Page 12 of The Crownless King
“You triflin’ than a muthafucka, but luckily for you, I got something even rarer than the Akachi out of this.”
Paul and the beauty next to him looked up at him in curiosity.
“Your niece has exchanged her life for yours,” he informed the jackass.
Paul gasped. “Amaya, no.”
Amaya.Her name at last.
In her gaze, he saw her waffling, regretting her decision, and that pissed Levi all the way off. He wanted her and he would have her. He refused to give her uncle time to talk her out of what she’d promised him. Moving from his throne lightning quick, he snatched back the male’s head and struck, driving his fangs in deep to feed from him. Levi didn’t bother with pheromones, wanting her uncle to feel every second of the pain. He stared at Amaya as he leaned over Paul’s neck and drank.
“No, please! I agreed to what you wanted,” she objected.
Levi closed his eyes to block out her horror and plundered through Paul’s memories. Finding out what he wanted, he tossed him down. From the whimpers, he was just shy of death. Levi licked his lips. The monster in him was barely satisfied.
Knowing blood dripped from his chin, he studied his beauty. Ah, and there was the fear finally. But she kept his gaze, ever defiant. It made his dick hard.
“If he’s dying, then release me. You have no reason to keep me.” Her voice was shaky as she tried to negotiate with a beast that held no human morals to speak of.
He smiled, his fangs still extended. “Oh, but I want you, baby doll. And you’ve made the mistake of agreeing already. How fortunate for me.”
“Send him to a healer,” he ordered his men as he wiped his face. “Bas, please find suitable accommodations for our guest.”
His request shook her from her stupor. “What will happen to my mother?”
He sauntered to her and she flinched as he gripped her chin. He hated the fear that now filled her eyes and infused her scent, but there was no help for it. From Paul’s memories, he understood the precariousness of her mother’s situation. That the bastard would risk his dying sister’s life made Levi want to retract his agreement and kill the man.
“Our agreement keeps her safe and under my protection.” He licked his fangs and battled down his excitement. “You only have to seal the agreement.”
The fire in her eyes quickly replaced the fear. “Do what you gotta do.”
He nuzzled the side of her face. “Are you so eager to taste me, baby doll?”
“Fuck you,” she hissed.
He chuckled. Her words pissed him off, but her matching his energy pleased him. The plans he had for his baby doll required it. Wasn’t shit he could do with a weak female.
“In due time, Amaya.” His eyes scanned her neck.
Her heart was racing, her pulse thumping against her throat. He didn’t know when, but someday soon, he planned to leave his mark in that spot. Darkness crept into his vision, the out-of-control monster that he’d been battling for months rearing its head despite the fact that she had momentarily calmed him. He licked his lips and gave her time to digest what he’d told her. Her eyes widened and she gasped when she finally realized what he had said.
Levi shook in hunger, anticipation making his mouth water. To seal their agreement, the two of them would need to exchange blood. It wouldn’t be a mating bond, but it would be the next best thing. It would allow him to access the thoughts she was hiding behind her enigmatic gaze.
She sucked in a breath when he leaned over her neck. When he initiated a blood bond, he normally took blood at the wrist, but for her… He needed to taste her pulse point. He inhaled her skin, humming in anticipation.
“Just get it over with,” she whimpered. That helpless sound ratcheted up the tension between them, feeding the monster right below his skin.
“This moment can’t be rushed, baby doll.” He put his lips at her ear. “Later, when I’m stroking my dick and thinking about your taste, I want to remember every exquisite detail.”
A mewl was her answer to that. Levi chuckled and licked her pulse point. This time the noise she made was a moan that hardened his dick even more. He would wait on his mate for sure, but nothing said he couldn’t enjoy this small taste of her in the meantime. Taking a deep breath, he scraped his teeth down her skin and prayed for control.
Closing his eyes, he pumped up his pheromones and bit down gently. The first taste of her blood buckled his knees and Levi damn near moaned. The chaos power she held within filled his body and shut down the monster that had wholly taken over his life. For the first time in months, his thoughts were clear. He drank and peace suffused him.
‘Your Majesty,’Sebastian mentally called out to him.
His best friend’s voice brought him back and he reluctantly pulled away from her, licking his bite closed. Amaya shuddered in his arms, a small whimper escaping her.
Fuck.
