Bound to the Fallen (Prophecy #2) (43 page)

I reached f
or the handle and stepped out, walking to the door Gavin had left open. I timidly made my way through the hall to his kitchen

Gavin was standing in front of his sink, his arms
were stiffly holding the weight of his body out from the counter, his head was hung to his chest; his face hiding behind his hair. I stared at him, wondering what he was thinking. His triceps popped out from the sides of his arms as he leaned harder against the edge of the sink. Pulling his fist back, he slammed it into the sink. A loud bang echoed off his walls as his fist met the stainless steel basin of the bowl. He drew his hand up and shook it. Dark blood seeped from his knuckles.

W
alking over to him, I grabbed the dishtowel from the end of the counter as I passed between the island and the cabinets. He turned the faucet on and laid his hand over the edge of the sink, running it underneath the water. I handed the towel to him and he peered over his shoulder at me.

“I don’t like that someone’s been watching you
. No one will hurt you, I swear. I’m afraid this is my fault.” He wrapped the towel tightly around his hand and pulled me into him. I looked past the side of his arm into the sink and saw the deep indention from his fist.

Ashley’s heels click
ed against the hardwood floor as she and Constance came in from the mudroom. Gavin looked up and released his hold on me. He silently walked out of the kitchen and flipped the light to his hallway.

S
topping midway down the hall, he adjusted the thermostat. “There’s a spare bedroom at the end of the hall,” he said.

“Thanks for letting us stay here
,” Ashley called out.

Gavin
glared at her coldly and went to his bedroom.

T
he three of us stood in the hall, and Ashley’s phone rang. She pulled it out from her purse and walked back toward the living room.

Constance looked around at the house. “You sure it’s okay if we stay here? I feel kinda weird.
He seems really pissed.”

“Where else are you
gonna go?” I glanced back toward Gavin’s bedroom. “It’s fine. Come on.”

I guided her back to
the spare bedroom and flipped the light on. The room was not near as extravagant as the rest of his house. There was a queen-sized sleigh bed and dresser. The bed spread was royal blue and the room had small iron crucifixes hung on the wall behind the bed.

Constance
flung herself across the bed and closed her eyes.

“There’s a bathroom across the hall
,” I said and left the room.

Ashley passed me in the hallway. “Colton called back. He’s pr
etty pissed too. He said they’re about to leave. He’ll come get me and Constance, but you’ll have to give him directions because I have no idea where we are.”

“What time is it?”

Ashley looked down at her phone. “Two thirty-seven.”

“Can’t
you just stay here? I just wanna go to bed, not have to wait up on him for another hour.”

“That’s fine. It’s ju
st weird being inside his house,” Ashley whispered.

I s
hook my head. “I don’t know why.” Walking down the hallway, I flipped the light off before entering Gavin’s bedroom.

He was laid on his bed
with both his hands behind his head and was staring up at the ceiling. He’d stripped down to his boxers and was lying on top of his sheets.

S
lipping my jeans off, I climbed across the cool sheets next to him. Gavin moved one arm out from behind his head and I laid my head on his chest. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I picked his necklace up and ran it between my fingers. The metal from my ring scraped across it.

T
he stubble on his face scratched across my forehead as he tilted his chin down toward me. “You all right, love?” The calm tone of his voice that I’d become accustomed to had returned.

“Yea
h, just a little freaked out.”

He exhaled and
slid his hand over my skin. I laid there and traced my fingers over the muscles of his chest and abdomen. As my mind sobered I remembered the experience I’d had with Dan the week before. I realized it could have very well been Dan that had left that note in Ashley’s door.

“Gavin,
” I quickly pushed myself up in the bed, “I think it’s Dan.”

Gavin narrowed his eyes and wrinkled his brow. “Dan?”

“Yeah.” I swallowed as my anxiety level rose. I knew Gavin wasn’t going to be happy about everything I’d neglected to mention to him, especially after the reaction he’d had from reading the note.

“He’s been really weird, well
, was really weird.” I let out a frustrated breath and Gavin sat up in the bed, the rage from earlier was quickly returning to his eyes.

“What do you mean
‘weird’?” he said, his breaths becoming shallow.

“When I first started
, he said perverted stuff to me. I felt like he was always looking at me — remember he texted me about going to lunch with you?”

“Yes, I remember
.” Gavin’s teeth gritted against each other.

“Well, he also showed up at the bar I was at twice
.”

“When?” h
e growled.

“The first
time was before you, the second time…” My shoulders dropped and I pulled my hands up in a prayer pose covering my nose and mouth. “…was when you went out with me and met Ashley and Constance.”

Gavin closed his eyes and pulled his lips in.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” his words came out as a slow growl.

The light from the moon poured into his room.
He moved his face toward mine and the pale light shone across his face, his eyes flickering wildly. I’d never in my life seen the type of rage that masked his eyes. It was almost inhuman.

“Why?”
he asked again. The way his voice sounded sent chills splintering through my chest.

I
instinctually backed away from him. “I didn’t think, I don’t know. I was scared. He sent me pictures of us kissing at the bar, and I was terrified we’d get in trouble.”

Gavin
flung his head back against his headboard. “Damn it, Brooke!” His hands flew up to his head and his fingers scratched through his hair.

I started
the nervous rambling I was so good at. “Colton and Adam took him outside the bar that night and got his phone. He had all kinds of pictures of us on there. Pictures of me. Adam followed him home and threatened him if he didn’t leave me alone. Dan’s stopped bothering me since then, so I just figured everything was fine.” I paused. “He started again last week. He only really got creepy once. Since then he hasn’t bothered me. I was bent over in my office and he said something about he bet you bent me over like that…” My voice trailed off when I saw the anger fly across Gavin’s face.

Hi
s eyes grew large. His jaw tightened up and his nostrils flared. I could have sworn his eyes turned pitch black.

“I was
gonna tell you, I just wanted to wait until the weekend so you could cool off before you saw him. I mean, we still don’t know for sure that it’s him.”

Gavin shook his
head. “Oh, whether or not it is, he’s not going to be disrespectful to you like that.”

“I’m sorry
. I should’ve told you.” My eyes fell down into my lap.

Gavin reached over and p
laced his hand on the back of my neck. “You shouldn’t have been put in this position. You don’t need to apologize to me.” He pressed his lips to mine. “You shouldn’t be afraid to tell me anything though.” He stared into my eyes. “You understand?”

Gavin laid back down
, shutting his eyes and opening up his arms. “Come here.”

I
snuggled up to his chest and closed my eyes. “I love you, Gavin.”

“I love you too
, my darling love.”

The pleasing feel of
Gavin’s hands rubbing under my panties and grazing across my clit woke me up. He brought his lips to my neck and bit me, moaning and tugging my skin with his teeth as he pulled his mouth away. Pushing his fingers into me quickly, he ran his other hand under my shirt, grabbing my breasts tightly within his hands. He grabbed my nipple and pinched it hard between his fingers, letting out another soft groan.

I looked out the window
to find that it was still dark. I’d never been woken from sleep this way. And I must say, it was a pleasant surprise.

Gavin
yanked my panties down and climbed on top of me. Reaching down, he pulled his dick out from his boxers and slipped it between my legs, wetting the head by running it between my lips.

“I’m going to fuck you,” he said, his voice was raspy from sleep
, “the way only I can.”

He swiftly pulled my shirt up and placed both hands on my breasts
, again gripping my flesh tightly with his palms.

H
e worked his mouth down my stomach and between my legs. Gavin kissed my thighs and then licked deep into me. He pulled me apart with his fingers and thrust his tongue inside me, curling the tip of it up as he pulled it out of me. Covering me with his warm mouth, he took my clit softly between his teeth, pulling the tender skin as he moved his mouth off of me.

“God, I love the way you taste. I could just do that all fucking day,” he said before slamming his mouth back onto me.

My hands gripped at the sheets, balling the slick material up in my fists as I cried out from the searing pleasure.

Gavi
n stared up at me, licking his lips. “You’re mine,” he said with a very possessive hiss. He put his face back between my legs and stuck his finger inside of me as he sucked on my clit.

R
eaching down, I gathered his hair in between my fingers, pulling on his hair to make him raise his head. Gavin’s hands grabbed my waist, his fingers digging into my sides as he sat me up. He pulled me onto my knees and spread my legs with his hands.

“You want me to be done with that?” he
asked and glanced down between my legs. He swiped a finger across me. “Well, I’m not ready to be done with it. Did I not just tell you it was mine?”

I couldn’t say anything; I just released a breath as h
e slid underneath me, pulling me down over his face. His fingers grabbed onto my body. The bristles on his face rubbed against my thighs as he viciously fucked me with his mouth.

A heat scorched over me a
nd he dragged himself back up underneath me, sitting me down on him as he thrust into me. A loud moan was forced from me when I felt him fill me.

“Damn, I love your cunt,
” he groaned loudly.

Gavin laid back with
a satisfied look stretching across his face as he watched me ride him. He placed one hand on my hip to guide me and the other behind his head. Gripping the skin on my hips between his fingers, he kneading it in his palm and thrust himself into me.

Without warning
, he flipped me over. His fingers dug into my ass. Grabbing a handful of hair, he jerked my head back, lowering his body over mine as he fucked me. I felt his breath against my neck, and he whispered though gritted teeth into my ear, “You’ve no idea
what
I’m capable of.”

His hand smacked against my ass and the sting caused me to
tighten around him, my body grew weak. Every ounce of tension released and my muscles twitched from the intense surge of unforgiving pleasure. My ears rang, making me less aware of how loudly I was crying out while Gavin drained every last bit of strength from me.

Lifting his h
ead from my neck, he tossed it back. He let out a groan as he came and pushed himself off of me.

“Ah, you fuck me so well,” he said a
nd lightly smacked his hand across my ass.

I laid down next to him and closed my eyes.
“That was different. I’ve never been woken up with someone groping me like that.” I looked at him, and trailed my fingers across his jaw. “I liked it!”

He laughed
and patted my ass again with his palm. “I guess we see what happens if I fall asleep without having had sex with you first. You’re the strongest addiction I’ve ever had.”