Demon ∞ l.h.

∞ Chapter Thirty-Two ∞

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Gently pulling apart, it seemed as though it was now it was Luke's turn demand answers. "Doll, where've you been all this time? I don't mean physically of course, but your soul... it wasn't in Hell, and my informants told me that your soul hadn't made it to heaven." His head tilted confusedly, the smooth dragging of his fingertips across my cheeks drawing a gentle shiver from me.

I couldn't help but stare into his serene blue eyes silently, simply feeling his thumb gently caress its way to my lips. Cheekily, my teeth captured his thumb, lightly biting down. The corners of those sorely missed eyes crinkled at the audacity of my teasing. But a simple blink, and the joy lingering fell once more. "Darling, I'm serious. Please, I need to know or it will drive me to insanity."

My eyes flitted downwards, and my fingers fell from around his neck to my lap. "I don't know what to tell you, Luke... I was here, but I wasn't. I heard and felt so much of what was going on, but there are just these missing periods of time where everything is just blank. It doesn't make sense."

"What were you here for?" Luke probed. I lifted and dropped my shoulders in a quick shrug.

"I don't know, most of it I guess... I remember someone, Calum I think, drew a moustache on me and then you wiped most of it off- your laugh made me happy. You telling me stories and reading me poetry when you were here."

"Was Calum drawing on you the first memory you had?" Luke's tone was sharp and tight- he was entirely serious and thinking hard.

Finally, a definitive answer. "Yeah, that was one of the first things I remember happening. Why does that matter?"

Luke's eyebrows furrowed and he bit the corner of his bottom lip. "That was only two days ago, Eve. There's more than just a few blanks, your missing a full day of your unconsciousness. But where were you?" The question seemed less directed at me, and more like a result of his increasing frustration.

"What caused this, Luke? Is someone trying to kill me?" I ask after a prolonged pause leaving us to think in silence. Luke exhaled a breath, blowing a raspberry in a completely un-Kingly manner.

"I don't want to cause you anymore distress right now, but it seems as though someone may intend to cause you harm- whatever caused this was not of your own volition; your body wouldn't just be able to switch itself off and on like that naturally."

Luke's eyes followed me as I untangled myself from the mess of limbs we had become in our embrace and stumbled towards the doorway of my bathroom. Without turning to look at Luke, I say "Yeah, I get that much, I just don't know why they would target me instead of you- no offence of course."

The coolness on tiles on the bottom of my feet draw another shiver from me. Wrapping my arms around myself, I look in the mirror for the first time in days. A boy I wished I hadn't – I was a complete sight for sore eyes. A movement in my peripherals alerted me of Luke's presence in the doorway. Giving him a small smile I spin around and move towards the large bath that dominated the space.

Turning on the water and adding some soap, I begin to undress. A light chuckle beside me causes me to smile wider again. "Are you going to invite me to join you, or do I just stand here and watch as you tease me to my own death?" Luke asks.

"I just work up from being clinically dead and you're already trying to get laid? You're insatiable." I laugh as my shirt falls to the floor, piling on top of my already removed pants. Luke prowls his way towards me, and the frustration is rolling off of him in waves.

"It's hard not to think about that when you're putting on a mighty-fine performance, doll." His arms encircle around the bare skin of my waist, and I lean back into his firm chest. Hot, open-mouthed kisses pull a slight moan from me as they trail down from the side of my neck to the base of my shoulder.

Reaching up, I gently drag my fingers through the hair at the base of his neck as his movements travel across and down to my shoulder blades. Using one hand, he gently swipes away my bra straps as his other hand tickles its way up my spine to the only thing holding the garment in place. A quick flick of his fingers, and my bra falls to the ground where the rest of my clothes puddle around me. Almost completely bare, the chill in the air becomes only more noticeable, yet I feel only heat.

The silence of the room is deafening, only broken by my shallow breathing and the sounds of his lips on my skin. I wait with anticipation for him to make his next move, yet he seems content to kiss away at my shoulder and neck, with his hands back firmly gripping at my hips.

"Luke..." I go to say more, but his name leaves my lips as a moan and my train of thought disappears along with it. The borderline pornographic noises that leave him after that is enough to send heat to every corner of my body. My legs underneath me are weak, any movement by Luke now would be enough to make them collapse under me completely.

"Fuck, you're so beautiful, doll, no wonder I can't keep my hands off of you." His voice is gravelly and muffled by skin, but still leaves me breathless and even weaker. "Like you said, I'm insatiable – just looking at you makes me want to do unspeakable things to you."

The death grip I have on his hair has to be hurting him, it's the only thing holding me upright. Even Luke's grip on me doesn't seem secure enough- especially now that one of his hands is travelling further and further down and- ohh.

Luke's name leaves my lips like a mantra, and I feel his smirk and his exhale of a chuckle into the base of my neck. My back arches curving into his hand, but Luke's body only follows me pressing hard against my back.

"I-I think my bath- oh god- can w-wait a minute- Christ, Luke." My voice shudders out, struggling to remain cohesive amongst the rolling waves of pleasure shooting through me.

"Sounds like a good idea to me" Not a second later Luke's swept me into his arms, pulling me back into the awaiting bed next door.

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omg guys so sorry for the suuuuuper delayed update school has been absolutely bonkers lol but here it is

can't promise a new update any time soon - I have half-yearly exams coming up that I really need to do well in lol

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