The Killers Freedom

Chapter Twenty Two: Look at Me

Three days until the day I get to take his life. Three days until all of this weight he has put on my shoulders gets lifted from me. Three days until the word freedom will actually mean something to me.

Once I agreed to Joseph that I will go on this assignment he further explained that Stryker had infiltrated all of their shipment routes and directed them to his location. Stryker was trying to take everything from Joseph and if I knew one thing, this meant war. All of this was much bigger than he had thought it was, so we were going to take out everyone and everything Stryker had.

We agreed I would help train the men assigned to come with and for the next three days I was going to give them hell because right now they were no match for what was to come. Stryker's men were ruthless. They had tactics that nobody in this world knew about, ways to fight and hunt their enemies that were plain disgusting. But lucky for us, I knew every single thing they did because I was their best fighter, hunter and sniper he had.

"Focus," I paced behind each one of the shirtless men before me, "to be the best you need to hit the target one hundred percent of the time because the one percent you miss will cost you your life."

I was running some of my favorite drills with them, knife throwing and close combat tactics, they all were catching on fairly well considering I've been beating the shit out of them today. The next few days will go just like this up until the moment we leave on the plane. I need to work with them so that everything they do when it comes to killing becomes nothing but muscle memory.

Joseph walked in and let us all know to finish up and that dinner was ready. He decided it would be best if we all ate together the next few nights so we could continuously go over the plan every chance we got.

"Are you sure you're okay with this?" His eyes held empathy in them and I didn't know how to feel. He was always so soft when he was with me. Whereas when it came to everyone else he spoke with authority and demanded their respect. He didn't get to this position by being a softy, he got here because he would do whatever it took to get what he wanted.

After the night we hooked up and I had done everything I could to keep myself away from him. I didn't want him to get attached to me, I couldn't ever give him what he wanted even though I wanted nothing more than to live that night in his bed over and over again.

I wanted to feel him touching me all over again and relive that high I didn't know existed. He slowly was becoming my kryptonite without even realizing it and I knew I couldn't let him in, it would only hurt us both. But the way he looks at me, longs for me and the answers as to why I won't open up to him is killing me inside.

"You worry too much, you know that?"

"I worry about you," he said as he inched closer to me, his eyes trailing my tight sweat soaked shirt and black shorts, "you did good today Bugs," he approached me and softly trailed his fingers along my jaw down the length of my neck.

My body was responding to his touch, creating a deep need for more. I closed my eyes and inhaled his scent as I tried to get my breathing under control. I wanted him, I wanted every single part of him and yet I knew I shouldn't. 

What happened the other night between us should have been a one night stand and yet here we are, an invisible force pulling us together.

"I need to shower," my eyes were still closed and I felt his breath near my ear barely touching my skin. It created a spark down my spine and my legs wanted to give out underneath me.

He gently bit my earlobe causing fireworks to erupt deep inside me and I let out a breath of air I didn't know I was holding. "Togda poydem, vymoyem tebya," (let's go get you showered then) he growled deeply into my ear. I could feel myself wanting to give into him and not wanting to resist it. He did things to my body that I haven't ever felt before.

Finally opening my eyes, his blues kept hold of me, keeping me in a trance, our thoughts dancing with each other in a game both of us wanted to play right now. As if he knew exactly what I was thinking he reached his hand out and took mine, leading us through the house and to his shower.

He locked the door behind us and with a devilish grin he stalked his way over to me as I turned on the water. My shirt was pulled off slowly and kisses were peppered all down my spine. It was as if tiny electric shocks were being given all over me creating a beautiful sensation in my body.

He made his way down to my shorts and with his teeth he drug them down my legs as his hands made their way to my now bare ass, massaging and gripping every inch they could find.

As he stood up to face me I felt a coldness linger where his touch was and yearned for more. I watched him undress himself and soaked up all his features. Every detail from the way his eyes never left me, to the small scars he had on his muscular torso. His jaw would tense and relax every so often implying he was getting impatient with himself.

But he was beautiful, the stern look that painted his face daily was replaced by a look of lust only meant for me. The clothes that shielded the world from his true form were now stripped off and exposed his God-like features, leaving every inch of him to be devoured by my mouth.

I stepped into the shower and let the water run down my body, releasing the soreness from the day. Like clockwork a pair of hands worked their way up my sides and cupped my breasts with meaning. I closed my eyes, letting him take me as he wanted. He kissed every inch of skin and turned me around to face him now holding my jaw in his hands.

"Look at me," he demanded softly, causing me to shiver at his words. I opened my eyes and as I did that he inserted a finger inside me making me moan out in pleasure. Working my core he kissed me with passion, allowing our tongues to explore each other's mouths creating a mixture of moans from the two of us.

Before I knew it he had lifted me up by my ass, pushing my back against the shower wall, and thrust himself deep inside me, making me grip onto his hair and throw my head back in response. The warm water from the shower above created steam in the bathroom around us. I clenched onto his length letting it fill me as he pounded harder.

"Cum for me," he bit my neck and kept his pace as I let myself unravel beneath him crying out his name in pleasure, gripping him harder and shuddering through my climax. I could feel his pace slow down knowing he finished as well.

We stayed in that position for a while, letting ourselves recover and catch our breath. I didn't want to regret what just happened but every ounce of sense in me knew I was taking things with him too far, he would want more from me, he would always want more and I couldn't give him anything other than what we were doing.

Joseph let me down and began to wash my hair and body. The way his hands worked over my skin was like they were molded just for me. I washed him and traced my fingers over every scar and bullet hole I saw, saving them to memory to ask him about one day. What could have caused all of this damage to his body?

As we were done he grabbed a towel and dried me off, kissing me with a smile every chance he could. Those eyes held me in place and made me wonder exactly what he was thinking. I couldn't help but smile back at him, the way he was caring for me and making sure I was taken care of before himself.

"Bugs," he cupped my face in his hands and by the look in his eyes I knew exactly what he was about to say.

I knew from that moment I should have never accepted that assignment months ago, I should have never let him buy my freedom and keep me here. I should have never let him kiss me outside of Elaine's house and I should have stopped the sex before it happened. That look on his face had me frozen like a statue because I knew I was in too deep, I was in a sinking ship with nowhere to go.

"I think I'm in love with you."

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Thoughts on a response Bugs will give him?

She was not only thrown into the fact she gets to kill Stryker but she also has a man in love with her...

Happy Reading my friends!

-H