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Micah flaps his wings again, his frown deepening. “Raven, I—”

“Dante! He’s here!” I shout, screaming as loudly as I can. “Kase!”

Micah disappears.

Chapter 11

Gluttony

RAVEN

THE BED SHIFTS, pulling me from my twisted dream of Lucian. I have no idea how long I’ve been strapped to the bed, but I’m annoyed as fuck realizing it was long enough to have fallen asleep.

“Sorry I took so long, pretty soul. We were only going to be gone for a few minutes, but something came up.” Dante grazes his knuckles over my cheek, shifting my dark hair from my face.

“Are you kidding me? Sorry isn’t enough. You’re a fucking bastard.” I glower and pull against the restraints. “Now release me.”

The corners of his lips quirk up in a smile. “You are in no position to demand anything from me.”

“Dante!” I thrash, trying to kick him from my position, but the strap tightens to its full extent with him out of my reach.

“If you don’t stop fighting, I will reposition you to your stomach and spank you. There’s a reason I left you strapped here.” His eyes search over my face. “I wanted the anticipation to leave you aching for me.”

“What?” I blink a few times.

“You deserved the same kind of torture you’ve put me through tonight.” Dante strokes my bare shoulder. “I heard what you said to Micah.”

I inwardly groan. “I was just trying to get under his skin.”

“Well, you got straight to my dick, pretty soul.” He shifts and shows me his bulge, adjusting it in his pants. “It’s making it impossible to think about anything else, despite knowing you didn’t really mean it.”

“So is this how it’s going to be? You’re just going to keep me restrained every time I give you a boner?” I tip my chin toward his cock. “That’s not my fault. Maybe you should let me tie you up and punish you instead.”

“You little tease,” he says, his voice turning breathy. “You can’t threaten such things unless you’re willing to follow through.”

“How do you know I won’t?” I smirk, unable to resist the need to tease him as it steals my annoyance away. “You won’t ever find out unless you release me.”

Leaning close, he bows into me, sharing the same breathing space. “I will if you kiss me.”

“What kind of deal is that? Both options only benefit you.” I suck in my lips and press them together to hide them. I’m not even going to let him look at them.

A smirk plays on his lips. “I’d think your freedom was a benefit enough.”

This cocky bastard. “I could just call Kase and make a deal with him. If I offer to let him slide his tail in anywhere, he—”

Growling, Dante pinches my chin between his thumb and index finger. “What do you want, pretty soul? I have many things I can slide into you anywhere too, you know.” His tongue glides between his lips and he shows off his piercings. “I’d be willing to trade one kiss for anything you desire.”

He hovers centimeters from my mouth. I expect him to steal a kiss, but he doesn’t. He just peers into my eyes, unblinking. His diamond pupils expand and retract, and the scent of his smoky, warm scent envelops me. Heat radiates from his hands—one resting on my thigh and the other moving from chin and to my cheek until he pushes my hair behind my ear.

“So what will it be?” His fingers dig into my thigh, sending heat up and between my legs without him even moving.

I release a quivering breath. “I want to see you in your complete true devil form and touch your wings.”

Easing away, he tilts his head slightly in surprise. “Out of everything you could ask for, why that?”

I stretch forward without responding and brush my lips to his, kissing him softly, sweetly, without getting carried away. He sits frozen like the last thing he expects is to find my lips against his, even though he already asked for it. Maybe he didn’t think I wanted to kiss him. Maybe that’s why he was trying to make a deal. But I don’t know. Despite his flaws, psychotic tendencies in regards to others, and wild sex kinks, he’s been...nice doesn’t describe it. Neither does sweet. Whatever it is about Dante, I can’t help my attraction towards him.

He slips his tongue into my mouth, deepening our kiss. I expect his forked tongue to tangle with mine, but the only difference I feel are the smooth metal beads of his double tongue piercing. I think he doesn’t try anything adventurous with his kiss because he doesn’t want to push me like Kase does. I doubt he’ll ever admit it, but I also think the reason he never goes into full Hell-mode with me is because of my reaction to Kase when he startled me and broke the mirror.

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