Total pages in book: 109
Estimated words: 103548 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 518(@200wpm)___ 414(@250wpm)___ 345(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 103548 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 518(@200wpm)___ 414(@250wpm)___ 345(@300wpm)
NYX’S WORDS, AND THAT smirk, banged around in my head for the rest of the day that I spent chilling in my luxurious quarters. I was buried alive. I earned a day off classes. Not that any of it was relaxing. Edric’s frustration at his search for Badr turning up nothing kept bleeding into my head.
Did Badr take off after trying to kill me? He didn’t have any allies in the school, so it’s possible he didn’t see a reason to stick around. But if he did run, where did he run to?
Neither Edric nor I got an answer to that by the time he blundered into my room late that night.
“Get out,” I ordered, not looking up from my book.
Naturally, he ignored me. “Badr’s room has been cleared out and his scent is all over the place, so I can’t track it, but my guess is he’s long gone.” Edric toed off his shoes and peeled off his shirt, making himself comfortable in my room like the jerk he was. “After he left you in the grave, he would’ve known that he’d be screwed if you managed to get out, or if I woke up in time to save you. This place is crawling with your minions, so no enemy of yours is safe.”
“Minions is another harsh word,” I murmured. “I don’t like it any more than blackmail. It all makes me sound like a mustache-twirling madman.”
“Mustache-twirling madmen wish they were as crazy as you, Volana. Then they’d have the balls to kill the hero on sight instead of psyching themselves up with the monologue.”
I grunted something in response.
“Still, Badr went too far and my wolf wants me to cheer you up, so get over here. This is a limited-time pussy-licking offer—”
My wolf ears perked up high.
“—so take it or leave it.”
Irritation welled up as hot as my arousal. “Don’t stand there acting like you’re doing me some kind of favor, asshole.”
Slowly, deliberately, Edric snaked his belt out from around his waist, and then snapped it hard—making me and my nipples jump to attention. “Don’t sit there acting like you’re not already wet.”
I snapped my book shut. “You know what? Nyx had the right idea. It’s about time you guys started seducing me, wooing me, and all around groveling at my feet. You’ve all been raging assholes since I walked through the academy gates. Let’s see if you can apologize as well as you torture.”
His brows tickled his hairline. “You want me to seduce you? Play your game? Hmm.” He hummed, circling the bed. “That’s an interesting idea.”
I yelped, my book going flying when Edric grasped my ankle and snapped me to him—slip-and-sliding me across the silk sheets. I went very still as one lethal claw pressed against my chest... and traveled down, tearing my shirt apart like he was opening a zipper.
“All right, Volana. You’ve got yourself a deal.” My pants were next to go. He sliced them off and tossed them over his shoulders, flexing those thick, lickable pecs. “I’ll seduce you. I’ll tempt and tease you.” Edric swirled his finger around my nipple, standing the wanton slut to attention. “I’ll worship your body every minute of the day and night. You won’t be able to think my name without orgasming.”
Dropping down, Edric captured my shivering pebble and sucked hard, ripping a breathy, fevered moan out of me. The man could try the patience of Luame herself, and I had no doubt he has every day of his life, but there was one thing about Edric that was undeniable—he was a beast in bed.
The sexual chemistry between us was undeniable, and it’d been that way since I first laid eyes on him. The big sexy mountain of a man was my type in every way, and it brought him no small amount of smug joy to see that fact with every peek inside my head. Along with all the hows, whys, and positions of what I liked in bed, and what I couldn’t say out loud that I liked in bed.
Edric delivered it all—hard.
Nipping and licking his way down, Edric sliced my panties off with the same ruthless efficiency. “I’ll give you everything you want and more, baby...” Edric buried his head between my legs and I arched off the sheets, crying out as he attacked my pussy like a madman—licking, sucking, tongue-fucking, and devouring it whole—complete with snarling growls and all.
The guy acted like he was mad at it and punished the poor aching hole accordingly.
Moans poured from my lips. My claws sprouted and shredded the sheets, ruining them for the fifth time that week. My lower belly clenched, snapping me back up the other way. Nerve-flaming heat shuddered through my limbs as my orgasm came up on me fast.
“Yes,” I cried. “Yes, Edric, right there! Right—”