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Kaos gave a dark hum.Would you like to share, or do you prefer I violently rape it out of you?

Kohl’s grin bloomed at the unexpected leverage.No need for violence. Maybe next time I fuck her, you can ride along.

Black rage rolled through his muscles.Then you must witness when she’s with me, mortal, and learn what pure undiluted rapture is.

Kohl’s lip quirked at his other half’s arrogance right as Jaxi stepped back from the wall.

His cock stirred when she bent over and placed the brush in a pan.

Is there a greater perfection?Kaos murmured, hisundilutedLust burning him hotter.

She's trembling,Kohl noticed.

I need to touch her,Kaos whispered, the words evoking a dense ache in his cock.

His phone buzzed on the coffee table near the couch, drawing Jaxi’s eyes. She found him watching her and Kohl angled his head at her while Kaos read the look in her eyes.

She’s hungry,Kaos determined.Let me have her.

Kohl climbed to his feet and made his way to the couch and sat, reaching for his phone now vibrating on the table. He checked the screen. “Kollaborator.”

He pressed the answer button. “Yes?”

“What happened with Jaxi?” Kollaborator’s voice came low and clipped.

Kohl glanced at her, standing naked and unashamed, eyes locked on him. “What do you mean?”

“I woke up burning,” Kollaborator said. “My seal flared like another divine entity had just come into being.”

Kaos gave a dark hum.Possibly,he offered.

Kohl echoed it aloud. “Maybe.”

“I think we’re supposed to meet,” Kollaborator said. A hiss, low and sharp, pierced through the phone. “Yes,” Kollaborator confirmed. “We’re supposed to meet. I’m gathering the kings. Expect us in thirty minutes.”

Kohl hung up and lowered the phone, eyes back on Jaxi, hunger stirring.

I’ll take her before they arrive,Kaos said.

You’ll do nothing,Kohl assured.

Kaos seethed.She’s ours. But we’re not the same. You claim her with breath. I claim her with fire.

We let her choose,Kaos said.Right now.

Kohl didn’t flinch.You sure you want that answer?

I want the truth,Kaos said.Even if it kills me.

“I will not choose,” she said, her voice stilling both of them. “I can hear you both. I don't know how. But I can.”

They watched as she slowly made her way to them, eyes moving over his body as she came. She stopped in front of him, then climbed into his lap, straddling him with quiet certainty. One knee at a time, one breath at a time.

Her body settled into his, soft and hot. Kohl’s heart punched once against his ribs, hands gripping her thighs without thinking.

Kaos stirred deep in their center, his hunger spreading like heat across their spine. Kohl pressed his hand against her lower back, grounding them both.

She cupped his jaw in both hands, staring directly into his eyes. “I can’t choose between breath and fire,” she said. “Whenbothlive in me.”