Damn it.I wasn’t going to be able to kill him. Not when he made her smile like that.
Gently, I carried her to the couch and eased her down. Her body was boneless, spent, glowing with the aftermath. We’d taken her like animals, yet she looked like a goddess.
When she leaned in and kissed my neck, whispering, “Thank you,” my heart cracked wide open. I’d let her destroy me, walk all over me in heels, and I’d call it anhonor.
Reaching for a pillow, I noticed my arms… still encased in stone yet somehow bleeding.
I’d fucked her while encased in the form that could crush most beings, yet she wasn’t hurt.
Not a scratch on her. No blood. No tears. Just satisfaction, pure and wild.
My whole body froze.No. No, it isn’t possible.
My skin, hard as marble to anyone else, was supposed to be impenetrable. Except…
Except for one.
Only for a mate did our armor soften. Only to a mate could we trolls never cause harm, our bodies instinctively shifting to protect them,always, even when our minds didn’t know better.
My breath came in short, sharp bursts. My heart pounded.
I stared at her, blissed out and beautiful, her skin glowing, chest rising and falling with peace and pleasure.
Aniyah Glovefox is my mate.
23
ANIYAH
That was definitely something new. I’d never met a demon who, the moment he tasted cum, radiated power so thick it drenched the room in lust. It was like the air had been drugged. My head swam with the possibilities. Just imagine the kind of profits we could rake in with a power like that on tap. What the hell was a man like that doing in IT?
Then I remembered his words from before, how he’d been suppressing that power. Taking blockers. Holding himself back… for me.
You can’t buy that kind of devotion.
Goosebumps chased across my skin, and a heady warmth bloomed in my chest, bubbling over into something giddy and greedy. I wanted to pinch his too-cute face then fuck him into next week.
Something warm and damp brushed against my thighs. My leg was lifted, and I cracked an eye open to find Rasmus kneeling between them, methodically cleaning me up with a cloth, hisfingers lingering just a second too long. His gaze, dark, intense, reverent, made my core clench with fresh want. I bit my lip. Maybe his magic still lingered in my veins. Maybe the only cure was another round.I am so down for that.
Across the room, my grumpy troll was staring at his forearms like they’d betrayed him. Unarmored, Alic was starting to become one of my favorite flavors.Fuck, that man had a cock worthy of legend and knew exactly what to do with it.
Now that everything was out in the open, I felt lighter, like I'd shed something. Rasmus had been in my life before I even got to New York. That thought still surprised me. If my brother sent him, his skills in IT had to be stellar, which meant he was smart and determined.
That was already a dangerous combination, but add in his unending loyalty? That made him the perfect obsessive companion, someone who could be useful in so many ways.
“So,” I said, propping myself up on my elbows, “when are we watching the tapes from last night?”
Ras slowly withdrew the cloth, resting his cheek on my thigh and closing his eyes like he was savoring the moment. That was somehow worse. That heat flared again, teasing just under my skin, and I nearly purred.Fuck, I am such a thirsty bitch.
That warmth I had felt during sex, the pulse of something ancient, powerful, and personal, was still there. Now that I knew the seal on my tattoo was breaking, I started wondering if maybe I did have multiple mates. Now that they were circling in close, maybe the magic couldn’t handle the sudden overload?
Then there were the roses on my ink. Five of them. Five roses. Five men currently orbiting me like predators on a blood trail,but what if the bond was the bait? Leading them to a bigger predator… me. I liked the thought of that.
“I’ll pull the memory card,” Ras said, voice calm, “and we can bring it back to the apartment.”
I nodded, letting my body relax. “Let me know when you're done… and… thanks.” A simple thanks for… everything.
Apparently, that wasn’t enough.
