Chapter 79

Theo's POV

Pleasure rises like a tidal wave, wild and consuming, tearing through my body as I pour myself into her. I don't stop moving. I don't let her go. Her muscles seize around me, pulsing, clenching, drawing out every last drop of sensation as her own climax crashes into her. She cries out, muffled by her grip on my shoulder, her teeth still pressed against my skin as though she can't bear to let go.

My hand remains on the needles, still applying pressure as I kiss the blood from her chest, slow and reverent. I want her to feel wrecked. I want her to remember this.

When her body finally stills beneath me, when her breathing begins to slow and her nails ease from my skin, I cradle her gently, holding her close in the aftermath of all we’ve just unleashed.

Her head rests against my chest, and I press my lips to