"Thank you," he repeated. "I know you don't trust Matthieu, and I know that this could be a trap, but the fact that you are willing to help me with our mission means more than you could ever know."
"I would help any of you any way you needed."
"I can think of a way I need help, goddess." Jasper threw his arm around my shoulder and snuggled closer.
"As much as I would love to give in to that, I would also like to have everyone recharge for the new mission that we have tomorrow."
"Great," Casper muttered. "We have to save the weirdo."
"He really is weird," Bastian added.
Silas just shook his head with a chuckle. "I'm not disputing that, but we aren't doing this for his sake."
"We know," Aimon grunted. "We're doing it for the emperor."
I only hoped we weren't walking our asses right into a trap.
12
SILAS
"You!"Samantha, Fawn's oldest friend, narrowed her gaze at me as we stepped into her home.
Her wards skittered down my spine with a painful bite. "Good morning, Samantha," I greeted her with a hiss of pain that seemed to make the old lady positively gleeful.
Her silver hair was tied up in a massive bun, and her bright green eyes reeked of suspicion as she stared at me. "You better have been kind to Fawn."
"He's been so kind that he fucked her roughly against the cottage during a storm," Jasper gossiped like an old bat, and of course, her eyes twinkled with that information.
Fawn gasped, slapping her hand over Jasper's mouth. "Jas!"
He caught her wrist and pulled her palm away slightly before licking it with a low moan. "Bless, you taste good."
"Why are you being bashful, sunshine? It's true." Casper chuckled, a light wisp teasing her hair. "And it was hot as fuck."
"Not that we were watching!" Bastian's voice went up an octave, giving them away.
My mouth fell open, and Fawn's face went red.
"We felt the pleasure through the bond, and the twins were watching out the window," Aimon explained calmly with a shrug. "They were telling us everything in real-time, so we just peeked out too."
My face even turned hot as they clued Samantha in on our personal business.
Samantha's brow arched as she glanced at Fawn, her lips twitching as she tried to hide a smile. "You've had sex with the one who was a total jerk?"
Fawn bit down on her lip and nodded. "I mean, yes, but I've had sex with all of them."
"And is the purple-haired one any good?"
"Absolutely," she answered without a beat of hesitation.
My cock twitched in response. She felt fucking amazing wrapped around me. I knew she would. I wasn't blind. I knew Fawn was stunning, but her beauty wasn't what made me start to fall for her. Her determination and strength did, and then when I kissed her...when I entered her...there was no going back from that.
"I knew that you would fall in love with at least one of them...or at least both of the twins." Samantha wiggled her brows suggestively. "But I hadn't been expecting the entirety of the five members of the Lethium Empire shield, Fawn."
"Well, after I broke their hexes and bonded their souls to mine, sharing my curse of immortality, I figured I'm not going to have to tell any of them bye or lose them to death." Fawn shrugged exaggeratedly. "So...why not give in to my feelings?"
Samantha smacked a hand to her chest as surprise flashed in her eyes. "So the rumors are true, then..."
