Page 49 of The Darkest Prince

Luca will be the Grand Master of The Devil’s Knights one day, but I’m not here on Knights business.

This is personal.

Alex nods. “Please, tell me why. I need to know, so I can stop feeling like I did something wrong.”

“Baby, you did nothing wrong.”

I stare at her pretty face, surprised by the name I called her. It sounded good as it rolled off my tongue, but I prefer Pet.

Pet suits her.

She has a thin neck that will look good with my collar on it someday. It will happen, eventually. I already picked out a diamond choker for her.

“You’re in danger with us,” I confess, feeling the weight lift off my chest at keeping this secret from her for too long. “The Salvatores have a lot of enemies. So do The Devil’s Knights. And if you were seen with us, it would only make your life worse.”

“My family has enemies, too.” A frown tugs at her mouth. “But you don’t see my grandfather not talking to Aiden and me over it.”

“It’s not that simple,” I explain. “Without us, you get to live your life in Providence. You get to be normal. Those girls you hang out with wouldn’t be safe around you otherwise. We are doing thisforyou. Nottoyou. Do you understand me?”

Alex hooks her arms around my neck and presses her plump lips to my jaw, leaving a trail of hot kisses on my skin. “I missed you. But I’m still mad at you. At all of you.” She stops kissing me and looks into my eyes as if she’s searching for something. “Please pass the message along to your asshole brothers.”

Her phone rings again.

“Damian, I really have to go. My brother worries about me.”

She attempts to fish the phone from her pocket, but I beat her to it and answer.

“Aiden, your sister is with me. Stop fucking calling.”

“Damian?” Aiden sounds confused.

“Alex is safe. She’ll be home when I’m done talking to her. Don’t call again.”

I hang up and hand her the phone.

“You are such a dick,” she groans, stuffing the phone back into her pocket.

I set her feet on the ground and unbutton her jeans, shoving them down her legs. “A dick who’s going to make you come.”

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Alex’s eyeswiden at my words, excitement flashing across her face. She strips off the right leg of her pants to give me better access.

I take the hunting knife from the inner pocket of my suit jacket and hold it out in front of her. “Remember this?”

She nods, a smile slowly spreading across her face. “Do you have new panties for me?”

“I’ll send you something after I leave.”

“I don’t want you to leave.” Alex grips my tie between her fingers and pulls me closer. “Stay with me tonight.”

She practically begged us to fuck her in high school. But because of Luca’s stupid fucking rules, our girl is still a virgin. If I stay tonight, she will give me her virginity.

I know it.

But Bash wants to pop her cherry too badly for me to take that away from him.

“I can’t stay. I have to get back to Cambridge.”

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