Sully was the one to break our brutal connection. With a rough cough, he cleared his throat and pulled away from me. Our hands linked once again, neither of us wanting to cease total contact.
Laughing under his breath, Sully went cross-eyed looking at Pika as the green fiend hung upside down from his hair, nipping and chirping at Sully’s nose. “Fuck, you’re a rascal.” He laughed again as Pika continued his rumbustious chatter, almost as if he was jealous and scolded his master, demanding equal attention.
Sharing Sully with other people made me envious. Sharing him with Pika made me swoon.
“He’s very possessive of you,” I said, laughing as Pika pecked Sully’s forehead before scrambling his way back on top of his head.
“He always has been.” Sully grinned. “But he’s worse now that I’ve fallen for you.”
I reached to stroke Pika’s tiny cheek. The little parrot eyeballed my fingers as if contemplating biting me or accepting my olive branch. “I won’t take him from you, Pika.”
He squawked.
Sully murmured, “Don’t lie to him, Jinx. He’s a flying lie detector.”
“I’m not lying.” I dropped my hand. “I would never take you from him.”
“You already did.”
“No.” I shook my head. “I’m happy to share.”
“I’m not.” Sully ducked and kissed me. “You’re all mine, Eleanor Grace.”
“I think Skittles might have something to say about that.” I blushed as my own adoptee twittered like a disgruntled neighbour offended by displays of public affection.
I scratched under her chin, still awed by the soft plumage of her outer feathers compared to the stiff quills beneath.
Sully’s expression darkened a little. “She was my downfall. Watching her trust you. Watching her choose you over anyone.” He shrugged. “I didn’t stand a goddamn chance after that.”
I blushed again as Skittles tweeted softly, scooting her feathered warm body against my neck and puffing up in contentment. “I’m just lucky.”
“No.” Sully placed his knuckles under my chin, forcing me to look up. “She’s just a good judge of character.”
Electricity crackled. Power ignited. No matter how many times we touched or kissed or fucked, the raw velocity between us never faded. If anything…it grew stronger each time. So strong my entire body tingled with micro-lightning bolts.
Dropping his hand, he pulled me into a walk. “Come on. Let’s go for a swim.”
I fell into step with him, smiling. “We’re going to Nirvana, aren’t we?”
He nodded. “The one place where I can guarantee we’ll be alone.” Throwing me a sly smirk, he added, “We need somewhere no one will hear us because if you think I’ve had my fill of you, Jinx, you’re sadly fucking mistaken.”
Chapter Twenty-Four
SHE WAS PUT ON this planet to fucking torture me to death.
Karma’s plan to destroy me breath by breath, orgasm by orgasm.
“Get in the goddamn water, Jinx.” I stood on the pebbly bottom of my waterfall. Fresh, cool liquid lapped around my thighs. Every instinct told me to dive under. To rinse away the stress, the sweat, the mix of Euphoria oil that had smeared from Eleanor to me while we’d fucked on the floor of the VR room.
But I couldn’t.
Not yet.
Not until she obeyed me.
The humidity levels were unbearable today, even while walking the distance here, shirtless with just my suit trousers on, I’d begged for refreshing water to lower my body temperature.
I didn’t know if I ran hotter because of her.
That’s a lie.
I knew that was why.
I mean…fucking look at her.
She stood on the shore, absolutely fucking naked. She’d slipped her dress off when I’d yanked off my trousers and walked bare assed into the crystal blue pool at the bottom of Nirvana. The white noise of water tumbling from the moss-covered rocks drowned out any hint that anyone else lived on my shores.
It was just me and her.
Alone.
Tiny rainbows danced in the pockets of sunlight, catching droplets and waterfall spritz. Jewelled dragonflies darted around my legs, snacking on microscopic bugs disrupted by my wading. An iridescent purple kingfisher sat on the flax bush, eyeing up the dragonflies.
A circle of life where predator and prey lived in paradise.
I’d become a predator if Eleanor didn’t get into the goddamn water.
I was rock fucking hard.
My balls ached to release. My stomach couldn’t stop clenching. My heart thundered in tune to the heavy waterfall.
I fisted myself, groaning loudly. “You’ve got two seconds to get your ass in here. Otherwise, I’m coming to get you, and I won’t be gentle.”
Her grey eyes flashed as my voice tugged her forward. A leash of words, imprisoning us together with the promise of what would happen the moment she joined me in the pool.
“I saw a Komodo dragon slip in there when you passed out after elixir.” She shuddered. “It was giant, Sully.”
“It also has shark-like teeth with venom that can kill a person within hours of a bite.” I pinched the tip of my cock, staving off the rampaging lust in my blood. “Get in the water, Jinx.”