Page 141 of Seduce Me in Shadow

“She was told it grants sexual fantasies. No further instructions.”

“Did she use it?”

“No,” I lie.

“Twice,” Shock corrects. “It worked both times.”

“Is she a witch?”

Shock tromps through my mind, as subtle as an elephant. I scream in pain.

“No.”

Mathias focuses on me, the same way a snake sizes up its prey before swallowing it whole. “The book is attached to you because you used it?”

Suddenly, Shock is in my head again, crashing through my skull as if he’s looking for answers with a machete. I cry out.

“She doesn’t know.”

Mathias waves him away. “That’s all. Round up the Anarki. We’re expecting company soon. You’ll greet them, I hope.”

Shock grins maliciously. “With pleasure.”

As he strides out, long leather duster trailing behind him, Mathias snatches the Doomsday Diary and dashes to the door. The moment he crosses the threshold, he curses. It reappears in my lap.

His gaze, rimmed with murderous red, locks onto me. “It’s because you’re female. Damn Morgana. A woman gave you this book?”

I want to tell him to go to hell, but he’ll only kill me for it. I have to stay alive long enough to help any of the Doomsday Brethren who come.

“Yes.”

“Human?”

“Yes.” I think.

“Puzzling…” Mathias snaps his fingers

Moments later, a scantily clad woman with jet-black hair appears, wearing a skimpy blue bra that nearly exposes her nipples and matching transparent knickers. “Sir?”

He drops an open-mouthed kiss on her neck, his thumb idly taunting her nipple. She keens and writhes under his touch. Surely he’s forcing her response by magical means, because the wizard makes my skin crawl. It’s all I can do not to vomit.

“Rhea, grab that book from the human.”

She slinks over, tugging at the diary. I cling to it, knowing I’ll lose control of this situation if I let go.

“Give it to her,” Mathias orders.

“Sod off.”

“You’ll pay for that.”

Another flick of his hand, and agony rips through me. Bloody hell, I’m going to die at the hands of this madman.

I double over, releasing the book.

“Take the book to my bedroom, sweet,” he tells Rhea. “I’ll join you there.”

Terror claws at me. I’m running out of time and options.God, Caden, where are you?

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