"Did he make it clear that you're not going to need to pay in some way?"
"He's not."
"Nova," he snapped, frustrated.
"Shush," I demanded.
When he opened his mouth to object again, I decided to shut it for him.
Going up on my tiptoes, I sealed my lips to his, feeling the shock move through his body as the fire started to rage through my own.
A low, throaty moan moved through me as I pressed my body to his, feeling the warmth of him penetrating through my clothes, then into my skin, meeting the heat of my desire, making me feel overheated. My clothes were scratchy against my sensitive skin as my hands slid over Drex's strong shoulders.
A growl moved through Drex as his chains rattled again, trying to reach for me, roam his hands over me. I could practically feel them down my back, sinking into my ass, sliding between my thighs. I was drenched with just the thought of his touch.
His teeth nipped my lower lip hard enough for me to hiss in pain. But my lips parted, as seemed to be his plan, and his tongue moved inside to claim mine, further stoking the flames coursing through me, working them into a wildfire.
Against my belly, his cock was hard and straining. I couldn't seem to stop my curious hand from sliding down his stomach, undoing his pants, and sliding beneath. My hand wrapped around him, stroking him to the hilt as my mouth swallowed his savage curse.
"Nova," he growled as I started to stroke him.
"I need to," I told him, burying my face in his neck, listening to the way his voice caught as I worked him, each hiss and harsh exhale making desire stab low in my belly, making me painfully aware of my emptiness, the desire to feel him fill me.
I didn't care about the basement. I didn't care about the demons and vampires a floor above us.
All that mattered was Drex.
And the need we both shared.
"I need to too," he growled, dominant arm yanking hard against his restraint.
I remembered the key then, reaching out with my left hand to clumsily work it free, dropping the key as soon as the lock disengaged.
Drex's arm swooped down, slid immediately under my pants, slipping between my thighs, stroking up my slick cleft to find my clit, working it with his practiced thumb as I continued to stroke him.
"Drex, please," I whimpered, my hips rocking against him, needing more.
A growl moved through him as two fingers slid down, thrusting inside me, giving me a hint of the fulness I needed so badly.
His fingers moved in time with mine as I stroked him.
But it wasn't enough.
"I need more," I whimpered, rocking my hips against his palm as he continued to work me. "Drex?" I called, pulling back to look up at him. His eyes blazed redder, something I was used to seeing when we were physically close. But that wasn't the only physical change this time. No. There were horns poking through the skin of his head.
I should have been shocked, horrified.
But I found myself oddly fascinated by their presence. I felt powerful, in a way, knowing that his desire for me had put them there.
My left hand rose, stroking over one, finding it hard and smooth like bone, but so sharp at the tip that it could do damage.
Drex's cautious gaze was on me, trying to weigh my reaction, look for some sort of distaste or disgust.
But I felt none of that.
All I felt was the clawing need for more of him.
"Please," I begged, my walls tightening around his fingers. "Please," I whimpered again, reaching down, yanking my pants down my legs. "I need to feel you," I added as I freed my feet.
One of my legs rose, sliding up the side of his thigh, hooking around his lower back, spreading myself wide for him.
"Nova," Drex hissed, some part of him wanting to say it was a bad idea.
But both us knew it wasn't.
It was the only thing that made sense.
Both of us joined, moving together, reaching for that precipice at the same time.
Reaching down, I pushed his hand away from me before grabbing his hard length again, leading him toward me, stroking his head between my lips for a second, then holding him against the entrance to my body.
Drex's jaw tense as his nostrils flared, his body tightening as he felt the warm, tight opening slide around him, welcoming him in.
Whatever control he possessed right then snapped as his freed hand grabbed my bare ass, using it to slam my body down, forcing me to take every last long, hard inch of him deep inside.
A growl, something deeper and more primal moved through him as my pussy tightened around him.
His hand yanked once again, forcing my other leg up and off the floor.