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“This is amazing,” I breathed out as he finally moved. He didn’t respond, only picked up the pace as his hands continued to skate over my body. It was as if my boyfriend was trying to learn every inch of me in one night, but knowing Roman, he was committing it to memory and would treat every night like the first.
Roman’s eyes locked onto mine as his fingers stilled on my hips. His control was unraveling.
I couldn’t bring myself to look away despite the emotion it was stirring in my chest. It was the most intimate moment of my life, like he could see every part of me yet still chose me.
And I chose him.
“I love you, Roman,” I whispered. Even as the words tumbled out unprovoked, I wouldn’t take them back. His smile was blinding as he leaned down and kissed me again.
“I love you too,” he said just as softly before he tensed. His fingers found my clit and brought me to the edge again and right over the precipice, both of us coming together.
We didn’t untangle as we came down from the natural high. Instead, I snuggled into his chest, his cock softening inside of me. I didn’t want to break the moment.
But in Dark Haven, that was never the case.
A loud knocking tore us from the bubble we’d created, and I groaned internally.
“The advisers are looking for you, Harlow,” Drake called out. “Put your tits and Roman’s dick away and get ready. Time to show these demons who is the real boss around here. I don’t think they got the message last time.”
“Not me,” I muttered, making Roman chuckle. But we both knew that was no longer the option. I was the chosen and had to show I would not be pushed around.
If they didn’t eat me alive before I got the chance.
ChapterTwelve
Harlow
Thursday Evening
First Floor Conference Room
Tensions rose as I had a silent standoff with the adviser. The warden was apparently off securing the grounds, which I doubted even needed done with the gargoyles and Monty keeping watch. It was an excuse to avoid me, or a reason for the adviser to have me alone.
Someone had cleared out the conference room and replaced it with a formal dining room. It was over-the-top and a show of station and power, one I had no interest in. From the silver dishes and the gaudy decorations, they’d spared no expense.
It was impossible to tell if it was to show they were above me, or trying to pretend I was an equal. But I had no interest in either.
“This is ridiculous,” I finally stated. “What is it you wanted to speak about?”
Gravik took off his mask. It was likely another moment to unsettle me but I’d seen far scarier demons in both my head and reality. I raised an eyebrow, staring into his void black eyes. He was worlds apart from Monty in looks, he still had the jagged fangs and dark, coal-black skin. His nose was long and hooked, narrow like a bird’s beak. His mouth wasn’t as wide and leering as Monty’s but his fangs stuck out farther, making me wonder how he even spoke.
I had a feeling the dinner was more for show since no one came out to deliver the food, just set the moment instead.
“Hel has high expectations of you,” Gravik said. “I’m simply trying to ensure that her confidence isn’t misplaced.”
“She still has yet to clue me in on what she expects, other than closing the portal. I am a human, one who thought that the demons were part of my hallucinations until a month ago. So if she expects me to do anything, I’m going to need some more information,” I stated, giving nothing away as a mask of indifference portrayed on my face.
“You figure it out. That’s your destiny,” he said, as if that gave me a single fucking answer. My laughter surprised us both, but I was done being nice.
“Then your demons will escape. One dagger and a vague call to action is hardly enough to change realms.”
“Failure is not an option,” he said. His calm exterior had finally given way, the dull fire now flaring to life as he stood, throwing his chair to the wall. Monty and Kol were next to me and stepped forward in warning. “Too much is at stake for you to fail, human. Stop being a fucking child and do your job!”
“Then tell me what my fucking job is, you useless bastard!” I screamed right back, standing so abruptly my chair fell to the floor, and I slammed my hands on the table as I leaned over it. “But if this is how you’re going to conduct things, count me out of these little meetings. I owe you nothing. Honestly, I owe Hel the same. You both crashed into my life, demanded impossible things of me, and are acting like I’m being stubborn. Fuck you for ever thinking I’d be some compliant little princess doing your bidding. That was never me.”
Monty snorted out a laugh next to me; that had Gravik turning sharply.
“A commander who has failed his post continuously does not get to laugh at me!” His anger culminated into a fiery blast he launched at us. Kol swept me out of the way as Monty dodged the attack.
