Page 7 of The Syphon King

Her whole face balked. “Why!” She stood and got behind her chair when he came for her. “Nobody cares if I can parallel park!”

“I care.”

“Andwhy?” she demanded, looking for something to fault him in.

“Because I justdo, and I’m your Eveque,” he said, pulling hisdickcard with a grin as she ended in a corner.

“Okay, I’ll let you teach me butnottoday, I have a lot to do still for the class tonight.”

“You mean tomorrow night.” He put his hands on the wall, caging her.

“I mean I have a lot to dotonightfor the class tomorrow night!” She clamped her hand over his incoming mouth and giggled. “Please, I swear Iwilllet you teach me. We have time,” she said in a squeal as he captured her hands and pinned them above her.

“You will learn this today,” he assured softly, chasing after her dodging mouth. He held her wrists together and grabbed her jaw. “Ma Petite, I’ve noticed you’ve been much moresassythan usual lately. What do you think is causing this rebellion? Are you still angry that I’m notrisking the life of our child with my psycho-fucking?”

She pressed her lips shut as he kissed along them. “Yes,” she barely said. “But I’m notsassy.”

He paused, eyeing her. “You are seriously pissed at me for this,” he realized, kissing the side of her face softly before moving to her ear. “Let’s strike a lil’ deal. You let me teach you to parallel parktoday, andtonightI’ll fuck you till you’re begging me to stop.”

She eyed him, her breaths already heavier. “You can’t lie about something like that.”

“No, I cannot,” he agreed, kissing along her brow.

“Thendeal,” she whispered.

He lowered to her mouth and took it with all the hunger she created in him, her gasps and whimpers fueling his fire.

“Why are you changing your mind?” she wondered.

“Because I read the book that came in today. Well, that part anyway.”

She gasped as he smiled. “Youshit!”

He chuckled, releasing her arms and shoving his leg between hers, pulling her hips into it. He eyed the lust in her gaze as he gripped her ass and moved her clit on him till she was lost in the flames, moaning. “You want one?” he murmured, ready to watch her orgasm.

She nodded with a breathless, “Yes,” grabbing hold of his shoulders. “Make my pussy come.”

“Oh fuck,” he muttered, loving when she talked like that. He rocked her faster on his leg, nipping at her lower lip. “I can’t wait to see my dick pound your sweet cunt,” he said at her mouth, getting her cry and immediate orgasm. “You need my cock so fucking bad baby?” he said, grinding her clit on him as she saidyes, yes, yes,loud enough for other ears to hear. He did not fucking care. He held her face in his hands and adored her mouth with immense satisfaction. His angel couldn’t parallel park. Fucking sweetest thing he’d ever heard. “I love youso muchBeth.”

“THESE ARE YOURS.” ZODAKput the bag on the sofa then headed into his library. Shutting the door, he turned on the computer and located the file for the security cameras in his area. They’d installed them long ago when he'd first come to the Kings at a time when he was dangerous. Now they only used them when doing siphoning work for his Brothers, which he hadn’t in months.They were in every room and accessible by the Kings, but he’d asked to use them for monitoring her.

The evil he’d taken from her gave him everything he shouldn’t know about a woman. She mentioned not having memories and he could scarcely contain his relief at hearing it. If he could keep them all from her, he would, even while knowing that wasn’t possible. But she must remember some judging by how she acted.

Keeping her safe was his first concern and that meant keeping her far from him till he had more time to assess the extent of this dark residue he was experiencing. He recalled Seer’s clarifications of the vision he’d had about her unlocking doors, telling him these doors were in him. A detail he would have surely wanted to know. Then, when he’d told Seer about the symptoms with the residual evil, he merely laughed about it. Said everything would work out in his not-knowing-while-knowing manner.

He didn't like this method in regard to Zenith, it was too big of a risk, especially with some of these stains involving sexual visions that affected him physically in incredibly alarming ways. Ways he’d never experienced with a woman—no, an abominably abused woman. The reactionwas vile. And her need to please him wasn’t going unnoticed by this...thing in him, this stain.

He wanted Seer to zap him again to ensure he was entirely cleansed. Recalling the way her tiny fingers felt on his chains and the innocent look in her eyes had stirred a vicious hunger he could barely contain. She was most unsafe with him but letting her out of his sight was not possible. She was his to keep and protect. Him being part of the threat made it difficult but not impossible. He would find a way. She would live a new life and hopefully forget every second of her old one.

For now, he needed to learn how she found herself in the predicament he'd rescued her from. Where did it start? Did she have family? Did they know where she was, what had happened? Were they looking for her? Or were they part of the problem?

Each answer determined how to proceed.

He recalled Seer saying she’d help them work. The initial outrage at the idea was now replaced with a vision of her in his immediate shadow, right wrist chained to his repelling links he wore around his waist. How or where this vision came from, he didn’t know. Was it from the darknesswanting to keep her or his need to protect her? Or both?

The computer screen before him filled with images of all the rooms being monitored and his gaze snapped to the one in his living room. Even though she couldn’t see him, he engaged his stealth gates and slowly blinked through various lenses, observing the dramatic production as she held up the clothing to her body that he’d delivered.

Realizing she was talking to Jinxxy, he quickly found a headset and put them on, watching her parade about while the canine angled her head in immense rapture.

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