Page 46 of Desire

Brandle meaningfully glanced at me.

“Don’t hurt each other,” I warned.

“Not the help I was hoping for,” Brandle mumbled.

“It is not my responsibility to distract your brother from his anger.” I turned away from both of them to accept Eadric's next bite. He grinned at me.

“Daemon, Eadric, and Brandle,” Edmund said. “All three of you at once.”

Eadric sighed and gave me a pleading look.

“Impossible men,” I grumbled.

I extracted myself from Daemon’s lap and strode toward Edmund, ignoring his scowl. I knew it wasn’t directed at me but his general state of frustration.

“Teach me something useful, Edmund,” I said.

He closed the distance between us and grabbed my shoulders. I thought he would instruct me how to stand. Instead, he pulled me against his chest and captured my lips in an angry kiss.

I stomped on his toes.

He jerked back and growled his anger at me. I growled in return.

Eadric laughed.

Edmund narrowed his gaze on me.

“Stop me,” he said before he tried to grab for me again.

I swatted his hand away and spun out of reach. He caught my skirt. I kicked him in the leg then took off running. It was mybest defense. When I touched the energy in the well, I could run as fast as any of them.

“Not the trees,” Edmund bellowed.

I veered. He’d anticipated it and caught up to me, wrapping an arm around me from behind and lifting me off my feet. Not forgetting his lessons, I used the back of my head to crack his nose.

He cursed mightily and tossed me in the air to catch me over his shoulder.

His mistake.

I bit his arse cheek hard.

He bellowed his pain but waited until Brandle was there to catch me before tossing me away.

“It stings, doesn’t it?” Brandle asked with a smirk.

“Dammit, Trouble, that hurt.”

“And I won’t apologize for it. You wanted trouble. I gave it to you.”

“That wasn’t the kind of trouble I wanted, and you know it.”

“I do. But you can’t always have what you want, Edmund.”

“Neither can you,” he said angrily.

“Edmund, respect,” Garron snapped.

Edmund snarled and spun away from all of us. I could see my wet bite mark on his pants.

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