Page 142 of Stone Temptation

Pretty…

“Did it just whisper?” I said, tilting my head.

“Come on. Out of the bed.” Asher dragged me from the warmth of the sheets, standing me up, checking me over.

My eyes remained on the ring. “It wants me.” I was a little dizzy, though not nauseous. I reached for it. “It has a story to tell.”

“No, Luke. No stories right now.” His fingers entwined with mine, his hand clamping tightly. “Come on.” He led me out of the bedroom, into the bar where Seth sat on one of the stools.

Asher growled, putting himself in front of me. “What are you doing here?”

Oh, crap. We’re naked!

Stress heat spread across my neck. I covered my cock with my hands for an extra layer behind Asher’s big body.

My bodyguard couldn’t care less about his cock swinging in the breeze, folding his big arms. “Well?”

“The ring is missing,” Seth answered.

I kept my focus on Asher’s back.

“Have you been enjoying yourselves?”

“None of your business,” Asher clapped back.

“Cocktails and cock.” No laugh, no irony, just a statement. “How fun. And everything in my tower is my business, knight.” I heard him move, his footsteps going in the opposite direction. “Get dressed.”

I pressed my face into Asher’s back, trying to hide all of me behind him as best I could.

Like a coward.

“The ring’s in there,” Asher said.

The footsteps stopped. “Sorry?”

“Ring. In there.” Asher jutted a thumb behind him.

“Did you steal it, Luke?”

I stepped around Asher in response to his accusation, instantly annoyed. No longer bashful of my balls being on view.

“Excuse me?” I mirrored Asher, arms crossed.

Seth, enveloped by a black fur coat, smoked on a joint. Again.

“You’re a thief, aren’t you, Luke?” His eyes roamed my body, snaring on my limp appendage—something he’d never be experiencing again.

Courage worked my tongue. “Like when I stole for you?”

“Mind your mouth. I’m in no mood.”

“You called me a thief. I’m a good enough thief for you to use, but every other time you get to throw it my face? Sounds fair. Sounds great.”

“Nice one,” Asher said in my head.

Smoke curled from Seth’s mouth, his face pure thunder. “Brave, aren’t you? But I would watch your step and know your place. Because you really have no idea what I do for you.”

“What is that, exactly? Win every chess game and suck my cock?”

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