The Fall

Chapter 49

Kade

I swallow the growl threatening to claw its way out of me at my girl's words. Hearing how scared, alone and depressed Sage sounds right is sending alarms throughout my head. I know what it's like when she goes through these episodes and with everything that's happened, I don't think she's in the headspace to fight through it. "Here's where you're wrong, Firefly," I state, turning her in my arms so she's straddling me. I take her face in my hands and level her with a look so fierce that she knows I'm serious. "You're not the same girl you were back when you were using. The old Sage would have destroyed her own best friend just because she could." My fingers stroke the sides of her slender neck, leaving goosebumps in their wake.

Her blue eyes only slightly darker than mine are so pale they could pass for the snow casually falling outside and I brush a stray tear as it falls down her cheek. Sage always had a beauty that rivaled most girls that moved in our circles. But it's not her looks that I cherish most, it's her courage to face her demons and her drive to push through it all. "I need you to understand something, Firefly. You're human and as much as your parents put you on this pedestal and turned you into a porcelain doll, you're a fighter, Sage. Sure, it's a long road, but you're not alone. You have you're family and friends who are all here for you." My gaze never wavers from here's until I'm absolutely sure I have her attention when I see I sliver of that steel armot sliding in place when I press our foreheads together.

"Most importantly, you have me and I promise vengeance will be ours, baby." Her breath hitches when I gently pull her hair to tilt her head back and press my lips to hers.

Kissing Sage has and will always be my favorite pastime. Her lips, full and plump, move over mine like a boat gliding across calm waters. That sweet, light, innocence of two lovers rediscovering each other's bodies as if it's the first time. I feel the shift from that sweet, testing to a full blown volcano of lust when Sage's tongue plunges into my mouth demanding for more, her hands pulling at the short strands of hair at my nape and she begins grinding her hips into me.

My body responds of course and my hands shake down her sinful curves and down to her hips, halting her movements, logic and proof I'm not a total asshole taking charge here. "Baby, wait. We have to stop." Her blue eyes, pupils blown with lust gaze down at me and those plump lips just out in a thoroughly kissed pout. "As much as I want to devour every inch of you, babe we can't." Her eyes narrow, frustrating settling in her heated gaze. Her hips fought against my hold as she rubbed against me, my dick picking a side and it wasn't mine. Her brow arched in challenge, a wicked gleam in those baby blues, her plump lips curved in a devastating smirk.

She has me, I realize as my grip loosens, giving her control of our pleasure. I could give in to a little bump and grind. A little release for my Firefly. Our breaths hitching together, my blood pumping with lust, pulse rising in time with the quickening pace of her hips moving.

"Kade, I need you, please," Sage whimpered, pressing her lips to mine in a heated kiss. Her hands wander to the hem of my shirt, pulling with urgency and we break apart enough to get it over my head, before her lips are on mine again. Sage's hands wandered over my chest and abs, causing my breath to hitch beneath her touch. "So fucking hot."

With a growl, I pulled her sweater over her head and tossed it somewhere. "I need to taste you right now!" She giggles as I pick her up to switch our positions so that she lays beneath me, her thighs spreading so that I could fit between them. "You are so beautiful and mine."

Her eyes, side and dark with lust rake over me as I peel her pants and panties off in one go. My dick jerks at the sight of her glistening pussy and I run my fingers over her wetness, chuckling as Sage moans and her back arches under my touch.