Epilogue: The Dark Duet (15 page)

“You’re trying to distract me,” I said,
unimpressed.

“I am not. I’m just eager to give you
that massage.” She rubbed my shoulders and I groaned. “Will there be some sort
of oil involved? The idea of sliding my hands all over you is really appealing.
I could take off all my clothes if you’d like.” She pressed her thumbs into my
neck and ground her hips against me. I felt her breath as she whispered in my
ear. “I’ll even do the front.”

“I won’t forget about this,” I said
half-heartedly.

In all honesty, the only thing I was
truly thinking about was slippery Livvie and how easy it would be to slide into
her. Some days it seemed as though the only time I felt firmly connected to her
was when I was literally inside her. I could imagine myself as her Prince
Charming. I was not a monster. I was worthy. My heart was not an empty husk—it
was engorged with blood and feeling.

“Hey,” Livvie whispered against my
mouth. “Where’d you go, Sexy?” She was worried. I could hear it in her voice
and memories threatened to invade. I hated how familiar her worry was to me. I
made eye contact with her.

“I’m here,
exactly where I want to be.”

She smiled.

“Me too.” She
kissed me slowly, passionately, and inherent within the press of lips there was
an undercurrent of gratitude. It was difficult for me to accept given our
circumstances, but the void consumed it nonetheless. It had the gall to demand
more.

“Tell me you’re mine, Livvie.” The past
intruded.

“I’m yours, Caleb.” Her lips traveled
across the side of my face and down my neck. Our attentions had gone from slow
and passionate to fast and hungry. She sucked the flesh of my neck into her
mouth, marking me. I already bore her scratches on my back. “And you’re mine.
Only mine.”

I hated where Livvie and I had started.
I loathed that I had ever wounded such an incredible person. However, the past
was not without its comforts. It had been a time when I labored under the
illusion of purpose and strength. Livvie unabashedly proclaimed her love for me
and I held all the power. For all the horrors of my past, I took comfort in my
understanding of the darkness in my soul. Livvie had let in the light and it
blinded me. I groped for purchase within my new world. With Livvie at my side,
I clung to her, powerless and oft times petrified. Moments like the one in
which we found ourselves were sweet succor.

I undid the three tiny pearl buttons at
Livvie’s nape with care before I forcefully pulled the zipper along the back.
She made a startled but eager sound against my neck. I spread the fabric and
let it slide down her arms, pinning them to her sides. Livvie whimpered as she
writhed against me. Her hips made little thrusts as she chased her pleasure.

I put my mouth against her collarbone
and sucked. I had left my own marks on Livvie: I’d scraped my teeth along her
hipbones. I’d left my handprint on her ass. There was a bruise near her nipple
where I’d pinched her while she came. Her pussy still had my come in it from
the night before. What more did I need? What more did I deserve?

“You make me feel so good,” Livvie
panted. Her knees dug into my hips and her hands tugged at my shirt in search
of more contact. The long line of her throat, naked shoulders, and exposed
cleavage were offered up to my mouth freely while Livvie’s head was tossed
back. I let my lips brush against the purple mark I’d left on her collarbone.

“Only good? I
must not be trying near hard enough.”

“Mmm… try harder then.”

I gripped her hips and ground her down
hard against my erection. She pulled her arms free of her dress and wrapped
them around my neck as she attempted to ride me. I canted her hips back and
held her in place, feasting on her hungry little sounds.

“Again with
that mouth. So saucy.”

“Caleb,” she purred. “Stop fucking
around. You know what I want.”

I grinned.

“And what would
that be?”

“You. Inside me.”

My cock gave a little leap of
excitement.

“You want to feel
me?” I put my hand beneath her dress, skimming the sensitive flesh of her
thighs where her stockings squeezed. I decided I would buy her garters, like a
French girl would wear. I continued my exploration, lifting the trim of her
lacy panties so I could graze her with my fingertips.

“Yes… please.” I heard Livvie swallow.
Her hips tried to guide my fingers. My finger pulled the scrap of fabric
forward. Her panties were damp where her pussy had rested.

“Do you really
think you deserve it? Am I the sort of man who appreciates a saucy mouth?” A
memory:
“I like your saucy little mouth.
I don't want to hurt it.”

“I—” She pressed forward, cunt seeking.
“I hope so.”

I touched her with the back of my
fingers.

“I do.” I whispered and took her mouth,
both of them, at the same time. She shuddered. I pumped my fingers into her
heat as I collected her moans in my mouth. Livvie’s pleasure was short lived. I
withdrew my fingers slowly.

“But it doesn’t
mean you get to speak to me however you’d like.”

She frowned.

“Caleb.” I
pressed my wet fingers to her mouth. She pulled back. She was shocked and a
little disgusted. She’d licked her lip before she thought about it.

I brought her mouth to mine and licked
her lips until she opened to me again. I liked the taste of pussy in her mouth.
It drove me wild with lust. A familiar part of me enjoyed her horror and always
would. I felt like myself. I felt powerful.

I pulled away from the kiss. I stood,
carried Livvie toward the bed, and tossed her on it.

“Turn around and lie flat on the bed. I
want to fuck you.” Livvie sat, chest heaving, with her rumpled dress pooled
around her waist. She reached for it, to take it off I assumed. “I didn’t tell
you to take it off,” I snapped. Fear ignited behind her eyes and quickly burned
down to an ember.

“Yes, Caleb,”
she whispered. Slowly, she turned and crawled toward the top of the bed. Once
there, she lifted her dress to uncover her panties. The lacy fabric didn’t
cover her completely—it left the bottom of her cheeks exposed and framed her
ass. She made eye contact, caught me looking. She smiled coyly and finally lay
down on the bed.

“Yes, I like what I see. I would have
thought that much was obvious by now.” I palmed her ass with a loud smack. “No
need to be smug.” I reached for her panties and slid them down her legs. I
stood up to remove my belt.

Livvie visibly tensed. Her hands fisted
in the comforter. To her credit, she didn’t move. She didn’t turn to see what I
was doing. She didn’t ask what I was up to. She simply waited. Patient. Trusting.
Submissive.

I was tempted to swat her with my belt.
I pictured her gasping in surprise, her cheeks flexing and red. I imagined the
way she would struggle to remain still. I visualized the raised welts my belt
would leave. Another mark. Another brand. Another claim. My fist tightened on
my belt. I let it go. I didn’t want to remind her any more than I already had.

I undressed slowly. I took the time to
hang my pants in the wardrobe. I set my other clothes aside to be sent in for
washing. I watched Livvie the entire time, letting my lust build with every
minute she patiently waited for me to return.

Or issue a command.

I riffled through the luggage to
retrieve a bottle of oil I’d brought. I really did want that damn massage, but
it could wait. I had different plans. I let my mouth nip and lick the backs of
Livvie’s legs on my way back up to her sexy ass. She trembled. A small squeak
escaped her lips when I drizzled the oil in her cleft.

“Is this okay?” I asked. I didn’t need
an answer to my question. I simply enjoyed listening to her answer. She was
slow to acquiesce. It wasn’t until I rubbed the oil into her crack with the
head of my cock that her lips opened.

“Y-y-yes?” I
rubbed harder. “Oh… wait… please…” Livvie propped herself up on her elbows and tried
to drag her body higher up on the bed. She couldn’t. She was pinned beneath me.

“Shhh.”
I held her elbows and urged her back down. “Do you trust me, Kitten?” I
unfastened her bra and massaged the red marks it had left. She liked that. “Do
you believe me when I tell you I wouldn’t hurt you? Not like before. Not ever.”
My thumbs pressed on either side of her spine between her shoulders and pressed
forward to the base of her neck. Livvie sighed.

“Yes. I trust you.”
Her mouth went slack and her muscles loosened beneath my hands. “Just… be
gentle.”

I
sported a sad smile Livvie couldn’t see. The first time she’d said those words
to me, she’d thought I was about to make love to her. Instead, she’d told me
she loved me and I’d been cruel. I wouldn’t make the same mistake.

I
settled the length of my body on top of her. I kissed her shoulder.

“I promise, Kitten.
I’ll stop if you don’t want it.” I pressed my cock against her. “Spread your
legs.” There was no hesitation this time. Livvie’s thighs spread on either side
of me in invitation.

I
watched the side of her face intently as I moved my hips. My dick was slippery.
I knew she could feel the heat and weight of it sliding between her cheeks.
Penetration could not happen, and having removed the threat of it, I knew the
temptation would be planted.

Livvie’s
eyes were closed, only opening occasionally when accompanied by a shy moan. Her
teeth worried at her lip and already her fingers were near her mouth. The pink
stain of arousal painted her cheek.

I
kissed her cheek, the back of her neck, her shoulder—faint little kisses that
offered comfort but did nothing to soothe the heat of arousal. I wanted her
delirious with desire. I wanted her pulsing with lust. I wanted her to beg.

I
adjusted my angle and for the first time let the tip brush against her opening.
It was an implicit suggestion, but only that. I wanted her to crave my
domination as much as I desired her submission.

Triumph!

Livvie
let out a pleading sound. Her hips made little thrusts before she could help it.
I went back to rocking against her. I treasured Livvie’s sigh of
disappointment, the way she forced her hips to stop moving.

“Tell
me what you want,” I said hotly in her ear.

She
frowned, resisting.

I
pulled my hips back and brushed her hole with an oiled finger. I pressed inside
slowly, only to the first knuckle. Livvie was moaning loudly. I withdrew.

“Tell me.”

“Please,
Caleb.” She lifted tail.

“Tell
me.” I held the tip of my cock against her and pushed gently.

“Oh
god!” She fisted the sheets and arched her back. “Please, Caleb. I
need
you.”

That
was certainly good enough for me. However, having suddenly gained the
submission I desired, I wondered if I was perhaps wrong to accept.

I
kissed Livvie’s shoulder.

“Thank you for that. I
know I’m a difficult man to trust.” My fingers found her wet flesh and slipped
inside. It was familiar territory. It did not require me to be overly gentle or
careful. It did not require her to bend her will to mine. It was
safe.

Livvie
hissed in arousal. Her hips moved as much as they were able beneath my weight.

“What are you doing?”
Her voice carried on little more than breath.

I
curved my fingers downward, pressing against the front of her inner walls. I
knew I could make her come that way.

“I thought it was
obvious. First, I’m going to make you come and then I’m going to fuck you until
you do it again. And maybe once more after that.”

She
whimpered. I lived for that sound.

“But… I thought… oh god…
right there.” A series of moans and incoherent begging filled the small,
intimate space between Livvie’s mouth and my ears. A wet rush escaped around my
buried fingers. Livvie’s body was rigid, hijacked by her orgasm. And then she
went limp. I slowly withdrew my fingers. I was eager to replace them.

“No,
Caleb,” she murmured into the bedding. “Not like that.”

“Not
like what?”

“I
know what you want.”

“I
don’t want to hurt you.”

 “I want it to hurt,” she whispered.

Her
hair was matted to her forehead. Her body was flushed, and her eyes were
closed. She didn’t acknowledge my tense reaction. She didn’t open her eyes to
take in the moment. She seemed afloat in her bliss despite asking me to hurt
her.
Who the hell
are
you?

“You
want
me to hurt you?” I whispered.

She
was quiet for a moment.

“I trust you, Caleb.”

“But…”

“Shhh,”
she cooed. “Don’t analyze it. Just do it.”

With
more than a small amount of trepidation, I did. I pressed into her ass in
miniscule degrees. I could hear her breathing, deep breaths, in and out. She
was willing me into her body through her submission.  She kept herself open and ready.