“What?” I push the word out, needing an anchor because I’m falling fast, but this isn’t like with Dante. This is into a warm satin-lined place.
“Daddy likes a baby girl who knows her damn worth. Who knows her power. Who is bad by testing limits and earning her punishment. Or doing good and earning a sweet fucking reward.”
My stomach flips and dances.
“Daddy fucking loves his girl to fall apart when I praise her, and have my praise send her to the brink.”
“Da-Knight?—”
“I don’t give a shit what you do with the other two. Will I feel a twinge of jealousy?” His dimples bloom as he smiles. “Maybe, a little, just to keep it fun. But Liz, we both know I’m the prettiest, and the best.”
“You don’t care?”
He laughs, shakes his head, then turns serious. “If it’s them, no. But if you fucking touch anyone else, or if anyone else tries it on with you, I’ll destroy them. I’ll go a different route than either Dante or Reaper, but trust me, I’ll destroy them and make them wish they were dead. Ruin their lives, their pack, their businesses. I’ll drain their accounts and burn their reputations. I’ll deep fake shit so well, they’ll cut their own balls off and bleed to fucking death rather than face what their lives become.”
I stare at him.
Now…now I see why he’s one of the three alphas of the Unholy Trinity. He’s sweet, charming, self-aggrandizing enough to make me laugh, but there’s the same deadly, ruthless streak in him, too.
He just also happens to possess a heart and softness. “I… I get it.”
“No, you don’t. It isn’t a threat or a warning. It just is.”
I suck in a breath. “I still feel…” I flounder, trying to find the right word.
“In need of punishment.” He meets my gaze. “Yeah, you do deserve it. But not over Dante doing things with you. If he fucked you, took your virginity, well…that’s between me and fucking Dante, not you. I wouldn’t punish you over that.”
“How does it all feel right when it’s wrong?”
Knight drops his forehead against mine. “You are so innocent.”
Shame burns.
He traces my hot skin. “That’s one spanking, Liz.”
“But I’m not innocent. Not since I stepped foot in this place. I’m… I’ve fooled around with all of you and there’s only one time that I can blame it on heat.”
Knight smiles and I melt slowly inside. “The spanking’s for the red in your cheeks. Don’t feel regret, or shame. You’re perfect.”
I moan, trying to twist away, his words doing things,making it almost like my clit’s oversensitive. I’m not perfect. And the thrumming inside, low and perfectly pitched is just as effective as if he stroked my intimate parts. My pussy, breasts, ass.
“We’re a pack. Three alphas. And you seem to fit,” he whispers, kissing my cheek. “And yeah, okay. Wanna know a secret? I’m fucking jealous of Dante, of that room. I thought…well, it doesn’t matter.”
“He didn’t.” I stop. “I’m still a virgin.”
His eyes narrow, then he rubs a thumb over the corner of my mouth, and he dips in, kissing me. “He fucked your mouth.”
Knight steps back.
“I’m not going into your room tonight, and I’m not taking you to mine. You need to unwind, sleep. We’ll talk tomorrow.” He takes my hand, kisses it. “Who knows? I just might have a surprise for you.”
I stare.
“Fuck.” He comes back in. “Don’t look so stricken, the only reason I don’t have you under me, or on my knee spanking you, is you’ve reached your limit tonight. Go to bed, lock the door.”
He turns and walks away.
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