LOGINWith my fingers gliding across his flesh, I kept contact as I moved around to his back and across the broad expanse between each shoulder, afterward, I ran my fingers in a soft caress over the nape of his neck—God, how I'd always wanted to touch him in this way—and then began making my way over to the opposite shoulder, shortly coming around to his collarbone.
Afterward, with a pivot of my fingertips, and practiced turns of my feet, I came a full one hundred and eighty degrees, facing him again.
As I gazed into his eyes, my breathing increased, and I felt myself give a small pant as I moved my fingers down to his chest. Then, without so much as a pause in my actions, I lowered myself toward the floor.
In a slight squat, I maintained the position for several seconds, moving my hips to the beat before easing my way back up. Once again standing and with slow deliberateness, I let my knees brush his crotch, my breasts hovering near his face.
Seconds later and with a seductive move, I placed my leg on top of his thigh before letting it slide slowly across its width. With only the tips of my toes touching the floor, I slowly lowered my butt onto his spread thighs. The v'd hollow between his thighs cradled my butt, and I laced my arms around his neck, continuing to move, teasing him with my body.
Leaning forward, I allowed my lips to almost brush his, then after a soft exhalation, I backed off: a manipulative move to leave him wanting a taste of the lips I'd offered. Then, as slow as I'd climbed on his lap, I inched my way back off, unwrapping one leg at a time from the back of the chair as I slid with taunting eroticism backward off his lap until I was once again standing between his legs.
Afterward, bending forward, I placed my hands on top of his knees, then moving my face back towards his, I gave him a light brushing of my tongue across his lips, being sure to leave him hungering for more as I withdrew.
Afterward, lowering my body towards the floor again, I moved my face from side to side near his stomach. Sliding my hands to the insides of his thighs, I began working my hands up toward his crotch in a slow caress, only stopping just short of touching the increasing bulge.
Shortly, following the move, I began moving my hands back down, kneading and caressing the bunching and tensing of muscles beneath my fingers as I did. With breath damn near hissing through my lips, I realized how badly I wanted Torin and how badly I wanted to make him want me.
With that clarity, I rose to my feet and stood before him, moving my body in slow rhythmic figure eights. A sexy pout graced my lips as I ran my hands over my breast, down my stomach, then lower still as I gave a light stroke to the sensitive area between my legs.
One stroke, two, before I lifted my arms and reached out, sliding the moisture on my fingers across his lips before withdrawing, I placed my hands against his chest. I could feel the firm pectoral muscles beneath my palms trembling and need raced through me at the knowledge of his arousal.
In a slow, playful action, I gave him a firm shove, reseating him in his chair, as he'd almost come out of it when I'd slid my wet fingers across his lip. A thrill washed through me, for I was doing things I had only ever dreamed of. And with each action, I grew more damp, more aroused. Small expulsions of need escaped my mouth as the growing hunger within me became unbearable.
Torin's hands twitched in his effort to restrain himself from touching. He hadn't so much as laid a finger on me and I was becoming a needy, throbbing mess. I wanted him to touch me. I wanted him to caress my breast, to run his fingers up my thighs until he reached the weeping folds that begged for his touch—to bury those fingers deep within me.
A small hungry hiss of breath escaped my lips as I lowered myself back onto his lap, wanting to make him touch me. Wrapping my legs back around the chair, I kept one hand on his shoulder as I leaned backward. Arching my back, I jutted my breast toward the ceiling, beginning a gentle rocking motion against him.
I rode his erection in slow motion for several seconds, before releasing his shoulder, I leaned all the way back, touching the floor with one hand as I continued to gyrate. Afterward, I brought the other arm back, laying that hand on the floor as well.
My body quaked with the arousal cruising through it, and I damn near exploded when, with nostrils flared and eyes dilated, a groan ripped loose of Torin's throat. Reaching out, he grasped me around the ribs, just below my breast. Then lifting me back into a sitting position, he swooped forward as lips soft, sensuous, and seductive, he grazed them against my own as he wrapped a hand in my hair.
With a jerk, he pulled my mouth hard against his, all the while pumping against me, his erection stroking me through our clothing. Drawing back slightly, voice husky, he breathed, "I want you."
I couldn't control the whimper that escaped my lips in my need as I moaned, "Oh God, Torin."
Raising a hand, he cupped my chin, then lifting my face, he looked into my eyes. After a few seconds of examining them, he growled, "What she give you, Sweetheart?"
Lowering my feet to the floor, I jerked out of his arms, beginning to back up. Pain, embarrassment, and shame washed over me for who I had become, and suddenly seeing myself through his eyes. I gave a shake of my head. "Got no clue."
Climbing to his feet, he gave a slight hiss. Then bending at the waist, he growled, "Fucking, son of a bitch," as he pushed his shoulder into my midsection. Afterward, grabbing me around the thighs, he rose back up. Stomping over to the door, he threw it open, before continuing into the hallway, he headed toward the door at the end of it.
Even with the safe house secured and Torin at my side, the city outside never felt less like a threat. Each sound, a car door, the distant bark of a dog, the hum of traffic, set my nerves on edge. Lucien’s presence was invisible, yet it pressed on my skin like heat from a flame I couldn’t see.Torin noticed my tension immediately, his hand finding mine and squeezing it in silent reassurance. “Hey,” he murmured, voice low, almost a growl, “we’ve prepped for this. Focus on what we can control, not what we can’t.”I nodded, leaning against him, the steady beat of his heart beneath my ear providing a temporary calm. I had to trust him; I had to trust us. And yet, every fiber of my being screamed that Lucien was waiting, watching, calculating.Torin flipped open his laptop again, scanning the screens with the precision I had come to rely on. “I’ve checked the traffic cams, the usual patrol routes, even the rooftops in this block,” he muttered. “Nothing yet. But that means he’s patient. He’
The house felt smaller the moment we walked in, the walls pressing in with the weight of anticipation. Even with Torin beside me, every shadow seemed suspect, every creak of the floor a warning. I couldn’t stop glancing over my shoulder, imagining Lucien’s cold, calculating gaze somewhere just beyond our line of sight.Torin dropped his bag by the couch, scanning the room with the same predatory alertness I had grown used to. “We need to go over everything we know,” he said, voice low, controlled. “Patterns, movements, weaknesses. He’s patient, Marlowe. Patient and methodical.”I sank onto the couch, hands clasped tightly in my lap, the knots of fear and adrenaline still coiling in my stomach. “And if we miss something?” I asked, voice barely above a whisper. “If he’s… always one step ahead?”He crouched beside me, gripping my shoulders with a firm, grounding touch. “Then we find the steps he didn’t anticipate. He can be clever, but he’s never faced us like this. Never together.”I sw
The city felt different that evening, darker somehow, even with streetlights flickering along the sidewalks. I moved cautiously, keeping my hands in my pockets and my head low, every instinct alert. Lucien was out there, somewhere, and I could feel the weight of his obsession pressing in, like a shadow I couldn’t shake.Torin followed a step behind, his gaze scanning every alley, every doorway. His presence was both comforting and grounding, a reminder that I wasn’t alone, yet it made my own heartbeat echo even louder in my chest. I could sense his tension radiating off him, a low hum of readiness that mirrored my own fear.“He’s close,” I whispered, voice barely audible over the faint hum of traffic.Torin’s jaw tightened. “I know,” he said, his tone sharp. “I can feel it too. That’s why we stick to the plan. Stay visible, stay unpredictable. We make him think he can’t predict our moves.”I nodded, gripping the strap of my bag tightly. Every instinct screamed at me that Lucien was wa
The place felt almost too quiet, a deceptive calm that pressed against my chest like a physical weight. I paced the small living room, notebook clutched in one hand, pen in the other, reviewing every note, every plan we had discussed. Lucien was out there, and the idea that he could be anywhere, watching, listening, made my skin prickle. Every sound, every shadow seemed to carry a threat.Torin was perched on the couch, arms draped over the backrest, watching me. His expression was a mixture of irritation and concern. “You’re going to wear yourself out if you keep pacing like that,” he said, voice low and even.“I can’t help it,” I admitted, stopping for a moment to glance at him. “I keep thinking about the last message. He’s escalating, Torin. He’s testing us, seeing what we’ll do.”He pushed off the couch, moving to stand beside me. “Then we stay one step ahead. That’s all we can do.” His hand brushed mine briefly as he reached for the notebook, and I felt a flicker of reassurance.
The city outside was quiet but alive, each faint sound amplified in the walls of the house. I sat cross-legged on the floor, notebook open on my lap, scribbling every thought, every plan, every possible scenario I could imagine. My fingers trembled slightly, not from fear, but from anticipation, from the adrenaline that refused to leave me. Lucien was out there, somewhere, and the tension in the air felt almost suffocating.Torin leaned against the doorway, arms crossed, watching me like a hawk. “Still overthinking,” he said, his tone teasing but sharp, a razor edge beneath the warmth.“I have to,” I muttered, not looking up. “We can’t leave anything to chance. He’s smart, patient, and he’s watching. I need to anticipate him before he anticipates me.”He pushed off the doorframe, moving closer, and crouched beside me. “Planning is good. Obsessing isn’t.” His hand hovered near mine, a silent offer of grounding. I reached for it instinctively, letting his fingers curl around mine. The s
The city felt off today, the streets alive with a hum that set my nerves on edge. I perched on the window sill of the safe house, knees pulled close, scanning the world below like some kind of nervous sentinel. Each car that passed made me flinch, each shadow that moved across the alleyways felt like Lucien’s long fingers stretching toward me.Torin moved behind me silently, the scrape of his boots on the floor a subtle reminder that I wasn’t entirely alone. He crouched beside me, hands resting on the sill near mine. “You’re tense,” he murmured. “I can feel it in your shoulders.”“I can’t help it,” I admitted, voice tight, low. “He’s out there, somewhere. He could be anywhere. And I don’t even know what he’s planning.”Torin’s jaw tightened, and I saw the storm behind his eyes, the same storm I’d come to trust and fear in equal measure. “Lucien is patient,” he said quietly. “Calculating. He waits for cracks, moments of weakness. We can’t give him any. Not a single one.”I swallowed, t







