chapter 11

Saint

I shut the bathroom door sharply and leaned against it. I tried to catch my breath and erase the image that was permanently stained into my mind.

Luci's back, tatted with pristine red flowers that stemmed from her shoulder and trailed down her spine. She was in a black bra that had lace trim around its edges.

Her underwear was the same. The back part of it didn't cover much, so the outline of her ass was prominent.

There were stretch marks lined along her hips that somehow complimented her skin. | wondered what it felt like to trace the outline of them like | did her tattoo.

I shook my head and glared at myself through the sink mirror.

"What the fuck is wrong with me," I mumbled to myself.

I wasn't sure why I was thinking about it so much. The image was not leaving my mind. The longer I thought about it the more my body started to react.

Luci wasn't a small girl. That bit was obvious. I had never really given much thought to her figure. I used to tease her about her body often but I guess I never took the time to look at it.

"Shit," I cursed under my breath when | felt a tent beginning to form under my towel.

This was bad. My head started to sweat as my body started to panic.

This didn't mean anything. It was just a simple reaction to the circumstance. Just basic biology.

I ran a hand through my hair as | felt the rush of blood pump through. | removed my towel and hung it on the rack.

The vision of me displayed in the mirror was pathetic. My chest was bare and my back was leaned against the door frame.

My breathing became deep and my erection grew slowly. Leaning my head back against the door, I took myself into my hands and started to stroke it slowly.

The golden rings that adorned my fingers slid against my cock as I sped up my movements.

My eyes closed and my mind attempted to envision something that could get me off quickly.

My mind first went to Emma, and the time she had given me head in the library. She wasn't very good at it and she kept choking and her moaning was irking to me. | mean that part was inevitable but we had almost been caught.

Then my mind wandered to the various forgettable girls | had hooked up with at Greyson's house. | couldn't pinpoint an exact moment so those didn't work either.

| groaned and looked down to see no progress. Then, as my eyes were closed a vision of red appeared in my mind. I focused on the image as it morphed into a dainty red flower.

The flowers turned into a vine, then the vine appeared to be inked on someone's back.

I moaned when the image of black lace appeared in my mind. I moved my hand faster and the liquid began to ooze out.

My eyes widened and sweat dripped from my forehead. | had never been one to finish quickly. It hadn't even been five minutes.

I kept the pace steady and tried to regulate my breathing. | knew | was about to release soon but my pride would not let me.

All of a sudden, | heard a quiet knock on the door. My body froze but I continued my movements. "Saint?" Luci called out.

I cursed under my breath as her sultry voice made me pump faster.

"Y-yeah?" | struggled out.

"I finished changing so you can come out now."

I didn't reply, instead, I focused on my reflection in the mirror. It was only a matter of time before | became undone.

"Saint?" Luci called out again. "Are you coming?"

You have no idea.

My body seemed to react as she said those words and | quickly grabbed my towel from the rack as spurts of liquid shot out.

"Shit."

I wiped myself down with the towel and walked over to the sink. ] grabbed both sides and stared deeply at my reflection in the mirror.

"Who the fuck are you?" I questioned myself.

The Saint I was 10 minutes ago, would have never jerked off to the image of Luci in his mind.

The Saint I was I hour ago wouldn't even have shared a room with Luci if he didn't have to.

This wasn't the Saint I was. This was an imposter whose mind and thoughts were being filled with the daughter of the devil.

"She probably put some hex on me," | mumbled.

There was no way | would consciously choose to finish quickly to the thought of her.

I clenched the sink hard and my nostrils flared. That had to be it. Luci had cursed me or put a weird spell on me that made me act this way.

I already knew she wasn't being truthful about everything, so who's to say she didn't have other powers I wasn't aware of?

"Saint?" she said softly. "Yeah, I'll be right out."

I grabbed my towel and turned it inside out and wrapped it around my waist. I grimaced and remembered what | had just done a second ago and ignored the feeling.

I rinsed my hands quickly in the sink and dried them on my towel. Unlocking the door, I glanced at Luci who held her toothbrush and toothpaste in her hand. She wore a long sleeve t-shirt that was way too tight for my liking and black shorts that | deemed way too short. I didn't know what she was playing at but | would not fall for it.

I walked past her and she threw me a weird look before going into the bathroom and locking the door.

I immediately discarded my towel and rummaged through my bag for clothes. | slipped on red plaid pyjama pants and a black shirt.

I fell onto the bed and watched the bathroom carefully. Luci came out and we made brief eye contact before she looked away. She walked over to her bag and put her stuff away. She bent down and her shorts rode up. | looked away and scratched the back of my head.

Her bed creaked as she hopped into it and we both sat in silence under the beaming fluorescent light.

Luci once again grabbed her phone and scrolled through it. This time she seemed upset. She placed the phone down on her bed and let out a sigh.

"You've been on your phone a lot since we've been on this trip," | said. "What's your deal?"

She looked at me from her bed and buried her head in her hands.

"I've been checking to see if Devan posted the video of me in the darkroom. He hasn't yet, and it's making me very anxious."

She shifted in her bed and turned her body to completely face me.

"I just don't think I can handle a video of me like that spreading around. I mean I've been trying to brace myself for it but the more | think about it, the sicker it makes me feel. | was assaulted there and | don't know what would've happened. | mean I know what I would have done but it's just scary to think of the outcome. | just can't be humiliated more than | already am. I'm sorry I'm rambling you don't care about this," she sniffled.

"Come here," I whispered.

She stood up from her bed and walked over to mine. I patted down on the spot next to me and Luci slid in. Our legs touched each other and I quickly moved them away from her.

I pulled out my phone and opened my text messages. She leaned closer to me to get a better look at my screen.

"What am | looking at?" she asked.

l expanded the screen so she could see texts between Devan and me. They were pretty hostile as Devan was complaining that I had taken his phone in the first place. | let her read ahead of me and I stilled when | felt a hand on my upper thigh.

"You deleted the videos?" she asked.

I nodded and shut my phone off. She retracted her hand and gazed up at me.

"Yeah, I did it when we were in the darkroom. When I gave Devan back his phone he was pretty mad that I deleted them."

"Oh," she whispered. "Why did you delete it?"

"| don't know," I shrugged. "It was gross and inhumane."

She just nodded and lowered her head. She didn't seem happy or sad about it and it rubbed me the wrong way.

"Not even a thank you?" I scoffed.

"Why the fuck would I thank you, Saint?" she snarled.

Her eyes shot up to mine and they were turning red again. My heart rate quickened and my stomach fell. Her anger was unprecedented and unpredictable.

"I mean | saved you back there? If it weren't for me this video would've been everywhere. Can you at least be grateful?"

All of a sudden a loud smack rang through the room as Luci brought up her hand and smacked my cheek. | heard a sizzling sound and felt my cheek start to sting and become hot.

Before I could speak Luci had suddenly straddled my lap and covered my mouth with her hand.

"No, I'm going to talk, and you are going to listen." she leaned in closer and | could smell her flowery aroma. "Does that sound familiar to you Saint?"

I didn't want to put her in her place yet. | was wickedly intrigued to see what she would do next. She could have this brief transfer of power... for now.

Her breaths depended and her red eyes narrowed into mine.

"If it weren't for you, | would have never been in that predicament. You are the reason I was assaulted there. You are the reason people don't like me at school. You are the reason why my life has been so shitty. So for you to sit there and expect a thank you from me..." she yelled. "It's despicable."

Her words hit me like a truck. I hadn't caused every misfortune in her life, and for her to put the blame on me was ludicrous.

I gently removed her hand from mine and placed it on my chest.

I shifted a bit from the pressure that was put on my lap and placed one hand on her upper thigh. I stroked it up and down and looked up into her eyes.

"Are you finished yet?" I asked.

She didn't respond. Instead, her eyes glowed redder; which | didn't think was possible.

"I need a verbal response, Luci," I whispered. Instead of a response, she held her hand up high to slap me again. In an instant, I grabbed her hand before it made contact with my cheek.

Grabbing her waist. | flipped her over onto her back and pinned both her arms on either side of her head.

Her breaths quickened and she focused her eyes on the cheek she had slapped previously.

"Are you gonna be nice now and speak to me calmly now?"

Again, she gave me no reaction. Her voice was nonexistent and gone.

"Not gonna talk?" | questioned. "Fine, let's see if you can keep quiet."

Without thinking about my actions I turned her neck to the side and licked a stripe down from her ear to her collarbone.

She let out a gasp and covered her mouth. | immediately removed her hand while sucking on the skin between her collarbone and neck. Luci let out a quiet moan and | smiled in victory into her soft skin.

I didn't stop there. | peppered kisses all over her neck and trapped both her wrists with one hand. ] used my other hand to scale down her body and | cupped her left breast. It filled my entire palm, and I kneaded it firmly.

She moaned as I recklessly bit into various spaces on her neck. Her body squirmed underneath mine and | felt a tent start to grow beneath me.

Why wasn't she telling me to stop? This was going too far, especially for us. I was certain she had never been in this kind of position before.

"Luci," | breathed out.

She looked up at me and the expression adorned on her face shocked me. Her lips were parted, and | could feel her heartbeat against my palm. Her eyes were low and her irises seemed to pool with a sultry look. She looked downright flushed.

"Tell me to stop, please," I begged.

She looked at me through her lashes and slowly shook her head.

As much as | was curious to continue, | knew better. | traced the outline of her collarbone and found the mark I had left with my knife. | bit into the area and pulled the skin with my teeth. | knew it would leave a mark, but it didn't bother me. I sealed it off with a quick peck before releasing Luci's wrists.

She slid her body up against the headboard and pulled up her shirt.

"Is everything okay? Did | do something wrong?"

Her face softened and her eyes started to clear up. | knew I could go any further. She had no prior experience with anyone and | was not going to be her first anything. It would just make her clingy and cause me unnecessary tension and stress.

"No, you didn't do anything. We should go to sleep though, we have a big day tomorrow."

She nodded and started to get off my bed when I placed a hand on her chest and pressed her back down.

"You can stay in my bed. I'll sleep in yours."

I got up and flicked off the light before hopping into Luci's bed. | snuggled into the pillow and let out a deep sigh.

Seconds passed. Minutes passed. Then hours passed as we slept in darkness. I was still wide awake contemplating what had happened. It was just a spur-of-the-moment thing that was all.

Luci's quiet breathing filled the room. She had dozed off pretty fast and | was grateful for it.

Tomorrow, everything would go back to how it was. We would just pretend it never happened and it would all be okay.

I buried my head into my pillow and prepared myself for a long slumber when I heard a small voice.

"Saint?" Luci whispered. "Are you awake?" I didn't reply, instead, I held my breath.

"| guess you're sleeping," she sighed. "Well good night, Saint."

I let out the breath I had been holding and stayed up for another hour before replying, "Good night, Luci."