He shakes his head, and for a moment, his demon eyes shift to human. Hunter’s eyes, the dull brown I remember from our wedding night.
For the briefest instant, the demon is gone, and Hunter looks down on me with pity.
“No, Westlyn Avery,” he says plainly. “You did.”
* * *
“No!” A devastating pain knifes through my skull, and I bolt up in bed with a gasp, clutching my head in my hands as the real world comes back into focus. “Holy shit. Holy fucking shit…”
Tears leak from my eyes, my heart bursting with grief, but… no.
A nightmare. Just another nightmare.
Goddess, it was so real.
I close my eyes and rub my temples, the pain in my head slowly receding. When I finally feel like I can move again without unleashing another migraine, I slip out from under the blankets and dangle my legs over the edge of the bed.
Outside, the early evening sky is streaked with sherbet-colored light, a much lovelier wake-up call than the terrifying nightmare.
Only… I don’t recognize the view.
In fact, I don’t recognize the bed, either, or the T-shirt I’m wearing…
Draegan.His scent washes over me—a summer wind whipping across the wildest ocean. One by one, the memories from last night flicker through my mind.
Jude and Auggie.
The mages.
The blood.
The dagger, the runes.
Draegan, trying to keep me calm on the drive home…
Draegan, his warm hand on my belly, his soothing voice urging me to breathe, just breathe…
Draegan, answering my desperate plea…
I need you to touch me… Do this for me… Please…
Heat floods my core, my heart stuttering as my body remembers his expert touch. His control. His filthy words as he brought me closer and closer…
I want you to feel this, little mortal. Feel every inch of my fingers sinking into your wet pussy…
In, and out… Mmm, just like that…
You want to come for me, don’t you, love?
Oh, holy hell. Yes, Ididwant to come for him. I don’t know what came over me—not in the plant, not in the car after, but I needed it. I was so hungry—starved for it—I truly believed I would die without that release.
And oh,yes, Daddy Drae delivered on that offer. With nothing more than his fingers. I didn’t even take my clothes off, and he didn’t even take his eyes off the road. But the way he touched me… Fuck, it was like a thousand epic finger-bangs all rolled into one earth-shattering, back-bending, mouth-watering—
Stop. Stop thinking about it, because it’s never going to happen again.
I hop to my feet and jog in place, trying to shake those memories right out of my…
Yeah. Right out ofthat.
