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If I let myself be taken out, I wouldn’t be able to make sure the girl is okay. I need to make sure she’s safe, and that need is stronger than the wish to finally end my existence.
“And what am I?” “You, my tiger cub, are a ray of light in the absolute darkness my life has become and has been for a very long time.”
It’s hard to focus on her words with the warmth of her at my side. I want to move away, afraid I may get addicted to touching more than just her hand, but at the same time, I want to invade her space, press myself against her. My mind is screaming to move back. My body doesn’t listen. I take another step, moving behind her and releasing her hand in the process. The moment is brief, just a split second, but it feels like hours without her touch. The instant I’m behind her, I entwine our right hands again and place my left on the table on her other side. Once I have her surrounded with my body,
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“And what is it that you feel?” Leaning closer, he presses his forehead to mine. “Tell me.” “Excitement, while I wait for your arrival. Happiness, when you finally decide to show up. And sadness, every time you leave. I feel joy when I stumble upon the little gifts you leave for me, when I find them around my place.” I reach out behind his back and pull away the hair tie holding his braid as I continue. “Warmth and serenity when we sit next to each other on my roof, doing nothing but staring into the night. Contentment and acceptance because you see me as I am.”
“Please, fuck me.” “Fuck you? No, I don’t like that term.” He grabs me behind my knees, pulling me closer. “I’m going to take you, Nera.” “What’s the difference?” I pant while the tip of his cock teases my entrance. “What I take, I keep forever,” he says with a wicked smile.
“Nothing on this earth would stop me from coming back to you, my tiger cub.” I slam my mouth to hers. “I promise.”
I still don’t give a fuck if they live or die. But Nera does. And I would do anything if I could become more worthy of her. A good man I will never be, but I could be better. For her.
“Yes. Except for her eyes,” Nera answers, her voice hoarse and trembling. “She has her father’s eyes. Pale-gray, like the break of first light to end a starless night.”
“I thought you loved me,” I whisper. “I guess I was wrong.” Kai’s arm shoots out, wrapping around my waist and crushing me to his body. I can feel the rise and fall of his chest. His breathing—fast and shallow. His other hand comes to the back of my head, fingers tangling in my hair. Warm breath tingles my skin as he lowers his head until his mouth hovers next to my ear. “You were.” The husky timbre of his voice reverberates through me, all the way to my bones. “But only about your use of past tense. Not only do I still love you. I fucking live for you, tiger cub.” My breath hitches. I wrap my
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“Can you grasp the vastness of nothingness within my soul if you’re not near?” I pull out, then slide into her again. Small tremors quake her body, and her eyelids flutter like the wings of a butterfly, but her amber orbs stay pinned to mine. “Everything is gray and empty. You are my lifeline, tiger cub, because there is no life for me if you’re not in it.”
“Don’t you fucking dare leave me again,” she says through her teeth. “Over ninety-nine million,” I growl as I keep slamming into her. “That’s how many seconds I’ve spent without you. And every single one felt like death, Nera.” I crush my mouth to hers. “Never again.”
“I need to make you come again, cub. I’ll keep taking you over and over until I’m convinced you’re real—here in my arms—and not some figment of my imagination. I need to watch you shatter under my touch. Again. And again.” I slide two fingers inside her and lean to whisper in her ear. “I’m going to fuck you until my damn cock bursts and my brain finally accepts that you’re with me and I’m not dreaming. You’re mine.” I curl my fingers upward. “You got me, cub?”
“Oh, I’ll find the man who dared to hurt you,” he growls. “And when I do, I’m going to enjoy the sounds of his screams while I rip off his arms. And his legs. Then, I’ll twist his fucking head off and put it on a spike to rot.” “I don’t think a warning of such magnitude will be required.”
“You never lost me.” I kiss his chin. Then his collarbone. “I was always only yours. Even when I believed that I’d never see you again.” I sweep the strands of hair from his face, then kiss his cheek. “Even when I believed that you forgot me or no longer cared.” “Forgot you?” He grabs me around the waist and flips us around, pinning me under his weight. “How could one forget the sole light in the miserable darkness of his life?”
“What about the guy who was sitting on your right?” “Salvo, my stepbrother’s best friend. He’s been helping me since Massimo thrust me into this shitstorm. It’s not him.” “I didn’t like the way he was looking at you.” Kai stops at the street light and takes my chin between his fingers. “I don’t share, Nera. Not even in the platonic sense. You better make sure he’s out of my sight if you want him to keep sucking air.”
“I’m going to tell her that her dad is Kai Mazur. The man who’s been watching over me for years, keeping me safe. Who took a bullet for me. The man who has barely slept in weeks because he’s been protecting us. Who spent hours simply watching her sleep, instead of getting rest himself. Our guardian angel. The love of my life.” I tilt his head lower until our lips touch. “The man who loves her and her mamma more than anything else. Just as we love him. That’s what I’ll tell our daughter.”
