My silent assessment was cut short by Blade’s verbal outcry. “What a fucking beauty! Dibs. I call her. I don’t give a fuck what you say. She’s mine. She’s too pretty to let anyone else have. I want to see that gorgeous body under me, fighting the pleasure I give her.”
Void’s eyes flashed. He wanted her, too. The asshole was practically licking his chops with the desire to cut her flesh and paint it red. I didn’t have to be a mind reader to see all the ways he planned to torture her. I’d seen what he’d done to every human he chose. Their bodies suffered the worst kind of torment.
He's out of control, and you know it. You’re just prolonging the inevitable. He needs to be put down,that voice in my head whispered again.
The human’s eyes dashed over to the tattooed menace, her lush lips sliding up in a way that made the storm in my body intensify. “Fuck you, demon. You might’ve kidnapped and caged me, but you’ll never own me. Kill me if you must, but you’ll never get me under you without a fucking fight.”
Both Void and Blade’s bodies shuddered with scales. This human brought out our inner beasts. Both dragons were barely keeping it together, and if I were honest, I was struggling the most. Her smell was devastating to the senses, and those eyes…
Where had I seen that look before? Why did her violent gaze remind me of a dragon’s? Was this female truly human or was she a beast, too?
Blade chuckled, clearly tickled by her cheek. “Oh yeah, take her to my estate, Boris. I’m going to enjoy making this one beg for it when she realizes how good I make her feel. She’s going to have a hell of a time denying it. Breaking and breeding her will be a real fucking treat. I can’t wait to watch her struggle not to give in.”
Her pale eyes sliced over to mine, challenging me to do something, and my blood boiled. My cock was so hard I worried it’d cut straight through the thick fabric of my trousers.
Lust wasn’t something I’d ever struggled to control. I hadn’t acted on it in a very long time. I didn’t need to. The ceaseless battles between the factions kept me plenty satisfied. Blade was the insatiable lust beast of our trio. Torture was the only thing that got Void’s cock hard, the sick bastard.
Not me.
I never gave into lust.
But the violence this white-haired female carried in a single glance made my mouth water. Before I realized it, I’d stood up. Boris stiffened when he saw me get to my feet, just as surprised as my brothers I’d moved at all.
“Take her to my chambers and guard her until I return.”
The silence that followed was heavy. The human growled again, but the other two were locked to their thrones in surprise, unable to speak or move.
“Onyx?” Blade asked in disbelief.
“No one but me touches her,” I commanded in a voice that left no room for argument. “Am I understood?”
Boris finally dipped his head, lips slanted. “Guess I’m losing money thanks to you, human. I should’ve known it was a bad idea to bet against you.”
She bit his hand, and he dropped the cage with another loud clang. Blade threw his head back and barked a laugh, but Void’s silver eyes were on me, full of silent intrigue, demanding an explanation.
He was wary of me the same way he had been the night I told him he was no longer receiving humans unless they had committed grave acts within our borders. The night after his human slit her throat to escape him. Whatever he saw in me that night, he saw in me now.
I left the room before I could be interrogated. I wouldn’t know what to say. That the fire in my blood and storm in my body made me do it? That I’d lost my mind? That I’d forgotten my long-standing hatred for humans so I could lay claim to one?
No one was more surprised than I was, but the fucking nuisance in my pants demanded attention. I’d deal with that before I dealt with her.
Chapter 3
Boris, as I’d heard the others call him a few times, set my cage down in the middle of an oversized room with very little in it aside from a bed and desk. He removed the metal cuffs on my wrists and ankles without ever really touching me. Guess he thought I wouldn’t need them anymore?
But that was it. Then he was gone. Probably went back to guard duty outside the door. He didn’t bother to address me more than “Be good” and “No biting” before he sauntered hisway out of my life. But hopefully not forever. The more demons I cozied up to and charmed, the better.
My nerves were shot. Thankfully, my feisty attitude didn’t get me killed.Yet.If anything, it seemed to resonate in a way I hadn’t expected. I witnessed scales fading in and out along the naked flesh of two of the three demons. The one with red hair and tattoos had even shown his fangs. I suffered a brief moment of fear before violent rage swiftly took its place.
I’d trained for this every day since I was eight. Since my sister went missing, taken by a demon. I never questioned or feared giving my life for the cause. But the sight of humans like myself, bruised, battered, and kneeled at the feet of demons, had rattled me more than I’d ever openly admit.
I’d never felt a fear like it. Not when I was stabbed and nearly killed in a scuffle with the sector gang responsible for hand-picking human sacrifices for the demons. Not when several of the members took turns raping me as I bled out. Not when I was left for dead and just barely dragged myself back to the safety of the hideout to live another day.
But today, fear ate away at my confidence. Fear sat in my throat when rage and determination weren’t dominating the senses. I had to do this, but the question was…could I?
Their omnipotent power electrified the air in that room. Not once in my life had I felt so small and insignificant. But those demons sitting on their thrones made of glass, metal, and gold acted as though nothing fazed them. Like nothing and no one could ever hurt them. Like I was a new toy to fight over.
But I was determined to find their weakness. I’d exploit their confidence that no one could ever get to them. I’d do whatever it took to displace and upend these vicious beasts, or I’d fucking die trying.
