Page 114 of A Blackened Bond

A small grin stretches my lips as I nod. We head back down the translucent steps, Annex joining us as we move toward the centre of the dancefloor and to all the shimmying bodies there.

I glance back at Mallyn as a small grin tilts his lips, his eyes never leaving mine as Annex and Ezra place me between them.

We sway back and forth, becoming lost in each other and the music thrumming around us. Their hands slide up and down my body, with Annex’s lips finding my neck as Ezra dips down to place a soft kiss on my lips. He deepens it, the kiss becoming more fevered as Annex’s hand slides down toward my thighs. I lean into his touch as Ezra takes control of my mouth, both of them pushing closer as I feel their thick lengths grow against me.

Suddenly, Annex grabs me, pulling me to one side as Ezra’s hand reaches out protectively. A bright pink drink sloshes toward the ground, splashing where I had just been.

The crowd around us parts like the Red sea. A blonde woman holding an empty cup and wearing a mock-surprise look takes a step closer to Ezra. He gives her a dark glare that tells her to back off and it has her stopping her next step.

“I’m so sorry.” She bites her bottom lip, the darkening atmosphere not affecting her as she slides her red-tipped nails over her chest, trying to pull Ezra’s attention toward her chest and skimpy red dress. There is more fabric on a Barbie doll than there is covering this woman’s body. “I lost my footing when—”

“I’ve heard this bullshit before,” Annex cuts her off, a demented smile stretching his lips, his gaze narrowing toward the woman. “Unfortunately, I didn’t get to rip that bitches feet off, but you…” His eyes glint, a darker tone taking over his voice as he reaches toward his back, where I can now see the hilt of a blade sticking out. He pulls it out, brandishing it between his fingers. “I think there needs to be an example made.”

“This is our domain,” Ezra says, pulling my attention back toward him, his tone dark and void of emotion. He glares down at the woman who’s begun to tremble, her gaze flickering toward him for help.

“Andnobodygets to fuck with our Queen.”

Queen. I like the sound of that.

But this Queen prefers to be on par with her kings.

I grab Annex’s hand, stopping him as he shifts toward her, and shake my head.

A sigh of relief falls from her lips as she throws a quick look of contempt toward me before flickering her lustful gaze back at Ezra.

Her lips part, but before she can speak to him, I reach for her, grabbing her arm and dragging her toward me. She tries to pull away, but I tighten my grip on her, causing a pained whimper to leave her lips.

“These men…” I gesture toward Ezra and Annex, “Aremine.”

Her eyes flit to them behind me before turning back to me, trailing up my front as a dark glint forms in her gaze.

“Yours?” A humourless chuckle leaves her lips as they pull back into a sneer. “Maybe they were interested in you before, but now there are plenty of better women to choose from tonight.” Her eyes trail up Ezra’s front as she continues. “And I’ll happily give them a taste of what a proper woman is like.”

She tries to pull away and reach toward Ezra. But I drag her back and yank her in closer to me. A pained yelp leaves her lips as her hands claw at my tightening grip on her. But I jerk her toward me again, grabbing her chin roughly as I make myself clear to her.And everyone else here.

My breath brushes across her face as I narrow my eyes.

“Don’t covet what will never be yours. It will only send you to an early grave.” The noise leaving my lips sounds sinister and murderous even to my own ears.

The blonde falls silent and completely still as her own eyes widen with my dark threat. She nods her head quickly, a small whimper leaving her lips before I release her.

She quickly stumbles backward, knocking into a few people in the crowd around us before hitting the black marble floor with a thud.

Her eyes flicker from me to the ground before she scrambles away as I feel two familiar scents surround me.

“I love it when you get all possessive over us, Red…You should do it a lot more.” Annex’s voice is deep and husky in my ear as his arm wraps around my hip before he sighs. “Now I’m as hard as a rock, and this shit party isn’t even over yet.”

I feel Ezra before I hear him, heat flooding my right side as he leans in and kisses a trail down my neck and toward my shoulder.

“A Queen in every way.”

I glare at the crowd around us; some flinch, some take a step back, while others turn away, ignoring the woman still scrambling on the ground and continuing to dance.

Just then, I feel a set of eyes on me and turn toward Creed’s glare. He signals for Annex and Ezra to return to the VIP section. By the looks of the people entering the exclusive space, hisguestshad finally arrived.

Annex sighs. “Let’s just ditch them and head up to our room.” He calls, peering over my shoulder to Ezra on my other side.

“I wish we could, but you know how important this is to Creed.” Ezra sighs, dragging a hand down the back of his neck, a weary look taking over his features while glancing toward the private section.

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