Void(95)

“Of course not,” I snapped.

“Then what’s the problem?”

I opened my mouth only to shut it again. I sighed. “Fine. But no funny business. I don’t want to do anything until we figure out how this works. I don’t want to hurt you.”

“I detest funny business,” Hyde cracked, lightening my somber statement.

I laughed and shook my head at him. “Mm-hmm.”

Turning around again, I gave him my back, and Hyde wasted no time lifting my shirt. I felt it go higher and higher, and then his warm finger was tracing along the edge of my hip, up my waist, then dragging along the edge of my bra strap. My breath hitched, and I bit my lip as heat gathered deep in my belly. I felt Hyde step closer to me, his body radiating warmth.

When his fingers dipped into the waistband of my uniform skirt, my mouth went completely dry, and my Void started pulsing, as well as every other damn vein in my body. “Hyde, I said no funny business,” I said breathlessly.

“Believe me, Devicka. I’m taking this very seriously.”

Tugging at my waist, he spun me around to face him and dragged his fingers along my stomach, making goosebumps pebble along my skin. “Find anything?” I asked. My voice sounded foreign and heady.

“Nope,” Hyde replied with a pop on the last syllable before dropping to his knees before me. Oh fuck.

Using both hands he guided my skirt up, staring at my thighs and everything between. I was thudding with arousal and hunger, could practically feel the necromancer bringing me to life with every teasing touch.

“Ah, there it is,” he said, looking right at my core. I clenched my legs together, seeking friction while feeling embarrassed, but he didn’t let me pull away. Wrapping his large hands around my right thigh, he leaned up and licked a spot right at my panty line, and I nearly toppled over at the sensation.

“I think I need to inspect more, hmm?” he rasped.

I could feel the Void practically dancing within me, aching to reach out and feed. Wet heat painted my thighs as his fingers pulled my thong to the side. He leaned in close to breathe me in, and I nearly collapsed.

“Hyde, we shouldn’t,” I whispered, but my words held no punch. That was the problem. I wanted this. Hell, I craved this. Our connection was strong and inevitable, no matter how much it frightened me.

He leaned in closer to kiss me there. It was a soft, gentle caress of his lips that had my legs parting, begging for more. “We aren’t on a time crunch. I think I should do a more thorough search,” he whispered before standing up. My shaky legs were then swept up from beneath me in the span of seconds, and Hyde carried me back inside the cabin.

“Hyde,” I half-heartedly pleaded, knowing that it was no use. We were always meant to collide. All of us.

Using his foot, he kicked the door open, knocking it off its hinges with the force of his kick.

“Remind me to tell the bears to fix that,” he muttered as he carried me to my bed and laid me down.

We both stripped out of our clothes in record time, the frantic need to be closer driving our movements. Once I was left in nothing but my amulet, we stared at each other. Hyde’s rippled abs were flexed as he heaved in hungry breaths. He looked at the slope of my breasts, the way my pale hair fell along my shoulders. He stared at the apex between my thighs before dragging his eyes back up to the amulet.

“Take it off,” he ordered, his voice lacking his usual playfulness.

“I-I can’t,” I whispered.

Hyde stalked closer and grabbed my hair, wrapping it around his wrist before tugging. “Take it off, Devicka,” he whispered into my ear, his words a clipped caress as he tugged.

“I’m scared,” I whined. That was the core of it, wasn’t it? Render once told me that there was no one that feared the Void as much as me, and he was right. I feared what it could do, I feared what it had already done.

“I’m not. You won’t hurt me. Take it off, and I’ll reward you,” he replied with a smile. “There are perks to my power not many know about.”

That had me curious. I battled with myself for a moment, staring at his heady eyes before finally giving in. Reaching up, I unclasped my amulet and let it fall, releasing a stream of smoke the moment it left my skin. I cringed for a moment at the deadly spike in my power. It rushed at Hyde, claiming his skin like a long-lost lover, but he was right. It didn’t hurt him. I watched his eyes roll back, his head tipping up as I fed.

“Gods, you have no idea how good that feels,” he moaned. I sipped from him, not letting the full force of my hunger out. I watched him for a moment, content to just stare at his parted lips and blissed out expression.

“You promised to show me the perks of your power,” I reminded him as I settled my thighs open a little wider.

Hyde turned his gaze back on me, his eyes hooded with hunger and want. I licked my lips. “That I did,” he replied before falling to his knees and crawling closer to me. “You know how I bring things to life? Well, I can bring the living to new heights, too. I can bring every sense,” he paused, blowing his red mist at my core. At first I couldn’t feel it, but then my core went wild with sensitivity. “Every nerve,” he said between breaths. I was pulsing, ready for his touch, but his magic brought it to an entirely new level. “Every fucking touch to life,” he finished before moving his index finger up my slit, dragging it across me. I wasn’t expecting to be so wired, so turned on. Just a brush of his fingers had an orgasm tearing through me. I moaned as he smiled at me. Oh gods, he made me sensitive as fuck.