"Ma, go get some sleep will ya? I'm putting her to bed and then I'm going to the store."
"Your father and I can take care of that, you stay here with her son."
That wasn't gonna work because I needed to get with Jace so I put her off without tipping either of them off.
I finally got rid of ma after haggling with her for five minutes. "Come here baby." I hugged her close and kissed her lips longingly for the first time since she got hurt. For the first time since I got the call I felt whole again, like my world was back on track. "Let's get you into the tub baby you'll feel better."
She wasn't talking much but that was understandable, her throat probably hurt from that shit they'd had shoved down there all night. I pulled off her clothes and my eyes went to the mark on her hip where the needle had gone in. That simmering rage went to slow boil but I held it in.
Life is funny. That was the thought I had as I took her in my arms and headed for the bathroom. Under any other circumstances the sight of her naked form would have me hard as a fucking pike. Don't get me wrong, I felt that stirring I always get whenever she's around, but it was contained by the need to protect.
I placed her in the bubbly water and knelt beside the tub to take care of her. Her limbs were still a bit listless but not as much as they had been earlier, which was a good sign. I spoke to her softly as she rested back and let me do my thing.
When the water was getting too cold I lifted her out and got her ready for bed. My mind was already out there somewhere thinking of all the things I had to do. Ma with her hardheaded ass had made her some soup and there was a tray on the night table with some other shit.
"I fed her as much of the broth as she could stand, dosed her up with the shit that she fought me not to take and bundled her under the covers. "Stay with me until I fall asleep." I climbed in with her and pulled her onto my chest. "You scared?" If she said yes I would lose my shit. She wasn't supposed to be afraid here, this place at least was supposed to be her safe haven. "No, I just want you to hold me I missed you."
"I missed you more." I held her a little closer stroking her soothingly through the covers until her breathing evened out in sleep. Her face had gone soft in repose and there was no look of discomfort when I finally slipped out from under her and left the bed.
By the time I made it out to my car the mask was back in place. I didn't feel like I'd wasted time but I knew we'd lost some, that motherfucker could be anywhere by now, just waiting to strike again.
Jace was still at the station so I headed there instead of his place. "Oh great, I just got the video perfect timing." We headed back to his office where he had set up to watch. Nothing was said as he hit play and we watched. I saw her come through the doors with ma and a horde of other women.
They were gabbing away at each other, most likely about whatever it was they'd just seen or heard at the seminar. I have to remember to ask what was up with their faces, neither of them seemed as spirited as the other women around them.
My eyes were peeled to the screen as I watched everyone around her and for some fucked up reason my heart started to pound in my chest. "There." We watched the figure slightly bump into her and keep going, and then we saw her reaction not long after.
"Fuck his face is hidden."
"It might be here, but now we know what he's wearing, he might not have been that careful the whole time, that's why we have different shots from other cameras. I started with this one because I figured he'd pull this stunt and I needed to know what he was wearing so we could pick him up in the crowd. Now we'll go back a little before he struck and a little after if we have to. Somebody had to catch him on camera."
Jace changed the disc and we watched from a different angle. For the next ten minutes or so we watched footage of people going about their night. We saw him a few times but he was always hidden. "Don't show that shit again." We'd reached the part where she got stuck but once was enough for me.
He fast forward and we watched as the hooded figure walked to the end of the sidewalk, still hidden, but then he turned and looked back. "Right there." He paused on the shot of Carl under the streetlight, his face well lit.
"We got him. Now I can legally go after him." He picked up the phone on his desk and called someone with instructions.
"Where are you going?"
"To find that fuck."
"Wyatt, let me do my job, you're only gonna get yourself in trouble with this idiot."
"Are you out of your fucking mind? We've been waiting around for weeks and no one could get a bead on this guy. Now he just walks up to her on a busy sidewalk while she's out with my mother and damn near kill her and you're telling me to wait?"
"I understand your frustration, but we have to do this shit by the book. Arresting him is only half the battle it's what happens in the courtroom that will decide his fate. We make one wrong move on this end and he can walk, I know what I'm doing."
"Fine, you do what you have to, I'm going hunting." I had all that I needed, not that I'd had any doubts. I had no idea where to start looking for this guy, but I couldn't just stand around doing nothing while he was out there plotting. That look on his face as he'd looked back at her burned me the fuck up. Like he'd won, he was trying to kill her.
I spent the next few hours combing the streets looking for him. I went by his old address and drove around, went to all the places in the city I figured a cowardly rat would be after trying to kill someone, but nothing. Then it was time to go back to her, she'd be awake soon.
She was just making waking noises when I stepped into the room. All the day's stress just seemed to melt away when I looked down at her. No matter what, she was alive and well. I'll get my chance with that fuck, but for now this was enough, this is what mattered.
I stripped down to my ass and climbed under the mountain of covers I'd thrown over her to keep her warm in my absence. Pulling her little body into mine I started kissing her before she came fully awake. By the time she knew what was going on I had her on her back and was sliding home deep inside her.
We didn't say anything to each other, no words were needed, we let our bodies do the talking as we moved against each other. Something had changed; this was new. Instead of the fiery lust that ruled me whenever I was in her, I now felt a slow burn. It came from my heart and into the place where we were joined.
I closed my eyes and let the beauty that was us wash over me. I'd come so close, too fucking close to losing her, losing this. "Is this too much? Tell me if it's too much."
"No, I want more." She clutched at me with her little hands, pulling me harder into her, spreading her legs wider to take more of my cock.
I fused our mouths together as I stroked in and out of her belly, hitting her spot every time. She still made those pussy hurt noises even though I was taking it slow, but even those were welcomed. It meant she was alive, that we were together.
"Shh, I'll ease out a little." I couldn't forget that her body had just been through trauma, so even though I like nothing better than burying my whole dick inside her, knocking into the walls of her pussy, I didn't want to hurt her.
I lifted up on my arms to take my upper body weight off her while pinning her hips down with mine. I had to keep her legs open with my arms because she didn't have the strength to do it on her own anymore. Pulling out I turned her to her side and got behind her before lifting her leg up over mine and sliding back in from behind.
I went even deeper this way and had to pull my strokes. Her pussy never stopped juicing as my cock leaked into her. We were both a mess with juices running down onto our thighs to the bed beneath us. I let my hand travel to her pussy so I could tease her swollen clit, bringing her closer to the edge.
When her cunt squeezed me in climax I lost it. Rolling her completely onto her stomach with her face buried in the pillow I pile drove into her pussy over and over no longer in control. I did my best not to inflict hurt, but my cock wasn't about to relent.
I got one hand under her so I could hold her tummy while I fucked and the other went to her tit. I squeezed and fucked while she moaned beneath me, pushing her ass back hard, letting me know without words that she could take it. I bit into her neck in my favorite spot when I felt that tingling in my balls.