Very Bad Things (Briarcrest Academy #1)(83)

I cocked an eyebrow at his lusty expression. “What are you thinking?”

“That I want to kiss you, lick you, bite you, suck you. I want to eat you up until you scream my name so loud they’ll hear us over the band.”

I shivered.

“I’ve been dreaming about you for weeks. I need to make you mine. The thought of Drew with his mouth on yours . . . it drove me crazy,” he said roughly, his hands clenching.

“I’m all yours, Leo. I was never his.”

“Yeah?”

I smiled. “I have something to show you.”

He sucked in a shuddering breath. “Does it involve you being completely naked, but maybe leaving the boots on?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Show me,” he ordered.

I put my naked back to him, lifted my hair and placed it over my chest, so he could see my wings.

He was silent for a few moments, but I could hear his breathing as it came faster and rougher. He came up behind me, wrapped his hands around the tops of my arms and kissed my shoulders, tracing his mouth and tongue over the words on my back. I moaned out his name.

He whispered in a raspy voice, “This . . . this means everything. Seeing my words for you on your body makes me insane for you.” His hands snaked around my waist and untied the little bow on my panties. He slid his fingers down to my core and touched me as his tongue worked its magic across my wings. I gasped, my body clenching at the warmth that immediately gathered in my body. How was it possible to want someone this much? How did I ever think I could live without his touch?

“Leo,” I begged, leaning my head back against his chest.

He ran his nose along my shoulder, and I heard him inhale deeply and then groan.

“What are you doing?” I panted, my body arching into his touch.

“Breathing you in because you smell so damn good, like peaches. I want to eat you up,” he said softly. “What you do to me is electric and incredible, and I’ll never get enough of you, of this. You’re my drug. And I don’t think I can live without you,” he said hoarsely.

As his fingers touched me, he sucked hard on my neck, and I cried out as a waterfall of sensations cascaded through me. My body soared, reaching for the sky. He bit down on the tender place between my neck and shoulder, and I screamed out his name, making a keening sound as I crashed, the sensation rocking me and pulsating through my entire body.

He kissed my hair. “I’ve never felt like this, like I might die without you, if something happened to you,” he said fervently and turned me around to face him.

His face was serious and maybe a little afraid, too, so I touched his lips and assured him. “We’ll make it, Leo. Together. No matter what comes, if we love each other, then everything else is cake. We never know how long we have, because life isn’t perfect. But this love we have, it’s something special. We have each other right now and that’s enough.”

“I’m afraid of losing you.” He tightened his hold. “People can be taken from us so fast. My parents...” his voice drifted off as he ran his fingers through his hair.

“Shhhh,” I said. “There are no guarantees. We simply make the best of what we have.” I cupped his face, my fingers rubbing circles on his temples, trying to soothe him. “Life is fleeting, but that’s no reason to give up.”

I eased away from him and smiled teasingly. “How did I end up naked, and you still have all your clothes on?”

He grinned, seeming to relax. “I got skills?”

“Help me get this thing off,” I whispered, trying to unbutton his vest and belt. In five seconds flat, he had his costume and his underwear off and kicked out of the way. I sighed in contentment and put my hands on his hard length. He was heavy and thick, and I touched him lightly at first, wrapping my hand around the girth and sliding it down to the base.

He spread his legs for me and hissed. “I’ve waited so long for you,” he gritted out as I made my strokes firmer.

“Do you want me, Leo?”

“Everything. I want everything you got. All the crazy shit you do.”

“I want you too,” I said, dropping to my knees, dying to touch him. He moaned when I took him in my mouth, running my tongue over him in sensuous licks. Beautiful and edgy and dangerous. I wanted all of him. He spiraled slowly out of control, his hands gripping my hair, teaching me what he wanted. He tossed his head, cried out my name, and told me he loved me forever, and he sounded so vulnerable, so needy, that my heart flew. My mate. My love. My forever. His head fell back and he groaned. “Nora,” he ground out, his big body shuddering as he released.

We fell to the floor together, his warm hands cradling my fall, protecting me from harm.

“Never leave me, Buttercup,” he whispered in my ear. “It will kill me.”

“Never,” I said.

***

We both jumped when someone pounded on Leo’s door.

“What the hell?” Leo yelled out, searching for our clothes.

Boom, boom, boom.

They pounded again, louder this time, like they were trying to wake the dead. “Who is it?” Leo barked through the door.

“Sebastian. People are starting to leave. I thought you’d want to know.” I heard him chuckling. “Want me to come in?”

“No!” We both yelled at the same time. Leo hurriedly got back in his costume, and I watched, trying not to pout.