#kelseaaa

it was supposed to be a standard meet up with a rogue group of demons that seemed open to negotiations.

low-to-medium risk.

which is why they only sent mason and felix with her.

apparently, no one considered that it might be a blatant trap. the agency really needed a better way to vet anonymous tips.

she gently stretched her wrist and flexed her fingers, wincing at the slight discomfort. it wasn’t so bad that she couldn’t fight through it. at least, it wasn’t as bad as the bruising she could feel purpling on her ribs.

ria rolled her shoulders and turned back to face the grove, where she could still hear the faint sounds of fighting.

how she wished she had vampire hearing. she knew mason was strong and had plenty of stamina, but they had been outnumbered.

and he was alone right now.

a sinking feeling lodged itself in her chest when the air suddenly quieted, and despite knowing she should stay put for her own good, she started running instead.

she needed to get to mason.

ria clutched her ribs and gritted her teeth as she ran, pausing for a moment when she saw his still form lying on the ground with no one else around.

“mason? babe?” ria cried out, trying not to trip over her feet as she ran to his side.

she fell to her knees and ran her hands over his body to check for broken bones or internal bleeding, momentarily forgetting that as long as he was alive, he would heal.

mason groaned when she touched a particularly tender spot on his ribs and ria moved immediately to cup his face.

“babe? you okay?” she asked, swallowing thickly.

he cracked one eye open. “i’m healing,” he grunted, mentally scanning his body to confirm his body was stitching itself back together.

ria stroked her thumbs against his cheeks gently before leaning in to kiss him desperately, nudging his mouth open so her tongue could taste his.

“if that’s the greeting i get for getting my ass kicked, i’d be open to it happening more often,” he chuckled, running his hands up her sides and pulling her on top of him.

she pulled back and punched him in the chest with her uninjured hand. “don’t fucking scare me like that again,” she glared, anger swirling with fear in her pale blue eyes.

“say please,” mason teased, watching carefully as the tension finally left her shoulders.

“this is serious, mason. i was so worried.”

“hey,” he said firmly, leaning up to kiss her over and over again. “i’m right here.”

🔥⚡ she responded immediately, stealing breaths from his lungs so she wouldn’t have to break away. the twisting, gnawing feeling in her stomach dissipated as mason matched her desperate kisses and added heat of his own, hands slipping under her shirt and yanking her bra down so he could squeeze her breasts.

“i need you,” she finally gasped between kisses, pulling back and tugging at his jeans.

mason stood up in one swift motion and set her down on her feet, bringing her face back to meet his in a kiss while he undid both their jeans. he slipped his hands around her ass and lifted her by the thighs, walking forward until her back hit the closest tree.

he held her firmly against the tree with one hand, pulling out his cock with the other and lining himself up against her. ria moaned loudly as he pushed into her quickly, giving her no time to adjust before he started thrusting.

“you’re going to have to keep quiet or we might attract an audience,” mason murmured as kissed up her jaw and sucked on her earlobe.

“make me,” ria rasped, her eyes fluttering shut.

the feel of the bark digging into her back only seemed to amplify the pressure in her abdomen, spiraling and building with every thrust.

true to his word, mason covered her lips with hot kisses, matching the hurried pace of his thrusts before shifting his body to get access to her clit. she could feel him grinning at how wet and swollen it was. his touch was sure and deliberate, stroking her clockwise with his thumb.

ria keened at the contact, pulling away to gasp only to have mason follow and keep the gap between them nonexistent. the warm, tingling sensation snaked a fiery trail up her chest and filled her breaths until she finally had to pull back for air. she vaguely registered the sound of the wood beginning to crack behind her as mason picked up the pace, moving his thumb from her clit to her breast.

her senses were overwhelmed by him – this moment between them; the feel of how real and alive he was; and how real and alive she felt – but she still wanted more. her arms found purchase around his shoulders and she braced her body against him so she could match his thrusts.

mason groaned at the increased friction, her slick heat coating him over and over and pushing him close to the edge. ria sensed it too, feeling his cock stiffen even more inside her. she moved her hands up his neck to curl her fingers in his hair as the tension in her body exploded. her walls continued to flutter fiercely against his cock, coaxing him over the edge as she came.

he swore and called out her name in a raspy, jagged voice that made her walls clench even tighter until mason collapsed against her, head buried in the crook of her neck.

it took a few minutes, both breathing heavily against each other, before mason took a step back. his arm stayed wrapped around her waist until she was steady on her feet, the wide grin on her face identical to the one on his. ❄💧

“we can hear your heartbeats over here, but we’re not looking! tell us when you’re decent,” felix’s voice rang out through the trees.

mason chuckled and smoothed out the front of his jeans while ria double-checked they didn’t have any visible stains from their tryst.

he kissed her softly on the forehead, watching the fatigue settling in her eyes fade just a little before they started walking toward the team, hands wrapped around each others’ waists.