Chapter 7: The Marks
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Astrid woke up with the driest mouth and a splitting headache. It felt like there was a tiny marching band in her head smashing symbols and banging drums.
Oh Goddess she had drunk way too much.
Why did all her nights out with the Coven end in extreme drunkenness? It'd been a particularly sombre night, both her sisters, Ana and Lena, had come out - neither of them were usually prone to clubbing but apparently both of them had some demons to chase out last night. And chase them out they had - they'd drunk, danced and partied till she couldn't walk in a straight line and had to get help in order to get back home.
Astrid turned and tried to get out of the bed, but stepped on something soft beneath her.
"Fuck," the floor said.
Except it wasn't the floor, it was Caius and as soon as she stepped on him she tripped and fell on top of the man. She realised two things: she was naked, and Caius was sleeping on her floor.
"What are you doing here?"
Caius pulled them both to sit up, and headache aside, Astrid took immediate notice of their position and couldn't stop the tight anticipation of her body in close proximity to his.
"I am making the following recommendation to you: never drink again." Caius said, pushing hair off his face. Was he always this cute when he woke up?
"Trust me, my brain is already telling me that," Astrid managed to reply. Caius' annoyance seemed to subside, and she could see him focusing on her breasts. Clearly he did not mind her body, even if he didn't like her as a person. And well, Astrid was going to take what she could get.
Astrid could feel the engorged bulge of Caius against her naked groin and wished he was naked too. She had a vague memory that they got off together last night and Astrid couldn't stop the little feeling of joy shoot through her.
Caius wrapped a hand around the back of her neck and pulled her to him for a kiss. Astrid couldn't stop herself, grinding her mound against the front of his jeans and gasped, delighted by the little zing charging straight through her. She kept rubbing herself against the rough fabric, not caring if it was going to chaff her, because the sensations were too good, too much, too glorious. Caius responded, she could feel him growing against her, the hard heat of his cock pressing urgently through the fabric. Astrid brought her arms to wrap around Caius' neck, using his shoulders to support her thrusting. She felt his warm hands, trailing from her breasts, down her waists and moving to cup her ass, pressing her harder against him. Astrid couldn't stop a moan from leaving her throat.
Caius was bucking up against her, rubbing his hard bulge against her sensitive flesh, using his hands to thrust her against him. His mouth disappeared into her neck, his lips working against the column of throat, leaving trails of kisses along her flesh.
Astrid felt her skin burn in flames. Maybe this was her chance, she could finally,
finally
, have him inside of her. She trailed a hand to the button of his pants, deftly undoing them, reaching down to touch scorching male flesh. As soon as she touched him, he reared back.
"Fuck, Astrid. No, we should stop," Caius pulled away from her, moving back like she was infected, "We can't keep doing this."
She lay on the floor, leaning against the bed and wanted to rip her hair out and scream at the sudden change.
"Why not?"
Caius sighed, "What's going on with us, Astrid?"
"I like sex and I like you, it would be good to combine those two things."
"Is that what you were planning last night when you seduced Jack McGibb?" The anger anger practically tore out from his throat.
She paused for a moment and thought long and hard about whatever she could remember from last night. She had the vague memory that at some point she'd pissed off Caius. But then, she always seemed to piss him off. She vaguely remembered inviting the maintenance guy back to her room, and then she'd run into Caius and...and then he had seen Jack...and Caius had been furious.
Oh
shit
.
"Ohhh. That's why you were so pissed."
"I don't have any idea what this is," he said gesturing between them, "But, If you think I'm going to put up with you fucking others, you are wrong."
Fucking others? Was he serious?