Page 125 of Touched By Darkness

We arrive at the mansion, and I toss the screaming human over my shoulder, slap her ass, then enter the house. Anticipation and excitement swirl in my gut. I can’t fucking wait to torment my little angel while she’s trapped behind the flames and unable to act on her desires.

The guards nod their heads and step aside.

“Look what I brought back from the human world,” I say as I enter the bathroom, where she’s pacing the circle like a trapped animal.

Her head shoots up and her nostrils flare as I slap the human’s ass again just to piss Aurelia off.

And it works.

She bares her teeth, causing the frightened human on my shoulder to cry even harder.

The others file in behind me, too curious not to witness this little show. Ronan leans back against the wall, and Alaric and Dariana take a seat on the bathtub’s edge.

“Now what?” Ronan asks.

“Now we play with her darkness.”

“Not this again.” Alaric shakes his head disapprovingly and crosses his arms. “Nothing good will come from it, Daemon. You know it’s not wise to bring the darkness to the surface. What you should do instead is to help her adjust to a life without the light.”

“Listen to yourself,” I drawl, placing the human down on the floor and turning her to face Aurelia. “Could you be any more boring? Relax a little, Alaric. Who cares what’s wise when our little angel from Heaven is growling like an aggravated lioness?”

“Daemon, listen to me, thi—”

“I don’t fucking care,” I cut him off. “The darkness is a part of her so much as it’s a part of us. She’s not in control of hers yet in the absence of light. I want to understand her darkness.” I look between them. “We can’t help Aurelia or know what we’re up against if we shy away from this part of her. And she can’t learn to tame her own darkness if she shies away from it. This is the only way forward if we don’t want enemies to use her as a weapon against us.”

Alaric looks away, his jaw clenching as he crosses his arms.

“Any other objections?” I ask. “Now is the time to speak up.”

Silence. No one speaks.

“Good.” With a slow curl of my lips, I bring my attention to the pacing angel in front of us. Ever since I first laid eyes on her, I’ve felt drawn to the heat in her gaze, the way she commands my attention. Other girls want me to notice them, but Aurelia demands more. She wants me toseeher.

And see her, I do.

Circling my hand around the human’s slender arm, I pull her back against me and make a show of carefully and slowly moving the strands of her silky hair off her shoulder to bare the curve of her creamy neck. Her pulse flutters wildly against the translucent skin, inviting and tempting.

I dive down and breathe her in while keeping my eyes locked on Aurelia.

Pacing in her fire prison, she pauses. The tension in the air crackles as a shadow falls over her eyes.

My lips, moist from when I wet them, drag over the human’s neck in a slow tease toward her ear. If it were my little angel, she would shiver and push her bubble ass back against my groin. But it’s not my little witch. If I want to seduce this girl, I’ll need to put her under a spell. I’m not fucking a terrified, crying girl, even if it’ll make Aurelia’s monster salivate.

I shake those thoughts. I can’t fuck this girl anyway. Aurelia has made sure, with her doe eyes and snarls, that I can’t touch and enjoy other women.

I’m a fucking pet.

I palm the human’s breasts, more to get a reaction out of the angel than any real desire to feel this girl up. It hits the mark, and a smile lifts my lips when my little angel stalks closer to the fire before retreating with a growl.

Cupping the girl’s chin and bringing my lips to her ear, I whisper, “This will hurt.” Then I sink my teeth into her neck, ensuring blood flows down her front. Blood always brings the evil inside Aurelia to the surface.

Pain.

Fearful pleas.

The loud snarl that mixes with the crackling fire, more monster than angel, has my smile growing.

“There she is,” I breathe into the girl’s ear as I slide my hand down her front to cup her pussy through her leather shorts. “Let’s play with her a bit.”

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