I tried not to shiver.
Elian folded his arms across his chest and leaned back against the door. That asshole fae wasn’t going anywhere. Not until he got his way, which I wasn’t about to give him.
So, dropping all pretense of modesty, I slid out of Jax’s hold, hopped out of bed, and waltzed right over to him.
Staring him down in nothing but my black lace G-banger, I folded my arms under my bare breasts and said, “What was it you needed to talk to me about, Elian? The weather? Tomorrow’s breakfast options? My shoe selection for the party? Or are you here to warn me about my poor choices in men?”
Elian swallowed hard, his gaze locked on mine, cold and impassive. There was no hiding the hitch in his breath, though. The flare of his nostrils as he took in the scent of my bare skin.
There was no hiding the resulting throb of desire between my thighs, either, but like I said—we were well past the pretense of modesty.
“I told you I’dwait,” he ground out. “So go ahead and get back to… whatever it is you’re doing.”
“Whatever it is I’m doing? Really? Is it unclear what I’m doing? Did you need a diagram or something?”
A buck-naked Jax joined me by the door, stepping up behind me and placing his hands on my hips, his hard cock nudging me. Kissing the sensitive spot behind my ear, he said softly, “A live demo could also be arranged.”
I glared at Elian, my heart pounding as his rain-and-bergamot scent collided with Jax’s smoke-and-lemons. I felt like I was caught between a storm and a fire. I didn’t know which would kill me first.
Elian glared right back at me, his eyes flashing in the darkness, pupils nearly blown from the Dream, his breath quickening. A low growl rumbled in his chest, the warning of an apex predator.
He wasn’t going to back down.
I closed my eyes. Tried to calm the frantic beat of my heart. Tried to talk myself into kicking Elian out, bolting the door, and climbing right back into bed with Jax as if we’d never been interrupted in the first place.
But deep down, where all my darkest truths lived, another secret rose to the surface:
I didn’twantElian to back down. I wanted him to watch. I wanted him to burn for me the same way I still burned for him.
Jax nipped my earlobe, then dragged his hot mouth down my neck and across my shoulder, one hand sliding up to cup my breast, the other gliding down over the front of my panties.
I leaned my head back as he tugged my nipple, my eyes opening just a fraction, my body relaxing into the pleasure of his touch. Through a heavy, half-lidded haze, I watched Elian’s vicious gaze rove down my body, heat rising in its wake.
A quiet moan escaped my lips, and Jax slid his hand lower between my thighs, cupping me and rubbing the lace. It scraped against my clit, making me gasp.
“You’re so wet, angel,” he breathed, increasing the pressure. “Do you like it when he watches me touch you?”
“I’m… I don’t know. It’s… I’m just…”
Oh, God…
My entire body tingled, my skin hot, nerves buzzing with anticipation. But…
Was I evenallowedto like this? Elian was my ex—one I still had intense, complicated feelings for. Jax was his friend—sort of. One I was also developing feelings for, and they didn’t exactly get along. What Jax and I did behind closed doors was one thing, but this? Letting Jax drive me wild while Elian stood by and watched? Knowingly tormenting the man I’d once promised my heart?
Ithadto be wrong.
Didn’t it?
“He’s a vampire,” Jax whispered, teasing my nipple to a hard point, his fingers moving harder and faster over the panties. “He already knows your answer. He can hear your heartbeat. Feel the rush of blood through your veins.” He bit my neck, then kissed a searing hot path back up to my ear. In a low, hot murmur, he said, “The scent of your sweet pussy is making him drunker than all the little black pills in the realm.”
“Jax,” I breathed, though I couldn’t tell whether my soft sigh was a warning to stop… or a plea to keep going.
He released my breast and grabbed my hair, fisting it so tight it made my eyes water.
Fuck, yes…
“Look at him, angel. Look at what you’re doing to him.” His mouth was still close to my ear, breath hot on my skin. “Now, I’m going to fuck you. Right here. And unless you say otherwise, he’s going to stand there and watch while I make you come all over your demon’s cock. Isn’t that right, Saint Elian?”
