Alpha by Jus Accardo

Author:Jus Accardo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Jennifer L. Armentrout;Lux series;Alienated;The Illuminae Files;Beth Revis;time travel;alternate dimensions;Infinity;Omega;sequel;series
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-04-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

G

She let the shirt fall to the floor beside us. The sound it made was, in reality, barely there. A muted thud and nothing more. To my ears, though? It signaled the gates of hell being unlocked and pushed open wide in an earsplitting invitation for the demons to come out and play.

An involuntary growl escaped my lips as she pressed herself against me. I felt her breath on my chest, a scorching alarm that my control was in danger of slipping. My mind clouded, and my breathing quickened. She was right about one thing. The pain had ebbed, the newly released adrenaline chasing it to the far reaches of my mind, even if for only a short period of time.

She ran her hands over my bare skin, fingers curling to let her nails graze the planes of my chest. The sensation was unlike anything I’d ever felt. No one had ever touched me like that. There was so much need, but also an unparalleled sense of connection. Sera’s fingers moved with not only lust, but something far deeper and more complex. Something I never expected anyone to feel for me. “Tell me you want me to stop…”

Yes.

“No,” I responded, my voice hoarse. If she stopped, I would break. I would crumble into a million pieces with no way to put myself back together again. “I don’t.”

“Tell me you don’t like how this feels.”

I don’t.

“I can’t.” The words came out harsh, the monster Cora created rabid and fighting to get his hands on her. But that thing would have to battle me. It was closer than it ever had been to overtaking me, but for the first time, I felt confident that I could beat it back. I was sure because I refused to taint her in that way.

“All I’m going to do is touch you, G. We’re not taking it any further than that. Not now.” Her hands continued to move, up and down my chest, caressing, playing with the lines and ridges that came from Cora’s mandatory gym sessions. Small circles and feather light skims, each touch bringing me closer to madness and peace all in the same instant. “You need to see that you’re not poison. Not to me.”

She was wrong. So very wrong.

“You can kiss me.” Hands still moving, slow and frustratingly high, she lifted her head to stare at me. “If you want…”

Perfectly pink lips parted, her body all but pleading for me to do it. I closed my eyes, remembering what she’d tasted like. No words came to mind, only a feeling of peace. Kissing Sera had been like coming up for air after suffocating. It’d been like uncurling my body and using all my muscles after being knotted up and chained in one position for what felt like decades. While I hadn’t told her the whole truth, I’d surely told her enough to send her running—and she was still here.

Maybe…

My fingers twitched, and before I realized what she was doing, her hands were at her shirt, lifting it over her head.

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