shoulders. His speed accelerated, his thrusts becoming fast and clumsy, shaking the bed and her body until her breasts jiggled.
“Oh God,” she gasped. “Gonna come!”
His grunts turned animalistic as he levered up on each instroke.
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She came with a muffled cry, her body shaking and spasming as the pleasure pulsed through her.
He was right behind her, pushing against her contractions with a few last rough exclamations.
His weight lowered over her as both of them started to come down. He was heavy and hot but it wasn’t unpleasant. The texture of his breath was thick and damp next to her ear.
After a minute, he pulled up and rolled over, groaning as he sprawled out on his back.
It was still too dark to see anything.
Riana was burning with lingering pleasure and with absolute embarrassment. She never would have believed she could come—have an actual orgasm, a good one—in a situation like this.
She didn’t know this man. She never would have slept with him if she’d been in any normal situation.
But their blind, groping, half-asleep coupling might have been the best fuck of her life.
She’d thought he’d gone to sleep again but suddenly his low bass voice wafted over toward her. “I’m Cain.”
“What?”
“My name. Cain.”
“Oh.” She swallowed and stared up at the blackness above her. “Hi.”
They lay in silence for a long time. She thought once more he’d fallen asleep but then he surprised her by a question. “Why me?”
It seemed to come out of the blue but she knew exactly what he was asking.
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There was any number of answers to that question. There was no one better. He was the only one she could tolerate. She’d noticed the signs that revealed he could take what he wanted, even in a place like this.
But there was only one answer that mattered. So she told him the truth in the dark.
“You’re the strongest one here.”
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Chapter Two
Riana woke up when all the lights in the Hold went on.
Blinking, she tried to adjust to the sudden brightness, feeling a pang of soreness between her legs and stickiness from not washing up after he’d ejaculated inside her twice.
She felt achy and exhausted, and her stomach felt like a heavy stone in her gut.
But at least she was alive. And healthy.
When all the odds had been against her.
Cain was still in bed too but his eyes were open, staring fixedly at the ceiling. His arms were crossed behind his head and the covers were pushed down around his belly.
She couldn’t believe she’d fucked him. Twice. And come the second time.
She started to say something—just some trivial comment in order to break the silence—but then she stopped herself. He didn’t appear to be in a conversational mood and the last thing she wanted to do was annoy him.
After a few minutes, he glanced over at her and held her eyes with his pale blue ones.
He still didn’t speak however and Riana was getting anxious about the prolonged silence.
Was he planning to tell her he’d had his fill of her already?
She wasn’t the best fuck in the world but once she warmed up she’d be better. He could at least give her more of a chance.
She actually gasped when he finally moved, so primed was she to handle whatever crisis reared its head next. But he just strode back to the bathroom.
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When she heard a sudden roar of noise from outside the cell, she sat up straight in bed, her heart pounding in terror. It sounded like a riot had just exploded out of nowhere. She’d heard disturbing sounds all night—crude voices, grunts and screams triggered by God knew what—but it hadn’t been anything like this.
Cain came out of the bathroom and noticed her frozen demeanor.
“Mealtime,” he explained brusquely. “It’s not pretty.” After quickly washing his face and hands in the sink, he shook himself off like a dog and continued, “I’ll be back.
You’ll want to stay here.”
Riana hadn’t eaten in