LOGINEden
I checked him out; he's strong. He has the body of a man who goes to the gym. He's tall, a very confident silver fox wrapped in a suit that cost more than my rent. His eyes locked onto mine and didn’t let go.
“Daniel,” he said, his voice like whiskey and sin as he slid into the space beside me. Close enough that I caught the heat rolling off him.
I let my lips curl. “Eden.”
He smirked, fingers tracing the stem of my glass. “Fitting.” His thumb brushed my knuckle. “You taste as sweet as that sounds?”
I leaned in, close enough for my breath to tease his jaw. “Find out.”
His hand settled on my waist, possessive even through the fabric of my dress. The look he gave me wasn’t just hunger; it was a challenge. I answered by dragging him onto the dance floor.
The bass pulsed through me as I turned, pressing my back against his chest. His grip tightened, fingers digging in as I rolled my hips, slow at first, then harder when his cock jerked against my ass.
“Fuck,” he growled into my ear, teeth grazing the shell.
I glanced over my shoulder, holding his stare as I ground against him. His eyes were black with want, tracking every shift of my body. I didn’t need to look down to know how hard he was; I could feel it, thick and insistent against me.
His hand slid down my stomach, fingers dipping beneath the waistband of my panties. I arched into his touch, biting my lip when he found me drenched.
“Cheeky,” he murmured, lips against my neck.
“You like it.”
His laugh was dark. “Yeah. I do.”
His fingers pressed deeper, and the crowd disappeared. Nothing existed but his hands, his mouth, and the way he looked at me like he’d ruin me if I asked.
And fuck, I might.
His fingers slid from my panties, glistening under the dim club lights. He locked eyes with me as he brought them to his lips, sucking slowly, his tongue curling around each digit, savoring me like I was already his. My breath hitched; just watching that filthy act tightened the coil in my stomach, my thighs trembling.
"Fuck, you taste good," he growled, voice rough enough to make my nipples perk.
A shiver tore through me, and I grabbed his wrist, dragging him toward the exit before I gave in and rode him right there against the bar. The night air hit my flushed skin as we spilled outside, but the heat between us didn’t fade. His hand found my hip, guiding me into the shadow of an alley, just to drag me against him. His cock strained against his slacks, thick, and God, I could tell he was a huge man, the outline so obscene my mouth watered.
"Look at you," I breathed, palming him through the fabric. He hissed, and his hips jerked into my touch as I squeezed. "All this for me?"
His fingers tangled in my hair, tilting my head back. "Every fucking inch." His mouth crashed onto mine, hot and demanding, tongue claiming me before I could even gasp. I moaned into the kiss, grinding against his thigh as his free hand slipped under my skirt again, fingers finding my clit, and stroked ruthlessly.
We broke apart only when footsteps neared, some couple passing and laughing drunkenly. Daniel didn’t stop touching me; he just shifted us deeper into the dark, his thumb circling my clit while his other hand cupped my breast, pinching my nipple through the thin fabric of my skirt.
"God, you’re soaked," he murmured, dragging his lips down my neck.
"Your fault." I rocked against his fingers, chasing the pressure.
He chuckled against my skin, but the sound turned ragged when I unzipped his slacks, finally wrapping my hand around him. His cock was heavy and hard as steel, veins throbbing under my touch. I stroked him slowly, relishing the way his breath stuttered.
"Christ, Eden."
I silenced him with another kiss, my fingers tightening just the way I knew would make his hips buck. His groan vibrated against my lips, his own touch turning relentless between my legs. Every stroke, every flick of his fingers sent lightning through me, the ache building until my legs shook.
He pulled back, panting. "Not here."
I whimpered as his fingers left me, but he caught my wrist, dragging me down the street toward the parking garage. Every few steps, he’d spin me into another dark corner, his mouth devouring mine, his hands mapping my body like he couldn’t wait to tear me apart.
By the time we reached the dim stairwell, my dress was bunched around my waist, his belt was undone, and neither of us cared who might see.
"I can take you to my penthouse downtown," Daniel growled, his fingers tightening in my hair.
I answered with a slow grin and dropped to my knees before he finished the sentence. The concrete bit into my skin, but I barely felt it, not when the thick head of his cock brushed my lips, already leaking. His groan vibrated through me as I took him in, stretching my mouth around girth that made my jaw ache.
"Fuck, look at you," he hissed, his hips twitching when I couldn't swallow more than half of his cock. His fingers flexed against the stairwell railing, knuckles white. "Trying so hard to take me."
I flicked my tongue along his vein, savoring the way his abs clenched. When I glanced up, his gaze dropped to my choker. I could see he was reading the two words in script against my throat: "Yes, Daddy." A dark laugh escaped him.
"Cheeky fucking brat."
His hands hauled me up, spinning me against the nearest car. The cool metal met my bare stomach as he shoved my skirt higher while his fingers dug into my hips. I arched, offering myself, choking on a moan when his cock slid through my slick folds without entering.
"Tell me," he demanded, grinding against me, the head catching on my clit.
"Yes, Daddy," I gasped.
His grip turned bruising. One hard thrust and he was splitting me open, stretching me so wide my vision blurred. I whimpered, nails scraping paint as he bottomed out, pausing to let me adjust, but only for a second, and then he started thrusting.
Each snap of his hips punched the air from my lungs, the slap of skin echoing off the parking. I couldn't stop the sounds tearing from my throat, couldn't stop my body from clamping down around him as pleasure coiled tight.
"Christ!" His teeth sank into my shoulder, fucking me through the clench of my cunt. "Gonna milk me dry like this?"
I couldn't answer; the only thing I could do was moan his name as he hit that spot inside me again and again, my orgasm ripping through me without warning. My knees buckled; he held me up effortlessly, pistoning into my trembling body like he owned it.
"One more," he growled, his fingers circling my clit. "Come on my cock like a good girl."
The command snapped the last thread of control and I came with a scream, walls fluttering around him, and felt the moment he lost it, hot release flooding me as his hips stuttered, his groan raw against my skin.
He didn't pull out he just kept me pinned there, both of us shaking, until the aftershocks faded.
Jonas's POVThe hallway floorboards didn't creak, but I heard her breathing before I saw her. I was sitting at the edge of my bed, the room bathed in the weak, blue light of a streetlamp filtering through the blinds. When she pushed the door open, she looked small. Tired. She didn't say a word, just slipped inside and crossed to the bed, her movements heavy with a bone-deep exhaustion I recognized.She didn't ask if she could stay. She just climbed in, pulling the duvet over her shoulders, and curled into a ball on the side closest to the wall. I stayed perfectly still, my back against the headboard, watching the way her chest rose and fell.I hadn't moved in two hours. My muscles were stiff, aching from the rigid posture I had forced myself to hold, but I didn't care. I couldn't risk waking her. I couldn't risk breaking this fragile peace.In the dark, the room felt different. It felt like a space that had finally found its purpose. I looked at her, at the soft curve of her neck and
Eden's POVI didn't go back to the estate. Not directly.I drove Greta to the safe house myself—a Schmidt property off the books, a brownstone in Brooklyn with steel shutters and a panic room in the basement. Greta didn't speak the whole way, just stared out the window with hollow eyes, clutching the blanket I'd thrown over her shoulders."You're free," I said when we stopped. It sounded like a lie even as I said it. No one was free. Not really. Not in this city, not in this life. But Greta could run. Could disappear. The Schmidts would let her; they had bigger prey now.Greta turned, her hand on the door handle. "They're going to kill him, aren't they, Voss?"I met her eyes in the rearview mirror. "Yes.""Good." Greta got out. She didn't look back.I drove to the church. Not the one where I'd met Voss—another one, older, Catholic, with a graveyard that stretched back to the Revolutionary War. I called him from the parking lot, my voice steady, my hands shaking."I'll do it," I said.
Eden's POVI stood at the library window long after the black van had disappeared into the mist, my forehead still cold from the glass. The house was silent around me, but I could feel them everywhere—Daniel's calculating gaze, Silas's protective shadow, Felix's dark intensity. They had claimed me, piece by piece, until I was no longer Eden the foster kid, Eden the survivor. I was theirs. And the worst part—the part that made my stomach twist with shame—was how much I wanted it.The church smelled of old wax and something sharper, like the ozone before a storm. I had chosen this place carefully, this neutral ground where neither the Schmidts nor the law could claim full ownership. The nave stretched before me, empty pews like ribs, the crucifix looming overhead with its painted agony. Voss stood beneath the stained-glass saints, his jaw set harder than the marble beneath my heels. He didn't turn when I entered, but I felt the shift in the air, the way his attention sharpened like a bl
Eden's POVI stood at the library window, the cold glass pressing against my forehead as the black van rolled up the gravel drive. The headlights cut through the predawn mist like knives, and I knew before the doors even opened that something was wrong. Felix’s men moved first, boots crunching on the stones, their silhouettes sharp against the dim light.Then they dragged her out. Greta. Small and fragile, her nightgown clung to her body like a second skin, the fabric so thin I could see the goosebumps rising on her arms. She didn’t struggle. Not at first. She just let them pull her, her bare feet scraping against the driveway, her dark hair tangled around her face.Then she saw Felix.Recognition flared in her eyes, bright and immediate, like a match struck in the dark. And then—hatred. Pure, unfiltered hatred, the kind that burns hot enough to scorch. I felt it in my own chest, a mirror of her fury. For a second, our gazes locked through the window, two women separated by glass and
EdenThe safe house sat at the end of a gravel road, half-hidden by pine trees. I killed the engine and checked the magazine of my pistol. Twelve rounds. Not enough if things went bad.Silas touched my arm. "You stay in the car until I clear the perimeter."I looked at him. "No.""Eden-""She's more likely to come willingly if she sees a woman, not a man pointing a gun at her." I pocketed the spare clip. "And you're not going in alone."His jaw tightened, but he didn't argue. We'd been over this. Greta Voss had information we needed. Her brother had stashed her in witness protection two years ago, then decided she knew too much. We had maybe six hours before his people moved her somewhere else. Or silenced her.We approached on foot, sticking to the tree line. The house was a squat brick building with blackout curtains. A single light burned in the kitchen. I could see a figure moving inside. Female. Dark hair.Silas held up a hand. We stopped.He scanned the windows, the roofline, an
Eden's POVThe hotel lobby smelled like stale coffee and expensive perfume, the kind that clings to fabric for days. I walked beside Daniel, my body still throbbing from his office, each step a reminder of who I belonged to. The welts on my ass burned against my dress, the fabric brushing fresh marks with every movement. I kept my chin up, my eyes forward, playing the part of the queen even as my knees threatened to buckle.Elena Voss waited in the lounge, her red dress a splash of blood against the cream-colored furniture. She was beautiful in a sharp, predatory way, all angles and calculations. Her gaze swept over me, lingering on the bruises Daniel's fingers had left on my throat and the slight limp I couldn't quite hide."How domestic," she said, her voice dripping with venom. "The pet and her master."Daniel's hand tightened on my lower back, a silent warning. "Careful, Elena. You're in my city.""Am I?" She smiled, cold and calculated. "I think you'll find the rules have changed
Daniel’s POVThe basement of the old warehouse on the outskirts of the city was a far cry from the refined, leather-scented dungeon of my estate. This place was raw. It smelled of damp concrete, rusted iron, and the pervasive, cloying scent of fear. I had chosen it for its lack of history, a blank
Luca’s POVThe penthouse of the Grand Regency felt like a gilded cage. It was the kind of place my father sent people when he wanted them out of his sight but still under his thumb. As I stood in the foyer, the scent of expensive lilies and stale gin hit me, a fragrance that had become Lilian’s sig
Eden’s POVThe morning air in the master wing was quiet. I stepped out of Daniel’s room wearing nothing but a man’s white shirt he had left for me, the scent of cedar and powder clinging to the shirt. I felt different. The weight of his presence in the bed next to me all night, even without a touch
Daniel’s POVThe basement of my estate did not smell like the rest of the house. Upstairs, there was the scent of beeswax, old money, and Eden’s floral perfume. Down here, behind the soundproofed steel door, the air was cold, sterile, and smelled faintly of copper and industrial cleaner.It was a p







