Souls Unfractured (Hades Hangmen 3)

Climbing on the bike, I nudged my chin at the seat behind. “Get on.”

Maddie stared at the seat and shook her head. “I have never been on one before.”

I took my hand in hers and said, “Just climb on and wrap your hands around my waist. I’ll ride slow. You’ll be safe. I won’t let you get hurt.”

Maddie’s shoulders sagged, and meeting my eyes, she said quietly, “I know.”

My heart started to pound again as Maddie climbed on the back. Her long dress lifted up, and her bare legs sat next to mine. And I couldn’t look away. I couldn’t stop looking at her bare legs, my cock hardening and pushing against my leathers. And then her small hands wrapped around my waist and I groaned out loud.

I heard Maddie inhale a quick gasp. Then she pressed a kiss to my shoulder, and gripped my waist harder. My eyes closed and I had to ball my hands into fists to calm down.

I was so confused. I didn’t understand these feelings ripping through my fucking body. All I knew was that Maddie never felt so perfect as she did right now, hugging my waist. And my blood was hot for another reason now. There were no flames, but there was heat. Heat shooting straight to my cock.

Maddie dragged in a stuttered breath and whispered, “Flame...” I tensed as the tone of her voice changed and my lungs squeezed so fucking tight.

Kicking the bike to start, I pulled out onto the road. I traveled slowly with Maddie on the back. My brothers had long disappeared, and here on this road there was just Maddie and me. Maddie’s hands flat to the bare skin of my stomach, her warm breath blowing in my ear.

I gritted my teeth, trying to focus and to catch my breath, but all I could think of was getting Maddie’s lips on mine… of feeling those bare legs. The legs that I’d never seen under her long dresses. Then I wondered what she’d look like without the dress at all. If her skin was smooth everywhere, and what it would feel like with her naked body pressed against mine.

I groaned as that image filled my mind, then my heart sank when I thought of what would have happened if Rider hadn’t let them go. If she’d never come back to me.

My hands began to grind on the handlebars. We had miles left until we got home, but I needed to stop, I needed to fucking stop.

Giving a sharp left, I pulled onto a dark patch of dirt and cut the engine. I breathed in and out, in and out, Maddie still behind my back. But the feeling never left, and I jumped off the bike. I set to pacing beside the bike, then I looked up. And Maddie’s huge green eyes were looking up at me, her cheeks pink and her lips full. And those legs, those legs were on show.

I groaned and ran my hand through my mohawk, then I stopped. My heart was as loud as thunder in my chest, and I couldn’t stop looking at Maddie… at those naked legs.

Then on a long groan, I rushed forward and threw my leg over my bike, my back to the bars, my eyes directly on Maddie. She swallowed as I sat before her, and I shuffled closer, my hands lifting to land on her cheeks. Maddie was breathing hard, and feeling the heat of her cheeks under my palms, I closed in and brought my lips to hers.

Maddie sighed into my mouth. I liked her mouth on mine, but it wasn’t enough, I wanted closer. I wanted to get as close as I could. There were no flames and I needed to fill the dark that was in my heart with her fucking light.

As Maddie’s soft mouth opened, I pushed my tongue against hers, Maddie moaning as they met. She was hot and wet and I moved my tongue faster, but it didn’t feel like enough. Dropping one hand from her face, I ran it over her arm, down her waist and to the top of her thigh. Then I moved it lower still, until my hand met her bare thigh.

Maddie’s tongue stilled, and pulling back, I stared into her eyes. We were both breathing fast, then I looked down. My hand was flat on her bare skin. And I couldn’t take my eyes off the sight. Her skin was so soft, so pale and I had to move my hand. I had to feel it.

My hand began moving down, then when I reached her knee, I moved it back up until my hand lay at the top of her thigh, my fingers slipping under her dress. Maddie’s hips rolled forward and a shocked gasp slipped from her throat. Her green eyes were glistening and my heart sank.

“Don’t be afraid,” I said as I ran my finger down her cheek.

Maddie’s eyes closed as she sighed, but when they opened, she took a deep breath and whispered, “I am not scared. I… I cannot explain what I am feeling right now.”

My cock twitched again, and groaning, I shook my head. “Maddie, I… I… I need…”

“I know,” she rasped. Her hand lifted to land on my face. “I understand you Flame. And I am beginning to understand myself. What you and I are to each other.”

“And what’s that?” I asked gruffly.

Maddie bowed her head. “Everything.” My heart missed a beat, then she lifted her head and said, “Love.” Maddie’s hand dropped down over her racing heart, and she whispered, “You, to me, are the only one I could ever love.”

I fought against my clogged throat. But with what just came from her mouth and my hand touching her thigh, I couldn’t. I couldn’t catch a fucking single breath. Groaning, I crashed my lips to hers once again, but Maddie’s hand pushed my chest back and she said plainly, “Flame. Take us home.”

Her cheeks were blazing red, but I nodded my head. I removed my hand from her thigh and clenched my hand into a ball. It felt different. Touching her that closely had felt different.

Then Maddie’s hand was in mine and she said, “Let us go home. I wish,” she took a deep breath, and leaning closer, her forehead kissing mine, said, “I wish to be alone with you. I wish to… touch you more. I wish to see you more… I wish, I think… I need to show you my love.”