He chuckles, and I feel my hair stand on end. “And who is that?” His voice is coldly calm.
“The Dark King,” I stutter.
Something in me snaps me out of my fear. As adrenaline runs through me, I run, taking off out the door. I am desperately looking for an exit, a way out of this maze of a place. I see a door and run for it, my feet hitting the tiled floor in panic. As I reach for the handle, I find myself spun around and pinned against the door.
Thaddeus’ hand wraps around my throat as he presses himself extremely close. His entire body is pressed against mine as his head drops to my neck. He inhales deeply, running his nose from my shoulder to my jaw.
“The things I want to do to you. The things I will do to you,” he says with a groan.
Tears brim in my eyes as they start burning. I notice Orion and Ryland behind him, walking toward us. “Orion,” I gasp.
Both of them step on either side of him and I watch as Thaddeus reacts to their touch and his eyes go to his shoulder where Ryland’s hand rests. I feel a hand press between our bodies, and I feel Orion grab Thaddeus’ crotch, and Thaddeus presses himself against me and into his hand.
“Focus on me, Thaddeus; you don’t want to hurt her,” Orion whispers to him, before pressing his chest into Thaddeus’s back. Thaddeus leans back into him as his hand slips from my throat to my chest.
Knowing if I move, he may kill me, I freeze, as his hand cups my breast through my shirt, squeezing and palming it.
“I want her,” he growls, but it almost sounds like a purr leaving his lips.
“You will have her, but you need to let her go,” Orion tells him. I shiver at his words, and Thaddeus’ eyes dart to mine like bottomless pits. I can’t tear my eyes from his as they swallow me whole. “She isn’t going anywhere, Thaddeus. Focus on me,” Orion tells him.
“She is trying to leave me.” He groans, as I feel Orion’s hand between us, rubbing him harder, and I can feel his enormous length against my stomach. Ryland’s hand runs over his chest, and Thaddeus moans at their touch. I can’t stop the arousal that spreads through me as I watch them touch him.
“You’re not leaving, are you, Evelyn?” My eyes snap to Ryland at his words, and I see he is trying to warn me to agree with him.
“No, I will stay,” I gasp out, my heart thumping in my chest erratically at his warning. Thaddeus groans before moving closer, his lips crash against mine hungrily as he devours my lips, forcing his tongue into my mouth. I freeze, letting him have the control he wants as I fight the urge to shove him off and away from me.
His kiss is demanding, and his hand snakes into my hair as he tangles his fingers and yanks my head back. His lips move down my jaw to my neck, and I look to Orion helplessly as Thaddeus assaults my skin with his lips. Ryland tugs his face away from me, kissing him passionately with the same desire Thaddeus has. Thaddeus lets me go and steps away, all but attacking him as Ryland pulls him away from me. Orion tugs me to him, and I follow him; anything to get away from that beast of a man.
Evelyn
Orion leads me through the place and past a lounge room. Then, we enter the kitchen, and he walks me to a sliding door. He slides it open, and I am blasted by the cold, crisp air of the night. Stepping onto the balcony, Orion points to some chairs. I sit on one, peering over the side. I see we are very high up; the lights below look like fairy lights against the snow-covered rooftops.
“Don’t ever run from him. Thaddeus is more predator than human,” Orion says, making my eyes snap from the view to him. I watch as he lights up a smoke, and my mouth falls open. He lectures me every time he follows me out for a smoke at work. He chuckles softly, “What?”
I raise an eyebrow at him, and he passes the packet to me, and I pull one out. Orion flicks the lighter, cupping the flame so I can light my smoke. “Such a bad habit; you really shouldn’t smoke,” he says, his lips turning up slightly.
“You smoke,” I tell him.
“I’m immortal; it can’t kill me,” he says. Oddly, he sounds sad. Or at least the way he says those words makes him sound sad.
“What’s Thaddeus’ deal?” I ask, looking anywhere but at him.
“He hasn’t got good control. Don’t run from him again like that. I know you’re scared, but we really won’t hurt you. Not intentionally, anyway.” He sounds somewhat distant as he speaks.
“Why am I here?”
Orion looks at me, his eyes softening and twinkling in the light. “You know about shifters?” he asks.
I nod. I kind of do, about as much as anyone else.
“Well, all supernatural creatures have mates; you’re ours,” he says.
“What does that mean?” I raise an eyebrow. How can I be theirs? I don’t want to belong to the Dark Ones.
“You are ours, and we are yours. We are bound together,” Orion explains, too calmly for my liking.
I shake my head when something rushes over me, making me gasp. Orion’s eyes watch my face, a seductive smile on his full lips.
“You feel that?” he asks, and I nod. A moan escapes my lips, and I clamp my hand over my mouth. Arousal floods into me. “The mark on your neck makes you feel his emotions. It will get stronger. Eventually, you will go into what we call heat.”
“Heat?”
“Means you will want to have sex with him.” I choke on my smoke, coughing at his words. He chuckles. “Don’t panic. Not yet, but once we all mark you. You will still feel what he feels, and he can feel us, so in return, you’re picking up on both of them,” he says casually.
I just nod, not understanding. I’m not sure how long I sit on the balcony before eventually, I fall asleep, only to be awoken by Orion as he places me on the couch inside. My eyes flutter open to him leaning over me. “Go back to sleep. I will be back soon.”
“Don’t leave me here with them.” I sit up in a panic, looking around. Orion, noticing my panic, stops and sighs. Why does he have to sound so disappointed? They kidnapped me from my home, one of his mates attacked me, of course I’m fucking scared.
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