Chapter 56: Chapter 56

For a moment he looks at me on the bed and then at the wooden steps that come out of the ceiling above me, the underside of the stairs leading to the attic space. McBane just fucks on his knees, thrusting into me with his hands on the lowest step to keep from knocking his head into it. I can arch up a little, if it’ll help, but I don’t offer and Coby doesn’t ask.

Instead he leans over the lamp, the light licking his dusky skin gold, and blows out the wick. Tiny embers burn bright before fading into nothing. Around me the room seems to open up in the darkness. When I can’t see the walls, they stretch out forever.

Here it comes. The bed shifts as he kneels beside me and I tense up, every muscle in my body. I shouldn’t because it hurts more that way but I can’t help it.