Wicked Game

by Romy Lockhart

  I shake my head slowly. I don’t feel too great, but I’m a hell of a lot better than I was when I first woke up. “A doctor’s a great idea. You think he’ll come out to see her this late?”

  She nods. “He’s on twenty-four-hour call. He used to be my doctor too. We’ll just have to wait until we get there though. I didn’t keep his number.”

  She taps her phone against her hand before she presses something and holds it to her ear. Seems a little tense again. I wonder who she’s calling, but I won’t ask while she’s waiting for them to pick up.

  “Hi, this is a message for Doctor Lewis. I need to cancel tomorrow’s appointment. It’s Eden Masterson.” She hangs up and smiles at me. “I should have done that before I left town really.”

  “What time do we get on the flight tomorrow?”

  “Two in the afternoon.” She shrugs. “It’s not ideal, but it’s the best they could do.”

  So we have a night in L.A. to spend together. In her friend’s apartment, granted. Still. I’m sure we’ll get the chance to be alone.

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Eden

  I feel better after I speak to Nick. Knowing he’s okay puts my mind at ease. Finding out he’s at Sasha’s having dinner with Asher just makes me laugh. Apparently, Asher told her when she tried to warn him I had another boyfriend. It’s a reminder that I’ll have to issue a statement to the press when I’m going back to work, but that doesn’t freak me out as much as it did before.

  I know things with Asher and Nick are permanent. I’m almost there with Eli too. I just desperately need to tell him the truth. He needs to know as much as the others if he’s going to be with me for keeps. I go to the bathroom to splash water on my face while Eli puts Skyler to bed.

  Cupid’s stupid face shows up behind me in the mirror when I look back at myself. I turn around, grabbing a towel to wipe the moisture off.

  “Oh, now he shows up. After I’ve destroyed a God with a kiss. Some good you are, Fred.”

  He sighs at me. “He would have been able to see me, Eden. There was no way to help you in that situation.”

  “Well you can damn well help me now.”

  “You’re sure about him?”

  Okay, now he’s just being a dick. I’m not going to ask why he’s down on Eli. I don’t need his bullshit reasons for whatever it is that’s bothering him about the man I chose. They won’t change my mind.

  “I am.”

  “He’s a killer, Eden. He told you that himself.”

  That’s what’s bothering him?

  “Logan’s a killer too. You weren’t this... frowny about him. I mean, not for the same reasons, at least.” Ugh. Every conversation with this guy makes my brain hurt. “What’s up with that?”

  “Elias hasn’t told you everything yet.”

  A chill runs down my spine at his ominous words of warning. I shake it off, telling myself I shouldn’t listen to this asshole. He’s not been entirely truthful with me so far, why should he start now? I frown at him. What the hell does he know that I don’t? It’s probably nothing. I doubt he’d tell me anyway. He’s such a pain in the ass. “I don’t need to know every last detail. I know the important stuff.”

  “Goddesses in love never see sense.” He sighs and then nods. “Fine. Let’s go talk to him.”

  He walks through the bathroom door and I follow him out. Eli is waiting in the living room, standing by the couch. He double takes on seeing Cupid, drawing the gun he took from the dead guy and levelling it at him quickly.

  I blow out a breath. “It’s okay, Eli. He’s with me.”

  Eli puts the gun down, but raises an eyebrow at me. “Where did he come from?”

  “That’s a long-ass story,” Cupid tells him. “We don’t have time for it.”

  “There’s something you need to know about me, Eli,” I start.

  He smiles. “You’re trusting me with another secret?”

  “It’s the bigger secret.” I shrug, before I reach out and touch his arm. I let my light flow into him and he gasps as his eyes are drawn there. “I’m a Goddess. A real one.”

  “You are?” His gaze drifts to mine. “You are.”

  “The man back there at the hotel was a God.”

  “A Dark Forces God,” Cupid clarifies, folding his arms. “Eden is a Goddess of Love.”

  “Of course,” Eli says, reaching out to stroke through my hair.

  “She has room in her heart for more than most mortal women. She’s chosen you to be one of the few she’s going to love. Unconditionally. For the rest of her immortal life.” Cupid’s tone veers a little too closely to annoyance towards the end of his explanation. The weight behind his words isn’t lost on me. What the hell is he trying to say? He’s such an asshole.

  “Immortal?” Eli’s voice is full of awe. “What does that mean, exactly?”

  “It means she’ll live forever, or at least, for as long as her lovers keep her happy.”

  I don’t know what Cupid’s trying to do with these veiled warnings. If he’s trying to make me think twice about Eli, he can go to hell. He frowns at me before he turns back to Eli.

  I don’t know what he’s intending to say but I don’t want to hear it. I’ve had enough of his bullshit for one day. I barely need to think about kicking him out and he leaves. I relax once he’s gone.

  My light is in Eli now, I can have him confirm what I already know. “I had a feeling about you, right from the start.”

  “I feel so connected to you, Eden. I felt it the moment I saw you. It’s been so long since I’ve even though about being with a woman. You’re all I can think about.” He kisses me softly. “I know it’s fast, but I love you. You’re everything I’ve been waiting for.”

  I see into his thoughts and become choked up with emotion. He hasn’t been with anyone since his last girlfriend died. At first he told himself he was mourning her, but the longer he went without the desire for female company, the darker his thoughts turned.

  No one could ever possibly love him after what he’d done. He felt he shouldn’t want them to. He was starting to think he’d never open his heart again, when he met me. Everything changed for him that day. He could sense I would understand, that I’d give him a chance.

  It’s fast, and it’s crazy, but it’s right.

  “You haven’t been with anyone in the last four years?”

  He shakes his head slowly. Holy hell. He must be ravenous. After all this time.

  “Oh, Eli.”

  He gazes into my eyes, keeping me close. “I don’t regret waiting, Eden, but I’ve never been so hard in my life as I’ve been these past few days. All I want to do right now is claim your incredible body and spend all night making you moan under me.”

  I feel my knees weaken at his suggestion. This is really it. “I knew you were going to be mine the moment I saw you.”

  “I’m yours, Eden. I’ve been yours since that moment.”

  I can’t wait another second to have him. “Eli, I want you to take me.”

  Desire flares in his gaze. “Only say that if you truly mean it, Eden.”

  I can feel his straining erection against my stomach and I want it so badly I can barely stand to wait. His hands are already at the front of my jeans while he waits for me to give the green light. I gasp as he pulls them open and then hesitates, his hands in fists with denim clenched in his fingers.

  “Look at me, Princess.”

  I pull my gaze back to his. The fire in those dark eyes is all consuming. He wants me to light a Molotov and throw. We’re going up in flames tonight. My heart starts to pound as I wait for his next command.

  “Tell me you want me to bury my dick in this sweet pussy of yours. Tell me you want to be fucked raw. Show me how much you need it.”

  I lean in, biting back a moan as my hard nipples rub against his chest. I kiss his neck softly and sigh.

  “You soaked my panties when you pulled my jeans open, Eli. Don’t start something you don’t intend to finish. Bur
y your dick in me. Fuck me raw.” I press my lips back to his and he insists on a full kiss as he yanks my jeans down to expose my lacy panties. His hands stroke my thighs before he thrusts a hand inside the panties at my front. His hand stills before his fingers do more than brush gently against my slick lips.

  He pulls back from the kiss to gaze between my legs and let out a soft moan.

  “It feels as good as it looks,” I tell him, leading his fingers in closer.

  “Fuck,” he whispers, leaning his head on my shoulder as he dips his fingers inside me.

  “See?” I gasp. “I told you I was wet for you.”

  He pushes in three fingers, then four. I gasp louder.

  His eyes meet mine. “I like to be in complete control. I didn’t think I’d need it the first time we do this, but I do. I need it so badly I can barely handle stopping to tell you this.”

  “Complete control?” I knew there was going to be a kink with him. It makes me shiver.

  He nods. “If you can’t handle that, let me know now.”

  “I can handle it.”

  He smiles. “You need to tell me if I go too far. Promise me you’ll do that, Eden. I’ll stop when you do, but until then...” He shakes his head. “You feel too fucking good.”

  “I promise, Eli.”

  He kisses me quickly, and then his focus goes back to the hand he seems intent to keep between my legs. His hand is so fast moving, so relentless. He fucks me like this, hard enough to make me tremble, while I stand before him, holding onto his shoulder as I take the new sensation and roll with it. My whole body feels tense, and I begin to wonder how raw he wants to make me. The thought pushes me closer to the edge.

  “Tell me you can handle this, Eden.” He’s just as commanding as I’d imagined he would be.

  I swallow and nod slowly, moaning as he continues fucking me with his hand. My breathing is shallow as I tell him, “I can handle everything you want to give me, Eli. Everything.”

  Oh my God. He’s like a demon possessed, using his hand to open me up for his thick cock. I don’t know how much more I can take and stay sane. I’m breathing hard and squirming as he stares into my eyes and keeps going.

  He thrusts until I’m coming hard, and my pussy is contracting wildly around his fingers, allowing them deeper access.

  “Good girl,” he whispers, withdrawing his hand and sucking his fingers slowly into his mouth, one by one.

  My pussy is throbbing with need. I want him so badly. I need his dick. Or his hand. You know what, I don’t even really care right now. He’s good at fucking with whatever and that’s what I need. A good, hard fucking.

  “Turn around,” he orders.

  I do it, stripping off my T-shirt and letting it fall to the floor. My legs are still tangled in my jeans, but his hands are already moving to my pelvis, positioning me how he wants me. I bite down on my lip.

  “You drove me crazy teasing me the other day. I wanted to take you so badly. My dick was rock-hard the whole goddamn day.”

  That would test any man’s willpower, but one who hasn’t been laid in years? I can only imagine. I don’t really feel guilty for it, the timing was off, but I get it all the same. I hear him unbuckling his belt and a thrill rushes through me. I can’t wait to feel him pressing into me. I just wish I could get the chance to look at his cock first. It felt so big every time I was pressed against it.

  He shocks me with the cool smooth touch of leather being slipped around my torso. He uses the belt to pull me in close. I feel his naked erection pressing against my ass as he leans in and kisses my shoulder and my neck.

  “I guess I should tell you I touched myself in the bathroom, after I teased you,” I let slip.

  He pulls me in more and I gasp. “You made yourself come while I was desperate to fuck you? Oh, Eden. You’ve been a bad girl.”

  “What’s my punishment?” I already know he’s eager to do something else with the belt. It’s a kink for him. He needs to be in charge. It’s not something I ever thought I’d be into, but with Eli, it’s a thrill to let myself be dominated like this. I know I’m safe in his powerful hands.

  He smiles against my collarbone. “I’m glad you asked.”

  He lets go of one side of the belt and it moves away. I can hear him winding it around his fist. A shiver runs through me. His left hand grips my pelvis and his lips kiss my shoulder one last time before they move away.

  “I’m going to spank your ass, hard. It’ll hurt. You’ll be red. You’ll never deny me again.”

  The first hit is the one that shocks. It does kind of hurt, and the sound is louder than I thought it would be. But my skin tingles after, and desire sparks low in my belly.

  “How does it feel?” There’s no trace of doubt in his husky voice.

  “I’ve denied you at least twice, now, Eli. I think that warrants more than one little slap.”

  The next one is harder and it makes me moan loudly. I want him to drop it and fuck me now, but I also don’t want him to stop. He needs this, and I’m just getting to like it. There’s something to this spanking thing. I feel like it’s making my pussy wetter, and it was already pretty damn well lubricated. The third smack makes me want him to go wild with that damned belt.

  “Step out of those jeans.” He sounds breathless. He hasn’t even dipped the tip of his cock inside me yet and he’s close to the edge. I guess I would be too if I hadn’t been screwed in years.

  I get rid of my jeans. I’m still wearing my bra but I’m not touching it until he mentions it.

  “Hands behind your back.”

  I look over my shoulder. He’s unwinding the belt. He’s still dressed. His dick has been pulled out from his pants but that’s it. It’s as big as I’d expected, and seeing it fills me with anticipation. I do as told, placing my arms behind my back. My heart is racing. I don’t know what he’s going to do and I can’t wait to find out.

  He wraps the belt around my wrists and locks in the buckle. When I try to move my arms, I can barely wiggle them. Oh, he knows what he’s doing.

  “Move towards the wall.” He walks me over and positions me, so my ass is sticking out behind me, and my head is against the wall. He rubs the tip of his cock at my entrance. I’m more than ready to take him. He groans as he inches inside, pulling me close as he starts to make shallow thrusts that become deeper with every movement.

  My breasts rub against the wall as he pushes inside me all of the way, filling me. It’s so intense. I’m definitely raw from the way he fucked me with his hand before. I feel every frenzied movement as if he’s twice the size. I can barely take it, he feels so huge. Oh God. I’m so close to coming. My pussy is swollen and ravenous for every inch of that hot, rigid flesh that he can feed into it. I come from his hard, unrelenting thrusting within seconds. He groans as I gasp out loud.

  I feel his seed spill inside right before he pulls out and spins me around to kiss me deeply. His hands make short work of the buckle and the belt falls to the ground. I wrap my arms around him and he embraces me tightly. His stubble rubs against my skin. It’s roughing me up, but I wouldn’t want it any other way.

  He breaks the kiss, keeping me close and gazing into my eyes. He loves me, I already knew that, but seeing it in his gaze like this just melts me inside. “I’m glad we got to be alone like this before we go home.”

  “We have all night, Eli,” I remind him with a smile. “I’m not allowed to let you go to sleep, remember?”

  He smiles slowly. “That’s true.”

  “Although, maybe we could take a break for dinner. I haven’t eaten anything today, and I’m guessing you haven’t either.”

  He hugs me in close again. “Sounds good to me.”

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Eli

  The woman I’m head over heels with has given me her trust. There was no apprehension in her voice, no doubt in her eyes as she gave herself over to me completely. My dick twitches slowly back to life as I realize how solid we are. She forgave me my sin. She
said yes to my darkness.

  She’s the perfect woman, and she’s mine.

  She comes out of the bathroom wearing a long T-shirt and red lacy panties I get a flash of when she sits down. Her impulse to shower happened so quickly after the sex that I didn’t even consider joining her. I’d been in shock over how quickly and easily things had progressed between us.

  “Did you pick a place for take out?”

  I nod, though it’s a lie. I’d barely googled the closest places before she came back. “Chinese?”

  It’s the first one to come up, and the closest. I know she’s hungry so the faster it gets here, the better.

  She nods. “Get me something with chicken and noodles. That’ll keep me happy.”

  I place an order on an app and put my phone back down. “Shouldn’t take too long.”

  She stretches out and I admire the view. We’d skipped over so much earlier. I hadn’t even touched her breasts or used my mouth on her body. I’d been so desperate to find out if she could handle everything I needed. If she really trusted me as much as she seemed to.

  “So what’s next?” She raises an eyebrow at me.

  “I don’t need to be in charge all the time, but when I do need that, I need complete control, Eden.”

  “I loved it, Eli,” she tells me, her face flushing. “Whenever you need that, it’s yours.”

  I run my hand up her bared leg, and pull her closer so her legs are draped over mine. I lean down and brush her hair out of her face. “I’m going to hold you to that. But we’re done with it for tonight.”

  “Done?” She sounds sad.

  I smile. “Only with my control issues. I’m not done with your body. Not by a long shot.”

  Her T-shirt is pulled up around her stomach now, her red lacy panties on full display. The fine light hairs of her pussy are visible slightly at the edges. I stroke along one edge of lace and my twitching dick becomes fully alert. I move my hand over her stomach. She’s so unbelievably gorgeous. How did I get so damned lucky?