Wrath

by Snow,Jenika

  She thought about it and agreed. He did look almost … scared when he looked at Dotty.

  She glanced over at Wrath. He held Faye, who was so enthralled with the big tattooed man that she kept cooing and grinning up at him. And Lila had a smile on her face watching Wrath making these little sounds to Faye. He lifted his hand and ran a finger down the bridge of Faye’s nose, and she started getting excited, kicking out her little feet and lifting her arms up.

  “She loves you,” Lila said softly. It was clear as day Faye was already attached to Wrath. When he didn’t say anything Lila looked up from Faye to his face. He was staring down at the baby, still running his finger down the bridge of her nose. It didn’t take long for Faye to start to fall asleep.

  “She’s perfect,” Wrath finally said, his voice low, but so deep. He looked up from the now sleeping baby and stared at Lila. “I love both of you so much,” he whispered in that deep voice of his that always felt so tangible. She didn’t stop herself from leaning in and kissing him. It wasn’t anything passionate, just a press of her lips against his, a silent I love you, too. “I want to be in her life, Lila.”

  “You are in her life.” She moved closer and placed her head on his chest, staring at Faye.

  “I want to raise her as my own,” he said after a minute had passed.

  For a second Lila was so stunned that she didn’t even move. But she finally straightened and looked at him. He was already watching her, maybe gauging how she’d react? “You don’t have to be anything to her than what you are. I don’t want you to think you have to—”

  He shook his head and placed his free hand on her thigh, stopping her from saying anything else. “I want to be the man she looks up to while growing up. I want to be the man she can come to if she had a bad dream and needs consoling.”

  Lila’s throat started to feel tight.

  “I want to be the man she hugs first thing in the morning.” He squeezed her leg lightly. “I want us to always be a family, and I want that family to grow, Lila.”

  She smiled, nodding, agreeing.

  “And I want to be the man Faye calls Dad.”

  The tears didn’t stop, and Lila wiped them away.

  “I love you both so much, and I want to protect you. I want to make sure you’re both happy, that nothing can touch you, hurt you.”

  “You are that man already, Wrath.”

  He brushed a tear off of her cheek.

  “I honestly didn’t know how the hell I was going to do this, Lila, but I figure now is a good a time as any.”

  She didn’t know what he was talking about. He got up, left the living room, and when he came out a few minutes later he didn’t have Faye anymore. She knew he’d put her to bed, but he usually held her for long hours after she’d fallen asleep. It was something she’d loved watching. Wrath was just so big, and Faye was just so little. It was a beautiful picture.

  “Wrath?”

  He got down on one knee in front of her, and she covered her mouth, knowing her eyes were wide.

  “It hasn’t been that long since everything went down, but I don’t need years to know what I want with you.” He pulled out a huge diamond ring. “I have known I wanted you as mine since the moment I saw you back in the day.” He took her hand and placed the ring on her finger. “I have always known that we were meant to be together, even if I stayed away because I wanted what was best for you.” He reached up and cupped her face with both hands. “But I’m too selfish to let you go. I won’t ever again.” He leaned in and kissed her soundly. He pulled away and cupped her cheek again. “Marry me, Lila. Bring a little light into my dark world.” A second of silence passed. “I can’t be this good guy, can’t be the man that will be docile and let you have free rein. I’ll always be protective, always be territorial of you and Faye until the day I die.”

  She felt the emotion clog her throat.

  “I can’t stop who and what I am, can’t stop the man I’ve become or change, but I can make sure you two are always protected.”

  God, she was going to choke up.

  “Marry me, baby.”

  “Yes,” she whispered and was the one this time to lean in and kiss him. He got up and pulled her off the couch, lifted her into his arms, and kissed her like he was starving. They stayed like that for long moments, just kissing, just holding each other. And when Wrath started moving down the hall and to his bedroom, she knew she wouldn’t have asked for a different life.

  Things had started off going in one direction, but now she was right where she was supposed to be.

  That felt incredible.

  Epilogue

  Six months later

  “I missed you, baby,” Wrath said in that deep, scratchy voice of his.

  This little shiver worked its way up Lila’s spine. She smiled, set her keys on the counter, took off her shoes, and walked over to him. The house was silent, and she smirked, lifting an eyebrow and staring at her man.

  “I guess the baby is down for the night?”

  Wrath threw his arms over the back of the couch. “Of course. Fed, bathed, and tucked in soundly a few hours ago. Faye and I go together like peanut butter and jelly.”

  Lila couldn’t help it. She burst out laughing. “I take it you read her that book again?”

  He grinned, and even though Wrath was as hard and badass as they came, there were these little breaks in his armor that only she and Faye saw. He wasn’t a conventional man, didn’t go work nine to five and come home with his briefcase and tie undone.

  He was considered a “bad man”, but he was her bad man, and she wouldn’t have had it any other way. She’d known this of him for years, and despite the danger that surrounded him, the threat that anything could happen in the future, she reminded him daily that as long as they had each other things were good.

  But he was protective, possessive, and the way he lavished his affection was raw and rough.

  It was exactly the way she liked it, but only from Wrath.

  He didn’t respond to what she said, but instead took on a very relaxed stance on the couch, and smirked at her. The gleam in his eyes told her exactly what was on his mind.

  It was the same thing she thought about, especially since he’d sent her some very filthy and obscene texts just an hour ago.

  She wanted to tease him, to make him suffer like he’d made her when she’d been in class. She turned and was about to head to the bathroom when he wrapped his arms around her waist, turned her around, and walked them over to the counter.

  They lived together now, shared everything, and she’d never felt closer to him than when she woke up beside him and didn’t have to hide how she felt. But she knew he wouldn’t have given her any other choice in the matter, not when it concerned them being together. He’d wanted her close, in his bed, under his roof, and he wanted to help take care of and raise Faye.

  How could she not cave and melt when that had been presented in all of Wrath’s gruff demeanor?

  Over the last month she’d enrolled in some community college classes. They were just something for her to do to get out of the house, and it had taken a lot of persuading to let Wrath see she’d be fine. He was so protective, but he also had come around to letting her have some breathing room.

  But only if Henley, one of the men he worked with, took her to and from the school.

  She could compromise with that.

  “Come here, baby,” Wrath said, his voice deep, hoarse, and like fingers moving over her skin. His arousal came through like an auditory orgasm, and she closed her eyes and just let it wash through her.

  He had her ass pressed against the counter a second later, his big body caging her in. But he didn’t let her say anything, because in the next second he had his mouth on hers, and his tongue delved between her lips. With one long sweep he pressed his tongue along hers. He fucked her with that muscle and his lips until she was nice and wet for him.

  “You like that?” he whispered against her mouth. His cock was har
d, big, and pressed right against her belly.

  She nodded, not finding her voice, but also knowing she didn’t need it. Wrath knew she liked it, knew she liked everything he gave her. He just wanted to hear her say it.

  “Tell me, baby.”

  “You know I like it,” she managed to whisper.

  Before she could react, or even think of what was going to happen next he spun her around so her belly was pressed to the counter.

  “Hands flat, Lila.”

  She did as he said, the tile smooth, cold under her palms.

  She looked over her shoulder and watched as he took a step back from her. The chill that came over her, despite the clothing she wore, was instant. He started undoing his button and pulling the zipper of his jeans down.

  Her pulse went up even higher.

  “I need you, Wrath,” she whispered. Hell, the truth was she’d always need him, and always had. Even now that they lived together, with the over the top security implements in place, she wouldn’t change a thing. Sure there were security cameras along the perimeter of the house, a panic room down the hall, and enough locks on the windows and doors that anyone thinking of entering would be greeted with a wall of “fuck off or face the consequences”, she’d never felt more comfortable in her skin.

  She knew Wrath did this to protect her and Faye, and that he loved them both and wanted them safe. Sure, it was excessive, but it made both of them feel better, safer, and that’s what mattered.

  Even his other homes were set up like this for when they visited. It was a giant leap from the old life she’d led.

  But she wouldn’t change it for anything. This was what she’d wanted. Wrath was what she’d always wanted.

  “How much do you want me, Lila?”

  He liked to hear her say what she wanted, but Lila couldn’t deny it and say she didn’t like telling him either.

  “A lot,” was the only thing she could say. “How much do you want me?” she taunted back.

  He gave her jean-covered ass a light spank, but it was enough to have her inner muscles clenching.

  “More than I can ever convey with words.”

  God. This man.

  Before she could tell him to just give it to her, that she’d been worked up since she received that sexy, filthy text from him, he was spanking her ass again. She’d wanted a picture of his cock, bare, hard, and waiting for her when she got home, but he’d only told her what he was going to do to her.

  Hell, she’d liked that, too.

  “This is going to be fast and hard, Lila, because after you told me you wanted me to fuck you so hard you couldn’t walk the next day, I’ve been sporting this fucking hard-on.”

  “Yes, you know I’m ready.”

  He growled low and grabbed her hair in a gentle, yet dominating and promising hold. Wrath pulled her head back so her neck was arched. He placed his mouth on the side of her throat, licking up her neck.

  “You taste so fucking good.”

  “God, Wrath. It feels so good,” she whispered.

  “It sure as fuck does, baby.” He placed his hand on the small of her back and pulled her forward slightly, her ass now lifted out.

  He growled against her ear.

  “Fuck me, Wrath,” she moaned. Her body was on fire for this man. Her pussy was so wet, soaking even. All Lila could think about was how much she wanted to feel Wrath’s cock deep in her pussy.

  “You’re mine.”

  She breathed out and closed her eyes.

  “You’re. Fucking. Mine.” He gripped the hem of her shirt and pulled it up and over her head, then tossed it aside. Wrath then went for her bra, made quick work of getting it off, and let it fall to the ground to join her shirt.

  He gripped her breasts in his big hands, and kneaded her flesh until she whimpered for more.

  “As much as I want to fuck you right now, first I’m going to lick your pussy until you come all over my face.” He moved his mouth to her ear. “You want me to do that, Lila? You want to get off because of my tongue and mouth?

  She gasped for breath, not able to verbalize anything. Instead she nodded.

  Her agreement was like gasoline on the already raging fire inside of him. He took off her pants and panties in a matter of seconds, and then smoothed his hands down her bared ass. She glanced over her shoulder in time to see him get down on his haunches. He lifted his head and looked up at her at the same time he spread the cheeks of her ass.

  While keeping his eyes locked with hers, he leaned forward and gave her pussy one long swipe. The groan that left him had this vibration settling right on her clit. It didn’t take him long to close his eyes and start really mouth fucking her.

  The sound of his haggard breathing against her cunt had Lila sucking air into her lungs harder, faster, feeling like she was suffocating. She bit her lip and curled her hands into tight fists on the counter. At the feel of his tongue running up the center of her body Lila moaned loud and long.

  He licked her cleft, sucked on her clit, and squeezed the globes of her ass until the pain mixed with pleasure.

  It was so much sensation she could barely breathe.

  “You were made for me,” he murmured against her flesh. “Only me.”

  He continued to lick at her until she felt the familiar tendrils of an orgasm start to rise, starting at the base of her spine and moving throughout her body.

  “I love you so fucking much,” he grunted out, still eating her out with intense motions. “Are you ready to come for me, Lila?”

  She could only nod.

  “Then do it, baby. Let me make you feel good.” He breathed heavily and made these deep, needy noises against her flesh, clearly knowing what they did to her.

  The air left her in a gush when he started thrusting his tongue in and out of her at the same time he placed his thumb at her anus and gently pushed the digit in. She couldn’t hold in any longer. Lila moaned out her climax. Never once did he stop licking and sucking at her. Only when her climax dimmed did she sag on the counter and suck in a lungful of air.

  “So. Fucking. Good, baby.” He curled his fingers into her flesh, and pulled her more firmly into his face. “Fuck,” he growled. He started to devour her again.

  “Yes,” she moaned.

  He started sucking at her clit harder at the same time he thrust a finger deep in her. A gasp left her when he pumped that digit in and out of her in slow, measured strokes. Lila tensed and felt another orgasm approach. The pleasure that rushed forward claimed her vision. When he stood and smoothed his hands up her outer thighs, she didn’t know if she could take any more.

  “Fuck me,” she said boldly.

  She was flipped back around without saying anything, but she’d seen the intense look on his face. Her legs were spread wide.

  “God, you smell incredible.”

  With their faces only an inch apart, she smelled herself on his mouth.

  It turned her on even more.

  Wrath reached between their bodies, got his cock out through the fly, and ran the tip of his dick up and down her slit.

  Her mouth parted on its own, and he leaned in and kissed her, making her taste herself on his lips and tongue. When he pulled away he settled his gaze on her mouth, looking so damned starved for her. She felt his cock jerk, and a fresh gush of moisture left her.

  God, I want to feel him stretching me.

  “I’d die for you, Lila. That’s how much I fucking love you,” he said that under his breath. Before she could say anything, even if she could have formed any words at that moment, he speared his hand behind her head and curled his fingers around the strands. Wrath pulled her forward and claimed her mouth with his, stroked his tongue along hers, and took full possession of her with just that one kiss.

  When she went to wrap her hands around his neck he groaned low in his throat and moved away only long enough to position her arms behind her back, keeping her in place. He used the leverage he had and pulled her upper body up. Her back arched, her brea
sts popping out.

  He trailed his free hand down her belly and stopped when he was close to her clit.

  “Look at you,” he said, staring between her legs. “You’re so ready to take my cock, aren’t you?” He moved his fingers through her folds, so agonizingly slow she forced herself not to beg him to make her come again. He lifted his hand up, showed her his now glistening fingers, and brought them to his mouth, licking them clean.

  “Are you going to torment us forever?” she whispered.

  “Fuck no.” The sound of his growly words did something wicked to her. “Tell me how much you want my cock. Tell me how much you want it stretching this little pussy.”

  She gasped at the intensity in which his words caused in her. “I want all of you, Wrath.”

  He spanked her ass again, and she rose on her toes, a wail of pleasure leaving her.

  “Give me fast and hard.”

  He chuckled darkly. “What if I want to be sweet and gentle with you, baby?”

  “I know that’s not what you want.”

  He pulled back only enough that he could grip her chin with his thumb and forefinger. “You’re right. I don’t want that. I want hard and rough, and I’m about to fuck you like a dying man, Lila. I’m about to fuck you so raw you can’t walk straight tomorrow.”

  ****

  Wrath was losing his fucking mind with Lila. He could have done this all night with her, but the truth was he needed her now. As it was he’d almost come before he was even buried inside her sweet body.

  He balanced her on his lap with one hand on her lower back, and reached between their bodies to align his dick with her pussy. He needed to be deep in her cunt.

  “It feels so fucking good, and I’m not even in you yet.” He rested his forehead against hers and breathed out. “I can’t go slow, baby.”

  “I don’t want slow.”

  “Good.”

  Her nipples were right there for the taking, and his mouth watered for more. Wrath didn’t hold back, didn’t stop himself. He was too hard up and selfish when it came to Lila.

  He took the tip into his mouth, sucked and gently bit at the turgid flesh until she was rubbing her cunt on his cock. No way in hell was he going to last. He loved the little sounds she made, loved that he made her make those noises. Not wasting any more time, he grabbed the root of his cock and placed it at the entrance of her pussy. He worked himself up inside of her, and loved that he could feel her cream slip down his length.