Lucifer's Cage (After Dark Book 6) by Sarah Bailey (short story to read .txt) 📗

anything about myself, then perhaps I would’ve told you. You just want me for one thing and one thing alone. And that’s exactly why this will never happen.”

They stared at each other for the longest time. It was now or never.

“You want to know the real reason I won’t let you fuck me like you want to,” she whispered. “Because you don’t care about me. You’ll break me, Lucifer, and I’ll never come back from it. You’ll get to walk away from me, but I’ll never be able to walk away from you. That’s why I can’t do this with you. Not now. Not ever.”

Chapter Five

Lucifer took a step back as if she’d slapped him, breaking the contact between them. She took the opportunity to slip away from him, retreating towards the door to his bedroom. She turned back. He was still staring at the counter where she’d been moments before.

“If you had any consideration at all, you’d stop pursuing me,” she said.

His head snapped up. His eyes were blazing with emotions she didn’t understand. He strode towards her, gripping her arm in an iron hold when he reached her.

“Do you think you get to just leave after saying something like that?” he said, his voice brimming with barely contained rage.

“Oh, like you don’t fucking walk away every damn time we talk to each other!”

“Do you think I want to? I am not an animal who cannot control himself and yet you, you drive me fucking crazy. You’d never forgive me if I took what I wanted without your consent so don’t you fucking put that shit on me.”

The wild look in his eyes had her heart hammering out of control.

I drive him crazy? He drives me fucking crazy too.

Before she really knew what she was doing, she’d closed the distance between them. Her mouth was so close to his. She could feel his harsh breath on her face.

“You dare try to take anything from me, I won’t hesitate to use everything at my disposal to ensure you never come near me again,” she hissed.

“Your magic won’t save you from me. Nothing will. Don’t forget who you’re dealing with.”

She could never forget who he was. The anger coursing through her was tangled up with lust.

Fuck my life. Lucifer, you’re fucking killing me. I need you. I need everything about you.

“Do your fucking worst. I dare you.”

The smirk which appeared on his lips enraged her further.

“If you want me, you know how to tell me.”

Fuck you.

“Not happening.”

“Then why is your mouth within an inch of mine? Do you want me to kiss you?”

She didn’t have an answer for that.

I do. I want you to drown me.

“Fuck you,” she whispered.

She wrenched her arm out of his grasp and strode away, slamming the door behind her. That man made her lose all sense of control. Why did he have to push her buttons? Her heart raced out of control. Her breathing was erratic.

“Fuck. Fuck. Fuck, you drive me nuts.”

She wanted to scream. Frustration tore at her. Her entire body craved him and yet she wanted to punch his lights out.

What the fuck is wrong with me?

The door behind her slammed back on its hinges. She barely had a chance to turn around before he was backing her up against the bookcase by the wall.

“Tell me no,” he said, his tone harsh. “Say it, Candace.”

She stared up into his dark, mesmerising eyes. The ones which burnt holes into her soul. Fury, desire and lust emanated from him in waves.

“I can’t,” she whispered.

His mouth crashed down on hers with fierce brutality. His hands fisted in her hair, holding her in place whilst he devoured her whole.

Holy fuck.

She was kissing him back with as much ferocity. She gripped the front of his shirt, pulling him closer. She really was drowning. His kiss, electrifying. All rational thought flew from her head.

I want you. I want you so much it hurts.

“Let me have you. Give in to me.”

The sudden intrusion of his thoughts into her head made her freeze. She shoved him back, breaking off their kiss.

“What the fuck?” she said.

He looked just as bewildered as she did. How had he heard her and she him? This was the last thing she needed. Him reading her mind. Yet did it really matter when he was staring at her like that? He was panting as hard as she was. And that kiss. That kiss just lit a fuse which set the whole damn world on fire.

She launched herself at him, hands tangling in his hair. If she had any willpower left to hold back, she would’ve, but it was shot to pieces the moment his mouth landed on hers.

Their second kiss was just as brutal as the first. She pushed him until he was backed up against his desk. He gripped her behind, pressing her into him. She could feel him everywhere and it was more than she could cope with. Everything felt like it was centred on their bodies fused together.

How the hell can you hear me?

“I don’t know. He took that ability from me when he cast me from Heaven.”

Have you heard me before?

“No. Only now.”

She was rendered incapable of asking any further questions. He bit down on her bottom lip so hard, he drew blood. She cried out, wrenching away from him.

“What the hell? Where the fuck do you get off biting me?”

His eyes were like pools of never-ending darkness. The smile on his face made her blood pound in her ears. He tugged her back towards him and shoved his tongue in her mouth. She pushed at his chest, trying to