“I did.”
“If you laid a finger on her…”
“You’ll do what? There’s nothing you can do to stop me from touching her now, little brother,” I remind him, keeping my voice calm.
Dominik glares at me, his fury rolling off him in waves. His anger has never unnerved me.
This time it’s expected even. He’s too much of a fool to not get attached to other people.
Especially a woman who bends his loyalty and makes him betray me.
“Alina melted at my touch,” I tell him, remembering the softness of her skin under my fingertips. The way she arched andtrembled as the pleasure escalated. “She didn’t want me to stop. In fact, she begged for more.”
Dominik lunges forward and grabs the front of my shirt through the bars, yanking me forward.
I manage to catch myself with my forearm, but the force of his grip makes my top lip catch one of the bars, splitting the tissue. Instead of getting pissed off and dealing the damage back, I merely smile at him, blood welling up in the cut.
Pain is familiar. Control is even better.
I wave my hand behind me, motioning for Simeon to stand down. I don’t need him to rush to my aid. This is between me and my brother.
“I’m just being honest with you,Bratishka,” I say as he tightens his grip on my shirt. “Someone should be since she isn’t.”
Something flashes in his eyes, and it’s not anger. Obviously, Alina didn’t mention a word of what we did to him, which doesn’t surprise me. She can’t expect me to hold my tongue, though.
Some of us value honesty.
“The sounds she made for me,” I continue, lowering my voice. My tongue sneaks out to sweep across the cut, the metallic taste filling my mouth. “My name has never sounded so good on someone else’s lips.”
That’s not a total lie. She did say my name. I’ll never tell my brother that it was his name she called out when she came.
Dominik leans closer, an angry exhale punching out of his lungs. “Did you fuck her?”
I could lie and drive him past the point of madness, but what’s the fun in that? I want thetruthto torment him.
“No, it only took my fingers to unravel her.”
Dominik releases my shirt and slams his hand against my chest, knocking me backward away from the cell door. He whipsaround to put his back to me, one hand raking through his hair. “You’re a fucking asshole. She wouldn’t have…you manipulated her.”
“Did I twist her arm to get her into the shower? Yes,” I say as I watch him fray at the edges. “But I didn’t have to make any threats for her to let me run my hands all over her sexy body.”
Dominik shakes his head. “I don’t want to hear your bullshit lies, Gavriil!”
I watch him pace and cast glances at me like he’s prepared to launch himself at me again, but he knows it’s futile.
A flicker of satisfaction sizzles in my chest, but it dies as fast as it’s born, leaving a cold, empty feeling within me.
I thought this would feel more fun, spreading the jealousy around.
“It’s the honest to God truth. Just ask her. And you’re welcome by the way,” I comment as I turn away from him to leave.
“What would I possibly thank you for?” Dominik snaps.
“Getting her warmed up for you. Too bad you didn’t take advantage earlier…”
I still hear Dominik’s curses when I reach the top of the stairs to leave the prison.
The hollow feeling follows me up the stairs.
