Chapter 71


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    Chapter 71


    Aleera POV


    Pain radiated through my stomach, so I rolled only for me to be invaded by Lycus’s scent. A hand moves


    across my stomach, heat radiating out of it, and I sigh as the pain eases and nce over my shoulder to


    see Darius pressed against me. Darius kisses my shoulder while his thumb brushes my stomach gently


    where ity. He tugs me closer, so I am flush against him, his entire body heating like my very own


    personal hot water bottle.


    “It’ste; you should try to go back to sleep,” Darius murmurs. However, with him this close, I wasn’t sure


    I could sleep knowing he was lying beside me. It kind of put me on edge, but I was reluctant to move


    away at the same time.


    “What happened to the hellhounds?” I asked, confused. I had no memory of returning here or of


    anything, in fact, since I passed out.


    “Nothing, Tobias and Lycus got to us in time,” Darius says. The memory of teeth and ws trying to get


    to us made me cringe. Shivering, I jam my feet between Lycus’ legs in an attempt to warm them. Lycus


    hisses at how cold they were when I realized I had no pants on. I lift the nket peering under it. To find I


    only had underwear on and one of their shirts on.


    “I changed you; you bled through your pants,” Darius whispered behind me. My face heats at that


    thought before shaking it off. I had literally bled on hisp in the shower, and he didn’t seem fazed.


    “Geez, your feet are freezing, ” Lycus hisses before wiggling a little closer and rubbing my thighs and the


    back of my legs with his hands, trying to warm them. My heart races with their closeness, yet the bond


    soared, enjoying their skin against mine. It took everything in me not t o reach out and bury my face in


    Lycus’s neck or climb on him. Although I didn’t want to move away from my demon hot water bottle


    either, especially while he was being nice. 1


    “Move closer, Lycus; she wants your scent,” Darius says, and I peer at him over my shoulder.


    “Demonic-Fae, Love. I’m part incubus. So, I can sense your desire and what you’re craving,” I thought


    over his words and turned back to see Lycus smile slyly. “I have no issues being all nice and close,”


    Lycus says, his eyes flickering under the dim light from the open firece.


    Lycus pressed his chest against mine, his entire body touching, and I slid my leg between his, melting


    against him, suddenly not caring if I looked needy; I just wanted his skin and Darius’s heat.


    “Go to sleep, Aleera. You’re safe with us,” Darius whispers.


    “You’re not mad,” I ask him.


    N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    “Mad that our keeper is one of the most powerful Fae in the world? Never, but now we know w e need to


    take extra precautions,” Darius whispers behind me. His sudden change since the


    other day was giving me whish, and some part of me wondered if he was only being nice because he


    wanted my non-existent power. Or because he now knew he owned the ultimate weapon, one he could


    use to his benefit.


    “What’s wrong?” Lycus asks, and I open my eyes to see him staring at me.


    “Nothing,” I whisper, and I see his eyes dart to Darius behind me before I push my face into Lycus’s


    neck, only to hear him start purring.


    The sound soothed my soul as I melted against them while Darius’s heat bled through me like my own


    personal heat pack. I sighed, closing my eyes and snuggling between them, enjoying i t for now because


    no doubt they would probably go back to hating me when I was no longer shredding and of no use to


    them. So, for now, I would enjoy the bond and worry about its withdrawal when it happens. I knew I


    would pay dearly for letting them this close. The withdrawal from the bond would be pure agony, yet I


    ignoredmon sense, instead, giving into it for once.


    I let my eyes close. A few hourster, I was awoken by Ryze, his beak ying with my hair, his tongue


    flicking over my cheek, and I blinked up at him perched on the bedhead.


    Lycus was still asleep, and I could hear Darius snoring behind me, feel his breath on me tickling the back


    of my neck. Rubbing my eyes, I lift Darius’s arm off of me and I wiggle out from between them and scoot


    to the end of the bed. Seeing that I was getting up, Ryze flies over to me and perches himself on my


    shoulder, rubbing his beak across my cheek and cooing softly.


    His weight was bing heavy, and his talons dug into my flesh, making me hiss. Still, I scratched his


    tummy feathers as I peered back at the bed.


    Kalen was beside Lycus, snuggled against him, also asleep. However, Tobias wasn’t in bed, and I


    couldn’t see him in the room. Getting I walked toward the bathroom; I turned the handle, only for it to


    open before I could. Tobias steps out, having just hopped out of the shower. A towel hung dangerously


    low on his hips, his hair wet, and droplets from the shower cascaded down his chest. Some foreign urge


    to trace the hard lines of his abs rushes over me. My breathing hitches as my eyes travel lower to his V-


    line that disappeared beneath his towel.


    Ryze shifts his weight on my shoulder, his talons digging into my skin and corbone, piercing through


    my delicate skin.


    “Ryze, careful,” Tobias says, holding his hand out for him to climb on, I was relieved when Ryze climbed


    up his arm and off mine only to perch on Tobias’s shoulder momentarily before he flew off out the


    window. “We need to cut his ws,” I tell Tobias while looking down at my bleeding shoulder; I wipe the


    blood off only to look up at Tobias, whose eyes were zed over, staring at my neck. Tobias licks his lips.


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