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

were tears welling in her eyes. He hadn’t meant to ask her to stay, but the words came tumbling out anyway.

His infatuation with her had turned into feelings. Raw, intense feelings that drove him crazy. Candace meant something to him. He never expected to want anyone, but he wanted all of her. He’d never needed anyone before, but he needed her. For the first time in millennia, he didn’t care about his exile from Heaven nor his duty as the King of Hell. She gave him a small slice of happiness. This half witch, half fae girl with magic running in her veins. She was everything to him.

“I don’t want to talk about the future,” she continued. “I just want to be here with you, now. Can we do that?”

“Yes.”

Denying her wasn’t in him at that moment. He didn’t want to fight with her again. He knew she belonged on Earth, but the selfish part of him wanted her here. With him. Always.

He rolled them over, so she was sitting on top of him. She flicked her long, blonde hair back behind her shoulders. Violet eyes stared down at him with tenderness and affection.

She isn’t supposed to care for me. This was never meant to be anything but sex. She is mine, my little witch, and she doesn’t know I am hers.

He could’ve been brutal, pinned her down and fucked her until she couldn’t take it any longer. However, Mall’s warning still rang in his ears every time his temper flared.

Be gentle with her.

It was that gentleness he’d shown which had led them to this moment.

“Are you going to ride me?” he asked in a low voice.

“Is that what you want?”

He grinned. She trailed a finger down his chest. He caught one of her hands, bringing it to his lips. He placed a kiss on each of her fingertips.

“I want to watch you pleasure yourself at my expense.”

A flush rose up her neck. There was a faint pink tinge to her cheeks. She looked away, almost hiding her face in her hair.

“Lucifer…”

His smile widened at her embarrassment.

Oh, she’s not getting out of this that easily.

He pulled her towards him by her hand, only letting go so he could cup her breast. They were perfect handfuls. He ran a thumb over her nipple before replacing it with his mouth. She cried out, wriggling on him. He gripped her hip, encouraging her to rise and fall. He growled against her skin. Her heat was intoxicating. She arched her back, her hand falling on his chest to steady herself. He released her when she moved faster. She bit her lip, looking down at him with lust filled eyes.

She has no idea how sexy that is. I want to bite that lip.

“That’s right fuck me just like you’ve longed to do all this time.”

She said nothing, closing her eyes and tipping her head back. She really was something else. Now he’d felt her, there was no going back between them. He shifted, sitting up with her still in his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck, tugging him closer.

“I don’t want to leave you,” she whispered. “Despite all our fights and arguments, I’m happiest with you.”

She rose and fell faster, her breath coming harder.

“Neither of us belong in each other’s worlds,” he said, running his fingers down her back.

“And yet, I’m still yours.”

She kissed him. His hand fell in between them, encouraging her to let go again. And they held each other for the longest time when the aftershocks had faded. Their short time together almost at an end. Lucifer decided then and there, he would find a way to have her here again.

He wasn’t ready to let the woman in his arms go.

Not now.

Not ever.

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Lucifer didn’t like Candace’s friend. Despite her reassurances there was nothing between them, he saw the way Jaxon looked at her.

She’s blind to his adoration. Girlfriend or not, that boy’s affection is not platonic by any stretch of the imagination.

He watched the two of them in deep conversation. They’d almost finished preparing what they needed to, in order to open the gateway. He couldn’t deny they needed the boy’s magic ability. Candace’s heritage made her magic unique, but as she’d told him, it was not necessarily a good thing.

She looked up at him, smiling. It gave him a strange feeling inside.

Why do I care for her this way? Why does one single look make me want to get on my knees and plead with her to stay?

She made him weak, but he couldn’t hate her for it. He only felt affection for the woman who was leaving him behind.

She left Jaxon’s side and came over to him, placing a hand on his arm. The memory of her naked body curled around his as she slept assaulted his senses. She’d looked so peaceful. Her touch made him harden instantly.

Fuck. I want her again. I want her all the time.

“Jax is ready.”

“Are you?”

She looked up at him with wide eyes.

“You know I’ll never be ready,” she replied, her voice low. “Last night was more than I could’ve ever asked for.”

She dropped her hand, glancing at Jaxon, but he wasn’t looking over at them. He narrowed his eyes. She was keeping their relationship a secret from that boy.

“Are you really concerned about him knowing?”

“It isn’t any of his business.”

He reached up, gripped her face and forced her to look at him. Why would she keep something like this from someone she shared everything with? He knew very well they’d known each other since they were children and Candace had confided all of her secrets to him.

“No?”

“Lucifer…”

She tried to look at Jaxon again, but he held her still. She wasn’t getting away