Page 99 of Wickedly Yours

But—

Luna.His voice was stern in my mind.Now’s not the time.

Fine. But what game was his father playing?

Zain told me he needed to have an heir, but I hadn’t thought twice about it. But was that truly why he wanted me to have a child? So it could be in line for the throne?

I bit my lip. What role did I even serve here? It had been weeks since I came to the demon realm, and all I’d done was comb through the library, bake cookies, and learn how to control my powers. That, and sneak off with Zain whenever we had a spare moment, him always as desperate to get inside of me as I was to have him.

But that wasn’t enough.

He’d asked me to help. Had confided in me about his dad. It was everything I’d asked for. I couldn’t hold it against him if there was more. Could I?

His father reached out like he was going to touch me, but Zain batted his hand away. “Don’t touch her. Don’t even look at her. I swear, Father, if you do—I will end you. It will be the last decision you ever make.” The ground rumbled under my feet, and I stumbled, my body colliding with Zain’s.

He whirled around, not saying another word, pulling me behind him, but I could feel his father’s chuckle echoing through my bones.

It was a foreboding sound, one that felt like a bad omen for the future.

Zain slammed the door to his room shut behind us and wasted no time before stripping me down. Both of our clothes were shed in a pile on the floor, and I could almost feel the way his anger was a palpable energy.

Then I was on the bed, face down on the pillows, his large body poised over mine.

“I need you,” he said, voice hoarse. “And I’m not going to be gentle. It’s going to be hard and rough.”

I nodded, and he pushed into me from behind without preamble, rutting into me like a beast in heat. Like he couldn’t stop.

Fuck, he was big. Thankfully, I was still wet from his earlier release, his cock slipping inside me easily. This time, I felt himeverywhere.He was so deep inside of me in this position.

“Zain,” I cried out.

His hips rocked into me, over and over, the sound of our skin slapping filling the room. Zain grunted, his cock hardening further inside of me. He had a hold on my waist with one hand, and the other fisted my hair, arching my back towards him.

Normally, his sole focus was on my pleasure. But tonight, I could sense there was something more…animalisticabout his need. Like whatever control he normally had on his desires hadsnapped.

I was the prey. Just like he’d said, he needed toclaimme. To make sure I was his. That need was overriding his brain. Lately, it hadn’t felt likefuckingwhen I’d let him inside my body. But that’s what this was. Hard and fast. My orgasm hit me the same way, like a burst of electricity in front of my eyes.

My fingers clutched into the pillows as his fingers dug into my hips even tighter, a snarl ripping out of his mouth before he buried his cock in medeep,a warmth spreading through my stomach.

But he didn’t stop—he just kept fucking me through it, moving in and out even as he came inside of me, filling me with his thick cum.

I sat up, pushing myself off of him, knowing I was a mess. That my hair was probably in knots from his hands, and my hips ached from his grip, his cum dripping down my legs, but I needed the distance.

“Are you feeling better now?” I didn’t turn around to see his face. I couldn’t.

He didn’t answer, and finally, finally, I forced myself to look at him.

“Are you okay?” I whispered the question. “Will you tell me what happened tonight? Whythathappened?”

He shook his head. “No.”

I wrapped a robe around myself, tears filling my eyes. I was okay with him using me like that, but not with him shutting me out. Sometimes, it was easy to forget who he was. What he was. When he was so kind to me, winning me over with sweet words and endless praise. When he made me feel better than any man ever had before.

Right now, though, I just feltdirty.

But this was a reminder of the demon underneath. The man I’dmarried.

“Maybe I should sleep in my bed tonight. I think I need some space.”

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