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“Fuck,” Jagger said, voice guttural.

“Back against the wall, Charming.”I pushed his shoulder, and he did as I asked, turning and pressing his back to the brick wall.Yeah, he did what I said because he wanted me to keep touching him, but I was starting to think Jagger would do almost anything for me, anything I asked.

He was too thick for just one hand, so I took him in both and stroked him more firmly.“Good?”

His eyes were on me, glowing in the darkness, and he hooked me around the back of the neck and thrust his hips forward, into my grip.“Fucking perfect.”He kissed me then, deep and hard, as he continued to thrust into my tight grip.Always taking over, always the one who needed to be in control.

“You’re a control freak,” I said against his lips.

“Yeah, but for you…for you I could surrender.”

“Just not now?”

He fisted my hair tighter.“No, not now.I feel too fucking volatile right now.”He groaned.“Squeeze tighter, baby.Fuck, that’s it.”

“You’re so beautiful like this,” I rasped, the words falling from my lips before I knew they were coming.

“Nothing more beautiful than you coming for me, sunshine, nothing.”

His breathing grew more ragged, and there was no more talking while he fucked into my grip.He pressed his forehead to mine, panting hard.I was trapped in his glowing stare, unable to look away.

“Please,” he choked out, breaking the silence.

That one word, the sound of his voice so raw and desperate, more of that vulnerability, it reached inside me and gripped me tight.

“Please, sunshine,” he said again.

I felt it, everything behind his plea, and though I didn’t know how to voice the response he wanted from me, I felt that too.I couldn’t say it, admit it, to him, or myself, just yet, but another giant piece of my armor fell away, revealing the truth as it shattered to unrepairable dust.

I was his.

His cock grew thicker, impossibly so.He took my mouth in a brutal kiss, and groaning against my lips, he came, shaking and growling for me.

No matter what happened between us from here on out—I belonged to Jagger.

And he belonged to me.

ChapterTwenty-Three

Sutton

I triedto stand tall in the main room of the clubhouse, but it wasn’t easy when it was full of huge males grunting and growling with seemingly no ability to communicate efficiently.

And Dirk, Brick’s sire, looked ready to punch something.He and his mate wanted their son back and weren’t happy that we’d left him there, but they understood why we’d had to.This wasn’t just about Brick, or Luke for that matter, it was about all the other people as well, human and demi-demon, that Tarrant had already hurt and the ones who needed help now.

The knight with long black hair and yellow eyes looked my way, and I couldn’t stop myself from pushing into Jagger’s side.

“You think more of these tunnels are warded?”he asked me.

I tried not to flinch, but as soon as I heard his voice it was impossible not to.The big male quickly glanced away, at least self-aware enough of the effect he had on people.Zenon was scarred and completely covered in ink and, according to Jagger, Lucifer’s grandson, and with those eyes it was obvious.

Each of the knights was mated to a demi-demon, which meant they were intense while directing their questions at me.There was also a seriously weird vibe between Warrick and the knight’s leader, Chaos.It seemed as if War wanted to cause the other male physical bodily harm, and the knight kind of just ignored it.

“Sutton?”Jag said.“The wards?”

“Oh…sorry.”I chewed my lip.“We didn’t go any farther along the tunnels, so I don’t know for sure.I felt the vibrations of power.I think it’s safe to say that, yes, there would be more.We thought it was too easy to get in, and I assume that’s because it’s the public gallery, so to speak, and needs to be accessed regularly.From what Poe said, there will be a lot of powerful demons in that room auction night.Tarrant would want to protect his prisoners,” I said, anger shaking my voice.“I’d bet anything that the other areas are heavily warded with demon sigils as well.”

Boo peeked out from under my hair, sensing my volatile emotions.He took in the big males standing around us, then ducked back but remained alert, as if he thought he could actually protect me should I need it.I rubbed his little head with my finger.