Page 69 of Ever Dark

“I’m sorry you’ve dealt with so much, Aries, but… I can’t help you. I don’t care how much Draven is offering. Like you said, it’s about family. And Harker Mansion is the last place mine was.”

He sighs. “I know. I’ll take you home.”

I look around the room again, puzzled at what half of the stuff in here even is. “You’re into some dark shit, aren’t you?”

His eyes light up, and that charm slips back into place. “You’re welcome to play in here anytime you want, little lamb. You have no idea all the ways I can make you cum.”

I swallow down the lump in my throat. Everything this man says and does is like fucking catnip for my pussy. “You’re insatiable.”

He leans over me. “So are you.”

My heart races. “You drugged me and kidnapped me. What makes you think I still want you?”

“Oh, sweet, baby girl. You couldn’t stop wanting me if you tried. And you’re doing a shit job of trying by that look in your eyes.” His tongue lashes out across my lips.

Fuck. I’m a whore for these men. I tilt my chin toward him and do the same to his. He tastes like whiskey and something else I can’t place. Something bitter. Probably poison. “I guess I’m a glutton for punishment.”

He slips his tongue between my lips, and I part them for him. We both gasp as our tongues touch and intertwine. His lips are so soft, like pillows. I whimper as we kiss each other with desperation, with ache and passion and hunger.

I’m losing myself to him.

“Mmm, I want to swallow all your darkness, little lamb,” he groans between kisses.

I shift to get on top of him when a loud bang erupts. We both jump and Aries moves in front of me as the door to the dungeon room flies open.

“You’re getting soft on me, Ries. Playtime is over.” Draven is unhinged. Sweat coats his face as he stands there with his shirt unbuttoned, no necktie, and no jacket. His sleeves are rolled up, showing off his thick black tattoos.

Aries nods. “She’s all yours.”

I gasp. “What the fuck?”

Draven runs a hand through his disheveled hair. “Good. Because your father called a meeting. And I’m not walking in there without that baneberry.”

Fuck.

DRAVEN

I’m going to fucking kill her.

“Let’s go. You’re moving out of that house tonight.” I grab her by the wrists and drag her up the stairs, leaving Aries to take care of his hard cock on his own.

She screams. “You are out of your fucking mind.”

I yank her across his marble floors, her slippers sliding easily over the slick surface. “Yeah, I am. Because of you,” I scream back at her.

As we near the door, I pick her up and toss her over my shoulder. She kicks at my stomach and pounds her fists on my back. “I’m going to kill you!”

My driver-slash-only father figure I’ve ever known arches an eyebrow at me. “Sir?”

“Pop the trunk, Rodrick.”

He sighs but does as I say. He knows me better than anyone. Even more than Aries and Bones. He knows when I’m in this state it’s best not to argue with me.

I toss Mia in. “I warned you. This is what happens when you don’t take me seriously.”

She screams again as I slam the trunk down.

I slide into the back of the town car and undo another button of my shirt. “Drive. Harker Mansion. Now.”

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