Page 103 of Where Sinners Repent

His body jerks from side to side, muscles on muscles rippling with exhaustion and pain. Tendons strain in his neck, his shoulders drawn tight before shuddering with the effort of holding himself together.

I watch in awe. I can’t tear my eyes away. This is the man who hides behind a stone mask. Who taunts and destroys, haunts and kills.

But now... his mask is slipping. Enough for me to see the person buried beneath it. He’s still terrifying. Still the most dangerous predator. But here, he’s no longer invincible.

“Please,” he whimpers. Actually whimpers. “Please stop. I can’t... I can’t, fuck!”

Another shuddering orgasm rolls through him. His powerful body thrashes, trying to dislodge the grip I have on his cock. Trying to fight the vibrations against his prostate.

“When I get out of here, you’re fucked, Black Cat,” he growls, but it doesn’t hold as much heat when his lip begins to tremble and his voice breaks.

In fact, the threat turns me on.

“Explain and I’ll stop,” I snarl in his face. “Kai is mine. You don’t lay a fucking hand on him, you hear me!”

His face shutters at the word mine. All his fraying control snapping in a moment. He roars through his teeth, body bucking like a stallion.

“He’s mine!” he screams. “I can’t take it. I can’t take it, fuck! It hurts, Roxy.”

I feel Kai behind me. Slowing my hand, I glare at him over my shoulder.

“I’m yours?” he rasps, just a quiet whisper.

My teeth grit. Distantly, I feel like I’ve become lost in my revenge. Like I’m only half here. The other part of me is watching me from up above. Watching me lose my fucking mind.

“You’re mine,” I growl.

I swear I see a ghost of a smile on his face, but it’s impossible to know.

He steps behind me, running his knuckles down my neck. Goosebumps crawl over my skin and I melt into his touch, my hand still toying with his brother’s cock.

“I asked for it, Roxy,” Kai murmurs in my ear. “I need it after being with you. Need him to bring me back.”

Kaleb’s eyes fall shut, his hips pushing further into my fist. Like he’s lost to whatever is happening to his body.

“Why?” I choke, my voice cracking. “Why does he have to bring you back?”

I feel a sad smile against my neck, at the same time Kaleb whimpers again, a low masculine sound that hits me right in the core.

“I told you, I’m broken,” he whispers in my ear.

My head shakes, refusing to believe that.

“No, you're not,” I grit out, glaring at his brother.

One hand snakes around my throat, just resting there.

“No, no, no,” Kaleb groans. “It hurts. I’m fucking... coming, fuck!”

I don’t stop. I can’t.

“Why are you... covered in scars, and he isn’t?” I dare to ask the question that has been haunting me.

Kai’s hand tightens a fraction around my neck.

“Because I failed!” Kaleb cries out, head falling between his shoulders. His chest heaves with a sob. “I fucking failed him.”

My hand stills, though the vibrations continue their assault. Behind me, Kai freezes.