“You’re not ready until I say you’re ready,” Harlan chuckled, taking in the sight of Ruby’s luscious body.

There was blood on her hands from where she’d touched his chest, and he could really see the extent of her scars now. They trailed down the side of her neck to her shoulder, ending in a small dent in her skin, where it looked like Grant had taken a chunk of her with him when he’d left her bleeding in that alley.

Suppressing the anger building inside him at that thought, Harlan chose to focus on Ruby. Her dark hair was spread out all around her, with small bits of plaster from her apartment walls still stuck to it. She looked like a warrior, a survivor, a beautiful woman who had been put through hell.

And she had decided to come out the other side even stronger than she had been before.

The car was filled with her scent, from her blood to her skin to the smell of her arousal, and he took a deep breath to appreciate it all. Pulling off his pants so he could feel more of her skin on his, he crouched down on the edge of the backseat, with Ruby splayed out in front of him.

She trembled as he started kissing up her legs, letting his teeth graze her soft, smooth skin. Her breathing became more uneven when he reached her inner thighs, nuzzling and kissing the sensitive skin there.

“Oh, god…” he heard her mutter, and it made him smile.

“Just me, I’m afraid,” he grinned, earning a half-hearted groan from her.

“So arrogant,” she said, but her words turned to moans when his mouth moved to her pussy.

Kissing around her wet slit, through the thin fabric of her cotton panties, his hands slid to hold on to her waist and keep her steady as he teased her. His cock twitched, pressed against her thigh, as the urge to taste her became overwhelming.

Pushing her panties to the side, he spread her open with one slow lick, enjoying the tremble it drew from her. Her juices coated his tongue, even sweeter than her blood, as he started to tease her with his mouth, drawing back whenever he could feel her getting too close to the edge.

When her whimpers started getting more and more frustrated, he pulled away, letting his tongue drag up toward her stomach. Hands caressing her sides as his mouth kissed around her navel and up to her breasts, he looked up to see the most gorgeous flush on Ruby’s cheeks.

Her eyes were closed, goosebumps spreading all over her as he took his time. Harlan didn’t want to rush anything with Ruby. He wanted them both to enjoy every second. It felt like he could taste her skin forever and never get sick of it.

But the way she was writhing around told him she was ready for more.

“How do you do this to me?” she whispered, as he dragged his body upward.

“I just listen,” he replied, peppering the swell of her breasts with kisses. “To every sigh and heartbeat, to every little sound that tells me what you want.”

Pulling off her bra, Harlan cupped her breasts in his palms, letting his thumbs brush over Ruby’s nipples until they were hard little nubs in front of him. Her hips were pressed against him now, her pussy grinding against his cock in a way that coaxed him toward losing control.

But he wasn’t done teasing her just yet.

Moving his hips to meet hers in a slow, tormenting dance, he sucked one of her pink nipples into his mouth, carefully worrying it with his teeth. A choked sound escaped Ruby’s lips, and he smiled to himself, pleased.

He continued lavishing attention to her breasts, massaging, licking and sucking, all the while rubbing her clit with her cock, careful not to make her come. Ruby’s muscles tensed, her body now driven to a point where she was taken over by lust.

With her breasts still in his hands, he carefully trailed up her neck with his mouth, ever so softly kissing her scars.

“You shouldn’t be ashamed of these,” he murmured, thinking of her turtleneck, the one that was now in shreds on the car floor. “They only show your strength, make you more beautiful.”

He could feel his own self-control fraying when he buried her in a demanding kiss, his cock slick with her wetness. When Ruby wrapped her legs around his waist and let her nails rake across his back, he couldn’t wait any longer.

With a low moan, he angled his hips until the head of his cock rested against her warm pussy. Pushing his way inside, he felt himself be enveloped by her as he slowly spread her open. Ruby bit her lip when he sank all the way inside her, her head falling back as she cursed under her breath.

With measured strokes, Harlan started moving in and out, feeling her spread and adjust around him.

“Fuck, you’re so big,” Ruby muttered, sweat breaking out all over her body.

“Do you want me to slow down?” he asked, stilling for a moment.

“No,” she moaned, grinding on his cock. “Don’t stop.”

Burying his face in the crook of her neck, he started to move again, his thrusts careful at first, but building momentum. Ruby’s nails were now digging into his skin as her moans became louder and louder.

“Harlan…” she called out, just like he knew she would.

His strokes became less careful as he pounded into her, feeling her pussy constrict around him. The white-hot desire rippling through him drove him wild as his hunger for her threatened to boil over.

Finally, she was all his. This was the moment he’d been secretly fantasizing about ever since he’d walked into her apartment and seen her there. Brave and uncompromising, with a fire inside her that could even warm his undead heart, it had taken Ruby no time at all to get thoroughly under his skin.

“Yes,” she mewled, as Harlan impaled her on his cock, his hips slamming against hers.

Clinging on to him, Ruby let her head fall back, a scream tearing out of her. Her pussy clenching around his cock, her body shook and jerked beneath him as a powerful orgasm ripped through her.

Seeing her unravel, it didn’t take long for Harlan to follow, tumbling over that edge of ecstasy he had been teetering on. The release was almost overwhelming, sending shockwaves through his body as Ruby’s pussy kept milking him.

Looking down at her, lost in her pleasure, a smile curving those perfect lips, Harlan’s chest swelled under a wave of emotion.

This thing between them was not meaningless or just a bit of harmless fun between adults, like Harlan was used. Their connection was real and powerful, and unlike anything else he’d felt before.

Wrapping his arms around Ruby, he couldn’t help but wonder…

Am I ready for something like this?