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My spark danced in my chest in time with the rhythm of Seth’s cock driving into me, the rocking of Damon fucking my mouth. Every part of me was flooded with heat. Jin twisted my nipple, a jolt of near-pain amid the pleasure, and I soared even higher. Right then, in that embrace with three of the guys I’d have given my life for, I didn’t have the slightest doubt about who I was or what I was capable of.
Seth bucked into me faster, his thumb flicking over my clit. Another wave of bliss coursed through me, building higher. My lips closed tighter around Damon’s cock, and he swore with a hiss through his teeth. He gripped my hair as his hips jerked, a creamy spurt hitting the back of my mouth.
“Oh, angel.” He slumped down next to me, kissing my cheek, stroking my neck. “What do you need? I want to see you come all over again.”
All I needed was those words in that wanting voice. Seth drove into me one more time, and the wave crashed over me. Light crackled behind my eyes as my second orgasm sent me flying. Seth hunched over me with a few last frantic thrusts, following me and filling me with even more heat.
Damon tugged my wrist free from his belt and pressed a kiss to my palm. My heart fluttered as I drew him to me, hugging him close. Jin released my other hand and settled into my embrace on the other side, my fingers coming to rest against the smooth skin of his back. With a contented sound, Seth rested his head on my belly.
Sudden tears pricked at the back of my eyes, but they were mostly happy. I trusted my guys—and they trusted me. Why should I doubt that trust? Jin was right: They knew me better than any person in the Assembly did.
I couldn’t be certain how much of the demon’s influence I carried inside me, but I’d be damned if I let an enemy lurking within destroy everything I’d fought so hard for.
Chapter Ten
Rose
“Idon’t get it,” Naomi said through the phone. “Why did they drag you all the way out there just to tell you to back off?”
I sank into the pillows on the hotel bed, rubbing my forehead. I’d wanted to talk to my cousin, mainly to find out how things were going back on my estate, but I still hadn’t figured out how much and how soon to tell her about the past day’s revelations. All I’d vented about so far was the fact that the Northcotts had asked me to step back from their strategy meetings.
“There’s just been stuff that’s come up,” I improvised. “With my dad, and my childhood—he raised me to be demon chow, basically, right? They hadn’t thought through all the implications.”
“Well, I still think that’s a ridiculous reason to shut you out. You’re the one who got to the bottom of this whole scandal in the first place, and you and your consorts risked your lives to do that while they sat there oblivious. They should be kissing your feet in gratitude that you’re still helping them at all.”
I had to laugh a little at her no-nonsense tone, so very Naomi, even though my stomach was still knotted tight. A couple months ago, I hadn’t known Ihada cousin, but she’d staked out a spot in my life with immediate spirited determination I couldn’t help appreciating.
“I wish you were here,” I said, frowning at the molded ceiling.
“Well… You might get your wish very soon.”
The sly note in her voice made me sit up. I knit my brow. “What do you mean? You aren’t thinking of—”
The roar of a gunning engine carried through the phone line. My eyes widened. “Naomi, where are you?”
“I, ah, might be in a car just making our way through Portland right now,” Naomi said. “Surprise!”
For a second, I was speechless. Then my mind latched on to one part of her comment. “We?” She obviously wasn’t the one driving.
“Lesley wanted to come along—and who can blame her. I didn’t want to leave her on the estate with no company. And my mom flew in after she heard. And, ah, so did Aunt Irene.”
My back tensed. Aunt Irene, older sister to my late mother and to Naomi’s mother, my aunt Ginny, had almost definitely tipped the Assembly off to some of our plans back when we’d been labeled as criminals and in the enforcers’ sights. She might not have known me well, but she’d betrayed me just to make sure she stayed out of the line of fire. I could only imagine what she’d think of this latest discovery if she found out.
“What’sshedoing here?” I said. “What are either of them doing here? The Assembly has been trying to keep a close lid on— You didn’t tell them the whole story, did you?”
“Not exactly,” Naomi said. “Do you really think the Assembly could hide something this big for very long, after all the arrests, and with all the enforcer movements on the coast? Everyone’s buzzing aboutsomethinggoing on. I told Mom a little, hoping she’d worry less, and, well, it kind of backfired.”
“You’d better believe it did!” Aunt Ginny’s voice carried faintly from somewhere near Naomi.
“Okay,” I said. “Okay.” My pulse was skittering. They were coming here. I was going to have to explain everything else somehow. I could already tell if they didn’t understand the Assembly’s decision to shunt me over here out of the way, they’d probably march right over there in protest, and then they’d hear about my demon-tainted magic from someone like Lady Northcott. At least if they got the story from me, I’d know they had my side.
My fingers gripped the phone tighter, and Naomi let out a pleased exclamation. “There’s the Assembly building now! You want to come meet us out front, cuz? I don’t know if the security people are going to be super happy with us marching right in.”
“Oh,” I said, my heart jumping. I had to explain thingsnow. “Er. I’m not actually at the Assembly building anymore. They ended up moving us to a hotel down the street… It’s a long story.”
“What?” Naomi said. “I guess we’d better hear that long story when we do get to you.”
Despite my dread, I gave her the directions to the hotel. With her promise that they’d be here in five minutes, I hung up the phone. My throat had constricted.
