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Nicholas was holding her face in his hands, seeming to comfort her. What had happened? She looked shaken up. I left when I heard her tell him to fuck her. I couldn’t stick around to see someone else touch her when I couldn’t.

I thought of all the men who had touched her, seen her naked, fucked her, even.

Fuck.

I was jealous—of all of them. I could handle it being my brothers, but some filthy human? They were incapable of the love we were. They’d never be able to give her what we could.

I knew what I had to do.

It didn’t take me long to find Garrett, the last man she’d been with before the Austin incident. Lilly’s memory was impeccable. I’d snuck back to search her mind before sneaking out of the house.

I stood outsideGarrett’shouse and took a deep breath. I knew what I was about to do made me crazy—unhinged. We’d known Lilly for less than a week, yet I wanted to kill every man who’d ever laid eyes on her. Our unseen bond, though I hadn’t acted on it, drove me mad.

I couldn’t do that, though. Lillian would hate me if she found out, so I’d do the next best thing.

I knocked on Garrett’s door.

He answered with a glass of white wine in his hand. What man drank white wine?

“Yes?” he asked hesitantly.

“I’m a friend of Lilly’s,” I replied.

His suspicion didn’t disappear, but his shoulders relaxed a bit. “Oh, yeah.” He smiled. “Lilly,” he said, as if he was recalling something happy. “Sweet girl.”

That was all I could handle; I tightened my fists to keep from hitting him. “Forget about her.”

“Huh?” His eyebrows furrowed, confused by my words.

I stepped toward him, surprised when he didn’t step back. “Forget. About. Lillian,” I growled through gritted teeth. “You never met her. You’ve never even heard of her. Understood?”

His face went blank, and he blinked. “Sorry, what were you talking about?” he asked.

I smiled. His memory of her was gone. “I asked if Lillian was here?” I asked, testing the waters before being fully satisfied.

Garrett shook his head. “No one by that name lives here. I don’t even know a Lillian.”

I felt a weight leave my shoulders. “Sorry to trouble you,” I said with a nod.

The next was the man at the bar she’d met. Lillian hadn’t bothered to ask his name; it had been a one-time thing. Still, I didn’t like him having the memory of her naked body.

Lucky for me, he was at Rhea’s Bar, where they’d met. Once I took care of him, I worked my way through the rest of them.

It was bothersome that Lillian had filled her time with so many inadequate men when she could’ve been with us. I would breathe easier once I’d gotten through them all.

Chapter 18

Lillian

I squealed as I landed on the bed. I couldn’t help but wonder what Keir was doing in the other room, but I forgot all about him when Nicholas planted kisses up my thighs. I spread my legs wider, and he planted a kiss right over my panty-covered mound.

“Please,” I panted.

Nicholas kissed his way up my body until he reached my face. I moaned into his mouth when his lips finally landed on mine, and our tongues found each other quickly. I don’t know how long the kiss lasted, but I was breathless when he pulled away.

“Fuck, Lilly. I can’t wait any longer to have you.” He rested his forehead on mine, his breathing quick and uneven. He was as amped up as I was.

“Then don’t.” I grabbed his face and slammed another kiss to his lips. “Ineedyou. Please, Nicholas.”

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