Page 143 of Kissing the Villain

“Bastian’s is across the hall from Damian’s. I’m surprised you haven’t heard us before.” Kali chuckled. “We get pretty loud.”

She acted nonchalant like it didn’t matter that I watched her fuck Luca’s brothers while Marcello fingered me.

No big deal.

Business as usual.

“It was an accident,” I confessed. “I wanted to explore the house. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have…”

Watched?

Got off on your moans?

She waved off my concern, a smile in place. “It’s all good, girl. The Salvatore estate makes the Playboy Mansion seem like Disneyland.”

“It’s been chill since I got here.”

“Just wait.” Kali snickered. “Those boys are fucking deviants. The shit that goes on…” She shook her head. “You’ll see.”

“What have you seen in that house?”

She blew out a deep breath. “The Knights have a lot of strange rituals. One night, they picked me up at my house, covered head to toe in blood. Women wearing carnival masks and lingerie arrived at the house shortly after. It was insane. There were at least twenty of the local Knights.”

“How many are in the entire organization?”

She shrugged. “They’re spread throughout the country. It could be hundreds or even thousands. I don’t know. I’m not privy to that kind of information. I shouldn’t even know they exist.”

“So what happened at the house?”

Her gaze swept over the dining room. “The guys passed the women around, one after the other. Didn’t even bother to wipe the blood from their skin.”

“Did you have sex with other guys?”

“Never. Just Damian and Bastian. But some of them touched me.” My eyes widened as she added, “I let them. It was nothing. You’ll see.”

“Luca’s birthday is at the end of this month,” she commented before she sipped from her water bottle. “The Knights usually go all out for the occasion.”

I raised an eyebrow at her. “Meaning?”

“You’ll get to see them in action.”

I sank back against the leather bench, my heart pounding.

“The Knights don’t have secrets. You’re going to be their queen. That means something to them.”

“Luca hasn’t told me much. I’m starting to remember doing sexual things with them in their temple.”

“There’s a ritual.” She sucked in a deep breath. “I probably shouldn’t tell you this. I’m not supposed to know. Damian told me about it one night. He was so drunk. He called itLegare. Have you heard of it?”

“From what I remember in my dreams, we did a trial run of the ceremony to see if I was comfortable with it. Did Damian tell you anything specific about the ritual?”

“No.” She shook her head, and blonde hair fell into her eyes. “He just said it’s between you, Luca, and the Knights.”

“Did Damian say anything else?”

Unable to meet my gaze, Kali sighed. “He said he was looking forward to it. The rest of the Knights can’t wait to get their hands on youagain.”

“Kali,” I choked out. “I…”

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