Chapter Fifteen
A soft knock came at the door. Quintus stood from his spot on the couch and opened the door for Allison.
“Can I come in?” she asked, a sad expression on her face.
Quintus shrugged and stepped away from the door. Try as he might, her words had hurt. More than anything he wanted her trust, and knowing he didn’t have it ate at him inside.
It wasn’t as simple as saying she didn’t trust the other hybrids but did trust him. They were all in this together. He couldn’t live without his Vestal, but he couldn’t just separate himself from the other hybrids either.
Fate could be cruel.
Allison closed the door behind her as she stepped inside. Quintus returned to his position on the couch. Somehow the darkness of the room matched his mood.
She walked over until she was standing beside him at the couch. He could feel her eyes boring into him.
“I had to ask,” Allison said softly.
Quintus frowned and looked away from her. “You didn’t have to do anything.”
He could hear her soft sigh in the darkness but kept his eyes away from her. “I’m responsible for the people of this town,” she said softly. “We’ve already had one death. That falls on my shoulders.”
This time Quintus did turn to stare at her. “I told you,” he said sternly. “I’m here. I’ll protect us.”
“And this is about more than just us.” She shook her head. “I had to make sure it was more than just you,” she said. “I had to know you wouldn’t be alone fighting those things.” She let out a long sigh. “That’ll just end up with you dead, and the town no safer.”
Quintus only let out a grunt in response.
Allison sat down on his lap and curled herself around him. Her arms wrapped around his neck in a hug, and she breathed in deeply against his neck. “I don’t know them like I know you,” she said. “What I do know is that half the time when I’m around you, I’m torn. Torn between my duty to the people of this town and my feelings for you.”
Quintus looked down at the small woman in his arms and stared at her in the darkness.
She smiled up at him and placed a hand against his cheek. “I trust you. In fact, you’re about the only thing I trust right now.”
A warmth spread in his chest as he listened to her.
“I don’t know what being a Vestal means,” Allison said. “But I do know the idea of spending another day without you in my life terrifies me, which is also why I’m terrified of the idea of you fighting those things without help. I don’t know if I believe in fate, but I know I need you.”
Quintus closed the distance between them. He kissed her with everything in his heart, their lips melding together and moving as one.
He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her tightly against him. Her soft body molded to his.
Quintus ran his hands through her soft hair and pulled out the tight pony tell she’d wound it into. His fingers wrapped into the soft strands.
Allison shifted in his lap, placing her thighs on either side of him as she deepened the kiss.
He pulled away from her sweet mouth to pepper kisses down her neck, licking and nipping as he went. When he reached the neckline of her shirt, he yanked it over her head.
He moaned loudly when she shifted on his lap and pressed her warm heat against him. Her soft fingers skimmed his side as she pulled his shirt off him.
“It’s only fair,” she said with a lopsided grin.
Quintus loved the feel of her fingers on his chest. Loved the way she seemed to trace every last line on his body.
Allison moved against him as she explored the bare skin. He grunted at the pain and pleasure brought from having her on top of him. Just waiting for the moment when he could sink back inside of her again.
He hissed as she slid off his body and stood in front of him. With ease she kicked off her shoes and slid the yoga pants she’d been wearing down her legs.
He spotted the bright blue panties that she was wearing. The shocking color a stark contrast to her pale skin.
In the darkened room, his glowing eyes cast a blue hue around them.
With hungry eyes, he watched her as she moved between his legs. His hands reached up to skim the soft skin along her hips and then her ribs. He worked his way up her body slowly, and when he’d nearly reached the soft mound he longed for, she pulled away.
Quintus frowned. “What are you—”
His words died in his throat as she dropped to the floor still between his legs. Her nails scraped over the jeans that covered his hard erection.
Allison smiled up at him and pressed his finger to her lips. “Hush.”
Excitement pulsed through Allison as she reached a hand out and slid along the hard ridge still trapped in his pants.
Despite what they had done the day before, Allison still found herself amazed at the size of him. Well endowed didn’t even cover the half of it.
Slowly Allison pulled down the zipper on his pants and popped the button at the top. His length sprung out the top.
She helped him wiggle in his pants some before grasping him at the base. Her eyes stayed on him as she did so. The bright blue light oddly erotic.
Allison swiped her tongue across the top of him. The salty fluid there filled her mouth.
She leaned down and swirled her tongue around him. Not taking him in, but testing his width against her mouth.
Quintus groaned. His hands twitched against his well-toned abs as she did so.
She eased him into her mouth, drawing him deeper and deeper in as she glided her mouth over his length.
A low rumble filled the room. Allison could feel the growl vibrating through him. There was something wholly feral about the sound. He had done it last night just before sending her into the best orgasm she’d ever had.
Already she could feel her soft folds slicken with need. She let go of the base and tried to pull him further into her mouth. He was too long to fit all the way in and for her to be comfortable.
With her free fingers, she reached between her legs and pressed against her hard clit.
Allison moaned around his hard length. Quintus’s hips bucked up off the couch as she did so.
“Fuck,” he grunted.
Allison continued to circle her clit, her fingers now slick with her own juices.
She leaned back and pulled his head out of her mouth with a pop, replacing it was her slick hands.
“Baby,” he moaned.
Hearing his sweet name for her was almost more than Allison could take.
“I need you in me,” she said.
As if she weighed nothing, Quintus lifted her on the floor and spread her over his lap. His hard cock speared her wet center.
Allison pushed down on him with one swift movement, filling herself with every inch of him.
Quintus gripped her hips and stared at her as he pulled out and slammed back into her again. Over and over, he pushed himself fully into her, filling her with each hard thrust.
Allison was so close now. She could feel her center quiver and shake with each thrust he made, his own cock swallowing inside her as he did so.
“Going to come,” she said as her orgasm washed over her.
She leaned forward and grabbed a hold of him as his hips hammered harder into her, drawing out the waves of pleasure that he brought.
She knew instantly when she touched his tattoo. A bright warmth spread through her, and the orgasm she just had seemed like child’s play in comparison to the one she was having now.
Allison shook from the strength of it. She moaned loudly into his ear as Quintus slammed into her one last time. His cock jerked hard inside of her as he came.
Exhausted, she collapsed on top of him. Her body felt boneless as she shook from the waves that still passed through her.
“Wow,” Allison said, breathing hard.
She smiled against his neck as he chuckled under her.
“Well, that about sums it up.”
Allison kissed his neck. The soft kisses traced the line of his neck and jaw until she reached his lips again. When she pulled away, she stared at his eyes, which were still glowing brightly.
“You are amazing,” she said.
Not quite the word she wanted to say, but somehow saying that she loved him seemed odd after what they’d shared.
Quintus smiled at her. She liked the way his eyes crinkled around the side when he did.
“But we’ll have to see if I can be amazing again in the bed.” He winked.
Allison’s eyes widened with surprise. “Already?”
Quintus shifted her over him, his length once again hard inside of her.
Allison moaned as he did so and stared into his eyes. “Well then, let’s go to bed.”