Page 24 of Petals for Deadly Power

“Youdecided?”

“I am not willing to lose you, and if someone can help you increase your chances of not dying, I will fucking take any help. You should as well.”

“Except the Cardinals-damned help is stunning, blond, with green eyes, tall and spectacularly fit?”

He walked towards the desk where Lenna sat and put a finger under her chin, forcing her to look into his eyes. Silver eyes full of anger and . . . Was that fear?

“Do you realize that out of the five strivers, you are the one who is at most risk?”

“Thanks for believing in me, Jake. It’s great for my self-esteem.”

“Leave your cockiness aside for one fucking second, Brachyan, and listen to me.”Thatwas definitely fear in his eyes. “Ayla, Ciaran, and Hope are doing the ordeals of the Houses they are heirs to. I might as well be the heir of the West House, for how familiar I am with Harming in every damned sense of the power. Passing my ordeal should be a fucking breeze.” He inhaled sharply, exhaling deeply before continuing. “Whether you admit it or not, you are not in a preferable position here. Or do you think I don’t know you would have wanted to do the North Cardinal’s ordeal instead? I was your Panom Guidor, Lenna. I saw you dominating the Giving power before any others. That’s who you are. Where your blood and your magic belong.”

“I was not going to send my sister to death,” Lenna said.

Jake looked at the ceiling, biting his bottom lip. “I know. Iknow, okay? But I am not going to let you walk to your death either. So, please.Please, Lenna, use the help I could find you. I’m begging you.”

Lenna sighed, caressing his cheek while he closed his eyes. She didn’t want to acknowledge how worried he had to be. Exactly how desperate was he for her to use the help of this person? And what could Arabella teach her about the Taking power that Jake himself couldn’t?

“Okay, I will.”

The immediate side smile on Jake’s face caught her off-guard, sending waves of desire up her thighs. “Do you know what I think?” he asked, looking at the room.

“That this room is very monotone?” she said, closing her hand to Take her clothes off, leaving her just with a very suggestive, fire-red underwear full of laces and straps. Sasha and Brendon would have to understand why she couldn’t put a sound barrier on this cabin. Not tonight.

His eyes roamed from hers to her half-open lips, to her breasts, trailing down to her core as his leather and ginger scent intensified. He looked at her as if he had been deprived of air and she was a very welcome tornado. “You playful little thing.”

“Who, me?” Lenna said, unlacing one of her straps to reveal a peaked nipple. She was surprised his hands were not on her yet. She doubted that would last long, though. This man was not one to be satiated by looking. “Kneel down for me, Jake.”

His eyes darkened to a duskier grey, his voice low as he said, “Your wish is my command.” He kneeled, putting her thighs behind his shoulder blades so fast that the next thing she knew was—

Was the world upside down?

Yes. Jake stood up with her hanging upside down in front of him, as if she weighed no more than a handful of sand. His firm hands gripping her thighs as he inhaled deeply, the tip of his nose so close to being buried where it belonged—between her legs.

Lenna felt the front part of her thong being pushed to the side by his firm fingers.

She gasped. “How dare you? Put me back on the—”

Her deep and loud moan filled the air as his tongue penetrated her deeply. Without warning. Without stopping.

“You wanted me to obey, didn't you, sweet fire?” His voice echoed in her mind.

Fuck, yes. She would have replied, were she not too busy enjoying every damn lick from his masterful tongue on her clit.

Her mind blurred, maybe from the effect of going from zero to delightfully tongue deep, maybe from being upside down. Her only grip was on Jake's muscled and firm legs. Legs that were still clothed, and that was absolutely not okay. A movement of her hand and she Took his clothes off. Her ass felt the muscles tensing on his broad chest as he devoured her without reign. His hardened cock pressed against her upper back.

Then his hand joined in the feasting party and massaged her clit, and Lenna would have begged every fucking Cardinal to stop time and let her stay there forever. Maybe she didn't mind seeing the world upside down, if that meant she had to hold onto his body for dear life, and that Jake would keep her on him.

Lenna arched her back, and the movement let his cock spring free next to her face.

She grinned between moans. Daring to remove one hand from the grip on his legs, she grabbed Jake’s preciously long cock until her mouth was full. It was so easy to be full of him when he was so damned big, thick and perfect. Even when the tip of his cock touched the back of her throat and made her gag.

His deep, low groan was followed by his tongue and lips, working her core harder. The hand across her chest gripped her peaked nipples.

“I can't lick your masterpiece properly like this, Jake,” Lenna said between ragged breaths.

She felt the exhale of his chuckle against her clit, the warm and sharp breath making her roll her eyes unconsciously.

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