29. Xeraphine

29

Xeraphine

H ave you killed anyone because of it?" I ask pointing down at his cock, and I swear if he lies, I'm going to slap the shit out of him. "Because… Your cock, it's the bullet, and your hips, are the fucking gun."

His laughter echoes around the kitchen, his head thrown back as if I'm a comic in a stand-up live show.

"I'm so serious, Kai, if I were anything but what I am, I am certain I would have died." The way he bent me over his balcony last night, I'm surprised the glass barrier survived. He absolutely devastated my pussy, and I was sore for several hours.

He pours me some water when he finally comes down from his high. "Let's just say, I am finally able to let loose without killing… anymore." There it is, at least that confirms I'm not out of touch. Granted, I've never been fucked like that: ever. It was as though he was everything that my body needed, and it just took this long to find it.

Suppose that just solidifies my thoughts on his tattoo even further. Especially since he got it so long ago, well before I was even born. I really need to do more research on my own kind. I've never really delved too deeply into what I am, out of fear of knowing too much, but there is one thing I know, and it is only because it was the one thing Tali told me about my father .

However, I don't want to go down that road with him, or myself. I'm not even sure he is that to me.

Though it would make sense…

"Where did you go?" My eyes focus as Kai stands in front of me, his hand around the side of my neck. "You live inside your head a lot, huh?" I suck in a breath, leaning back against the chair.

I swallow and shake my head, "Nowhere, sorry, just thinking about you bending me over is all."

The smirk he gives me makes my stomach fill with a buzz, "If you say so." Oh, he knows I'm lying, and I appreciate that he drops it. He edges closer to me, and I place my hand onto his forearm. I don't stop him this time, and as he leans in for a kiss, I allow for it in the moment.

I do want to kiss him. It's not that I don't. These feelings are foreign, and I don't want them to cloud my life. Not now… at least.

His hand moves around to the back of my neck and pulls me deeper into the embrace. The caress of his tongue against mine pulls my Amoro straight out, wrapping around him.

A soft groan filters from him, and he leans back, "Damn," he sucks air through his teeth, "I can tell when your Amoro comes out to feed..."

"Does it hurt you?" I've never really asked anyone, never cared to know.

"No… It's just an interesting feeling."

"I see." His crimson eyes hold me gently in them, "I wasn't feeding on you. It just latched onto you is all."

"It never hurts, how's that?" He smiles and steps away from me, tapping the counter to bring my attention to the glass of water sitting there. "I don't know much about the Amoro, what exactly is it?"

Fair question, there isn't any harm in me telling him about what it is.

"It's my demons spirit, basically. We aren't two entities, like, my Amoro doesn't have its own form. It's just a part of me that isn't on the surface." I raise my hand, the ombré of my nails holding my gaze, "It's what makes my skin black when I lose control or when I'm dying. It's my demon manifesting outward. When I was dug up, my Amoro had completely consumed me. I was surprised that Tyson's son even had the courage to help me. Him and his friends, they saw a demon, but treated me like a person."

"Good on them," Kai remarks, "Tyson raised him well. "

I chuckle, "His late wife did. Not that Tyson isn't a good person, it was Coraline. That, and she was the only reason I was able to come back to what you see now." He pulls his eyebrows together in question. "She let me feed on her. The thought of ever letting a man touch me after what I had gone through made me so sick that I would pass out just looking at them."

He swallows and nods, "That makes sense."

"I had no idea what I was doing, but a quick web search about my kind said I feed off sex. It was worth a try, you know? What did I have to lose?" I shrug my shoulders, "Anyway, my Amoro is fed and kept in control by devouring someone's lifeforce."

"And that only happens when someone is orgasming." It wasn't really a question, more of a clarifying statement.

Not in our case. I make sure to keep that comment to myself.

"Yes, for the most part, that is when someone's walls come down. In that moment, they are in their most vulnerable state, opening their gates for me to enter."

He hums in question but doesn't continue, or voice anything. I wait, observing as he circles the island and leans over it, his long hair falling over his shoulder as he does. I've never asked about his ethnicity; it never seemed to matter to me, but I am curious. Maybe he's black and Asian, judging by the slant of his eyes and his skin color, but I'm not sure. Either way, he's gorgeous.

Gods, I honestly hate how attracted I am to him. It destroys any semblance of smart thinking I can have around him.

That isn't fair, because honestly, I've never felt more level-headed. I thought I would be out of my mind after killing Dominic and Dante, but the moment he opened his door and caught my gaze, I was calm.

I won't voice it, but I'm fucking terrified.

"Is that why you were so curious about the tattoo on my back? The gates?"

I give him a gentle nod, "I assume you can't see your gate, or anyone's…" He confirms with a shake of his head. "I can see mine…" Do I dare fucking confess this… This is absolutely stupid. I shouldn't.

Releasing a breath, I part my lips, Shut up, don't open your mouth.

Buzz. Buzz .

My phone vibrates on the counter, and I glance down at it. Sydni's name lights up the screen, and I couldn't be more thrilled to be interrupted.

Except, before I can even reach for it, Kairhyse swoops in and snatches it up, answering it smoothly.

"Hey, butterfly," he purrs into the phone, and I can hear her squeal through the speaker.

"RHYSIE-POO! She's still there?!" Her excitement is loud, even without the speakerphone on.

"Give it!" I leap from the barstool and rush around the island toward him, but he shakes his head, his eyes narrow.

"Oh, she's still here, probably won't be leaving any time soon," he says, his tone suggestive. My mouth falls open in shock, and he winks. "It's probably best she lays low for a bit, you know, until—"

I lunge at him, trying to snatch the phone from his grasp, but his hand grabs around my neck, pushing me back against the counter.

"—The heat is off. Even if they think she's dead, you understand. Right, butterfly?"

Sydni giggles over the line, and I try to reassure her, "Syd, don't listen to him, I'll be going home soon!"

His grip on my neck tightens, and he pins me against the counter. The dominance in his eyes, coupled with the way he licks his lips, makes my pulse quicken and my clit throb. Fucking Vayl above.

"Uh huh." He places the phone onto his shoulder and holds it there with his head. "Sure thing…" I see his free hand move down between my legs and I grab hold of it so fast that he shoots his gaze to mine.

Barely above a whisper, he says, "Shh…"

I shake my head, "No!"

"Telling me what to do?" He grins, before clearing his throat, "Nothing butterfly, you were saying what about the news?" He quickly kicks one of my feet outward and slips two fingers along my slit. I can't even get a plea out before he's knuckle-deep in my cunt, curling against that sensitive spot that makes me want to scream.

"Fuck—" I bite my bottom lip and move my hand up to reach for the phone, but the one he had around my neck quickly takes it and puts it behind my back. "Kai!" I say through gritted teeth.

His thumb finds my bundle of nerves and begins rolling in a seamless circle while his fingers motion inside of me as though egging me to come to him .

"Tell me," he whispers into my ear. I can hear Sydni rambling about something, but my brain is far too tied to his thumb making me twitch to comprehend what she's saying. "Where do you think you'll be going?"

My legs tremble as he pushes harder against my clit while sliding back further into my pussy that his knuckles are breaching inside me. I throw my head back and let out a shaky breath.

"Thanks Sydni," he says. I think she asks for me, but fuck me I couldn't take the phone even if I wanted to, I'm ready to come all over his hand. "She's tied up right now. I'm knuckles deep." He casually shrugs the phone down onto the counter.

My eyes circle, "What the fuck Kai?!" My scream is more condescending but it's definitely laced with bliss because I can hear Sydni let out a loud " Eeeeeeeeee! " before the call abruptly cuts off.

My fist connects with his chest as he lets out a loud growl, "Your own fault," he purrs. "Now…"

The moment I spread my legs he is slipping his fingers out and bringing them up to his mouth. "What were you going to say?"

I'm physically trembling, "W-What?"

"Mmm…" He sucks air through his teeth after he's done cleaning his fingers of me , "Gods you are delicious my little demon, so please hurry and finish what you were cut short of so I can shove my face into that pussy of yours."

My body was not prepared to be left dry, my nipples are hard and my clit is throbbing for him to touch me again. For a moment, I am rendered speechless, and the topic of our conversation fades from my mind entirely.

When I look up at him, he's hovering, a mischievous smile on his face.

"What… was I saying?" Holy shit, does he have me under a spell? What happened to my willpower?

"You were saying." He leans toward me, his cock pressing against my hip. I am so happy he went boxer-less, and all that separates us is his gray sweats. "You can see your gate, and then closed those pretty red lips of yours."

Now I remember, and I once again, close them tight. His hand moves to my chin, his thumb brushing down my lips.

"Tell me or else I will tie you to the bed post and let you air dry. "

Every part of me blazes and I cannot believe myself, but I fucking whimper . "I'll break free, you idiot." My voice shakes as though actually afraid I couldn't.

"Not from these you won't," he croons, "I've got an entire room of chains and whips you'll find are quite strong." Goddess be damned , my heart thrusts straight to my pussy.

The sensation of his fingers moving up and around my waist to my breasts makes me moan softly, "Fucker—" My hips roll against him and he steps back.

I swear I nearly shout. "It's insignificant, Kai, don't make me force you to your knees. Remember, you've got enough of me in you to literally be my puppet."

"Oh, Xera, I do enjoy when you talk dirty to me."

"Kai…" I'm pulling at my blood that he has in him, finding the strand straight to his brain. The moment I find it, I grin, and open my mouth to command him to get on his knees and eat my pussy until his lips are wrinkled and sore, when he crashes his lips against mine.

"Tell me," he urges as he breaks from the kiss, only to dive back in and shove his tongue into my mouth. "Just open up." He does it again, and I'm trying to catch my breath as he is forcefully taking me from the counter and tossing me against the island.

Now that I'm bent over, he drops his sweats and presses the tip of his cock against my slit, "Speak, and I'll give you want you want." I still don't speak, and the feeling of his hand slapping my ass echoes alongside my scream. Holy fuck he hit me so hard every part of me vibrates. "Pretty in red... You want more punishment?"

Another slap makes me throw my head back, and I'm suffocating with need. "Gods damn it, Kai!" Before I can even drop my head, my hair is in his grasp. "Fine! The gates on your back, they are a fucking mirror image of what mine look like!"

What have I just said…

I swear he takes a step back, causing me to swiftly turn around. The sharp edge of the marble island digs uncomfortably into my back as I instinctively pull away from him as far as possible.

The curious expression on his face leaves me genuinely perplexed. It's as if I didn't just utter something fucking insane.

"Why did you turn around?" His voice is sultry.

"Why did you step back?"

"I didn't?" He completely drops his pants and steps to me. "Why are you looking at me like that? "

What is going on right now…

I'm so fucking confused. My lips part, and he looks down at them, expecting me to say something. Did I not say what I thought I did? Am I losing my mind?

"Little demon." He wraps his arm around my neck and pulls me to him. I'm so gone in what is happening I completely lose all the need I had to have him fuck me. Even if his cock is pressed down my thigh, I ignore it. "What were you expecting me to say to that?"

I honestly have no idea. This is completely fucked up territory for me, and I'm so out of my element. I want to run. The insatiable need to disappear from this moment is so strong I nearly find restraint impossible to not use every ounce of my power to bring him down to his knees, command him to never see me again, and vanish like a shadow in the sunlight.

"Now who is the weirdo," he whispers into my ear. "Hmm?"

"I…uh…"

"Fate is a stupid notion," he says while wrapping an arm under my ass and picking me up. "It's a coincidence, Xera. How unique can a gate look? Plus, I'm not really one to believe in that weird ‘destined mates' shit that the Mundane have, if that is what you are worried I'd think."

He guides us into the living room, and soon my back is against the couch. His arm is resting on its back, one knee between my thighs as he leans over me.

Licking his lips, his gaze devours me from eyes to thighs, "I want you to open up to me. Don't worry about saying anything you think I'll hate. Nothing will drive me away from you; it will only make me run faster toward you." He bites his lip, and my heart leaps, "Now let me devastate that delectable cunt."

That is what I want him to do.

But… I'm not sure why I am upset…

It does mean something more significant than that, and now I will never tell him, because he may actually run.

What have you done to me, Kai…