Page 77 of Cruel Crown

Gideon patted his back. “Did we give you a stiffy?”

“Fuck that. It’s fucking freezing. I don’t want my dick to fall off. Unless you guys want a threesome, then I’m in.”

Gideon was telling him to fuck off when I said, “Sure.”

He turned to glare at me.

“I’m going to fuck you in front of him all night and not let you come once.”

“It was a joke,” I said.

“Fuck, do it,” Bas groaned, his voice heavy with lust.

Both Gideon and I scowled.

“Why are you here? I thought you were mad at me.”

He sat down on the edge of my bed.

“That doesn’t matter right now. Damian is gone.”

Gideon and I looked at each other.

“What do you mean?”

“We all spread out, and I was tailing him and Francesca, but I kept too much a distance that I saw her but not him.”

Yeah, Damian had something up his sleeve, and I admitted I might have been too blind these past few days to see the bigger picture.

“We’ll be okay,” Gideon said as he reached for my hand. “You’re not alone anymore.”

Bastian sighed loudly. When we turned to look at him, he was wiping a fake tear from his eye. “So beautiful.”

“I’m going to cut your dick off and make you eat it,” I spat at him.

“Fuck, D, why do you always have to take things too extreme.” He winced, patting his dick. “Don’t piss her off—she’ll go Lorena Bobbitt on you.”

Gideon grinned. “Nah, mate, she likes it too much to do that to me.”

“If you two would like to fuck, I can get out of here,” I added dryly.

“Anyways, I think I know what’s going on.”

Both Gideon and I looked at Bas expectantly, but being the drama queen that he was, he prolonged his answer.

“Paco wants to duel Damian.”

I snorted. “He’s an idiot. If he does that, he’ll die. Does he think Damian got this job by being the brightest? He might stay behind and lead, but he’s deadly as fuck.”

“This is where it gets interesting. I’m pretty sure Francesca has been getting into his head and egging him on.”

That meant Damian was behind this and he wanted it to happen, but what would he gain with his death?

“I don’t have a good feeling about this. There’s too much I don’t know.”

“I have to go. I rode all night. I’m going to make sure I’m where I’m supposed to be when the rest catch up to me. See you tomorrow. He stood and paused before he unzipped the tent. We thought it was best to head back as soon as possible, so we decided it was in our best interest for you guys to lose quickly.”

He was right. There was uncertainty in the air. Bas patted Gideon’s cheek, and then the asshole grinned at me before he kissed me.

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