~Bethany~“P-Please!” he pleads. “Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you!” he sputters, spit flying. “I have a consignment that I'm working on. It will push through in a couple of days. You can have it all. Drugs, girls, plenty of girls. You can make real money from them.”“Shut up,” I sigh, jamming the silver blade into his thigh.When I yank it back out, the spurt of blood goes everywhere, and he yelps again.He tries for a punch, which I easily dodge, and since his hand is already there, I whip out my favorite, most revered switchblade and sink it through his forearm.Immediately, he screams as it starts to turn his blood black, its poison seeping into his bloodstream, eating him up from the inside out.“You’re really a jackass. Yikes. Good thing I'm doing this then. Any
~Bethany~The underground ‘Were’ den pulses with light that hurts my eyes and music so deep it rattles my skull.I slip through the throng of humans grinding on one another, carefully avoiding contact with anyone as I keep my focus trained on the dark doorway with an ‘Exclusive’ tag on it.These humans obviously don’t care that they are in an underground club that belongs to a wolf shifter who dabbles in several illicit dealings.When I reach the door, a large human bouncer steps in front of me, folding his arms in a futile attempt to appear more menacing.He glances over my oversized clothes and expressionless face and snorts. “Daddy's little girl, out to get filthy?”No response.Then he asks again, “No smile? Very well then, you can try flashing me your little tits. If they&rs
~Mosley~For one second, they’re all silent. Then all hell breaks loose.“You fucking idiot,” Asad snarls, storming toward me.Olyon beats him to it, going from zero to a hundred in a fraction of a second.Before I can take a sip of my wine, I’m suddenly crashing through the wall of glass, shards of it raining down into the snow as he pins me by my throat to the ground outside the inn.The Halo marking on his neck is glowing, and his glare is unhinged.“How dare you hurt what’s mine?” he seethes, gripping the broken wineglass beside me like he’s barely holding back from cutting up my face.He probably is.Even if he wants to kill me, I’m in Bethany’s mate, too. None of them is going to actually kill me.They’ll just grow to hate me more than they already have.“Get. Off. Me,” I bite out, unable to stop the thick spiral ice that starts crawling up Olyon’s hand planted on the snow beside me.“No surprise that it’s the Froskarn prince who screwed everything up,” Jayan snaps, sounding so
~Mosley~“Bet?” Bethany asks.Her voice is quiet. She suspects it. All it takes is assuming a dry tone that would make anyone feel stupid.“Yes, the bet about who would fuck you first. We thought getting you in bed would be a challenge, but here we are. One day of fawning over you, and it opened you right up. Now that it’s done, we just have to decide who won the bet.”Every word out of my mouth tastes like sawdust.Unable to bear it anymore, I turn back and see pain on Bethany’s face. Just briefly.She hides it so fast under the blank, unmoving expression she’s perfected, but I still saw it, and it’s fucking agony to know she’s hiding her emotions from me right now.I thought this was the best tactic. Coming clean about the bet and trying to create distance any way I could.But seeing that brief agony on her face is a thousand times worse than I expected, and I choke.“I take it back, Bethany. I’m an asshole, I'm so sorry-”“Stop talking.”She turns and begins to walk out, but it fee
~Mosley~The gods help me endure this, please.My cock throbs relentlessly in my pants.Walking away from Bethany and the other princes did little good. I was trying to put distance between us to prevent myself from going in there and ruining everything, but my pulse pounds in my ears, and it feels like the world is melting around me as I make my retreat. Swearing, I shut myself in the room I chose for myself and immediately brace against the wall, pulling out my steel-hard cock and squeezing the base of it hard.Oh gods, the sounds she made. That soft panting and the way she whispered what she needed.Seeing that pretty little pussy on display and glistening, and her soft gasp when Asad pushed in.I need to fuck her like that. With an audience, so they’ll see how much she’s mine.Fuck!That mental picture is too much to take. I pump my dick hard until I come with a harsh groan, burying my face in my arm against the wall to try to muffle the sound.But as soon as the pleasure ends, I
~Bethany~I hum, still not fully recovered. “Thank you.”Jayan laughs quietly and maneuvers me on the bed until I’m cradled against his chest. He’s still fully clothed. They all are, except Asad’s lack of pants.He slips into the attached bathroom, where I hear water running briefly.But even though I feel the massive erection he’s sporting, Jayan doesn’t try to rock against me or press me for more.He just nuzzles his face into the crook of my neck with an infinitely pleased groan, kissing the spot dragon shifters mark their mates.“You’re not about to cast a limp spell on me, right?” he teases.“You gave me my first orgasm, so your ass is safe. For now,” I murmur, more relaxed than I’ve felt in…I don’t even know how long.&nbs