“Fuck you.” I bared my teeth at him, wishing I were free so I could punch him in his huge bulge.
“That’s on the table for about another minute. Then you’ll suffocate, and I’m not in the habit of making love to corpses.” He admired the rings on his fingers like a cocky asshole, refusing to look in my direction. “Though I’m not sure I’m patient enough to wait for the Lord to revive you either.”
Fuck.He knew he had me. I didn’t have time to argue, and it’s not like there was a chance of another handsome stranger happening across me in the next minute.
Either I kissed the boot of this demon, or I’d die and face his Lord later. And who knew how long it would take the Lord of Bones to revive me. He’d probably wait until after my three days were up.
Kissing the boots of this sexy bastard was the much better option.
“Fine,” I gasped as the ground brushed my chin. I glared up at him, eyes full of the fire raging inside me, before leaning forward and pressing my lips to the toe of his black leather boot.
I hated how wet it made me, even with the crushing sand pressing in from every angle.
I expected Belial to grab me the second my lips left his shoe, to start digging against the quickly sinking ground to dig me out.
To my horror, he only stared down at me with a dark smile that had my stomach twisting with unease.
“Belial!” I screamed as my ears dipped into the dirt and the ground swallowed my mouth. I could only watch in terror as he stood there, doing nothing, and allowed the ground to swallow me whole.
Chapter15
RAYVEN
This was how I died.
I knew it in my bones.
My lungs began to ache, begging to release the air caught in my chest, and I became hyper aware of the blood pounding in my veins. Everything slowed to a painful crawl. My last moments with Belial played in my mind on loop. And the gleam in his eyes as he’d watched me disappear beneath his boots was seared into my brain.
What. A. Bastard.
I resisted the urge to open my mouth and scream. This was uncomfortable enough without soil spilling inside my mouth. Plus, what good would screaming do?
No one was coming to help me.
All I could hope for was a quick death and for the Lord of Bones to revive me before my three days were up.
Doubtful. Knowing that sick fuck, he’d probably leave me to rot in the mud for a while before unearthing me for round two of torturing his new pet.
My chest squeezed tighter and my mind grew fuzzy from the lack of oxygen. I was only seconds away from death when the ground around me began to shift and dirt fell away. The crushing pressure around me dissipated and I could finally breathe again.
I choked the fresh air down like I hadn’t known it for an eon.
Strong hands gripped me, pulling me up out of the ground. When I forced my eyes open, Belial was hauling me into his arms. The muscular expanse of his chest was warm, comforting. I had no idea why I felt safe in this fucker’s arms. He’d made me believe I was going to die.
He carried me away from the quicksand and lowered us to the ground so we were in a sitting position—with me still cradled in his arms. As relieved as I was to still be alive, I wanted to shove away from him and run. To put as much distance as I could between us as possible.
But my body was spent from the struggle of trying to escape. I needed to gather my strength.
“What the hell was that?” I said, unable to get enough air into my lungs between my shallow, panicked breaths. “I could have died.”
“But did you? No, so I think thanks are in order,” he muttered, his eyes glittering with mirth. This asshole thought this wasfunny.
“Eat a dick you horned prick.” I slapped my handsagainst his chest, trying to shove him away,but his strong arms held me in place. “You’re out of your fucking mind if you think I’m going to thank you for letting me get buried alive.”
He laughed, throwing his head back as the sound echoed over the steady roll of whispers, and looked back down at me again. His stormy gray eyes gleamed with mischief, and he shifted so that the hard bulge in his pants pressed against my ass.
He’d obviously enjoyed watching me almost die…Reallyenjoyed it.
