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“I didn’t even know what good sex was until I met you.”
“You don’t have to keep complimenting me. I had a moment of crazy. I’m fine now. We’re good and since you didn’t answer my question, it’s you. I love you.”
“I’m not mad—I know that even though you’re going to be okay with not knowing who your parents are, it still hurts to know they were probably scared of you.”
“Yeah, that coupled with being betrayed by someone who I thought was a friend—at least in the beginning—and you could say I’m a little churned up inside,” Delaney responded.
“Well, I love you too, and I’m going to be right by your side. I’d like to offer my handsome and loving vampire self for whatever you need.”
“Do you know what I really need?”
“Lay it on me. Grigori to the rescue.”
“Okay, the third person thing is weird.”
“Everything about me is weird.”
“Good-weird though, and that was bad-weird.”
“Okay. Moving on. What can I do for you?”
Delaney pressed their mouths together and slid his tongue through Grigori’s lips. They made out for several seconds as the pleasure sang in his veins. Then he pulled away to see the same swimming in Grigori’s beautiful eyes. “I need to see your face with that vibrating plug buried in your ass.”
Grigori’s reaction was swift. He released Delaney and grabbed his hand. “Let’s go. Neither one of us should be wearing pants in this kind of crisis.”
Letting out a laugh, Delaney followed Grigori and took a moment to thank Fate for not only him but everything in his life. If being born to two people who feared him was his price to pay, he was okay with that.
Chapter 41
Lichpriestess Saura D’Vaire walked down a long hallway with T’Eirick at her side. They were invited to the Order of the Fallen Knights Headquarters at the request of their leaders. She guessed it had something to do with Carvallius and Latarian but was not sure why Drystan and Conley needed them in Las Vegas. The pair were just ahead, and they led Saura and T’Eirick into a small room.
“Sorry about all the intrigue, but we’re kind of playing outside the rules today,” Drystan said. “I’ve never done that before—rules are necessary, but I understand there are times and places where they need to be set aside.”
Not sure what to think, Saura replied, “Okay.”
Conley chuckled. “Clear as mud, right? Here’s the deal. Carvallius and Latarian are both scheduled for execution. We took the stone off Carvallius’s chest, and it turned him fully corporeal. He’s awake now. Drys and I thought you might like a few minutes with him before he dies.”
T’Eirick’s stunned gaze locked on Saura’s; she was equally surprised. “Thank you. We certainly are not going to pass up the opportunity to have a little chat with him.”
“Great, let’s go. He’s in a holding cell right next door to where we are now,” Drystan explained as he led them back out into the hall. They strode a few feet down and Drystan slid a card into a reader. The click of the lock was audible; then the thick steel opened.
The Reverent Knights waved the darkfallen in, and Saura’s heart soared at the fear in Carvallius’s green gaze.
“Saura? T’Eirick? How is this possible?” he blurted out.
“Sorry, he hasn’t been able to keep up with current events,” Conley said. “Carvallius, allow me to introduce you to Lichpriestess and Lichpriest D’Vaire.”
“Those damn sons of yours found a way to give you life with power and both refused to help me,” Carvallius bit out.
“And you, Carvallius? What have you done?” Saura asked.
“Besides teaming up with some horrible necromancers? Nothing at all.”
“You’re really going to piss me off if you pretend you can’t remember the shit you did when you were still a warlock,” Conley drawled as he leaned against the wall.
“Surely you don’t blame me for the Cwylld? They’re the ones that slaughtered the coven. Your sons, they live with the chieftain. How’s that for being a traitor?”
“You left behind your journals—not that we needed them to know you were involved. It’s rather difficult to feign innocence when it’s your own words that have damned you,” T’Eirick growled. “You kidnapped Dra’Kaedan and covered his back in dark magic to bind him to your hateful granddaughter. Then you started a war which destroyed my son’s people before you hunted down Dre’Kariston and lost your life at his hands.”
