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“You’re just jealous,” Aiden remarked. “You don’t have to be, though.”

Keir rolled his eyes. “I am not jealous. I’m just concerned, but apparently, neither of you two are. Do you realize what’s atstake here?” He stood straight, his finger pointing at the woman sleeping soundly in our bed.

I knew what was at stake here: Lilly’s life. Our offering. Keir’s destined love.

“We’ll ease up on her,” I offered as a white flag. “Focus more on training.” I heard Aiden scoff, and I turned to him. “Lilly can go back to being our little offering when she successfully completes the trials.” I gave him a stern look.

Aiden nodded. “Fine.”

Keir snorted. “Yeah, we’ll see how long that lasts. Don’t make me take her from you guys, because I will.”

I laughed at him, knowing Lilly would never let him control her like that, but I let him think he had the upper hand for now. He was right, though. We needed to ease up on Lilly so she could focus on getting ready for the trials. She had to survive them. If that meant backing off a little for the time being, it was a sacrifice we’d willingly make.

Chapter 5

Lillian

I woke up the following morning alone in my bed and huffed. The twins knew I hated waking up alone.

Thanks to the early morning barge-in, five-minute training, andencounterwith the twins, I’d slept well past noon yesterday. When I woke up, the twins told me Keir had gone to work, so we spent the day hanging out like we always did. Keir still wasn’t home by the time the twins and I headed to our room for the night.

I got out of bed, not bothering to make it, and marched down the hall to the kitchen. Everyone turned to look at me when I plopped myself down on the barstool.

“What’s wrong?” Aiden, who was in the seat next to me, gave my cheek a quick peck.

“Nothing,” I grumbled.

“Don’t lie to us, baby,” Nicholas said from the other side of his twin. “We’ll have to punish you.”

My core immediately ached, and I cursed myself for being so trained to respond to them like their personal sex slave.

“You guys left me,” I said, trying my best not to sound like a whiney puppy.

The twins sighed together.

“Sorry, little one. We were just excited to get today going. We didn’t mean to.” Aiden grabbed just above my knee and gave it a reassuring squeeze.

“Won’t happen again. I promise,” Nicholas said as he held up his hand like he was swearing an oath.

I rolled my eyes and let the grin I’d been fighting spread across my face. It was impossible to stay mad at them.

“Why excited? Is something special happening today?” I asked, looking between all three brothers. They all looked eager, even the broody one. “What?” I asked again.

Keir put a plate of food in front of me. There were four slices of bacon, three sausage links, two eggs, and two slices of toast. I’d been eating more since moving to Hell, but never this much.

“Why is there so much food?” I gave them a suspicious glare, but no one answered me. “I’m not eating until someone gives me answers.” I crossed my arms to further prove my declaration. The food looked delicious, but I was willing to go on strike to get the answers I wanted.

“You start training today.” Keir turned around to pick up the twins’ plates. They had picked up their forks before he’d even laid the food out in front of them. “For Satan’s sake, you two eat like children,” he sneered when they started shoveling food into their mouths like cavemen.

“I started training yesterday, though.”

Keir scoffed. “Thatwas not training, princess. You abandoned the gym before we’d even really begun. It doesn’t count.” I started to open my mouth, but he continued talking. “Besides, you aren’t just training with me, remember? You’ll be working with Aiden on strength, and you’ll work on your endurance with Nicholas.”

“Yeah, she will,” Aiden joked.

“Satan help me. We are screwed.” Keir rubbed his face with a sigh. “It wasn’t funny yesterday; it’s still not funny today.” He narrowed his eyes at the twins, pointing a menacing finger at each of them. “Absolutely no sex during training. At least promise me that. Lillian’s life is at stake here. All of you…” he paused to give us each a sharp look, “should be taking this more seriously.”

No one said anything, which wasn’t what Keir was looking for, because his eyes turned to slits as he glared at us again.

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