Page 367 of Evil Hearts

“It’s breaking a lot of fucking rules telling you about this.” Rune took my chin in their firm, icy grip. “Humans aren’t supposed to know. But…”

“You belong here.” As I flicked my stare to Baltz, he looked me dead in the eyes, straight into my soul. “With us.”

Insane or not, I didn’t want to fight this anymore. It was illogical and probably stupid. They were probably all still going to eat me. Except I didn’t believe that—not for a second. Something had always been missing from my life. It turned out…it had been them.

My monsters.

“I…” Trying to look at each of them again, I nodded slowly. “I know.”

I could see the wave of relief pass through the yokai, and even Baltz seemed to relax a hair, if that was possible for him. Rune chuckled low, their hand moving from my chin to my neck as they grinned—sly and menacing and way too damn sexy.

“That’s so good, little flower.” They crooned the words, singing them into my mind as purrs grew louder around me. “You’re going to let me hurt you now. And it’s going to be sofuckinggood.”

At once, Kenta and Keika grabbed my arms, each of them able to do so with just a hand. With their free hands, the yokai raked their claws through my shirt, effectively shredding it in seconds. Cold air hit my skin like a slap, goosebumps rippling over my flesh. I hissed as I was exposed from the waist up, my nipples instantly hard.

“Oh, that’s so pretty, little pet.” Keika’s soft voice was light in my ear, and then her warm lips were on my neck. “I love how easily I can see your reactions.”

My mind was spinning from the sensations, the purring. Kenta was on my other side, his lips finding one of my nipples, and I whimpered as his tongue swirled around the tip.

Jesus fuck, I’m…fucking I’m already so—

“I can smell her fucking arousal,” Baltz growled, and my lust-lidded gaze found him as he surged forward from across the room.

He couldsmellit? Embarrassment flared through my cheeks, making my skin burn. Goddamn, they could all probably smell me like that. There was no thinking straight at this point, however. I was too far gone into the pleasure land that the yokai helped me to get into so quickly. Moreover, in the back of my mind, where it was still somewhat functional, I knew I wanted this—desperately.

“Move both of you.” Rune’s raspy growl lashed out through the air. “You’re dulling her too much.”

They were in my face in a breath, that wide, toothy smile terrifying and intriguing. Rune extended their long tongue, sliding it across those teeth as their red eyes roamed over me.

“And I want my screams.”

The felines hesitated, but only for a moment, and then they each slid back a bit. The rush of sedative-like arousal they’d given me backed off, but I was still dripping from just the predatory look on Rune’s face—not to mention the way that Baltz stared down at me.

“Get her pants off,” Baltz commanded Rune, not bothering to look at the shadow demon.

“Do it yourself, asshole.”

Even though I wasn’t able to see much of a brow, I could tell that Rune was cocking it at Baltz. They glared at each other, both of them not backing down as Baltz closed in on both of us. It was…fuckinghot,if I was being honest.

“I can just—”

But then there was something wrapped tight around my mouth. Looking down, I tracked a thick tendril of smoke coming from Rune’s form. The rope of black was like some prehensile appendage that the demon could clearly control at will. Two more forked out of them, each one wrapping around my wrists and then pinning my arms behind me.

Oh, shit. That’s…I am so fucked.

“Mmm,” Kenta crooned, moving toward my neck again and nibbling at the back of it, “You look so lovely all trussed up, Aki.”

I was in so over my head it was ridiculous. From what I could tell, the cats were wearing clothes, and I couldn’t exactly tell how this was going to work with them, but hell, I was willing to find out. And if the tongues on my neck and nipple were anything to go off of, I’d be plenty good if they just used their mouths.

“Ugh, that’s it, Aki.” Kenta purred louder, Keika mimicking it. “Think those dirty, dirty thoughts that are making you smell sofuckinggood.”

A fang teased my nipple as Keika paid single-minded attention to it, and I moaned low. Turning my head toward Kenta, I breathed harder as I took in all of their strange, beautiful appearance. He was something all right, muscular, and that silky fur covered him from head to toe, making his fingers feel like heaven against my skin.

His slitted eyes gleamed as he pulled back to stare down at me, and I could feel another icy tendril of shadow worm its way around my hips and beneath the hem of my leggings. Trading glances between Kenta and Rune, I watched as my malicious demon teased between my legs before slowly guiding my pants down while the cat-boy smirked and reached down toward his waist.

“Mmm,” I moaned against the tendril around my mouth, pleasure skirting through me at the edges.

Then, Kenta groaned, and I looked over just in time to see his length extend out from the bulge that had sat between his thighs. My eyes shot wide at the sight, shock gripping me as tightly as Rune.Holy fuck. His long, thick erection reached up proudly as he stroked it to life. But the real jaw-dropper was the rows and rows of tiny barbs that covered it.

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