Chapter 23: Alluring Darkness: Chapter 23

My chest heaves and my heart hammers against my ribs. Fuck, I’m so out of shape. This sprint through the woods has to be the longest continuous distance I’ve run in ages. And these four bastards have the audacity to look like this was just a leisurely stroll in the park for them. I narrow my eyes at them as they prowl closer while I drag in deep breaths to calm my heaving chest.

A taunting smirk spreads across Eli’s face as he raises his eyebrows at me. “Come on, Raina, this was too easy. Did you even try?”

Of course I didn’t. If I had actually managed to stay hidden, and Eli had honored his promise to leave me alone for a month, then who would he have taken out his rage on instead? My brother, that’s who. So I had to make sure that I lost. Though, to be fair, I doubt that I could’ve escaped all four of them anyway. But I had still made more noise while running than I normally do just to be certain that they would in fact catch me.

When I don’t answer, Eli narrows his eyes at me. My heart skips a beat at the challenge that flashes in them when he stares me down.

“Or is this what you want?” He spreads his arms to indicate the others. “For me to watch while my brothers fuck you?”

I know that he doesn’t mean it. Given how he reacted when Anton was teaching me how to shoot, Eli is far too territorial to ever let anyone else touch me. So I knew from the very first moment he tried to threaten me with that that he would never actually go through with it. And I know what he’s trying to do. He’s trying to scare me. Trying to make me see him as a monster. But what he doesn’t seem to understand is that I am a monster too.

While letting a sly smile curl my lips, I slowly draw my gaze over his brothers. Kaden and Rico are resting their bats on their shoulders while Jace absentmindedly spins his in the air next to him.

“Well,” I drawl, and nod towards Kaden. “Given that he’s not even the slightest bit winded, he has much better stamina than you.” I shift my attention to Rico. “And he is much prettier to look at than you.” My grin widens as I slide my gaze to Jace. “And based on the rumors I’ve heard, your youngest brother has the biggest dick.” Challenge laces my tone as I meet Eli’s eyes again and finish with, “So of course I would rather have them fuck me.”

Jealous, territorial rage flashes in his eyes like a lightning storm.

“I think I should probably save Jace for last,” I continue with a mock contemplative voice. “Since his massive dick will otherwise kind of ruin my experience with the others. So, Kaden, how about we start? I bet you could make me scream like no one else.”

“Ha!” Jace says, and then laughs while casting smug looks at the others, obviously very pleased with my comments.

Next to him, Kaden tightens his hold on the bat until he is gripping it so hard that his fingers turn white. His eyes are full of dark anticipation, and it looks like it is taking every ounce of his self-control to remain where he is.

“Shut up,” Eli snaps at Jace. Then he levels a sharp look at Kaden. “My order still stands.”

For a second, it’s as if the moment is suspended in time.

Then Jace mutters something under his breath and shrugs while Kaden relaxes his grip on the bat, with what looks like great effort, and then flexes his fingers.

“I’ll meet you back at the house,” Eli says in what is clearly a dismissal.

“Alright,” Rico says immediately.

Turning around, he claps Eli once on the shoulder before starting back in the direction of the cars. Kaden rakes those cold eyes up and down my body before turning around as well.

His lips lift in a half-smirk as he pauses next to Eli and says, “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.”

Eli snorts, and I get the distinct feeling that there are very few things included in that particular category. After they exchange a brief knowing smile, Kaden follows Rico into the trees.

“Ugh,” Jace groans as he spins around and stalks after them while muttering, “Right when things were finally starting to get fun around here.”

I watch them leave. Eli doesn’t. His eyes are firmly locked on mine, but I ignore his stare until Jace’s white t-shirt has finally disappeared completely from view. Only then do I slide my gaze back to Eli.

A jolt shoots through me, and it takes all of my willpower to stifle a gasp, at the way he is looking at me.

“You’re playing with fire, princess,” he says, his voice low and dark.

“And I’m quite adept at it.” My heart is thundering in my chest, and heat pools at my core, but I managed to keep a mocking expression on my features as I flash him a smirk. “Just ask your car.”

Something flickers in his eyes, but it’s too fast for me to read. He takes a step forward, but this time, I don’t retreat. Amusement plays over his lips as he flicks a glance up and down my body. A thrill races down my spine. He is watching me as if he can’t decide whether he wants to kill me slowly and very painfully or if he wants to fuck my brains out.

Since I’m kind of hoping for option two, I blurt out, “Are you ever going to fuck me for real?”

He arches an eyebrow. “I distinctly remember making you come so hard you saw stars. Twice, in fact.”

“With your fingers. And then a gun. I’m asking if you are ever going to fuck me.”

“Are you ever going to submit to me?”

“If you want my submission, then take it.”

His eyebrows crease in confusion.

My heart is slamming against my ribs. I know that this is probably a terrible fucking idea. Not to mention dangerous. And sick. But I’m way past the point where I care about what other people think is acceptable or proper or normal.

“If you want to fuck me,” I begin, speaking the words slowly to make sure that he understands that I truly mean what I say. “If you want my body, my submission, then take it.”

Dark desire flares up in his eyes, but he keeps a guarded expression on his features as he asks, “Do you understand what you’re saying?”

“Yes.” I hold his gaze. “I want you to fuck me. I’m going to fight back, but I want you to take me anyway.”

My pulse is thrumming in my ears. For a few seconds, Eli only stares back at me in complete silence. It’s so loud that I can only hear the violent pounding of my own heart.

I know that having forced sex fantasies is considered unacceptable by society at large, but it’s actually a lot more common than most people think. And given that violence already turns me on, I’m not surprised that I’m one of the people who get off on being overpowered and at someone else’s mercy.

“Are you sure?” Eli asks.

“Yes.”

He watches me in silence for another few seconds, waiting for me to change my mind. But his eyes study my face, and he must be able to tell that I am in fact serious about this, because he at last gives me a slow nod in acknowledgement.

Then a wicked glint glitters in his golden eyes, and he flashes me a grin dripping with challenge. “Then run.”

Excitement crackles through my veins. Not hesitating a second, I dart towards the tree line on my left.

After giving me a short head start, Eli moves too.

My shoes thud against the ground, crushing the thick grass underneath me as I sprint away from the rock wall behind and towards the cover of the wide forest ahead. The green leaves rustle and ripple like a curtain as a strong wind sweeps through the trees.

Footsteps sound from behind me.

Close.

Far too close.

Jesus, how fucking fast is this guy?

Before I can fully finish the thought, a massive weight slams into my body.

I haven’t even made it halfway to the tree line when Eli takes my legs out from underneath me and I slam down on the ground. Blades of grass and a few crushed leaves flutter around me as I try to roll away before he can pin me completely. I’m only up on my side when Eli grabs me by the shoulder and shoves me back down on my stomach.

A huff escapes my lips.

His knees are on either side of me, caging me in. I press my palms to the thick grass, trying to use my arms to heave myself off the ground. I manage to get my chest and head up a little. Then he locks his hands around my wrists and pulls my arms to the sides.

With the loss of support, I slam down on the ground again.

Eli uses my moment of disorientation to twist my arms up behind my back. Shifting my wrists to one hand, he plants his other on the back of my neck. I kick my legs and buck my hips, trying to wiggle out from underneath him. His fingers tighten around the back of my neck, pressing my face down harder against the grass.

“Submit,” he orders.

I try to yank my wrists out of his grip. “Make me.”

He leans down over me until his lips brush against the shell of my ear. “I thought you’d never ask.”

His warm breath dances over my skin like a gentle caress, sending a shiver through my body. It makes my brain malfunction for a few seconds, which was probably his plan all along because he uses those seconds to quickly shift his position so that he is facing the other way instead.

Right as my mind catches up, he settles his weight on my back, trapping my hands underneath him. My heart thuds against my ribs so hard that I can almost hear it through the ground as Eli pulls my skirt up so that it’s bunched around my waist instead and then slides my panties down over my ass.

Air rushes over my bare ass as he pushes the fabric down my thighs, making my skin prickle from the exposure. I kick my legs in an effort to loosen his hold on me. But he just keeps sliding my panties down.

Heat thrums through my veins.

While trying to yank my arms out from underneath him, I kick my legs again.

I gasp as a palm comes down hard on my ass. Eli slaps his hand against the other side of my ass too. Biting my lip, I swallow down a moan. My pussy throbs.

“You really do have such a spankable ass,” Eli says, drawing his hand along it’s curve. Then he gives it a small slap. “Now, lie still while I finish getting your panties off.”

Need pulses through me as I bite back another moan. Lying there on my stomach, I wait until Eli has gotten my panties down my legs. There is no way that he will be able to get them off fully without taking his weight off my back and hands.

The moment he does, I move.

As soon as he has risen to his knees and pulled my panties over my shoes, I yank my hands out and start scrambling away.

He spins around. And before I’ve even made it two feet, his hand locks around my ankle. I let out a yelp as he yanks me back towards him. My shirt rides up my stomach as I slide along the grass.

Twisting around, I sit up and try to push him off me instead. But before I can, he plants a hand against my chest and shoves me back down on the grass. I hit it with a thud while he settles his weight on my hips.

His eyes dance with excitement and anticipation as he meets my gaze. My heart flips at the devilishly handsome smile on his face, and for a moment, I forget that I should be fighting him.

All I want to do is to grab the back of his neck and yank that troublesome mouth down to mine, but he’s still my enemy. And I’m still his enemy. Kissing would be too intimate. It would cross that thin line we’re already balancing on right now. And I still want him to fuck me hard and rough and dominantly, so I raise my arms as if to push him back.

He quickly snatches my wrists from the air and slams them back against the grass.

I squirm again, but it’s no use. I’m now hopelessly trapped against the ground. My exposed pussy aches at the power pulsing from Eli as he pins me beneath him.

“Submit,” he commands again.

So I flash him a grin full of challenge and repeat, “Make me.”

He releases my wrists. Stunned surprise flickers through me, and before I can do anything with my newfound freedom, he locks his hand around my throat. I yank my arms up and grab his forearm, trying to push it away. He just tightens his grip on my windpipe.

“Unbuckle my belt,” he orders. “You have five seconds to comply before I cut off your air completely.”

Lust pulses through my body at the unflinching command in his voice. With my clit throbbing, I scramble to get my hands to his belt before his deadline has passed. Since I’m on my back, and his forearm is also blocking part of the view, it’s difficult to see what I’m doing as I fumble to open his belt. But he is apparently satisfied with my speedy efforts at least, because he still allows me to breathe.

Once I’ve unbuckled his belt, he says, “Unzip my pants.”

I undo the button before sliding the zipper down.

“Take out my cock.”

Desire thrums inside me as I slip my hand beneath his black boxers and free his cock. I’ve seen it before, of course, but heat still rushes through me at the size of it. Once his hard length is out, I reluctantly take my hand off it and let my arms drop back down by my sides. But my eyes keep getting drawn back to his cock. Fuck, I want that inside me. And I want it now.

“Still think the rumors about Jace are true?” Eli asks, a smug glint in his eyes as he watches me stare at his cock.

There were no rumors about his little brother having the biggest dick. I only said that because I knew that it would annoy the hell out of him.

When I don’t answer immediately, he gives my throat a brief squeeze. “Answer.”

“No,” I admit. A vicious smile tilts my lips as I lock eyes with him. “But thanks for mentioning your brother, because now I can think about him instead while my clit throbs.”

Lightning flashes in Eli’s eyes, and he tightens his grip on my throat as he leans closer until he’s right in my face. When he speaks, his voice is like a rumbling thunderstorm. “The only face you will ever picture while your cunt does fucking anything is mine.”

He stares me down as if trying to brand the order into my soul. Then he relaxes his grip on my throat, allowing me to breathe and speak again.

“Then fuck me already and maybe I will,” I retort.

Challenge to rival my own dances in his eyes. With one hand still around my throat, he reaches back and draws the other between my legs.

A jolt shoots through my body as his fingers brush against my wet and throbbing pussy. He keeps his eyes locked on mine as he traces his fingers over my clit before sliding them down to my entrance.

Pleasure ripples through my body, making my eyes flutter.

“Beg for it, princess.”

“I don’t beg.”

“You will.” He teases my clit again, drawing a moan from my lips, before forcing out, “Beg.”

“Oh, Jace,” I say in my most breathless voice.

Jealous rage flashes in his eyes, and his hand tightens around my throat as he snaps, “If you ever again speak his name while my hands are on you, I will—”

“Fuck me properly and I’ll stop imagining his face,” I interrupt, holding his furious stare.

His eyes burn with challenge, but I’m not losing this round so I just continue staring right back at him.

Another few seconds pass.

Then he abruptly releases my throat. Sliding backwards, he instead grabs my thighs and forcibly spreads my legs wide. Anticipation flickers along my spine like electricity. I raise my hands, but before I can even get them halfway to his muscular chest, he grabs my wrists and slams them back down on the ground.

Then he shoves his cock into my wet pussy.

I arch up from the ground, and a gasp rips from my lips at the size of him. While pinning my hands to the grass beside me, he draws his cock out slightly and then pushes it in again. Deeper this time.

“You fucking troublesome, infuriating…” Eli grinds out while pulling out and then thrusting inside again. “Disrespectful, insubordinate, death-courting—”

“You call this fucking? I thought I told you to take me—”

My taunt is cut off as he rams his cock all the way inside me. I gasp, my eyes going wide, at the feeling of his massive cock filling me completely. Pleasure washes through me.

With his fingers still pinning my wrists to the ground, he starts up a brutal pace that has my body jerking back and forth on the grass.

A moan tears from my throat at the incredible friction his cock creates.

I squirm underneath him, but he only fucks me harder.

Pleasure soars inside me.

I can feel the grass underneath my body, smell the woodsy scents of damp soil, hear the wind rush through the rustling canopy above, but all I can see is him. That lethally handsome face with that scar across his eye like a warrior god of old. That powerful body pinning me to the grass like an apex predator.

He could do whatever he wants to me. Take whatever he wants from me. And I fucking love it. The knowledge that he has me completely at his mercy sends a rush of adrenaline through me. The danger and insanity of it all makes me feel alert. Alive. Like I could breathe fire.

My heart hammers in my chest as Eli pounds into me. Fuck, he feels so damn good inside me. I want him to take more. Take everything. Make my body surrender to his until I’m gasping and trembling while my whole soul crackles with pleasure.

I stare into his eyes and see the same fire that is burning in my eyes reflected back at me in his. It’s as if his craziness feeds mine, making my very soul vibrate from his dominating presence, while mine feeds his too.

Release flashes through my body as his cock hits a spot deep inside me.

I scream into the pale blue sky above as the orgasm shoots through me with enough force to make my limbs shake. Or my legs, at least, since Eli is still keeping my hands trapped and my arms motionless against the ground.

Moans drip from my lips as my inner walls tighten and flutter around his thick cock.

But Eli has stopped moving. Instead of chasing his own release, he remains perfectly still, studying every emotion in my eyes while pleasure washes through me.

Heat sears my cheeks at the intensity of his gaze, but he has me firmly pinned so I can do nothing to break his stare.

My chest heaves, and I drag in deep breaths as the final waves of pleasure die out. Then I blink. Confusion swirls in my chest as I meet Eli’s gaze. I can feel his hard cock still buried deep inside me. So why isn’t he chasing his own release?

“Why did you stop?” I manage to ask once my breathing has evened out again.

“Are you on birth control?” he demands.

Oh. So that’s why he stopped before he could come. I have to suppress a small smile, because despite the clear command in his voice, I actually find this pretty sweet of him. But I obviously can’t let him know that.

“Of course I am,” I retort, which is the truth. “Do you really think that I would let you fuck me unprotected otherwise?”

“Good.” A slow smile spreads across his lips as he draws his cock out and then pushes it back in again. “My turn.”

I wince. My pussy is still sensitive from the previous orgasm, so I squirm on the ground and struggle against his grip on my wrists as he pulls out and then thrusts into me again.

“Eli,” I press out, as another flicker of pain courses through me.

“Yes, princess?”

But a whimper spills from my lips instead as Eli shoves his cock into me again.

“Does it hurt?” he says when I don’t answer.

Another flicker of pain appears as he grinds his cock against my sensitive clit before pushing inside once more. I wiggle underneath him again before admitting, “Yes.”

“Good.” There’s a wicked smile on his mouth as he holds my gaze. “That’s what you get for daring to call out my brother’s name when my fingers are on your cunt.”

I bite back something between a groan and a moan.

But despite Eli’s cruel words, he fucks me at a slow and almost gentle pace until the pain fades and instead turns to pleasure again. Once he sees my eyes flutter and hears a true moan from my lips, he picks up the pace. My body jerks against the grass as he thrusts into me with mind-numbing force.

Tension builds inside me and I start climbing towards another orgasm.

I yank against his grip on my wrists, suddenly desperate to run my hands through his hair and then rake my fingers down his back. But he only tightens his grip. His fingers dig into my skin so hard that I’m sure he will leave bruises to mark me as his captive, but it only makes me soar faster towards an orgasm.

Throwing my head back, I suck in desperate breaths and stare up at the sky as Eli keeps up his rough pace.

“Eyes on me,” he snaps.

The sheer command in it sends a pulse of lust through my already thrumming soul. Tension builds inside me exponentially as I shift my head back and meet his gaze again. Power rolls of Eli’s body like the waves of an invisible cloak. My heart lurches in my chest.

Half of his mouth tilts up in a smirk. “Good girl.”

Release crackles through my veins. Breathy screams rip from my throat as another orgasm sweeps through my trembling body.

My pussy tightens around his cock, and this time, he continues fucking me through the waves of pleasure. Intensifying them. Prolonging them. But also chasing his own release.

A deep groan tears from his chest as he comes.

I study his face, noting every flicker of emotion there. Pleasure and a hint of incredulity flood his eyes. It makes a warm and incredibly smug feeling spread through my chest. He might be able to make my body surrender to his, but I sure as hell can make his surrender to mine too.

Then, as his gaze finally focuses on mine again, another feeling appears in his eyes as well.

Determination.

Intense, burning determination to force me into submission and take back complete control again. I flash him a grin full of challenge in reply.

Bring it on.