Page 31 of Facet

“ThksfrthMmrs”—FallOutBoy

Ihad no idea how long Damien would be with his brothers. It was already late, and I was exhausted. I decided to go upstairs to check on his mom before I went to sleep.

As I went up, I noticed the brothers were all absent from the common area. When I got to the second floor, I went down to the room I’d been renting. It wasn’t much and it shared a bathroom with the room next door, but for what they charged me, I couldn’t possibly find anything cheaper anywhere else. Buffy and I used to share the bathroom—until she left.

I didn’t miss her one bit.

Unsure of what I should say, I started having second thoughts as my knuckles prepared to knock. Before I could make contact with the door, it swung open.

Maeve stood there with a welcoming smile. “Willow,” she said as she reached for my hand to draw me inside.

A warm ripple washed through me from my hand that connected to her, all the way to my toes. Without realizing I’d actually gone in, she had the door closed and my back to the wood. Heavy-lidded, she seemed to be scenting me.

With a single finger, she traced the edge of my jaw. My heart sped up and heat burned low in my abdomen.

“Sweet, sweet Willow,” she crooned in a breathless whisper. The sound of her softly spoken words sent desire curling through me. “You know you’ll never be enough for Damien, right?”

“Yes,” I whispered as I shifted to bare my neck to her lips.

She asked me a bunch of questions about the chapter, and I blissfully replied to each one.

“You’re a silly little mortal girl and no match for my Damien. He will eventually break you. But I can make you forget all about him. Don’t you want that?” Her breath feathered over my pounding pulse before her tongue flicked over it. Pleasure burst through every inch of me.

“Yes, please,” I pleaded, because I didn’t care about anything other than how good she was making me feel. When her soft hand cupped my cheek, I leaned into it.

I couldn’t get enough oxygen into my system as her other hand trailed down and cupped my breast. When she pinched my nipple through my tank top and bra, the sensation was knee-buckling and her smooth thigh slid between mine to catch me before I dropped to the floor.

The movement caused my clit to rub on her leg, and I moaned.

“You want my mouth on you, don’t you?” she asked in a hushed and husky tone that slid over my nerves like velvet.

“Yesss,” I moaned. Desperation burned through me. It set my veins on fire.

Her full lips curved in satisfaction before she slipped a hand into my waistband. I’d never wanted anything more than I did her touch. Nothing mattered except how good I knew she was going to make me feel. I needed her to hurry because I was coming undone.

The backs of my knees hit the bed, and she pushed me until I sprawled across my comforter. Need raged through me until I couldn’t see straight. Except suddenly she was gone, and cool air blew over my exposed abdomen.

In a daze, I watched Séamus drag Maeve away from me by the hair. Then Damien’s parents circled each other like wild animals.

“What thefuckare you doing?” Séamus snarled through gritted teeth.

“She’s not good enough for him,” Maeve spat.

“That’s not your call,” he ground out. “What were you going to do? Kill her? And how would you explain that to your son?”

“It would’ve looked like her heart stopped beating from a drug overdose,” she snapped.

Confusion filtered through my numb haze.Drugs? I don’t do drugs.

Then Séamus moved so fast I thought maybe Iwason drugs. His hand wrapped around her throat and he squeezed. With heavy lids, I watched as her face went red and she clawed at his arm and wrist.

“Who are you working with?” Séamus suddenly demanded. “And what are you up to?”

Malicious laughter flew from Maeve’s red lips. “He’s not going to believe you over his own mother,” she wheezed. Then she turned into smoke and was gone.

“What the fuck?” I mumbled, my tongue feeling thick.

Séamus spun toward me and lifted me into his arms. My limbs felt so damn heavy. He gently pressed my face into his chest and the room seemed to suddenly be a vacuum.

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