Page 64 of Love Bites Extra Hard

“She’s going to seduce him,” Stella said. “From inside the cell. I’m going in with her. I need you to lock the cell behind us before I cut off the magic hiding us from him.”

The guard’s eyes widened, her gaze flicking to me before going back to Stella. “Are you serious? Talon is…”

“Going to be furious? Yeah, I know. But this might be our only chance.”

“If you keep a steady stream of siren magic going, he could get worse,” she pointed out.

“But if we take him down today, it’sover,” I said.

I could go back to Vamp Manor.

Stella could finally leave the castle and get some time to clear her head.

We had to do it.

“We have other options,” the guard said.

“We’re going with this one.” Stella gestured toward the cell, and I felt the magic shift slightly.

The guard stepped up to the door, her expression wary. “Be careful. I can’t open this to save your lives if he overpowers you. We can’t let him go free.”

“He won’t,” Stella said firmly.

There was something in her eyes that I liked tremendously—and worried about almost as much.

Something dark.

Something vicious.

Sylvester deserved it, of course, but we needed our focus to remain on the goal.

Seducing him, then taking him down.

“He’s going to touch me,” I said. “No one breathes a word about it to Talon.”

Both women nodded.

None of us wanted to piss him off that much.

Finally, the guard pulled the door open.

There were goosebumps on my skin. My nipples were hard as stone. My toes were ice. Hell, my entirebodyfelt like ice.

I slipped into the cell after Stella anyway.

She was tense, her entire being on alert. She knew what Sylvester was capable of, better than just about anyone else.

He was staring in the direction of the cell’s door as if he’d felt the room change, even though Stella’s magic kept him from seeing anything. His body was still trembling.

After a moment, his eyes closed again.

I looked at Stella, and she nodded.

Mussing my already-wild hair, I slowly stepped around her, holding my hands out like I wasn’t sure where I was going.

I ramped up my magic, moving forward and looking around in panic.

I felt my magic wash over him, the same way I felt his immediate attention.

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