Page 182 of Ruthless Legacy

“They came on campus, for you. That makes it our business.”

“It’s just like you said. That guy was an idiot. He saw an opportunity and tried to cash in on it. After tonight, no one else will be stupid enough to make that mistake.”

We fall silent. Each lost in thought. She finally says, “You haven’t asked about Michael.”

“I’m not going to.”

I strip out of my shirt and crawl up the bed to lie next to her. She shifts onto her side, staring up at me. “What?” I ask when she pokes me with the tip of one of her blades.

“You promised me sex.”

I pull her onto my lap to straddle me and slice down the middle of her shirt with my knife. “I always keep my promises, Pet.”

I knick her left breast over her heart and fuse my mouth to the tiny wound. Her head falls back, her hips undulating against my rapidly growing erection. I make a few more superficial marks on her skin, letting her blood run free, then pull the hand holding her knife towards my chest, leaning back for her to do the same to me.

The cut stings, the blood warm and sticky against my skin. I pull her into another kiss, working to get her pants off and mine, too. She chuckles when we break apart, and lies on her back, wiggling her jeans off and tossing them aside. I do the same, then settle between her thighs, my blade marking her again on her inner thigh.

I slide my tongue against that wound too, before trailing kisses down her leg, over the cleft of her knee to her ankle, then back up again. I repeat the path of kisses on the other side, ending with my tongue sliding between her folds. I use my hands to expose her pink slit, spearing her opening with my tongue.

I get lost in her taste. In her moans, as one hand smears her blood along her skin. “Fuck me, Finn. I need you.”

I move back up her body, going to my knees as I lean over to grab protection from my nightstand. She scoots down, taking me in her mouth. “I thought you wanted me inside you.” I hiss as she slides her tongue along the underside of my shaft.

“Mmm. Taste you first.” She slurps and sucks me. I grab the headboard for leverage as I slide in and out of her mouth, slipping deeper down her throat with each thrust.

I pull back and roll the condom on, closing my eyes as I enter her, relishing the feeling of her stretching around me. When I open them, she’s staring at me, a quizzical look on her face.

“What is it, Pet?”

“Thank you for liking me enough to stab three strangers for me.”

I press my forehead to hers, picking up my pace. “Thea, I love you enough to go on a killing spree for you. No questions asked.”

She kisses me. Hard. Furious. Her body crashing into mine as our tempo increases. It’s raw. Frenzied. The flat side of my blade rubs against her arm, the sharp tip of hers jabs at me. Our bodies are sticky with sweat and blood.

I hold off my release, making her come twice on my dick before finally giving in. “There will be never be anyone but you.” I vow as my cock thickens and my release rips through me, taking all of my energy with it.

My heart thunders in my ears, my eyelids droop. Somehow, I manage to get the condom off before passing out. Her hands sift through my hair. “I’d kill for you too, Number three.”

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“We have to marry her.”

Holden stops typing and Pax pauses his mindless tv scrolling. I’ve mentioned to Holden before that I want this, but we haven’t talked about it in a while, and this is the first time I’ve said it around Pax.

He slowly lowers the remote. “Her who?”

“Who do you think?” I crack up laughing at the look on his face. “Oh god, notEloise. I would never suggest that.”

“Then who are you talking about?”

“Thea. I need you to agree that we’re gonna marry her.”

“Finn.”

“Don’t say it. Don’t say it’s impossible, or whatever, because it’s not. Everything is already in place. She’s your companion, Holden and I want her. We’ve always said we’d do it.”

“We said wewishedwe could do it, because having different wives seems to be the catalyst for why the Trium’s drift apart.”

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