Page 36 of Promised in Blood

“Please, Malachi.” A tear rolls down her cheek. “This is torture. I need to…” A sob steals the rest of her words.

My heart throbs along with my cock. I pull her onto my lap and wrap my arms around her, nuzzling the sweet-smelling skin of her neck while I stroke her hair. “I know, sweet girl. Soon, okay? I want to give you what you need. You have no idea how badly, baby. But I can’t.”

She sniffs. “I know.”

“You want to finish up here and go home for some snuggles in bed? Axl and Xavier are out of town, so it’ll just be me and you. I’ll put your favorite movie on, and we can go to bed early so we can be ready for Thanksgiving tomorrow.”

“You’ll watchThe Princess Bridefor me?”

I run my nose over her throat. “I’ll watch anything for you.”

When we get backto the house, Axl and Xavier are in Axl’s room, lying on top of the covers in only their boxers.

I shrug off Ophelia’s backpack. “What are you two doing back so soon?”

“Got everything wrapped up quicker than expected. Our new recruits are pretty solid,” Axl replies, looking past me at the TV.

“Yeah,” Xavier agrees before he shouts obscenities at the ref.

Ophelia wrinkles her nose. “Ugh, basketball.”

“I promised our girl we could watch a movie, guys.” I kick Axl’s feet and peel off my T-shirt.

“As long as it’s not some sappy chick flick,” Xavier grumbles.

“We could always go to your room, Kai,” she says, fluttering her eyelashes. Axl’s bedroom is bigger than both mine and Xavier’s, so his has become everyone’s room now. Not including the professor, who still sleeps in his room downstairs alone. Except for the rare—but still too frequent—occasion when he sleeps with Ophelia.

“The fuck,” Axl says. “Get your ass into this bed, princess.” He pats the spot beside him. “Now.”

Xavier rolls onto his side, his eyes raking hungrily over my body as I pull off the rest of my clothes. “Yeah, I’ll watch whatever sappy shit the cupcake wants. I got something else to keep me occupied for at least half an hour.”

“I’m watching the movie,” I insist, but my cock, only just softened after fingering Ophelia in the library, is already hard again at what Xavier has in mind.

“I haven’t fucked you for days, Kai.” His eyes drop to my dick. “And looks to me like you need a little relief too.”

I glance at Ophelia, seeking her permission. After I left her on the edge, it doesn’t seem fair to get my rocks off right in front of her. “It’s okay. I’ll watch the movie with Axl. We can snuggle when you’re done.”

Axl opens his arms wide. “Yeah, come snuggle with me. I’ve missed you today.”

She jumps onto the bed and curls up beside him, and he wraps one arm around her while he grabs the TV remote with the other.

“Get your ass on the bed, Kai,” Xavier commands.

After getting completely naked, I crawl onto the bed and lie on my front next to Ophelia. Xavier grunts his approval as he climbs on top of me and drags his teeth down the back of my neck. I twist my head to face Ophelia and Axl. They watch us while Xavier takes my hand. He runs his nose over my fingers before sucking three of them into his mouth. “Why do you taste like the cupcake?” he asks with a growl.

A smile spreads across my face at the reason why. But Ophelia mutters something unintelligible, her embarrassment seeping through her pores. If only to spare her blushes, I tell Xavier to go to hell.

He pins me to the bed by the back of my neck, pressing down hard. “Why is that, Malachi?”

“Because we fooled around in the library,” I say, groaning. His dominance over me already has my body alight with desire.

Axl shifts onto his side with our girl still in his arms while Xavier keeps me pinned in place. “Did you make her come?”

I’m too distracted by Xavier’s rock-hard dick pressing against the seam of my ass to answer, but Ophelia does it for me. “No!”

“Dammit,” Xavier grumbles, running his nose down the side of my throat. “I thought the curse was lifted.”

I buck my hips, trying to hurry Xavier up, but he’s taking his sweet time, leisurely trailing his teeth along my skin.

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