Page 51 of Raven's Mark
"Nobody plans on giving them the chance." I slide my hand into her damp hair and tilt her head back until she's looking me in the eyes. "But the window between control and chaos is razor thin, and I need to know that when it narrows, you won't break."
"I won't."
"Prove it."
She sets her glass down and steps into me, fisting my shirt in both hands as she pulls me down into a kiss that's all heat and challenge. I kiss her back harder, rougher, until she makes a sound low in her throat that goes straight through me.
I break the kiss and step back. "Bedroom. Strip. Then get on your knees and wait for me."
Her pupils blow wide, but she doesn't hesitate. She turns and walks toward the bedroom, and I give her a full minute before I follow.
When I walk in, she's kneeling on the hardwood floor beside the bed, naked, hands resting on her thighs, exactly where I told her to be. The sight of her waiting for me, submitting without question, makes something dark and possessive coil through my chest.
I close the door and cross to her, undoing my belt as I walk. She watches me, her breathing already uneven, and when I stop in front of her she doesn't look away.
"You know what I want."
"Yes." Her voice is steady, but I can see the want in her eyes, the way her thighs press together.
I work my jeans open and free my cock, already hard and aching. "Then open your mouth and take it."
She leans forward and wraps her lips around me, and the wet heat of her mouth pulls a rough sound from my throat. I slide my hand into her hair and grip hard, holding her in place as I push deeper.
"All of it," I growl. "I want to feel the back of your throat."
She takes me deeper, her hands bracing on my thighs, and when I hit the back of her throat she gags slightly but doesn't pull back. I hold her there for a beat, watching her eyes water, then pull back enough to let her breathe.
"Again."
This time she takes me without hesitation, relaxing her throat, and the sight of her on her knees with my cock buried in her mouth is enough to make my vision blur. I set a rhythm, fucking her mouth with controlled thrusts, and she takes it, takes everything I give her, her nails digging into my thighs hard enough to leave marks.
"That's it. Choke on it." My voice comes out rough, wrecked. "And when I'm done with your mouth, I'm going to put you on that bed and fuck you so hard you'll feel it for days."
She moans around my cock, and the vibration nearly undoes me. I pull out before I lose control, and she gasps for air, her lips swollen and wet.
"On the bed. Hands and knees."
She climbs onto the mattress and positions herself, and I take a moment just to look at her. Her spine curved, her ass in the air, her thighs spread just enough to show me how wet she is. Mine. At least for now, before I send her into danger with lies between us.
I strip off my shirt and my jeans and move behind her, running my hand over the curve of her ass before bringing itdown hard. The slap echoes in the room, and she jerks forward with a sharp cry.
"That's for making me agree to a plan that could get you killed." I bring my hand down again, watching the red bloom across her skin. "This is for not trusting me to find another way."
"There is no other way," she gasps.
"I know." I slide two fingers into her pussy, rough and deep, and she's soaking wet, dripping down her thighs. "Doesn't mean I have to like it."
I work her with my fingers, adding a third, stretching her, making her rock back against my hand. She's panting now, her arms shaking, and when I curl my fingers against that spot inside her she nearly collapses.
"Please." The word comes out broken, desperate.
"Please what?"
"Fuck me. Jesse, please."
I pull my fingers out and line my cock up with her dripping entrance, then drive into her in one solid thrust that buries me to the hilt. She cries out, her back arching, and I don't give her time to adjust. I just start pounding into her with a pace that's punishing, each thrust bottoming out hard enough to shift her forward on the bed.
My hand wraps around her throat from behind, not choking but controlling, pulling her head back. "You feel that? Feel how deep I am inside you? That's where you belong. Right here, taking everything I give you."
