Eryx laughed softly, a dark amusement rumbling in his cool, electric voice. “Oh, my little naive Juno… survival is Blackcroft's game. You are destined to be bigger than Blackcroft. Just submit to the desires I will immerse you in, and you will survive. You can be ours, but you must pick a side.” Lucan’s voice cut through the air like a blade. “She already has a side. Mine.” Eryx barely looked at him as he replied. “You’re just bitter because now that she can be your mate, she’s still not choosing you. She’ll never burn for any of you the way she burns for me.” Lucan’s expression had lost all the calmness it usually held. He appeared like a raging beast and his gaze was locked on me now, sharp and wild. “Juno,” he called my name with unyieldingly force. “Tell him you are my mate and that is enough reason to choose me before any of them.” The demand hit hard, but the bind Eryx had planted inside me only pulsed louder, as if mocking me. I closed my eyes for a second, swallowi
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