Page 10 of Exiled Prince

“Let’s get something straight right now,” Bane says, voice low and commanding. “If you need information, you fucking tell me. We can use torture like every other fucker out here instead of you using your beautiful body. No one else sees you like this, no one. And you don’t put yourself in danger.”

So torture gets the thumbs up, but showing off a little skin doesn’t.

Noted.

The corner of my mouth hikes up. My mate is fucking funny.

“This is amusing to you?” he growls, holding my wrists above my head. He rubs his thumb along the glove’s lace. He hasn’t asked about them yet. I’d love to be in his head to know what he’s thinking.Is he happy with who the fates have chosen for him? Am I his type? Does he care that I have to shift every full moon?

“You’re so cute.” I sigh, nuzzling his jaw.

“Cute?” He sounds offended. “I don’t think anyone has called me cute before.”

He now sounds confused. He will probably be feeling that way a lot around me.

“I’m sorry I ran away,” I blurt out, my tongue darting out to lick my lower lip. His eyes follow the motion, heat flashing in them before he masks it.

“Why did you?” he asks, studying me.

“It doesn’t have anything to do with you. You are… perfect,” I admit, my lips twitching. “It’s just the timing is terrible. I…” I trail off. His fingers start tracing a pattern on my wrists. “Can you kiss me again? I want you, Bane.”

He searches my face and nods, his eyes flickering amber again. Fuck, it’s so sexy when they do that. His eyes drop to my neck, and his fangs peek out from his full, kissable lips.Fangs?Oh, right. He’s a demon. “Are you sure?”

“We don’t have to bond now,” I blurt out, not wanting to rush into that. “But let me have a little taste of what I’ll be getting.”

A try before you buy, if you will.

His eyes narrow to slits, and his fingers stop gliding over my skin, no longer tracing any patterns.

Shit, did I say the last part out loud?

As I replay the words in my head, I realize how bad they sound, and maybe he’s not used to females acting this brazenly. I don’t know, but he doesn’t look happy. He kind of looks like he wants to strangle me, and the thunder that booms outside solidifies that thought. I can work with that, though. His hand can collar my throat any damn time. My lips distract him by trailing down his tattooed neck, my tongue tracing the black-inked skull there. His tattoos are like one big puzzle—the more you look at them, the more you notice. You can tell which ones are runes that contain magic by the strum of power you can feel from them.

“There will be no trying before you buy, Sunshine,” he says, finally letting go of my wrists, raking his fingers through my long hair and cupping the back of my skull. He pulls my face back to look at him, keeping me in the position he wants me in and staring at me intensely like he’s trying to read my mind.Shit, he doesn’t have mind magic, does he?He’d be fucked if he does because, trust me, no one wants to see the chaotic wonder that is my brain. “You aremine, and you get what you fucking get. But don’t worry, I’ll take care of you.Veryfucking well.”

And then his mouth is on mine, his tongue expertly tasting me. “You might be stubborn, but your body knows who it wants,” he rasps against my lips. I can feel his hard cock pressing against me, and suddenly, I’ve had enough messing around.

I wanthim.

Reaching between us, I stroke my hand over him, smiling atthe moan it incites.

Should I be indulging myself like this?No. I need my mind focused.

My oldest brother is still missing—the male who raised me.

And it’s my fault.

It’s up to me to find him.

But fuck.

I want Bane.

And for tonight…

I’m going to have him.

CHAPTER FOUR

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