He doesn’t need to tell me twice.
The moment he releases me, I speed inside the house. Despite it being dimly lit, some yellow bulbs cast shadows on the worn-out sofa, the chairs, and the unfinished chess game we were playing the last time I was here.
Landon’s steps ring right behind me, sure and unhurried, as if he knows he will catch me. I quicken my movements and rush to the highest floor. I hop on one of the ruined steps, but a strong grip catches my ankle.
I gasp as I stare behind me.
Landon looks like a devil in the darkness, complete with imaginary horns and a hellfire agenda. “The same trick won’t work twice.”
I try to kick him away, but he tugs me down so hard, I yelp as the world is pulled from underneath me. Before I hit the ground, Landon reaches for my waist, but I slip past his grip and hop away at the last second.
I run down the hall at full speed. Landon’s heavy steps follow me in no time. My heart races and my temperature rises until I’m delirious.
A startled sound leaves my lips when I hear his breathing, but I don’t look back.
Excitement and thrill intertwine and grab me by the throat. Every fiber inside me hums to life the faster I run and the longer I hear the creak of his steps behind me.
I descend the stairs three at a time and skip a few, then hold on to the railing when I nearly fall. I slip into his art studio and hide behind one of his unfinished statues. He stands in front of it.
Our chests rise and fall in a frantic rhythm, but while I’m struggling for breath, Landon has a hand in his pocket.
“Give up, little muse. Your cunt is mine to fuck. Mine to own. The sooner you accept that reality, the better.”
In a flash, I make for the right, then change direction to the left. Landon does the exact same. I release a gleeful sound as he catches a few of my ribbons, pulling them free from my hair.
The statue rattles on its base as I push past it and run to the balcony attached to the studio. I realize my mistake the moment the floor creaks beneath my boots.
I’m trapped.
I turn around to escape in the opposite direction, but Landon’s already blocking the entrance.
He grabs the top chipped frame of the balcony door. His shirt rides up, revealing a hint of his hard abs and the fine hairs perfectly positioned in the middle of his glorious V-line.
His mocking, slightly raspy voice comes from behind me. “Someone is trapped.”
Not yet.
I climb up on the unsteady railing, but before I can jump down from it, I’m greeted by the sight of thorny bushes.
Landon’s scent fills my nostrils and he quickens his steps behind me. I turn around so fast, I lose my footing and fall backward.
A scream bubbles in my throat and I jam my eyes shut.
A strong hand wraps around my waist and warmth flares at the base of my belly at the feeling of a solid body against mine.
I slowly open my eyes and find myself caught by Landon’s soulless eyes.
The reality of my situation clears as slowly as a fog. My upper half is hanging outside and the other half dangles inside the balcony, my feet not touching the ground.
The only thing that’s stopping me from falling and being cut by a thousand thorns is none other than Landon.
My sweaty hands wrap around the metal railing for dear life as my chest rises and falls in irregular intervals.
“A pretty view to welcome me.” Landon slides his free hand along my thighs, stroking, pinching, and leaving a trail of goosebumps in his wake.
That’s when I realize my dress has risen up to my middle, revealing my fishnet stockings and my royal blue panties.
“Pull me up,” I try to sign with one hand, then point at him and me.
“You didn’t listen to me when I sent you all those texts. Why should I listen to you?” He glides his hand between my thighs and forces them apart. “Besides, I love the fear and lust in your eyes. It’s making my cock rock fucking hard.”
He's a sick asshole.
The most dangerous psycho I didn’t know existed, and yet my body hums for what he’s promising.
My temperature rises to an alarming level and all I can do is burn in the intensity of Landon fucking King.
He strokes me roughly over my panties. “You know what I’ll do now?”
I shake my head.
“No? Well, let me clarify it for you. I’m going to fuck you, Mia. Hard. Like you’ve never been fucked before. I won’t go easy on you or stop when it becomes too much. Not even if you’re breaking and shattering to fucking pieces.”
My lips fall open. Why am I…so turned on by that?
He drags me so my upper back rests on the ledge, gathers the material in his hands and rips it so powerfully, my breath hitches. My panties and stockings fall in shreds, some still hanging off me, and the rest scattering on the ground.
I can’t help catching a glimpse of the fading sucking and bite marks he left on my inner thighs the last time he touched me. I might have looked at them in the mirror every day and stroked them every night.
My thoughts fly out the window as his fingers dig into my slippery folds. “Your greedy cunt is so wet for my cock. You’re going to let me use your hole like I used your mouth, aren’t you? You’ll writhe and moan and show me your erotic little face as I pound that defiance out of you, won’t you?”
My only reply is a muffled sound.
He slaps my pussy and my hips jerk. Ferocious tingles spread over my sensitive skin.
Still holding my waist, he makes quick work of unbuckling his pants and pulls out his very hard, very engorged cock. I’ve never seen him this aroused, to the point where the veins are turning purple and angry.
He slams me against him and releases my middle. My legs automatically wrap around his lithe waist so I don’t fall back into the bushes. The soles of my boots sink into the backs of his thighs as the railing digs into my spine.
Landon grabs my thigh and digs the pads of his fingers in the soft, sensitive flesh near my core. “You made the mistake of assuming that there are any other dicks on the table for you. I’ll teach you the valuable lesson that, as long as I breathe, you are only mine to chase. Mine to own. Mine to fuck.”
Why?
I want to ask, probe, reach beneath the metal armor that he wears as a sophisticated fa?ade and tear it apart.
I want so much more, but I can’t say anything as he thrusts inside me. Resistance meets him and I sink my teeth in my bottom lip to not shriek.
Landon pulls out a little, then drives back in. “Your cunt is custom-made for me, little muse. Can you feel it choking my cock?”
More resistance greets him and he wraps his fingers around my throat, choking me until all I can see is his face. Looming, overpowering, and in complete control.
“Relax, Mia. It’s not like you’re a virgin.”
My inner walls crack and shatter into a thousand shreds. My lungs burn and my womb contracts in frightening intervals. I choke on a gasp as a warm liquid seeps between my thighs.
Landon’s pace finally slows down as he stares at the space between us. His eyes narrow on what I assume is my blood as his fingers tighten around my throat.
“Either you conveniently got your period now or you lied to me. Which one is it?”
I lift my chin even as the pain sears inside me. I need him to do something to stop this feeling.
“You’re a virgin?” His voice sounds darkened and distorted in my ringing ears.
I sink my nails into his hand that’s around my throat and squeeze.
“Finish what you started, you fucking bastard,” my eyes communicate, and although he can’t possibly understand that, a sadistic light shines on his brutally beautiful face.
In a flash, he gathers me in his arms and I grab onto him as he kicks off his shoes, pants, and boxer briefs.
Then, while still inside me, he walks inside the studio. He does it effortlessly, as if I weigh nothing, his powerful steps eating up the distance in no time.