Page 76 of Foretold

Maybe he soon won’t have a choice.

“If it comes out that all of this is true, are you with us, or are you with Zython?” I ask, looking him dead in the eye.

I know that Zython took him in and raised him.

Zython was best friends with Bane’s dad before he died, and then he raised Bane like his own son.

I know this isn’t an easy decision for him.

Zython is his family.

His father in all but blood.

And sometimes blood doesn’t mean shit.

He closes his eyes, shutting out his emotions, and when he opens them, his expression is a mask once more. “If Zython has betrayed Astrid, then he has betrayed me.”

“And you are sure Axe and Kai don’t know?” I press.

“Leave it with me. I’ll find out,” he declares, more thunder booming from outside, followed by substantial rain.

I know exactly how he feels.

“You have until tomorrow night before heads start rolling,” I warn him before zipping back to my bedroom, where my princess is still fast asleep, hugging the pillow beside her. I strip off my clothes and slide in next to her, pulling her warm bodyagainst my cold one. She rests her head on my chest and sighs, all of her worries forgotten in her deep sleep.

She didn’t even get to yell at me about Saylor, the triplets’ younger sister I once slept with. She’s a powerful illusionist and wolf shifter like the rest of them. It was only one time, and I know that Salem only brought it up to start shit. Salem is an assassin, and I don’t trust him and his brothers one bit. I know that Bax brought them here to try to intimidate me, but it didn’t work.

That prick is going to have to try harder.

He didn’t want us to align with the queen and have peace. He wants war and to drag the Vampire Kingdom down while they are weak.

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I wake up to her mouth on my dick.

How did I not know she was an angel when she wakes me up like this? Although when she starts to suck the life out of me, I have to wonder if she’s actually part demon.

“I’m going to come,” I growl out, and she sucks harder, drinking down every drop, as I empty myself into her. She pulls back and looks up at me, licking her lips lavishly. Her eyes are still a little red from crying, and I know she wants to forget right now. I’m more than happy to provide her with a distraction.

She will never have to worry about my loyalty to her because there’s nothing I wouldn’t sacrifice to make her happy.

“Sit on my face like a good girl,” I command, lying back and waiting patiently as she climbs up my body and lowers her pussy right on my face. I grip her thighs and grind her against me, and my tongue works its magic. She moans loudly, and I look up to see her play with her nipples.

Fuck.

I can’t breathe, but I don’t fucking care. She can suffocate meany time she wants.

I lick, suck, and stroke until she comes all over my face, and then I keep going, wanting another orgasm out of her.

When she gives it to me, I push her onto her back and thrust inside her in one smooth movement, my dick so hard from eating her out that I’m giving it to her roughly. She loves it, though, lifting her hips and scoring her nails down my back. Bringing my lips to her ear, I say, “I’ve got you. Everything is going to be fine, Princess. Anyone who hurts youwillregret it. No one fucks with my baby.”

She comes for the third time, and I join her, all while looking into her eyes.

I’ve been called a monster, but little does she know, this monster now has a leash.

And she’s the one holding it.

I will destroy the realm if she wills it, and I will do so with a smile.

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