Page 43 of Ever Dark

Oh, shit. Here we go.

His jaw flexes. “Let me give you something to remember me by then.”

She squeals as he sweeps her legs out from under her, slams her to the ground, and rolls her over onto her stomach.

“Fuck, where’s the popcorn?” Aries quips.

I let out a sigh and lean against the tree.

Draven pulls out a tie from his pocket and uses it to bind her wrists behind her back. “This is what happens when you fucking provoke me.”

“Get off me!” Mia squirms underneath him.

He yanks her jeans down to her ankles, not bothering to take her shoes off this time. “I said I wouldn’t fuck you again, and I meant it. But that doesn’t mean I won’t use something else to penetrate you with.”

She lifts her head and gasps. “Draven, what are you fucking doing?”

He retrieves a vial of nightshade from his jacket. “Punishing you with the very poison you deprive me of.”

The hairs on the back of my neck stiffen. Aries takes a deep breath as he ambles closer to me. Just one whiff of it has us both salivating.

Draven’s lips quiver as he pours half of it down his throat. “Mmm. Fuck… Now it’s your turn.”

Mia shrieks. “Are you crazy? I’m not drinking poison!”

He snickers. “No. You’re not drinking it.” He rolls her onto her back, crushing her wrists underneath her. His eyes darken as he tips the vial over and lets the last of it trickle down in between her pussy lips.

Fuck. She’s a Harker, so she probably won’t die. But we don’t know that for sure. I’m oddly aroused as I am alarmed. His hatred of her is his alone.

Aries arches an eyebrow at me. “It’s a small dose. She’ll be fine.”

I shake my head. “I guess we’re about to find out.”

“Bones, she’s been sitting on thousands of baneberry plants, breathing in tiny traces of the fumes for weeks. She doesn’t even know, but she’s already starting to build an immunity.” Aries licks his lips as he turns his attention back onto Draven and Mia.

She screams. “Fuck, it burns. I feel weird. I can’t breathe. Please.”

Draven drags the empty bottle down her slit, brushing it past her taint and back up. “Shhh, the pain will pass.” He coaxes her like the devil, tricking her into selling her soul.

The first sip of poison is always the hardest. But he’s right. When the pain passes, a wave of euphoria like you’ve never felt bubbles up. The high is unlike any other. It amplifies every touch. Stimulates every nerve.

Her voice is gurgled as she whines. Her legs shake. “Make it hurt less, Draven. Please.”

“I have no intention of showing you any mercy.” He inserts the vial inside her pussy.

“Fuuck,” she moans.

He jerks his hand back and forth as he thrusts the vial in and out like he’s out for blood. Like he wants her to cum just as bad as he wants her to suffer.

Fuck.

“Mia,” I call out. “Relax. If you clench, the glass will break.”

Draven’s eyes light up, wild with lust as he slides the long, slender vial out slowly. He rubs the rim in circles around her clit. “Does it still hurt, Mia?” The rasp in his voice is pure smoke.

She bites her lip. “No.”

“No, what? Use your words.”

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