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“Oh, this is going to be interesting,” Daemon says.

“I’d love to work with elemental magic. Don’t cats hate water?” I ask Daemon, and he chuckles.

“Have you ever had sex with anyone when they were shifted?” Daemon asks with a smile.

“I have not, and we are certainly not starting with you,” I say, shaking my head and stepping back from him. Kael and Callum chuckle when Daemon grabs me and pulls me closer to him.

“Oh, you’ll take it every way I give it to you, no matter my form,” Daemon says, brushing his lips against mine. My breath hitches, and heat pools between my thighs at his promise of force. I won’t deny that I am morbidly curious about what it would be like to get fucked by a dragon.

“I haven’t even seen you shift, Daemon. You’re insane if you think I’ll be down to get dragon-fucked the first time I see you in that form,” I say.

“Are you nervous?” he asks, smirking suggestively.

“You do know witchescandie, right?” I ask.

“You’re so dramatic,” he laughs and kisses me. “Can we come back in the morning, or are you going to run away again to read?”

“I’ll just bring the book with me,” I say with a smile. “I do want to come back and see what all is here. I’ve only gotten as far as the Book of Shadows.”

“Callum and I need to do something tomorrow, but Kael will be here.”

“Morwen?” I ask with a frown. I can’t get what Mom said out of my mind. Zypher is one thing because I expected that from him, and I accepted it. Am I just so used to the abuse that I passed it, and the guy on the train, off as normal and acceptable?

“Yeah. Why?” he asks.

“Nothing. I just don’t really like him,” I say. I turn away from him and grab the book. I need to sort my thoughts so I can decide how I feel. The guy on the train is lingering in my mind also. How many times has he done that?

“Lilith,” he says.

“Yes?” I ask.

“What’s wrong?” he asks.

“Nothing. I am getting kind of tired, actually,” I say. “Want to head back?”

“Don’t lie to me, Lilith,” he says seriously, and I sigh.

“Fine. I think he may have raped me. Mom was the one who pointed out that I was assaulted, and now I’m just questioning a lot,” I say. “Can we go back?”

“What did he do?” Kael asks.

“Yesterday evening, Zypher told me that Morwen wanted to see me. Some guy was an asshole to me, so I made a smart-ass comment. When Morwen got me into his office, he was angry and just bent me over and fucked me. At one point, he tried to hurt me, but it takes a lot to actually hurt me, luckily.”

“How did he try to hurt you?” Callum asks with anger in his voice.

“He, uhm… Abruptly changed… locations… Without warning,” I say slowly.

“What?” Kael growls.

“The moment you were removed from Zypher’s home, you were off limits. Zypher wasn’t allowed to let anyone else touch you. That is one of the stipulations to having a maiden. You treat them well, you don’t abuse them, and you don’t let anyone else touch them,” Daemon says.

“Then the guy on the train really fucked up,” I say, and Daemon sighs.

“What guy?”

“He’s a security guard. I woke up with his hand down my shirt and him jerking off. When he saw that I was awake, he…” I start to say, but stop talking.

“Say it,” Kael orders.