Page 171 of Psycho Devils: Aran's Story 2

Corvus snapped his fingers.

Flames whooshed into existence in the center of the arena and surrounded Arabella. Through the crackling flames, John promised to take care of her, and she begged him to make it quick.

“Tell me,” Orion whispered against my ear.

Nails pulled chunks of flesh out of the bottom of my palm.

John said horribly sweet things.

Orion yanked me harshly against his side. “Tell me now,” he demanded softly.

“You don’t want to know.” I tried to focus on the blood dripping down my fingers, but the pain wasn’t soothing. Not at all.

I was a sadomasochist, but even I had my limits.

This was it.

“Tell me!” Orion said loudly, his lyrical voice causing people to go still around us. Feet shuffled over rocks as students gravitated toward him.

Corvus grabbed the back of our Revered’s head. “Shut the fuck up.”

I’d never heard him speak so roughly to Orion.

Orion whispered against my ear like Corvus wasn’t about to lose his shit. “Tell me now, Scorpius, or I swear to the sun god I’ll start singing.”

I faced it head-on.

My voice sounded dead as I said, “John told her he’s always viewed her as more than a friend. He said he knew she was going to be his the first moment he saw her. He called her perfect and precious as he stuck his cock inside her.”

Orion’s knees gave out, and we both tumbled forward.

Corvus caught us. He held us each up with one of our arms as he stood stoic and tall. His skin was feverishly warm.

Our Ignis gritted his teeth as he concentrated on keeping his flames at bay.

Sweat dripped off him onto me.

It was taking all his concentration not to engulf John and Arabella in fire. His problem wasn’t creating flames; that had never been an issue.

His problem was stopping once he started.

Control.

He barely had any.

Sounds filtered through the crackling of burning grass, and I almost wished they hadn’t.

If I were a better man, I would have stayed silent.

But I was a sadist.

“He’s fucking her, and she’s begging for him to hurry. Now he’s coming inside her.”

Orion trembled.

Corvus’s already flexed muscles went taut, and it felt like he was made of steel.

“Now John’s angry, and she’s talking about how she would have fucked other men?” I tilted my head, confused what they were talking about. Then. I realized. “Oh fuck.”

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