Page 64 of Liberated By Sin

I squeezed her and dropped a kiss to the top of her head.We’dfind him. Amara was mine, and she was no longer on her own.

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Give – Sleep Token

“I lied.”

Santino stopped stroking my arm and waited for me to continue. “When I said that I wasn’t afraid of you…I lied.”

The sun’s rays peeked through the curtains, and I realized I’d lost track of time. Hours had rolled by since I revealed my past, but Santino didn’t seem to mind. He listened and held me when a memory became too painful. Yet despite his compassion, the fear of his judgment had a vise grip on my heart.

“I’ve been through things that some people don’t get to come back from. And if they do, they’re never the same. I was violated and left for dead. I might have been breathing the day I woke up in that hospital room, but they had already killed everything inside me that mattered.”

“That’s bullshit,preziosa.”

A frail laugh left my lips. “No, I’m tainted, Santino.” My voice shook, eyes filling with tears I thought had run dry.

“Look at me.” Sitting up, he took me with him, positioning me overhis lap. “The only one of us ruined here is me,” he said, swiping at my wet cheeks. “I don’t know what you did or how you did it, but fuck, baby, I’m gone for you. You’re mine.”

My heart thundered, beating out of my chest at a pace I was sure would render me unconscious when I came crashing down from this high. But I was willing to fall…for him. I’d finally had a taste of happiness, something I hadn’t felt in so long, and I wanted more. The world had taken everything from me, and it was finally my turn to steal my life back. For tonight or however long we had.

Fuck it.

There would be plenty of time for regret tomorrow, but this moment was mine.

“Make me,” I murmured against his mouth. “Make me yours.”

His eyes darkened, and he flipped us over, burying his face in my neck. I bit my lip to keep the noises rising in my throat from escaping.

Maybe I was crazy, but I needed this no matter what emotional toll came after. I’d deal with the fallout later…or not. But there wasn’t anyone else I would have chosen to share this moment with…to take this risk.

“I want you to tell me if and when to stop.”

Nodding, I pulled him in for a kiss. Santino couldn’t understand what his words meant to me. My past was muddied with men—no, monsters—who treated me like I wasn’t even human. Like I was worthless. But in his eyes, I saw pieces of that girl I used to know.

“Don’t stop,” I begged as his mouth covered my nipple. His licks were cautious at first, as if gauging my response, but when a rolling moan slipped from my mouth, he went all in, alternating between deep pulls and tongue swipes.

“I’m going to touch you. Can I do that?”

Clutching the sides of his hair, I grinned and warned him. “I’ll stab you if you don’t.”

My bravado wavered as he slid a hand over my hip, coaxing my thighs open and dipping his fingers between them. I jerked slightly atthe contact, and he snapped his attention to my face.

A silent exchange drifted between us, and I arched my back when his thumb rolled over my clit in tight circles.

“Open up for me.”

I relaxed and rocked against him as pleasure guided my thrusts.

“More,” I whispered, throwing one leg over his back.

Santino popped my nipple out of his mouth and gazed into my eyes as he pushed two fingers inside me. A gasp filled my lungs, but instead of looking at me for reassurance, he pressed his lips to my trembling belly and sunk deeper.

“That’s it, baby. Just let go. Let me make you feel good,” he said, nipping at my earlobe. “Let me show you how you deserve to be worshiped.”

I didn’t trust my own voice as his curved fingers slid in and out, so I grabbed him by the back of his neck and crushed his mouth to mine. He swallowed every moan and every cry of his name until my body shivered on the brink of an orgasm.

“Come for me,preziosa. I’ll never forget the way you looked when you came apart in my lap.Bellissima.” I kissed him harder, smothering a whimper when he slipped in a third finger. The stretch was painful, but I pushed through, rocking my hips and letting myself drown in my glimpse at euphoria before intrusive thoughts and memories could slip through the cracks.