, God.Raini fisted the bedsheet, shamelessly arching into his mouth as he expertly ate her out. She was not dealing with an amateur here. No, this dude was a seasoned vet.
Thank you, Jesus.
The last few men who’d gone down on her … well, the experiences had been somewhat disappointing. There were classic mistakes some men made, thinking women liked it—being rough with her clit, trying to get beneath her clitoral hood, spelling the alphabet down there with their tongue like, what, why did they even do that?
The worst, though, was when they didn’t listen. Once, when a guy was jabbing her clit with the tip of his tongue like he was trying to drill a damn hole through it, she’d told him he was being too rough and needed to ease up the pressure. He’d said, “Look, I know what I’m doing, so just enjoy it.”
Um, no, Mr. Condescending. Vagina-owners knew best.
Maddox, well, she was not gonna need to give this guy any direction. Nu-uh. He was driving her fast to O-town, and he was doing it with some serious skill. Adding to the pleasure, his hands roamed—grazing her bra-clad breasts, stroking her belly, palming her ass, gripping her hips to hold them down.
Raini was soon a moaning, whimpering, bucking puddle of oh God I need to come. But Maddox didn’t rush her to the finish line. No, he’d set up camp and apparently wasn’t done yet. Like she’d complain.
He left no part of her pussy untouched, as if determined to find every hot spot. And oh, he did. That tongue was tireless—swiping from side to side, licking up and down, lapping and swirling around her clit, teasingly circling the entrance of her pussy. More, he varied the speed and pressure, keeping her off-balance.
She jolted as he drove a finger inside her and hooked it just right. Oh, O-town was so much closer now. Working her clit with his tongue once again, he pumped his finger in and out of her. Each thrust stroked her g-spot, ramping up the pleasure and building the friction until she thought she’d explode.
And then she did.
Her release thundered through her body and seemed to contract every muscle. Her back bowed, her head flew back, and her mouth fell open in a silent scream. She slumped onto the mattress, her breaths coming hard and fast. Yowza.
Maddox wiped his face on her inner thigh. “I like this tattoo,” he said as he began to kiss his way along the swirly vine, stopping only when he came to her bra. His eyes shot to hers, gleaming with need.
“I gotta say, I did not foresee this happening,” she said.
“You knew I’d come for you.”
At some point, sure. But she hadn’t thought he’d just freaking appear during the night. Her demon wasn’t all that surprised, though. It was also strangely unbothered by his presence. There was even an element of smugness there.
“This needs to go.” He unhooked the front clasp of her bra and pushed the cups aside, freeing her breasts. Her nipples went tight under the heat of his gaze. Tugging on one bra strap, he said, “Take it off.”
Happy to comply, Raini quickly did so and then lay back.
Kneeling above her, Maddox swept his eyes over her, seeming somewhat satisfied by the fact that no more clothing now stood in the way of his view. “Fucking perfect.”
“You’re not naked. This is a problem for me. A mega one.”
His mouth quirked. “A mega one?”
“And as my anchor, it’s kind of your job to help me with my problems.”
“That is true,” he allowed.
Raini’s feminine parts fairly clapped their hands with glee as he started unbuttoning his shirt, revealing more and more of his chest. She felt her mouth dry up. Hell, the dude. Was. Built. All hard and toned and perfectly defined.
When he shrugged off his shirt and all the muscles in his broad shoulders and arms rippled and bunched … yeah, wow. Just wow. She took a few mental snapshots so she could use them when badgering the clit-ness on future lonely nights.
The show then got even better; his hands dropped to his fly, he lowered his zipper, and holy shit that thing was not going near her ass at any point. She’d cast his groin enough subtle glances in the past to know he was packing some serious heat, but she hadn’t realized he was that thick.
Not that she was complaining. She’d happily take his cock for a spin. It just wouldn’t be entering through the back door.
She took some more mental snapshots while he rose from the bed to shed the rest of his clothes. In a matter of moments, he was naked and back between her thighs. She lifted her hips and ground against his cock, gasping as it bumped her clit. “In me.”
He snaked his hand up her body and filled it with her breast. “Fits in my hand like it was made for me.” He closed his mouth around her nipple.
Her breath catching in her throat, Raini sank her fingers into his hair. He didn’t simply suckle, he played. Licked. Nipped. Sucked. Tugged on the bud with his teeth. He kept switching it up, so she didn’t know what was coming next. He did the same to her other nipple, taking his time, like her body was his to play with.
His hands weren’t whatsoever idle. Bold and sure, they cupped and squeezed and stroked her breasts. Sometimes he’d be rough. Sometimes he’d be gentle. Too gentle, making her so desperate for more that she could have cried. “Maddox.”
His cock throbbing at the sheer, unadulterated want in her voice, Maddox released her nipple and reached down to rub the head of his cock between her slick folds. “I want to take you without a condom. You on the pill?”
She licked her lips. “Yes.”
“I’m clean. I’ve never fucked a woman bareback before.”
“Why change it up now?”
Maddox lodged the broad tip of his dick in her pussy. “The others didn’t belong to me. You do.” He slammed home, grinding his teeth as her pussy gripped him so fucking tight.
A hint of pain flashed across her face as she sucked in a sharp breath, digging her nails hard into his back.
“Easy, baby.” He smoothed his hand over her forehead, brushing her hair aside. “You’re good.” He sipped from her mouth, nibbling her lips with his own, lightly flicking the tip of his tongue against hers. She responded; the kiss was soft, slow, shallow. As her body began to relax beneath him, he hummed in approval. “That’s it.”
He rocked his hips, touching a spot inside her that made her gasp … and the kiss went from gentle to ferocious in a second flat. They ate at each other’s mouths—savage, hungry, demanding. Like neither could get enough.
She sucked on his tongue, sending all sorts of explicit images sailing around his brain. He loved how bold she was. As a succubus, she was a highly sexual being, but she wasn’t entirely comfortable with it—had even taken long periods of celibacy here and there. He’d worried she’d hold back from him in bed, which was something he wouldn’t have tolerated. But she was right there with him, giving as good as she got. His demon loved that.
“Wrap me up tight. Good girl.” Maddox drew back until only the head of his cock was inside her, loving how her pussy— blazing hot and gorgeously slick—clung to him so tight. He slowly sank back inside her. “You know demons have addictive personalities, don’t you?”
She frowned, as if unsure where he was going with this.
“I could get addicted to this pussy.” He had the sudden feeling he already was.
Maddox took her soft and slow, giving her the occasional hard thrust every now and then. He kissed and licked at her neck, aching to bite down and have just a little taste. He didn’t need to feed. The blood of the halo-bearer he’d recently killed would keep Maddox’s cravings at bay for a few months. But he longed to know how she tasted.
“Maddox,” she said, her voice shaky. “Faster.”
“I’ve waited months to have you beneath me. I have no intention of rushing this.”
Raini inwardly cursed. It was okay, though. She could eat at his control with some scratches, nips, and maybe even a few none-too-heartfelt pleas.
Except … none of that worked.
He kept his thrusts lazy and gentle, no matter what she did or said. Growling in sheer exasperation, she dug her nails deeper into his back. “Dammit, Maddox!”
“So little patience,” he mocked.
“Yeah, well, sometimes a girl likes it a little rough,” she sassed.
A rush of cold air swept over her, and his eyes bled to black as the demon took the wheel. “You want rough,” it began, “I’ll give you rough.” It slammed home hard enough to shock a curse out of her.
Fucking Jesus, it just … took her. There was no finesse, no mercy, no mindfulness of her comfort. The demon quite simply jackhammered into her like it didn’t even give a shit if she liked it.
Raini half-expected her own inner demon to bristle at the sexual aggression, but all the strength, intensity, and pitilessness pushed the entity’s hot buttons in the best way.
Maddox’s demon grabbed a fistful of her hair and tugged, positioning her head how it wanted it, forcing her to look up at the demon … as if it wanted her to know exactly who was fucking her right then. “You will come while I take you like this, so your body knows it is mine as well as his.”
Um, actually, her body didn’t belong to either of … oh shit, she was gonna come. The entity had shifted its hips so that it hit her clit with every thrust, and she was fast approaching O-town again.
“Eyes open,” the demon ordered, pulling on her hair.
She hadn’t even realized she’d closed them until then. She forced them open, looking into those predatory black eyes. The entity pinched her nipple painfully hard, and the harsh sting threw her over the edge. She came with a hoarse cry, tightening her limbs around the demon, distantly noting it hadn’t found its own release.
It looked down at her, a glint of satisfaction in the cold depths of its eyes. There was also possession there, like it considered her … claimed. Or something. Then it retreated, and Maddox’s blue gaze locked with hers.
“My turn.” Maddox got to his knees, hooked her legs over the crooks of his elbows, and leaned forward to plant his forearms either side of her head—making his cock slide even deeper inside her. “I warned you that my demon wouldn’t go easy on you,” he reminded her. “I also warned you that I wouldn’t either.” And then he was powering into her. He was just as rough as his demon, but not so cold, detached, and animalistic.
Even as he brutally used her, Maddox was fully in control. Which she got off on. He wasn’t fucking her this way because he’d lost it, he was doing it because it damn well pleased him. She just dug that he made no bones about taking exactly what he wanted.
Unlike him, she wasn’t so composed. Her control had frayed. She was arching and writhing and demanding more.
He gripped her jaw tight. “Look at me.” He speared her with those steely eyes. “I’m going to be in this pussy often. As often as I want. And I won’t be sharing it.”
She thought about arguing, but there was no point. She’d want him again. One night wouldn’t cut it. She snarled. “Yeah, well, you’ll give this cock to me as often as I want it. And I won’t be sharing it.”
“Then we understand each other.”
“I guess we do.”
“Good.” He released her jaw and fucked her harder, but not so hard that it was too much … as if he wanted her riding the edge of pleasure/pain. Oh, she was very much there. And she was goddamn loving it.
Even though she’d already come twice tonight, an orgasm was building inside her once again. How could it not, when his fat cock was pounding into her over and over? More, his chest grazed her tight nipples, his shaft stroked her clit, and his balls slapped her ass with every savage thrust. “I’m not going to last long,” she said.
“I know.” With one hand, he angled her hips more toward his and then began slamming his cock even deeper inside her. He groaned. “Yeah, definitely addicted to this pussy. I can feel it getting hotter and tighter. Let go, baby. I want to watch. I want my come so deep inside you, you’ll never get it out.”
Pure pleasure cracked through her body like a whip of lightning. Each electric wave of it made her body shake and buck almost violently. A scream tore out of her throat as her pussy clamped down on the cock that was thickening inside her.
“Yeah, baby, that’s it. Fuck.” His spine locked as he exploded, growling through gritted teeth, filling her with everything he had.
Careful not to give her too much of his weight, Maddox tucked his face into her neck as they lay there shaking and panting. He’d known the moment he met her that he’d one day have her. He’d known it would be good, but he hadn’t known it would be this good. Hadn’t thought it would be so insanely fucking mind-blowing. Not even the electric chemistry that flared between them had prepared him for that.
Lifting his head, Maddox stared down at her. His gut clenched at the languid, sex-drunk look on her face. “My demon was right in what it predicted.”
“What’s that?”
“You were worth the wait.”