Keep Me (Broken Heroes 3)

“Until I get my fill of you, yes. Then I’ll most likely pass you on to someone else. Probably one of my guards. It merely depends on how tight your pussy holds my cock.”

Bile rises in my throat at his words. If there is any thought worse than being at Xander’s mercy, it is being passed around like a slab of meat. I don’t want anybody else touching me. This is not the deal we made. If I have to give myself to someone then I want it to be Xander.

“I want you, no one else.” I make my desire for him apparent, spreading my legs slightly. I watch his gaze move over my bare legs and my spread thighs.

“I don’t think you know what you’re asking for right now, Mouse.”

I visibly gulp, because he’s right. I don’t. But I also don’t want to die, not before I get a chance to find my sister.

“I probably don’t, but I don’t want to die, and I don’t want someone besides you to touch me. If I’m no use to you then I’m as good as dead and being dead isn’t going to help me find my sister.” I confess the words so quietly, as if they’re a sin. “Just let me go eventually, please.”

“You’ll stay here however long I say… I might not have told you to stay in this room, but you should’ve known better. Instead, you took my kindness for something else. So, you’ll remain mine until I say otherwise.” His words sting, and I’m not sure why. It’s not like they’re not true.

“As for your sister, I have a small hunch on where she’s going to be, and I’ll be taking a trip in a few days to see if my hunch is correct.”

I shoot into a sitting position, the cuff digging painfully into my wrist as I do so. I let out a low hiss, pushing the pain away.

“You know where she is?” Excitement bubbles to the surface. “You’ve been looking for her?”

Xander’s face remains placid as he starts taking off his clothing, stripping down to nothing but a pair of boxers. My mouth waters and for a moment, I forget what we were talking about. His muscles look as if they’ve been carved from stone. I want to touch them.

Xander’s voice breaks the hold his body has on my mind, pulling me back into the conversation. “I believe I know where she is, but you shouldn’t get your hopes up. She could be dead. Women don’t last long in this world, especially not the innocent type.”

My heart aches at the thought of my sister being dead. We’ve lost everyone we ever loved, all we have left is each other. Losing her would be… I can’t even fathom it. It occurs to me then… the auction. He’s going to go to the auction… that’s the only place he could be going, right? Unless the auction’s past?

“She’s not dead. She’s strong and smart. If anyone can make it, it’s her.” I think back to how Xander’s father said the same thing… how she’ll wish for death in the end.

I pretend to act blissfully unaware, but I won’t let him leave here without me. Wherever he is going, he is taking me with him. A chuckle escapes Xander’s kissable lips as he crawls into bed on the other side, pulling me flush against his body. I can feel the heat of his skin through the thin fabric of my shirt.

“Those are the most fun parts to break,” he whispers into my ear, sending a flurry of goosebumps across my skin.

“If it’s the most fun then why haven’t you broken me? Why haven’t you just taken what you want? You’ve had the chance many times.”

The thick black comforter is pulled up over us, encompassing our warmth beneath it. Xander doesn’t respond right away and for a moment, I think he won’t.

“Breaking you would be no fun to me, Mouse… because I don’t want you broken. I don’t want to take from you. I want to give to you…”

I squeeze my thighs together, remembering the pleasure he gave me.

“But make no mistake. If you betray my trust. If you share anything about my son with anyone outside of this home… I’ll do more than break you… I’ll make you wish I pulled that trigger on the first day we met.”

“I won’t…” I pause momentarily, feeling my heart beat out of my chest. “I wouldn’t ever endanger the life of a child.”

Xander wraps an arm around me, burrowing his face into my neck, “Good, because his mother tried that and, as you can see, she’s no longer with us.”

His words startle me. “You… killed her?” I don’t even want to know the answer to that question. When his lips ghost against my skin, I nearly moan out in pleasure.