Page 18 of House of Demons and Bones

“Of course. She and I are inseparable,” I said as worry crept in. “Will that hurt your performance?”

“Want me to display my prowess, little monster?” He pounded into me brutally, making his point clear, and I lost my train of thought amid waves of pleasure.

Desperate moans escaped me. My lover’s eyes darkened, his hunger and lust mirroring mine.

“Audience or not, no one can get in the way of me fucking you and relishing you. But is she watching now?”

“Don’t focus on her,” I said.

“I just want to make sure she’ll behave.” He lowered his voice as if by whispering, Barbie wouldn’t hear him.

“Don’t poke the hornet’s nest,” I warned.

Rowan nodded. “Everyone knows she’s a nuisance and a cockblocker.”

“She only blocked you and Killian,” I said. “He got it worse. I watched her kick him out of bed before he could even finish.”

“She did that to him?” His eyebrows shot up. “That’s intense. And Killian took it well?”

“He warned her to play nice.”

“Did she?”

“She turned around, flashed her naked bottom at him, and walked out on him,” I said, snapping my fingers. “Just like that.”

Rowan shook his head. “That girl. Even Killian can’t handle her. But then, he probably deserves it.” He pondered for a second while driving hard into my heat. “He deserves her,” he concluded.

“Maybe let’s not criticize her,” I said. “Barbie doesn’t take criticism well, and lately, she’s been extra negative. We need to be careful around her. She can be petty. Just look at what happened with Killian. Who kicks their sugar daddy out in the middle of fucking?”

Rowan embedded himself deep in me. “I don’t feel sorry for that asshole, though.”

“He’s a jerk, all right, but he didn’t deserve to get kicked in the balls while he tried to sate her mating fever,” I said. “Anyway, it’s not my business. Can you tell us what happened after you went back to Shades Academy, so Barbie will stop bugging me?”

“The heirs swarmed me the second I got back, demanding answers,” he said. “I took Killian’s advice. I raged, cursed, and told them to go bother that asshole instead. I admitted that Killian was risking a house war by dragging me into a death duel over some unfounded rumor. Then the heirs wanted to know about the rumor. I threw them off again and told them to ask Killian themselves since he’d returned to his house.” He chuckled. “Now the heirs are storming his house while I’m here enjoying fucking you. Karma is a bitch.”

The cabin door rattled and the counter under my ass shook as he pounded into me vehemently. I thrust my hips forward to meet his plunges. We fucked with abandon, moaning, groaning.Our bodies collided with wet sounds that bounced off the wooden walls, so fierce and erotic that the shadow beasts started howling outside.

Inside my head, Barbie jerked forward, annoyance flitting across her face. Now that I was having the best time of my life, she hated being pushed aside, stuck watching. Finally, she got a taste of what I’d had to live with all this time.

Wrap it up, Sy,she snapped.This was supposed to be a quickie, but you’re taking forever. I need to get back to the mage house.

I ignored her bullshit. She couldn’t stand seeing anyone else happy. Just like her mate.

Fuck off,I told her.I’m working.

She yanked at me, and I shoved her back. Then she rammed into me harder.

Rowan had no idea of my fight with Barbie as he kept pounding into me, driving me mad with desire, my blood on fire. Ecstasy rushed through me. I was on the edge, but I fought against coming—the second I climaxed, Barbie would drag me away from my sugar. So I held back, stretching it out as long as I could.

Fighting my orgasm was pure torture, especially when Rowan’s next series of hard thrusts sent me high into the clouds. But it’d be worth it if it meant spending more time with him.

“Touch yourself, little monster,” he ordered me.

I flicked my swollen clit with my claws, and Rowan watched with dark hunger, lust distorting his face.

“Harder, baby,” he said. “Beg me to fuck you brutally.”

I opened my mouth to beg, just for fun, but the voice that came out wasn’t mine at all.

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