Page 108 of The Veil of Blood and Magic

I throw my head back, gasping as pleasure ripples through me, cascading down my body in waves that have me convulsing around the two of them. My line of sight has me looking across the room, my eyes locking with Gray as he watches.

Lava streaks through my veins at the way he's looking at me. Like he'sangryat how much he likes what he sees.

One orgasm floods right into another building release.

I like him watching us.

I want him to watch me and want me and see me in a way that he’ll never get to.

“Stay with us,” Zev demands, gripping my chin and forcing me to look back into his golden eyes.

The move is primal and dominant and has me clenching around the two of them in yet another release. I kiss him quickly and then sink my fangs into his neck, pouring our combined pleasure into the bite as I drink him down, moaning around his flavor as my release barrels down my spine. I jerk back, gripping that hand around me of Jagger’s and sinking my teeth into his wrist, giving him an equally pleasurable bite that has him and Zev coming inside me at the same time.

I vibrate with their desire and blood and power. It’s so blinding, I'm afraid it might burst right out of my body. I guess that might beoneway to kill Gray, especially with the two of them safely in my arms right now. If only these bracelets weren’t still clinging to my wrists. All I’d have to do is let go, let my power free of the cage I’ve kept it in for so many years.

I look across the room, catching my breath as Zev and Jagger shower me with kisses over my chest and back.

Gray hasn’t moved, those silver eyes never leaving mine.

It would be a waste of power to kill him now.

But tomorrow...tomorrow will change everything.

It’shours before Zev and Jagger fall asleep, and another hour before Gray believes I’ve succumbed to exhaustion too. I feel him linger at the edge of the bed for a moment before he leaves the room, shutting to door behind him.

I take a deep breath, alertness thrashing in my body as I nudge my Linked awake.

“I have to tell you something,” I say once I’ve roused them.

I tell them what was said at dinner, tell them what I have to do.

“We’re with you,” Jagger says after, using his thumb to swipe a tear away. “You don’t need to worry about us, dove. Can you break these?” He grazes a finger over the silver bracelets.

“Yes,” I say confidentially. “I’ve been working on losing them since I woke up with them on. I’m close.”

“Do what you need to do to end this,” Zev says, sincerity in his eyes. “If it means our deaths, then it’s a small price to pay to stop another Great Purge.”

“I don’t deserve either one of you,” I whisper through my tears, tucking myself between them, allowing them to hold me as I cry.

“You deserve more than the life you’ve been given,” Zev says, tucking me tighter against his chest, Jagger enveloping me from behind.

“We’ll meet again,” Jagger assures me, stroking my back in long, comforting caresses. “The next life…” he continues. “We’ll have more time.”

My heart shatters as I cling to them, hoping he’s right. I want more time. More time for him and Zev and Six.

Six.

I miss him so much even though I know it’s a blessing he disconnected from me. He’ll be safe. At least I could keep one of them safe.

I just wish I was strong enough to save them all.

Chapter 28

Livana

“You chose the black,” Gray says as he sweeps into my room, his dark eyes trailing the length of the elaborate gown that I wear.

I take a step toward him, tipping my chin up to meet his gaze. “You left two gowns in my wardrobe, one with your father's colors and the other...” I look him up and down, noting the details of yet another luxurious all-black outfit.

---