Page 128 of Her Males

We should’ve spoken to Charlie, or Aziel, sooner. I feel stupid for what I said to her, and I would’ve taken a different approach had I known the truth.

Fuck.

I should’ve been there for Aziel and Charlie’s bonding.

I’ve been planning and thinking about Aziel’s virginity for a good hundred years, and I was excited to watch him lose it with Charlie. I’m sure Aziel doesn’t care if I was there for his first time, but I wanted to be. I would’ve been an excellent help.

I slam my foot against the leg of the chair, frustrated. The shifter smelled so much like her, and I jumped to conclusions.

Silas whistles quietly as he reorganizes his shelves, the act within itself indicating his wrecked emotional state. He’s changed up his library twice the entire time I’ve known him, and he spent weeks prepping both times.

Today it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, one I’m sure he’ll regret when his emotions settle.

I grab a book off the floor and scan the title page before setting it on the table next to my chair. The skin on my hand looks fresh, and I inspect my fingers before glancing at my arm.

Silas has been good about feeding me, and I would like to know if that will change now that Aziel and Charlie are back. Especially if we’re kicked out of our room. Aziel is dead set on us leaving so he and Charlie can share it, but he’s in for a rude awakening if he thinks I’m giving up the room without a fight.

Charlie’s half our size, and the two of them can easily fit in his bed. Silas and I need the extra space.

My jaw clenches at the memory of Aziel’s wide, hurt eyes when he realized the room was occupied. He’s already pissed at me for leaving, and us taking up residence in the wing we built together only further aggravates the situation.

I kick the leg of the chair again.

Aziel even let her mark him, claiming him in the spot I’ve wanted for years.

He didn’t even bother hiding it, practically flaunting the little human bite mark on his neck when he returned. I can’t believe the damn thing even stuck, and I lift my hand to prod at the spot where Charlie once bit me for fun. It healed in minutes.

I’ll cover the mark she left on Aziel with mine someday, and my teeth will sink in much further than her flat ones.

“Emily instigated,” I say as Silas changes his mind on the shelf he’s spent the past hour on. “You know how hard it can be to turn down intimacy with a succubus.”

Silas rips the books off it at a tenth of the speed it took him to place them there, and I wince as I watch a few land awkwardly on the floor. He’ll be upset about that when he’s done pretending he doesn’t have feelings.

Silas treasures his books, and ruining them is seen as treason in his mind.

“Emily is strong, but she wouldn’t send Charlie into a frenzy,” he argues, turning his back to me. “Charlie would have gotten a little high, enough for her inhibitions to lower, but not enough for her to lose control. Succubus or not, Charlie still cheated.”

I raise a brow.

Charlie seems genuinely apologetic, and I liked listening to her promise she’s going to earn our forgiveness, both me and my inner incubus turning to putty at the words. Nobody’s ever fought for us before.

I throw my head back and stare at the ceiling. Saying something and showing something are two different things, and Charlie’s promises of affection don’t mean anything when she follows it up by cheating on us.

Even if Aziel is confident she’ll never do it again.

He’s been wild since returning, constantly walking around with his dick reeking of her.

“She and Aziel are bonded, and we need to find a way to coexist.” The words are bitter on my tongue, but I force them out anyway.

Silas turns to me with a frown, his eyes scanning over my form before he approaches and snatches the book I was fiddling with earlier. He’s so fucking grumpy.

“That’s fine. I have some work I need to get done with the dragons, anyway, so I’ll probably be gone for a while,” he mutters. “I’m sure she’ll be long swollen with his baby by the time I return, and they’ll have a set routine by then that I can work around.”

I straighten, my body tensing. Silas promised not to leave me, and I’ll kill him if he tries to up and disappear. I’m willing to bet Aziel won’t let it happen, either, the man adamant in his claims that Silas and I are now his males.

We’re on a short leash, and he’ll drag us back if we stray too far from Wrath.

“Aziel won’t let you do that,” I say.

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