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He shushes me softly. He reaches out and caresses my cheek, cooing a stream of gently spoken words. “Ty v bezovasnoshti so mnoy, malyutka. Ya ne prichinu tebe vreda.”
you are safe with me, baby. i will not harm you.
Gazing at me like he’s witnessing his first sunrise, he lightly sweeps his thumb over my top lip. He whispers gruffly, “You’re made of fine materials, Riley Rose.”
“Oh, one more thing—” “I know a way to keep that mouth quiet,” he snaps. Then he kisses me.
“Careful,” I whisper, brushing my lips against hers. “Combat makes my dick hard.”
“Live, little bird,” Mal says, close to my ear, his voice low and urgent. “Fly back to me.”
I blurt, “I know you’re not going to hurt me.” “I want to.” “No, you don’t.” His voice turns into a wolf’s growl. “Oh, yes, I do. I want to hold you down and bite you and fuck you until you’re sobbing. I want to come deep inside your pussy, your mouth, and that perfect little ass. I want to see my teeth marks on your tits and my fingerprints on your thighs and the tears in your eyes when I put you on your knees and make you gag on my cock. Don’t get it wrong, sweet girl. I want to fucking devour you.”
“Malyutka. My little bird. My sweet angel. What have you done to me?”
“I’ll forget how to walk,” I murmur, my head resting against his strong shoulder. “If you don’t want to, you’ll never have to walk anywhere again.” My chest expands. My insides turn squishy. He means I wouldn’t have to walk because he’d gladly carry me.
“A tiny fire-breathing dragon, who can cut a man down to size with only a few words from her beautiful mouth.”
“Only that you’re mine. Don’t ever forget that. No matter what happens, you’re mine.”
“There’s not a compliment in the world that could do you justice.”
You make me wish I’d lived a different life. You make me wish I could go back in time and start over again. You make me think the world isn’t a shitty place after all, that goodness exists and happiness isn’t make-believe and true love is possible. You make me believe in miracles, Riley Rose. When I’m with you, I feel like my life hasn’t been such a waste.”
“I don’t ever want to hear you speak another man’s name in my bed again.”
“Any man who even looks at you wrong will die. Any man, including him. If I sense any hint of a threat, if anything whatsoever happens that displeases me, I will make him unalive. Do you understand me?”
“Is that what you think we have? A relationship? Because it feels more like an obsession to me. A compulsion. A knot too tangled to be unwound.”
“My beautiful obsession. This monster belongs to you, sweet girl. I’m tied up in chains at your feet.”
“Ty moya. Ty moya. Ty moya, dorogoya.” Cradled in his arms and spread open around his cock, I orgasm so hard, I’m overcome with emotion. I start to weep. “I know,” he whispers. “Oh, fuck, baby, I fucking know.”
you are mine. you are mine. you are mine darling.
“I can’t say this in your language, little bird, because I’m still trying to work out what it all means. But I’ve never met anyone like you. Before you, my life made sense. I knew my purpose. I knew my place, which was alone. I liked it that way. My days and nights had a predictable rhythm. Nothing upset that rhythm. I didn’t think anything could.”
“Then I saw you, and everything changed. I can’t explain why. Something … woke up inside of me. It feels like being possessed. My mind is consumed by thoughts of you. It’s as if time has split into halves: before you and after you. The time where nothing much mattered and the time where all that matters is a smidgeon of a girl with a smile like an angel’s and the personality of a hellhound.
you make me crazy. I don’t know what to do with myself, I’m so crazy. I’ve never felt so lost. It’s awful, if I’m being honest. What’s even worse is that I’ve had you here with me for only a short while now, and already, I can’t imagine not having you here. How is that possible?
“But … I’d give anything to keep you. Anything. Not only is that stupid of me, but it’s dangerous, too. For both of us, but mostly for you. This life I lead is ugly, but it’s what I chose. I know the risks. I couldn’t live with myself if I were selfish enough to force you to stay here. You’d hate me for it, anyway. In the end, you’d hate me. I don’t think I could stand that. You took a bullet for me, after all. You saved my life. I don’t understand why, but you did.”
“You were shot because of me.” “I’m alive because of you.”
I’m in love with her. I’d burn down entire cities for her. I’ll follow her to the ends of the earth and kill anyone who dares to upset her and spend the rest of my life with her ghost inside my head.
