Page 78 of Hollyhocks

“Good because you have almost a thousand across your shoulders. I lost count because you turned over.” I roll my eyes, huffing.

“Aw, I’m sorry, Wildflower. One day, I’ll let you count every freckle on my body if you want.”

I grin so wide, that I know I’m showing all my teeth, including my fangs. “I can’t wait. When? Now?”

“Another day, I have too many questions, Holly. You need to answer them.”

“What do you want to know?” I question, doing my best to be serious but his chest is so defined and so wide, that I can’t help but rub my hands all over him.

He lifts my chin, forcing me to look at him. “Focus, beautiful.”

“It’s hard to focus when I have you on top of me and inside me, handsome.”

He growls. “You don’t play fair.”

“I never have, but what is it that you’d like to know?”

“What creatures are you and what abilities do you have? I know you can do something with dreams.” He kisses my forehead.

I nod. “I’m part succubus. I can feed off desire and manipulate dreams. Then, I’m harpy which is the reason why I can fly. I also can see the future sometimes. Not all the time. It happens randomly. I’m part chameleon. My skin can adapt to the colorsof my environment which is why you wouldn’t see me when I’ve been standing by the wall every single night. Then, there’s the siren DNA. I don’t use that too much unless I want to use the siren’s voice. Lastly, I’m part squid. I’m sure you can fill in the blanks with what I can do.” I tighten the tentacles around him.

“You’re part siren?” he asks in worry, lifting up one of my arms to see one of my fins. “You need water, Holly. When was the last time you went swimming in the lake?”

I shrug a shoulder. “Never. I’ve been too busy kill—I’ve been too busy,” I correct myself, hoping he doesn’t notice.

He lifts up, quirking a brow at me. “No, go ahead. Finish your sentence. Who have you killed?” Fitz’s eyes widen when he realizes. “You caused the accident of that man and the girl who walked into traffic, didn’t you?”

“I didn’t like how she had her hands all over you. She deserved it.” I lean onto my elbows and kiss his chin. “I’d do it again too. Just like I killed that doctor.”

“You killed my doctor?” He doesn’t sound scared.

Oh, no. My mate is turned on. His desire swarms between us, and I inhale it as if I haven’t been feeding from him for hours.

“Do you like that? Do you like that I killed for you? Oh, sweet mate, I have so many others to kill for you too. Anyone who has ever caused you pain will greet death. Do you want to know what I did?”

His cock tenses inside me and is followed by a groan. That delicious flavor of his come tingles my mouth since I can taste him between my legs. “What?” he rasps.

“I flew her high in the sky, used my siren voice on her to see if she violated you, and she did. She said she loved how thick you were and was curious about how big you’d get. I couldn’t allow her to live another day knowing she had touched you. So I dropped her. I listened to her scream until her blood could be smelled beyond the clouds.”

“Fuck, I shouldn’t find that so fucking attractive, but I do. I really do. I must be one sick fuck to come from your admission.”

I lick his lips. “That’s okay. I love it when you’re disturbed. It makes my existence so much better.” I nibble his lips with my fangs.

“Wait, who else do you need to kill?”

“Your father. He is number one on my list. Then, your exes who teased you about your cock. Off the top of my head, four more people.”

“You made me write their names down. I didn’t understand why I did that. You can’t kill them, Holly. They are all grown with husbands and children of their own.”

“So?”

He chuckles, grabs my chin, and kisses me again.

I love his kisses. I’ll never reject them.

“So, I haven’t thought about them in ages, but you can’t do that to those families.”

I snarl in disagreement.

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