I also revisited this couple in Armor, the novella I published earlier this year, and it definitely won't be the last time we see these two!
Here's one of my favorite scenes from Hitman's Holiday, followed by an amazing video a reader made for me, which beautifully and eloquently summarizes the book. In this scene, Andreo finally tracks down Connie, who stole something valuable from him after they spent the night together years before. The fact that Andreo had also stolen this object is beside the point. ;) One of the things I love about these two is that you never quite know if they're going to fight or fuck every time they get near each other!
It had taken me just short of three years to
track down the man I at first knew only as Connie. Since my extended family was
involved in organized crime, I had a lot of resources at my disposal. Even so,
I hadn’t had much to go by, and the search had proven difficult.
But not impossible.
I looked around me as I climbed the open
staircase to a sixth-floor walk-up in Brooklyn. The old packing plant was in the
midst of a major renovation that was turning it into upscale condos with
gorgeous views of the Manhattan skyline across the river. Most of it was empty,
with only a couple lofts completed at that point. The rest was a construction
site, and it was vacant this time of night. I had it on good authority that
Connie, better known as Constantino Dombruso, was subletting one of the
completed lofts on the top floor.
I’d been shocked when I discovered the
identity of my coin thief. The Dombruso family and mine went way back, with a
long-standing feud and a history of tension and distrust. But then, maybe it
shouldn’t have been so surprising that I’d encountered one of them while
committing a crime. The Dombrusos’ influence spread far and wide, and they had
their hands in all sorts of pies. Apparently that even extended to pilfering
rare coins, which I would have thought was beneath them.
But maybe Constantino hadn’t been working for
his family, and his role in their organization was unclear. One of his cousins
ran the family, and his father was an infamous contract killer, but I didn’t
know much more than that, despite the fact that my family had been keeping tabs
on his for generations. It was always wise to know your enemy, so I was annoyed
that our intel had become spotty and had put one of my family members to work in
order to remedy that situation.
When I reached the loft, I paused in the
hallway to catch my breath and assessed the large door in front of me. It was
solid wood and probably original to the building. It slid on a rusted track
that looked like it might be original as well. No way would that door give way,
but the track probably would.
I was in full you-fucked-with-the-wrong-guy
mode, right down to my black leather jacket, mercenary-worthy cargo pants,
black t-shirt and combat boots. To truly convey that message, I drew my leg
back and kicked the door with all my might, my boot connecting solidly with the
vintage pine. It sent a shockwave through my leg and hip and actually hurt like
hell, but it was worth it, because the big door fell inward with a really
satisfying crash as its metal track bent and tore away from its moorings.
I spotted Constantino immediately across the
huge, oddly empty loft. He was sitting on a big, wrought-iron bed with a book
in his hand, his dark eyes wide and startled. In the next instant he was in
motion, and I was, too. Surprisingly, he didn’t try to run away. Instead, he
headed straight for me.
Whatever thoughts, plans and ideas had gotten
me to that point fell away the moment we reached each other. I grabbed him and
crushed him to me as my lips ravaged his. He kissed me desperately as his hands
grasped my jacket, pulling me to him.
I should have been furious. I should have
hated him, and for a long time, I thought I did. But the moment I saw him
again, all bets were off.
I picked him up and carried him to the bed,
then threw him on top of the rumpled blankets and climbed on top of him. As I
straddled his thighs, I grabbed his white t-shirt and literally tore it off
him, then did the same with the pair of briefs he wore. He moaned as his cock
swelled and bounced against his abs. I reached for it and he pushed my hand
away, so instead I dove onto his exposed neck, licking and kissing it as he
thrust his hips and rubbed his erection against me.
I needed to be inside him more than I’d ever
needed anything in my life. I yanked my jacket and t-shirt from my body and
threw them aside, then reached for my wallet and grabbed a condom and lube
packet. I unzipped my cargo pants and pulled out my throbbing hard-on, and as
soon as I was prepped, I got on my knees between his thighs, grabbed his legs
and pulled them apart. He sat up a bit to watch what I was doing and exhaled
slowly as I pushed into him.
As I began to move in him, he locked eyes
with me. I drove myself into him so hard that the entire bed rocked, and he
gave me a wicked little smile. I grinned at him and dropped down and kissed him
before I began to absolutely pound him. He threw his head back and yelled, the
sound almost bestial. Connie clawed my back as he pulled me closer and rocked
his hips up to meet each thrust, slamming himself onto my cock, a sheen of
perspiration appearing on his olive skin.
There was no rational thought, no discussion,
nothing but pure, raw, primal sex. We took what we needed unapologetically.
Like two starving men at a banquet, we feasted on each other, grabbing,
demanding, civility completely forgotten. I clutched him to me and he bit my
shoulder, then cried out as if he’d been the one bitten. I grabbed his hair and
pulled his head back so I could get to his neck, his mouth, his shoulders,
kissing and licking and nipping him.
Again and again I drove myself into him. The
sound of my body slamming into his filled the empty loft, along with our yells.
As my orgasm built, I pulled back and stared into his eyes, trying to burn him
and that moment into my memory like a brand. He stared right back at me, his
dark eyes wide, his full lips parted as he gasped for breath.
He climaxed a moment before I did, yelling as
he shot all over his chest and mine. When he came, his ass clamped down on my
cock, which detonated my orgasm. He crushed my body to his and I slammed into
him as I came, my vision faltering. The force of my orgasm overwhelmed me, and
I wrapped my arms around him as if he was all that was anchoring me to the
earth. I shot into him repeatedly, my body almost convulsing, and by the time
it was over there was almost nothing left of me.
I fell onto my side as aftershocks racked my
body, and Connie carefully peeled off the condom and disposed of it somehow. I
was too out of it to really notice what was happening. He pulled the blanket
over both of us and wrapped his arms and legs around me, then began to dot
light, tender kisses on my face, my lips, even my eyelids. I drew him into an
embrace and breathed in his scent. His hair still smelled like tangerines.
When I’d stopped shaking and could finally
talk again I murmured, “Why won’t you let me touch your cock?” There were a
million things I wanted to ask him, but that had pushed its way to the front of
the cue.
“None of your business.” He kissed my cheek
and I brushed the hair from his face. Only then did I notice he’d pinned
back his overgrown bangs with an old-fashioned, black bobby pin. It made me
happy for some reason, maybe because it was so quirky. I was grinning as I fell
asleep.
*****
When I awoke, I was once again alone. I was
also handcuffed to the iron bed frame. It didn’t particularly surprise me,
though it did annoy me. I sat up and looked down at myself. I was completely
dressed from the waist down. My pants were even zipped, which I didn’t remember
doing.
The loft was emptier than it had been the
night before, and there were no clothes in the big, open closet. In fact, aside
from the bed, it contained absolutely nothing aside from my t-shirt, which was
folded neatly on the floor across the room. My phone was centered on top of it.
I sighed and used my free hand to pick up my
leather jacket, which he’d draped on the bed post. Then I grinned a little when
I spotted the metal bobby pin clipped to the collar of my jacket. Connie wasn’t
coming back, I knew that for a fact. But he’d left me a way out.
Apparently the cuffs had just been meant to
slow me down so he could get a head start on me. I picked the lock easily with
the bobby pin, then slipped it in the pocket of my cargo pants and went to use
the restroom. After that, I did a lap around the loft, looking for anything he
might have left behind. There was nothing though, apart from a few packets of
soy sauce in a drawer in the kitchen and a half-empty can of diet soda in the
refrigerator.
I put on my t-shirt and jacket, then picked
up the door and moved it aside. He’d propped it up over the gaping hole I’d
created when I announced my arrival. I leaned it back in place before I headed
for the stairs.
*****
And as promised, the amazing video for Hitman's Holiday,
made by a dear reader, can be found here. Enjoy!
made by a dear reader, can be found here. Enjoy!
