Page 17 of Shadows of Fate

I tried to keep my face neutral as Joel led me in. “Look what I found. A willing lady. She wants to know if she can be a part of theexperimentswe’re having so much fun with.” He enunciated the word, making it clear to me they’d know exactly what he meant by it.

I forced an innocent giggle out of my mouth and covered it with my hand as if it were an accident; it slipped out. Just a naive little girl looking for fun in the darkness. They’d know I was a vampire too, but they’d have no idea how old or if I had any gifts. As far as they knew, I was a sweet innocent virgin who had no idea what she was getting into. Which was exactly what I wanted them to think.

The redhead stood from the couch, a menacing smile lighting up his face as he walked toward us both. The other male stayed seated, pulling the woman into his lap as he bit her neck for what must be the thirtieth time that evening alone.

Joel was beside me now, and suddenly his hand reached behind my head and gripped my neck from the back. He leaned in close to my ear and whispered. “On your knees, darling. Let’s see what you can do.”

I smiled softly as if I were a little nervous about this encounter. The redhead came forward—which truly was unfortunate for him in the grand scheme of things, I think. It was shocking to me that he hadn’t recognized me yet. All I had done was take out my braid from earlier and I applied a bit more lipstick.

Maybe he was blinded by lust or didn’t want to tell his friends he ran like a coward. Maybe he was just an idiot. I’ve noticed over the years that once men saw a nice pair of tits, all logic flew out of the window for them.

I slowly fell to my knees, looking up at him with a practiced doe-eyed look on my face. I glanced over toward Joel as if seeking permission to continue this fun, and he smirked at me while nodding his head, his hand still cuffed around the back of my neck. As if he’d earned that right.

Internally I rolled my eyes, but my exterior facade was far from cracking. I was going to have fun after all.

The redhead was in front of me now, his trousers undone, his semi-hard cock about to pop out in my face. I opened my mouth, stuck my tongue out, and stared up at him through hooded eyes. His smile grew as he moved in toward me, and Joel pushed my face forward until the male’s cock was halfway in my mouth.

“That’s right, choke on Bazz’s cock,” Joel muttered from beside me.

Bazz?That was his name? There wasn’t even enough cock to choke on—I’d have laughed if it wouldn’t have ruined the mood they believed was developing there. If anything, I believed Joel was getting off on this more than Bazz or I was.

Who was I to judge, though? I was about to kill them all.

Bazz’s cock was growing harder the more Joel muttered obscenities to the room, and I decided I’d had enough of this nonsense. I closed my eyes and moaned as I tightened my mouth around him—this part gets me off, knowing what’s coming.

Bazz stilled for a moment and started to try to pull away, but I was quicker. As my mouth grew colder around his cock, I reached into my boot and pulled out one of my daggers, jabbing it into his thigh as I finished freezing his cock solid.

He was screaming at this point, and it took a moment for Joel and the other male to understand what had happened. Pulling the dagger out of Bazz’s thigh, I reached over, shoving it through Joel’s foot and into the floor beneath it. Joel screamed and fell backward, landing on his ass.

The other guy, who I should’ve probably known by this point, stared between me and Bazz in clear shock. The woman in his lap was dead now from blood loss, and Bazz was screaming about his cock being frozen solid—which was still sticking straight out from his hips. Only it was a block of cock-shaped ice. I snickered at the sight.

Back to work, though, Silv. No time for malicious enjoyment.

I rose from the floor and pulled my second dagger from the opposite boot. Walking around behind Bazz, I held my dagger to his throat and whispered into his ear. “You should pay more attention to whose mouth you shove your cock into. This is for Allie, darling.” I swiftly slit his throat and ripped his head the rest of the way off his body, tossing it in the fireplace behind me for good measure. Bazz wouldn’t be returning to us now, nor would he be running again.

As I turned back toward Joel and the other male, I realized I miscalculated the extra male’s shock at the situation. He’d already helped Joel with the dagger and was coming toward me, my shadow stone blade in his hand. I let out a sigh. This wasn’t exactly what my plan entailed.

I had started recalculating in my head when the wooden doors we’d come through started shaking and then disintegrated into a pile of dust. Both males turned to look at what was once two doors, but instead of the entryway, there was a male standing in its place.

Looking at him head to toe, I realized I was in trouble. This was the man I’d seen at The Arcane Theater all those nights ago. The one who’d been there one second, making my blood heat and my ice thaw, but gone the next.

He was a massive being—at least two heads taller than I was, maybe more. Long, wavy, ebony-colored hair fell midway down his back, and his eyes were solid onyx with no white whatsoever. His skin was as pale as mine, and I could feel his power when he entered the room.

This male could state that he hung the stars in the sky himself, and I’d believe him. Because a male that looked like him? Tall, dark, dangerous, and evil? You didn’t argue with him. You just bowed and hoped you escaped with your life still intact.

But for some innate reason, I didn’t cower before him, I just smiled, welcoming the chaos I’m sure a male with power like that brought into one’s life.

He glanced at the males between us for a moment, before his eyes skipped over to me. A smile quickly grew across his face as he stared across the room, his fangs poking out as it grew. The smile wasn’t happy, though. That smile promised pain and pleasure-induced agony.

“Hello, my ice queen. I’ve been searching for you,” he growled.

Chapter11

Drama & Flair

Raiden

I’d taken Allie into the manor and left her in the care of Micah, just like she said I would. Giving him a brief explanation, I knew he’d keep her safe for me until we figured out a better plan for her and had the chance to speak with her more.

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