Page 65 of King of Clubs

“Yes...” Alice moaned as I collapsed half on top of her, still buried inside the warmth of her body. “Give it all to me.”

She wrapped her arms around me, holding me close as we came down from the high. No other words were needed in this moment. Our connection went beyond such things.

I held her close as our breathing slowed, my softening cocks still nestled inside her warmth. I kept one hand tangled in her messy, bloody hair while resting my weight on my elbow.

Her fingers traced lazy patterns over my back while her nails scratched lightly between my wings.

It felt divine.

So utterly divine.

"You know...if you’re not careful, you're gonna get me addicted to this." Her words were muffled against my chest.

I chuckled, the sound rumbling in my chest. “You already are, little bunny.”

Alice tilted her head up, eyes gleaming. "Maybe I am."

A surge of warmth flooded me at her words. Mindful of my horns, I leaned down, capturing her lips in a slow, deep kiss.

A loud bang at the door had us jerking apart.

"Boss!" One of the Tweedles' panicked voices came through the door. "We got a situation upstairs!”

I growled, reluctantly withdrawing from Alice's warmth to stand. What was so fucking important that the Tweedles felt they had to interrupt us?

Another bang rattled the door on its hinges. "Boss, it’s serious and seriouser!”

Every muscle in my body tensed as I stepped over broken bodies and organs and flung open the door. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum had worked for me long enough that they didn’t flinch at the sight of me naked, covered in blood, and clearly displeased.

"Explain. Now." My voice was deceptively calm, though anger simmered beneath.

Tweedle Dee took a step forward, lowering his voice. "The Red Queen knows Alice is here. Her army is marching on The Rabbit Hole as we speak. She’ll be here in a matter of hours!”

I clenched my jaw in outrage.

I ran a tight ship. All my staff were fully vetted. Who thefuckhad betrayed me?

“How did you learn this information?” I asked.

“Chess and Hatter just arrived with Callister,” said Tweedle Dee. “The Queen had them all imprisoned, but they escaped. Nobody else knows they’re here. I told them you’d want to speak to them immediately.”

“You’re right,” I said, tamping down the warring emotions filling my brain. I turned to Alice and frowned. “We’ll be there at once.”

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ChapterEleven

ALICE

With a wave of his hand, Ransom’s demon magic made the mutilated bodies in the storage room vanish into thin air. The blood evaporated off the floor, and the shredded remains of my clothes were replaced with a simple, elegant black dress.

My heart pounded as the King of Clubs shifted back into his human form, in yet another impeccable black suit. His wings and horns faded away like a dream.

What the fuck had just happened?

One minute I was face down on the merry-go-round, being assaulted by a couple of motherfuckers. The next, Ransom erupted into a nightmarish beast, annihilating the bodies of my attackers.

Then he’d fucked me into oblivion on a bed of their corpses.

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