Dark Need (House of Sin 3)

And I just. Can’t. Breathe.

“I have to go.”

I get up and put everything down on the table without taking even a single glance and head straight for the bathroom, locking myself inside. I’m panting. Physically shaking.

Because what I felt there wasn’t just carnal lust.

It was something way, way more dangerous.

A desire for something more.

“April?”

He’s right behind the door.

I stupidly hold my breath, wishing he didn’t know I was here so I could disappear in my embarrassment. So I wouldn’t have to face the fact that I’m falling for a man I can’t have.

His voice is the last thing that brings my crumbling walls down. “Be back quickly.”

Chapter 30

Soren

When she finally came out of the shower, she looked refreshed but not at all calm. She tiptoed around me without talking to me, heading straight for the bedroom wearing nothing but a simple towel.

I’d be lying if I said it didn’t turn me on.

The mere sight of her bare legs already has my cock half-hard.

Even though I’ve seen her body before, it never fails to get me excited. And that’s what frustrates me to no end. No woman has ever been this attractive to me. Nor have I ever wanted to rip my own dick off, but here we are.

She’s insufferably sexy, and I don’t understand why.

Is it because she is forbidden?

Am I tempted by that which I’m not supposed to crave?

Or is it because she unfurls something inside me … something I didn’t know existed?

I clutch my chest right where my heart is as it feels like it aches, but it’s an unfamiliar type of ache. The scratches on my skin are still fresh and sting like hell, but maybe that’s just because of the alcohol she applied.

My fingers slide over the wounds, but I don’t think of the bear mauling me.

I’ve dealt with worse in my lifetime.

No, what strikes me is the fact I can still feel her hands on my skin.

The cotton swab sliding down my abs.

Her eyes stripping me bare.

My cock twitches, and I shift in my seat as the door to the bedroom opens up. April steps outside in a completely new outfit of comfy lounge pants and a button-up shirt. She must’ve found it in a closet in there. I’ll have to check for myself to see if anything might fit me.

But for now, I’m content with watching her pretend she isn’t here.

I don’t know what I did or said that set her off, but she hasn’t spoken a word to me since I asked her to be honest.

Which means I struck a nerve.

I might be a giant oaf, but I’m not dumb.

I know what a woman in heat looks like. I’ve seen plenty at the House, thanks to Tobias and Eli. She definitely ticked every box.

She didn’t just help me to be nice.

She helped me because she was afraid I’d die.

Because she doesn’t want to lose me.

A satisfying grumble leaves my throat as she saunters into the kitchen. She throws me a single glance when she hears the sound. I look her dead in the eyes as I get up from the chair and walk into the same bathroom she went in when she tried to disappear on me.

It’s about time I clean myself after all that roughing up.

Besides, I need to get away from her quick before I do something.

Before I …

My cock instantly hardens again at the thought of tearing off that shirt.

She’s a witch for having me put under a spell.

I clench my fist and turn on the shower, undressing quickly before I step under while keeping the one arm she bandaged out. It’s cold to the bone, but it’s also the only way I can keep the savage from coming out to play. And even when my body is freezing, my shaft still stays rigid, refusing to go down just because I laid eyes on her.

Just because I’ve thought of nothing but putting my lips on that body.

And it makes me want to roar out loud.

Instead, I plant a hand on the wall, almost breaking one of the slabs of stone. With my free hand, I grasp my cock and jerk away, rubbing myself until the heat starts to rise. Still, my mind cannot erase the imprinted image of her. Those luscious lips, those tits I want to bury my face in, and that pussy I want to gorge on.

Fuck.

The thought of her only spurs me on as I jerk off faster and faster. No amount of cold water can cool me off. It only makes me want to step out and grab her.

Fuck!

With a clenched jaw, I rub the tip, imagining it’s her sweet pussy milking me. And I come so hard that it makes me moan as the seed jets out all over the wall. By the time I’m finished, the whole place is covered in my jizz. But my cock is still hard, and I’m not even close to feeling satiated.